Struggle in Russia Chapter 1473

After Nikolai Milyutin conveyed Li Xiao's latest proposal to the reformist leaders, the response was quite intense, not fierce opposition, because the reformist leaders still had this awareness.

Although we still seek alms from them, but if this fund can be run healthily according to Li Xiao's vision, there will be hope for children in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kiev to complete basic education in the future.

This is not the thing they are most looking forward to. Only those who have actually done education know how many articles can be done in basic education.

First of all, these schools are sponsored by the reformists, and the teaching materials must be based on the ideas of the reformists. Cultivating a group of young people who have accepted reformist thinking since childhood may not completely solve the problem of successors.

What's more, things cannot be seen so simply. The base of young people around St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kiev is so huge. So many young people have accepted the doctrines of the reformists, which will surely radiate out to an extremely large group of relatives and friends.

This is so important for spreading reformist ideas. To put it bluntly, as long as it is really done, the mass base in St. Petersburg, Moscow and Kiev will change.

In the future, these three areas will become the base camp of the reformists, completely reversing the balance of power with the conservatives.

Prince Vorontsov was the first to answer boldly: "This is indeed feasible. I will donate five hundred thousand rubles!"

Duke Vorontsov was not particularly rich. After all, his most glorious era was the period of Alexander I, and the rest of his life was the same.

What's more, his personal life is particularly colorful, and he is really climbing the ladder and singing and dancing every night.

This determines that he cannot save too much money. Taking out half a million rubles in one breath, I'm afraid he will have to live a tight life in the next few years.

But Duke Vorontsov has no regrets at all. He has entered the last stage of his life. How many years can he live?

Even if you save money and live frugally, the money will end up being cheaper than a few unpromising descendants. Might as well do something meaningful.

Even Prince Vorontsov could understand this, let alone a heroine like Grand Duchess Irina.

For Grand Duchess Irene, she now only has one daughter left. She is married to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Not only is she living a particularly prosperous life, she is also rich and worry-free.

She had a huge fortune to her name, partly from her dowry and partly from the inheritance of her husband, Grand Duke Mikhail.

Most of this money would have been recovered by Alexander II if she were no longer alive, as her daughter would not have been able to return to inherit the wealth. Look at what happened to Li Xiao. The wealth he left behind was almost "greedy" by Nicholas I and Alexander II.

So she didn't particularly care about money. When she heard that the serfs were to be liberated, she took the lead in freeing all the serfs under her name.

Why should Alexander II be cheap?

She smiled and said: "Your Excellency the Duke has donated half a million, so I will donate one million!"

In just a few sentences, the small goal of three million rubles set by Li Xiao was halfway achieved. Only two big guys donated generously, and there were a lot of people behind!

Nikolai Milyutin smiled bitterly, so he would have to donate at least five hundred thousand. It's not that he can't take out the money, but after taking it out, his life will be tight.

However, he did not hesitate and said immediately: "Then I will donate 500,000 yuan!"

After adding this calculation to Li Xiao's 300,000, we got 2.3 million rubles. The goal of three million is really not far away.

Considering that several big guys are so awesome, other reformist big guys can't help but be too. So in just one night, the reformists collected a huge sum of four million rubles. This amount of money was more than Li Xiao expected.

Of course having more money is a good thing, but the question is how to make good use of this money. There is no such thing as a guaranteed profit or loss in the world. Generally speaking, the higher the profit, the greater the risk.

If you just want to live and die, you can still earn a certain amount of money by depositing it in the bank and earning interest. It's just that this little interest is completely insufficient to sustain the expenditure on universal basic education.

Naturally this simplest strategy of making money will not work.

If you want to make a lot of money, you still have to take certain risks and join in the lucrative industry.

So which industry is the most profitable in this era?

Maybe the first thing that many people think of is arms and drugs. To be honest, these two industries are indeed very profitable, but the latter is too harmful to moral integrity, and the former is not something that just any cat or dog can do!

Anyway, Li Xiao doesn't intend to take drugs. This thing is too bad. No one with conscience and integrity should make such dirty money.

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First of all, this industry is closely related to international influence. Selling arms is often the same as selling insurance. When customers buy your arms, you have to provide shelter services.

If you can't protect someone, why should he spend a lot of money to buy your goods?

Secondly, to be honest, Russian arms are really not competitive in the market. The Crimean War brought Russia back to its original shape. The standard equipment of the Russian army was more than a little inferior to that of Britain and France, and it was almost only beaten on the battlefield.

How can such market performance attract customers?

After all, there are very few villains like Ah San in this world. The vast majority of customers are monkeys and monkeys. Expecting to deceive them with a bunch of **** is simply a fool's errand.

Naturally, it is not realistic for Li Xiao to want to do arms business, but if Russia, a backward agricultural country, cannot even do arms business, the remaining industrial products will be even less competitive. You can't do food trading, right?

Speaking of which, Russia has always been a purely agricultural country, and its main export products besides wheat are animal skins. Just rely on these two to mix some foreign exchange.

But grain trading is not that easy. After all, there are too many people doing this business in Russia. Almost all the prominent nobles are doing this business. It is impossible to get rich overnight!

In other words, there is no way to make a lot of money from grain trading. If you top it up, you can only make a little hard-earned money. Maybe it's better to deposit it in the bank and earn interest.

So what business does Li Xiao plan to do?

"The main funds are divided into three parts. One part will be used to invest in universal basic education in the next three years, which is about 1.5 million rubles. Of the remaining 2.5 million, two million will be used to invest in the Prussian Railway Company, and the remaining 500,000 will be used as reserve funds. Go to the bank to prepare for emergencies..."

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