Chapter 2713 Pain Points
Before the Hebrews hunted down the remnants of Narlin, the Russians hunted their enemies all over the world.

Trotsky fled to Mexico and was sheltered by the Mexican government. Under the protection of numerous military police, the Russians still hacked Trotsky to death with an axe.

After provoking the Russians, even if they fled to the ends of the earth, they could not escape the pursuit of the Russians.

However, this kind of pursuit is only for a certain group of people. Compared with Trotsky, a British reporter is insignificant, and it is not enough for Russia to bet on the honor of the victorious country in World War II.

In the past, killing was killing. Anyway, Russia is not accepted by the international mainstream society, and this one is not bad.

Now that Russia is not only returning to the international mainstream society, but also exerting greater and greater influence, Russia's international image is more important at this time.

When you have concerns, you will look forward and backward, take care of one thing and lose another, and lose ground in advancing and retreating.

The next day, all the newspapers in Addis Ababa once again set off a round of attacks on the Russian government.

"Liberty" quoted a source who broke the news that the Russian government hired killers from the umbrella company to shoot Fielding out of hatred for Fielding.

This report immediately aroused strong protests from the Umbrella Company. Kleist, the head of the Umbrella Company in the Abyssinian Empire, poured out bitterness at the press conference, saying that the Umbrella Company has completely transformed, starting from the notorious mercenaries to Formal security companies have changed, and they are by no means doing all kinds of evil as rumored by the outside world.

"The original intention of the establishment of the Umbrella Company was to take in those soldiers who retired from the war. They knew nothing but combat, but there was no war in peacetime, and the soldiers had no use for them. They seriously lacked the skills to make a living. The Umbrella Company gave them The job of supporting the family, allowing them to settle down, support the elderly, raise children, and start a family, isn’t this something that is beneficial to society?” What Kleist said was the truth, most of the mercenaries in the umbrella company were veterans.

This answer resonated with many reporters on the scene.

It has only been 20 years since World War I, and the miserable lives of those veterans are still vivid in our minds.

The coming tide of disarmament will lead to the influx of tens of millions of veterans. They also seriously lack the skills to make a living and will only kill people. If the governments of various countries do not properly arrange them and they cannot find jobs, then it is foreseeable that Those veterans will cause serious social problems in the near future.

This will affect the lives of all people and is of interest to all people.

"Mr. Fielding's report did not involve Umbrella. You may not know that it was the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company who rescued Mr. Fielding from the Italian prison. Full of gratitude, Mr. Fielding and I are also very close friends, we often gather together, how can I point the butcher knife at my friend?" Kleist's eyes were red with emotion, and Kleist Mrs. Fielding, who attended the press conference together, burst into tears.

With red eyes, Kleist took out a handkerchief from his coat pocket and handed it to Mrs. Fielding.

Mrs. Fielding took the handkerchief, and at last could not hold back her sobs.

Kleist patted Mrs. Fielding on the shoulder in comfort.

This scene was so humane that reporters raised their cameras to record this moment.

The same scene, in the eyes of some people, became a deliberate performance.

A Russian reporter stood up under great pressure and asked a question: "Since the establishment of Umbrella Corporation, it has never been absent from any large-scale war. Its position has nothing to do with justice, but only with money. This seems to be inconsistent with what you said. "

This is also true, especially for countries with relevant interests.

After the Russian reporter asked questions, there were sporadic laughter in the corner of the press conference.

Kleist looked over, and it was a few American reporters who laughed out loud.

In the Brazilian Civil War, the United States was the biggest victim of the Umbrella Corporation's participation in the war.

"You may not know that in 1939, the Germans contacted Umbrella and tried to hire mercenaries from the Umbrella Company to destroy the Suez Canal. At that time, the Germans offered a price that was hard to refuse, but the Umbrella Company still stood firm and refused to join forces. Kleist counterattacked calmly, the credibility of the United States and Russia at certain times is not as good as that of umbrella companies.

Umbrella companies never accepted Axis employment.

Compared with Russia and the United States, which wanted to join the Axis powers but were rejected by the Axis powers; and Russia and the United States, which have not interrupted trade with Germany and Japan after the outbreak of the world war for profit, this can be called a moral model.

So the Russians are not qualified to blame the umbrella at all.

What right do Americans have to laugh at the umbrella?
At least the mercenaries of Umbrella Corporation are living World War II for the happiness of themselves and their families.

What did American soldiers fight for?
For the illusory and illusory in the legend, the justice and fairness that even the American soldiers themselves do not believe in?
This is a liar, deceiving yourself.

"How is Mr. Fielding's condition?" A reporter was concerned about Fielding's injury and hoped to conduct an exclusive interview with him.

"The level of treatment in Addis Ababa is limited. We have decided to send Mr. Fielding to Los Angeles to receive the best treatment in the world." Kleist did not forget to praise Bonisaran at this time .

This is nothing to dispute. The level of treatment in southern Africa is indeed much higher than that in Ababa.

Reporters did not miss Haile Selassie I as they shuttled between Umbrella Corporation and the Russian embassy in the Abyssinian Empire.

It is rumored that Fielding was assassinated because his reports affected the secret agreement between Russia and the Abyssinian Empire, so the Abyssinian Empire is also responsible for this matter, at least not to Fielding. better protection.

"We have never signed any secret agreement with Russia, and there is no need to sign it. The Abyssinian Empire and Russia are both members of the allies. We are allies in the first place, so why bother." Haile Selassie I firmly denied, He had a premonition that danger was approaching.

Just after Fielding was assassinated, there were rumors of constitutional amendments. Some members of Congress expressed to the media that they hoped to expand the power of Congress and limit the power of the king. The two sides are engaged in a fierce game on this.

Haile Selassie I was actually not a pedantic and conservative monarch. He was determined to reform at the beginning of his accession to the throne, and worked hard to lead the Abyssinian Empire from tradition to modern society.

Of course, Haile Selassie I also made many mistakes. For example, some of his reform measures were seriously divorced from the reality of the Abyssinian Empire, and he pursued one-sidedly to move closer to European countries, which caused his reforms to face relatively large resistance. .

In other words, the stride is too big, and the result is torn.

The invasion of the Kingdom of Italy interrupted the reforms of Haile Selassie I. After the restoration of the kingdom, the situation Haile Selassie I faced became worse and worse. This was also an important reason why he urgently needed to introduce external support.

"The head of the Phyllis Foundation recently claimed that if the Abyssinian Empire accepts aid from Russia, the Phyllis Foundation will stop its aid projects in the Abyssinian Empire. Will this lead to further development of the situation? Worsening?" The reporters came prepared, and Southern Africa's investment in the Abyssinian Empire was not a single effort, but a whole.

Looking at individuals alone, the Phyllis Foundation, Umbrella, and Brad are not affiliated with each other. They have different fields and even different natures. They have nothing to do with each other.

In fact, there is a clear division of labor between them. The umbrella is responsible for military cooperation, Brad controls the economic lifeline of the Abyssinian Empire, and the charity project of the Phyllis Foundation focuses on benefiting the slaves of the Abyssinian Empire, and group of women and children.

As mentioned earlier, although Haile Selassie I had promulgated the "Abolition of Slavery", the implementation was not thorough. Slavery still exists widely in the current Abyssinian Empire.

This is already in the 20th century, how could slavery still exist? The Phyllis Foundation’s solution to the problem is very simple and effective. It directly pays to buy slaves from slave owners, and then releases them as free people.

Haier Selassie I had also considered the method of directly paying for this method, but in the end it was not implemented due to lack of strength.

In addition to lack of money, the reason for the lack of strength has a lot to do with the slave owner's asking price being too high.

The staff of the Phyllis Foundation were very smart. They brought the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company to the door in the name of security personnel. Naturally, the slave owner's asking price could not be too high, otherwise the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company would have jobs.

For women and children, the Phyllis Foundation focuses on basic living rights and health conditions. It not only donates a lot of materials, but also organizes medical staff to conduct health checkups for women in the Abyssinian Empire and provide healthy vaccines for children.

Physical examinations are actually unimportant. Poor people look down on doctors even if they are sick, so they can only stand up.

Vaccines are very important. The medical level of the Abyssinian Empire is very backward, and the hygiene habits are also very bad. There was no concept of vaccines before, and the child mortality rate remained high.

After the Phyllis Foundation stepped in, it only built public toilets for the slums, which directly reduced the probability of epidemic disease outbreaks in the slums by about half.

It is not difficult to build public toilets, and the ruling class of the Abyssinian Empire has the strength to do it, but no one has ever paid attention to this issue before.

Those who have never received modern education are fine. Haile Selassie I was a person who studied abroad. Didn't he know the importance of hygiene habits?
After a whole set of combos, the Phyllis Foundation's reputation in the Abyssinian Empire has soared. Everyone knows that it is more popular than Umbrella and Brad.

Therefore, Haile Selassie I must pay attention to the dissatisfaction of the Phyllis Foundation.

"How is this possible? We are working with the Phyllis Foundation to improve the empire's medical and education systems. This will be a long-term project that may last for decades. In any case, we will try our best to Do everything possible to meet all the requirements of the Phyllis Foundation." Haile Selassie I's words are suspected of being exaggerated, and the medical care and education of the Abyssinian Empire have no system at all.

It took 20 years to establish an education and medical system in southern Africa, and it was not until the end of World War I that the initial results were achieved.

The conditions of the Abyssinian Empire are much worse than those of southern Africa, and there is no constant influx of new immigrants to provide fresh blood. With the Abyssinian Empire itself, it is impossible to establish a medical and educational system.

Even with the help of the Phyllis Foundation, it was difficult for the Abyssinian Empire to establish a medical and educational system.

Lack of money is one aspect, and lack of relevant technical personnel is a more serious problem.

Excellent teachers and doctors are scarce resources in any country. Before the Abyssinian Empire, there was only one school in the country, and the teachers were hired from Europe. Only noble children were eligible to enroll.

One can imagine the difficulty of imitating the universal implementation of compulsory education in southern Africa.

Unlike Haile Selassie I's lofty ideals, the plan given by the Phyllis Foundation is gradual.

Under the current conditions, it is simply unrealistic to implement universal compulsory education in the Abyssinian Empire. We must first solve the problem of whether it is available, and then say whether it is good or not.

The Phyllis Foundation hopes that within 20 years, all provinces of the Abyssinian Empire will have an institution of higher learning. The compulsory education at this stage is mainly primary education, so that more Abyssinians will be exposed to culture first. Knowledge, and then select the best and focus on training. If you persist in this way for 20 years, the situation of the Abyssinian Empire will naturally improve.

There is no doubt that the Phyllis Foundation's plan is more feasible for the situation of the Abyssinian Empire.

But Haile Selassie I couldn't wait for such a long time. He needed immediate results, and he could see the effect immediately, so as to stabilize the foundation of his rule.

So when Haile Selassie I raised this question to the Russians, the plan given by the Russians was more in line with Haile Selassie I's wishes.

The group that really had an influence on the Abyssinian Empire was not the newly freed slaves, but the nobles and emerging bourgeoisie of the Abyssinian Empire.

The plan proposed by the Phyllis Foundation is to build a school and form its own education system.

The answer given by the Russians is to provide the Abyssinian Empire with a certain number of places to study abroad every year, so that the noble children of the Abyssinian Empire and the emerging bourgeoisie have the opportunity to study in Russia, so the effect will naturally be immediate.

In order to dispel the doubts of Haile Selassie I, Russia is even willing to bear the expenses of the students from the Abyssinian Empire during their study in Russia.

This is actually not important. Those who are eligible to study in Russia will naturally not be short of that little money.

But attitude matters.

Haile Selassie I made a similar request to Roque before, but Roque flatly rejected it.

The teaching resources in southern Africa, and the students in southern Africa are not enough. The number of places provided to the alliance countries is limited every year, and there is no way to squeeze out more places for the Abyssinian Empire.

(End of this chapter)

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