"If the industrial revolution only involves some technological improvements, and if its consequences do not spread beyond the products, then it is ultimately a less important event, and may have only a few transactions in history, occupying a very small amount of space. However, the industrial revolution has had a huge impact on human society through the needs of mankind, the specific manifestations of planning and activities, and profoundly changed the organizational structure and operation mode of the entire society, and eventually became a great event." On February 10, 1694, Oleg was communicating with an East Coast scholar in the high mountain flowing teahouse on the ground floor of Nareshkin Building.

The scholar's surname is Qian, and he was the grandson of the first generation veteran Qian Hao. As for why his grandson was Qian, you know, some people in later generations still had a surname named Tang because they didn't have the talent to do politics and could not do business, so they could only maintain their lives in the academic circle. This man once worked in a capital cadre training school, but later resigned to run a magazine. The sales volume was average, and it was purely for self-entertainment, but he ended up having a happy life.

Olegnareshkin also lived on the East Coast for many years. This young man from a noble family received traditional education in Russia. After coming to the East Coast, he was very interested in various new things, not only polo, go, dance and other entertainment activities, but also politics, economy and social and cultural systems. Well, his interest only accounts for a part of it, more of the request of his father, the uncle of Tsar Peter, and the Duke of Nareshkin, the first powerful minister of Moscow.

Oleg was still very concerned about his father's request. Because he was so casual on the east coast that he could not do without the help of his family, he usually paid great attention to collecting information on this matter. Today, he invited this scholar named Qian Qing to teach, which is also part of the information collection activity.

What Qian Qing talked about is actually all the contents published in various newspapers and magazines on the East Coast. It is not difficult for those who are interested to collect these contents for education for the whole society, in order to promote the progress of the entire society. Therefore, it is difficult to keep it confidential. The reason why someone in Qian is invited to come is mainly to ask him to help explain it in detail. After all, it is better to ask experts to authoritatively, and may even understand it wrong, which is not beautiful.

"Our sociological researchers are usually accustomed to referring to countries that have not been industrialized as feudal countries. Well, you can also call them medieval countries. Countries that have undergone large-scale industrialized production can be called modern countries. The advantages of modern countries are all-round. Because of large-scale mechanical production, social wealth has increased dramatically and people's lifestyles have also been greatly changed. In order to adapt to this productivity, zhèngfu will change its own way of rule and make its control go deep into all corners of the country.

The efficiency of mobilization of personnel and materials has also been greatly improved. Let me give an example. Join our country and fight Russia in Ukraine. As long as our country is willing to pay huge expenses, then maybe when the materials produced in the New World are transported to the Crimean Peninsula, the weapons produced by your country at the Tula Arsenal have not been shipped to Azov. You can understand the gap in this carefully." Qian Qing said while drinking tea: "Sorry, maybe the way I speak will make you feel unhappy, but I just want you to understand it more easily."

"No, I was impressed by your way, maybe there should never be a war between Russia and the East Coast." Olegnareshkin said slightly awkwardly.

"Okay, then let's continue." Qian Qing nodded and said: "In addition to the increase in social wealth and mobilization efficiency, the benefits of large-scale industrial production are also the rapid growth of the population. According to our research, the growth of a society's population mainly depends on two factors, one is social wealth and the other is public safety. Needless to say, social wealth, all aspects such as food, medical care, etc. will improve, which is crucial for population growth; public safety is also very important, and social dislocation caused by war and other factors are for people.

Population growth may be even more unfavorable, which has been outstanding in history. Let’s compare the population growth of feudal countries with modern countries. The population growth of feudal countries has been slow. Well, China in the Far East should be excluded because the culture of this country is different. At the same time, public security is also done well in most of the time, while the population growth of modern countries is very rapid. Look at the East Coast and then look at the old continent, everything is clear at a glance. This is not the fault of the monarch or politician, but the difference in the national system and productivity."

"Russia relies on population. In this way, if it is necessary to speed up Russia's population growth, then major reforms are necessary?" Olegnareshkin turned his pen and said helplessly: "These generations of tsars have continuously introduced Western talents and technologies, and have worked hard to expand Russia's territory and population. Now it seems that this is still far from enough. The country still needs to carry out in-depth reforms. Fortunately, Tsar Peter is working hard for this."

"You can understand it this way. The development of industry leads to an increase in demand for jobs. When these jobs are paid well, families will not become a burden, and marriage will be early and numerous. Look at the East Coast, many women get married at the age of eighteen or even sixteen. In this case, it is absolutely impossible not to increase the population. Work will make babies grow like spring bamboo shoots, and children are everywhere. These are the dividends brought by industrial development. This profit is also true. If the economy is not good, the corresponding population growth will slow down or even stagnate, which in turn will lead to the economy entering a vicious cycle."

"It sounds reasonable, but is there any theoretical support?" Oleg asked.

"I'm sorry, not yet, but some scholars in our country are doing research on this area, and I hope to see the results come out soon." Qian Qing replied apologetically.

"Okay, that's not the point." Olegnareshkin also picked up the teacup and moistened his voice, and asked, "So, should I go back to Russia to develop? Copy everything I have on the East Coast?"

"This doesn't work, young man." Qian Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "You must understand that what you have at hand is commercial capital, a very ancient capital. In feudal countries with underdeveloped industries, rich people generally control real estate capital, commercial capital or financial capital, such as aristocrats, churches, merchants or lenders. How many jobs can they create? How many people can they benefit? Unfortunately, I don't need to remind you of this, you should also quickly realize it. In modern countries, the importance of industrial capital has increased greatly because it can create a large number of jobs. Learn about the number of employees of steel mills, textile mills and railway institutions on the East Coast. It is definitely much more than your Nareshkin Building, and it may be hundreds of times more. Sorry, I have not counted it. I said this based on my impression, but it should not be much worse."

"Oleg, you are a smart child and you should understand some truths. There has not been an industrial revolution in Russia and may not meet this condition in the short term. However, the East Coast is a country where the industrial revolution has entered the middle plate. The gap between the two is very different. You can discuss this issue with your father in detail. He may not listen to you, but you must understand that Russia does not have the strength to challenge the East Coast, even in the Black Sea area." Qian Qing glanced at Olegnareshkin, who was thinking quietly, and said: "Maybe your father or cousin (Tsar Peter) felt that after carrying out military modernization reform, he could compete with the East Coast with geographical advantages, but the momentum must be insufficient and he would pay a huge price. Only the Poles and Swedes are willing to see this, and they will wake up in their dreams. Oleg, Russia's way out is not in the south, but in the west, do you understand?"

Qian Qing's words were quite heavy, which made Oleg breathless for a moment. He had lived on the East Coast for so many years. He originally thought that his status could be greatly improved with the Nareshkin Building, which made some high-quality stocks, but he did not expect that in the eyes of the real East Coast elite, he and his motherland were so backward and so vulnerable, which made him feel a little uncomfortable. However, what people said seemed to be very reasonable. Russia was too backward to carry out all-round reforms. Otherwise, as his own standard, he might never be able to get enough respect on the East Coast, even if he was already a successful businessman with very strong assets.

Perhaps, Russia should not be enemies of the east coast. It would be a mistake to advance south with all its might? Now Russia already has Ukraine east of the Dnieper River and Kiev in the west coast. It has a place in the Ukrainian prairie, which seems to be only one step away from the sea estuary. But this is a step away, under the joint attack of the East Coast people, Crimean Tatars and Ottoman Turks, it may never be able to cross it. Could the Russian Empire's real way out can only go west?

But there is also a problem facing the west. Poland is now almost a landlocked country. Even if it captures a large area of ​​territory, it still cannot solve the problem of sea estuary. If you want to obtain a sea estuary, you have to further enter the Livornia region, but most of it belongs to the Kingdom of Sweden, which is the most difficult part.
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