Chapter 42, Unscrupulous Ideas and Paying the Bill(1/2)
Judging from the warm atmosphere at the scene, Franz knew that this epoch-making military parade was considered successful.
As for whether some of the shocking scenes will bring spiritual discomfort to some audiences on the scene, it is no longer about Franz's business.
As for the celebration, it was just to make it lively. Only more than 10,000 people participated in the military parade. Compared with the huge armed forces of the entire Holy Roman Empire, less than one percent was enough to prove that Franz was already very restrained.
If you really want to cause trouble, organize tens of thousands of people to conduct a live-fire confrontation exercise, the deterrence effect will be even greater.
But this is enough. Before modern times, there were few large-scale wars on the European continent.
Many of the awesome battles in historical records are mostly bragging about their achievements. Perhaps it is not the ancients who brag, they just wrote history with bragging techniques.
For example: In "History" written by Herodotus, it was recorded that 300 Greek soldiers were defeated by 5,283,220 Persian troops.
Nothing wrong, that's how it is recorded, three hundred people defeated more than five million people.
As for how the war was fought and how it was launched, it was all mentioned, and the whole article was full of the courage of Greek soldiers.
The three hundred Spartan warriors are obviously not enough. If they were all replaced by Saint Seiya, there might be a chance to carry out the beheading operation.
As a fellow Roman historian, Appian recorded in "History of Rome": "Caesar attacked Gaul and destroyed 4 million Gaul troops."
In Caesar's own book "The Battle of Gaul", it claimed that "no one in Rome died in battle after defeating the 430,000 Gaul army."
The specific record is too old, and Franz can no longer understand the research. The only thing that is certain is that there were absolutely no four million people in that era.
Of course, these are beyond the reach of Indian history.
"Moke Bharata" records that in the First World War, the number of deaths of the royal family exceeded 1.6 billion. How many ordinary people were killed? Franz doesn't remember it anyway.
It really corresponds to the saying: "The bigger the heart is, the bigger the world is."
Compared with the ancients' achievements, the Prussian-Russian War and the anti-French war were weak.
There is no problem with the bragging way of writing. Perhaps the ancients were originally writing novels, but later generations mistakenly thought it was history.
However, no one dares to take it seriously by looking at history. In fact, due to the original economic model, most ancient European wars remained at the level of hundreds or thousands.
It is a complete battle to use tens of thousands of people to fight. Therefore, the military exercises participated by tens of thousands of people this time are scary enough.
After all, many small countries have participated in the highest level of battles since their birth, and are only at the level of ten thousand people.
Even the British and Russian ministers who were great powers did not look very natural when they left. No one knew whether they were deliberately pretending or showing their true feelings.
In short, this military parade of the Holy Roman Empire became popular. The video taken by the camera has now been edited into a movie and is on its way to all over the world.
In this era of lack of entertainment materials, it is rare to have such a real documentary, which of course is to be given to people all over the world to enjoy together.
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How powerful is the world's influence? I can't tell for a while. Anyway, the arsenal of the Holy Roman Empire has been busy recently.
Aircraft, tanks, armor, and artillery became the best-selling products in the international arms market for a time and became in short supply.
What Franz never expected was that the largest military purchase order actually came from his competitor Britain.
If you think about it carefully, there seems to be nothing wrong. The economic crisis is at the end, and the financial situation of governments in various countries has not been completely reversed. The richest people are the British.
Whether you buy it back and support the scene or throw it into the laboratory to dismantle and research, you must buy it first.
There are many military-industrial enterprises in Britain, and there are also many companies that are interested in studying these equipment. Each company has several samples, which adds up to more than a hundred.
Comparing the cost of a battleship of millions of pounds and a plane tank priced at tens of thousands of yuan, it is nothing.
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The Spanish Embassy, Juñol, who has not left yet, is now in deep thought. The first batch of loans have been obtained, so if you have money in your pocket, you will naturally have to consider spending.
Seeing that countries were snatching planes and tanks, Juniol was also very envious. The military representatives who accompanied him were even nagging in his ears every day.
Even though he is jealous, Junior is a rational person. He will not blindly be influenced by the outside world and make random decisions.
Although the plane and tank are good, is this really what the Spanish army needs now?
It's fine if the planes fly in the sky anyway, and the range of use is very wide and rarely restricted by terrain.
Tanks and armor are different. Plains are kings. Once they enter mountains and hills, they will turn into bronze in seconds.
Spain is no longer the awesome empire that never sets in the past. The money in the government is borrowed from outside, but it will have to be paid back in the future.
If you don't save money, if you spend all your money and the rebellion has not been suppressed, it will be a tragedy.
Junior doesn't think that the Vienna government's money is really easy to get, and he can go and ask for it after spending it all.
Even if you are a younger brother, you must show your own value. The purpose of the Vienna government supporting Spain is obviously known at a glance, which is to act as a pawn to suppress France.
The prerequisite for support is that Spain can support it, and it must also have a certain military strength.
If the military strength has not been improved, then what is the difference between Spain and small countries such as Belgium, Switzerland and Sardinia?
Even if they are not as good as these small countries, Sardinia won’t say. Although Belgium and Switzerland are small, their military combat effectiveness is really not bad.
The two countries combined have an approximately 30% of that of France. During the anti-French war, another piece of meat was bitten from France.
Once the two countries develop, the national strength of France is not a dream. After all, France is suppressed by the continental alliance and it is impossible for it to let go of its hands and feet.
Theoretically, as long as Spain performs well, threatens France from behind, and with several Italian states cheering for help, France will be suppressed by several neighbors around it even if it is revived.
Without this troublemaker, the Holy Roman Empire could let go and challenge the British's maritime hegemony.
This is an open conspiracy. Even though he knew that the support of the Vienna government had ulterior motives, the Spanish government still had no choice and even had to take the initiative to join in.
There is no other reason, Spain also wants to revive. However, resources and space are limited. Overlords have appeared on the European continent, and Western Europe has no place to accommodate two regional strongmen.
Whether because of hatred or interests, Spain has the necessity to confront France. After the end of the European War, Spain became the vanguard of suppressing France.
Even if colonial rebellion broke out, Spain still had an "elite" force stationed in France. The Spanish government would rather call mercenaries than move this force, which is enough to illustrate the problem.
Junior: "How is the Jewish side? Can you guarantee the subsequent loan?"
No matter what kind of strategic plan, it depends on "money". In order to get more money, Junior no longer cares about moral integrity.
Even though he knew that there might be problems with Jewish loans, Junior was still happy to pretend to be confused for the sake of ASCH.
Regardless of whether there is any problem with the source of the Jewish loan funds or whether there is any conspiracy in Jewish capital, it has nothing to do with the borrower of Spain.
Junior signed an ordinary commercial loan contract, and the bank's source of funds had nothing to do with him.
Even if something happens in the future, it will not be involved. There is no legal requirement in the world that borrowers are responsible for the source of bank funds.
Minister Brad: "The Jews are taking the contracts we signed with us and are raising funds everywhere. I secretly sent people to attend their preaching party in Vienna, and the situation is not very optimistic.
The market has great doubts about our repayment ability. If it weren't for the high returns as support, there would probably be no investors involved.
Of course, those Jewish speeches were indeed good. Even though investors hesitated, many of them still made a tentative investment.
Theoretically, as long as they don’t donate money and run away, there should be no problems with the subsequent loan. After all, there are too many people who have money but no place to invest in it now, and there will always be a few bold ones."
"Bad debt"?
No!
Although the loan interest rate is a little higher, the Spanish government will not be able to repay it.
The national credibility is very valuable. If it were not forcing one, no government would deliberately rely on the debt.
"Then send someone to keep an eye on him and don't take action for the time being. As long as the monthly loans can be allocated on time, we will cooperate with them first."
Junior hopes that the creditor will have problems, but it is definitely not the problem now. It is best to wait until they take all the loans before a burst occurs.
Deep down, Junior had an unscrupulous idea, which was to collect the Jewish handles first, and after getting all the loans, he would report them backwards and force these guys to run away.
Of course, this kind of thing is also very risky. Once it is spread, the reputation of the Spanish government will become bad, and no bank will dare to cooperate with them again.
"The world is like a crow" is not just a joke. There are not many banks these days who are completely clean.
The difference is only the difference between the size of the problem. Once exposed to the sun, most banks will not be able to afford it.
Minister Brad nodded: "No problem, I will send someone to keep an eye on them for a long time and will not cause trouble."
After pausing, Minister Brad asked, "Sir, have you figured out the issue of military purchase?"
Whether it is suppressing the indigenous Philippine rebels or suppressing the Cuban independence movement, arms are indispensable.
Spain's industrialization has only been halfway through, and its military production capacity can only be said to be "can be built". Theoretically, Spain can build its own construction, whether it is aircraft, cannons, or tanks and warships.
Being able to build does not mean being able to use it. These are two different concepts. Not to mention high-end goods such as aircraft, cannons, tanks and warships, even the production capacity of ammunition is somewhat.
Not only is it insufficient production capacity, but more importantly, it is high cost. The production cost of one's own is almost the same as the selling price in the international arms market, but the quality is not up to par.
To change all this, the Spanish government has also made efforts.
After the end of the anti-French war, France was banned from engaging in military production due to restrictions of the Vienna Treaty.
The machinery and equipment that produces weapons was directly confiscated by the anti-French alliance and became everyone's spoils. They were either demolished by various countries or performed fireworks on site.
But what is unexpected is that these seemingly valuable mechanical equipment are actually useless.
Countries that are capable of using these equipment have long completed industrialization and have their own industrial system, and they do not need these things at all.
Countries that need these equipment are limited by industrial base and talents, and even if they have obtained mechanical equipment, they cannot use it.
As a member of the victorious country, Spain has also dismantled equipment from France, but lacking a supporting industrial system and industrial workers, it is impossible to enter industrial production at all.
Obviously, Spanish government bureaucrats are not the ones who can solve the problem. So much so that these machinery and equipment are now lying in warehouses waiting to rust.
To be continued...