Chapter 971 Good Student Pahlavi (First update, please subscribe)
It will be beneficial to Iran’s next development!
Although Li Yian got straight to the point and got to the point, Pahlavi was excited because this was exactly the reason why he asked to meet. Even, because there was only a few hours of meeting time, Pahlavi was very excited. Only then would Levi tell the other party in advance through diplomats his goal of seeking a meeting—to seek ways to modernize Iran.
To put it bluntly, for Pahlavi, he just wanted to take this opportunity to learn from Li Yian how to make the country prosperous and strong. After all, the miraculous rise of Nanyang itself is worth learning from many countries.
“Your Majesty, do you mean that we should build the railway first?”
Although he was the king of a country, Pahlavi behaved like a primary school student, sitting upright and even taking out a small notepad.
Holding a pen in one hand and a notepad in the other, doesn’t he look like a primary school student?
But the reason why Pahlavi is like this is because the man in front of him is indeed worthy of learning and imitating.
When it comes to governing the country... Nanyang is the proof!
Let alone ten years, if it takes twenty years to bring Iran to the heights of the Southeast Asia, Pahlavi would be satisfied!
It's not that I'm satisfied, I should say that I'm cheering for it. Even for Pahlavi, he never imagined that Iran would one day be as powerful as Nanyang. In his opinion, he would be very satisfied if he could catch up with France.
It can only be said that as King Pahlavi, he is still very realistic. Of course, he is also an idealist. He never thought that for Iran, they have always been the ones restricting Iran's modernization. Himself, not others, of which of course he knew nothing.
“Yes, it’s the railway.”
Looking at the good student Bavelie, Li Yian said.
“Unlike airlines, which can only temporarily satisfy a few wealthy people, the beneficiaries of railways and railway companies are very many, geographically speaking. Iran is a country with a vast territory, reaching 1.645 million Square kilometers, the development of a country requires convenient transportation. Iran has a vast area, so it naturally needs a fast transportation. Judging from Iran’s traffic conditions, there is still a lot of room for development, and it is far from being able to conveniently connect the whole country. .So, you need to develop railway transportation.”
Then Li Yian talked about the various advantages of railway transportation, such as low freight and wide audience. In short, compared with other means of transportation, the advantages of railway are extremely obvious, and for Pahlavi, who studied in Britain and the United States, Of course, he knows it very well and understands the reality that Iran’s current railway network is backward.
So Li Yian's suggestions naturally came to his heart.
“Furthermore, in terms of hiring employees, tens of thousands of employees are needed for every 10,000 kilometers of railway. For Iran, which has a population of less than 20 million, the railway company and its related industrial chains can provide more than One hundred thousand jobs. At the same time, with the construction of railways, many inland mines can also be developed. Mines and metallurgical factories can provide a large number of jobs, and these jobs position, it will naturally absorb the surplus labor force in the countryside, thereby easing the population pressure in the countryside and paving the way for the next change in the countryside."
Since Pahlavi wants to learn, Li Yi'an doesn't mind being his good teacher. , for him who intends to become a "good friend of the tyrant", Pahlavi is also an option. Although the United States now has great influence in Iran, Nanyang can also exert a certain influence.
After all, in the next twenty years or so, Iran will be the famous tycoon country. Iran not only has oil but also rich mineral resources, which are very worthy of investment.
The only question is… the need to stop Khomeini’s revolution, or to allow Iran’s secular revolution to continue.
Even if these goals cannot be achieved, it does not matter. In the next twenty years, maintaining friendly relations with Iran can bring about a market of tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars. Such a market will of course require Caught.
Pahlavi took the initiative to mention that the airport is a business, but compared to the small business at the airport, Li Yian valued the railway more. Railroads were the real big business. Iran now has less than 2,000 kilometers of railways. During World War II, this railway was the reason why Iran was occupied by the Soviet Union and the Allies. The Allies needed to transport supplies to the Soviet Union through this railway.
In terms of territorial area, Iran needs to build at least 20,000 kilometers of railways to meet its travel and freight needs. This is a multi-billion dollar business. Moreover, after the railway is completed, other areas will also bring extremely generous returns.
After receiving the invitation, Li Yian started thinking about Iran. There was no way, who made Iran rich? Although Iran's "oil nationalization movement" failed, in order to appease Iran, Iran still received 50% of the oil company's profits. It was this profit that supported Pahlavi to carry out his "White Song Title" and carry out Reforms in all aspects of economy, society, education and politics.
It must be said that this is also the most tragic thing about Pahlavi. If he, like the Saudi royal family, used oil profits to buy and buy the king and bribe conservative forces, instead of building schools and factories On things like that, maybe he won't fall.
Of course, this is just a rant, but Li Yian knows very well that there is a huge market here.
Railway is one of them. Of course, it is also a stepping stone for Nanyang Capital to enter Iran.
"Your Majesty, you and I have thought together. If Iran wants to develop, it must solve its rural problems. Iran's rural problems are more serious than any other country. You may not know that in rural Iran, landlords have The monopoly of land has reached an outrageous level: there are 27 large feudal landowner families who own 2,000 villages. Only 1.9 million of the 3.98 million rural households in the country own land, and the remaining 2 million households are all tenant farmers. Even among the 1.9 million farmers who own land, farmers who own less than 1 hectare of land account for 1/4 of all farmers who own land.”
As a king with modern education, Pahlavi looked very serious and even a little excited when he mentioned the problems in the countryside.
"To put it bluntly, those people are more like medieval feudal lords. Most of the time, even the officials I appointed to the countryside are often kicked out by the landlords, and in serious cases they are even assassinated. There, the king If you can’t get in, the peasants can’t get out. Those with land can barely make ends meet, while tenants without land will never get ahead because their personal relationships are all with the landlord..."
Looking at Pahlavina Looking excited, Li Yi'an felt more grateful. This guy's so-called "white song title" started from the land reform in the countryside, and of course he overturned there. In fact, it was the farmers who finally overthrew his rule. ——Farmers who lost their land and moved to the city.
This may be the most absurd thing that Pahlavi had to face.
“So, if Iran wants to develop, it must reform the countryside... Therefore, the rural problem must be solved. If this problem is not solved, Iran will never have a future!”
Looking at the agitated Pahlavi, Li Yi'an couldn't help but think of another question - whether he had ever regretted the land reform when he was forced into exile for more than two decades.
If he does not start the "white song" with land reform as the core, but instead uses oil proceeds to bribe large feudal landowners and clergy groups, treating tens of millions of farmers in Iran like serfs Trapped in the estates of big landowners, restraining them with the whips of the landowners and the ideas of the clergy group, and at the same time promoting a conservative line, maybe the Pahlavi dynasty can really survive into the 21st century like Saudi Arabia, who knows? In the 21st century, there will be another "rich country" on the Internet.
At that time, maybe on the Internet, many people will still praise the Pahlavi dynasty. After all, everyone likes the rich, just like Saudi Arabia in another world, even if they export to the outside world Who cares about extremism?
For the whole world, everyone only sees the tycoons of the tycoon country, and that is enough.
(Iran in the 1960s)
Perhaps this is the most helpless part of the Middle East. Those who are committed to changing this land have been overthrown one after another. Perhaps this is also the saddest part of this land.
But looking at Pahlavi's appearance, Li Yian understood that the good student in front of him would not choose another path. He was eager... eager to change Iran.
(End of this chapter)