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Chapter 210 Let’s go crazy, Borneo (Second update, please subscribe)
  For a country whose agriculture is growing rubber trees and industry is rubber refining, what is the most important thing?
  How to escape the plantation economy, of course!

A tropical plantation economy might bring jobs and wealth to Borneo, but it definitely wouldn't bring a future.

Unexpectedly, in another world, after all the noise, all the countries in Southeast Asia, except Li Jiapo, became silent. In the final analysis, it is because it is too easy to make money in the plantation economy, because there are no technical difficulties. As long as there is enough labor and land, it can expand exponentially. This also leads to capital having no desire to invest in other investments. After all, reclaiming tropical rainforests , the return on developing plantations is more stable or even higher. The most important thing is that there are no technical requirements, as long as there is cheap labor.

Finally, until the twenty-first century, the plantation economies of Southeast Asian countries still occupied an extremely important position in their economies.

If Li Yi'an wanted to develop a plantation economy, of course it would be easy. All he had to do was plant oil palm. With the rise of the Eurasian economy, the demand for oil would be enough for him to earn a lot of money. But what next?
  Without it, it is nothing more than a large plantation. If a country wants to develop, it must develop industry. Whether it is from agriculture to light industry, or from light industry to heavy industry, it must take the road of industrialization. There is only industrialization, and industrialization is not for To become a powerful country is not for atomic bombs or aircraft carriers, but for making the country a developed country. Otherwise, it will always be a supplier of cheap raw materials to developed countries.

If a country wants to industrialize, it must build factories and develop industry.

There are many ways to develop industry, and there are few shortcuts.

Almost none does not mean none.

There are still shortcuts, such as a paternalistic approach to squeezing the country as much as possible, without hesitation in squeezing the people's basic survival needs, and exporting agricultural and mining industries in exchange for funds to introduce machine technology-style development, which is the type most familiar to future generations.

What's another shortcut?
  It means... well, turning other people's things into your own. For example, after defeating Germany, the loving father of steel transported more than 70% of the mechanical equipment and even wires in the occupied areas back to the country, and after sending troops to the Northeast, he took all the mechanical equipment factories All businesses are demolished, this is a shortcut.

In fact, Li Yian was doing the same thing, but not as ruthlessly as them. After all, he was just following the Allies to drink soup.

But Fiat is different. This company almost has a complete industrial chain of its own. As the largest company in Italy, it has more than [-] employees. If it acquires this company and moves its equipment, then almost Overnight, North Borneo will achieve rudimentary industrialization.

Because of its small size, this industrialization is still easy to achieve, and it can provide nearly [-] industrial jobs, plus machinery and equipment dismantled from Germany.

Industrialization is just around the corner!
  Facing the contract in front of him, Li Yian couldn't help but sigh - people can always see opportunities in other people's pain!

For the Agnelli family, such a fire sale was painful, but they had no choice as it would either be confiscated or sold to foreigners. And what about Italy?
  It was a disaster.

This is undeniable.

“Is there any chance we can move all the factories?”

Li Yian asked.

Sometimes it is easy to buy some companies, but it is a bit difficult to sell those companies away.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Italian Liberation Committee may control the north, but there are also Allied forces in the north, and the contract is protected by law. Moreover, Rome will also support your demolition, because your demolition will make at least [-] people unemployed, and then Coupled with the unemployment in related industries, it may exceed [-] or even one million people. All northern Italians will feel the pain of unemployment, and this will undoubtedly help Rome regain control of northern Italy, Your Majesty. , Rome and the allies will support you. After all, they absolutely do not want to see the Russians getting involved in northern Italy..."

Although Mickey is a businessman, he can still clearly see the current situation in Italy. The current situation is... It is impossible for Northern Italy to survive no matter what. Rome and the Allies will use all means to destroy everything there. In the end, the unemployed workers will abandon that committee just as they have chosen the committee now.

Historically, it took them more than ten years, but now, with their own help, they are doing it faster. Of course they would not refuse such a good thing.

As long as they can attack their political opponents, they can do anything. This is the essence of politicians. In the eyes of those people, there will always be only interests and nothing else.

"If that's the case, then what are we waiting for!"

When he signed the contract, Li Yi'an was excited, even a little excited. How could he not be excited? After all, this is an opportunity for Borneo to achieve preliminary industrialization! Of course, what kind of impact this contract will have on the Italian industry after signing is not within the scope of Li Yi'an's consideration. The most important thing is himself.

It is the industrialization of Borneo. If necessary, it does not matter if it is to step on the corpses of other countries. After all, the truth of this world is that fellow Taoists will die and poor Taoists will not die.

In fact, when Li Yian signed this contract, France's Southwest Aviation Manufacturing Company and Italy's Alfa Romeo Company had already begun the dismantling and shipment of industrial equipment. Even if the two governments tried to stop it, there was no way, legally speaking. He said that Zhenhua Company has the complete right to dispose of these enterprises. As for the unemployed workers... the workers have been unemployed for almost a year, so what does the dismantling of the machines have to do with them.

Soon, these machines, equipment and technical personnel will be transported to Borneo via commercial ships. By then, there will be unprecedented large-scale factories and enterprises in Borneo.

The only problem is labor!

Both enterprise production and factory construction require a large number of workers. In order to recruit as many workers as possible, Zhu Yihai, who is in China, has not only set up recruitment offices in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, but also in Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi. , Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, and even Shandong have set up recruitment offices.

These recruitment offices say they are recruiting workers, but they are actually recruiting immigrants. The monthly salary for a single worker is US$10, and for a couple, the monthly salary is US$12, which is a full 20% increase. The reason why wages for married couples will be increased is essentially for the sake of population. After all, only couples can have children. In order to attract them, increasing salary is undoubtedly the simplest and crudest way, and certainly the most effective way.

Faced with such high salaries, those in China who are struggling on the poverty line naturally flock to it. Almost every job recruitment office has tens of thousands of registration materials piled up.

Among those people were college students, high school students, and junior high school students. Of course, there are still many people with primary school education. In fact, there are more primary school students. After all, in this era, the largest number of people in the country have received primary education. College students are a bit rare.

The only problem now is how these people get to Borneo. Although the previously recruited workers have passed through Siam via the Mekong River and are on their way to Borneo, how do the millions of workers in the central region get here?

This became the biggest problem at hand. It was at this time that the good news came - Guangzhou was recovered. Not only Guangzhou, but also Hong Kong, with the cooperation of the Allied forces' sea and air forces, was also recovered, and He also took it back, of course, the British guy was very unhappy.

After learning the news, Li Yi'an was excited because the last obstacle restricting Borneo was finally removed.

Almost as soon as Guangzhou Port resumed navigation, laborers recruited from Henan and other places had begun to take trains south. They would follow the Ping-Han Railway and the Guangdong-Han Railway all the way south to Guangzhou, where they would take the Allied transport ships. , arrived in Borneo.

After receiving the telegram from Zhu Yihai, Li Yian excitedly held up the telegram in his hand and said to the people in the office.

"Okay, from now on, the construction in Borneo will enter a real boom period! Inform the Construction Department that all the currently planned first-class projects have entered the implementation stage."

In the past, the biggest problem restricting the construction of North Borneo was workers, but now, with the re-opening of Guangzhou Port, this obstacle no longer exists! In the future, a steady stream of immigrants will continue to pour into Borneo.

Then, he turned around and gave instructions to the secretary beside him.

"Order Sundelin to immediately take down Kota Kinabalu for me, which is the western gate of Borneo. In the future, immigrants from the country will disembark from there. Also, order the air force to bomb the small Japanese in Tennan and other places. Now, we need to completely drive Little Japan out of North Borneo before the immigrants arrive!"

Since large-scale construction is about to begin now, those little devils must be driven out of Borneo. After all, if there are robbers at home, it is certainly impossible to build with peace of mind.

Cleaning the house to welcome guests is the truth in this world.

It's time to rid the world of that garbage.

(End of this chapter)