Struggle in Russia

Leonid's impression of Paris and London is not good. He thinks these two cities are really exaggerated. Even if the city size and history are indeed better than St. Petersburg and Moscow, these two cities are full of debauchery. One is corrupt and the other is full of blood, tears and sins. How can such a city represent the most advanced development direction in the world?

He prefers St. Petersburg, and even Moscow, even though Moscow is very depressed and lonely, but the atmosphere of these two cities is stronger than that of Paris and London.

He said to Alexei in the letter: "The air in London is disgusting. I really can't imagine how human beings can survive in this choking smog. Breathing here for an hour is equivalent to smoking a bag of tobacco leaves. I really wonder how Londoners can stand it!"

"As for Paris, beautiful city, but the enthusiasm of the French is unbearable, and their extravagant lifestyle should be whipped, only the most depraved devils live like them!"

"I miss St. Petersburg, the fresh air there, the simple life style of St. Petersburg people, and the spiritual tradition unique to Russians..."

Hearing this, Li Xiao couldn't help complaining: "Spiritual tradition that belongs only to the Russians? Does it mean that life is poor and obedient to big shots, and you live in a trap every day?"

Alexei curled his lips. He actually wanted to complain, but St. Petersburg is his hometown after all, not to mention that there is nothing wrong with a wanderer missing his hometown. If Leonid went outside and praised Paris and London, he would spare no effort. Belittle and slander St. Petersburg, that is worthy of spit and contempt!

Li Xiao also sighed. From this point of view, Leonid is indeed better than some leading parties in later generations. Even picking up garbage in the Lighthouse Country feels sweeter than the air in his hometown where he has been raised for decades. This kind of talent needs to be despised and complained about!

"What else did he say?"

Alexei looked at the letter and replied: "He is still confused. These two cities are a mess, and the residents of these two cities have all kinds of misfortunes, but why can they defeat us? He couldn't figure it out. What's the point!"

Li Xiao sighed and said, "Can't figure it out? It's right if he can't figure it out. Before he goes out, he should go to the countryside to have a look, and then he will know that the Russians are more miserable than the French and British. It's no wonder that they are undefeated!"

Alexei nodded. He felt the same way. Londoners and Parisians are indeed miserable compared with the nobles in their own country, but compared with the suffering Russian serfs, they are in heaven!

Whether you live well or not depends on the reference object. Leonid’s reference object is obviously problematic. Comparing the foreign low-level people with the Russian elite, we can definitely draw the conclusion that the latter’s life is happier.

But is everyone in Russia living as well as the rich and powerful?

It is obviously impossible, if you want to compare, you have to compare fairly, compare the good with the good, and compare the bad with the bad. Only such conclusions are meaningful.

Alexei nodded and said: "I pointed out his mistake in the reply letter, I don't think he confused the concept on purpose."

Li Xiao also believes that Leonid didn't do it on purpose. He just loves his motherland very much, and he always protects the dignity of the country. He doesn't want others to say that his country is not good.

This kind of person has the most simple patriotic sentiment and deserves praise. But sometimes it is too much, and if it is not done well, it will become the three kinds of virtues, arrogant and arrogant, and it is difficult to improve.

Although Leonid is not as funny as the three, but if he always only thinks about saving face and can't see the direction of progress, he will be paranoid and ridiculous.

"Apart from these, what else did he say?" Li Xiao asked.

Alexei sighed: "He visited many factories and lamented the development of British industry... He felt that if our country also had so many factories, it would not have lost the war!" ..

Li Xiao pouted, isn't this correct nonsense? The problem is that these factories will not fall from the sky. The reason why Britain has such a developed industry is the hard work of generations of people for hundreds of years. If there is no sheep cannibalism movement, do you think Britain can have so many factories?

Besides, it is meaningless even if Russia has so many factories now, because engineers and skilled workers are needed to run factories. How many similar talents are there in the UK? And what about Russia?

It is meaningless to move a British factory to Russia even if you are polite. Without skilled workers, it is a pile of scrap iron!

To put it bluntly, people are the strongest in the UK. Look at the illiteracy rate and how many schools they have. Without these infrastructures, what is the use of factories and piles of machines?

Thinking of Russia's industrial base, Li Xiao couldn't help but want to complain, where does Russia have any industrial base?

To put it bluntly, even after the so-called reforms of Alexander II~www.readwn.com~ until the outbreak of World War I, Russia did not have a decent industrial foundation.

Among the great powers, it is considered to be the most lame, or even none of them, even worse than Japan, which is also lame!

There is a reason why Japan is poor. It starts late and has weak resources and is restricted in all aspects.

But what about Russia? If you want to say that he didn't start too late, and the resources are endless, but the industry is also in a mess. Even at the beginning of the century when it was robbing Japan for territory, it was beaten up by the little devils, and it almost collapsed completely.

From this point of view, the difference in Russia's industrial base is simply outrageous and unreasonable.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the economic crisis in the capitalist world in the 1930s, if it wasn’t for the father of steel who took advantage of the Great Depression in the United States to buy bottoms and strengthen its industrial shortcomings, then Russia would not have an industrial foundation for another hundred years.

But what is particularly sad is that after the disintegration of the Red Empire, the Russians who were fooled and crippled lost the rich heritage of the father of steel and the Red Empire in just 20 to 30 years, and turned them into pure resources. The country can only live by being a gas station.

This makes you not know how to evaluate this group of polar bears. Anyway, Li Xiao looks down on them, even despises them.

Going back to Leonid’s lament, he felt that Sage made a lot of mistakes. The industrial foundation does not mean buying, buying, and buying. It does not mean that you bought a bunch of industrial products or a factory will have an industrial foundation.

The foundation of industry is always people. Without a good enough education foundation, generations of industrial science and technology talents cannot be cultivated. No matter how much you buy, you will be taken advantage of!

Li Xiao doesn't want to be taken advantage of, so he has reservations about spending a lot of money on the purchase of British and French industrial products proposed in Leonid's letter. The industry needs to be imported, but Russia can't spend all its money on it now, and training talents is the only way. First!