Chapter 190 Aid Act
The politician that Lofos admires the most is the founding father of the Newland Federation, and the current chief minister of the Liangxia Empire.
In Lofos' own words, if there is a choice, he would rather be friends with Xue Yuanzheng.
In this world, perhaps no one is willing to be Xue Yuanzheng's opponent.
Not to mention anything else, in the past ten years, Xue Yuanzheng has done many things that Luo Fuss has always wanted to do, but has never dared to do or cannot do.
The most representative one is to promote trade with other countries by opening up your own market.
Although most Westerners, including Lofos, used the basic argument of "historical necessity" when evaluating this matter. The Liangxia Empire was defeated in the last war and its international status and influence were almost completely zeroed. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt this open attitude to reshape the national image and break the international order established by Western powers after the war, so as to gain wider benefits.
However, Lofos never denied that the economic and trade policy promoted by Xue Yuanzheng was essentially a side effect in order to offset and alleviate the impact of the Great Depression, solve the problems of its own economic development through trade, and promote exchanges and exchanges with other countries. As for reshaping the international order after the war, even if it is the number one strategic purpose, it is the result of the development of economic and trade exchanges.
This is true. In the decade after the outbreak of the Great Depression, the economic development of the Liangxia Empire was the most normal.
Of course, it can only be described as "normal". After all, the unemployment rate in all countries is extremely high, and it would be great to be able to maintain normality.
Interestingly, almost all countries benefited from the open economic and trade policies of the Liangxia Empire.
Newland Federation is no exception.
As early as a few years ago, the Liangxia Empire became the largest export destination for the Newland Federation and the second largest import source for the Newland Federation.
Many of the oil extracted from the oil fields in Texas in the south, the grain produced in the farmlands of the Mississie Plain, and even the goods manufactured by factories in the eastern region were exported to the Liangxia Empire. Thousands of workers, farmers and entrepreneurs provided generous income and supported millions of families.
Imported products from the Liangxia Empire, from porcelain that every household needs to use, from ships that cross the ocean, as well as cars that have become popular over the years, and even textiles that are still luxury goods, have long been deeply involved in the lives of the people of Newland.
If Newland Federation is like this, will other countries be better?
Not to mention other countries, even the narrow imperial kingdoms are highly dependent on the Liangxia Empire in terms of economy and trade.
To be honest, if the Liangxia Empire had not been aggressive on certain international issues, there would have been no war.
For example, the Liangxia Empire has been seeking to recover the North-South Bean-Scattering Islands and militarize them.
If there is no plan to militarize the North-South Bean Islands, why should we recover it?
In order to force the Nayi Empire to compromise and give in, the Liangxia Empire used food and scrap steel to make a fuss, forcing the Nayi Empire to have no choice.
The situation has developed so far, saying that these are useless.
The problem before Lofos is very simple: in the short term, unless Xue Yuanzheng's head gets into the water and orders Liang Xia's navy to attack Guandao or Nanzhu Kingdom, no matter how far the war develops, even if Liang Xia's army lands on the land of Saiyi and defeats Saiyi Empire, the Congress will not approve the sending troops to participate in the war according to the provisions of the Alliance Treaty. To be precise, there is no similar obligation in the Alliance Treaty.
However, you must not watch the defeat of the Nayi Empire.
If the Newland Federation is a wall view, then the Nayi Empire can last for a year at most, and may declare its defeat in a few months.
The reason is that the Nayi Empire has no capital to fight a protracted war at all.
What will an island country with few resources do to keep it after losing its sea control and the sea route is cut off?
According to the information obtained by Lofos, the grain stored by the Nayi Empire can last until next spring. If the harvest is good next summer and autumn, then it may be able to last until next winter. But later, 80 million Nayi people will have to eat dirt.
In addition, there are psychological effects.
The Nayi Empire dared to challenge the Liangxia Empire because it was the Newland Federation and the Bran Kingdom. If the two allies watched the fun, the morale and fighting spirit of the Nayi military and civilians would quickly return to zero.
Even the confidence to keep building is gone, why are you still persisting?
what to do?
The solution is Lofoss's hands.
"Aid Act".
Of course, it cannot be called a bill until it is approved by Congress.
The core content of the bill is to provide materials or purchase funds for materials in accordance with the alliance-like and legally effective treaties signed with friendly countries such as the Nayi Empire, the Kingdom of Bran and the Locke Republic, and provide free aid, conditional aid, unsecured loans and mortgage loans to help allies that are invaded and harmed or may be threatened by military difficulties.
Specifically, it is to provide military assistance to the Nayi Empire.
It's just a few turns, and it sounds better.
It was only to deal with the guys in Congress who were in vain.
In addition, Lofoss is ready for the first aid agreement.
According to his vision, the Nayi Empire used the custody rights of the Northern Horse Islands as collateral, obtained loans from the Newland Federation, and purchased military supplies from the Newland Federation.
For this reason, Lofos asked the Secretary of State to find the ambassador of the Nayi Empire a few days ago and mentioned this matter in person.
However, so far, the Nayi Empire has not given a reply.
There is nothing strange about it, and I don’t cry until I see the coffin.
A few days ago, the naval battle on the west and east oceans had not ended, and the senior executives of the Nayi Empire might have had some fantasies that they did not need to obtain assistance in this way.
In addition, what Nayi's senior management wanted was not assistance, but the Newland Federation and the Kingdom of Bran sent troops to participate in the war!
Now, is there any choice for the Nayi Empire?
This is far from enough.
In addition to food, the Nayi Empire now urgently needs military supplies. The Newland Federation does not have many, and many of them cannot be used for assistance.
What is the Nayi Empire urgently needed now?
Battleship!
Can the Newland Federation provide the active warships to the Nayi Empire?
Obviously not!
Don’t forget that what the Nai Empire needs most now is aircraft carriers and fast battleships, and what the Newland Navy lacks now are aircraft carriers and fast battleships.
To have enough aircraft carriers and fast battleships, do we still need to play with inefficient means of "assistance"?
To put it thoroughly, the unwillingness of the congressional members to be enemies of the Liangxia Empire is not only economic relations, but also because the military strength of the Newland Federation is not strong enough to defeat the Liangxia Empire. Otherwise, the Newland Federation would have already raised the banner of besieging the Liangxia Empire.
A small warship like aid destroyer?
Even if you can help, it doesn't make much sense.
In addition, whether food and other materials can be transported there after the Naoyi Empire was blocked and the sea routes were cut off is a question.
Even if escort is provided, it is difficult to fundamentally solve the problem.
Just aid is far from enough.
For this reason, Lofoss has a first-hand arrangement.
Chapter completed!