Chapter 1051: Unscrupulous Ideas and Paying the Bills
Chapter 1031 Unscrupulous Ideas and Buying Bills
Judging from the enthusiastic atmosphere at the scene, Franz knew that this epochal parade was considered a success.
As for some of the shocking scenes, whether it will give some of the audience on the scene, bring discomfort in the mind, that is none of Franz’s business.
Celebration, is to make a lively. Only more than 10,000 people to participate in the parade, compared to the entire Holy Roman Empire’s huge armed forces, even less than one percent, enough to prove that Franz has been very restrained.
If you really want to do something, organizing tens of thousands of people to a military confrontation exercise, the deterrent effect will be even more.
But this is already enough. Before the modern era, the European continent is still rarely a large-scale war.
Many of the bullish battles in the historical record, the battle results are mostly blown out of proportion. Maybe it wasn’t that the ancients were blowing it, they were just writing history using the technique of blowing it.
For example: Herodotus wrote “History”, has recorded: three hundred Greek soldiers defeated 5, 283, 220 Persian army.
No problem, that’s how it’s recorded, three hundred men defeated over five million men.
As to how the war was fought and how it unfolded, it’s all glossed over and the whole thing is about the bravery of the Greek soldiers.
Three hundred Spartan warriors are obviously not enough, if they are all replaced with holy warriors, the execution of decapitation may have a chance.
Roman historians as peers weren’t far behind, with Appian recording in his History of Rome that “Caesar attacked Gaul and destroyed four million Gaulish troops.”
Caesar’s own book, The Gallic Wars, claimed, “Defeated 430,000 Gaulish troops without a single Roman killed in battle.”
The exact results of the battle are too old for Franz to examine. The only thing that is certain is that there were definitely not four million Gauls in that era.
Of course, these in front of the history of the Indians, these are going to be in the dust.
The Moksha Brahmaputra records: a war of the light of the royal family killed in action, more than 1.6 billion, the number of ordinary people killed in action that is how many bits to come, anyway, Franz is not remember.
Really should be the saying: “How big is the heart, how big is the world”.
Compared to the achievements of the ancients, the Russo-Prussian War and the war against France are all weak.
There is no problem with bragging rights writing, perhaps the ancients were originally writing fiction that was mistaken for history by future generations.
But no one who reads history dares to take it seriously. The fact is that most of the ancient wars in Europe were stuck in the hundreds and thousands, limited by a primitive economic model.
Using tens of thousands of people to engage in battle was a proper big battle. So this military maneuver involving 10,000 people was already scary enough.
After all, since the birth of many small countries, they have participated in the highest level of battles, but also 10,000 people level.
Even the ministers of Britain and Russia, who were also Great Powers, did not look very natural when they left. Whether it was a deliberate pretense or a genuine emotion, then no one knows.
In short, the Holy Roman Empire’s military parade was on fire. The footage taken by the camera has been edited into a movie and is on its way to all over the world.
In this era where there was a lack of entertainment material, it was rare to have such a live documentary, so of course it had to be given to the people of the world to enjoy together.
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How about the world influence, can’t be seen for a while, anyway, recently the Holy Roman Empire’s arsenal was busy.
Airplanes, tanks, armor, artillery, became the best-selling products in the international arms market, and became in short supply.
What Franz never expected was that the largest military purchase order actually came from the competitor Britain.
When you think about it, there seems to be no problem. The economic crisis is at the end of the financial situation of the governments, and did not get a complete reversal, the rich and powerful British.
Whether it is to buy back to support the scene, or thrown into the laboratory dismantling research, must first buy and then say.
Britain’s military enterprises are not a few, there are not a few companies interested in researching these equipment. Each share a few samples, adding up to more than a hundred.
Compared to the cost of a million pounds of a main ship, the price of tens of thousands of airplanes and tanks, is really nothing.
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Spanish Embassy, has not yet left Junior, at the moment is in deep thought. The first batch of loans have been obtained, the pocket money naturally want to consider spending.
See countries coaxing aircraft and tanks, Junior is also very greedy. Accompanying military representatives, but also every day in his ear nagging.
Greedy to greedy, but Junior is a rational person. Will not be blindly influenced by the outside world, make a random decision.
Airplanes and tanks are good, but is this really what the Spanish army needs now?
Airplanes are just, anyway, are flying in the sky, the use of a very wide range, rarely restricted by the terrain.
Tank armor is not the same, the plains is the king, once into the mountains and hills, it will become bronze.
Spain is no longer the former bullish Sunset Empire. The money in the hands of the government is borrowed from the outside, the future can be to pay back.
If you don’t spend it sparingly, it will be a tragedy if the money runs out and the rebellion is not suppressed.
Junior did not think that the money of the Vienna government was really easy to get, and could be used up again.
Even if it is to give people as a little brother, that also want to show their own value. Vienna government to support the purpose of Spain, obvious people know, is to act as a pawn to suppress France.
The prerequisite for support is that Spain can help up, but also must have a certain military strength.
If the military power has not been up, then Spain and Belgium, Switzerland, Sardinia, these small countries, what is the difference?
It is not even comparable to these small countries, not to mention Sardinia. Although Belgium and Switzerland are small, their military strength is really not bad.
The two countries together, the population is almost thirty percent of France. In the war against France, another piece of meat was bitten off from France.
Once the two countries have developed, it is not a dream for the national power to reach one-third of France. After all, France was suppressed by the European Union, and it was simply impossible to let go of its development.
Theoretically, as long as Spain does not perform poorly, threatening France from behind, plus a few Italian states to help the field to cheer. Then even if France is revived, it will be suppressed to death by a few surrounding neighbors.
Without this troublemaker to add to the chaos, the Holy Roman Empire could let go and challenge the British maritime hegemony.
This was a phallic conspiracy. Knowing that the Vienna government’s support had ulterior motives, the Spanish government still had no choice, and even had to take the initiative to join in.
There was no other reason, Spain also wanted to revitalize. But resources and space are limited, the European continent has already appeared hegemony, Western Europe can not accommodate two small regional power.
Whether because of hatred, or because of interests, Spain has and France against the inevitable. After the end of the Continental War, Spain became the vanguard of the suppression of France.
Despite the outbreak of colonial rebellions, Spain still had an “elite” force stationed in French territory. The fact that the Spanish government preferred to enlist mercenaries rather than use this force is a clear indication of the problem.
Junior: “What about the Jews, can you guarantee a follow-up loan?”
No matter what kind of strategic plan, in the final analysis, it still depends on “money”. In order to get more money, Junior can no longer care about moral integrity.
Even if you know that there may be problems with the Jewish loan, but for the sake of S.H.I.E.L.D., Junior is still happy to pretend to be confused.
Sensei Jewish loan capital source whether there is a problem, also no matter whether the Jewish capital has the existence of conspiracy, have nothing to do with Spain as a borrower.
What Junior signed is an ordinary commercial loan contract, the bank’s source of funds, and he has nothing to do.
Even if something happened in the future, he would not be involved. There is no law in the world that states that the borrower is responsible for the source of the bank’s funds.
Minister Bullard: “The Jews are taking the contracts they signed with us and are going around financing them. I’ve secretly sent people to their Vienna preaching sessions, and the situation is not very promising.
The market is very skeptical about our ability to repay the loans. If it wasn’t backed up by high returns, I’m afraid there would be no investors at all.
Of course, the Jews’ speech was really good. Even if the investors were hesitant in their minds, many of them still made a tentative investment.
Theoretically, as long as they don’t donate and run away, the subsequent loan should not be a problem. After all, there are too many people with money and no place to invest it, and there will always be a few bold ones.”
“Rely on the debt?”
Nope!
Although the interest rate on the loan is a little higher, the Spanish government will not renege on the loan as long as it can afford to pay it back.
National credibility is worth a lot of money, if not forced to, no government will deliberately renege on the debt.
“Then secretly send people to keep an eye on, do not take action for the time being. As long as the monthly loan can be transferred on time, we will cooperate with them first.”
Junior wanted the debtors to have problems, but definitely not now. It was best to wait for them to take all the loans before there was a thunderstorm.
Deep down inside, Junior also had an unscrupulous idea, that is: collect the Jews’ handles first, and when they get all the loans, they’ll backhandedly report a wave of them, forcing these guys to run away.
Of course, this kind of thing is also very risky. Once the word gets out, the Spanish government’s reputation will be infamous, and there will never be any bank that dares to cooperate with them.
“The world is as black as a crow” is not a joke. These days, there are few banks that are completely clean.
The difference only lies in the size of the problem, once exposed to the sun, most banks will not be able to eat.
Minister Brad nodded, “No problem, I’ll send someone to keep an eye on them for a long time and won’t cause any trouble.”
After a pause, Minister Brad asked, “Your Excellency the Minister, have you thought about the issue of military purchases?”
Whether it was suppressing the indigenous rebels in the Philippines or suppressing the Cuban independence movement, arms were indispensable.
Spain’s industrialization was only halfway through, and its military production capacity could only be described as “capable”. Theoretically speaking, Spain can build its own airplanes, artillery, and tanks and warships.
Theoretically speaking, Spain is able to build both airplanes and artillery, as well as tanks and warships independently. Not to mention the aircraft, artillery, tanks and warships of these high-grade goods, even the ammunition production capacity are some.
Not only is the production capacity is insufficient, more importantly, the high cost of production. The cost of production, and the international arms market price difference, but the quality can not catch up.
In order to change all this, the Spanish government has also made efforts.
At the end of the war against France, France was prohibited from engaging in military production by the Treaty of Vienna.
The machinery and equipment used to produce weapons were directly confiscated by the Antifa alliance and became the spoils of war for everyone, either dismantled and returned by the countries or performed a pyrotechnic display at the site.
It just did not occur to anyone that these seemingly valuable machinery and equipment were actually chicken ribs.
Countries that have the ability to utilize this equipment have long since completed industrialization and have their own set of industrial systems, and simply do not need these things.
Countries that need this equipment, but also limited by the industrial base and talent, get the machinery and equipment, but also can not be utilized.
As a member of the victorious countries, Spain has not less from France to dismantle the equipment, but the lack of supporting industrial system and industrial workers, simply can not be put into industrial production.
Obviously, the Spanish government bureaucrats are not able to solve the problem. So much so that these mechanical equipment, are now lying in storage waiting to rust.
The production line can not start up, ammunition is a shot less than a shot, so that the Spanish army’s ordnance equipment soon became a burning stick.
The Spanish government is considering whether to spend a lot of money, from France to pull people back to start the production line, the Vienna government’s weapons and equipment assistance also came.
Free things do not want for nothing, under the law of true fragrance, the Spanish army soon abandoned the French armament equipment, replaced with the battlefield performance of the better Austrian armament equipment.
It has been proven that there is never a free lunch in this world. Having taken advantage in the early days, it was now time to pay the bill.
Along with the end of the Japanese-Spanish War, the era of free weapons and ammunition assistance also came to an end. In order to meet the needs of the war, the Spanish government had to purchase ammunition from the Holy Roman Empire.
Junior: “Our funds are limited and we can only spend sparingly. The purchase of ordinary weapons, armor, and ammunition was done according to a list prepared in advance.
For the time being, only twenty bombers will be purchased, and the armored tanks will not be of much use, as they are not needed to deal with the rebels.”
Letting the foreign minister decide on the procurement of armaments, Junior was also speechless. Is this out of “trust” or out of “trust”?
There was no way around it. Spanish bureaucrats were good at what they did. The following people are also not professionals, including the military representatives are civilians.
Since we are all amateurs, we might as well let the amateurs who have the decency to do it. At least Junior, as foreign minister, would not be so shallow as to take kickbacks from it.
(End of chapter)