Chapter 137: This Damn World!

As November approached, there had already been a light snowfall in Munich, and not long after the snow had fallen, it rained for three consecutive days, making the already cold climate both wet and cold.

In previous years, most people who don't have to work would have taken refuge from the weather at home, but there are still people wandering the streets.

There are also people on the streets of Munich now, and there are far more people than in previous years, groups of unemployed people around the pyro-burning gasoline drums.

There are many petrol barrels on the streets of Munich, most of them are the creations of the last war, and they are put on the streets by the state government, and each petrol barrel burns firewood to keep people warm at night and during the day. Firewood is delivered on time by municipal staff from the state government, who pile it next to the gasoline drums and let those who gather around to heat it see if they want to add it or not.

Unemployed? At the time of the industrial boom in Germany, there were unemployed people, but they were very few. Now that Germany has lost the war, the Treaty of Versailles, which was so harsh that it almost sent people to hell, has been signed, and the already sluggish economy has become even more depressed. Factory? That seems to have become a distant term, and now it's almost impossible to see a single factory still in operation.

The Bavarian state government has issued a new announcement promising to gradually provide jobs, but not in factories, but as farmers or agriculture-related jobs on farms in the countryside.

The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that, in view of the fact that Germany might not be able to repay the reparations for its defeat, the Entente powers had the right to allow Germany to pay its debts with factory machinery and so on. What are factory owners and entrepreneurs doing at this time? It is to find ways to hide the machinery of production, and some people would rather smash it than be dismantled by the victorious powers.

If you were to count it, the unemployment rate in Germany is absolutely frighteningly high, and if it were to say more than 95%, some people would definitely believe it, because it is really true. There are no jobs in society, and a large number of retired soldiers have returned to their hometowns, which simply makes the bad situation even worse.

Now there is a job, at least tens of thousands of people are competing for it, and even the work of raising chickens, which is originally only willing to be done by women, is being grabbed by a large group of men, not to mention other jobs.

After all, there are very few jobs, so what if there are no jobs? It is up to the government to distribute the bread for relief.

True, there is no rationing system now, and from the moment the Treaty of Versailles was officially signed, the war was over, so naturally there was no rationing system.

Fortunately, the Bavarians had a good state government, and the governor repeatedly promised to guarantee the distribution of relief bread, which was said to be insufficient most of the time, but at least every day.

What are people gathered around the flaming gasoline barrels for? It's not like waiting for the window not far away to open, and then someone yells, "It's time to make bread!" Everyone rushed over. Don't you see that even on a cold day, there are still some people who are afraid that they will not receive bread and are huddled by the windows in the cold?

Pre-queued? Hehe! When people are hungry, there will be no morality, civilization, and order in their hearts, and if it weren't for the policemen watching them, I really don't know how many people would have to fight in order to squeeze forward.

"We've fallen to this point."

"Bavaria is already very good, but in other areas, even Berlin, there is no social welfare at all."

Yes, there really isn't any social welfare system running in the rest of the country except Bavaria, and even Berlin, the capital of the country, has stopped distributing relief bread.

The Weimar government in Germany was very poor, so poor that a large number of retired soldiers did not receive retirement pensions, and government workers could not even manage their salaries, which exacerbated the already bad situation.

The Weimar government was seeking foreign loans, and the British government was willing to provide 2 million pounds sterling as a loan, but the price was simply not something the Weimar government could afford. The U.S. side is also willing to provide a loan of 50 million dollars, and the terms do not seem to be so harsh, and the Weimar government is debating whether to accept it at home.

50 million is a lot for one person, but it is only $1 for one person out of a population of more than 50 million, and even if it is really to be evenly shared, it is estimated that at least more than 6 million people will not be able to receive it.

Now no one dares to lend a lot of money to the Weimar government, and who wants to lend money to a country that is in turmoil? Even if you are really willing to borrow, you must have some ulterior motives.

If there is something unpleasant, then even the unsatisfactory beauty will become a pearl in the darkness, and Bavaria is currently the pearl to which it belongs.

"Our place is agricultural, isn't it?"

"Yes, but change the political party as the state government management team, and try to maintain social welfare!"

There are really not many things to talk about together, and even fewer people are interested in current affairs, and most people are concerned about whether the amount of bread is enough today, and what to do if they don't receive it.

People who are not near the fire, every now and then one will fall. When someone falls, most people choose to stand by and watch, not because they don't have the desire to help others, because it's not easy to occupy a position by the window, and because there are police officers next to them.

"Again, it's cold and wet, don't hold on. If it's time to go to the fire, go to the fire! ”

What is the presence of the police for? It's not about waiting for something to happen and then a brave man from among the people to stand up. When it comes to what happens, the police are always late enough to call the police, and someone from the public needs to step up and where the taxpayers' money is spent.

The police kept carrying down the fainted people, and they would carry them to the next room, and those who could be rescued would be warmed up with a bowl of hot soup, but don't think about medicines or anything, Germany has just finished a world war, and now the factories are all shut down, and medicines are also scarce. Can't be saved? What else can I do, I can only wait for the family to be notified.

"This damn world!"

William. Lister was one of the Wehrmacht officers stationed in Munich, although he was not now wearing a uniform. He walked on the street in civilian clothes, watching the scenes on the street, and a feeling of shame and shame always lingered.

None of the soldiers thought they had caused the war to fail, and almost all of them thought they had been stabbed in the back. As a result, the military has no good opinion of the Socialists, and has a great deal of opinion about the current ruling party, and even a sense of distrust of the general public, although it is ...... They are also from the people.

Millions of German troops were left behind, and most of them were retired soldiers. At present, all the servicemen who are still able to stay in the Wehrmacht are considered to be excellent, and it is even more remarkable that they can become colonel-level officers in the reduced Wehrmacht.

William. Lister was now a major camp, and the army was stationed not in Munich, but in the mountains of southern Bavaria. By the way, his battalion was a mountain battalion, and there was a plan to go to the Alps for training, but now that he encountered some difficulties, he would also appear in Munich, the capital of Bavaria.

Now that the government has no money, it is very normal for people in any position to be owed wages. The army used to be very at odds with the government, but now the reconciliation is reconciliation, but the soldiers still have no salary to receive, not only do they not have a salary, but they also have no basic food security at all, but they have munitions and other materials piled up in the warehouses of every military camp.

Accompanied by William. Lister went to Munich with Paster. Miller, the latter is actually the driver of the former, but you must know that riding in a car is a more troublesome or dangerous thing nowadays, because no matter how fast or slow it is, there will be people who pounce on it and want to beg. The person who pounced on it was not afraid of death, but the person who drove the car was afraid of trouble, and you must know that although Bavaria has calmed down, martial law has not been lifted.

"Sir, will our request be granted?"

"I don't know, but...... It should be agreed. ”

William. Lister was not strictly a German, he was born in Upper Kilchburg, and after graduating from high school, he went to join the army in the Second German Reich. But he is also a German, because many countries around Germany also live in Germans, such as Switzerland, Denmark, or the dissolved Austro-Hungarian Empire?

The two of them were walking, not paying much attention to it, and shouted something in the street, and then the people who had been doing it before were in chaos.

It was the window that sent the relief bread was opened, and it didn't matter who shouted it, the important thing was not to rush over, maybe you wouldn't be able to receive today's relief bread.

It may be that they are extremely hungry, or they are sick, and many people who were running one moment are soft on the ground the next moment. Some well-meaning people will stop, but more often than not, they will continue to run in ignorance of the down.

Morality, kindness, sympathy, all good human nature really needs to be seen, people only meet their own needs, and then they will have the enthusiasm to help. Therefore, if you want to say that social morality is good, it really has nothing to do with what nationality it is, and it has nothing to do with the level of education, and you also need to have no worries about food and clothing.

William. Lister's cheeks twitched, the same scene happened all over Germany at any time and place, but this scene in Bavaria had a different meaning, it was not the poor and hungry people who fell on the side of the road, it was the sound of food distribution that fell, the two situations really had different meanings.

"Except for Bavaria, there is no social welfare, right?"

"Yes, sir."

Near the window where the bread was distributed, the police were maintaining order, and those who did not queue up were repeatedly advised, so don't blame the police for raising the baton to scare, and occasionally the baton would really fall down and hit the thick skin.

At present, Bavaria has a large number of police, about four to five times more than other states, of which 80% are from the Freikorps, and only 20% are former police officers and later recruited from the citizens.

It is not only the police system that digests the free-legged soldiers who have been dismissed, such as the fire protection system, the social welfare system, and so on, but more of them are organized into various farms, no longer as soldiers, and play the construction corps model.

There is no doubt that the bread of relief today is still insufficient, so those who do not receive it let out a cry of pain and a roar. Before the anger of the people was transferred to the state government, the old routine was repeated, when street speeches were made, directing the root cause of all suffering to the victorious countries and those who betrayed the interests of the country and the nation.

Is Bavaria short of food? In fact, there is no shortage of them, but as in many chaotic times, and even everywhere, a small number of capitalists hoarded grain and wanted to sell it for a high price. In fact, there are more Germans among such capitalists, but people need a more obvious target, and then the Jews, who have a bad reputation and are alone, are unlucky.

"That's right, it's them (the Jews), those moths, they're stingy, they're greedy, they're black-hearted, they're directing the defeat of the country, they're ......"

Anti-Semitism is not a German specialty, and there is no country that is not anti-Semitic at the beginning of this year, and even Britain is a little more brutal than Germany. Let's take an example, isn't Poland independent? The British are now desperately trying to stuff their own Jews to Poland. As for the property of the Jews in England, it was naturally confiscated by the British government, and the land was redistributed by Poland to the Jews who had emigrated. The Jews were not doing well in England, and Poland was in need of a population for the restoration, which caused the number of Jews in Poland to exceed the 2 million mark.

There is no shortage of food in Bavaria, and will Rich, who has the power to rule and the machine of violence, be short of food? Theoretically, Richie was not short of food, but he could not and could not fully satisfy the unpaid needs of the people...... It is really a perfect social welfare. Whether it's a hateful lead, or for whatever reason, maintaining an underallocation is the way to go.

William. When Lister went to the state government, he asked not to see the governor, but the commander of the Wehrmacht.

The current commander of the Wehrmacht is none other than Ewald. Feng. Kleist, who was the commander of the Wehrmacht in Munich.

"Feed a battalion for three months?" Ewald. Feng. Kleist frowned, and he looked at William with some suspicion. Lister, there are not many troops still training, and one has to suspect William. Is it really going to be training, not to do some hoarding of food?

William. Lister didn't know about Ewald. Feng. Kleist was thinking about something, he said: "If we are defeated, the army can only maintain less than 100,000, but it does not mean that we can give up on ourselves. I think...... Germany will need us again one day, and we don't want to be a puddle of mud when Germany needs us. ”

Ewald. Feng. Kleist took a deep look at William. Lister, nodded.

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The prehistoric giant pit, the typhoon caused a power outage, and when the electricity came, I wrote it quickly, and today it can only be a chapter of 4K. Because genius knows if the electricity will stop again, so let's send it quickly. (To be continued.) )