Australian Storm 1876 - Chapter 1116

Chapter 1116 Reconstruction

the next few days

Li Fushou and his concubine Nicole attended the grand welcome banquet hosted by King George V of England. In the morning of the next day, they reviewed the honor guard of the British royal family. The two sides held formal talks on international issues of concern, participated in the British royal family’s summer polo activities, and met with the kings and archdukes from many countries in exile in London. The visit schedule was full.

A week after arriving in London

The Emperor of the Ocean Empire left London and began to visit cities in northeastern England and Scotland…

at the same time

The heads of government have already set off for Paris first, and held emergency closed-door meetings with the new British Prime Minister David Law and Earl George and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau. A mutual understanding was reached on issues such as war reparations.

On the issue of the post-war world pattern, Britain, France and other countries expressed respect for the core interests of the Ocean Empire in the Pacific and its surrounding areas, and recognized the leading role of the Pacific National Security Alliance in regional policies, and made key concessions on this issue.

Ocean Empire expressed its gratitude for this, and reiterated its respect for the “Britain-Japanese Alliance”, committed to safeguarding the interests of Britain, France and other countries in the Pacific region and the Far East, and committed to maintaining regional peace…

On this premise

The Ocean Empire expresses its respect for the leading role of Britain in the Indian Ocean region, respect for the positions of Britain and France and other countries on European regional issues, and hopes to gain understanding on the issue of the Republic of Crimea and reach consensus on the Libyan issue…

The postwar world pattern was redrawn

The    Ocean Empire’s internationally recognized dominance in the Pacific was one of the rich rewards of the victorious powers.

As the traditional world maritime hegemony, London’s dominance in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean has also been recognized by France and the Oceanic Empire, and maintained enough awe.

It is completely predictable that the closed-door meeting was a fierce bargaining, Libya was the focus issue, and there were also the coordination of positions in the Balkan countries, the Russian-Russian civil war and the Far East issue.

The main contradictions of the three major powers of Britain, France and the Ocean lie in the German war reparations and economic recovery, the North American issue and the Libyan issue.

As the French state that suffered the most damage in the war, it advocated severe sanctions against Germany, and put forward an astronomical demand for war reparations, which was jointly opposed by the United Kingdom and the Ocean.

From the perspective of the “Continental Balance Policy”, the United Kingdom did not want to weaken Germany too much. This aroused great dissatisfaction in France, and the two countries, who fought side by side, caused a rift and a deep rift appeared in the bilateral relationship.

The French feel deeply sad, and their great sacrifice has not brought the understanding of the British and foreign allies, which makes the Gauls feel lonely and sad, and become more and more disheartened.

From the perspective of the Ocean Empire

The post-war European policy will be based on relations with Germany and France. It neither wants to weaken Germany too much nor offend France, so it can only be a peacemaker.

expressed his hope to take greater responsibility in the post-war economic recovery of France and Germany, and promised to establish a government long-term low-interest loan with a total amount of 2 billion gold oceans to help restore construction after the war.

This government preferential low-interest loan, with an annual interest rate as low as 3.5%, is mainly used for France and Germany to import materials from the Ocean Empire, restore large-scale infrastructure construction, and restore coal and steel mine production. It is issued by special approval.

The reason why    is so generous is that the Ocean Empire also has its own Xiao Jiujiu.

Today’s Deutsche Mark District and French Franc District have sharply depreciated their currencies due to the war, and regional trade has shrunk sharply, and this is the best time for Gold Ocean to expand, which is conducive to a substantial increase in the settlement ratio of Gold Ocean in international trade and to seize the mark and franc. traditional market.

International trade tradition has its inherent continuity. After the strong currency Jinyang has gained international recognition and occupies the mainstream position of international trade, it is extremely difficult to shake its throne.

Unless the national power of the Ocean Empire plummets, or it is defeated in the global competition of the United Kingdom, its dominant position is difficult to shake.

End of last year

The proportion of Jinyang in international settlement has reached 39.2%, surpassing the pound to become the largest hard currency in international trade, but it is very difficult to go further.

One possibility is to erode the traditional market for the pound, which is a sterling trade circle composed of the British Empire’s colonies all over the world.

Another possibility is to erode the trade market between the former allies. This is a trade circle dominated by the German mark, including Germany, Austria, Hungary and many other newly split European republics. Jinyang is taking advantage of the weakness of the German mark. Enter, replacing the mark as the dominant trade currency.

At the same time, taking advantage of the weakness of the franc, it eroded the franc trading circle.

The government’s low-interest loans with a total of 2 billion gold oceans are the pioneers of the imperial monetary policy and the most powerful killer.

The war has devastated Europe, and everyone is heavily indebted. The Ocean Empire has become the creditor of almost all European countries. The real nouveau riche, only he can easily spend billions of gold to help Europe recover and rebuild.

Because of the wealth of the Ocean Empire, it led the post-war reconstruction of Germany, organized relief, and put on the appearance of all-out help, so as to deeply integrate its influence into it.

On the one hand, France and the United Kingdom dismantled German factories and equipment on a large scale, and obtained coal and steel quotas for free to make up for some of the losses in the war.

On the one hand, Ocean Empire spares no effort to help groups in social difficulties, organizes disaster relief in various cities, provides some work in the restoration and reconstruction, is friendly to high-level intellectuals, and provides one-way ferry tickets to work in Ocean Empire. The two are in stark contrast.

The victorious countries have done a huge contrast in what they did, harvesting a lot of goodwill for the Ocean Empire and improving their positive image.

The post-war Europe is full of waste, especially the more than 20 small countries that are newly independent, and the work in all aspects is inexhaustible, which provides the best stage for the empire.

The government economic work assistance group led by the Royal Academy of Administration went to various countries to let them pass on advanced administrative experience, urban construction planning experience, national management experience, and democratic construction experience to help them transform from the old feudal administrative system, There are rules to build democratic government.

in this process

The commodities of the Ocean Empire entered the markets of various countries unimpeded, and the power of banking and finance also entered, providing the necessary financial credit for these emerging nation-states, restoring social order, and creating employment.

These are things that Britain, France and other countries disdain to do, or are unable to do, the Ocean Empire rushed to do it, and performed very well.

This kind of selfless help has won a good reputation.

(end of this chapter)