Chapter 554: The Eastern Judgment Controversy Behind the Scenes
Morgwill has no time to listen to these compliments. He has many things to do. After all, Grusegen City is a new district and has many problems to solve. too much.
After two months of preparation, the East African Navy finally prepared supplies and prepared to sail to the Southern Ryukyu Islands.
"Father-in-law, why do you want to go to sea by yourself this time? You have a lot of people now. There is no need to do everything by yourself. The sea is dangerous. What if you have something wrong? I don't have it. Let's explain it to Karina!"
"That's right, father, listen to Ernst and stay, right? You are the commander-in-chief of the navy, so you should stay in the mainland, and the Southern Ryukyu Islands are nothing. There is no need for you to go to important places, and my mother and I hope you are safe," Karina said coquettishly.
"Uh... I see that Ernst attaches great importance to the Southern Ryukyu Islands, so I decided to help him personally."
As soon as Archduke Ferdinand finished speaking, Karina looked at him "viciously" Gouging out your husband is all your fault!
Ernst quickly shirks his responsibility and says: "Father-in-law, you can't accuse me wrongly. Who said I attach great importance to the Southern Ryukyu Islands? This Islands is just the icing on the cake for me. It's not necessary. It will be tomorrow. I don’t feel bad if he’s gone.”
Ferdinand glanced at Ernst suspiciously and said, “You don’t take it seriously. , Why prepare so many supplies, and a few heavy guns, just to use them on a few worthless islands? Mayotte (one of the islands in the Comoros Islands, a territory in East Africa) didn't get this treatment, right?" br>
Ernst: "Hey, just because of this, you judge that I value the Southern Ryukyu Islands?"
"Isn't it true? The weapons and supplies you prepared are obviously intended to hold on to the Southern Ryukyu Islands for a long time, and the equipment is of a very high level. Even Lanfang Overseas Province does not have this treatment." Ferdinand asked rhetorically.
"Father-in-law, this is actually a misunderstanding. The reason why I prepared so many things for the Southern Ryukyu Islands actually has nothing to do with whether the Southern Ryukyu Islands are important or not. I turned the Southern Ryukyu Islands into a Pacific base for East Africa. , That’s completely incidental.”
Ferdinand looked unbelieving, who are you fooling? Whether Ernst attaches great importance to it depends on actual actions. Even if Ernst really does not attach great importance to it, the Far Eastern Empire and Japan, which have ideas about the Southern Ryukyu Islands, must think that Ernst attaches great importance to it. This is a warship and a garrison. They do not attach importance to it. , who are you fooling!
“Oh, father-in-law, don’t look like this. I really am not fooling you. The Southern Ryukyu Islands are just a dispensable point in my strategic map. They are so far away from East Africa, and there is no trace of them. The economic value and strategic value to us are not great. After all, that position will only cause trouble for ourselves. But it’s thankless.”
“You also know that it’s thankless. Doesn’t that mean you have ideas about the Southern Ryukyu Islands? Just like East Africa, colonizing East Africa was also a thankless task. You don’t. Do you want to do the same? Now that East Africa is developing so fast, you are making a lot of money.”
"How can the Southern Ryukyu Islands be compared with East Africa? The two are not on the same level at all. There are too many different levels in between. The area of East Africa alone is more than 10 million square kilometers. Even if it is all rotten, it is not worth it. Philippines, you can basically get your money back by just digging some mines. The Southern Ryukyu Islands are all about nothing. Land, population, resources, economic, military value... there is nothing that can make people take a high look. "
Archduke Ferdinand: "If you say so, why are you stationing troops in the Southern Ryukyu Islands? It's even faster than Lanfang Overseas Province."
"Father-in-law, I am stationing troops in the Southern Ryukyu Islands. , which is used to guard against villains. Although the Southern Ryukyu Islands are of little value, since they have been taken by me, it is naturally impossible to give them away casually. This is the same as having a piece of cake in my hand, but I have a big fish every day. The big meat is not short of this piece of cake, and now there is a beggar who wants to eat this piece of cake. I don’t need this piece of cake, but he can’t steal it or grab it, otherwise I will break his teeth.”
Fei. Grand Duke Dinant stared at his son-in-law with a suspicious look on his face: "The villains and beggars you are talking about are not Japanese, are they?"
"Hahaha, father-in-law, you still understand me."
"Why is your attitude towards Japan like this?" Archduke Ferdinand asked. In fact, Karina also wanted to know. The two of them actually have a good impression of Japan. This is actually a misunderstanding, that is, they love each other. Everyone in East Africa knows that the crown prince is very friendly to the Far East, including of course the Germans in East Africa.
The Far East is a geographical term in Europe, and the concept is very large. The Far East naturally includes the Far Eastern Empire, North Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. As for Mongolia, the five countries in East Asia, now It is still the territory of the Far East Empire. With Ernst disrupting the situation, we don’t know what the future will be like.
“Japan has a very extreme character. Don’t look at how well they hide it now. In fact, they are holding back a lot of bad water. The Far Eastern Empire should feel this the most. In a word, it is a white-eyed wolf country. They are as good as the Jews, but the methods of the Japanese are different from those of the Jews, but they lead to the same goal.”
Yes. This passage is very vicious. Not only do people dislike people, but they also have a bad reputation. It is not like Europe and the United States in the previous life, which were like licking dogs in front of the Jewish forces. However, it can still Understand, the Jews have the backing of the United States and control world public opinion. It is self-evident how powerful public opinion is in "democratic" countries, and it is related to power.
In capitalist countries, Jews working in industries can maximize their influence and power, because they represent the most powerful capital groups in Europe and the United States, and they are transnational organizations, but this does not work in the Arab world and the Far Eastern Empire. , If you do this, the local forces dare to beat the shit out of the Jews.
The Europeans got themselves into a trap. Just like the Far Eastern Empire focused on agriculture and suppressed commerce, the same was true for Europeans. Therefore, Jews could only engage in industries that European aristocrats had previously looked down upon, that is, business.
When in the capitalist era, business developed, the power of the Jews naturally expanded, and the more liberal and democratic a country, the less able it was to get rid of Jewish control.
Ernst, the reborn person, is actually one of the obstacles to the Jewish consortium, because Ernst himself is also engaged in business, and the rise of the Hechingen consortium directly stabbed the Rothschild family in Germany. ’s lair.
The Rothschild family has no way to deal with the Hechingen Consortium, because Ernst himself is part of the German aristocracy. With people like Ernst to contain the Jews in the financial field, the German aristocracy They are also happy to see the results. The German aristocracy focuses on mastering the barrel of a gun, so they rely more on the support of the Jewish consortium, but they look down on the Jews.
Although Ernst could not completely ban the Jewish consortium, he could contain the Jewish consortium. As the ruling class, the nobles were naturally happy to see the results.
Of course, this is only the German region. The stronghold of the Jews is now Britain and the United States. As for the attitude of the Germans towards the Jews, Adolf had already given a conclusion in his previous life.
Japan’s industrial and commercial funds came from the United Kingdom, and a large part of the British funds came from Jewish businessmen. Therefore, Jews still played an important role behind the dispute between Japan and Japan.
And this is not only the case in Japan, in fact it is also the case in the Far Eastern Empire. Competition between East African and Jewish capital also exists in the Far Eastern Empire. However, East Africa and the Far Eastern Empire have a semi-cooperative relationship and focus on investment in the industrial field. Jewish capital in the Far East mainly relied on the power of the British state, with foreign banks such as HSBC competing with German businessmen, especially in the financial field. The Bank of Hechingen was a direct competitor of other foreign banks.
Ernst looked down upon the Qing government, but there was one thing that Ernst admired about the Qing government's ideas, that is, the Qing government valued industry, especially investment in heavy industry and military industry, which was more important than in previous generations. A democratic government that is willing to act as a comprador and destroy national capital and industry is much stronger.
Although the Qing government collapsed due to incompetence, it did leave behind some wealth, especially the military industry. Unlike some governments, which took away the national treasury and all foreign exchange before their death, and took the money that 400 million people had saved for decades. In terms of family wealth, development in a small area is not as good as that of Japan and South Korea. Ernst will definitely spit on this kind of government.
(End of this chapter)