Struggle in Russia

Li Xiao became more and more envious of those fellow travelers who had their own systems or grandpas. If you have difficulty finding the system, it's either a lottery or a big gift package. All in all, all problems are handled by the system, and the protagonist only needs to be responsible for going through the process.

But when it comes to him, it's very painful. I really feel that I have nothing to do. In order to develop and grow, we need to engage in industry, but industry has no technology, no equipment, and no talents. The fourth article has a group of old and stubborn feudal autocrats who refuse new technologies.

What did he want to do with this shit? Go kneeling and beg for alms from aliens or simply jump off a cliff to see if there are wild grandpas and secret bases of prehistoric civilizations in the cave?

Please, this book is a serious time-travel novel, not science fiction or fantasy!

Wake up, there is no system! No grandpa! There is no prehistoric civilization! No aliens!

Nothing at all! Some can only move forward step by step.

Li Xiao sighed, inserted the quill pen in his hand back into the ink bottle, and rubbed his swollen forehead. It really is impossible to reach the sky in one step, we still have to start from the basic work.

Li Xiao knew that there were several major issues before him: equipment issues, talent issues, funding issues, and policy issues.

These four questions are intertwined, and if any of them are not completed, he will not be able to achieve his desired goal.

For example, equipment and machine tools can be bought from the UK. Although the relationship between Britain and Russia is very tense now, the British have been attacking Russia as an invader and a bandit in the newspapers all day long (it is not wrong, but it is very pleasant to say this by another, more shameless bandit).

They also continue to encourage the Poles in exile in London to fabricate all kinds of negative gossip about Russia in the newspapers, smearing Russia as a wolf, greedy and greedy barbarian (it is not wrong, but some stories are really made up).

The relationship between Britain and Russia is indeed tense, but the British bourgeoisie has no morals. As long as they can make money, they don't care whether the Russians are polar bears or cannibals, let alone whether the Poles are living in dire straits. That has something to do with them, the cuties of yellow and orange have no smell, they are very fragrant!

Money really can buy everything these days. The problem is that Li Xiao has no money. All he has is a dilapidated and worthless dilapidated house and thousands of rubles in cash. This little money is not enough to buy equipment and set up factories, and it is not enough to get the green light from the greedy relevant departments in Russia.

Not to mention that even if you have the equipment, you still have to find qualified personnel. Machines can't start by themselves. Things that the intelligence and automation of the 21st century failed to do, let alone the 19th century.

Li Xiao needs a large number of qualified workers and technicians. But the problem is that such people do not exist in Russia, and there are very few of them, and the price of inviting them will not be low. And in the long run, similar talents have to be cultivated on a large scale, which also costs money.

And given the current situation in Russia, this fundamentally conflicts with the interests of the nobles. For those misers who live on the land, the most precious wealth besides land is population.

They basically monopolized the human resources in the whole of Russia. They were reluctant to pay the serfs to learn skills, and they did not allow these bonded laborers to find other jobs. If the serfs were gone, who would farm for them?

In the final analysis, the final fundamental issue is policy. As long as Russia still adheres to the serf system, it is basically impossible to engage in industrialization.

And this one has no solution for the tsars of all dynasties. What about the last great tsar, Alexander II, who seemed to have made up his mind to abolish serfdom at one time, but finally turned back.

Because the basis of the tsar's rule was those serf owners and nobles, how could he abolish martial arts and destroy the foundation?

It's a pity that not many people can see this clearly now. The mainstream wish of the enlightened elites in Russia is still to hope for an enlightened and autocratic tsar.

For this, Li Xiao also has no solution for the time being, he is just an insignificant pawn in the Russian political arena. There is no way to leverage the levers of major policies. The only thing we can do is to preserve ourselves and grow slowly.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao made up his mind and stopped hesitating. Pulled out the quill again, began to write and draw on the manuscript paper, and the drawings and technical instructions soon appeared on the paper...

"Is this the result of your busy nights?"

Leonid was very curious about Li Xiao's work. He felt that someone was very capable and skilled. Judging from the improvement of the rifle last time, someone's invention is of great military significance. So when he heard that someone had come up with a new gadget, he came to check it out immediately.

Only this time, Leonid was confused by these drawings and instructions. He can understand the words and graphics above, but he has no idea what it means.

All-metal bullets, strange chemical formulas, and intricate drawings of firearms. These extremely complicated things are too far from the war he is familiar with. For example, he couldn't understand why it was necessary to put gunpowder in a metal cartridge case.

"What's the point? Since the 15th century, we have used gunpowder directly as we do now. After hundreds of years of testing, there is no doubt that the current method is the best."

Leonid said very seriously: "The brass shell is just to increase the loading speed and waterproof, which is too extravagant! Do you know how many bullets are needed for an army of hundreds of thousands of people? How much copper is needed? I just can't imagine what a luxury that is!"

Li Xiao replied flatly: "It's not extravagant at all. That will be the trend in the future. Soon you will know how terrifying the new rifle with this new bullet is. In five or six years at most, you will find out The mode of war will be completely different from before!"

Leonid watched suspiciously as Li Xiao sealed various drawings and documents into envelopes. He didn't believe Li Xiao's assertion, and even felt that the other party was a bit arrogant and exaggerated. But based on what he knew about Li Xiao, it seemed that the other party didn't need to brag about it.

So he asked again: "Where do you want to send these documents? The Ministry of the Army or the Ministry of the Navy? Shall I clear it for you?"

Leonid thought Li Xiao would send his invention to the Russian military, but Li Xiao didn't mean that at all.

"Neither the War Office nor the Admiralty. Those old-fashioned and old-fashioned will not appreciate my inventions. Sending them would be like dusting pearls, and I am going to send them where they will be appreciated and useful!"

Leonid asked suspiciously: "Then I would like to ask, where is that?"

Li Xiao smiled evilly at him and said, "The patent departments of England and France!"