Chapter 326: Monarchy
Drunken gold fans, Zhumen dog meat smell, these words are very appropriate at this time, the Great Depression made many people bankrupt overnight, but at the same time gave many people a chance to get rich. Compared with those business aristocrats who honestly step by step to the rich ranks, these people who get rich obviously do not know how to use money.
Corporate investment, political investment? No, no, no, they are willing to spend most of their money on enjoyment, a large number of luxury goods are bought in boxes, cars, villas, and castles from various countries have all become in their names, and the rich people who have squandered tens of millions of euros are very arrogant and free in the world.
They were backed by the Quadruple Alliance, so they didn't care that they were likely to be prived of their wealth by the local government, and the Quad was laissez-faire in the face of such a situation, because Ernst knew very well that war would not break out anytime soon, even if the cabinet had different ideas about it.
The officials' concern is simple, at this time the world is under the influence of the financial crisis, and now the behavior of businessmen is obviously a compensation for their economy, after all, it costs money to buy things, and now what countries lack is money, and various transaction taxes cannot be said to make the finances no longer in deficit, but at least they can be better.
Of course, if you look at the level a little deeper, then you can see that now is also an opportunity for the four-nation alliance to fully export the euro, and the international bulk projects are switched to euro transactions, which means nothing to see.
When war comes, will the merchants lose a lot? Ernst will naturally not let such a thing happen, and after a few years of economic relief, Ernst will use some policy support to "force" those businessmen in China to give up their overseas assets and fully invest in domestic enterprises.
No way? Nothing is impossible. You know, the Russian Empire has not yet been developed. Countless underground resources cost more than millions of euros. As long as Ernsteken liberalizes the policy, I believe that countless wealthy people of the Four-Power Alliance will join it, after all, this is a business without any risks.
Under the circumstances of the global economic depression, the royal families of various countries have also begun to shrink their clothes and diet, the only one who has not changed much or even become more and more luxurious is Ernst, there is no way, the funds in his hands are too much, and he needs to find a way to spend all these euros at this time.
It is the euro that is in circulation, and if it is kept in the vault, it is waste paper. Ernst knew this very well, so he deliberately spent 1 million euros to build the world's first luxury Airbus, which is a real Airbus, not directly modified with military bombers as before.
Not only Airbus, but wherever there is an ocean and a large lake, there will be a private yacht of Ernst, which is very luxurious and large, and even on the ocean cannot be called a yacht, it is more appropriate to say that it is a cruise ship.
Needless to say, in terms of automobiles, a real imperial car from Rolls-Royce was officially unveiled. Exterior aside, every detail inside is made of world-class materials. These materials alone are worth more than 60 million euros, which is the result of the preferential treatment of major material suppliers because of the name of Ernst.
The black assembly line model, the spacious interior, this is almost an epoch-making car, many things in it are not owned now, of course, it is also not copiable, because it has taken a considerable effort of the engineers, completely handmade.
Ernst was satisfied, Anne and Maria, and Jessica liked it too, but it would take some time for them to complete the Queen-class car, which was of course inferior to the Imperial Rolls-Royce...... Well, or much worse.
Perhaps the biggest change in the Quadruple Alliance in 1930 was the grading system, many things began to be graded, for the simple reason that it promoted innovation in the goods and services industry, and even created a newspaper for this purpose, and the newspaper had a very strong destination, which was to introduce and introduce the best top 100 brands and merchants in the industry.
Hotels in Prague, restaurants in Chinatown, clocks and costumes on the Royal Mile, jade from East Asia, wine from Moravia, and some scientific and technological items from East Prussia...... These are described in detail.
Many people regard this as a vane for purchase, because the credibility of the government is very high, and citizens are willing to believe it, and in fact their behavior is also correct, so far no one has found anything wrong with the official introduction of goods, and the service and quality are all first-class.
In fact, the Business Bureau of the Quad Alliance is also very careful and frequent in the inspection of these goods and services industries in the forefront, which is why they are doing better and better, of course, the competition is very fierce, the top ten is better, and there are often some changes in the ranking after 30, but in a way, this also makes the business atmosphere of the Quad Alliance more than double that of other countries.
To put it simply, for example, in the hotel industry, even if a hotel in the Quad Alliance is ranked in the bottom 50s, if he goes to the United States and other countries in Western Europe for chain branches, as long as he maintains the habit of being in the Quad Alliance, then he will quickly become bigger and stronger, because his service is not available in other countries. The highest standards for themselves, the greatest patience to send to customers, this is the purpose of their preaching.
With the increase in the number of vehicles in the Quad Alliance, Ernst had to start installing traffic lights at various street intersections to protect the safety of pedestrians, and the behavior of driving licenses and drunk driving began to gradually become serious, because many people had car accidents due to unlicensed driving and street chaos in the past year.
When Britain was busy dealing with the economic crisis, the Egyptian uprising caught him a little off guard, and Ernst was very happy to hear that as long as the Western European countries were in trouble, then it meant that they had no intention of paying attention to themselves in a short time.
In 1922, Britain was forced to declare Egypt's independence and cancel its "protective policy" on Egypt. But how could Britain be willing to give up Egypt like that? So he put forward four proposals: Britain was responsible for Egypt's defense, Britain needed to control the Suez Canal, Britain had the right to protect foreigners, and Britain wanted to continue to rule Sudan.
Naturally, it is impossible for the Egyptian side to agree to such conditions, so the two sides are locked in a two-year period of prevarication and negotiation, but it is clear that no amount of time can change the attitude of the Egyptian government. But at this time things began to be slightly different, that is, under British pressure, the Egyptian cabinet could no longer support the announcement of the dissolution of the cabinet, and the new cabinet was formed by the landlords, the big landowners of the comprador class, and the merchants.
Their attitude is clear, but those independents who have stepped down can be willing? The answer was no, so they began to encourage citizens not to pay taxes and to treat the government negatively, and under such a contradiction the citizens could not help but revolt, the workers chose to strike, the students chose to abandon school, and countless citizens took to the streets, saying: "National independence, against the monarchy!" ”
The cabinet began to suppress the citizens who marched under the control of the British, and for a while Egypt was bloody, and Ernst was also very entangled at this time, he naturally wanted to see Britain in trouble, but he also did not want Egypt to lose the monarchy.
The polity is a large group, such as the original republic of France, and the reason why the European masses attacked was that the kings were afraid that what happened to Louis XVI would happen to them? The same is true of the present Soviet government, because they are not a form of government, and naturally not an organization at all.
Of course, this situation will be much weaker in the 21st century, when it will be a complete economic society, and as long as the economy can be improved, then any other form of government will no longer matter. But alas, only a few monarchies were able to hold out until that time.
Several of his aides came to Ernst's study, hoping for Ernst's decision on how to deal with Egypt, hoping that Britain would have more trouble, and at the same time they wanted to preserve the Egyptian monarchy.
"Directly forcing Britain to leave Egypt, we will cooperate with Egypt to nominate a royal family to be the Sultan of Egypt, and maybe we will have the opportunity to take a stake in the Suez Canal."
The look of excitement on the face of the staff member who spoke of the Suez Canal could not help but do so, because the Suez Canal was a very important transportation artery, and Britain was able to cross the world and have a very close connection with it, because it could shorten the time of things by a third.
"But Egypt is too far away from us, not very well controlled, and ...... It is not appropriate for us to stand in opposition to Britain at this time, especially on the bright side. ”
The other staff member clearly disagreed with the previous one's attitude, and Ernst never said anything, he just sat there quietly, watching the discussion of several staff members, and none of them nodded or shook their heads, as if he had been an outsider.
It is naturally irrational to confront Britain directly, not to be afraid or afraid, but to say that doing so will only make others take advantage of it, and Ernst naturally does not want to do things like fools. On the other hand, as the aides said, Egypt is a bit far away from the Quad Alliance, and the gains outweigh the losses.
The Russian Empire? Egypt and the Russian Empire are completely different, the emperor of the Russian Empire is Maria, and Ernst can completely garrison troops there, while Egypt is different, the Quadruple Alliance can only have a subordinate relationship with him, and the possibility of wanting to garrison troops in Egypt is very small, if it really does that, then what is the difference with the British? Why did the citizens of Egypt help a tiger drive away a wolf? In particular, this tiger does not have a good reputation, the Russian Empire, the Qin State, and East Prussia are typical examples. (To be continued.) )