Chapter 315: Pacifying Tiannan (Part II)

But the most important thing is to promote the Chinese language, after all, language is the most influential factor in national identity, even more important than customs, and even more important than blood (unless the difference is as large as that of black and white). Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info It's just that this measure has a lot of resistance, but the effect is slow, even for children who learn the language faster, it is difficult to master it in a few years, let alone adults, and the central government has invested in this for this kind of human and financial resources that are scary to say (because teachers need bilingual skills, and there are few and no trustworthy Vietnamese scholars who can speak official dialect, Li Hui can only rely on biochemical soldiers to solve problems in the first few years, and the cost can be imagined. But this investment paid off in the end, and Vietnam, which had been away from its mother for thousands of years, finally returned completely, and has never been separated since.

Vietnam, the most difficult bone to gnaw has been swallowed, not to mention Cambodia and Laos, because the original royal family is more acquainted, Li Hui also opened the net, did not take the usual thunderbolt means, now China's power has been manifested in the world, there is no need to take tough measures as before, appropriate addition of a little gentle means, but can receive better results.

In fact, if you don't think that a large piece of the Indochina Peninsula is missing in the middle is too ugly, in fact, Cambodia and Laos do not need to be directly annexed, after all, the two places have neither population nor important resources, and the geographical conditions are harsh, and economic development is very difficult, it is not an exaggeration to call them burdens. Of course, with China's sheer size, this burden is actually insignificant, and it is worth it in exchange for a sense of psychological security and satisfaction......

At this point, Indochina Peninsula was completely incorporated into China's territory, and this method of peaceful expansion had a demonstrative effect, and soon Portugal also took the initiative to cede East Timor in exchange for China's forgiveness for the crime of stealing Macao.

As a result, the only land in the South Seas that had not yet been incorporated into China was the Spanish colony of the Philippines and the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, which was divided between Britain and Germany. Because of the remote location and difficult development of the latter, Li Hui did not have much interest, but he wanted the Philippines very much, but the value of this colony was much greater than that of East Timor......

In the Great Depression, which was later called the "precious metal crisis", France and the second-class powers with weak industrial strength such as Two Teeth were the most severely injured, while Germany took the route of focusing on product quality because of its industry, high added value but no weakness of the luxury industry, and more importantly, Germany was focused on industry rather than finance, so the impact was much smaller than that of France. The Germans were arguably the best of the great crisis.

Then there was Tsarist Russia, which was still an agrarian country and also held a large number of foreign loans and investments, and their life was not bad, especially after the collapse of the gold standard, the pound, dollar and franc depreciated sharply, and the pressure on Tsarist Russia to repay was greatly reduced, and they really took advantage of this.

When the Bank of England announced that the pound was no longer freely convertible into gold, the British pound, which was previously the world's currency, fell by more than half in just a few days, and a large number of funds fled from the UK in panic, causing the British economy to suffer an unprecedented blow.

However, because the outflow of funds is too fast, most of the money that runs away is just banknotes, and it is too late to pack and move away the British factories as in history, and more importantly, the depreciation of the pound has greatly improved the international competitiveness of British industrial products, as a result, although the British economy has declined sharply, the trend of deindustrialization has stopped to a certain extent, and the living standards of the British people have fallen sharply to a fairly low level (dissatisfied with the current government, and at the same time lowered expectations for the future, And it can also tolerate lower wages, and enterprises can reduce labor costs. This not only supported Chamberlain Sr. to become prime minister in the next general election, but also gave his plan to revive British industry a fairly good basis.

Unlike in history, all of these fleeing capitals went to the United States, this time and space because of China's sudden emergence and gained a foothold in North America, the geographical advantage of the United States has been greatly weakened, and it is far from being as safe as before, so the capital transferred to the United States is much less than in history, and a considerable part of it has been diverted to Switzerland, Norway and Sweden, which are safer in Latin America and European countries. So much so that there is one of the three parts of the world on the world's industrial map.

What is even more troublesome is that European countries have regarded trade protection as a lifesaver in this unprecedented economic crisis, and even Britain has raised import tariffs at home and in its colonies under the influence of public opinion incited by Chamberlain Sr. Of course, the US Government is not good at stubble, and immediately retaliated-for-tat, but the US trade barriers are already quite strict, and the European goods that can be sold to the United States are far less than the American goods that can be sold to Europe.

He decisively sent the Hawaiian fleet to visit Latin American countries to support those countries that were dissatisfied with the United States but did not dare to turn their faces against it, and as a result, they were warmly welcomed everywhere they went, while the Americans could only watch the backyard catch fire but were powerless to stop it, although the Hawaiian fleet only sent half of the capital ships, but even if the current US Navy poured out, it was not their opponent! What's more, the Chinese fleet has only visited countries on the Pacific coast, and even if the US Navy has the strength to deal with it in a timely manner, the Panama Canal has not yet been built.

The Far Eastern market has long been lost, the European market is becoming more and more difficult to enter, if the Latin American market is lost, then the US economy will really be struggling, but the US government cannot directly send troops to punish those anti-bone boys, that will only make China laugh to death, the main will come forward to fight to the death with the little brother of the other (and strictly speaking) not to mention, not to mention, but also in the hands of the Chinese, and directly use troops against China, now the United States does not have the confidence to win, for the time being does not have the courage to take the initiative to declare war, so what to do? (To be continued.) )