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Chapter 246: Watching the Fire from the Other Shore and Farming (Part II)


s: 2 more votes please The happiest thing in the world is undoubtedly to watch the fire from the other side and then take advantage of it.

It is at least one of the happiest things.

When war was raging in Europe, China was doing this kind of thing.

It was so happy.

The war has progressed so far.

Both sides have lost their minds in this extremely cruel meat grinder battle.

The war has no end in sight, and the constant casualties of their companions have made all the participants miserable.

Reason collapses, personality deteriorates, and all the ugliness in human nature begins to appear.

When the war first started, the two sides could still maintain the so-called chivalry, but after more than a year of fighting, this chivalry disappeared.

At the beginning, both sides were very sensible and refrained from attacking enemy civilians, and would not kill or torture the enemy if they could capture them.

But now, all the restrictions, rules, and laws of war have been thrown away and fed to the dogs.

The strategic bombing carried out by both sides now is not aimed at civilian targets like it was at the beginning.

It doesn't matter where it is, it can be bombed with great force.

In October last year, Germany first used the poisonous gas chlorine on the battlefield, which was the first use of chemical weapons in the world.

More than 20,000 Allied soldiers were poisoned on the spot, and as many as 50,000 were poisoned and lost their combat effectiveness.

However, for the great powers, chlorine is not a high-tech thing.

Germany can make it, as can Britain and France.

The Allied Powers were furious: Erdezi, you dare to use poison gas, okay, just wait for me.

Within a few days, the Allies also retaliated against the Germans with poison gas.

Both sides are spraying poison gas at each other, and now the spray is getting high, even on civilian targets.

Poison gas bombs have become the standard configuration of bombers from both sides.

During strategic bombing, they don't care what is underneath, they just throw them at the crowds.

As for napalm bombs, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and dum bombs, they are all standard equipment.

The shape and scale of this war have completely gone out of control, exceeding everyone's imagination, and all previous war experience has completely lost its effect.

War is no longer limited to soldiers, and the previous knightly war has disappeared.

The terrifying monster of "total war" finally appeared in the world.

The vast majority of civilians were involved in the war and served on the front line.

Even women were sent to the arsenal.

Now the warring parties are using women as men and men as livestock.

All arsenals are producing war materials in three shifts.

Most of the materials accumulated over the years and materials sent thousands of miles away from abroad are sent to the arsenal and turned into military materials for consumption on the battlefield.

At present, both sides are competing in a competition-style "cannons rather than butter".

While military products are rising sharply, the number of civilian products is plummeting.

Because a large number of farmers have been recruited into the army, the number of rural producers has shrunk significantly, and the amount of agricultural products has also dropped sharply.

However, these old imperialist countries have nothing but money and don’t have enough of their own products, so they just buy them.

Anyway, there are world factories and farms like the United States and China.

I have plenty of money, so I’m afraid of a bird.

Colonial powers like Britain and France have been plundering the earth for hundreds of years, and they have accumulated countless gold and silver treasures at home.

Especially the British.

According to later data, the British Empire was at its peak before World War I.

The total amount of gold held by people on the earth at that time was about 35,000 tons, not counting unmined and missing ones.

And the British It accounts for more than 60 people.

In other words, they have at least 20,000 tons of gold.

Of course, most of this gold is in the hands of the royal family, big nobles, and big capitalists, about 75%, and there is also some among the middle and lower classes of the people, accounting for about 15% of the total.

The National Bank is the least, accounting for less than 10%.

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Although France's wealth is not as good as that of Britain, it is still quite strong, with about 5,000 tons of gold.

It's just that they like to play loan sharking, and they are the only usurious imperialism in the world, so a lot of gold has been loaned out by them.

Although the Russians don't have many colonies on the surface, they can't stand it's huge size and rich resources that make people jealous.

In a sense, Ya's family is richer than Britain and France.

Although the Allies' wealth is not that strong, it is not much weaker.

Germany is the industrial center of Europe, and its ability to attract money is not generally strong.

Although he rose late, he still accumulated a lot of wealth.

As for Austria-Hungary, it is also an old empire and has a lot of wealth.

Besides, because they now have the upper hand, they have robbed a lot of things from the homes of unlucky people like France and Belgium, and their strength has expanded even more.

What's more, China and the United States are behind the scenes and trying to sidestep the situation.

The same thing cost 100 yuan to sell to the Allies, but only 70 yuan to the Allies.

It was under such developments that various neutral countries received a large number of orders.

However, everyone knows that international orders are not only about economic benefits, but also political benefits.

It’s not just about whether you have production capabilities, but the most important thing is whether you have the value to win over.

Yes, orders are a friendly means of soliciting.

Of course, if you really can't produce it, then let's talk about something else.

Just like in Japan, although Brother Niu wants to help him, his production capacity is insufficient and he can't take on any big order.

Among these neutral countries, the two top powers that need to be wooed most are naturally the United States and China.

One is the world's first industrial country and the other is the world's third industrial country.

No matter which side they join, it will bring about a decisive situation.

Next are the secondary powers such as Japan, Italy, and Türkiye, and then the neutral powers in Europe and South America.

In this feast, the United States and China naturally took the largest share.

Compared with the lack of preparation in the United States, China, which is prepared in advance, undoubtedly has an advantage.

Moreover, due to a large number of black technology cheats, although China's total production is not as good as that of the United States, its production costs are far lower than that of the United States, and its production efficiency is high.

Much more, so you earn more.

The rich war dividends made this year's Spring Festival particularly lively, and people all over the country were happy to make money.

February 2, New Year’s Eve, Anle Village No.2.

On the desk in the middle of the main room of He Bin's family is Wen Desi's longevity tablet.

This kind of thing is not only limited to He Bin's family.

Many people enshrine Wen Desi's longevity tablet at home.

This is completely spontaneous among the people. .

After Wen Desi learned about this incident, he also felt very embarrassed.

He also tried to persuade him through newspapers and the government, but to no avail.

However, it is not easy to forcibly ban this kind of thing.

In the end, I had no choice but to pretend not to know, and could only stipulate that such things were not allowed in public places, government departments, and the military.

As for what happened at home, I had no control over it.

"Come on, children, offer incense and salute to Mr.

Wen," Mrs.

He said to her four children.

He Bin and others all lit three sticks of incense with serious expressions and bowed to Wen Desi's longevity tablet.

However, the longevity tablet of Wen Desi in He Bin's home has undergone some changes this year.

There is also a small longevity tablet next to it, which belongs to Gu Xiaolu.

Because Wen Desi married Gu Xiaolu after the National Day last year.

Although Wen Desi is now extremely wealthy, their wedding was very low-key.

They only invited the core domestic senior officials and old subordinates, and some "international friends", and there was no big fanfare.

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Many people only found out about this after the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a notice.

It turns out that Wen Desi didn't really care whether he got married or not.

Anyway, he had many girls in his harem, ahem, office, and many of them slept together, so he didn't care about a ceremony.

However, this 23rd century view is not in line with this era.

Many supporters in the country are very disturbed by the fact that Mr.

Wen has never been married, especially the indigenous subordinates in this time and space, who have been interfering with each other every now and then.

Jin Yan asked him to establish as soon as possible that the royal empress was, er, the royal wife.

It would be better to have a child as early as possible.

Of course, none of them are stupid enough to recommend other candidates for the main palace.

As long as they are not idiots with an IQ of only 9, they all know that Gu Xiaolu, who serves as the "Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the Socialist Party of Science and Technology" and "Secretary-General of the Central Government of China", is definitely an unbeatable "main palace candidate".

Empress".

And those who are qualified to tell Mr.

Wen this matter are not the kind of short-sighted people.

Facing the increasingly strong demands from everyone, Wen Desi followed suit.

After the fifth anniversary of the National Day last year, he and Gu Xiaolu held a wedding ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanking.

Therefore, a tablet of "Empress Gu" was added next to the longevity tablet that everyone enshrined.

Ahem, this title of "Empress Gu" is not nonsense.

It was indeed the first name given by the elderly among the people.

In their minds, there is no concept of "First Lady" at all.

If you ask them who Gu Xiaolu is, they will definitely say, "Isn't that the Queen of China?"

After paying tribute to Mr.

Wen and his wife, the He Bin family began to pay respect to their ancestors.

After completing this set of sacrificial rituals, the whole family began to gather together to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

This New Year's Eve dinner was undoubtedly the most sumptuous that He Bin could remember.

There were more than twenty kinds of meat dishes alone, including pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, fish and shrimps, not to mention livestock and common aquatic products, including wild boar and venison.

There are also mountain delicacies such as croakers, antelopes, and pheasants, and there is even no shortage of seafood such as yellow croaker, hairtail, scallops, sea cucumbers, and golden hooks.

The most rare thing is all kinds of fresh vegetables, such as red bell peppers, green spinach, lettuce, and juicy cucumbers.

This was unthinkable before.

"Mom, I want to learn to fly a plane next year," He Xiaodi said while making dumplings.

"The airplane is the one who spreads fertilizers and pesticides in the village."

Mrs.

He is actually not very old, only in her forties, and has a lot of energy.

"Yes, I will learn from Brother Chen next year."

"Little brat, how old are you and you still learn to fly a plane?"

He Sanmei hit him on the head.

"I'm already thirteen years old at the beginning of the new year.

Why can't I learn to fly a plane?

It would be so majestic."

He Xiaodi looked full of admiration.

He Bin, who was preparing dog food, glared at the naughty child: "Bah, you are a young kid, stop fooling around, wait until you are sixteen years old before you ask your teacher, haven't you asked your teacher for flight training?"

Okay, if you want to learn, just wait another four years and next year, you will go to the county middle school to join your sisters."

He Xiaodi was most afraid of his brother, and he was immediately discouraged.

"Mom, I'm going to feed the dog, boy, come with me."

He Bin stood up with a big basin filled with meat.

"Okay, this is the Chinese New Year, and the dogs have worked hard this year, so they have to eat something good," Mrs.

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He said with a smile.

"Don't worry, can I take a look at the meat?

It's all good meat.

Here, it's good pork belly and ribs."

He Xiaodi immediately accused: "Brother, I saw that you bought this meat from Fatty Zhang.

It is 126 pork.

It is very cheap to feed foreign devils."

"Well, if foreign devils can eat it, so can dogs, hahaha."

He Bin laughed a few times and said, "Okay, okay, I'll add some beef and mutton to them."

The whole family laughed Not only the He Bin family, but also the whole country has had a good year

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