Chapter 496: , The founding ceremony of Ireland (two)

The damage caused to Ireland by the War of Independence that lasted for several years was enormous. The entire base area, almost every village, has sacrificed martyrs, and in areas where the competition is fierce, almost no family’s house has not been destroyed by the fire. Although the Federation has always been in line with the principle of grasping revolution with one hand and promoting production with the other. However, a large number of elite laborers became soldiers, and agricultural labor was often supported by women, the elderly and children. There were also British people who came to make troubles from time to time to engage in the "Sanguang Policy", so agricultural production was also greatly affected. Destruction, if it were not for the unselfish support of the French who had been behind, there would have been a famine in Ireland long ago.
Therefore, Ireland’s primary task now is to restore agricultural production.
For this reason, the Irish Independence Army will undergo a large-scale demobilization, and its number will be reduced by half on the existing basis. Only the most experienced and effective fighters will remain in the army. Some of the most combative armies will also assume their international responsibilities-continue to fight for the overthrow of British imperialism.
Ireland is swampy, so there is a lot of peat. This is also the fuel used by many Irish families. However, the calories of peat are very low, so it is fine as a household cooking fuel, but it is not very useful as an industrial fuel. In addition, some low-level peat can also be used as fertilizer. This thing basically does not have much economic value in the eyes of the French. But for Ireland now, it is indeed very important. Especially the mining of low-level peat is crucial to the restoration of Irish agriculture. Therefore, the mining of peat is the first important direction.
In addition, according to British exploration, there are still some copper and silver mines in Ireland, but the reserves are quite limited and the grade is not good. The lead-zinc mine is quite good. This is probably an important point for the development of mining in Ireland in the future.
It's just that the most important coal and iron ore are missing from the mineral base of Ireland, so it is basically very difficult to develop heavy industries. However, what heavy industry does a country positioned as a bulldog need? How can anyone buy bones by themselves after becoming a dog? Anyone who wants to buy bones is actually a fat pig who doesn't even have the qualifications to be a dog.
However, Ireland has good hydropower resources. In the mountains of southern and northwestern Ireland, there are many rivers with large drops, which are very suitable for hydropower development. With electricity, it is not only very good for agriculture, but also makes the development of many light industries possible.
"The next step, the most important thing in Ireland is economic reconstruction. Because of the lack of coal and iron resources, Ireland is not suitable for the development of heavy industry, but as far as I know, the mountainous areas in southern and northwestern Ireland are indeed very rich in water resources. Relying on the water vapor brought by the Atlantic Ocean, Ireland has abundant rainfall, and the drop between the mountains in the south and northwest and the plains in the middle provides us with very favorable conditions for the construction of cascade power stations.
As you may all know, now in Europe, agriculture in France is the most secure. Floods and droughts depend on people, not knowing famine. What does it rely on? It depends on the electricity-based irrigation system. With electricity, during droughts, we can pump river water, even groundwater, to irrigate farmland with electricity; during floods, we can pump excess water into the river. This makes the resistance of our agricultural production in France to natural disasters increased by many times. It also makes our France almost every year of harvest. And if Ireland can build such an irrigation system that relies on hydropower, Irish people will have a good harvest every year.
Sufficient electricity will also make the development of light industry possible. The textile and food industries will all be able to get rapid development, and the development of these industries will also make Ireland richer.
Comrades, friends. At this moment, I suddenly remembered that a few years ago, it was my brother Napoleon. After defeating the interference of the reactionary forces on the European continent in the French revolution, he was talking about the fundamental tasks of the revolution at the French National Assembly. Said a word. He said: ‘The French people want to earn a prosperous and happy life! Their right to a good and prosperous life can no longer be trampled by the greedy feudal rulers. 'Similarly, comrades, why do the Irish people want to make a revolution? In the final analysis, isn't it also for the pursuit of a beautiful and prosperous life?
Comrades, the fighting in the past few years has fully demonstrated how good we are at destroying an old world; and in the future, a greater and more difficult goal awaits us, that is, to prove to the world how much we are. Good at building a new world! "
At the preparatory meeting for the founding of the nation, Joseph's speech aroused warm applause from the delegates.
In the following days, under Joseph's matchmaking bridge, Bank of Rome provided Ireland with a large amount of interest-free and low-interest loans to support Ireland's economic development. At the same time, Joseph also represented the French Academy of Sciences, the University of Paris, and Ireland to determine the education assistance plan.
"Education is the foundation of a country's development.'No matter how poor it is, you can't have poor education'. At that time, Frederick was able to take Prussia to rise by vigorously developing education. Now Ireland needs to attach importance to education if it wants to develop well. If we want to build a large number of hydropower stations, we need a large number of electrical engineering personnel. In the short term, we can rely on hiring French engineers to solve the problem, but in the long run, Ireland must cultivate enough of its own builders. Therefore, education is the top priority. We cannot ignore it.
When the British colonial rulers ruled Ireland, they not only did not establish schools in Ireland, but also prohibited Irish people from studying abroad and prohibited Irish people from applying for degrees and scholarships at British universities. Why do they do this? Isn't it just to make us stupid so that we can continue to squeeze and enslave us.
Our French comrades are willing to provide us selfless help in this regard. Our two countries will jointly set up an education fund for universal education. Our French comrades will send us a group of teachers every year to support our basic education ~EbookFREE.me~ to help us build a complete primary education system.
In addition, our French comrades will also provide our outstanding students with the opportunity to study abroad with full scholarships. Every year, we will provide such places according to a certain proportion of our middle school graduates. In this way, after several years, the cultural quality of our people will be greatly improved. Our culture and economy will be greatly developed.
Of course, our French comrades gave us such selfless help, and we can't return it at all. Although the French comrades did not think about this when they helped us, we Irish are not the kind of ungrateful bad species. Our abilities are limited and it is difficult to help our French comrades, but we are willing to fight side by side with our French comrades at any time. The friend of France is the friend of our Irish; the enemy of France is the enemy of our Irish. Therefore, I asked the Federation to authorize me to, on behalf of the Federation, on behalf of the new Irish government and the government of the French Republic, sign a "France-Ireland Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation" based on equality and mutual assistance. "At the last preparatory meeting, President Russell made such a request to the entire conference.
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