Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Chapter 493 William II’s little thoughts

While Lin Yi was still shopping in the Ruhr and Stuttgart, Wilhelm II and Hindenburg were also holding a conspiracy in Berlin.

With the victory of this world war, the Hans Empire regained the right to speak that he had dreamed of in Europe.

The price the Hans Empire paid for this was also heavy.

Millions or even tens of millions of casualties dealt a heavy blow to the Hans Empire.

The war that was originally thought to only take a few months ended up being fought for several years, which had a huge impact on the Hans Empire and his allies.

The extremely high prices meant that the common people could not support their families even though they had worked hard for a year. This made many families in the Hans Empire feel dissatisfied.

Moreover, the serious consequences of this do not end there.

With the end of the war, many domestic military orders will decrease.

The decrease in orders means that the company will have no income, and if the company does not have more income, it will inevitably lay off employees.

Once there are layoffs, high unemployment will bring instability to the Hans Empire.

Generally speaking, when the war is over and there are no military industry orders, the country should guide those workers to build public facilities at this time.

By taking measures such as building public facilities to maintain workers' income, the country can also take advantage of this opportunity to complete the transformation of corporate production.

After all, during wartime, companies will more or less transition to wartime production mode, and once the war is over, they need to return to peacetime production mode.

However, using the country as a guide to reverse national production requires a large amount of money from the national treasury to maintain it.

But the current situation is that after the Hans Empire gives those soldiers subsidies, there will be no money.

At this time, the country has only two options, either you find someone to borrow money, or you issue bonds to raise money.

Let’s talk about bonds first. Who do you think is the main force in issuing and buying national bonds?

Big capital or the people?

The answer is the people.

Because capital is greedy, if you let them take the lead and buy some bonds, it is possible for those capitals to become the main force in buying bonds?

They are also afraid that the country will go bankrupt and their money will be wasted.

Don't think that big capital is unpatriotic. You have to know that at this stage, more than half of Europe's wealth wants to be in the hands of the Jews, and the Jews...

Then let’s not talk about it.

Let’s talk about borrowing money.

Borrowing money is nothing more than borrowing money from other countries, but in this war, the rich countries are basically on the opposite side. Do you think those countries will lend you money to help you tide over the difficulties?

The answer is no. Those countries wish that the Hans Empire would fall now, so how can they lend you money?

As long as the Hans Empire falls, there will be no need to pay war compensation.

Maybe at this time, some people will say, let's wait for the war reparations from the Allied Powers.

Yes, it can wait. Similarly, as long as the war reparations are received, there will be no economic crisis in the Hans Empire.

However, the people of the Allied Powers are not stupid. Will they settle all the war reparations at once?

Let’s not talk about whether they can take it out. Even if they can take it out, they will not give it out happily.

It will delay you for at least ten years, or even decades.

And with such a long timeline, the part given every year can only be said to be a drop in the bucket.

As for using assets to pay off debts, the situation is the same. Instead, due to the sale of a large number of fixed assets, these fixed assets will flow into the hands of Jews.

Don’t forget, Jews now control most of Europe’s capital.

And if the economic crisis can be overcome, then the territorial issues make the Hans Empire even more uncomfortable.

The basic structure of Europe has been formed. It is not easy to obtain European territory from other countries, and it is basically something that cannot be discussed.

Regarding this, no matter how arrogant William II is, he still knows it. Therefore, regarding territory, the only things that can be put on the negotiating table are the overseas colonies of various countries.

Generally speaking, these colonies are in some relatively backward areas in Africa, South Africa, and the Caribbean.

After all, those with a little bit of strength would have gone out independently long ago.

And these areas are a bottomless pit. If you want to get economic returns from these areas, you have to invest money in them first.

This is even worse for the Hans Empire.

Looking back at Daxia, in this war, the sacrifices were the smallest, but the land occupied was the largest.

Moreover, the areas occupied by Daxia are basically within the reach of his cultural circle, and the infrastructure is barely adequate, at least self-sufficient.

Most of these areas do not reject Daxia's rule over them, and some even are very happy with Daxia's rule over them.

Why is this happening? The reason is also very simple, because these areas have been influenced by Daxia culture for thousands of years, and they subconsciously believe that Daxia is the king and they are ministers.

The ruler's rule over his ministers is a matter of course.

Among them, the most outstanding one is Annan.

Annan has always been arguing with the former Goryeo about who is the Little China, who is the true successor of Daxia, and who is the legitimate son.

The reason given by Annan was that it was still part of Daxia hundreds of years ago, so it should be its legitimate son.

The reason given by Goryeo is that Goryeo inherited Goguryeo, and Goguryeo's predecessor was Jizi Joseon, which was originally established by the ancestors of Daxia.

Besides, you and Annan were not the only ones who were once part of Daxia, he was also part of Goryeo!

But now it's better, Gao Li and Annan no longer argue.

Because now Goryeo has been re-annexed to Daxia, which makes Annan strange.

The current Annan people are cursing that the Koreans deserve to die, and at the same time they are clamoring to imitate the Koreans and merge with Daxia.

This is what William II is so envious of.

In the past, when the Hans Empire annexed other regions, there were riots in those regions every day, and they wanted to go back. For example, after the Franco-Prussian War, the Hans Empire obtained the Alsace and Lorraine regions.

Now, the area occupied by Daxia is also causing trouble.

However, they were making trouble because Daxia had incorporated them into the mainland.

This person compares himself to others and makes people angry. William II feels like this now.

Everyone is also occupying land, so why does the area you occupy support you so much?

This made William II jealous.

While feeling jealous, the Hans Empire also felt that it could no longer allow Daxia to continue to expand like this.

Once Daxia continues to expand, his influence will become greater and greater, and it will even directly affect the interests of the Hans Empire in the east.

Therefore, after William II learned that the prince of Daxia had arrived in the Hans Empire, he did not choose to meet him immediately. Instead, he asked Crown Prince William to take him around.

As for himself, he started Hindenburg discussions, hoping to see what attitude the Hans Empire needed to treat Daxia.

This is also related to the attitude of the Hans Empire towards Daxia in the future.

Before these conclusions were reached, William II did not plan to meet Lin Yi.

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