The sun never sets.

The "Second Five-Year Plan" also had many important projects in Russia. In addition to the Baku oil field and the Dnieper Dam, there was also a large tractor factory built in Tsaritsyn and a heavy machinery plant established in Kramatorsk.

Out of concern for a possible war in the future, the League did not invest in heavy industry in Poland, but instead focused on industry and light industry.

Most comrades did not think that Germany would attack from land, nor did they think that the People's Army could not defeat the German Army, but they also agreed not to develop heavy industry in Poland for the time being. Poland's resistance sentiment was still quite serious, and for quite a long time, the Alliance had to maintain high pressure in Poland.

If Lin Yongchang's opinion was followed, it would be better to let Poland establish an autonomous region, just like Finland. But since the Piłsudski government had been eliminated, the high-pressure notification should continue.

In order to control the situation in Poland, the League established a production corps in Poland, and many people who needed to be exiled were sent to Poland, which was definitely better than Siberia and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

In addition, the household registration system and the Baojia system were also established in Poland. The Union's control over Poland was stricter than in other places. Here, without a letter of introduction and a "road permit", you would be arrested as a criminal.

The next year, 1921, was the third year of the Second Five-Year Plan. Due to the "Haiyuan Earthquake" last year, the progress of the Second Five-Year Plan was affected to some extent, but the problem was not serious. With the enthusiastic efforts of the party members and the people, the Second Five-Year Plan progressed smoothly.

Because Chairman Lin has the "Sun Never Sets on the Heavenly Kingdom", the administrative efficiency of the alliance is very high, whether it is horizontal or vertical comparison, it is unprecedentedly high. Within the People's Party, the tradition of "the capable are promoted and the incompetent are demoted" has been implemented. The cadres will be evaluated every three years, and those who do well will be promoted, while those who do not do well will be dismissed.

Under Chairman Lin's watchful eye, evildoers had nowhere to hide. Corruption and abuse of power would be suppressed by the iron fist of the "Commission for the Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries". Even slacking off would be punished by the Commission for the Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries. Comrade Dzerzhinsky would not tolerate any injustice.

Just as the alliance was developing rapidly, the chaos in Ottoman Turkey came to a temporary end. Kemal and his comrades, who had shined in the world war, entered Constantinople and seized state power.

Kemal was not only a good fighter

Kemal was a general and a reformer. He did not proclaim himself emperor, but convened a national assembly, established a republican government modeled after the European and American powers, and abolished the feudal sultanate. After becoming the president of the Ottoman Republic of Turkey, Kemal first sent diplomats to improve relations with the People's Revolutionary League.

For the Ottoman Republic, the biggest threat still comes from the powerful country in the north. Whether it is the Russian Empire or the People's Revolutionary League, they are the lingering shadow of the Turks, and this has never changed.

If there is any difference, it is that the current alliance is stronger than the Russian Empire. The strength of the People's Revolutionary League is three or four times that of the Russian Empire, and it is still getting stronger.

The People's Revolutionary League accepted the olive branch extended by the Turks, signed a non-aggression treaty and a treaty of friendship and commerce with the other side, and restricted Ma Yu's missionary work in the Islamic world.

Kemal didn't really care about Islam. In fact, the newly born Ottoman Republic suppressed Islam, just like the League suppressed the Orthodox Church. Kemal wanted to establish a secular regime. If it wasn't impossible, he would have killed the entire clergy.

After the establishment of the Ottoman Republic, it first resolved the threat from the north through a non-aggression treaty, and then sent troops to fight the invading Greek army.

During the internal chaos of the Ottoman Empire, Greece, with the support of Britain, launched an attack on the Ottoman Empire and seized some land. However, the Greeks were soon repelled by the Turks who reacted.

It is true that the Ottoman Turks suffered heavy losses in the world war, but they also trained a group of elite soldiers and generals, and the Ottoman Empire was much larger than Greece. By the time the Turks recovered from the chaos, they drove the Greeks back without much effort.

After defeating the Greek army, Kemal did not command his army to march into Greece. The Greek mountains were not so easy to conquer, and the Greeks had the support of Britain, which made it even more difficult to deal with.

Continuing the war would only consume the Ottomans' limited energy. After repelling the Greek army, Kemal took the initiative to sign an armistice agreement with the Greek government, and neither side lost anything.

After hearing about what Kemal had done, Lin Yongchang gave him a high evaluation, believing that President Kemal was a politician with foresight.

The Ottoman Empire once produced ten generations of great emperors. Even though it declined and was called the "sick man of West Asia", it still had many talents. Now that Kemal has appeared, I don't know whether the Ottoman Empire is about to revive or just a flash in the pan?

Chapter 726 Death

Although Ottoman Turkey was called the "sick man of West Asia" by the European powers, its influence in central Eurasia cannot be ignored. After the People's Revolutionary League and the Ottoman Republic signed a non-aggression pact and a host of other treaties, relations between the two sides gradually eased.

If President Kemal wanted to revive the Ottoman Empire and restore its former glory, he had to take the path of secularization and develop heavy industry. If he wanted to transform a backward agricultural country into an industrial country, he would inevitably have to go through various difficulties.

For the Turks, there are many examples to learn. The United States, Germany and the People's Revolutionary League all became world powers after France. Among them, the United States, because it is located in the North American continent and has the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans as its cities, it blocked the threat from Europe and was able to develop behind closed doors. The Ottoman Republic could not learn this.

Prussia relied on being a thug for Britain to gain the opportunity to develop, and then defeated the strongest army at the time in the Battle of Sedan, stepping on the heads of the French to ascend the throne of the great powers. The Ottomans wanted to be the dogs of the British, but the British wanted too much. Kemal started his career as a nationalist, and he would never cede land and give up national rights.

After that, the only thing left for the Ottoman Republic to learn from was the Human Revolutionary Alliance. When the Alliance was promoting itself to the outside world, it always claimed that the Human Revolutionary Alliance was able to achieve its current success because of the superiority of its system and the hard work of its people.

Kemal believed that the Turks were capable of hard work. So, could the Ottoman Empire become a great power again by adopting a system that gave it superior alliances?

The policies of the People's Revolutionary League seem very good and powerful. It is theoretically reasonable to concentrate efforts on major tasks, and there are many successful examples. The "First Five-Year Plan" of the People's Revolutionary League was a complete success, and the "Second Five-Year Plan" also seems to be going smoothly. In another two or three years, the People's Revolutionary League will become even more powerful.

However, what Kemal wanted to establish was not a red regime, but a bourgeois regime. He could concentrate his efforts on major tasks, but he could not allow workers and peasants to become the masters of the country.

In fact, even if Kemal wanted to take the red road, it would be impossible, as it would cost a lot to do so. The worker-peasant alliance is difficult to maintain, and those who hold power, no matter what they did before or what slogans they shouted, are the new ruling class and want to obtain tangible benefits that match their power.

It is normal for things to deteriorate, so it is so precious to keep your original intention.

Kemal transformed the Ottoman Empire from a theocratic feudal state into a secular state. This was his limit and he had already received a lot of opposition. He abolished the Sultanate system, then the Caliphate system, and then the "polygamy" system, and so on. There were not too many people who opposed him.

If the policies of the People's Revolutionary League are implemented again,

The only solution is to turn the big businessmen and landlords into opponents. Even a great man like Kemal cannot do that.

Therefore, even though Kemal was very envious of the achievements of the alliance, he could only take it step by step. For the Ottoman Republic, there were too many problems left over from the past, and it was good enough to be able to do capitalism well.

The best way to become a great power is to defeat a great power, which requires high military and economic strength. Whether it is developing military strength or economic strength, investment is needed, and investment requires money. The Ottoman Empire... lacks money.

Well, the Ottoman Empire not only lacked money, but also lacked technology, engineers and well-trained workers... The Ottoman Empire lacked so many things, but the main problem was still money. Without money, nothing could be done.

It was very difficult for an old empire like the Ottoman Empire to struggle out of the quagmire. Even though Kemal did a good job, compared with the real powers, the Ottoman Empire was still just a giant with feet of clay stumbling forward.

The alliance was very interested in the changes in Ottoman Turkey and sent some staff to collect the Ottoman Republic's response strategies to specific issues. We can learn from others' experience and use anything good.

Ottoman Turkey is also a huge market, worthy of the alliance's attention. In addition, the Ottoman Republic is still a huge threat on the alliance's border, which requires more attention. Although a non-aggression pact has been signed, who knows when the treaty will expire?

Now the Alliance Night Raid Group: ⑥九④九,３⑥①三五 and the Ottoman Empire are at peace, but that doesn't mean it will be the same in the future. However, even if the Alliance will have a conflict with the Ottoman Republic in the future, it will be a long time in the future. Before that, the Alliance still has some time to develop peacefully.

In addition to investing heavily in China and Russia, the Second Five-Year Plan also invested heavily in Japan. However, Japan is not a good place to develop heavy and light industries. The Japanese archipelago has a small land area and a large population, so it is impossible to develop mechanized agriculture. At the same time, Japan lacks many necessary strategic resources, so it is not cost-effective to build heavy and light industries. Why bother shipping raw materials to Japan and then shipping products out? Wouldn't it be more convenient to build a factory directly in China?

Therefore, the alliance's investment in the Japanese region was not in agriculture or heavy industry, but in shipbuilding and fishing. [People's Revolutionary League] The central government built a number of fish canning factories in Japan, hoping to reduce costs by expanding the scale of the industry.

The sealed, high-temperature treated cans can be stored for a long time and are easy to transport. If the civilian market cannot absorb the increased production capacity, the military can also purchase a large amount.

Whether it is canned fish or other canned food, the army will purchase a lot every year, part of which is used as military supplies, and part of which is stored in warehouses in various places as strategic reserves. Government departments will also purchase a lot of canned food and distribute it to cadres and the masses as welfare during festivals.

Canned products are not only consumed within the alliance, but also exported abroad in large quantities, earning a lot of foreign exchange. In order to facilitate transportation, the alliance also developed "containers" and corresponding supporting facilities a few years ago and formulated a series of standards.

The use of containers can greatly improve the efficiency of loading and unloading and transportation, and reduce the time wasted during transportation, which can greatly increase profits. After the alliance established specifications and standards, the "container" technology spread around the world, and those countries with developed maritime transportation quickly accepted this new setting.

The alliance also placed container production in Japan, which, in conjunction with Japan's shipbuilding industry, was able to create an industrial scale advantage and significantly reduce costs.

The Japanese district government was not very satisfied with this. They wanted more and sent cadres to Chang'an several times to negotiate the development of more industries in Japan.

In May 1921, the Japanese local government sent people to Chang'an again, but this time it was not to build relationships, but to bring the news of the death of former Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito.

Chapter 727 Bonds

Ito Hirobumi served as the Prime Minister of Japan for decades and died in his eighties, which can be called a happy funeral. In order to commend Ito Hirobumi for his outstanding contribution to the alliance, Lin Yongchang personally wrote a eulogy for the former Japanese Prime Minister, held a grand funeral, and buried him in the National Cemetery on the Qinling Mountains.

After the "American Flu", the Central Committee of the People's Revolutionary League promoted cremation throughout the league. To be honest, there is a lot of resistance to the implementation of this system. It is now only implemented in towns and cities, and the vast rural areas remain the same as before.

In some places, the trend of competing for lavish funerals is so strong that people cannot afford to die. In some areas, when an elder dies, the family will spend all their savings on a lavish funeral and even be left with a mountain of debt.

The alliance's current attitude towards rural areas is to encourage cremation and crack down on extravagant weddings and funerals, but this has met with great opposition, with many people in the local area saying that not having extravagant weddings and funerals is unfilial, etc. The central government is planning a new wave of campaigns to specifically clean up all kinds of foul things in rural areas.

The central government wanted to cremate Ito Hirobumi and bury him in the Qinling Mountains. The Japanese side seemed reluctant, but in the end no one stood up to express opposition, and the matter was settled.

Ito Hirobumi was born in 1841, a year after the outbreak of the First Opium War. He grew up on the "Black Ship"

During the Meiji Restoration and the Southwest War, he actively planned the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

In the first half of his life, his thoughts experienced a dramatic shock, and his political stance took a 180-degree turn. Then, the People's Party rose in China and crushed the Japanese army divisions in the Korean War. When Japan was in turmoil, Ito Hirobumi changed his political stance again, took the initiative to kick off the "Taisho Restoration", and once again stood at the forefront of history.

Throughout Ito Hirobumi's life, he made two 180-degree turns in a row, jumping left and right but always standing on the right side, controlling the Japanese government for more than 40 years, and bringing Japan into a new era. There is no other person like him in Japanese history.

After Ito Hirobumi passed away, the League Central lowered the flag to half-mast as a sign of mourning.

At the memorial service for Comrade Ito Hirobumi, Lin Yongchang briefly described Ito Hirobumi's magnificent and colorful life, and concluded: "........ A person's destiny, of course, depends on his own struggle, but it also takes into account the course of history."

With the death of Ito Hirobumi, all those who participated in the Meiji Restoration are no longer alive. Japan has changed from an independent country to a federated local government. The Asahi Shimbun said, "This is the end of an era." Some people also believe that the era of the Meiji elders ended more than a decade ago. Since being defeated in the Korean battlefield, East Asia has entered a new era led by Chairman Lin Yongchang. This is unquestionable.

"........Duke Ito is undoubtedly a great man. Unfortunately, he and Chairman Lin were born in the same era. Fortunately, he and Chairman Lin lived in the same era, which made him even greater......"

The Japanese are naturally fond of exaggeration. In various Japanese newspapers, Ito Hirobumi was touted as the greatest Japanese man of all time, and Lin Yongchang was also touted as well.

Respecting the strong is a common human trait. Although Ito Hirobumi was harsh to incompetent people, he did save Japan from the brink of destruction and brought Japan into a new era. Such achievements are worthy of the Japanese to brag about. As for Chairman Lin, he is no longer a human being in Japan, but has risen to the level of a god on earth.

Because Shintoism does not interfere with political power, the Japanese government has not taken severe measures against Shintoism. In many shrines and temples with a long history, Lin Yongchang has a place and accepts worship from Japanese people during festivals.

It is also popular among car drivers and sailors to use badges with Chairman Lin’s portrait as amulets, and it is said to be very effective.

The Japanese government turns a blind eye to these feudal superstitious activities. As long as they are not carried out too far, they will not intervene. There are too many gods in Japan, claiming to have "eight million gods". There are gods even in toilets. Adding a new god is not a big deal.

The death of Ito Hirobumi did not have much impact on the situation in Japan, as he had not served as the Prime Minister of Japan for several years. Half a month later, everything returned to normal.

There are many large-scale projects in Japan under the "Second Five-Year Plan", and the Japanese are also working hard to build them. In this era of rapid development, the Japanese people also have great ambitions.

Although Japan was not suitable for the development of large-scale mechanized agriculture, the central government of the alliance still provided technology and funds to build large chemical plants in Japan to meet the needs of Japanese farmers for fertilizers and pesticides.

In addition, the alliance has also established several agricultural machinery factories in Japan, focusing on medium and small tractors. Of course, Japan's most advantageous industry is still the shipbuilding industry. Many Japanese engineers have left the Japanese archipelago and served as the main person in charge of the alliance's major shipyards.

After experiencing the plagues of the year before last and the year before last, as well as the "Haiyuan earthquake" last year, the alliance is still full of energy. Because of the surge in export trade and the increase in domestic consumption capacity, the central government has raised more funds, and the "Second Five-Year Plan" is proceeding smoothly.

At the same time, the central government is also prepared for another disaster this year. Whether it is a plague or an earthquake, there will be continuous follow-up situations.

There were indeed several earthquakes in Ningxia, but the intensity was not strong. They were probably the aftermath of last year's major earthquake. No casualties were caused, and few people outside Ningxia noticed it.

Although everything went smoothly, the last 13% of the funds for the Second Five-Year Plan were still not available, so the central government decided to issue a construction bond. The bonds, with a total amount of 50 billion yuan, were quickly sold out.

The bonds were sold out so quickly, which was beyond the comrades' expectations. According to the forecast, they should be sold out within two months, and the central government was prepared to let the banks pack up all the remaining bonds. But there were no two months left, and in less than two weeks, 50 billion yuan of bonds were sold out.

Not only did the people in China enthusiastically invest in the purchase, but many foreign governments and individuals also bought a large number of bonds. The interest rate offered by the alliance was not high, 5% per year, and the principal and interest would be repaid after five years, but the alliance's reputation was very good, and buying the bonds of the [People's Revolutionary League] was a sure win.

Chapter 728: Transformation

time is fast

In 1922, the countdown to the Second Five-Year Plan of the League had begun. After issuing a round of "construction bonds", the League's construction funds became sufficient, so the progress of various projects was much faster than planned.

In this year, Britain, Germany, and the French Commune, the three great powers, finally emerged from the aftermath of the war. The main reason for the outbreak of the world war was relative overproduction. The war eliminated a large number of young and middle-aged laborers and a considerable part of the industrial and agricultural production capacity of the major participating countries. Therefore, after the war, the economic growth of various countries was very strong and entered a new period of prosperity a few years later.

In Eurasia, countries have experienced different levels of development, but in North America, the United States has fallen into a vicious circle of economic recession.

As the European powers regained their strength, the United States' control over Latin America gradually weakened. A large amount of surplus arms poured into Latin America, causing the military strength of South American countries to grow rapidly. With the support of Britain, South American countries gradually recovered the interests that were forcibly taken away by the United States.

This led to the intensification of conflicts in the United States and unrest in many places, which further weakened the productivity of the United States. In the past 1921, the steel production of the United States did not recover to more than 4000 million tons as some experts estimated, but instead fell all the way to 2500 million tons.

Judging from the situation this year, the US economy has also failed to recover. The title of the world's first industrial country has fallen to the Alliance, and this year will be the third consecutive year.

Even if the United States can restore its industrial and agricultural productivity in the second half of this year, it will not be able to return to the position of the world's first industrial country. The implementation of the Alliance's "Second Five-Year Plan" was not very smooth, but the progress was completed. In more than three years, the industrial and agricultural strength of the [People's Revolutionary League] has been greatly developed, and this year's steel production will reach 6000 million tons.

This is very embarrassing. The Union has always advertised itself as a developing country, saying that it will use the second "Five-Year Plan" to initially complete industrialization. But the Union is now not only the world's largest country, the most populous country, the largest industrial country, but can also be regarded as the first industrial power.

In emerging industries, such as automobiles, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc., the Alliance's production capacity has surpassed that of the United States, so there is no problem in calling it the world's first industrial power.

Five years ago, the average wage of workers in the People's Revolutionary League was only half of that in the United States. Now it has risen to two-thirds. In some high-tech industries, workers' salaries are no less than those in the United States.

In another time and space, the United States was called "a country on wheels", and now it is used to describe the People's Revolutionary League. The territory of the League is too vast, and even if railways are built year after year, there is no way to connect all places with railways.

From the railway station to many places, cars and tractors have become important means of transportation. Tractors, in particular, can be used for many things and have almost become standard equipment in the rural areas of the alliance.

Farmers' unions subsidize the purchase of petrol and diesel, and the union's petrol is sold very cheaply, which further promotes the sales of tractors and various vehicles.

In addition, the alliance also developed liquefied gas technology, and the use of liquefied gas as fuel became very popular in towns and cities, surpassing honeycomb coal and becoming the main fuel for urban residents.

The People's Revolutionary League became more and more powerful, which made the surrounding countries feel more and more pressure. Southeast Asia and Australia have become dumping grounds for the alliance's products. It is human instinct to pursue a higher quality of life. The alliance brought a new lifestyle to all parts of the world and gained a lot of benefits from it.

Under such circumstances, isn’t it a bit inappropriate for the Human Innovation Alliance to call itself a developing country?

Lin Yongchang did not attach much importance to the title of the world's number one. In his speech, he called on his comrades to guard against arrogance and impetuosity and to maintain a hard-working and simple style. "... On a per capita basis, the alliance's steel production is not that high. We still have a lot of lessons to learn..."

If “per capita” doesn’t work, there is still “historical per capita”. As long as the alliance insists that it is still a developing country, then it must be a developing country.

The governments of the major powers did not want to boost others' morale and undermine their own prestige, so they rarely reported on the achievements of the Alliance. What often appeared in the newspapers were trade disputes with the Alliance.

As the economies of the European powers recovered, they did not want the alliance to continue to dominate the market, so they responded drastically. The US economy was sluggish, and it needed to protect its domestic market, so there was an urgent need to raise tariffs.

Whether the economy gets better or worse, in the end, it's the alliance's fault!

New negotiations were held between the Alliance and various countries to resolve trade disputes, but the British were very determined to once again resort to the "Imperial Preference System", not wanting to leave any soup for the Alliance or any other country.

The French in Africa were loyal brothers of the British Empire and were also unable to gain any benefits from the British colonies. The British used military and administrative power to build a high wall to enclose the British Empire and its colonies.

Whether it is refrigerators or radios, Britain can now produce them. It no longer needs to exchange markets for technology, so it is natural to use trade barriers. This is a common tactic used by latecomers against developed countries. The United States and Germany have used it against Britain. Now, it is Britain's turn to use it against the Union.

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The United States and Germany are not as stubborn as the British. Although they also impose high tariffs on some products from the Union, bilateral trade can still be carried out. The Union's second five-year plan has more than 1500 large projects and several times the number of small and medium-sized projects, which require the purchase of a large number of machinery and equipment, which is the basis of trade.

In addition, the United States is a major agricultural country, exporting a large amount of agricultural products such as wheat, rice and tobacco every year. If the United States completely closes the trade channel to the alliance, the export of these agricultural products will also be greatly affected.

While the Union was conducting trade negotiations with the UK, the US and Germany, an unexpected event caused relations between China and the UK to deteriorate rapidly.

A few days after Egypt declared independence, workers in Hong Kong held a demonstration to protest against the exploitation and wage arrears of the British Hong Kong authorities. The wages offered by British capitalists were originally low, and they would normally delay the payment of wages for 20 days. However, the British boss used the bad economic situation and the difficulty of doing business as an excuse to delay the payment of wages for three months.

It's not just one or two bosses who do this, but British bosses in Hong Kong and other bosses are doing this. Maybe some employers are really in trouble, but workers need to eat. They live on such a small salary and have to support the elderly and children at home. Not getting paid for three months really makes it impossible for many people to survive.

Then, of course, there were demonstrations and strikes.