Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 410 Development of Siberia

"Hello readers, I am a reporter from "Shengjing Times". Today I came to the city of Tomsk in Eastern Siberia. There are more than 100 million inland population here, how has it changed in the past few years, the reporter had the honor to interview Prince Su who is in charge of this matter, and asked him to introduce the specific development situation for us.”

Prince Su was as unsmiling as ever, and seemed a little nervous when accepting such a western interview method for the first time. He cleared his voice and said, "People of the empire, readers of "Shengjing Times", hello. Now let me tell you about the development of Siberia. Three years ago, His Majesty the Emperor approved a development strategy for the Siberia region for the next ten years. According to this strategy, the Empire plans to invest huge sums of money to build Siberia by 1907. An emerging industrial area suitable for living, prosperous in industry and commerce, and developed in tourism. According to the original vision of the empire, Siberia in the future should not be just a raw material supply base supporting the development of the Far East, but a region with comfortable life and balanced development of various industries. For this reason, the empire plans to vigorously develop science and technology, tourism and resource processing industries in this region in the next ten years. According to the assumption, the average annual growth rate of Siberia in the next ten years will reach 30%, and the average annual investment growth will be 50%, and the per capita income of residents will also increase by about 25% per year. At present, the second phase of this strategy is still in the planning stage, and the specific implementation plan will be jointly researched and formulated by the Siberian Development Agency and the Submit it to the empire. However, here I can tell you that the initial estimate of the funds involved in this strategy will reach 20 billion yuan, and the number of large-scale industrial projects that the empire is currently considering has reached more than 200."

The reporter said: "It seems that Prince Su is being interviewed for the first time, and he seems a little nervous. It doesn't matter, our readers are all people of the empire, and they are very familiar with and admire you. Now I want to ask, facing such a huge investment What is the domestic response to my country's grand development strategy?"

Prince Su calmed down his nervousness and said: "After this strategy was made public, all parts of our country welcomed it very much. Even the plenipotentiary representative in Siberia said that the implementation of this strategy will provide unprecedented opportunities for the development of the central and eastern regions. , especially for infrastructure construction, natural resource development, energy, industry and tourism, the development prospects are very promising. The quality of life of local residents will also be significantly improved accordingly.

In addition, Siberia already has some excellent institutions of higher learning, such as Irkutsk University, Novosibirsk University, etc. Now Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nanjing University and other domestic institutions of higher learning have also established branches here. Colleges and universities can become the bases of Siberia's technological and scientific research, and the tourism development prospect of Lake Baikal, the largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world, is also very attractive.However, at the beginning, many people thought that the implementation of this strategy was very difficult.Chief among them is funding.As we mentioned just now, the funds involved in this strategy may reach 20 billion yuan.Among the sources of these funds, of course, my country's investment will account for the main part.In addition, after our analysis, this project also needs to rely on investors from some Asian countries, because according to the current financial resources of Russia and local governments, it is very difficult to come up with such a large sum of money.However, the investment policies and transportation facilities in Siberia have always been criticized by people. In addition, due to the harsh climate and scarcity of human resources, the local living and industrial costs are much higher than those in other regions. These factors are likely to scare Withdrew a lot of foreign investors. "

The reporter said: "In our impression, severe cold and emptiness are almost the epitome of Siberia. You mentioned just now that the natural environment in this area is not very good, and there are many difficulties in development, so why does the empire have to spend so much effort? to develop the area?"

Prince Su said: "Yes, the natural environment in Siberia seems not suitable for people to live in. Especially in its northern region, the climate is very cold, and the average annual temperature is even below zero. However, the iron mines in this area The richness of rock, oil, gold and other minerals, as well as animal and plant resources is unmatched by any country in the world. According to the estimate of the empire, the natural resources of Siberia account for more than two-thirds of the total. For this Siberia development strategy , the Far East News commented that Siberia has been proposed many times before, but all of them are thunderous and rainy. This time, due to well-known special reasons, China has just accepted the Siberian region and implemented this strategy boldly. It is an incredible thing for everyone. If the resources in this area can be fully utilized, it will undoubtedly further consolidate and strengthen the various constructions of the empire. Everyone knows that the empire is not short of money now, what is lacking is resources. The empire It is hoped that Siberia will be built into a region with balanced development of various industries and suitable for living. The purpose is to lay the foundation for further development of Siberia's natural resources in the future. It can be said that this is what the empire has determined and continuously promoted in recent years. An important step in the resource development strategy."

The reporter said: "Okay, thank you Prince Su for taking time out of his busy schedule to accept this interview, thank you."

Prince Su smiled unnaturally: "Oh, readers are welcome to come here to have a look in the future when they have time. I have official duties, so I will take my leave first."

The reporter sent Prince Su away respectfully, and continued: "Okay, now let's interview the second guest. His experience is quite special. He is a banner man. He was forcibly deported here three years ago because of a lawsuit to develop From the time when he did not understand and support the policies of the banner people, to now he strongly supports the decision-making, and takes the lead in encouraging the banner people to come here to realize their dreams. , is the representative of the bannerman, Ying Er Ye. Ying Er Ye, hello."

At this time, Eiji was wearing an expensive fox fur and a valuable sea dragon fur hat. He showed his big gold teeth with a smile, and desperately showed a big gold ring on his hand to the reporter who took pictures of him. , is completely the face of an upstart.When the reporter asked him this, he felt a little embarrassed, scratched the back of his head and said, "I'm Ying Er, don't call him Er Ye, that's all in the past, what kind of master am I?"

The reporter smiled and said, "Mr. Yinger, can you introduce your development experience?"

Ying Er spat in the palm of his hand, cleared his throat, and said in a Beijing dialect: "My name is Ying Er, and I used to belong to the man with the white flag inlaid in Manchuria. The one who said that the white flag inlaid is so great, yes, it is the era of the New Deal. , the Eight Banners have been abolished, but going back 200 years, the Inlaid White Banner is very famous. There used to be a great and great figure under this banner, that is the all-powerful Prince Rui Dorgon. Alas, but The world is getting worse, not to mention the inlaid white flags, but the entire Eight Banners are becoming more and more useless. In my generation, Ying Er, they are all a bunch of useless snacks. Paotangzi is to hold opera actors, or to spend the whole day drunk in Bada Hutong. At that time, we felt that we were banner people. When we walked on the street, the old people had to call Ying Erye when they saw them, and some even kowtowed and kowtowed , I don’t want to mention how beautiful it is, what we want is this spectrum. Now that I think about it, my fucking work was in vain.” Eiji rolled his eyes and whispered to the reporter: “Did I digress.”

The reporter smiled and signaled Eiji to continue.

"Later, the imperial court issued a new policy and abolished the Eight Banners. I was not convinced. If the old system was followed, I, Yinger, could at least inherit a third-class captain of light vehicles by relying on my grandfather's military achievements. Shaking it can be popular and drink spicy food, but it’s good to withdraw the flag. Every year, I just go to the Flag Affairs Bureau to get some money, and the money is getting less and less. It can’t cover my expenses at all. When I ran out of money, I felt even more annoyed, and after discussing with some other Bannerman young masters, I decided to cause some trouble for the court, so let’s not talk about it, it’s embarrassing.”

"After that incident, we were imprisoned in the prison of Shuntian Mansion. I thought that I would definitely see Lord Yan now. Hey, I didn't expect that the imperial court still favored us bannermen and took us to Siberia by train. At that time, I, Ying Er, I was so ashamed that I wanted to find a crack in the ground and get in, or I would piss and drown myself (reporter buddy, this sentence is too rough, please don’t publish it in the newspaper) But that’s what I was thinking at the time .From there, I, Eiji, made up my mind to show myself no matter what I said, so that the Bannerman buddies in Beijing can see that I, Eiji, am also a fucking stand-up pissing master!"

"When I got here, I was given a new house, a set of farm tools, and ten acres of wasteland. I was told that the money would be repaid after three years. To offset the debt. I was anxious when I heard it, and I have reached this point. If I, Eiji, still live on Yinzi money and eat lazy all day long, am I still human?"

(End of this chapter)