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At present, one-third of the farm projects are under construction, and some farms have completed land leveling and are ready for spring plowing.

These achievements are all made with money.Not surprisingly, all farm projects are government funded.

As for private capital?

It is a pity that the group of planters in Egypt are the representatives of France who are most enthusiastic about agriculture. Now everyone is busy licking their wounds. Who dares to use money to fill the bottomless pit of agriculture.

Prime Minister Terrence Bulkin glared at him: "If it is not possible, it must be done! Other projects can be postponed, but the Nile must be dredged as soon as possible.

This year's agriculture in Egypt is less than one-third of the normal year, and the autumn grain harvest along the Nile is almost complete.

According to the estimates of the colonial government, the population of Egypt has dropped by at least a quarter due to war, hunger, and disease.

If the river cannot be dredged before May, next year the grain along the Nile will be cut off again, and the famine will continue for another year.

Once this kind of thing happens, the situation in Egypt, which has finally stabilized now, will fall into chaos again.

When the matter is over, it is still unknown whether the local population will be able to remain one-third.

Without enough population, there is not enough labor, what will happen to our cotton plantations? "

Having just suffered from insufficient cotton supply, a large group of capitalists in the domestic cotton spinning industry are urging the government to stabilize the situation as soon as possible so that production can resume.

This point can be seen from the masses of the demonstrations outside. Seventy-eight out of ten are workers in the cotton spinning industry chain.

Due to the insufficient supply of raw materials, most factories are unable to operate normally.Enterprises have a hard time, and workers' lives are even more difficult.

Terrence Bulkin could not care about the life and death of the Egyptians, but he could not ignore the consequences of labor shortage.

The current French Egypt, including half of Sudan, has a territorial area of ​​200 million square kilometers.

However, on such a large land, including the indigenous tribes living in the deep mountains and old forests, there are only less than 500 million people.

This is the number before the outbreak of the rebellion. When the situation stabilizes, 350 million people will survive, and that is God's blessing.

If the famine continues, it will not be a dream for thousands of miles to be deserted.After all, there is only one Nile Delta in the rich land of Egypt, and most of the rest are deserts.

If you want to survive by hunting and picking wild fruits, it is a pity that you are on the wrong set. Most North African countries do not have such capabilities.

Whether it is dredging the river, helping planters resume production, or repairing damaged towns, a lot of labor is required.

Essentially, these programs are disaster relief.In order not to let the local people starve to death, there will be no cheap labor to continue to exploit.

After clarifying the seriousness of the consequences, Napoleon IV couldn't sit still.In the context of the difficult improvement of heavy industry, France cannot live without cotton land.

"The work of dredging the river must be started as soon as possible. Order the frontline troops to speed up, and the rebels cannot continue to destroy the upstream river.

The National Bank issued low-interest loans to plantation owners to help them resume production as soon as possible, and the farms originally planned to be established in the Egyptian Delta region were also started immediately.

Give the colonial government electricity and let them distribute some relief food, so that the local people cannot starve to death. "

In a sense, Napoleon IV was really hard.Although he is the second generation of the emperor, he was born to be the emperor's life, but what he, the emperor, took over was a super mess.

Napoleon III was very beautiful, and he opened up smoothly all the way, and finally won the title of "Great Emperor", but the sequelae were all left to Napoleon IV.

Huge debts, complex ethnic conflicts, an economy that is heading for recession, and international relations that have been ridiculed have all been exposed all at once.

In such a bad situation, being able to stabilize the situation and not let France collapse, Napoleon IV is enough to rank among the top few contemporary monarchs.

Both the African development plan and the current large farm plan are measures taken by Napoleon IV in an attempt to reverse the decadence of France.

It's a pity that time waits for no one, competitors have been making trouble for him, and there is no chance for France to come back.

The African development plan encountered a man-made economic crisis, and even triggered a civil war. The outcome is self-evident.

The large farm plan this time was born during the war.Originally, Napoleon IV was very optimistic. After all, this move hit the weakness of Russia and Austria.

However, the plan did not change quickly, and the implementation had just begun, and the government ran out of money.

After a pause, Napoleon IV added: "The Ministry of Finance issues another 50 billion francs of government bonds to raise funds."

The mouth is 50 billion francs. Even if the current French Empire is much larger than the same period in history, this is still an astronomical figure, equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the French government for a whole year.

Hearing the news, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Roy Vernon, was stunned. He very much suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

In recent years, the debt of the French government has been soaring upwards, and it is about to cross the 250 billion mark. At this time, if there is another 50 billion bond, it will directly break through 300 billion.

"Your Majesty, even if we ignore the government's financial pressure, don't consider the issue of interest on funds, and even ignore the aftermath of monetary tightening, the Ministry of Finance will not be able to complete this fundraising task.

In recent years, the government has issued a large amount of bonds, absorbing a large amount of idle funds in the market.In the short term, it is impossible to raise so much money in the domestic financial market. "

In the gold standard era, limited by the amount of gold reserves, the number of currencies issued by various countries was very limited.

The main gold-producing countries like Yingao are not bad. Their own gold reserves are sufficient, and the market has enough confidence in them, so they can increase their leverage.

Even if some extra banknotes are printed, the British pound and Aegis are used as international currencies, and there is still an international market that can digest them. As long as the game is not too much, it will not affect the value of the currency.

A gold-importing country like France can't do it. If you don't control the ratio of currency issuance and reserves, it is easy for international hot money to take advantage of it.

The French have personally experienced it once. Before the financial turmoil, the French government played high leverage with Britain and Austria. The franc even occupied an important position in the international currency settlement system.

It is a pity that the French government has insufficient gold reserves to cope with the run crisis, and the status of the franc as an international currency was once knocked into dust.

Napoleon IV asked: "It's not good at home, isn't there an international market?

I remember that Austria issued a bond to the whole of Europe that year and obtained a large amount of funds.

It was with the funds raised from the international market that Austria completed the industrial revolution and revived again. "

Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Vernon shook his head: "Your Majesty, we are different from Austria, and the current international situation is also different from that of the past.

What the Austrian government can do does not mean that we can also do it.At least the political interference of various countries, we have no way to solve it. "

Money is not easy to borrow these days.International loans have additional conditions, so how can the issuance of international bonds be an exception?

Austria issued huge bond financing to the European world. In addition to the Vienna government providing sufficient collateral, what is more critical is a good international environment.

Most of the agreements between Austria and European countries were reached in that era. After a series of secret agreements, the relationship with European countries is not an ally, but a quasi-ally.

If the relationship is good, no one will get stuck.It would be impossible to change the French government. It is estimated that the bonds have just entered the markets of various countries, and before they can be sold, political interference will come.

The ball hit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under Napoleon IV's expectant eyes, Foreign Minister Karel Kadlec directly lowered his proud head.

Chapter 80 Anti-Semitism in Europe

After a while, Napoleon IV sighed helplessly when he saw that the foreign minister still did not speak.

It has not been a day or two since France was isolated by European countries. It can be traced back to the Middle Ages.The Bonaparte dynasty has been besieged since its establishment.

In order to change the political and diplomatic isolation, successive French governments have made efforts, but unfortunately the results have been minimal.

As if under a curse, every time the French government improves relations with European countries, it won't be long before another big incident breaks out, filling up the hatred value again.

Not to mention far away, Napoleon III eased relations with European countries, and then annexed the Italian region, and all previous diplomatic efforts were exhausted.

After Napoleon IV succeeded to the throne, he also made efforts, and there were no exceptions.It's just that this time it's not them doing things, but someone doing them.

The ending was the same, and the diplomatic relations that had finally improved, immediately dropped to freezing point again.

Even the Spanish government, which was supported by the French, was lukewarm to them, and it was not an ally at all.

In this context, it is undoubtedly a dream for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to persuade European countries to agree to the French government's issuance of bonds in various countries.

After hesitating again and again, Napoleon IV said slowly: "The refugee relief plan is temporarily cancelled, and the negotiations with the consortium will resume."

Facts have proved once again that no money is absolutely impossible.The large farm project has just started, and the seeds have not been sown. France is still a food importing country.

With the government's precious foreign exchange, they bought food from abroad to relieve the colonial aborigines.For the colonists, this was a very extravagant act.

When the government had money, Napoleon IV didn't mind showing kindness and saving these "labourers".Since you have no money now, you don't have to think about it.

Prime Minister Terrence Bulkin reminded: "Your Majesty, negotiating with the consortium now, they will definitely open their mouths, and the price they need to pay..."

Napoleon IV interrupted: "Do we still have a choice? Domestic cotton stocks have been exhausted, most cotton textile enterprises are laying off workers and reducing production, and the unemployment rate has increased sharply.

If cotton production in Egypt is not resumed as soon as possible, all domestic textile enterprises will die.At that time, what about the millions of textile workers? "

Knowing that drinking poison to quench his thirst, Napoleon IV still had no choice.The market needs confidence to prevent capitalists from seeing hope, and waves of bankruptcies and unemployment will soon follow.

In order not to have another great revolution, Napoleon IV had no choice but to admit that there would be endless troubles after compromising with the consortium.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Roy Vernon, said with some trepidation: "Why don't we be anti-Semitic?"

This proposal is not aimless. The Jews are important creditors of the French government, holding at least one-third of the French government's debt.

Set off an anti-Semitic movement, and these debts will not have to be repaid.Then ransack the house and confiscate the assets of the Jews, and the current difficulties will be over.

After hesitating for a while, Napoleon IV nodded: "Send someone to talk to the Jewish consortium first. If they are willing to lend money to the government, let them go."

Money or life, this is a difficult multiple choice question.The tragedy is that the Jews who do multiple-choice questions don't know the consequences of rejection at all.

Even if someone wants it, it is difficult to give up in the face of interests.It can be said that since Napoleon IV made this decision, a new round of anti-Semitic movement in France has already begun.

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In the Palace of Vienna, he put down the newspaper in his hand, and Franz noticed that something was wrong. Recently, there have been more news in Europe exposing the black history of Jews.

With years of political experience, Franz can be sure that this is a premeditated targeting.

Otherwise, there are black-hearted capitalists everywhere these days, so why are all the Jewish capitalists exposed in the newspapers?

Of course, newspapers are definitely fine.The news published above has pictures and the truth, and everything that happened can be confirmed, fully fulfilling the responsibility of a journalist.

Even if you know that there are people behind the scenes, there is nothing you can do about it. What should be reported should still be reported, who made Jewish capital itself dirty.

Although the Vienna government has stricter control over the news, the core is to seek truth from facts, and it is to crack down on rumors and rhythm.This kind of solid news is not within the scope of control.

Not to mention exposing the black history of Jewish capitalists, even domestic dignitaries, as long as there is evidence of their crimes, newspapers can still expose them.

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On the eve of Christmas Eve, French economist Julien Fauber gave a speech on the radio entitled "Beware of the Black Hands Behind the Economic Crisis", pointing the finger at Jewish consortia.

Immediately afterwards, many French experts and scholars made public speeches, pinning the responsibility for the deterioration of the domestic economy on the Jewish consortium.

Under the deliberate indulgence of the French government, violent incidents against Jews increased for a while.

Sensing that the danger was approaching, the experienced Jewish capitalists immediately resorted to the invincible "franc" public relations.

However, it was too late by this time.Since the breakdown of the negotiations, the French government has made up its mind.

On January 1886, 1, the Paris government investigated a number of domestic banks on the grounds of "suspicion of colluding with foreign hostile forces to short the franc and engage in financial crimes", pushing the anti-Semitic movement to a climax.

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As time went by, the anti-Semitic movement in Europe became more and more powerful, and the Jews once again fell into the embarrassing situation where everyone shouted and beat them.

On January 1886, 1, Eduard York, the mayor of the Free City of Frankfurt, published an article on the Austrian Daily, criticizing Jewish capital for manipulating stock prices and fabricating "good and bad news" out of thin air to seek huge profits.

Prior to this, the Frankfurt Securities Management Commission had issued investigation orders to a number of securities companies and foundations controlled by Jewish capital.

The news was confirmed, and the anti-Semitic movement spread to Austria.Countless leeks, gnashing their teeth with hatred for the Jews who manipulated stock prices.

In this era of inconvenient communication, it took just over a month for the anti-Semitic movement to go from preheating to rising, which is enough to prove that Jews are qualified to take the blame.

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At the government meeting, Franz asked blankly: "The civil anti-Semitic movement is on the rise, what do you think?"

Not only is the non-governmental anti-Semitic movement on the rise, even anti-Semitic voices in the government have also taken over the mainstream, but limited by the rules, everyone does not express their views publicly.

Being unable to express a position does not mean that there is no way to be anti-Semitic.It is still possible to publish some black history of Jewish capital, and Edward York is just one of them.

Recently, many institutions including industry and commerce, quality inspection, labor supervision committee, tax bureau, securities management committee, etc. have been taking action.

They are all fighting crimes within the scope of the rules. Every action has solid evidence, and no one can say anything.

If it wasn't for the fact that the situation might get out of control, Franz didn't even bother to ask.After all, cracking down on crimes is the function of government departments.

As long as the punishment is in accordance with the provisions of Austrian law and there is no abuse of power, there is no problem.

Prime Minister Karl: "Your Majesty, since the French launched the anti-Semitic movement, the wave of anti-Semitism in the European continent has risen.

The domestic situation is fairly stable, and it has not spread to ordinary Jews. Most of the targets are Jewish capitalists.

The government has strengthened security control to prohibit violence such as beating, smashing, looting and burning.

At the same time, the government also encourages the public to expose all violations of crimes. We will not tolerate these criminals. "

Franz rubbed his forehead, he understood now.The root cause of the frequent unlucky Jewish capitalists in recent times is here.

There are very few capitalists who are completely legal these days. As long as you investigate carefully, you can always find the problem.

Because the involvement was too wide, Franz couldn't beat everyone to death with a single stick, so he could only pick a few serious problems and make an example of them.

Jewish capitalists have their own problems. At the moment of anti-Semitism in Europe, these problems were exposed, which undoubtedly hit the point of the gun.