Chapter 51: The Troubled World Food Plan

Half a month passed, the ten-year plan was finally approved by Congress, and Ferdinand's good mood did not last long, and the Ministry of Finance submitted a report on the world economy.

To be precise, the European economic report, with the division of the United States, now the world economy is mainly looking at the European continent.

The aftermath of the world war was finally revealed, and the cause of the economic decline in European countries was not the fact that countries lost a large number of people due to the war, which caused a shortage of labor and caused an economic crisis.

In fact, both the British and the French have seen a sharp rise in the number of unemployed, and it can only be said that cheap industrial goods are not so easy to use.

Under the impact of German industrial and commercial products, many British and French enterprises engaged in processing and manufacturing were forced to close their doors, and according to the speculation of the Ministry of Finance, the number of unemployed people in Britain would increase by one million in 1921!

The French will be even worse, their unemployment will increase even more rapidly than the British, at least 1.3 million!

The consequences of such a large number of unemployed people are undoubtedly very serious. Under normal circumstances, the government should take steps to contain the economic crisis.

It is a pity that now a large number of German and Italian debts have been transferred to the hands of the consortium, and it is impossible for them to give up the interests they have already received for the sake of national interests.

The British and French governments had no choice but to think of other ways to resolve the crisis. For example, the French were going to expel Italians and Germans from their territory, and at the Paris Peace Conference, they were given a part of the territory of Germany and Italy, and there were seven or eight million non-French on top of that.

Of course, this is just an idea, and the French government still wants to digest this part of the population? Moreover, the expulsion of these people is prone to unforeseen consequences.

It was also proposed that these people should be exiled to the colonies to offset the crisis of the Great Depression and protect the employment of the French by reducing the population of the country.

The British were not idle, they were still in the Commonwealth to vent the floods, and the capitalists also sold some of these cheap goods into the three kingdoms of the Americas, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India and other regions.

Looking at the response measures of Britain and France, Ferdinand had nothing to say, anyway, it was all their own pit, it had been four years since the end of the world war, and the industrial strength of Britain and France was almost standing still, with an annual growth rate of less than one percent.

Knowing that they are restorative growth, they are all so fast, Ferdinand is very suspicious that they are already preparing to play deindustrialization!

Ferdinand thought for a moment and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you think of the British and French responses?" ”

Konstantin said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, the economic policies of Britain and France are very negative, and they seem to really believe in the nonsense of letting the market regulate the economy!"

It's just that their response may cause changes in the international situation, and I am worried about Germany and Italy, which now have huge foreign debts and the people's livelihood at home has been suppressed to the limit.

The problem is that both countries are still grain importers, and they are now able to export not many industrial and commercial goods every year, and if prices continue to fall, their foreign exchange may not be enough to import industrial raw materials, let alone grain!

Unless Britain and France are willing to reduce the amount of reparations paid by Germany and Italy, their economies will collapse in a short time! ”

Ferdinand nodded, he remembered that in 1921, countries lowered the amount of reparations for the Germans once, but this time and space were actually lost by him.

The Great Depression in Europe, also because of the joint war against the United States, consumed a lot of materials, and obtained part of the reparations, successfully transferring part of the crisis from Europe to the American continent.

Now that Americans are busy establishing independent states, and more than a dozen kingdoms are still in preparation, everyone ignores the impact of the economic crisis for the time being.

Once order returns to normal, a large number of militias are disbanded and home, and most of the people are left without jobs, economic crises will play out in these nascent kingdoms.

Ferdinand said worriedly: "Well, I'm afraid the situation is even more serious than this, except for the European continent, the economic situation of the whole world is not ideal, unless governments can be like us, forcibly suppress the virtual economy, and invest money in industry, otherwise this crisis is inevitable!" ”

Fortunately for the European continent, the world war has just ended, and no one has the idea of doing things, and the economic crisis will cause chaos, but it will not be decided that it will cause war immediately.

It is difficult to say about the American continent, and under the joint efforts of everyone, there are already many contradictions between the newly independent countries of the Americas.

1. Several southern states (Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana), formed the kingdom of South America, and it seemed that the plantation economy was going to be restored again.

2. The states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho on the Pacific coast also united to form the North Pacific Kingdom.

3. California united with Nevada and Utah to form the Kingdom of the South Pacific.

4. The states of Montana and Wyoming united to form the United Kingdom of Montana.

5. Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico united to form the Southwest Kingdom.

6. Texas and Oklahoma united to form the German-Russian United Kingdom, the name is very domineering, fortunately it is only a union of two American states, if Germany and Russia are united, it is estimated that the whole world will be fried.

6. Minnesota and South Dakota and North Dakota united to form the United Kingdom of Dakosuda.

7. Missouri, Kansas, Nonowa and Nebraska, which in turn united to form the Middle Kingdom.

8. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Massachusetts), Rhode Island, and Connecticut united to form the Kingdom of New England.

9. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., to form the Atlantic Kingdom.

10. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, these four states united to form the Kingdom of North America.

11. The states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin in the Great Lakes region formed the Federal Kingdom of the Great Lakes.

12. Arisica became an independent state and established the Kingdom of Arisga.

13. The Hawaiian Islands will also be established independently and form the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Originally, it was planned that Britain and France would divide Hawaii, but unfortunately Ferdinand's attitude has not been positive, and the interest of the French is limited, so it is clear that neither country intends to make a big investment in a place thousands of miles away from their homeland.

Seeing this, the British simply let Hawaii become independent, and the three kingdoms on the east coast were enough for them to keep busy, and they didn't have so much energy to control Hawaii again.

There is no doubt that all but three of these nascent kingdoms were vacant, and according to American practice, they could not choose a king in two or three years.

The armies of various countries have been withdrawn from the Americas one after another, and it is easy to divide one country, but it is difficult to reunite again.

Most of the divisions in the United States this time were cut out according to religious beliefs, ethnic distribution, geographical environment, and other factors, and the British were the chief directors of this time.

Creating contradictions seems to be John Niu's innate talent, and now many kingdoms and people have been opposed, and I have to say that Niu Niu is really good at this.

With the advent of tariffs, the situation will get even worse, the coastal countries will become richer, the landlocked countries will become poorer, and as the gap between the rich and the poor increases, the contradictions between countries will be more difficult to reconcile in the future!

Konstantin thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, are we going to intervene?" The current international situation is not conducive to the development of our economy, and Bulgaria also needs a stable world in the next ten years! ”

Ferdinand smiled and said, "I think the British should be more worried, right?"

Their problems are bigger than ours, the problem of unemployment in the country needs to be solved urgently, and the three kingdoms of America are not so easy to digest, as if their colonies are not very peaceful!

There are so many problems, the London government is estimated to be blind now, if the international environment is not peaceful anymore, their position as the world hegemon will be unstable! ”

Foreign Secretary Metev suddenly spoke: "Yes, Your Majesty, the three kingdoms of the Atlantic are fighting for power with the London government to restrain most of his British energy.

There is also the colonial independence movement, under the influence of the October Revolution, now the Communist Party manifesto has spread all over the world, and there is chaos in many areas controlled by the British, and the biggest headache for the London government is India! ”

Konstantin asked with interest: "Could it be that there is an uprising in India?" ”

Metyev immediately replied: "No, there was just a massive strike movement, and now their main leader is the Congress party, and there is a guy named Gandhi who has come up with a movement called 'non-violent non-cooperation'!" ”

Konstantin asked suspiciously: "Non-violent non-cooperation?" What is this, is he calling on the Indians not to do business with the British? ”

Ferdinand was also surprised, he did not expect that the "non-violent non-cooperation movement" would start so early, but it was impossible to expect India to cause trouble for Britain.

Unless there is another great Indian uprising, such a movement will not be able to shake the statistical basis of the British!

"It's a new idea that has just emerged, and the Indians think that as long as they don't cooperate with the British, don't work for the British, don't pay taxes to the British, and finally have no interest, the British will leave on their own," Metev explained.

They thought it was the best way to avoid casualties and expel the colonists, so as soon as the idea was proposed, it was embraced by the Indian people! ”

Konstantin thought for a moment and said, "The world is so big, it's really amazing! Such a genius idea, there are people who can think of it!

But if the Indians can really hold out for a while, it will be enough for the British to be uncomfortable! ”

Ferdinand suddenly said: "It's useless, if it's a real thing, now is the weakest period for the British, maybe they can really gain independence."

Non-violent non-cooperation, as long as the British buy a part of the people, the people's hearts will be scattered, and they will not be able to work together, and this idea will be nullified!

The last thing India lacks is people, it's a big deal that the factory fires all these striking people, and then recruits new people, they won't be able to make trouble for long!

Now it is up to the Moscow government to export the revolutionary capacity, and if they try their best, they may be able to mobilize the spirit of resistance among the Indians! ”

Metev thought for a moment and said, "Yes, Your Majesty! There are already some people who have cooperated with the British, and they have made an agreement with the capitalists that they will work half a day, or every other day, and go to the strikes and marches the rest of the time!

Government employees are even more bizarre, they have to do what they have to do every day and then go to the non-violent non-cooperation movement! ”

Konstantin was surprised and said, "Is this okay?" ”

Ferdinand smiled bitterly and said, "They have to eat too!"

With so many people participating in the non-violent non-cooperation movement, what happens to their lives? Is the Congress still capable of supporting them?

A month or two may be able to hold on, but after a long time, ordinary people are forced to make a living, and they must cooperate with the British, unless they can find other jobs! ”

Ferdinand finally understood why the Indians had been able to make a fuss about the non-violent non-cooperation movement for so long.

Historically, from March 1919 to February 1922, a strike of millions of people lasted for nearly three years, how did they persevere? And why did the British tolerate them making trouble? And there has been no major chaos in India for three years?

At the beginning of the 20th century, the working class did not have much savings and was able to go on strike for three years without starvation.

And the factories of the British in India are even more unlikely to go bankrupt without a large-scale bankruptcy in the event of a general strike of the whole people!

Konstantin rubbed his forehead and said scoundrelly: "Well, I can't understand the affairs of the Indians, but this has nothing to do with us, there is a forbidden area for the British, and whoever touches them will fight with whom!" So now are we going to do nothing and wait for the UK to come to the door? ”

Ferdinand shook his head and said, "No, we have to do one thing, first provide a million tons of grain to the Germans, this is our original promise!" ”

Everyone laughed, yes, Bulgaria and Germany also have an agreement, in order to recruit German scientists and technicians, it is natural to have the cooperation of the German government, and the price is one million tons of grain per year.

Bulgaria has never discounted the aid of one million tons of food a year in order to make these people work with peace of mind, which is why Germany has been able to hold on to it until now.

Metev was embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, is it necessary for us to deliver it in advance?" You have to know that there are still more than three months left this year, do you need to be in such a hurry? ”

Ferdinand thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter, we can allow the Germans to advance in advance, as long as they are fed, they will have the strength to produce more industrial products, and then more effectively impact the British and French markets!"

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can consult with the Weimar government to see if we can increase the number of talents we can bring in, and we can provide more food aid, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can consult with them as it sees fit! ”

Like the American Dawes plan, Bulgaria also formulated a plan for Britain and France, that is, a food aid plan for Germany, and it is also a talent introduction plan for Germany!

That is, while introducing German technical personnel, food aid was provided to Germany, as much as possible to maintain the German society's question, and the cheap industrial and commercial products produced by the Germans were used to impact the British and French industries.

Of course, there are similar plans for Italy, but the Italians don't seem to buy it, they are not as active in the production of industrial products as the Germans, but they have made a lot of achievements in the field of luxury!

Metev thought for a moment and said, "Yes! But Your Majesty, I am afraid that this will arouse the vigilance of Britain and France, and we are not sure whether they will interfere or not! ”

Ferdinand did not hesitate to say: "As long as the people are in Bulgaria, even if they want to interfere, what can they do?"

We have provided food to Germany, we have maintained the stability of German society, they have a lot of cheap goods to use, what's so bad?

Even if the British and French governments wanted to intervene, they would have to pass the domestic consortium first, and these consortiums were still waiting for German industrial products to make money. Do politicians dare to cut off people's money? ”

The best strategy is always a yang strategy! Even if they know that Bulgaria's actions are ill-intentioned, the capitalists will still cooperate with their actions for the sake of profit!

Historically, Americans' economic assistance to Germany has been much more exaggerated than this, and that is simply to rearm Germany and challenge the world again!

And the Bulgarian grain plan, the harm is much smaller, at most it is only a blow to the industry of Britain and France, and it is far from breaking the world order?

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