"Do you know how much a thousand nurses can earn?" Tokuhira Taro leaned on the chair and asked the Japanese representative in front of him with the smell of alcohol.
The chairs in Japan were very different from those in the Min dynasty. They didn't have legs. So Tokuhira Taro sat cross-legged, and the beautiful geisha next to him continued to pour him wine as if she heard nothing. Originally, the common language in East Asia was Chinese. The Min dynasty conquered a large territory for decades, and the Min dynasty implemented standard Chinese. The communication between East Asian countries was much more than before, so Chinese had become the common language of communication.
As the son of Yao Bang, the young man who went by the name of Tokuhira Taro in Japan had seen the Military Governor Vaize's ceremonial and mannerism. He could be sure that his arrogance at this time was definitely better than the emperor's Military Governor Vaize. The Military Governor Vaize toured Edo. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese subjects were kneeling on both sides of the street in Edo, but that was not the request of the Military Governor Vaize. Tokuhira Taro felt that the level of the Military Governor Vaize was probably similar to that of a baby.
"Your Excellency, a thousand nurses is too few." The Japanese man who was kneeling on the opposite side replied with a bitter face.
"In our country, a nurse's annual income is close to twenty thousand, and a senior nurse's income can even reach thirty thousand. Japanese nurses received special training during the North American War and have practical experience. That's why they can work in the Min dynasty. Do you think a thousand is too few? "After that, Tokuhira Taro took the wine cup offered by the geisha and drank the sake in one gulp.
Hearing such a condescending tone, the Japanese man on the opposite side quickly bowed his head to show his respect. In his heart, he quickly calculated how much profit he could make if he could really have a thousand nurses. Ordinary nurses earned twenty thousand a year, so a thousand nurses would be twenty million. Even if only half of the salary was deducted, it would still be more than ten million.
The purchasing power of ten million RMB was very amazing in Japan. Most of the Japanese civil servants' annual income was less than ten thousand RMB. The income of a thousand nurses was enough to support thousands of low-ranking civil servants. From the current point of view, Tokuhira Taro decided whether the Min dynasty would accept a thousand nurses or not.
The meeting didn't last long. After the Japanese man left, Tokuhira Taro leaned on the back of the chair again. The geisha's expression didn't change as if she didn't hear anything. Tokuhira Taro knew that the geisha could speak fluent Chinese. She could understand what Tokuhira Taro was talking about.
Tokuhira Taro couldn't help but grab the Geisha's fair and delicate hand and play with it. The Geisha neither resisted nor deliberately leaned towards him. When the unhappiness on Tokuhira Taro's face had almost disappeared, the geisha gently withdrew her hand, picked up the Japanese sanxian beside her, and started playing. The atmosphere immediately relaxed and the mood. The Japanese of the Taro of of Tokuhira Taro.
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Then, Tokuhira Taro thought of Wang Mingshan, who was far away in Cyprus. In Tokuhira Taro's eyes, this senior was a real romantic figure. He was in charge of the European Bank of Huanwang and enjoyed the company of beautiful women. If he could have that kind of power in Japan, Tokuhira Taro would be satisfied.
A few days later, Tokuhira Taro returned to Beijing by boat from Edo. After returning, he immediately went to his father, Yao Bang's secretary. He wrote a few notes and brought them with him. Then he went straight to Tianjin. Tianjin was a shipping port and manufacturing center. The steel, machinery, chemicals, and shipbuilding industries were all very developed. This industrial city naturally had a large population. The Min dynasty attached great importance to urban planning. Yao Bang didn't understand the magical design of the dozens of high-rise buildings in the blueprint. The current Min dynasty didn't have the ability to build such high-rise buildings.
Not to mention the buildings, there were a lot of hospitals in Tianjin. If there were hospitals, they would need nurses. Tokuhira Taro dared to promise something, but it wasn't because he had the ability to create jobs out of thin air. After introducing the agreement that the Min dynasty agreed to import labor from Japan, Tokuhira Taro said in an encouraging tone, "Uncle X, this matter depends on how hard you work."
The executive vice mayor in charge of this area of Tianjin frowned after hearing Tokuhira Taro's request. He hadn't heard of the so-called "agreement that the Min dynasty agreed to import labor from Japan." If the central government of the Min dynasty really wanted to promote this matter, it naturally had to be conveyed through layers of communication. The central government conveyed it to the ministry, the ministry conveyed it to the province, the province conveyed it to the prefectures, the prefectures conveyed it to the counties and cities, the counties and cities conveyed it to the towns and villages.
According to the different work arrangements, the range of transmission was also different. The executive vice mayor couldn't figure out the trick. A vice mayor was too far away from the decision-making body of national policy. According to reason, this thing should be digested at the ministerial level. How could it go directly to the city to arrange it? But Yao Bang's son was the real deal. Forging national policy was a major crime. The executive vice mayor couldn't think of a reason why Yao Bang's son dared to do so.
"Let's wait for the national policy to come out." The vice mayor took the means of delaying this.
"Uncle X, this kind of thing is definitely more appropriate to do it first. This kind of thing needs to be arranged. The number of openings by the central government will not be too many, and various places may fight for it. You must know about the shipbuilding quota. Now if you want to build new ships, there must be technical improvements. Do you think if you don't make preparations in this regard, can you compete? "Tokuhira Taro persuaded with a condescending attitude.
This time the vice mayor didn't speak for the time being. After the end of the war in North America, the whole national policy changed a lot. Before the result of the war was basically determined, the slogan was everything for the war, everything for the victory, and all enterprises had a prescribed amount of tasks. After the war situation was settled, things changed dramatically. First of all, the tasks that had to be completed were gone. Secondly, they began to settle old accounts. Enterprises with problems with the products produced during the war were ordered to close down and reorganize.
The workers of these enterprises might have been hit hard, but the urbanization process of the Min dynasty was extremely fast, especially in the middle and late stages of the war in North America. A large number of educated young men and women flocked from the countryside to the city, and a large number of urban young people with junior high school education or above left their hometown to start new careers in North America. With such a flow of population, the impact of the closure of a large number of enterprises by the state was absorbed by a larger number of jobs, and the situation that would have been chaotic was resolved in an instant.
For the middle and low-level people, their lives were not affected, but for people at the level of the vice mayor, they saw a very strong impact. Although such an impact slid past the tip of the nose, it seemed to not hurt or itch. But in Tianjin alone, hundreds of state-owned enterprises were dissolved, and there were more downstream private enterprises that were affected. Everyone felt that if there was no communication from the top, it would be very difficult for the comrades at the bottom.
"But there is still no news from the city." The executive vice mayor said with some struggle. He clearly felt that things here were different from the previous arrangements from the top. The major adjustment that began a few years ago was in charge of the development of productivity. It was the agricultural production department that absorbed labor. Units such as hospitals belonged to the department of productivity development. All the orders from the top were to improve the medical level and increase the research of medical technology. The nursing schools of medical colleges throughout the Min dynasty provided a large number of nurses to hospitals. The outstanding nurses received various training to improve their professional knowledge. The sudden arrangement of a group of foreign nurses broke the existing order. It was like throwing a large, motionless stone into a flowing canal.
"You don't have to worry about this. The instructions from the top will definitely come down." Tokuhira Taro had already smelled the scent of victory. The capital of the Min dynasty adopted the Zhili model. If the capital was in Nanjing, it would be Zhili Jiangsu, and if the capital was in Beijing, it would be Zhili Hebei. At this time, Tianjin itself was under the management of the Zhili department under the central government. "You just need to make some preparations. Write a report, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
The whole thing was pushed forward two months later. Tianjin put forward a report on the 'lack of nurses', and then some people naturally began to operate. Of course, the 'tiaozi' that Tokuhira Taro got also played a huge role. These tiaozi provided different information and operating forces to different units.
In the officialdom, the first thing to do was to be responsible, including recommendations. Some people who were motivated stayed away from tiaozi, and some people who were motivated were very enthusiastic about tiaozi. However, as the son of Yao Bang, Tokuhira Taro would at most be rejected, and would not suffer any public backlash.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not have any power to intervene in domestic work, and they did not care about the Sino-Japanese labor cooperation at all. In October 1903, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly discovered that the labor exchange between China and Japan was actually promoted. The huge domestic bureaucratic group was actually so efficient, which surprised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In addition to the promotion of labor cooperation between China and Japan, a lot of news that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received included the official export of India's Goa ore, and a large amount of ore was actually sold to Italy. At this time, there was a relatively big reaction on the British side, and it was said that the situation was very complicated. The group of people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only 'knew' about this. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it was not their place to intervene in domestic affairs.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not willing to get involved, and the Bank of Europe in Cyprus could not ignore it. In the report that Wang Mingshan received, Italy's steel production doubled from 200,000 tons to 400,000 tons. 400,000 tons of steel production was only one-twenty-fifth of Germany's current 10 million tons of steel production, but for Italy, it was an unprecedented number.
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