Chapter 245: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore and Farming (Part II)

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The happiest thing in the world is undoubtedly one of the happiest things to rob while watching the fire from across the shore. At a time when war is raging in Europe, China is so happy that this is the kind of thing that happens.

The First World War has been going on so far, the two warring sides have been human brains out of dog brains, the two sides have lost their minds in this extremely cruel meat grinder battle, there is no end to the war, the continuous casualties of the companions have made all the participants collapse their minds, their personalities deteriorated, and a qiē ugliness in human nature has begun to appear. At the beginning of the war, the two sides were able to maintain the so-called chivalric demeanor, but after more than a year of fighting, this chivalrous demeanor disappeared.

In the beginning, both sides were sensible not to use their hands on enemy civilians, and not to kill or torture the enemy if they could capture it. But now, all the constraints, the rules, and the laws of war have all been thrown aside to feed the dogs. The current strategic bombing carried out by the two sides is not as unaimed at civilian targets as it was at the beginning.

In October last year, Germany was the first to use poison gas - chlorine gas on the battlefield - the first use of chemical weapons in the world. More than 20,000 Allied soldiers were poisoned on the spot, and as many as 50,000 were poisoned and incapacitated. However, for the great powers, chlorine is not a high-tech thing, Germany can make it, Britain and France can make it.

The Entente was furious: Erdezi, you dare to use poison gas, okay, you wait for Lao Tzu

Within a few days, the Entente retaliated against the Germans with the same gas. Both sides are spraying poison gas at each other, and now they are spraying, even on civilian targets. Gas bombs have become the standard configuration of bombers on both sides, and during strategic bombing, they don't care what is below, they just throw them at the pile. As for napalm, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and dummy bombs, they are all standard equipment.

The form and scale of this war has completely gotten out of control, beyond everyone's imagination, and all previous war experiences have completely lost their effect. War is no longer confined to soldiers, and the chivalric warfare of the past is gone. The horror monster of "Total War" has finally appeared in the world, and the vast majority of civilians have been involved in the war and served on the front lines, and even women have been sent to the arsenal. Now the warring parties are using women as men and men as animals.

All the arsenals were producing war materials in three shifts, and most of the materials accumulated over the years and the materials sent from abroad were sent to the arsenals and turned into military materials for consumption on the battlefield.

At present, both sides are competing in the style of "cannons, not butter", and while military products are rising sharply, the number of civilian products is falling as if jumping off a building. Because a large number of peasants have been conscripted into the army, the number of rural producers has shrunk dramatically, and the number of agricultural products has also dropped dramatically.

However, these old imperialist countries have nothing else, they just have money, and they don't have enough products for themselves, so they just buy them. Anyway, there are world factories and world farms like the United States and China, and Lao Tzu has money, but he is afraid of a bird

Colonial powers like Britain and France have been plundering the earth frantically for hundreds of years, and they don't know how much gold and silver treasure they have stored at home. In particular, according to later information, before the First World War, it was the peak of the British Empire, and the total amount of gold held by the people of the whole earth at that time was about -6,000 tons of unmined and missing), and Britain accounted for 6. In other words, they have at least 20,000 tons of gold. Of course, most of this gold is in the hands of the royal family, the big nobles, and the big capitalists, and there are about 75 people in the middle and lower classes, accounting for about 15 of the total, and the National Bank is the least, accounting for less than 10%.

France, although not as rich as the United Kingdom, is also quite strong, with about 66 tons of gold. It's just that they like to play usury, and they are the only usury imperialism in the world, so a lot of gold is lent out by them. Although the Russians do not have many colonies on the surface, they can't stand its large size, and its resources are so rich that it makes people blush, and in a sense, Ya's family background is stronger than that of Britain and France.

Although the Allied countries' family base is not so thick, it is not much weaker, Germany is the industrial center of Europe, and its ability to absorb gold is not ordinarily strong. Although he rose late, he still saved a lot of money. As for Austria-Hungary, it was also an old empire, and it also had a lot of family background. Besides, because they now have the upper hand, they have grabbed a lot of things in the unlucky people of France and Belgium, and their strength is even more inflated. What's more, there are also China and the United States releasing water behind their backs and pulling the shelf. The same thing was sold to the Entente for 100 pieces, and to the Central Powers for 70 pieces.

It was in this context that the various neutral countries received a large number of orders. However, as we all know, international orders are not only based on economic benefits, but also on political benefits. It is not only to see whether you have the production capacity, but also whether you have the value to win over. That's right, the order is a kind of goodwill to win over. Of course, if you really can't produce it, then say it differently, just like Japan, although Brother Niu has the heart to pull him, but the production capacity is insufficient, and no matter how big the list is, he can't eat it.

Among these neutral countries, the two top powers, the United States and China, are naturally the two top powers, one is the world's first industrial country, and the other is the world's third industrial country, and whether they join there will bring a decisive situation. This is followed by the sub-powers of Japan, Italy, and Turkey, and then by the small powers of Europe and South America.

In this feast, the United States and China naturally took the lion's share. Compared with the United States' lack of preparation, China, which is prepared in advance, is undoubtedly more advantageous, and due to a large number of black technologies, although China's total production is not as good as that of the United States, its production cost and production efficiency are far lower than those of the United States, but it has earned more.

The abundant war dividends have made this year's Spring Festival particularly lively, and the people of the whole country have made money and smiled.

February 2, Chinese New Year's Eve, Anle Second Village.

There is an immortal tablet of Wen Desi on the desk in the middle of He Bin's house, this kind of thing is not only unique to He Bin's family, many people worship Wen Desi's immortal tablet at home, which is completely spontaneous among the people. After Wen Deji learned about this, he also felt very stubborn, and he also persuaded the government through the guò newspaper, but it had almost no effect, but this kind of thing is not easy to forcibly prohibit. Later, they had to pretend that they didn't know, and they could only stipulate that this kind of thing was not allowed in public places, government departments, and the military.

"Come, children, give Mr. Wen an incense salute......" Mrs. He said to her four children.

He Bin and the others all lit three pillars of incense with stern expressions, and bowed to Wen Dehe's immortal tablet.

However, the immortal tablet of Wen Dehei in He Bin's house has changed a little this year, and there is a small immortal tablet next to it, which is Gu Xiaolu's......

Because, after the National Day last year, Wen Desi married Gu Xiaolu. Although Wen Desi is now a rich country, their wedding is very low-key, only inviting the core high-level and old subordinates in China, and some "international friends", and there is no big publicity. Many people only knew that there was such a thing after the Central General Office issued a notice after the fact.

Originally, Wen Desi didn't care if he got married or not, anyway, he had a harem, cough cough, there were many girls in the office, and there were many people who slept together, and he didn't care about a ceremony. However, this 2nd-century view is not in line with this era, and many supporters in China are very uneasy about the fact that Mr. Wen has never been married, especially the indigenous subordinates of this time and space, and they have intervened one after another, asking him to establish the main palace Niangniang as soon as possible, uh, it is the lady of the main room. It is better to give birth to a noble son early.

Of course, none of them have the brains to recommend other candidates for the main palace, as long as they are not idiots with only IQ, they all know that Gu Xiaolu, who serves as the "Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Party of Science and Technology" and the "Secretary-General of the Central Government of China", must be the "Zhenggong Niangniang" who cannot be shaken. And those who are qualified to tell Mr. Wen about this are not the kind of people who are not long-sighted.

In the face of everyone's increasingly strong demands, Wen Desi also followed suit, and after the fifth anniversary of the National Day last year, he and Gu Xiaolu held a wedding ceremony at the Hanjing Presidential Palace. So, next to the immortal tablet that everyone worshipped, a tablet of "Gu Niangniang" was added, cough cough, the title of "Gu Niangniang" is not nonsense, it is indeed the first to be called out by the elderly in the folk. In their minds, there is no concept of "first lady" at all, if you ask them who Gu Xiaolu is, they will definitely say, "Isn't that our Chinese queen mother?"

After paying tribute to Mr. Wen and his wife, He Bin's family began to respect their ancestors.

After this set of rituals, the whole family began to gather together to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is undoubtedly the most sumptuous since He Bin can remember, and there are more than 20 kinds of meat dishes alone, not to mention pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, rabbits, fish and shrimp, these domestic animals and poultry and common aquatic products, even wild boar, venison, antelope, pheasant and other mountain delicacies, and even the sea delicacies such as yellow fish, ribbon fish, shellfish, sea cucumber, and golden hook are not lacking. The rarest thing is a variety of fresh vegetables, red bell peppers, green spinach and lettuce, and watery cucumbers. This was unthinkable before.

"Mom, I want to learn to fly ......an airplane next year," Brother He said as he wrapped dumplings.

"The plane, is it the one in the village who sprinkled chemical fertilizers and pesticides?" Mrs. He is actually not very old, only in her forties, and her energy is very good.

"That's right, I'll learn ...... from Brother Chen next year"

"Little brat, how old are you, and you still learn to fly an airplane," He Sanmei knocked on his head.

"I ...... I'm thirteen years old when I first started, why can't I learn?

He Bin, who was preparing dog food, glared at the bear child: "Phew, you are a virtual child, don't mess around, when you are sixteen years old, you haven't asked your teacher? Flight training can only be at the age of sixteen, if you want to learn, wait for another four years... Next year, you're going to go to middle school in the county and join your sisters...

Little Brother He was most afraid of his brother, and he was immediately discouraged.

"Mom, I'm going to feed the dog...... Little brother, come with me......" He Bin stood up with a large basin full of meat.

"Okay, this year's Chinese New Year, the dogs have worked hard this year, we have to eat some good ......," Mrs. He said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I don't know? Look at this meat, it's all good meat. Oh, good pork belly, and ribs......"

Little Brother He immediately accused: "Brother, I saw that your meat was bought from Zhang Fatzi, it is 26 pork, and it is very cheap to feed foreign devils."

"Well, foreign devils can eat it, dogs can eat it, hahaha......" He Binyu laughed a few times and said, "Okay, okay, I'm adding some beef and mutton to them."

The whole family laughed......

Not only He Bin's family, but the whole country has had a fat year.