Australian Storm 1876 - Chapter 1073

Chapter 1073 Brilliant achievements

After briefly chatting about political affairs for a while, Li Fushou turned around and walked to the throne at the top of the hall, sat down, raised his hand, and signaled that it was time to start.

Between

In the hall, drums and music rang in unison, and the Royal Symphony Orchestra played a beautiful dance song. The beautiful melody reverberated in the sky above the hall. The nobles and dignitaries in the hall tacitly dispersed to both sides, and from one side of the hall came many noble ladies and ladies, Yingying. Yanyan, with beautiful branches, looks really seductive.

The grand royal court dance officially started.

Although the Ocean Empire participated in the World War, there was no sign of the war in the mainland and overseas states of the Empire, and the industrial and agricultural economy was booming and prosperous day by day.

What is particularly gratifying is that last year, the population of the Empire officially exceeded the 100 million mark. At the end of the year, the population reached 107.2 million, making it the fourth country in the world with a population of over 100 million.

The top three are the Republic of China with a population of 450 million, Britain and India with a population of 393.5 million, and Tsarist Russia with a population of 170 million.

From 2014 to 2016, the three years when the First World War broke out, was the three years when the economy of the Oceanic Empire made great strides forward. With the geographical advantage of being far away from the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, the war that occurred on the Eurasian world island could not be spread. .

With the background of the world’s first industrial power, the Ocean Empire exported various substances to the warring parties, driving the rapid economic development, stealing the huge opportunities that the United States originally had in this historical period, and quickly opening up the total economic volume with the United States and Germany. gap.

Severely affected by the war, the economic aggregates of the United States and Germany, which could have been able to compete with the Ocean Empire, did not rise but fell, their liabilities skyrocketed, their currencies depreciated, and their economies retreated sharply.

According to the statistics at the end of 2016;

The economic aggregate of the Ocean Empire is already equal to the sum of the second and third largest countries in the world, the United States and Germany, and there is still a small amount of surplus.

Three years of world wars in a row made Ocean Empire a lot of money, becoming the world’s largest net creditor country, with a total of 20.311 billion Jinyang creditor’s rights, which is worth about 70 billion US dollars.

That is, 1 gold ocean is exchanged for 3.5 US dollars. This exchange rate is about 17% higher than that before the war, when 1 gold ocean is exchanged for 3 US dollars.

With the strengthening of the value of Jinyang currency in international trade, and the vigorous promotion of the Empire’s “Golden Ocean Settlement Act” and Jinyang Loans, the proportion of the imperial currency Jinyang in international trade settlement has rapidly risen to 34.1%, almost accounting for 38.72% of the British pound. % keep pace with and has the potential to surpass.

at the same time

The position of the strong currency sterling in international trade settlement has dropped significantly. The originally strong franc, German mark, US dollar, Spanish peso, Russian ruble and other currencies have been squeezed and occupied by Jinxiang, and their proportion in international trade has shrunk rapidly.

As of the end of 2016

The Ocean Empire has 7,772 tons of gold reserves, of which the Royal Holding Bank has 4,120 tons, making it the country with the largest gold reserves in the world.

The total population of the Red River Valley metropolis has exceeded 7.2 million, and it has become a world-class international trade and financial center in the Western Pacific region. It ranks second only to London in the international financial circle, leaving New York far behind.

This series of brilliant achievements, in front of the European and American countries with chicken feathers, stands out from the crowd and is dazzling.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, the lower house of the Ocean Empire Congress and the House of Lords successively passed the motion to move the capital, and the new capital will be located in Chang’an (formerly Canberra).

In this new city in the southern part of the empire, the construction projects invested by the royal family are already in full swing, and the imperial finances are slow.

There are more than 170 major projects such as architectural design plans, urban overall design, Imperial Museum, Capitol Hill, National Founding Monument, major government buildings, sports venues, etc., which are solicited from all over the world. This has become the largest gluttonous feast in the construction industry today. It has attracted famous architects from China, Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Italy and the West to participate, and has provided many excellent architectural designs.

Entering the 17th year, this is the 4th year after the outbreak of the First World War. In the decisive year of 2016, after the outbreak of three extremely tragic and **** battles, the major warring countries in the world all slowed down the war process.

Tired from fighting, tired from fighting, unable to fight.

The major European countries participating in the war with arrogance and arrogance have been wiped out, their debts are high, and the younger generation has sacrificed too much on the battlefield, to the point of breaking the bones.

Only the Ocean Empire, a vigorous new force, has sent expeditionary troops to the European continent on a large scale. The number of troops has rapidly increased from more than 300,000 at the end of last year to more than 730,000 at the end of March 2017. The cumulative number of expeditions is the first and second. And the Third Army has arrived in Europe.

Follow-up reinforcements are still being sent forward, which can be seen almost everywhere in Britain and France, and it is very common for soldiers to hug local white girlfriends.

Especially in France, a large number of young French men died on the battlefield, and there were countless widows and young mature girls, which gave the imperial officers and soldiers who went to Europe a huge opportunity.

If you don’t know how to use it, you’re really stupid.

Imperial soldiers, who can easily take out the scarce supplies such as milk candy, cigarettes, and chocolate, are very popular in France. Coupled with the strong hormones of young people, in addition to the training of officers and soldiers, cohabitation with local French women has become a common phenomenon. difficult to count.

Many imperial officers and soldiers have forgotten that they are fighting in Europe, and they are reluctant to revel in the gentle voice.

Looking back on the development of the past few years

What Li Fushou is most satisfied with is that he has successfully stolen the huge historic development opportunity of the United States, and has made great progress along the road of rapid development of the United States.

In the original history

The population of the United States exceeded the 100 million mark in 16 years, and now this glory belongs to the Ocean Empire.

After successive disintegrations in North America, the population of the American Commonwealth has fallen below 50 million, between 47.6 million and 48.5 million, which is less than half the population of the Empire.

The same is true of its total economic volume, which is about 47.62% of the total economy of the empire. The United States is in a state of panic in the face of frequent wars, and is burdened with more and more high debts. Take off, get rid of the debtor country’s hat in one fell swoop, but fall into the abyss of bitter struggle with Fusang.

In a short period of time, there is no hope of getting rid of the current predicament.

The biggest task of the United States at this stage is to stop the country from splitting, fight aggression, maintain the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty and independence, and put economic development goals behind.

There was a wolf in the house, and the Fusang Kingdom entered Kansas eagerly, seriously threatening the safety of the heartland of central North America, which made the U.S. sleepless.

For the current Davin-Porter government of the United States, anti-separatism is the biggest political issue and the most important issue for the government at the moment.

Since the central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi have joined the southern federal republic dominated by Texas, this has set off a new round of division in the original eastern and central states of the United States frenzy.

Fortunately, President Daven-Porter took immediate and resolute measures to move troops into southern states such as Florida, where he used military and police force to fight the leaders of the separatist forces, and made a series of political commitments, which was appeased.

Having said that

But the southern separatist forces that have already formed a climate are unlikely to die just because a few leaders were arrested and imprisoned.

Today’s situation in the United States is very complicated, with undercurrents surging.

The only thing that is fortunate is that the European powers such as Britain, France and Italy have completely abandoned the policy of secretly supporting the separatist forces after seeing that the American Federation has been greatly weakened and divided, out of the need to curb the expansion of the Ocean Empire, and instead support the strengthening of the American Federation. central authority.

An independent and powerful U.S. state, a U.S. state that has been too weakened and divided, neither too much power nor too much weakness is in the interests of the European powers, it is better to be moderate.

on this issue

The Ocean Empire and Fuso are incompatible with the European allies, forming a profound conflict of interests, but in the context of the current world war, the contradiction has been covered up.

According to Li Fushou’s estimation;

After the end of the First World War, in the negotiations on the division of the spoils at the Paris Peace Conference, the profound differences between the Fuso Kingdom and the United Kingdom will break out, which will lead to the disintegration of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.

At this stage, the North American business strategy fully supported by Fusang has been elevated to the highest level of national strategy.

Further implementation of North American expansion is the fundamental need for Fusang to consolidate and expand colonial policy.

If the North American expansion strategy is abandoned, the huge debt alone can overwhelm the small Fusang Kingdom and bring it back to before liberation in one move.

Such a terrifying prospect cannot be accepted by Fusang.

Judging from the current North American peace talks that have been on and off, Fuso has given up many unreasonable demands for violating the territorial sovereignty and national unity of the United States, and there are only two points left to insist.

The first point is to maintain the current pattern of military occupation. What the Americans cannot get on the battlefield cannot be obtained from the negotiating table unless you have the strength to take them back.

Second point, huge war reparations.

The huge amount of war compensation that the Japanese side has demanded has retreated from the initial US$3.5 billion to US$2.6 billion. There is very little room for further compression, and it is impossible to continue fighting.

This is because the huge debt that the Japanese side bears is very heavy. The debt of 2.4 billion yen originally owed during the Russo-Japanese War was reduced by 800 million yen after the Wool War, leaving 1.6 billion yen in debt.

But a few days later, the first U.S.-Japan war broke out. Not long after, the second U.S.-Japan war broke out again, and the debt borne by Japan quickly climbed to more than 3.7 billion yen.

At the beginning of 2017, it reached a high of 3.96 billion yen, and the huge interest paid every year was more than 337 million yen, which almost accounted for more than 70% of Fusang’s annual fiscal revenue. The method of borrowing new debts to repay old debts maintains precarious finances and avoids national credit bankruptcy.

At the current exchange rate of 2:1 between the yen and the US dollar, this huge debt is almost equivalent to $2 billion.

Therefore, Japan’s wishful thinking is to take advantage of the opportunity to win the second U.S.-Japanese war to clear all the huge foreign debts in one fell swoop, and obtain a large amount of funds for the development of the domestic industrial and agricultural economy. This is the bottom line.

The little devil wants to take a bite of the fat of the United States. To do this, he will not hesitate to devote all his strength to the whole country, and he will also win the battle of North America.

This is very similar to a hungry wolf who is biting and fighting for its prey. If it is interrupted rashly, it is possible to open its fangs and bite its master.

And this is precisely the situation that Britain, France and other countries are not allowed to appear. This is the fundamental difference of interests and cannot be reconciled at all.

There is another update in the evening. It is estimated that it will be released after ten o’clock. Dear readers and friends, don’t wait, let’s watch it tomorrow!

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