"Brother Xingsun, how have you seen in the past few days?"

"Brother Ji Zhi, have you been visiting all the time? And at yesterday's speech, you asked the most questions. I guess you have a certain opinion in your heart, so why bother asking me?"

"I do have some ideas, but I still want to listen to Xingsun's opinion first!"

After hearing the two of them, the people in the other seats also surrounded him and said kindly: "Brother Xingsun, just tell me what you think. We all want to listen to it."

After hearing this, Sheng Xuanhuai smiled and said, "This is what Brother Ji Zhi asked me first, and he said it just now. He had some ideas in his mind. It should be that Ji Zhi should talk about it first. It would not be too late to say it after he finished speaking."

The others were nodding one after another. Zhu Baosan turned to Zhang Jian again and said, "Ji Zhi, let's talk about your thoughts first."

Zhang Jian nodded without refusing, saying, "Okay, then I'll talk."

At this time, the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Delegation's inspection time in Qingdao had reached the 10th day. In addition to visiting the warships on the first day, they visited various factories in Qingdao in the next six days, which also gave merchants a relatively intuitive understanding of the industrial development level of the East China government. In fact, these factories of the East China government were not established for a long time, at most only two years, and their development was limited. Therefore, in terms of scale, they were not as good as some large enterprises founded during the Westernization Movement, such as Hanyang Iron Factory, Jiangnan Machinery Bureau, etc. However, it is indeed very rare to reach such a scale within two years, and the operation, management, production efficiency, and even technical level of these factories are not comparable to those founded by the Westernization Movement.

After the factory was visited, the East China government arranged for an industrial and commercial delegation to visit Qingdao's Hope School and several rural areas in the suburbs of Qingdao.

Of course, there is more than one school in the East China government, but I hope that the school is the earliest school established by time travelers, and it is also the school where time travelers teach the most, and it is also the place where staff are trained in the short term. Therefore, it is still the school that the East China government attaches most importance to. At this time, Qingdao hopes that the school has more than 3,000 students, ranging from 7 to 16 years old, and it is divided into 3 primary grades and 9 primary grades. More than 1,000 students are orphans among the students, and the rest are staff members, soldiers, and children of local gentry who have close ties with the East China government. Therefore, it can also be regarded as an important institution for the East China government to cultivate its own backbone team. Moreover, more than 200 students have graduated from the school and all worked in various institutions and factories of the East China government.

The industrial and commercial delegation visited the school's school buildings, libraries, labor rooms, auditoriums and other places, watched the students' gymnastics during class, a sports competition, labor practice, and also listened to several classes. The common feeling given to businessmen is that no matter men and women, they are a group of students full of vitality, vitality, diligence and progress, whether they are studying, activities, entertainment, or practice.

In fact, the Qing court also opened many school institutions at this time, from the Children's Day to the Fujian Naval Academy, as well as the Beiyang University Hall and the Baoding Army Officer School that Yuan Shikai was preparing to build, and also cultivated some talents, but no school was in that school, such a vibrant student was seen. Therefore, many businessmen lamented that, just like the name of the school, these students did make people see hope for the future.

The visit to the countryside shocked the merchants. It was the spring plowing season, and the fields were almost everywhere with farmers working, but laughter could be heard everywhere, and even singing could be heard in their speech and call. Just like the current season, they seemed full of vitality everywhere.

Most of these businessmen are from rural areas and grew up in the countryside when they were young. Even if they were not from rural areas, they still had old houses and land in the countryside. They also lived in the countryside for a while. Of course, they knew the situation in the countryside. Even though they had never seen the most miserable side in the countryside, they had never heard so many laughter and joy in the countryside.

Gao Shi, an agricultural committee member who accompanied them to visit, explained to them that the land policy of the East China government allowed every farmer to own his own land and did not have to be exploited by the landlords. He paid no other taxes to taxes except agricultural taxes. Therefore, he collected grain, except for paying agricultural taxes, the rest belonged to the farmers, and the more they worked, the more they earned. In this way, the farmers were naturally full of enthusiasm and their emotions were naturally high.

After hearing this, the merchants were silent. It turned out that the land policy of the East China government has always been a very controversial topic in Shanghai. Some people support and some oppose it. Most of the middle and lower classes are the mainstream. Although these merchants are not big landlords, each of them has more than 1,000 acres of land. Of course, they do not make money by renting land, so for hiring farmers, tenants are not high, and they look down on those landlords who severely exploit farmers. However, they also do not agree with the land policy of the East China government. Isn’t this just robbing land? It’s just that they are not people who make money by land, and their reactions to this are not strong.

But now seeing the rural appearance of the East China government has shaken many businessmen's original ideas. Although the methods of overseas Chinese are not worth mentioning, they are indeed capable of governing the countryside. The rural scene described in [Peach Blossom Spring]: "The land is flat, the houses are beautiful, and there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo. The fields are transported by the roads, and chickens and dogs are heard. The exchanges and plantings are like outsiders. The yellow hair and the hair are drooping, and they are happy." That's all. It seems that the land system of overseas Chinese still has certain advantages.

After visiting and making a paragraph, the East China Government organized another speech, and Qin Zheng gave a speech on the topic of [Industrialization and National Development]. Starting from the industrial revolution, taking the industrial development of the four countries of Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan as an example, it shows that the development of modern countries, that is, the development of industrialization. Without industrialization, there will be no strong countries. Moreover, industrialization does not mean the establishment of several factories, but industrial production activities have gained a dominant position in a country or region, the industrial and commercial class has become the dominant class of society, and a complete system of industrial production activities is established. To achieve industrialization, it must be dominated by the government and the participation of the whole society. This is the only way for modern countries to become prosperous and strong. The East China Government is committed to building an industrialized country, and at the same time hopes that many businessmen can assist the East China Government in building China's industrialization together.

This speech brought great shock to merchants. Although the Chinese society in this era had already realized the huge role of industry and Zhang Jian proposed the concept of "saving the country through industry", China in this era was still a society dominated by feudal autocracy. Although industrialists and businessmen are no longer at the bottom of society, their social status is still not high, and the top level of society is still the official class. Just like Sheng Xuanhuai, who was from business to politics, was not a small official, he was still regarded as a businessman, not an official by the official. Some merchants knew that among European countries, merchants had a high status, which could control the country's policies. Moreover, officials in many countries, whether the prime minister or commander of the country were from merchants, which was something that the Qing court dared not think about.

But no one expected that the East China government was indeed much more radical than the imperial court in this regard. It was really amazing to elevate the industrial and commercial class to the dominant class of society. Although all the businessmen were rational and realistic people and were not easily fooled, they couldn't help but feel excited at this time, as if they saw a little hope.

The East China government then made another unexpected move, giving merchants three days of self-operation time, and they can move around the suburbs of Qingdao and nearby rural areas at will, and can visit and inspect the factories invested by the government. Of course, it will not affect the normal production of the factory. The East China government will also send people to protect them, but will never interfere with the actions of merchants.

Ye Yanfu, who was responsible for arranging their visits, said that the early visits were arranged by the East China government, which inevitably made merchants think they were prepared, and allowing merchants to move freely can let them see the truest side of Qingdao.

After hearing this decision, the merchants were also quite interested. Although they were quite shocked when visiting, they were all knowledgeable. When they came back seriously, they were afraid that overseas Chinese must have made arrangements in advance. At most, they only had five or six points of real. Because they were businessmen who worked in factories run by the government and supervised commercial offices, they were commonplace with such things, because officials often came to inspect the factories founded by the Westernization Clan, and before each inspection, the factory had to be prepared for several days so that officials could see the brightest side. Of course, even if the factories of overseas Chinese were only five or six points of real, they were very good.

So the next day, the merchants were strolling together on the streets of Qingdao. Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhang Jian, Zhu Baosan, Ye Yiquan, Yan Xinhou, and Zhou Shunqing formed a trip together. They didn't want to check anything anymore, they just wanted to see the appearance and customs of Qingdao. Although Qingdao's prosperity is not as good as Shanghai now, the mental outlook of citizens is very different. Moreover, even after walking several streets, they could not see the ragged beggars, nor were they idle rogues. Although there were many pedestrians, they were orderly, shops and orderly retreating.
Chapter completed!