Chapter 682 You Stay
George’s impression of Ya Er cannot be said to be very vague, but not at all.
The first time George met Ya'er, Ya'er lay on the bed without leaving a word.
George did not mean to let Vladimir take over and continue to be responsible for business operations in the United States.
Rather, we hope to completely transform American companies and fundamentally eliminate the potential risks posed by one dominant company.
In order not to alert the enemy, George agreed to set up a Hebrew autonomous state near Amur.
Autonomy is not unusual in Russia. Except for cities with a relatively large population, the vast rural areas of Russia have always been managed by local autonomous committees.
There is no way to do this, because the Russian Empire lacks officials and cannot even manage the cities well, and the rural areas cannot be taken care of at all.
Witt's reform, this part is the top priority.
The problem of officials is actually easy to solve.
After the end of the world war, Russia will definitely carry out major disarmament. Soldiers will work as workers in factories, and officers will be directly assigned to serve as officials in rural areas. This is a relatively mature model in Amur.
In the past, local self-governing committees would withhold part of the tax revenue as operating expenses for local self-governing committees.
Witt took back this part of the power, and the operating expenses of the local self-government committees were directly allocated by Constantinople.
Hebrew autonomy does not mean that Constantinople does not care about anything, nor does it mean that only Hebrews are eligible to settle there. As long as Russians still account for the majority, George has a way of playing the Americans at his fingertips.
Pan cooking in the United States——
Many people may not know that during the Cold War, Western countries led by the United States focused on the so-called "freedom" and the realization of personal values, so there were various American dreams.
Russia is the representative of Disco.
After the death of Russia, the United States picked up Panzi and used it as a magic weapon for its external exports.
Only external output.
The so-called dish cooking in the United States is a joke until the 21st century.
The Americans did not immediately agree to underwrite the bonds and requested that someone be sent to witness the establishment of the Hebrew Dominion.
Witt, a good old man, finally got angry in a rare move and reprimanded Charles Dawes in person, demanding that the Federal Reserve Board immediately fulfill its promise.
Charles Dawes was a Chicago native, a banker, and had a close personal relationship with Pershing, the commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Force. He managed an office responsible for purchasing supplies in Paris and made purchases in Constantinople many times. .
Dawes' office not only purchased supplies for the US military, but also for the British and French troops fighting in France.
Daos purchased more than 10 million tons of supplies from Constantinople alone.
In recognition of Dawes's contribution, Pershing awarded Dawes the military rank of brigadier general.
Daos was in a dilemma, worried that George would not fulfill his promise.
"Grand Duke Yuriev keeps his word. Do you think Grand Duke Yuriev is the same as those shameless politicians in the United States?"
While Witte praised George, he also criticized the United States. Politician kicks.
Dawes was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole in the floor and crawl in. Americans during this period had no psychological advantage over Europeans.
Dawes once went to a restaurant in Paris for dinner. The restaurant owner refused to serve Dawes after knowing that Dawes was an American.
As a banker and an army brigadier general, Dawes was dared to be treated like this by restaurant owners in Paris.
Not to mention ordinary Americans.
"You know, this is a billion-ruble deal, and we have to be cautious."
Dawes himself has no problem, he needs to convince Wall Street bankers.
Werther's wife was a Hebrew.
Since Werther can hold such a high position based on this, it seems to prove that Grand Duke Yuriev has no prejudice against the Hebrews.
“I must remind you, my friend, Russia under the leadership of Grand Duke Yuriev will not always be short of money, and our financial situation will soon completely improve. Do you think this is Russia’s request? Is the United States helping? No! This is Russia giving you a chance."
It's hard to be tough.
In the final analysis, Werther's confidence was given by George.
Reconstruction is actually not difficult for the Russian Empire. There are people in the Russian Empire who have the resources. They only need to get through the most difficult stage and will soon usher in a period of rapid development.
When Daos arrived in Constantinople, the port of Constantinople was filled with merchant ships and cargo ships preparing to enter the port.
Next to the Old Port, a larger new port is under construction. It is expected that upon completion, the throughput of the Port of Constantinople will be increased by three times.
Supplies from East India and Amur were transited in Constantinople and sent from Constantinople to various parts of Russia and the Balkan countries.
Reconstruction work has begun in both St. Petersburg and Moscow. Nearly 2 million prisoners of war from the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, as well as 500,000 prisoners of war from the Provisional Executive Committee, provided sufficient labor for the reconstruction work.
George's requirements are not high. Before next spring, the main task of the reconstruction work is to build houses so that the Russians can survive this winter smoothly.
The real reconstruction will begin next spring.
There is no doubt that Amur is the main force in Russia's reconstruction.
Amur can provide all the supplies needed to rebuild, from building materials to food to warm clothing.
Constantinople used the Siberian Railway operating rights as collateral and borrowed 2 billion rubles from the Bank of Siberia as the starting capital for reconstruction. The Bank of Siberia took advantage of the situation and launched a new ruble to replace the paper ruble issued during the empire.
The face value of the new ruble is 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100. The gold content is 0.5 grams. 1 ruble can be exchanged for 100 kopecks. It is guaranteed by 25% gold and 75% goods. .
The exchange ratio between old and new rubles is 1:20.
This is also thanks to the interim government and the interim executive committee for not issuing rubles indiscriminately, otherwise the exchange ratio could reach 1:10000.
But this is not because the interim government and the interim executive committee are soft-hearted, but It was because they were terminated before they could spam.
Dawes formed reports of his observations and sent them to Washington and New York.
The Americans had a keen sense of smell and quickly approved the purchase of bonds issued by Constantinople.
The term of this bond is 5 years, and the annual interest rate is 1.5%. Compared with the interest rate of 4.5% or 5% in the Qing Empire, it is a good price.
While Werther was looking for loans from Americans, George began to organize State Farm.
The national farm model is already very mature in Amur. The Amur Governor's Palace employs foreign workers and uses extensive machinery for construction. Compared with traditional agriculture, the efficiency is nearly a hundred times higher.
When George first saw these data, he thought the official in charge of statistics had written in an extra zero.
I later learned that these statistics were somewhat conservative.
Although Russian families own a lot of land, the utilization rate is not high and the unit output is also very limited.
Amur not only uses a lot of agricultural machinery, but also uses a lot of fertilizers, which greatly increases the yield of crops.
Before modern times, not only Russian farmers, but also farmers across Europe did not apply fertilizer to their fields, and there was no fertilizer available at all.
Not only do they not fertilize, many farmers don't even know that they need to water during long-term droughts. Water conservancy facilities have also been neglected for a long time, and they just depend on the weather.
Russia has a vast land and sparsely populated areas. How much you can harvest from sowing seeds depends entirely on the sky. You don’t know how to compost, water, or weed. You’ll be fooled if the yield can be high.
In 1895, Amur established the first fertilizer factory and began to produce phosphate and potash fertilizers.
Before the outbreak of the world war, the amount of fertilizer used in Amur increased from less than 100 tons in 1895 to 150,000 tons.
While using a large amount of fertilizers, Amur scientific research institutions also conduct research on seeds to cultivate crops more suitable for Amur cultivation.
Amur-1, developed by Vladivostok University last year, directly increased corn yield by 75%.
Corn is not only edible, but also an important industrial raw material.
The increase in corn production has also greatly promoted the development of Amur's livestock industry.
In Nikolai’s time, George once suggested to Nikolai to promote Amur’s farm model in Russia.
Nicola verified it in Huangzhuang, and the effect was excellent.
But I don’t know why, Nikola has not promoted this model nationwide.
Probably it’s Nikolai’s more important job.
George didn’t know any job more important than feeding the Russians.
Food is the most important thing for the people. If the people of St. Petersburg are asked to queue up for 40 hours a week to buy bread, the people of St. Petersburg will rebel.
The situation in Russia and Europe is relatively complex, and there is great resistance to promoting the farm model.
George then promoted the state farm model in Siberia.
From Asia San to Nikolai, we have been worried about developing Siberia. The effect cannot be said to be nothing, but it is better than nothing.
George hired workers from Kanto and went to Siberia to develop farms.
As long as you are determined, nothing is difficult in the world.
With the blessing of large-scale agricultural machinery, land reclamation has become easier. Bulldozers push first, and tractors plow deeply to remove tree roots and stones. A dozen people can reclaim hundreds of acres of land in a day.
George asked Werther to establish 1,000 farms in Siberia within five years.
If this request is successfully achieved, Russia will never have to worry about insufficient food.
In fact, Russia has never been short of food. When a piece of bread sold for 100 rubles in St. Petersburg, farmers ate chicken legs every day.
Chicken butts are not edible and can only be fed to dogs.
With the arrival of 11, the situation on the Western Front has become clearer.
On October 26, Ludendorff, who had completely lost control of the army, visited Wilhelm II with Hindenburg.
Ludendorff resigned to Wilhelm II. Wilhelm II retained him and hoped that Ludendorff would serve as the commander-in-chief of the group army.
Ludendorff refused the Kaiser's request to stay, not only resigned from the post of Chief of the General Staff, but also asked to be relieved of his military status out of anger.
William II did not retain him, and Ludendorff died.
Hindenburg also resigned to Wilhelm II.
William II said lightly: "You stay!"
Hindenburg bowed to William II and accepted William II's offer to stay.
Ludendorff was dumbfounded. He thought Hindenburg would advance and retreat with him, but he did not expect to be sidelined by Hindenburg.
(End of this chapter)