bookpower Chapter 463
Chapter 463
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: 0.085s Scan: 0.108sIf the leader of the bear was an ordinary person, he might have given in to such a severe environment at this time!
But who is Starling?
How could he give in because of a temporary setback?
If he gave in, he would not be Starling!
So, after hearing what his subordinates said, Starling sneered and said disdainfully:”In peacetime, Hans can import all kinds of resources from the Eagle Sauce. What we have, the Eagle Sauce also has, and even what we don’t have, the Eagle Sauce has, so we can’t compete with the Eagle Sauce!” Starling’s view is very direct. He believes that Hans will never maintain a single import channel, because this is not a good thing for Hans’ national security!
After all, there is an Atlantic Ocean between the Eagle Sauce and Hans.
The sea is the territory of the Royal Navy.
Unless Hans can immediately come up with a powerful fleet that exceeds the Royal Navy, otherwise the situation will deteriorate.
Once the war breaks out, their maritime trade routes will be immediately cut off, and their local ports will be completely blocked from external trade and transportation channels.
In this case, no matter how cheap the Eagle Sauce’s things are, Hans can’t ship them back!
Therefore, the Eagle Sauce can only be the icing on the cake in peacetime for Hans, and it is definitely not a timely help!
The Russian Bear is different. There is a border between the Russian Bear and Hans on land, so the goods between the two countries can be directly transported to Hans’s homeland by rail. No matter how powerful the Royal Navy is, it is impossible to drive to the land to cut off the trade routes between the two countries.
What’s more, when fighting on land, Hans’s 2 million troops are the strongest in the world, and they are absolutely capable of protecting their road transportation routes!
Therefore, the Russian Bear is the most reliable strategic supply source for Hans!
And it is the only reliable importer of food and resources in wartime!
Therefore, Starling believes that the role of the bear is irreplaceable. Even if Hans temporarily cuts off imports from them, it does not mean that they will lose this customer forever.
Starling believes that Hans will eventually seek reconciliation with the bear and will not let the relationship between the two countries continue to deteriorate. This will not benefit both sides!
Wait!
Starling suddenly thought of something!
Since she can think of this, then Mainz must be able to think of this, but the other party still wants to do this, and is so tough. Why is this! ?
Could it be that he did this deliberately for certain countries to see?
Deliberately let them think that Hans and the bear have completely fallen out?
The more Starling thought about it, the more he felt that his speculation was correct. Mainz must have planned this!
But, in this case, wouldn’t he have become a pawn of the other party from the beginning and fell into the other party’s calculations! ? Is this guy really so terrifying?
Even this kind of thing is in his calculations?
Thinking of this, Starling’s heart suddenly shuddered!
This was the first time he was afraid of a person from the bottom of his heart!
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The relationship between Hans and the Russian bear is getting worse and worse, and the fight is enjoying the attention of the spectators all over the world.
Western Europeans hope that the relationship between the two countries will get worse, and it would be best if they fight directly and die together, and then they can solve two huge threats at once! The
Nordic people are a little frightened by the conflict between the two neighboring countries. These two countries are not something they can provoke, so they are very worried that the fight between the two big countries will eventually affect innocent people and affect their small countries!
As for the Eagle Sauce, they are also happy to see the relationship between Hans and the Russian bear become strained, because the strained relationship between the two countries is of great benefit to them. After all, Hans’ huge market with a population of 86 million is too important for the Eagle Sauce, which is in the midst of an economic crisis!
If it weren’t for the strained relationship between Hans and the Russian bear, the Eagle Sauce would not have been able to obtain such a large market as Hans!
Exporting food, minerals and other resources to Hans can improve the employment pressure in the United States, boost domestic employment, enable related companies to obtain orders, hire workers, and then solve the employment problems of many families.
President Harding has been busy solving domestic problems during this period.
The economic crisis has entered its third year, and the situation in the United States has reached its worst level.
By the end of May 1927, there were 28 million unemployed people in the United States, and this unemployment exceeded 4 of the national employed population, which means that almost two out of five adults are unemployed!
Although he tried to protect his country’s industries by imposing tariffs on foreign goods at the first time, this approach was collectively retaliated by other countries in the world.
As a result, not only did it fail to solve the problem, but it made the problem worse.
Originally, they could still export some products, but at this time, after countries raised tariffs and restricted the import of Eagle Sauce products, Eagle Sauce’s products could not be sold!
The ultimate result of this policy was that the unemployment rate in the United States not only did not decrease, but increased!
This was something President Harding had never expected, so he was terrified because more and more people in the country were dissatisfied with him. Those who had lost their jobs and could not receive relief funds even began to hide near his home and tried to assassinate him!
Although this attempt was discovered and stopped in time by the security personnel around him, the assassination attempt on him by the people itself sounded the alarm for him.
So President Harding could only work harder and try to solve domestic problems, at least to boost domestic employment!
In order to cope with the threat of the British Empire, he urgently expanded the army from 100,000 to 3 million. Although it slightly eased the domestic employment pressure, it was accompanied by an extremely heavy military expenditure burden!
Because of the economic crisis, the fiscal revenue of the Eagle Sauce government has collapsed long ago. Tens of millions of people are lining up to receive relief funds issued by the government. A large number of companies have gone bankrupt, and banks are waiting for them to lend money to solve the debt crisis. All of these cost money!
Because the Eagle Sauce is on the gold standard, they cannot print their banknotes at will. They have to reserve a sufficient amount of gold as a reserve before they can print the corresponding banknotes. If they print them at random, the credit of the US dollar will definitely collapse. At that time, people who hold US dollars will rush to exchange their US dollars for gold and store them!
Although the gold in the hands of the Eagle Sauce soared to an extremely high level after the First World War, the amount of US dollars they printed was far higher than the amount of gold in their hands. So once there is a run on the bank, the gold will definitely be exhausted quickly. Once the gold is gone, the bank cannot take out gold to give to those who hold US dollars, then the credit of the US dollar will immediately go bankrupt!
What are the consequences of the credit bankruptcy of paper money? You only need to look at Hans in 199!
Hans paid a huge war reparations for the defeat of the war, and because of the random printing of banknotes, their currency depreciated rapidly. At the worst time, the value of the currency depreciated even less than a piece of paper!
If the Eagle Sauce dares to print banknotes like the Hans people did, then their result will definitely be worse than Hans!
Therefore, when the government faces a financial crisis, it cannot print money indiscriminately to save the situation!
If you cannot print banknotes indiscriminately, the production of gold will not suddenly soar. This has caused great financial pressure on the Eagle Sauce. The government’s expenditure was already seriously insufficient. At this time, President Harding expanded the army by 300,000 troops. Military expenditures quickly climbed up, making the already insufficient fiscal revenue even worse!
As a result, these newly expanded troops simply did not have enough military funds to purchase weapons and equipment, and they could not even maintain basic training. Their identities were very embarrassing. They were called soldiers, but they had no weapons or training. Seriously speaking, they were actually a group of uncles who enjoyed national financial subsidies but had no effect!
This method can only work in the short term, but in the long run it is an act of chronic suicide. After all, 3 million people eat and drink for free, which is also a huge financial burden!
Therefore, President Harding can only think of other ways. Other ways are nothing more than increasing foreign exports, expanding domestic demand and artificially creating some jobs!
These three methods are easy to say but difficult to do. Under the economic crisis, consumption in various countries is sluggish. Who would want to import American products?
So President Harding’s first method soon became bankrupt!
Just when he was almost desperate, Hans suddenly purchased their agricultural products and resources. This made President Harding feel like a drowning man who had found a life-saving straw. He was grateful to Hans and Mainz, as if they were his saviors!
“Alliance, alliance with Hans, Hans has 86 million people, this is a huge market, and they have not had an economic crisis, so as long as we can form an alliance with them and open up their market as an ally, our products can enter Hans, and we can solve the economic crisis!”
After tasting the sweetness, President Harding immediately made a decision to form an alliance with Hans!