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Chapter 418
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“General, should we agree to the Hungarians’ request?”
Mainz did not meet Horthy at the first time, but asked the little mustache to come forward and test his purpose first.
The little mustache did not fail in his mission and soon found out that the Hungarians came to ask for help in a hurry because Hans raised tariffs, which made their agricultural products unsalable!
“What do you mean?”
After probing, the mustache guy seemed to be particularly concerned about this matter, which made Mainz curious. So he didn’t rush to express his opinion, but planned to see what the mustache guy meant before speaking.
“As for agricultural products, our population is too large. Although tens of millions of acres of wasteland have been reclaimed for cultivation, these wastelands are still virgin land with low yields and high planting costs. Therefore, it is unlikely that we can rely on these arable lands in the short term. Moreover, as our population continues to rise, we may need to rely on agricultural products for a long time in the future.���Import of foreign grain!”
Mainz nodded. Hans has a big food problem. Last year, their grain output exceeded 25 million tons for the first time, but it is still some distance away from the passing line of 30 million tons.
But in the 21st century, thanks to the advancement of science and technology and the development of fertilizers, pesticides and high-yield varieties, Hans’ agricultural technology has made great progress, and their country’s total grain output has increased to about 5 million tons.
At that time, the population of Hans was the same as the current population of Hans, both of which were about 80 million.
In other words, in order to obtain the same living standards as the Hans people ninety years later, Hans’ grain output must be increased to at least 50 million tons!
This is obviously difficult to do. Restricted by the current level of science and technology, it is very difficult to significantly increase grain production. Even though the current arable land area of Hans is much larger than that of Hans in later generations, but because Because the yield per mu is relatively low, their total grain output is far less than that of later generations.
Of course, a large part of the grain in later generations is not eaten, but used as feed to feed livestock, or used as raw materials to be processed into various side dishes.
In this era, there is no need to raise so many pigs, no need to eat meat every meal, and no need to waste a lot of grain to process side dishes, so a grain output of 3,000 tons can basically meet the demand. If you want to pursue a slightly better quality of life, this standard needs to be raised to 35 million tons to 40 million tons!
Therefore, Hans has always faced considerable pressure on food supply. During the two world wars, food supply in Hans was a big problem. The collapse of Hans during the First World War was due to the extreme shortage of daily necessities inside, which led to widespread disgust among the people. War.
During World War II, because there were a large number of Eastern European vassal states that could suck blood, the supply of materials in Hans’ country was not a problem at least before 1944.
However, when the German army was losing ground on the battlefield in 1944 and the countries in Eastern Europe were losing control one after another, their food supply soon became a problem.
Even with the implementation of a wartime economic system and the distribution of food to the people according to the rationing system, there was still a big gap.
Whether in peacetime or wartime, food is the top priority of all materials. Without food, people cannot survive, and even survival becomes a problem, not to mention fighting or development.
Therefore, in Mainz’s first five-year plan, he attached great importance to the food problem.
However, even if the first five-year plan is successfully completed, as the mustache said, the newly reclaimed arable land will face various problems, and the first few The annual output is definitely not enough. It may take several years of management and management for these raw fields to become mature fields, and the grain output can be increased!
Before that, if you want to solve the food problem, the best way is to import from abroad. There are many countries around Hans that can sell food, but especially in Eastern Europe, many countries are traditional agricultural countries that rely on the sale of agricultural products to make a living.
So Hans has many channels to import, but mainly imports from the Russian Bear.
At this time, Hans’ relationship with the Russian Bear is still good, so there is no problem importing food from the Russian Bear, but if the relationship between Hans and the Russian Bear becomes tense in the future, or even a war or conflict breaks out between the two, the Russian Bear will definitely not continue to sell food to them. Therefore, Hans must find a spare tire to solve the problem of food supply in his country after the Russian Bear is gone.
And for this spare tire, the mustache chose Hungary!
Mainz also agreed with the mustache’s idea, and in addition to food security considerations, he had other considerations.
“Hungary is weak, and its relationship with us has always been good. Moreover, the export of their agricultural products accounts for the majority of their foreign exports. If we control their export trade, it will be easy to control this country and make Hungary our vassal state!”
The mustache looked at Mainz curiously. Wouldn’t it be troublesome for him to let a country with no other characteristics except agriculture become a vassal state?
Hungary is weak, but the contradictions with the surrounding countries are very prominent. Whether it is Czech in the west, Romania in the east or Yugoslavia in the south, Hungary has very serious border territorial disputes with these countries.
As a defeated country in World War I, they lost a lot of land, and almost all of these lands were annexed by the neighboring countries around them. So for Hungary, they naturally have no good feelings for these neighboring countries around them that have eaten up a lot of their land.
And Hungary is still an agricultural country without much industrial strength. It is not realistic to expect them to rely on their own army to protect their own national security. Therefore, these surrounding countries almost do not take Hungary seriously and are very keen to bully this fat sheep.
So the mustache can’t understand at all, what good is it for Hans to turn such a country that can only be beaten but has no ability to fight back into a vassal state?
“Haha, do you think our own army has anyone in Europe who can be its rival?”
Mainz asked with a smile
“Well……”
The mustache man was stumped by the question. Hans’ military strength was very strong. It could be said that no country’s army in the entire European continent could stop their attack.
Even the Gauls could not stop them, so the Gauls wisely chose to build a solid Maginot Line to protect themselves.
The countries around Hungary might be strong enemies for Hungary itself, but for Hans, these countries were just small minions, and they were not strong enough for Hans to fight.
If that was the case, why bother about adding such a little trouble?
“Therefore, I want to take Hungary as my younger brother, not to make them act as my thugs, but because I see the fact that their military strength is weak!”
Mainz’s words made the little mustache dizzy!
Who would deliberately choose some weak countries to form an alliance, which can’t help or even hinder us at a glance?
What exactly does General Mainz mean by doing this!
I can’t guess it, I can’t guess it at all!
“The impact of the economic crisis is much greater than we imagined. Think about it, even a country like Hungary in central Europe, which has a population of only 6 million and is a traditional agricultural country, and its main international trade is agricultural products, has been hit hard. How much better can other countries be?”
The mustache nodded. Countries like Hungary, which are self-sufficient in food and have no industrial products, are still very strong in the economic crisis. At least they will not encounter food shortages in their own country. So no matter what, it is difficult for people to starve to death like other countries. As long as the people are not starved to death and can survive, they will not have much intention to make trouble.
Human beings will only explode when they are completely forced into a desperate situation. Before that, people can tolerate it very much!
“President, please speak frankly. I can’t keep up with your train of thought!”
The man with the mustache openly admitted his stupidity. Mainz smiled when he heard his words and didn’t intend to continue playing dumb with him!
“Czechoslovakia in the north of Hungary and Romaniyya in the east have been affected by the economic crisis. The best way to solve the impact of the economic crisis on the country is to provoke a war abroad and use war as a way to divert attention. The people of Jiaoben have taken the lead in this regard!
Hungary is a weak agricultural country, so if the various countries want to provoke a war, do you think they will choose the powerful Hans or the weak Hungary?”
This is almost a question that does not require much thought, the answer is clear at a glance!