Chapter 710 Military and Industrial Brothers Want to Eat
In fact, age does not matter much. Most of the European royal families are old husbands and young wives, and they are only willing to get married after they have had enough fun.
When George first met Li Tuo, he thought Li Tuo was a child because Li Tuo was relatively short.
Later, George learned that Li Tuo was not only only two years younger than George, but also married his teacher's daughter at the age of 9. When George met Li Tuo, Li Tuo was already married.
This situation is very consistent with George's understanding of the Korean people.
Li Tuo did not stay in Constantinople, and his proposal to marry Alexandra was in vain, so he quickly returned to Goryeo to succeed to the throne.
Concubine Min's health is also not good. She has been bedridden for a long time and her life is not long.
This winter is destined to be uneventful. Shortly after Li Xi's death, Ye Luoxin and the old general Yangkov died one after another. Then Guchkov was assassinated at Yangkov's funeral. The assassin was a Officer from the Caucasus.
Guchkov died. He was hit in the left chest by a bullet fired from an officer's pistol. He survived after being rescued by the hospital.
There were then rumors in Constantinople that Guchkov's assassination was caused by George's murder of a donkey.
George couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this rumor.
George really wants to get rid of the trouble and kill the donkey. He doesn’t have to go to such trouble at all. He can do it perfectly without leaving any clues.
Now is not the time to unload the mill and kill the donkey. The mill will never be finished.
Although Guchkov had stains, after serving as Minister of Justice, Guchkov's performance satisfied George so much that George almost forgot about Guderian.
Guderian now serves as mayor of St. Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg is one of the four major municipalities in Russia: Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Vladivostok, and Constantinople.
Witt went to visit Guchkov on behalf of George and wished Guchkov a speedy recovery.
To Werther's surprise, Guchkov moved his office to the ward and continued to work in the ward.
George was very pleased and decided to make Guchkov a model and carry out focused publicity.
Guchkov once served as a minister of the provisional government and was a steel king in the Russian Empire. He was very influential internationally.
Russia's liquidation in the past two years has involved millions of people and attracted widespread attention internationally.
Guchkov can prove that Russia’s liquidation is restrained and not one-size-fits-all.
The international community is paying attention to Russia's liquidation, and Russia is also paying attention to the workers' movement in Britain, France and Germany.
The labor movement in France has not yet subsided, and the number of provinces where strikes have broken out has increased from 22 to 27.
Shortly after the founding of the Bavarian Republic, it was destroyed by the Weimar government. In the process, the Weimar government and the Junker aristocracy within the German army reached an agreement.
The Weimar government made a condition of not reforming the German army in exchange for the German army's support for the Weimar government.
After the Paris Peace Conference, Germany could only retain an army of 100,000 people and a navy of 15,000 people. After the German army was streamlined, more than half of the German army is now officers.
The situation in the UK is more serious than in France and Germany.
In 1916, Ireland launched the Easter Uprising under the leadership of the Brotherhood in order to fight for independence.
Although the uprising was eventually suppressed, it became an important milestone on the road to Irish independence.
The "Fourteen Points" proposed by Wilson in 1918 gave the Irish hope of independence again.
In January this year, most of the Irish MPs elected in the general election at the end of last year refused to serve in the British House of Commons. They formed their own Irish Parliament and issued a unilateral Declaration of Independence in the name of the independent "Irish Republic" .
As a result, the resistance organized by the Irish Republicans began to attack officials sent by the British government and British supporters.
From January to July this year, more than 150 British officials and British supporters were killed.
The rebels also blew up 19 warehouses and more than 100 vacant camps to prevent them from being used by the British army.
The Royal Irish Constabulary and the security team went out frantically to arrest rebel members, confiscated their property, and executed them without trial.
These atrocities not only did not scare the Irish people, but instead aroused an increasingly strong resistance from the Irish people. For a time, the British Isles were turbulent.
The British colonies did not stop either.
During the World War, in order to win the support of overseas colonies and dominions, the British government promised to give more rights to the colonies and dominions after the war.
After the Paris Peace Conference, when it came time for the British government to fulfill its promise, the British government broke its promise and only fiddled with some minutiae, such as tax rates, and refused to truly fulfill its promise.
Forget about colonies like India.
South Africa, Canada, and Australia are all countries mainly composed of descendants of British colonists. They are essentially British. Why should they endure local exploitation?
During the World War, South Africa, the overseas autonomous territories of Canada and Australia made great contributions to the British army. Australia alone sent 500,000 Anzac troops to fight in Europe.
The white people living in the Dominion want independence, not tax relief.
The British government was beset by internal and external difficulties and had to convene an Imperial Conference in London to discuss the above issues.
Compared with Britain, France, and Germany, which are all stuck in their own troubles and unable to extricate themselves, Russia, which has just experienced a world war and civil war, particularly cherishes the hard-won peace and devotes all its energy to economic development.
Witt estimates that Russia's economic data this year will increase by at least 30% compared with last year -
This is mainly because industrial production in Russia and Europe has been greatly damaged, almost from Starting from scratch, that's all. Next year, some factories in Russia and Europe will be put into operation, and the Russian government will also start a new batch of key projects. These key projects are also based on infrastructure construction and focus on improving Russia's power supply level.
Nearly 30 years have passed since the first Lighting Expo was held in St. Petersburg. There are still many towns in Russia without electricity.
Forget about small towns in remote areas. Towns less than 100 kilometers away from St. Petersburg had no electricity, and George didn't know what to say.
George decided to equip every town with a population of more than 10,000 people with a power plant to solve the local power supply problem.
With electricity, lighting systems can be promoted, household appliances can be developed, and the living standards of Russians can be improved to a higher level.
Witt has a splitting headache. How much does it cost?
In order to develop the economy this year, Russia has raised more than 15 billion rubles through different channels, all of which have been invested in domestic construction.
If according to George's plan, every town with a population of more than 10,000 people is equipped with a power plant, I am afraid it will cost another 15 billion.
George doesn’t think the problem is that serious.
Power supply is a phased investment, and it is not so much all at once. We will build a thermal power station this year and a hydropower station next year. It will take up to ten years to meet George's requirements.
But even so, the first batch of investment requires at least 2 billion rubles.
Witt's eyes were almost green. Where could he get so much money?
George asked Werther to contact Joseph.
The Dolgorukov family has withdrawn funds from the U.S. stock market to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, which was used to purchase Russian bonds.
Joseph knew how to sell high and buy low, and the financiers on Wall Street were not stupid either. Little Morgan asked Joseph to take it easy because he wanted to stabilize Joseph and run first.
Like the Dolgorukov family, the Morgan family and the Rockefellers are selling high and buying low. The money sitting in bank accounts is completely inconsistent with the interests of financiers. Wealth needs to flow in order to play its due role.
“Why bother, we can just print money and it will be over!”
Little Nicholas’s understanding of finance is worse than that of a primary school student.
You can’t say that either.
Don’t expect too much from the European elites. Many times their way of solving problems is a bit naive.
The Germans, who are known for their rigor, respond to lack of purchasing power by printing money.
As a result, the exchange rate of the German mark against the US dollar soared from 4.2 marks to one US dollar in 1914 to one million German marks to one US dollar in August 1923.
By November, the value of the mark had further fallen to 4.2 trillion per US dollar.
This is the consequence of printing money directly.
After the new ruble was issued, the gold content of the ruble was determined to be 0.5 grams of gold.
If Russia starts printing money like crazy, the value of the ruble will completely collapse, which will cause an irreparable blow to the country's credibility.
Unless George wants to grab a handful and run away, don't do it.
Now only Americans have money in the world. If we want to raise the funds needed for Russia's reconstruction, we can only find a way from the United States.
Of course, George did not place all his hopes on the United States. Although the economies of Britain, France, and Germany were severely damaged during the world war, the wealth of Europe did not disappear, but increasingly concentrated at the top.
Some time ago, Russia’s plan to build a natural gas pipeline caused a sensation in Paris. In just one month, all the 150 million rubles issued by the Russian government were snatched up.
Some question whether there is a sufficient market for natural gas in Paris.
The key to this issue is whether there is anyone to promote it.
Everyone knows that natural gas is cleaner and cheaper than burning coal. The key is whether it is of any use.
France does not produce natural gas at all, and the proportion of natural gas used is indeed not high.
But if natural gas pipelines can be laid to Paris, every household in Paris will be able to use natural gas within half a year.
Just some time ago, a natural gas blowout well was discovered in Pennsylvania, USA. This blowout well spewed out more than 60 million cubic feet of natural gas every day.
The news immediately triggered an investment boom in the capital market, with 300 new companies established within six months.
If nothing else, if natural gas from Russia saves London from its winter smog, George will instantly become a god among British people.
George doesn’t want to be God, he just wants to be a villain.
So what George transported to Britain was not natural gas, but arms.
The Irish people's resistance became more and more fierce, but they suffered from the lack of weapons and ammunition and were unable to carry out a larger-scale attack by the British government.
Amul had business dealings with the Irish Brotherhood in the United States a long time ago.
On October 30, Michael Collins, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ireland, arrived in Constantinople, hoping to get help from Russia.
George would definitely not come forward in this kind of thing, so the person who contacted Michael Collins was Julien, the person in charge of the Amur Military Industrial Group in Constantinople.
(End of this chapter)