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Chapter 682 You Stay
Chapter 682 You Stay
George's impression of Ya Er cannot be said to be vague, it can only be said that he has no impression at all.
The first time George met Ya Er, Ya Er just lay on the bed without saying a word.
George also did not intend to let Vladimir take over and continue to be responsible for business operations in the United States.
Instead, they hope to completely transform American companies and fundamentally eliminate the potential risks brought about by a single dominant company.
In order not to alert the enemy, George agreed to set up a self-governing state of Hebrew near Amur.
Autonomy is not uncommon in Russia. Except for cities with large populations, the vast rural areas of Russia have always been managed by local self-government committees.
There was no other way around it, because the Russian Empire lacked officials and could not even manage the cities, let alone take care of the rural areas.
This part of Witte's reform is the top priority.
The problem of officials is actually very easy to solve.
After the end of the World War, Russia was bound to carry out a large-scale disarmament. Soldiers entered factories as workers and officers were directly assigned to rural areas as officials. This model has already been relatively mature in Amur.
In the past, local self-government committees would withhold a portion of the tax revenue as operating expenses for the local self-government committees.
Witte took back this power, and the operating expenses of the local autonomous committees were directly allocated by Constantinople.
Hebrew autonomy does not mean that Constantinople will not care about anything, nor does it mean that only Hebrews are qualified to settle there. As long as Russians still make up the majority, George will have a way to manipulate the Americans.
American cooking——
Many people may not know that during the Cold War, Western countries led by the United States focused on the so-called "freedom" and the realization of personal values, thus giving rise to various American dreams.
Russia is the representative of democracy.
Only after Russia's death did the United States pick it up and use it as a magic weapon for export.
Just export it externally.
The so-called democratic system in the United States has been a joke until the 21st century.
The Americans did not immediately agree to underwrite the bonds and demanded that someone be sent to witness the establishment of the Hebrew state.
The good-natured Witt finally lost his temper, scolded Charles Dawes in person, and demanded that the Federal Reserve immediately fulfill its promise.
Charles Dawes was a Chicago native, a banker, and a close personal friend of General Pershing, the commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Force. He managed an office in Paris responsible for purchasing supplies and made purchases in Constantinople many times.
Doss's office procured supplies not only for the U.S. Army, but also for the British and French forces fighting in France.
From Constantinople alone, Dawes procured more than 1000 million tons of supplies.
In recognition of Doss's contribution, Pershing specially awarded Doss the military rank: Army Brigadier General.
Dawes was in a dilemma, worried that George would not keep his promise.
"Grand Duke Yuriev always keeps his word. Do you think Grand Duke Yuriev is the same as those shameless politicians in the United States?"
While Witt praised George, he also stepped on American politicians.
Doss was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole in the floor and crawl into it. Americans at this time had no psychological advantage over Europeans.
Once, Dawes went to a restaurant in Paris for dinner. After the restaurant owner learned that Dawes was American, he refused to serve him.
Dawes was a banker and an Army brigadier general, yet the Paris restaurant owner dared to treat him like this.
Not to mention ordinary Americans.
"You know, this is a billion-ruble deal, and we have to be careful."
Dawes himself had no problem; he just needed to convince the Wall Street bankers.
Witt's wife was a Hebrew.
Since Witte was able to hold a high position based on this, it seems to prove that Grand Duke Yuriev had no prejudice against the Hebrews.
"I must remind you, my friend, that Russia under the leadership of Grand Duke Yuriev will not always be short of money. Our financial situation will soon be completely improved. Do you think this is Russia asking the United States for help? No! This is Russia giving you an opportunity."
Witt is rarely tough.
After all, it was George who gave Witt the confidence.
Reconstruction is actually not difficult for the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire has people and resources. It only needs to get through the most difficult stage and will soon usher in a period of rapid development.
When Dawes arrived in Constantinople, the port outside Constantinople was filled with merchant ships and cargo ships preparing to enter the port.
Next to the old port, a larger new port is under construction. It is expected that after its completion, the throughput of the Port of Constantinople will increase by three times.
Supplies from East India and the Amur were transferred through Constantinople and then sent to various parts of Russia and the Balkan countries.
Reconstruction work had begun in both St. Petersburg and Moscow, and nearly 200 million prisoners of war from the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, as well as 50 prisoners of war from the Provisional Executive Committee, provided sufficient labor for the reconstruction work.
George's requirements are not high. Before next spring, the main task of the reconstruction work is to build houses so that the Russians can survive the winter smoothly.
The real reconstruction will begin next spring.
There is no doubt that Amur is the main force of Russia's reconstruction.
Amur can provide all the supplies needed for reconstruction, from building materials to food to warm clothing.
Constantinople used the right to operate the Siberian Railway as collateral to borrow 20 billion rubles from the Siberian Bank as start-up capital for reconstruction. The Siberian Bank took the opportunity to launch the new ruble to replace the paper ruble issued during the imperial period.
新卢布的面值为1、2、5、10、20、50、100,含金量为0.5克,1卢布可以兑换100戈比,由25%的黄金,和75%的商品作为保证。
The exchange rate between the old and new rubles is 1:20.
This is also thanks to the Provisional Government and the Provisional Executive Committee for not over-issuing rubles, otherwise the exchange rate could have reached 1:10000.
However, this was not because the Provisional Government and the Provisional Executive Committee were soft-hearted, but because they were terminated before they had time to issue them indiscriminately.
Dawes compiled his observations into reports and sent them to Washington and New York.
The Americans had a keen sense of smell and quickly approved the purchase of bonds issued by Constantinople.
The term of this bond is 5 years, with an annual interest rate of %, which is a very reasonable price compared to the interest rates of % or % in the Qing Empire at that time.
While Witt was seeking loans from the Americans, George began to organize State Farm.
The national farm model has become very mature in Amur. The Amur Governor's Office employs foreign workers and makes extensive use of mechanical construction. Compared with traditional agriculture, the efficiency has increased by nearly 100 times.
When George first saw these data, he thought the official in charge of statistics had written an extra zero.
I later learned that these statistics were slightly conservative.
Although Russian families own a lot of land, the utilization rate is not high and the unit output is also limited.
Amur not only uses a large number of agricultural machinery, but also uses a large amount of fertilizer, which greatly increases the yield of crops.
Before modern times, not only Russian farmers, but farmers throughout Europe did not apply fertilizers to their crops, and there was no fertilizer available at all.
Not only do they not apply fertilizer, many farmers don't even know that they need to water the crops during long-term droughts. Water conservancy facilities have also been neglected for a long time, and they completely rely on the weather for their livelihood.
Russia has a vast land and a sparse population. The yield from sowing seeds depends entirely on luck. They don't know how to make compost, water or weed, so it would be a miracle if the yield could be high.
In 1895, Amur built its first fertilizer plant and began producing phosphate and potash fertilizers.
Before the outbreak of the World War, Amur's fertilizer consumption increased from less than 1895 tons in 100 to 15 tons.
While using large amounts of fertilizers, Amur scientific research institutions also conduct research on seeds to cultivate crops that are more suitable for Amur cultivation.
The Amur-75, developed by Vladivostok University last year, directly increased corn yields by %.
Corn is not only edible, but also an important industrial raw material.
The increase in corn production has also greatly promoted the development of Amur's animal husbandry.
During Nicholas' time, George suggested to Nicholas that the Amur farm model should be promoted in Russia.
Nicholas verified it in the imperial estate and the effect was excellent.
But for some reason, Nikola did not promote this model nationwide.
Maybe Nicholas has a more important job.
George knew of no work more important than feeding the Russians.
Food is the most important thing for people. If the people of St. Petersburg were made to queue for 40 hours a week to buy bread, they would rebel.
The situation in Russia and Europe is relatively complicated, and there is great resistance to promoting the farm model.
George then promoted the state farm model in Siberia.
From Yasan to Nikola, everyone worked hard to develop Siberia. The effect cannot be said to be zero, and it is better than nothing.
George hired workers from Kanto and went to Siberia to develop a farm.
As long as you have determination, nothing is difficult in the world.
With the help of large agricultural machinery, land reclamation has become easier. The bulldozer pushes the land first, and the tractor plows deeply to remove tree roots, stones, etc. A dozen people can reclaim hundreds of acres of land in a day.
George asked Witte to establish 1000 farms in Siberia within five years.
If this request is met smoothly, Russia will never have to worry about running out of food.
In fact, Russia has never lacked food. When a loaf of bread sold for 100 rubles in St. Petersburg, farmers ate chicken legs every day.
Even chicken butts are not eaten, they can only be fed to dogs.
With the arrival of November, the situation on the Western Front became clearer.
On October 10, Ludendorff, who had completely lost control of the army, visited Wilhelm II with Hindenburg.
Ludendorff resigned to William II, but William II tried to retain him, hoping that Ludendorff would serve as the commander-in-chief of the army group.
Ludendorff refused the German Emperor's request to stay, not only resigned from the post of Chief of the General Staff, but also asked to be discharged from the military in a fit of anger.
William II did not try to retain him, and the Ludendorff era came to an end.
Hindenburg also resigned to Wilhelm II.
William II said calmly: "You stay!"
Hindenburg bowed to William II and accepted his request to stay.
Ludendorff was dumbfounded. He thought Hindenburg would stand by him, but he didn't expect to be tricked by Hindenburg.
(End of this chapter)
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