Chapter 988 Zhongzhong Plan
St. Petersburg.
East Africa is a pragmatist. Before deciding to poach Tsarist Russia, it had already organized relevant personnel to explore the path in Tsarist Russia, and the first stop was a Russian university.
Tsarist Russia attaches great importance to education. In addition to St. Petersburg and Moscow, Kiev, Warsaw and other regions with developed economies and a high degree of openness have good higher education capabilities.
Of course, compared with East Africa, higher education in Tsarist Russia follows a typical elite route, with a very small number of universities, but this also means that the teaching quality of Tsarist Russian universities is relatively high, at least better than most universities in East Africa. Much stronger.
The people who led the team to "gold pan" in Tsarist Russia were Leder, the deputy minister of education in East Africa, and Maurice, the deputy minister of science and technology.
Leider said: "The Russian education system is different from ours in East Africa. In Russia, universities are a typical aristocratic education. Generally, those who can come into contact are the rich and powerful. There are not many ordinary people, but for As far as we are concerned, we want to target these people who have no background and no way out. Russian college students, the current economic depression in Russia will inevitably have a series of negative impacts on their employment. "
Without a "background", they may also be from declining aristocrats or middle-class families who pay more attention to education, and are truly from the bottom of the class entering Russia. University students are undoubtedly rare.
Morrisis also said at the right time: "In addition to college students, some important factories in Tsarist Russia are also our targets. With St. Petersburg as the center, we divided our troops into three groups and went to Moscow, Kiev, and Warsaw for recruitment work. , Especially the chemical industry should focus on it. At present, the country is in urgent need of talents in related fields. "
Leider: "Similarly, students in science and engineering such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, and mechanics are our primary goals. ”
Morrissey: "Minister Leder and I will only stay in Russia for two months. During this period, the contact center will be set up in St. Petersburg. Of course, you are not in a hurry. According to government requirements, this round of talent recruitment will be long-term. Yes, in the next at least one year, your work can be carried out slowly, but our requirement is that the screening must be strict, and do not recruit some people who are just pretending to be people. We will do it again in Dar es Salaam. Exams, so don’t mess around just to meet the targets.”
Although the economic crisis in 1900 started in Russia, other countries, including Britain, France, Germany and other major countries, would be affected, so Morrissey and Leder's two senior officials will then go to other countries to start "poaching" work.
Of course, East Africa has relatively complete talent introduction processes and organizations in the German region, so the focus of this work is on non-German regions. Countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy are the focus of this East African work.
This is just the layout of East Africa in Europe. At the same time, another talent fishing plan organized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology is in the Americas, focusing on the United States and Canada, in addition to some non-key areas, such as South America and the Far East. Regional East Africa also dispatched task forces.
There is no doubt that the level of economic development in South America and the Far East is not high, but in the 19th century, any normal country would set up some universities and industries, and because the level of economic development was not high, many talents had difficulty finding jobs. Just like in the previous life, India trained a lot of talents, but it was difficult to find employment in the country, so it went to the United Kingdom and the United States to develop. East Africa also works according to this idea.
After all, it is a fact that East Africa is inferior to Western European and North American countries, but apart from these countries, there are only a handful of regions that are more developed than East Africa.
Of course, the Far East region in East African talent recruitment is not the Far Eastern countries, but the Far East region of Russia. Ernst will not go to the Far Eastern Empire or Japan to poach people.
It was designated by Ernst as the "Yuzhong Plan", taken from Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: "Heroes from all over the world have joined me in the Yangzhong." According to this plan, during the First Five-Year Plan, East Africa will introduce at least hundreds of heroes from Europe and the United States. Top senior talents in science and engineering.
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Russia, Tomsk. Tomsk is a city in Russia, located in the southeast of the West Siberian Plain, which belongs to the Far East region of Russia.
There is no doubt that Tomsk, located in the Far East, is not very prosperous. After all, it is restricted by climatic conditions, but its status cannot be underestimated. It is the main education and science center in Siberia, Russia.
For example, the famous Tomsk Imperial University in Tsarist Russia is located here, which was the Tomsk State University in Russia in the previous life and one of the four famous universities in Russia.
Tomsk Imperial University was founded in 1803. It was the first higher education institution opened by Russia in Siberia. Later, with the support of Tsar Alexander III, it was upgraded in 1888 and has become an important institution in Tsarist Russia. One of the academic exchange centers, and Tomsk Imperial University is only one of the most representative universities in Tomsk.
“With this damn weather, if I hadn’t come here to recruit people, I would have thought I was exiled!” said Cowell, head of the East African talent recruitment team stationed in the Russian Far East, wrapped in a mink coat.
It was already October 1900 when the members of the working group entered Tomsk. Winter had already entered in Tomsk, and the local winter temperature could even reach more than ten degrees below zero. This is simply unbearable for East Africans who do not have winter in most of their lands. Purgatory on earth.
"Mr. Cowell, this is no different from being exiled. The northern hemisphere is entering winter now. The temperature in Europe may be acceptable, but Russia itself is relatively cold, not to mention a place like Tomsk. Fortunately, we are not going further east in the hinterland of Russia. After all, Tomsk’s infrastructure is already the most complete in Siberia,” said temporary team member Anka.
“I really envy my colleagues who go to big cities such as St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev. Although St. Petersburg and Moscow are also very cold, the situation is much better than Tomsk. There are surprisingly few people here. I'm afraid the population density is lower in the north than here in East Africa," Cowell said.
Anka: "Although Russia has a much larger population than ours in East Africa, their territory is also much larger than ours, so in terms of population density alone, East Africa is still above Russia, and it is more evenly distributed. , the Congo rainforest and desert areas with the harshest climate in East Africa, and the population is further away than Russia The eastern region is stronger."
Cowell looked at the Russian-style cabins on the streets of Tomsk and said: "The citizens of Tsarist Russia are much poorer than we are in East Africa. Fortunately, there are more timber resources here, otherwise it would be miserable. I’m afraid it will be difficult for the Russians to survive the winter.”
As he spoke, he took his hand out of his glove, waved it in the air, and quickly retracted it: "The air here is drier and colder than in East Africa. Living here is definitely a disaster."
" No wonder Napoleon lost to the Russians. If we were not fully armed in this kind of weather, we might not be able to endure it for half a day. The Russians could only survive in such a bitter cold place. Therefore, if a big country attacks Russia, we must be prepared to face it. To the harsh traffic and climate conditions.”
In Cowell’s words, Tsarist Russia became a bitter cold place, and this was less than forty years after the construction and development of East Africa, which also reflects the peace and development of East Africa. The different development situations of Tsarist Russia in the mid-to-late 19th century.
Anka said with a smile: "The mink skins we wear are imported from Alaska. The thermal insulation effect is really good. Alaska was sold to the royal family by the Russians. Facing this icy and snowy environment, the mink skins are very good. It’s really practical and comfortable.”
Cowell: “That’s just for a business trip to Russia. Otherwise, there would be no consumer market for this outfit in East Africa. But Alaska is too far away from East Africa. If Alaska is in Antarctica, then that’s it. It couldn’t be better, it will also facilitate our management in East Africa and provide a place for vacation and fun.”
For a country like East Africa that has no winter, the icy and snowy climate of Tsarist Russia has become a resource. Just like Tsarist Russians in previous generations liked to go to the tropics for vacation, many East Africans, especially the new generation of East Africans, have never had this opportunity in their lives. Having seen snow, it is normal to have some yearning for it.
(End of this chapter)