Another day of return without success, Evis's mood became heavier. He had no income for more than five months, and his poor wallet was about to come to an end.

He reached out to his parents, not to mention whether he could let go of his pitiful self-esteem, the problem was that Evis's parents were just ordinary people, and the grandparents above needed to help, and the younger brothers and sisters below needed to support them.

Now that we are catching up with the wave of layoffs and salary cuts, everyone wants to spend a dollar in half. The savings in the past are the final guarantee for surviving the crisis. No one will use it until the end of the road.

Ives, who couldn't get old, returned to the rental house, stared blankly at the world map on the wall in a daze.

The map was left by the landlord, and it is said that it was given by merchants to celebrate the victory of the European War. Frankly speaking, from the map, the Holy Roman Empire is indeed domineering.

Excluding areas that cannot be inhabited by humans, the Holy Roman Empire has occupied nearly one-quarter of the land and one-twentieth of the ocean, and is one of the only two world empires in the world today.

Ivis also had a passionate life, fantasizing about fighting on the battlefield with golden swords and iron horses, and finally returning home in glory to become a noble noble.

Unfortunately, he was born at a bad time. When Ivis joined the army and served in the military, he happened to catch up with the end of the European War. Before the recruits were trained, the French surrendered.

Not to mention military achievements, I don’t even have the chance to go to the battlefield. I completed my last few months of military service smoothly, and then I retired from the army and went home to find a job.

It doesn't matter if the dream of aristocrats is broken. The probability of ordinary people becoming nobles is not high, and those who can stand out are "European Emperor possession". Even if most people encounter opportunities, they will eventually make a farm.

Ives didn't envy him at all, he really didn't envy him. As long as he worked hard, he would have the opportunity to buy a farm in his lifetime.

Under the beating of society, Evis felt that it was good to become a great engineer. After all, when he was in school, he scored full marks in mechanical operation classes. He came to this strange city with his dreams and retirement fee.

I originally thought that a talent like him could easily enter a large enterprise with good treatment, and then quickly gain the appreciation of "Bole", and then gain the focus of the company's training, and finally become a great engineer.

As it turns out, this is entirely because he is thinking too much. His job hunting career has just begun, and the economic crisis has already arrived.

Against the backdrop of companies laying off employees, let alone entering a large company with good treatment, Ives didn't even get the job of washing dishes in the street restaurant.

Overseas, how far away it is. Although the plane has appeared, it is only used in the military, and at most, it is some flying clubs among the people.

If you want to make a plane to travel to and from Africa and the local area, there is no problem in theory, but it is actually unrealistic at all. Putting aside safety, the high operating costs alone make airlines afraid.

At present, all airlines in the Holy Roman Empire are mainly airships, mainly engaged in medium and short-distance fast cargo and passenger transport, but the price is not affordable by ordinary people.

At the normal pace, it takes as fast as one month to travel from the local area to the African continent, and it may take less than half a year to travel in some remote areas.

It goes without saying that the farther south of the ocean and America are. It can be as fast as several months, and it can be as slow as one or two years.

The journey is so long, the cost is naturally not expensive. Many people leave their hometowns and do not return home for more than ten years. It’s not that they don’t want to go home to check it out, the problem is that the expenses of a round trip are the income of a year.

Ordinary families cannot withstand such troubles, especially when they have young families, in order to let their families live a better life, everyone has to let go of their homesickness.

Many immigrants will only take their whole family back to their hometown in their later years. There is no way, only at that time can they get enough free family leave.

The five-year family leave promised by the colonial government or employer is only for the employer and is limited to one person. If you want to bring your family, you either accumulate the number of family leave or pay for it yourself.

It’s not that you can’t give better conditions. The problem is that you take your whole family away, and people are worried that you will never return!

In addition to those who stand out, those who are successful can return a few more times, when ordinary people return home, it is already "children don't know each other and ask where the guests come from when they meet." In their childhood hometown, beautiful memories no longer exist.

After looking at his almost dry wallet, Evis knew that if he couldn't find a job, he would have to compromise with life.

Maybe there is a better life overseas, but the taste of home can never be found again. Once you step out, your relatives and friends will become passers-by in your life.

That night, Evis suffered from insomnia. There were thousands of unemployed troops who had insomnia with him. Whether to go out to make a living has become another choice on their life.

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The economic crisis is rampant, not only is it difficult for the people to live, but it is also difficult for governments of various countries.

The bankruptcy of the Prussian government was just the beginning. In May, the two Sicily governments also went bankrupt. In June, the three governments of Sardinia, Luca and Tuscan could not hold on and joined the bankruptcy wave.

In the entire Italian region, only the Pope is struggling to support it. After all, it is a religious country. With the donations from believers, the Pope's situation is still better than that of the neighbors.

But that is just better. If the economic crisis continues and believers have no money to donate, the Pope may join the bankruptcy wave.

The collapse of the Italian region was just the beginning. As far as Franz knows, the four governments of Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland, which are still insisting on, have also reached a difficult point.

Belgium suffered an economic crisis because of heavy losses in the war and only half of the reconstruction work was carried out. It would be good to be able to persevere until now.

Switzerland is overwhelmed. In order to build the newly acquired territory, the poor Swiss government has borrowed heavily in the financial market.

It's raining now, and the banks suddenly took their umbrellas, and the financial problems were exposed all of a sudden, and the Swiss government was in a dilemma. The project was unfinished, and the early investment was in vain; if it continues, the government's finances could not hold on.

As for Portugal, it was the husky that was mistakenly involved. The republicans and monarchs in the country were so happy that no one cared about economic development.

Unlike other colonial countries, Portugal's colonies suffered losses and were still the kind that had been losing money for many years.

Don't ask why they lose, anyway, they lose more and more. The more they lose, the more interesting it is that the more they lose, the more they are, the more reluctant the Portuguese are to give up.

Even if someone pays a high price to buy this "low-quality" asset, they still insist on holding it themselves. It is enough to know the reason, and there is no need to say it out.

In short, in the face of the increasing colonial expenses, Portugal was becoming increasingly weak. In order to maintain the colonial empire, the Portuguese owed huge foreign debts, and the high debts had already made this small European country breathless.

Spain was originally the strongest among these countries, but unfortunately, a Philippine war not only wiped out the Spaniards' treasury, but also tore through the disguise of their "powers".

Although the Philippine War continued and Spain was not defeated, the strength they showed was really difficult to tie the link with the great powers.

If Vienna hadn't had it been a long time since it was a squad, Spain would have collapsed long ago. It is better to say that it was Shenra who caused trouble for the Japanese than to say that it was not the war with the Japanese.

Just look at the situation on the battlefield and you will know that the Spanish fleet, which suffered heavy losses, not only completed the supplement, but also added a main battleship.

Needless to say, the army is now the main force on the battlefield has become mercenaries, and the former elite French troops are being pkated with the Japanese.

You can tell from the results that the exchange ratio between the two countries was 1:1.4, but now it has risen directly to 1:2.7, which is a completely qualitative breakthrough.

The Spanish Expeditionary Force, which was originally beaten to pieces by the Japanese army, has now gradually taken the initiative. Although the victory is still far away, it will develop at least in a favorable way.

In contrast, the Japanese, who were also poor in the empire, are now much more miserable. With the support of the British, the navy is naturally no problem, but the army has no choice!

The British can find ways to solve the gap in weapons and equipment, but it will take a long time to wait; the problems with soldiers' training can only be solved by the Japanese.

Originally they were learning from the French, but now the Philippines is in a battle between master and apprentice. Originally, the Japanese army would not suffer such a big loss, the key is the trouble caused by the expansion of the army.

Not every country has the ability to maintain hundreds of thousands of standing troops in peaceful times, and there are only a few Japanese army standing divisions, with a total of only more than 100,000 people.

After the outbreak of the Philippines, it quickly expanded to more than 800,000, an increase of as much as five times. Whether it is officers or veterans, they all lack strongly.

Even though it was made up for by Bushido's ideas, its professional quality was still not improved. You can tell from the soldiers' hit rate that when shooting on the battlefield, even the Spanish Army beat them, let alone the French elite.

Their only advantage lies in their courage and fighting forever. Unfortunately, Japan is too poor these days. The environment in which soldiers live since childhood has limited their growth. Many soldiers have pale faces and thin skin, and they can tell at a glance that their nutrition cannot keep up.

If the nutrition is not kept up, the physical fitness will naturally not be able to keep up. Originally, Asians were born with slightly worse than Europeans in terms of physical fitness, but now this gap is even more obvious.

If there weren't jungle to use, no matter how brave the Japanese army was, they wouldn't be able to survive now. However, jungle was not omnipotent, and they wouldn't have broken it if the enemy didn't come in.

Unlike the Spanish army, the purpose of mercenaries coming to fight is for money. When they see the city, they are full of morale, and when they encounter the jungle, they will push back and forth.

Then, an interesting scene appeared. With the help of more than 100,000 mercenaries, the Spanish Expeditionary Force captured several cities in the Philippine Archipelago, but the jungle became their forbidden area.

Mercenaries were unwilling to go to places without oil and water to fight. The Spanish army was taught a lesson and was also unwilling to go into the jungle to suffer.

The Japanese army was ambushed in advance and fed mosquitoes in the jungle for nothing. The Japanese army had no choice but to play guerrilla warfare, and occasionally emerged from the jungle to attack and obtain supplies from the enemy.

If the situation does not change, it is estimated that if the expeditionary force delays another year or two, the expeditionary forces will be able to capture all the important towns in the Philippine Archipelago, and the Japanese troops occupying the vast jungle will become guerrillas.

Obviously, this is not something the Japanese government can tolerate. In order to win the war, they have attracted local people and formed a solid anti-white alliance.

However, during the Spanish rule, conflicts between indigenous tribes were deliberately provoked, and now there are many hidden dangers within the major alliance. Many people suffer from deep vermicelli. It is okay to help shake flags and shout, but it is still a long way to expect them to contribute to the war.

For the Japanese government, military trouble is just a small problem. As long as you are willing to die, everything is not a problem. Now you suffer a loss but don’t understand the rules of the game in Europe.

I don’t know that the Spaniards would let the mercenaries act as the main force and were caught off guard. As long as you take this breath, the situation will improve later.

In contrast, financial troubles are the real troubles. The Japanese government, which has never been rich, has long surpassed the financial limits to maintaining a large navy.

Although the Japanese army has gained a lot in the Philippine Islands, most of the wealth has entered the personal pockets, and the government has only received a small part of it. This part of the spoil alone is obviously not enough for war funds.

You can borrow foreign debts in normal times, so don’t have to think about it now. During the economic crisis, cash is king, and banking groups are tightening their money, so they will not lend to the outside world easily.

There is no need to think about issuing bonds. The wave of unemployment is coming, and ordinary people are counting on the funds on hand to survive the crisis. Who has the spare money to buy bonds?

"The support of the British", just listen. Not everyone is the stupid Louis XVI who sells blood to help the United States, but it only happened once in history. It is impossible for the British to support them at all costs.

What's more, the London government is now out of its own way. Economic crises are breaking out around the world, and Britain, as the world's second largest economy, is naturally no exception.

Perhaps because the financial industry is too developed, a financial crisis has also occurred in Britain as the economic crisis plunders.

Of course, war is not entirely a disadvantage. At least this war allowed the Japanese government to survive this economic crisis. Compared with the Great Depression in the European world, Japan is not only a little bit more gunpowder, but it is still "prosperous" in its economy.

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Chapter completed!