When it comes to Germany, many people will associate industrial skills, precision equipment, product quality, etc., and it is undeniable that a series of products in German history have been labeled with these properties.

But what many people don't know is that in Germany before and after World War I, the origin of these labels was entirely due to the manual skills of workers, not to lathes and industrial streamlining. However, while the benefits are obvious, the drawbacks are even more prominent, that is, the production capacity is seriously not keeping up with the beat.

During World War I, the United States relied on a large number of foreign arms sales orders, laid the domestic industrial foundation, some military giants are booming, with the deepening of the industrial revolution, a large number of machine tools instead of manpower, such as efficient automatic lathes and specialized assembly lines have begun to slowly popularize.

On the other hand, in Germany, because of the need for domestic employment, Eric did not vigorously promote the application of this machine tool, in terms of people's livelihood, even large excavators that can significantly increase productivity, have to stop production, all to domestic manpower jobs concessions.

With the development of the post-war two years and the expansion of the land area, the state of labor has gradually eased, and the demand for automatic lathes and production lines has become more and more urgent, and it is time for a great development of the industrial base.

Hans Luther was quickly informed and rushed to the presidential office at the Hansafelt Palace with his briefcase, but what he saw was a table of blank paper and many drawings of the plane scattered on the ground.

"Mr. President, this is your second career, right?" Hans Luther whispered hello.

"Oh, Mr. Minister is here, just right, I can't remember some places, you can help me straighten things up." Eric picked up a few random drawings and walked up to Hans Luther, and then sat down side by side.

"Look here, here, here, and here......" Eric handed over the paper.

"The idea of the great development of the domestic industrial base? Has Mr. President made up his mind? Hans Luther looked at the title on the paper and was very incomprehensible, Germany's current industrial level is already very high, the national product is growing day by day, there is no need to invest in the industrial revolution with great fanfare.

Although there are some gaps in all walks of life, this is a normal thing in Hans Luther's view, otherwise how could there be such a thing as a resource allocation function?

However, due to Eric's authority, Hans Luther did not dare to question it directly, and could only continue to look down with the president's fingers.

"Mr. President, what do you mean by 'securing 100 million tons of production in 1922'?" Hans Luther asked, looking at the manuscript of Eric. After all, the content of the manuscript is not detailed, and many of them are written based only on Eric's impressions, without annotating units and names.

"Oh, it's all because I didn't indicate it, it's 100 million tons of domestic steel." Eric replied in passing, then habitually took out a cigar and lit it.

Hans Luther didn't have any strange expression when he heard this. It is not very difficult for Germany to achieve an annual domestic output of 100 million tons of steel, it can be done by gritting its teeth, and of course, for the sake of the president's face, it must also be completely done.

"Mr. President, what do you mean by '200 million tons'?" Hans Luther read Eric's manuscript and had to be constantly puzzled and secretly distressed.

"This is the country's annual output of 200 million tons of grain, and we have to be self-sufficient, and we must have a surplus." Eric replied casually.

Hans Luther blinked his eyes and his expression was very exaggerated, after all, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Food, which were established last year, have achieved remarkable results, and a large number of agricultural planting areas have been developed in the eastern region this year, and it is not a problem to achieve high production capacity in the following year after sufficient mechanization equipment.

The regions of Poland and the three Baltic states before the annexation of Germany, as well as the newly annexed Yugoslavia, were all agricultural areas, but the terrain of Yugoslavia was mountainous, and it was difficult to achieve large-scale agricultural mechanization for the time being.

"Are all of these projects funded by the state!?" Hans Luther jumped for excitement when he saw something, because he was frightened by what was marked on it. Hans Luther, who was still in a cold sweat, stammered, "...... Mr. President...... You mean...... Are you talking about so many areas of agricultural machinery, all ...... All funded by the state!? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, why are you so excited?" Eric doesn't understand that it is not very common for the state to financially support people's livelihood and develop industrial and agricultural production, so can this money only be used for war and national defense?

Hans Luther didn't think so, because no country in the world today really pays for farmers to farm their land, and in fact there are great rewards behind it.

For example, in the Soviets, the peasants had to pay 30~40% of their income to the state by renting government machinery, and then pay 30~40% to the local governments that provided the machinery, and the rest was kept by the peasants themselves or pulled to the market to sell freely.

Don't think that the exploitation ends here, the peasants have to pay a certain percentage of the sales tax and rent farm tractors to transport the grain to the market......

This state of affairs is happening not only in the Soviets, but also in the so-called "advanced civilization" of the West, but in different proportions and means.

Hans Luther did not expect that Eric's idea would be that the government would pay for it without charging anything in return. In his opinion, every household with a household registration in the Federal Republic of Germany has the right to take out a loan to buy machinery, as long as it is approved by the local government and meets the conditions for mechanized sowing and harvesting.

Hans Luther was really angry and annoyed when he saw Eric's natural appearance, and after silently calming down, he began to guide Eric: "Mr. President, when I was going out today, I happened to hear a little story, I wonder if you are interested in hearing it?" ”

Eric is a little curious, is Hans Luther going to teach him a lesson today? However, he did not refuse, but nodded politely, after all, after making such a decision, he could not do the following things himself, and he had to hand them over to the special personnel of the ministry and commission to implement, if he could not do the work of the leaders of the committee, all the plans would not be able to be carried out.

Seeing Eric's permission, Hans Luther cleared his throat and said, "Yes, my neighbor's house has a wolf, and it is said that he got a cub by chance in the mountains when he was out on a travels, because the she-wolf gave up nursing the wolf, and the wolf cub was so hungry and emaciated that it was dying. ”

When Eric heard this, he knew what Hans Luther was going to say next, which was to blame him for taking a big step all at once, and it was not easy to end the game. However, he did not interrupt him and continued to listen carefully, of course, this is also the minimum respect for his subordinates.

"My neighbor brought the wolf cub home, and at first, he also knew that he should not feed too much at every meal, because the wolf and the dog have roughly the same spleen and stomach, and it is easy to break down, so he just gave him some oil and water every day to slowly recover his strength. Soon, the little wolf did not disappoint him, his health gradually improved, and he gradually became acquainted with my neighbors. When Hans Luther said this, he quietly looked at Eric with the corner of his eye, revealing that the president in front of him was like his neighbor, and the little wolf was referring to the poor people who had escaped from the predicament of the First World War.

"One day, my neighbor went out with a wolf cub and ran into a friend who he didn't know very well, and strangely enough, this friend also had a wolf, and he was very big. The little wolf trembled in front of the big wolf, looking very pitiful, which made my neighbor very shameless and even a little angry. So, when he got home, he asked around if there was any way to make the little wolf grow up quickly. Hans Luther deliberately looked at Eric's expression more when he said this, to see if the latter deliberately pretended to understand what he meant.

"Finally, one day, my 'stupid neighbor' understood that wolves are carnivores, they are born to eat meat, and if they want to grow fast, they have to be fed more meat. So he preferred to save a bite of himself every day, but also to let the little wolf eat, this little wolf is quite able to eat, and also grows very fast, the result is naturally as he wants, this wolf is less than two years, bigger than his size. Hans Luther used the word "stupid", obviously aimed at Eric, but the scolding was very subtle, Eric listened to it in his heart, scolded in his heart, but did not refute it, because he was embarrassed to pick out Hans Luther's words, otherwise he would be seated.

"Today, when I went out, a lot of policemen came to the neighbor's house next door, and many citizens watched in front of his house, making a lot of noise, as if something big had happened, and then, the police brought out a mutilated corpse from the house, I don't recognize who it was, but the onlookers told me that this corpse is my neighbor who raised a little wolf, because the wolf is getting bigger and bigger, and his appetite is increasing, he is no longer able to support this big wolf, and later, the wolf ate him in order to survive." Hans Luther leaned back on the couch and felt much more relaxed.

"Is this story finished? Your Excellency, this bend is a bit too big. Eric coughed dryly a few times, gently extinguished the fireworks in his hand, and then leaned back on the sofa: "I'm just making a small suggestion, that's probably it, the specific amount and the way of distribution need to be further modified." In other words, the next work plan will be drawn up by your Ministry of the Interior, and when it is finished, I will show it and implement it in earnest. Remember, Your Excellency, I have no intention of cancelling this plan. ”

Eric was really embarrassed after listening to Hans Luther's story, but he didn't get angry, because Hans Luther never contradicted him, and it must have been his own decision that Hans Luther was psychologically unprepared and forced him to be anxious all of a sudden, so he used such a self-written and self-directed short story to accuse the president of violating principles and natural laws.

Of course, when the country is rich and strong, it is natural to feed the people, and sometimes it is understandable to spend a lot of money, but as an ordinary person, there is often a problem, that is, habit, accustomed to accepting, accustomed to enjoying, and then slowly feeling dissatisfied, and even when this kind of unearned income stops, he will feel that others owe him something. Unless, almsgiving, is kept forever from the beginning!