Throughout late August, everyone in Lanfang was immersed in the joy of harvest.
To be honest, many farmers have never seen so much rice in their lives. After putting the grain into the granary, many people were so sure that the Lanfang government would not impose any taxes that they lost control of their emotions and burst into tears.
During the Republic of China, northerners liked to eat wheat, while southerners liked to eat rice. This is just a generalization.
The real reality is that it is good to eat what you have. In times of famine, there are times when you eat chaff and drink water. Even if there is another natural disaster, it is not a strange thing to change your child and eat it. How can you be picky and picky?
But in Lanfang, people really eat whatever they want.
Lanfang is an island country with abundant seafood, and tropical fruits can be seen everywhere.
The Lanfang government has its own state-owned farm, which uses tractors for farming. There are less than 5,000 workers in the 35 state-owned farms across the country, but they cultivate more than 500,000 acres of land, and the annual output can reach
600,000 tons, more than enough to supply all the military and national civil servants in Lanfang.
Of course, the above is just theoretical data. The current output is not that high, and during the busy farming season, the garrisons near these farms will come to the farms to help. Otherwise, just raising seedlings will exhaust the workers on the farms to death.
Although it looks good, Qin Zhiyuan is not satisfied because the current agricultural machinery is not perfect enough and is still a little unable to do large-scale farming. If agricultural machinery can be further improved, the production efficiency will be further improved.
Therefore, the first research institute Qin Zhiyuan opened on Penglai Island was the Agricultural Machinery Research Institute, headed by Zhan Qiwen, who had already moved to Lanfang from Corsica.
Zhan Qiwen is a student studying in France. He joined Long Chengyuan's research institute two years ago and serves as Long Chengyuan's deputy.
Zhan Qiwen is very skilled in mechanical design. He participated in the research team of the Corsica Power Research Institute and the Renault factory to jointly develop transport aircraft. He is considered a rising star in the design industry.
What Qin Zhiyuan wants to do now is to split these research institutes into different professional research institutes, which will be more professional and efficient.
This is also a normal phenomenon. When a research institute is no longer sufficient, spin-off is inevitable.
In fact, basically all kinds of agricultural machinery have already appeared. For example, the rice transplanter used for growing rice was a mechanical product ten years ago, and it was actually applied for by the Japanese.
Of course, Qin Zhiyuan was unwilling to pay patent fees to the Japanese, so he organized his researchers to start working on key improvements. The improvement project was not only the rice transplanter, but also the harvester, dryer, and rice mill.
Qin Zhiyuan wants to promote agricultural mechanization in Lanfang so as to accumulate more experience for the future development of northern Xinjiang.
At present, the issue of the ownership of Northern Xinjiang is still unresolved.
Although the Japanese were distressed, they still insisted that Lanfang should return the northern Xinjiang region to the Republic of China. The attitudes of the United Kingdom and the United States had not yet softened. France stood clearly on the side of the blue side and resolutely remained consistent with Lanfang.
This issue has been debated endlessly at the recent League of Nations convention.
However, it is not easy to solve this problem, because Lanfang's attitude is very firm. As long as the Republic of China is still in war, Lanfang will not return the northern Xinjiang region to the Republic of China.
Japan's attitude is even more resolute. The Japanese have now threatened that if Lanfang does not return the northern Xinjiang region to the Republic of China, Japan will withdraw from the League of Nations and prepare to solve this problem in its own way.
This is just a threat. The Japanese have no advantages in other aspects except that their navy can surely defeat Lanfang.
With the foreign legion withdrawing to the northern Xinjiang, Lanfang has now concentrated nearly 200,000 troops in the northern Xinjiang. In a real fight, the Japanese have no advantage at all.
What do you say about the navy? The navy is indeed useful when dealing with blockades of island countries, but if it is to deal with a huge area like Lanfang Northern Territory, the role of the navy is extremely limited. Just look at the map and you will know that Lanfang's Northern Territory
It has penetrated deep into Siberia, and the farthest end has reached near Lake Baiga, which gives the northern Xinjiang region a depth of nearly two thousand kilometers. Under this premise, warships have almost no role.
If you look at the world war that just ended, you will know that the decisive role in the war is the land battlefield, and the only role that the sea battlefield can play is blockade.
Although Lanfang is an island country, it has a huge territory and vast waters. Once Lanfang has initially established an industrial foundation, Lanfang will not be afraid of any blockade at all.
What's more, only Qin Zhiyuan in the world has the clearest understanding of the future of the air force. With the strongest air force of this era, Lan Fang is really not afraid of the Japanese navy.
Really, Lanfang's air force is now the strongest in this era, if not one of them.
Just after the World War, the number of aircraft belonging to the Foreign Legion exceeded 500, of which half were fighters and bombers.
For more than half a year since the end of the world war, Lanfang has continued to order aircraft from France. The number of aircraft now has exceeded a thousand. Among the 400 fighter jets, there are nearly a hundred Billancus fighter jets produced by the Renault factory.
The Biyangu fighter is called the J-1 fighter in Lanfang. This monoplane fighter is the most advanced model in the world. It will take the Japanese at least ten years to develop it.
In this decade, I am afraid that Lanfang's next-generation fighter has been developed, so this generation gap will always exist.
Right now in Lanfang, researchers are studying how to attach torpedoes to aircraft. Once the torpedo bomber research is successful, the fleet that the Japanese spent a lot of money to build will turn into a complete tragedy.
The islands all over Lanfang will be unsinkable aircraft carriers. As long as the Japanese fleet dares to come over, the Lanfang Air Force will be sure to send the pride of the Japanese Empire to the bottom of the water.
In order to develop the aviation industry, Qin Zhiyuan established dozens of aviation clubs in Lanfang, with a full range of aviation clubs, ranging from fighter jets, to all those who are interested in aviation.
Of course, this owner is currently restricted and must be an active military member who has acquired Lanfang nationality.
The effect of the policy tilt is extremely significant. In just over half a year, the number of air force pilots owned by Lanfang has exceeded 3,000. All of these 3,000 people have joined the air force and become Lanfang's pride in the air, protecting Lanfang's airspace.
The reason for such rapid development is also due to the fact that the operation of current aircraft is not complicated. If it were replaced by a 21st century jet aircraft, the difficulty of training 3,000 pilots would probably drive Qin Zhiyuan crazy.
In addition to the air force, Qin Zhiyuan is also strengthening the navy.
Although the world war has ended, Qin Zhiyuan's pace of increasing military strength has not stopped for a moment. In the current Marseille shipyard, Chinese workers are still building submarines and destroyers. Before the completion of the Lanfang shipyard, these workers
He will not return to Lanfang, but will stay in France and continue working.
At the end of the World War, Qin Zhiyuan only had a dozen submarines and more than 20 destroyers in his navy.
The current Lanfang Navy has 30 submarines and 35 destroyers. Coupled with the battleships donated by France, the Lanfang Navy has begun to take shape.
Qin Zhiyuan developed submarines mainly for use in blockading Japan after war broke out in the future.
The sea area of Lanfang is large enough. It is not easy for the Japanese to blockade Lanfang. However, it is not difficult for Lanfang to block Japan. As long as there are enough submarines, Qin Zhiyuan can carry out a more crazy submarine warfare than Germany.
Of course, Qin Zhiyuan will definitely not implement unrestricted submarine warfare. Unrestricted submarine warfare is too extreme.
Japan's current territory is not just four islands, but also includes Yingzhou Island and all the islands south of 50° north latitude that were formerly owned by Russia. Calculated in this way, Japan's national border is actually long enough, from south to north.
It is more than four thousand kilometers.
However, Yingzhou Island and all the islands south of 50° north latitude that formerly belonged to Russia have not been fully developed. Japan's industrial essence is still concentrated on the four islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. As long as these four islands are blocked,
It can put the Japanese to death.
Qin Zhiyuan has now ordered the staff to start formulating a battle plan against Japan. Blockade is the core link of the entire plan, even more than how to destroy Japan's combined fleet.
Judging from the current progress, the staff is operating well. After all, it has combat experience in Europe. Although there are no French people now, it can still ensure the basic operation of the staff, not to mention that Foch is still giving guidance, which is even more
Conducive to the growth of the staff department.
In Lanfang currently, there are about 100,000 French people and about 300,000 Germans.
Most of these people are various technical personnel employed by Lanfang. Most of them still retain their nationality. However, as time goes by, many people have expressed their love for Lanfang. In the near future, they will surely
Many people will apply for Lanfang citizenship.
Qin Zhiyuan himself and Lanfang have always been tolerant towards immigrants. As early as when the Foreign Legion was still in France, many soldiers married local French women. When the Foreign Legion returned to Lanfang, these French women also
I successfully obtained Lanfang nationality.
Since it has become a fait accompli, it is no longer appropriate to oppose immigration now, so Lanfang simply has an open attitude towards immigration. As long as they have a certain skill, Lanfang welcomes new immigrants from all countries.
Of course, there are limitations to this. Currently, there are no immigrants from Africa and the Middle East in Lanfang.
Regarding this restriction, Lanfang's decree did not explicitly stipulate it, but it prevailed as an unspoken rule.
There is a reason why Lan Fang doesn't like Africans and Middle Easterners. If it weren't for the Africans, the Foreign Legion wouldn't have fought so badly in the Battle of Champagne Chalon. If it wasn't for the Middle Easterners, Qin Zhiyuan wouldn't have been defeated in Algeria.