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Chapter 722 Russian-style free trade
The so-called wearing of the yellow robe is mostly half-hearted, hesitant and unwilling, wanting it all at once.

People like George are true founders of democracy.

This time it is real democracy, not democracy.

Due to the all-pervasive attacks of the Irish rebels, the British government was overwhelmed and also hoped to quell the Irish resistance through democracy, so it was forced to agree to the autonomy of the Irish Republic.

When the Republic of Ireland was first established, it did hope to remain in the Commonwealth in the form of "autonomy".

Now that times have changed, the Irish are no longer asking for autonomy, but real independence.

This year, the Irish resistance has been more intense than last year.

Last year, the Irish resistance was still mainly sporadic attacks, targeting British officials and more moderate "autonomists".

This year, the targets of the Irish attacks were British garrisons, and their weapons were upgraded from simple bombs to machine guns and mortars.

In August this year, Collins' rebels killed 18 British government officials and employees in Dublin alone.

In retaliation, British troops arrived in trucks at Crook Park where a football match was being held and indiscriminately fired at the crowd. 14 unarmed civilians were shot dead and 65 were injured.

That night, four imprisoned resistance members were executed.

Three days later, a British patrol was ambushed and 17 British soldiers were killed.

Lloyd George decided to suppress the Irish in a harsher way. Instead of trying the members of the Irish Rebel Army through normal procedures, he handed them over to military courts.

The Irish rebels were still able to obtain supplies from the outside world through unknown channels.

The British government has no time to trace the source of the channel. The economic crisis and rebellion have overwhelmed the British government.

The British government began to consider negotiating an end to the Irish rebellion.

When the news came out, seeing that the British Empire, which once dominated the world, had fallen to this point today, Britain not only did not receive sympathy from other countries, but was instead subjected to wild ridicule from Russia.

pity?

Haha, are you worthy?

This is the sun that once flew the Union Jack to every corner of the world.

This is John Bull, which at its peak had a land area of ​​3367 million square kilometers, a population of 4.5 million, and an economy that accounted for nearly 40% of the world's total.

First weigh your own weight, look at the situation at home, and then think about whether you are qualified to sympathize with Britain.

After Li Eun succeeded to the throne, he attributed Li Tuo's tragedy entirely to British instigation and published a series of evidence.

Despite the British government's strenuous denials, Russia has already taken the moral high ground.

Little Nicholas is the kind of barbaric No. 2 who will always blame others even if he is not right.

Now that he had the upper hand over Britain, Nicholas the Younger demanded that the League of Nations be convened to openly fire at Britain.

What made young Nicholas unhappy was that the British representative Edward Grey did not attend the meeting because he returned to London to treat his eye disease.

But it doesn’t matter. Even though the British are not here, little Nicholas will still curse them first.

"For a long time, a certain isolated country overseas has used the so-called continental balance policy to become the root cause of unrest in Europe and even the entire world. This country is a cancer in our world, an evil vampire, and a dirty parasite—"

Young Nicholas' speech lasted for an hour. He cited a wide range of examples and recounted all the disgusting things that Britain has done in history and now.

Clemenceau seemed to be very interested at first, but as he listened, his expression gradually changed.

France was basically involved in everything that Britain did against Russia in modern times.

Little Nicholas kept cursing and then included the French, thinking they were all birds of a feather.

"The shady rat hiding across the strait, its despicable allies, and its shameless servants, their dark tricks, and vicious deeds will eventually be judged by the world and spurned by the people."

Little Nicholas finally got his fill of cursing and successfully won warm applause from the audience.

This applause was more or less ironic.

The world has suffered from Great Britain for a long time.

However, Russia's reputation is not much better than Britain's.

Baron Shinken Makino from Japan also had a lot to say, but he didn't dare to speak publicly like little Nicholas.

With the withdrawal of Russian troops, Japan began to face food shortages again. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese will still have to scramble for rice this winter.

After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's food shortage was alleviated due to the large-scale import of cheap grain from Russia. Although the food cannot be said to be good, at least there has been no tragedy of starvation in Japan in the past decade or so.

This summer, Russia began to raise food prices, the cost of imported food to Japan soared, and the supply of food on the market became increasingly tight.

The Japanese government had no choice but to purchase food from other countries, including Goryeo.

Grain traders began to raise prices, and purchasing costs remained high. The Japanese government had no choice but to ask Baron Makino Nobuaki to ask Nicholas the Younger, hoping that Russia would export grain to Japan at low prices as before.

"You don't think the Russian government is responsible for 5000 million Japanese?"

Little Nicholas sneered. Since he didn't want to guard the house, he could go find food by himself.

"Please, please be lenient."

Shinaki Makino bowed 90 degrees to little Nicholas.

You Japanese people don't even kneel down. Your bow is really cheap. "Russian grain is grown by Russians with great effort. We would rather feed it to dogs than sell it cheaply to ungrateful people."

Little Nicholas is adding insult to injury, hoping that the Russians will be kind-hearted, but he is definitely praying to the wrong person.

Makino Shinken looked at the floor with a look of resentment.

Russia's food is indeed grown.

But it was not grown by Russians, but by foreign workers from Japan.

During the World War, more than 50 Japanese poured into Russia every year to do the most basic manual work.

The Japanese are never picky about all the dirty and tiring work that the Russians are unwilling to do, such as dock handling, deep-sea fishing, sanitation and cleaning, garbage transfer, etc.

Due to the deterioration of relations between Japan and Russia, the number of Japanese going to Russia to work has dropped significantly this year, and the Japanese government's remittance income has also dropped to the bottom, and the financial situation has deteriorated sharply.

Before asking for help from little Nicholas, Nobuaki Makino also asked Edward Grey for help.

When the World War just ended, the British government promised many benefits, saying that Japan would have everything it wanted as long as it broke free from Russia's control.

The British government is now unable to take care of itself. The Irish rebellion has already made the British government overwhelmed, and the British economy continues to be sluggish. It is really unable to provide assistance to Japan.

Because of the British's inconsistency, when Nicholas the Younger was scolding Britain at the League of Nations Assembly, Makino Shinaki really wanted to scold along with Nicholas the Younger.

Little Nikolai was not lying. Russia was also facing a food shortage this year.

As relations between Russia and Germany gradually improved, Russia exported large quantities of cheap food to Germany, leaving no surplus food for Japan.

In September, the Vladivostok Army Academy began to stockpile vegetables and staple foods for the winter. Guderian and the officers from Germany went to help in the kitchen and spent a whole day unloading potatoes.

Looking at the mountains of potatoes, Guderian's face was filled with worry, as if some unpleasant memories were brought back to him.

During the World War, due to food shortages in Germany, people relied on cabbage as their staple food for a long time, and the army was no exception.

Guderian now cannot even hear the word "cabbage" as he will have a physiological reaction whenever he hears it.

"How long will it take to eat all these potatoes?"

Guderian still didn't know Amur well enough.

The Russian military treats soldiers very well. The Army Academy's logistics major trains chefs as key positions in logistics work to ensure that every student has enough to eat and eats well.

"Two months at most—"

Granat is accustomed to it. The consumption of potatoes in Amur is amazing and can be said to be the most popular food.

Guderian probably thought that the Amur people only ate mashed potatoes and potato pancakes.

The first meal after the potatoes were stored in the warehouse, spicy and sour shredded potatoes appeared on the students’ table.

Guderian took a bite and was immediately amazed.

This is not really a sarcasm. Although German beer and ham are quite famous, they have nothing to do with food.

In terms of diet, Europeans and Chinese are very different. Before the iron pots from Dongda were exported to Europe, rich Europeans usually cooked in clay pots, while the poor didn't even have clay pots and could only roast directly over fire.

When the Chinese sealed kitchen knives and spoons in the kitchen, many Europeans still ate with their hands. This is the so-called civilization that Europeans deliberately concealed.

The chefs at the Army Academy spend all day studying how to eat potatoes. In addition to stir-frying, there are various ways to fry, deep-fry, cook and stew. There are more than ten ways to make potato cakes alone.

Guderian had a new understanding of Russia's wealth.

If you’re not full, you definitely won’t be in the mood to figure out new ways to eat.

Only when material abundance is great can we have the energy to conduct in-depth research.

I went to Granat's dormitory to drink in the evening. Granat made some potatoes as snacks. After roasting them, we dipped them in sugar and ate them. They were quite delicious.

Guderian had never seen it eaten this way before.

German potatoes are not expensive either.

Mainly because sugar is too expensive.

Sugar is a strategic material in Germany these days.

Not in Russia.

Because the Grand Duchy of Yuriev is rich in sugar cane.

"The Grand Duke is preparing to establish a free trade organization to reduce or even eliminate tariffs between member states and promote free trade between member states. If Germany joins, these will be minor problems."

Although Granat did not quite understand the significance of free trade, he supported it as long as it was the decision of Grand Duke Yuriev.

“If tariffs are abolished, won’t that affect fiscal revenue?”

Guderian was not completely ignorant.

"That's not our concern—"

Granate was fearless and had the shade of a big tree to lean against.

This was not George's initiative, but Witt's suggestion.

(End of this chapter)