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Chapter 970 Paradise Kingdom (first update, please subscribe)
What is the Middle East?

For the French, the answers vary.

It is the place of glory for the emperor.

It is the sad place of France.

Glorious and sad...that's the official word.

But for the vast majority of French people, the Middle East is a colony.

From Beirut to Basra, from Mosul to Jeddah on the east coast of the Red Sea, are the vast colonies of the French Empire.There are more than 200 million locals living in that colony who are not very religious about God, but this is not a big deal.

Yep, no big deal at all.

For the Second Empire, the Middle East was an extremely important colony, not only because the Mesopotamia Valley supplied a large amount of food to France - after the French official investment, the establishment of the Mesopotamia Valley With modern irrigation facilities, French expatriates have established a large number of local farms, exporting millions of tons of wheat and other food to France every year.

What really matters?
It's oil!
Three years ago, the Royal Petroleum Company of the Second Empire drilled the first oil well in Kirkuk in the northeast of Mosul province - the Babagge No. 1.3 well. This oil well gushes out [-] tons of crude oil every day!

For the Second Empire, which needs to import millions of tons of oil every year, this is undoubtedly great news. For a while, the "losing goods that exhausted France's wealth" became the sweet pastry in the eyes of the French.

The good news for the French is naturally bad news for the British. As we all know, France has always been the number one imaginary enemy of the United Kingdom.

"France is lucky. The emperor's blood has turned into black oil, which is continuously supplied to France..."

Once upon a time, facing the oil fields discovered by the French in the Middle East, the British said sourly with envy and hatred.

After all, with the widespread use of cars, anyone knows that oil is as vital a source of energy as coal was in the past.What makes the British quite helpless is that there are no oil fields in the UK!Not only does Britain have no oil fields, but even the British colonies do not have any oil.

On the other hand, what about the "Alliance of Four Emperors"?

Russia has Europe's largest oil field in Baku.Daming, whose coal supply has always been insufficient, also owns an oil field in the southern part of the mainland, and even now France, by chance, discovered large oil in the newly occupied Middle East colonies.

Britain, can you not be sour?
The United Kingdom is very sour, and the United Kingdom can't wait to kick France away and replace it.

Of course, Britain will never admit to this.

After all, in order to occupy the Middle East, France sacrificed an emperor!
Does Britain have an emperor to sacrifice to?

No, let's play with mud!
However, in any case, Mosul's oil changed the Second French Empire, and while bringing huge returns to the empire, it also injected a boost to the economy of the Second French Empire.

In the past few years, France's economy has grown by leaps and bounds, and its industrial strength has not been surpassed by Germany, and even surpassed Germany.There is nothing unexpected about this at all—another world. Many factors affect the speed of French industrial development: the Franco-Prussian War caused France to lose 200 billion francs including reparations, and lost Alsace and Lorraine, which are extremely rich in iron ore reserves. ; The lack of natural resources, especially coal mines, restricted the industrial development of France, and the shortage of resources led to obsolete machinery and equipment.Insufficient industrial development leads to a large amount of capital output, which in turn affects the development of industry.

But in this world, France did not lose the Franco-Prussian War. Although Germany was still unified, France gained Luxembourg and the Rhine region, while also keeping Alsace and Lorraine.

Coupled with the oil in the Middle East, France in 1881 was far better than any other period.

France has never been stronger!

But while it is strong, it is not without hidden dangers. Like almost all European countries, workers here do heavy labor in factories, working more than fourteen hours a day, but earning extremely meager income.

"What kind of place do the workers live in?"

In the park, speakers in battered suits were there to rant.

"Living in a dirty, dank, disease-ridden slum, gentlemen, is there any of you who don't live in that environment? You and your fellows are plagued by contagious diseases, and the rewards of your hard work What is it? A meager subsistence income..."

When passing by the speaker, Wang Jingchu took a special look at the speaker and the crowd.

"We require that all French factories implement an eight-hour working system!"

"We require that all French factories must provide their employees with dormitories with a good environment..."

"We require that all French factories must set up canteens to provide employees with good meals."

While the speaker was giving a speech, someone suddenly asked loudly.

"How is this possible? Mr. Peek, I don't think this is possible at all. How can the factory provide these things?"

"It's just not realistic at all,"

"Who says it can't be done!"

Someone followed and called out loudly.

"Of course not! How can the poor live the same life as the rich?"

"Can't Daming do it?"

"Yes, just like Daming, we require pensions, medical insurance like Daming's workers..."

"Who knows if it's true or not?"

Faced with doubts from the crowd, when Pique, who was speaking, saw Wang Jingchu next to him, his eyes lit up—a Daming man.

"Sir, sir,"

Peake shouted at Wang Jingchu, seeing that he ignored him, he rushed over and stood in front of that person.

"Yes, sir, are you from Daming?"

"Yes"

Wang Jingchu looked at the Frenchman suspiciously, what did he want to do?
"Gentlemen, he is from Daming. He can tell you what life is like for ordinary people in Daming. Sir, does everyone in Daming live in apartments with electric lights, flush toilets, running water, and bathrooms? Everyone has Your own room?"

When Pique asked questions, people all looked at Wang Jingchu expectantly, looking forward to his answer.

"Yes, sir, but not everyone lives in apartments. Rich people rarely live in apartment complexes."

Wang Jingchu replied with some pride.

"It is true that in Daming, even the most ordinary people have a decent and comfortable house that belongs to them."

Only when you are abroad, you will deeply feel the difference between Ming Dynasty and other countries. In comparison, how happy the people of Ming Dynasty are.

Even on campus, whenever they mentioned the living environment of the people of Ming Dynasty with their classmates, they were full of pride. This was indeed their pride!

"Aha, the rich people all over the world are the same, what a group of guys that deserve to be hanged..."

Wang Jingchu was taken aback by Pique's self-consciously humorous words. His family doesn't live in an apartment, and his father is still a big factory owner.Shouldn't he also be hanged on the gallows!
"So sir, is it necessary to provide food to the workers in the factory in Daming?"

"gentlemen,"

Looking at the expectant people, Wang Jingchu replied.

"It's not necessary, but it's more than ten hours of work. The factory always needs to provide food to the workers. This is also to improve work efficiency..."

"damn it!"

The onlookers suddenly cursed.

"Not only are you working longer hours in France, but it's simply impossible to feed you."

"Yeah, whoever can give you a piece of bread is already showing mercy."

"Bread, even a piece of bread, will be deducted from your salary. Show mercy. Those factory owners have never been merciful."

For a moment, the words of the onlookers were all full of anger.Of course, they are more envious of the life of the workers in Daming they envy, and they are full of eagerness to learn everything there from this Daming man...

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