Chapter 988 The plan hits the mark

St. Petersburg.

East Africa is a pragmatist. Before deciding to poach Tsarist Russia, it had already organized relevant personnel to explore the path in Tsarist Russia, and the first stop was Russian universities.

Tsarist Russia attaches great importance to education. In addition to St. Petersburg and Moscow, higher education in economically developed and open areas such as Kiev and Warsaw has good strength.

Of course, compared with East Africa, higher education in Tsarist Russia follows a typical elite route, with a very small number of universities, but this also means that the teaching quality of Tsarist Russian universities is relatively high, at least much better than most universities in East Africa.

The people who led the team to "gold pan" in Tsarist Russia were Leder, the deputy minister of education in East Africa, and Maurice, the deputy minister of science and technology.

Leder said: "The education system in Russia is different from ours in East Africa. In Russia, universities are a typical aristocratic education. Generally, those who can come into contact are the powerful and powerful people. There are not many ordinary people. But for us, it is to Targeting these Russian college students with no background and no future, the current economic depression in Russia will inevitably have a series of negative impacts on their employment. "

Without a "background", they may be from declining aristocrats or middle-class families who pay more attention to education. Students from the real bottom who enter Russian universities are undoubtedly rare.

Morrisis also said at the right time: "In addition to college students, some important factories in Tsarist Russia are also our targets. With St. Petersburg as the center, we divided our troops into three groups and went to Moscow, Kiev, and Warsaw respectively to conduct recruitment work, especially in the chemical industry. Focus on the fact that the country is in urgent need of talents in related fields.”

Leder: "The same goes for universities. Students in science and engineering majors such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, and mechanics are our primary goals."

Morrissey: "Minister Leder and I will only stay in Russia for two months. During this period, the contact center will be set up in St. Petersburg. Of course, you are not in a hurry. According to government requirements, this round of talent recruitment will be long-term. Yes, in the next at least one year, your work can be carried out slowly, but our requirement is that the screening must be strict, and do not recruit some people who are just pretending to be people. We will do it again in Dar es Salaam. It’s an exam, so don’t mess around just to meet the target.”

Although the economic crisis in 1900 started in Russia, other countries, including Britain, France, Germany and other major countries, would be affected. Therefore, the two senior officials Morrissey and Leder would then go to other countries to carry out "poaching" work.

Of course, East Africa has some relatively complete talent introduction processes and organizations in the German region, so the focus of this work is on non-German regions. Countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy are the focus of this East African work.

This is just the layout of East Africa in Europe. At the same time, another talent fishing plan organized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology is in the Americas, focusing on the United States and Canada. In addition, some non-key areas, such as South America and the Far East, have also sent jobs to East Africa. group.

In South America and the Far East, there is no doubt that the level of economic development is not high. However, in the 19th century, any normal country would establish some universities and industries. And because the level of economic development is not high, many talents have difficulty finding jobs, just like the talents trained in India in previous lives. Quite a few, but it is difficult to find employment in the country, so the development in the UK and the United States is the same. East Africa also follows this idea.

After all, it is a fact that East Africa is inferior to Western European and North American countries, but apart from these countries, there are only a handful of regions that are more developed than East Africa.

Of course, the Far East region in East African talent recruitment is not the Far Eastern countries, but the Far East region of Russia. Ernst would not go to the Far Eastern Empire or Japan to poach people.

Ernst named it the "Yuzhong Plan", which was taken from Emperor Taizong's words: "Heroes from all over the world have joined me." According to this plan, during the First Five-Year Plan period, East Africa will introduce at least hundreds of top science and engineering talents from Europe and the United States.

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Russia, Tomsk.

Tomsk is a city in Russia, located in the southeast of the West Siberian Plain, which belongs to the Far East region of Russia.

There is no doubt that Tomsk, located in the Far East, is not very prosperous. After all, it is restricted by climatic conditions, but its status cannot be underestimated. It is the main education and science center in Siberia, Russia.

For example, the famous Tomsk Imperial University in Tsarist Russia is located here, which was the Tomsk State University in Russia in the previous life and one of the four famous universities in Russia.

Tomsk Imperial University was founded in 1803 as the first Russian higher education institution in Siberia. Later, with the support of Tsar Alexander III, it was upgraded in 1888 and has become one of the important academic exchange centers in Tsarist Russia. , and Tomsk Imperial University is only one of the most representative universities in Tomsk.

"With this damn weather, if I hadn't come here to recruit people, I would have thought I was exiled!" said Cowell, head of the East African talent recruitment team stationed in the Russian Far East, wrapped in a mink coat.

It was already October 1900 when the members of the working group entered Tomsk. Winter had already entered in Tomsk, and the local winter temperature could even reach more than ten degrees below zero. This is simply unbearable for East Africans who do not have winter in most of their lands. Purgatory on earth.

"Mr. Cowell, this is no different from exile. The northern hemisphere is entering winter now. If it were Europe, the temperature might be acceptable, but Russia itself is relatively cold, not to mention Tomsk, which is located in the heart of Russia. Fortunately, we are not going to the east. After all, Tomsk's infrastructure is the most complete in Siberia." Anka, a temporary member of the team, said.

"I really envy those colleagues who went to big cities such as St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev. Although St. Petersburg and Moscow are also very cold, the situation is much better than Tomsk. There are surprisingly few people here. I am afraid that in East Africa, the population density is lower in the north than here." Cowell said.

Anka: "Although Russia has a much larger population than our East African population, their territory is also much larger than ours. So in terms of population density alone, East Africa is still higher than Russia, and the population distribution is more even. The Congo rainforest and desert areas in East Africa, where the climate is the worst, have a stronger population than the Russian Far East."

Cowell looked at the Russian-style cabins on the streets of Tomsk and said: "The people of Tsarist Russia are also much poorer than our East Africans. Fortunately, there are more timber resources here, otherwise the poor Russians would probably have a hard time even surviving the winter."

As he said this, he took his hands out of his gloves and waved them in the air. , and quickly shrank back: "The air here is drier and colder than in East Africa. Living here is definitely a disaster."

"No wonder Napoleon was defeated by the Russians. In this kind of weather, if we are not fully armed, we may not be able to stand it for half a day. Only the Russians can persist in this bitter and cold place. Therefore, if a big country attacks Russia, it must be prepared to face the bad traffic and climate conditions."

In Cowell's words, Tsarist Russia has become a bitter and cold place, and it was less than 40 years since the construction and development of East Africa, which can also reflect the different development situations of East Africa and Tsarist Russia in the mid-to-late 19th century.

Anka said with a smile: "The mink fur we wear is imported from Alaska. It is really good for keeping warm. Alaska was sold to the royal family by the Russians. In this icy and snowy environment, mink fur is really practical and comfortable."

Cowell: "It's just a business trip to Russia. Otherwise, there is no consumer market for this clothing in East Africa. However, Alaska is too far away from East Africa. If Alaska is in Antarctica, it would be even better. It would also be convenient for us to manage East Africa and provide a place for vacation."

For countries like East Africa that have no winter, the icy and snowy climate like Tsarist Russia has become a resource, just like the Tsarist Russians liked to go on vacation in tropical areas in the past. Many East Africans, especially the new generation of East Africans, have never seen snow in their lives, so it is common to have some yearning.