At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 708: Global Alliance Headquarters and Foreign Students Who Have Learned Nothing

January 61, 1st year of the Han calendar, Kuaiji County, headquarters of the Global Alliance.

The Global Alliance has been established for nine years, but at the beginning it had no headquarters. Instead, it borrowed the palace in Chang'an City as a temporary office. But after Zhang Pijiang became the Minister of the Global Alliance, the number of departments under the Minister of the Alliance continued to increase because he had to coordinate with other countries.

For example, in order to stabilize trade between countries, the Han Dynasty placed large orders for grain and cash crops to other countries, but these countries lacked productive farmers, fertilizers, and even the farmers' farming techniques were not very good. For example, the New World was still in the development stage and the technology was not good. So I would not compete with technology, but with land. If I couldn't make money from 100 acres of land, I would give farmers 500 acres of land. The average per-acre grain yield in the New World was 2-3 stones, nearly 5 times lower than that of the Han Dynasty, but the grain income of both sides was similar, because the land was vast and the population was sparse, and the people were gifted.

However, there are only a few places with such gifted agricultural lands as the New World. The land area in most parts of the world is not much different. It is impossible to give each farmer 500 acres of land, and even 100 acres is a stretch. So in order to increase the output of their grain and cash crops, the Han people must also do their part.

So Zhang Pijiang established the Global Ministry of Agriculture to coordinate various agricultural production, but it was the Han Dynasty that sent agricultural scholars to help them develop agriculture.

In addition, the Han Dynasty exported industrial products on a large scale and promoted the construction of the world island railway network and the global port network around the world. The construction of railways requires steel mills, and the construction of ports requires cement and other infrastructure factories. Among them, the railway networks of Tang and Tianzhu are the most dense except for the Han Dynasty, and they increase by more than 1000 miles almost every year.

Relying on its rich iron ore resources and money, the Tang Kingdom took over the Han Dynasty's second-hand steel factories on a large scale and formed a steel center with a capacity of tens of millions of tons in the New World.

India took over a large number of second-hand steam textile machines from the Han Dynasty, and its textile industry was developing in full swing. The production capacity of cotton cloth increased fivefold ten years ago. Other countries also saw their industrial systems flourish as they took over a large number of factories. However, these new industrial areas soon encountered the problem of insufficient skilled craftsmen.

So Zhang Pijiang established the Global Craftsmen Organization to coordinate skilled craftsmen from the Han Dynasty to go to other countries as technical talents to maintain the factories purchased by these countries. These craftsmen could also receive more than three times the salary. It happened that during that period, a large number of craftsmen in the Han Dynasty were unemployed due to industrial upgrading, and sending them to other countries could allow them to continue to display their talents, so this was a win-win choice.

Later, Zhang Pijiang also established a series of subordinate departments including the Global Accounting Organization, the Global Telecommunications Organization, the Global Banking Organization, the Global Patent Organization, etc.

Promote the Han Dynasty's organizational form, political system, and standards around the world, gain more profits through technology, and collect taxes globally through standards.

Of course, this is also a mutually beneficial thing. Less than half a century after the Han Dynasty started industrialization, it promoted the industrial system to the world. Although the industrial system of this world cannot compare with that of later generations in depth, in breadth, the industry of this world has far surpassed that of later generations. This is something that the capitalist system has not achieved in three centuries.

But in this way, the Global Alliance is no longer a small-scale affiliated organization, but an organization with a huge organization like the Han Dynasty.

In the past, high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty joked that Zhang Pijiang was the prime minister of the world, but as his subordinates set up organizations one by one, his title of global prime minister became more and more worthy of the title, and the Global Alliance became the most important political and economic organization for communication among countries.

Such an organization naturally needs its own office space, and Zhang Pijiang also realized that establishing the headquarters of the Global Alliance in Chang'an City would not be conducive to global communication and would easily lead to overlap of Chang'an City's political functions.

Five years ago, Zhang Pijiang reported to the emperor and, after obtaining the emperor's permission, announced that he would select a city within the Han Dynasty to establish the headquarters of the Global Alliance.

This caused a scramble among all the first-tier and second-tier counties of the Han Dynasty. Although the Global Alliance was not as good as the imperial court, it could be considered a small imperial court, or even the capital of the world, with extraordinary political significance. At most, the headquarters was located on their own territory. Not to mention the economic benefits it brought, the political benefits alone were enough to make all the governors of the Han Dynasty jealous. So the counties of the Han Dynasty invited them with all their sincerity.

Sanchuan County said that they could give up the Luoyang Palace as the headquarters of the Global Alliance. Anyway, the Luoyang Palace has become a tourist check-in point, and can only collect hundreds of millions of ticket fees a year.

The governor of Linzi even said that they could invest 20 billion yuan to build the headquarters of the Global Alliance, ensuring that it could accommodate all departments of the Global Alliance, and at the same time set up three main conference rooms according to the scale of the Princes' Conference.

Linzi County's economic status has now risen, and it is in the position of being the fourth largest country. However, because it belonged to Qi State during its founding period and King Xiang Yu of Qi rebelled, its political status has always been relatively low. It is not as good as Chang'an, Chen County, and Kuaiji County, and it is even inferior to the second-tier Luoyang City. This makes Linzi very dissatisfied.

For 800 years during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qi was an economic and military power, and also had the Jixia Academy as an academic center. This made the people of Qi very proud. Now that their economic status has been restored, their political status should also be restored.

But Kuaiji County showed the entire Han Dynasty what inhumanity was. The county chief came to Chang'an City and directly brought a model of a skyscraper to Zhang Pijiang, saying that as long as the headquarters of the Global Alliance was settled in Kuaiji County, they would spend 50 billion to build a headquarters building for the Global Alliance, and they patted their chests and guaranteed that all the money would be paid by Kuaiji County.

Zhang Pijiang was shocked. For a project worth 50 billion yuan, even the emperor of the Han Dynasty would have to think twice, but Kuaiji County could just give it away.

After numerous rounds of screening, Zhang Pijiang finally decided to establish the headquarters of the Global Alliance in Kuaiji County.

The people of Kuaiji County were delighted. They raised funds in the stock market, expropriated land, recruited craftsmen, and then worked overtime to build the headquarters of the Global Alliance. It took three years to complete the construction.

Of course, Kuaiji County is not at a loss either, because the headquarters of the Global Alliance is located in Yuhang County, which is relatively poor. However, because of the headquarters of the Global Alliance, the land price here has increased tenfold.
Now that Zhang Pijiang has become the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and the position of Shangshu Ling of the Global Alliance has been handed over to Liu Ruyi, he walked into this skyscraper where the Congress ruled the world with trepidation.

However, Liu Ruyi had been in power in the Seleucid Empire for six years after all, so he adapted very quickly, especially to the staff of various countries in the Global Alliance, and he had a good relationship with them. A large number of representatives from various countries in the Great Qin Continent had fought with Liu Ruyi in Antioch, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were friends of life and death, and they were even more happy that Liu Ruyi became the Shangshu Ling.

May 62, 5nd year of the Han calendar, Kuaiji County, dock.

At this time, Claudius brought a group of Roman capitalists to the dock of Kuaiji County and once again set foot on the land of the Han Dynasty.

Claudius came to Dahan this time to observe Dahan's new industrial upgrades and see if these new technologies can be used in Rome. Rome attaches great importance to this industrial upgrade and has sent many international students to study in the newly established electrical and internal combustion engine majors in Dahan.

Several groups of international students have returned to Rome so far, but Rome's electrification is not systematic, and the mechanical level is at the level where they can't even operate a steam engine. It is a bit too advanced for them to want to operate an internal combustion engine.

Therefore, the talents that Rome spent a lot of money to train could not find suitable jobs in their home country. These people either became electricians who changed light bulbs or mechanics who repaired cars. The knowledge they learned could only serve a few Roman dignitaries, and they were not respected. After all, to the dignitaries in Rome, there was no difference between electricians and servants, and there was no difference between mechanics and grooms. Letting these international students serve them was already a sign of respect for them.

However, these students received education in Chang'an and were influenced by the atmosphere of Chang'an. At least being a craftsman in the Han Dynasty was a respected profession, even more respected than officials and nobles. The gap in their hearts was imaginable. In their own country, their knowledge was useless and they were not respected. They were regarded as servants by the nobles. However, in the Han Dynasty, they could become distinguished craftsmen. Therefore, these students returned to the Han Dynasty after staying in Rome for a period of time.

Claudius was extremely distressed after learning about this. Rome was not rich to begin with, and it was not easy to train these electrification talents. As a result, they returned to the Han Dynasty one after another. After communicating with these international students, he did not know how to retain these people. However, through the mouths of these international students, Claudius knew that the Han Dynasty's industrial upgrading was extremely fast, and the level of productivity was far beyond that of the Han Dynasty during the first scientific and technological revolution. Rome was still importing second-hand steam engines from the Han Dynasty. In terms of technology, the distance between Rome and the Han Dynasty was not getting closer, but getting farther and farther. They could not see the hope of making achievements in Rome, so they could only go to the Han Dynasty to realize their own life value.

Faced with this situation, Claudius felt that he should come to Dahan again to see whether Dahan's industrial upgrading was as powerful as those international students said.

After stepping on the land of Dahan, Walker, a local Roman merchant, was surprised and asked, "Is this Dahan?"

The Han Dynasty had a very high status in Daqinzhou. Every rumor said that this land was full of honey and milk, just like the paradise in mythology.

Walker was a grain merchant in Rome. When the Roman Pax Romana was just established, he helped them sell grain to the entire Mediterranean region, and made great contributions to the Roman Pax Romana replacing the Senate. The Pax Romana did not treat this old friend unfairly, helping him buy Dahan's machinery, letting him set up a grain processing plant, and also designated the military to buy his goods. Now Walker's business is getting bigger and bigger. He runs a large winery and a canning factory. A few years ago, he opened a feed factory. Later, Dahan purchased Rome's grain and cash crops on a large scale. Walker took advantage of this favorable situation and his industry became bigger and bigger. He is the largest grain merchant in Rome.

Claudius said enviously: "I came here more than ten years ago, and the Han Dynasty is more prosperous now than it was a decade ago."

In Rome, only nobles could use cars, but in Kuaiji County, the streets were full of them. This was the common means of transportation for the Han people. The sky was full of electric wires, and there were rows of electric lights on the streets. Although they were not turned on, just looking at these, you could tell that the city's electrification had penetrated into every building in the city. However, in Rome, only a few blocks had electric lights.

Walker looked at the streets full of cars, well-dressed citizens and various tall and beautiful buildings, and knew that this city was more than ten times richer than Rome. He said with golden eyes, "It's such a prosperous city. If everyone bought my wine, I would be the richest man in Rome."

Claudius shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that's difficult. The Han Dynasty has its own wine association. Their wines are of very high quality, especially the wines from the Western Regions, which have always been the top wines in the Han Dynasty. My Roman wines are at most mediocre, and it's difficult for them to find a market in the Han Dynasty."

Walker said: "There is a river flowing with gold right in front of us. If we don't give it a try, who knows if we can succeed? As long as the price is low enough, I don't believe that we can't impress the Han people."

Claudius said, “If you can really break into the Han market, our Senate will fully support you.”

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The scale of Rome's industrialization is getting bigger and bigger. Its iron production capacity has exceeded five million tons, which can meet the needs of self-sufficiency. It also has converters for steelmaking, and its steel production capacity has exceeded 50 tons. The level of mechanization continues to improve, and it can already manufacture steam textile machines, steam spinning machines, rails, locomotives and other machinery. The production capacity of various fabrics in light industry has also exceeded million pieces. Now Roman cloth is being imported back to the Han Dynasty, but of course it only occupies a small market.

But it can also be seen from these places that Rome's industrial strength has caught up with the Han Dynasty during the first scientific and technological revolution.

As Rome's industrial scale continued to expand, the demand for various mechanical equipment increased, and the more foreign exchange was needed. However, the main exports of Rome now were agricultural and sideline products such as soybeans, olive oil, flour, as well as timber and some cash crops.

The price of these things would naturally not be too high to make up for the gap in Rome's purchase of machinery. If it were not for the loans from the Global Development Bank, Rome's industrial development level would definitely not be as high as it is now. Rome's thirst for foreign exchange was no less than that of the Celestial Empire in later generations. Anyone who earned foreign exchange would be subsidized by the Roman Senate.

Global Alliance Headquarters.

Claudius meets his old friend Liu Ruyi.

He hugged Liu Ruyi and said with a smile: "I heard that you became the Minister of the Global Alliance. This is much better than being the Archon of Seleucid. The Archon is just a scapegoat."

Liu Ruyi smiled when he saw his old friend and asked, "Then why are you still unwilling to step down after being the governor for so many years?"

Both of them served as governors in Daqinzhou and encountered similar situations, both were ostracized. By chance, they met and quickly became good friends. When they were in Daqinzhou, they even wrote to each other to exchange their experiences in governing.

Claudius said solemnly: "I want to protect the rights of Roman citizens. It took the death of hundreds of thousands of people to build the present Rome. If the senators return to the Senate and abuse their power again, then hundreds of thousands of Roman citizens will have died in vain."

Liu Ruyi could only pat Claudius' shoulder silently. How to keep the fruits of victory was a global problem. He was unhappy in the Seleucid Empire, not only because his comrades did not know how to govern the country, but also because many of his comrades had changed. They had gone through untold hardships to drive away the old nobles of the Seleucid Empire, and his comrades began to be impatient to become new nobles.

He has been strongly opposed to this kind of thing over the years, and has been trying to find ways to guarantee the rights of the citizens of the Seleucid Empire. Then he united a group of comrades who had not yet changed and wanted to realize the process of democratization of the Seleucid Empire. As a result, the two sides were very unhappy, and because of his special status, it was impossible for him to really get a group of people like the emperor.

Seeing that he would only be blamed if he stayed in the position of consul, he simply left this place of trouble. However, he felt very sorry for the Seleucid Republic that had been established with so much hardship.

Claudius also knew about Liu Ruyi's situation in Serius, so he did not continue the topic. He said, "I came to the Han Dynasty this time to get a loan from the Global Development Bank to build an automobile production line and buy some generators."

Liu Ruyi said, "Purchasing motor equipment is not a big deal, but building a car factory is not as easy as you think. Cars are the most advanced technology in our Han Dynasty. Every year, a large number of businessmen who want to develop the automobile industry go bankrupt. With Rome's current technology, even building an assembly plant is very difficult. I am afraid that your investment will go down the drain. Rome's current debt is already as high as 150 billion. If it continues to increase, I am afraid that you, the Roman State, will find it difficult to even bear the interest."

He thought for a moment and said, "Xiayang in Chen County is the largest automobile production base in our Han Dynasty. You should go to Xiayang to take a look before making a decision."

So Claudius led the Roman delegation to Chenjun, Xiayang County, to visit the largest automobile production base in the Han Dynasty.

But Xiayang at this time is different from what it was six years ago. The automobile industry has been expanding all year round, and has expanded to millions in just six years. There are now more than 30 automobile craftsmen in Xiayang, and more than craftsmen in the upstream and downstream industrial chains related to automobiles. The population of the entire county has exceeded one million, forming an extremely large automobile city.

The Xiayang First Automobile Factory is the largest automobile production plant in the entire Han Dynasty. Two years ago, they built the largest automobile production workshop in the entire Han Dynasty. This huge building covers an area of ​​600 acres and can accommodate 10 Jianzhang Palaces. It is the largest man-made building in the world so far.

In the 58th year of the Han Dynasty, after the completion of this super assembly plant, it became the pride of Xiayang, Chenjun, and even the craftsmen of the entire Han Dynasty. This is a wonder that can only be accomplished in their hands. Every citizen of the Han Dynasty will feel extremely proud after seeing this wonder.

Romans like Claudius and Walker were greatly shocked. They felt as if they had seen the Titans in mythology. It was hard for them to imagine that this huge building was just a simple automobile assembly line.

(End of this chapter)