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Chapter 724: The Unity of Britain, France and Russia Depends on Germany

George has always believed that the power of example is infinite.

During the imperial era, the Russian media focused either on the romantic affairs of the aristocracy or the gossip of the grand dukes, and never paid attention to any serious matters.

George fully mobilized the power of the media and launched a top-down deification campaign to let all Russians know what is right and what is wrong.

Newspapers stare at the lower bodies of the grand dukes every day, which certainly satisfies the curiosity of ordinary people, but it does not help the social atmosphere at all. Ordinary people will only follow their example, which creates a vicious cycle.

Human nature is evil, but people tend to be good. Even evil people want to live in a friendly environment.

Over the past six months, Russian newspapers have focused on promoting all kinds of good people and good deeds. It seems that overnight, Russia is filled with archangels who hate evil, have a clear distinction between love and hate, are extremely righteous, and are willing to do good.

Such positive publicity is very helpful in changing social trends. After Cole's deeds were published in the newspaper, some people went to wander around the Neva River every day, hoping to meet some unlucky child and show their heroism.

Although this behavior is a bit stupid, it is still better than those drunk guys who froze to death in the snow.

George himself didn't expect that all this was triggered by just an opportunity to go on vacation to the Aegean Sea.

This is actually normal. After all, Russians nowadays have almost no resistance to things like chicken soup, and they get drunk after drinking it.

Georgi also successfully drank the bowl of chicken soup, feeling very proud.

Georgy worked hard to improve the economic level of the Kingdom of Greece, but there was no improvement.

Greece has no resources, no industry, no agriculture, and even no local specialties. Georgi has no idea where to start.

Although Greece has rich tourism resources, the tourism industry is still in its infancy. After all, the rich have not had an easy time in recent years.

After joining the Free Trade Organization, the flow of people between countries will become more frequent. If Greece can become the first choice for Russians to go on vacation, then tourism may become a pillar industry of the Kingdom of Greece.

On October 10, the Kingdom of Greece and Germany joined the FTA at the same time, increasing the number of FTA member states to eight.

It was only then that Britain, France and the United States came to their senses and realized that Russia had quietly won over so many allies.

The most direct manifestation of having many friends is that little Nicholas’ voice is getting louder and louder in the National League.

Little Nicholas's personality was originally high-profile and flamboyant. When he got angry, he would even scold the British. He was famous for being angry with everything.

Germany joined the Free Trade Organization in the hope of getting help from Russia.

The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany must pay the Allied Powers 1320 billion gold marks in compensation, which was equivalent to 9.6 tons of gold.

As the Weimar government was unable to pay the reparations, France and Belgium occupied the Ruhr industrial area of ​​Germany by force, which had a serious impact on Germany's industrial recovery.

The French would rather the Germans not pay compensation, so that France would have a good reason to occupy the Ruhr.

The Ruhr is an important producer of coal and iron ore in Germany. Without coal and iron, there would be no way to restore industry.

On November 11, Italy and Ottoman Turkey also submitted applications to join the FTA.

After expelling Mehmed VI, Mustafa Kemal changed the state system into a republic and established the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Turks were negotiating with the Allies to amend the Treaty of Sevres to give up Arabia and cede territory to Russia in exchange for the Allies' recognition of the Ottoman Turks.

The request was strongly opposed by Italy and Greece.

After Germany joined the Free Trade Organization, goods from Russia received duty-free treatment in Germany, greatly increasing their competitiveness, which aroused the vigilance of Britain, France and the United States.

Edward Grey, who returned to work in Geneva, was the first to criticize Russia, saying that Russia was undermining the international trade order.

"Not only are you blind in your eyes, but your heart is blind too!" Little Nicholas was sarcastic and his expression was unforgettable.

"The Commonwealth market is self-contained, and goods from other countries cannot enter at all. Isn't this a violation of the international trade order?"

Little Nicholas' words aroused widespread agreement, and the British double standards are also internationally famous.

The so-called "free trade" in the UK is the same as the tariffs in the US.

When American goods enter European countries, they require European countries to lower tariffs and increase the competitiveness of American goods.

If European goods want to enter the US market, they have to pay high tariffs.

The UK's free trade also has double standards. British goods can be sold to France, but French goods have no chance of entering the Commonwealth market.

The French were not much better, and also treated their African colonies as their own.

In this comparison, the free trade organization initiated by Russia is simply a charity conference.

"The British Empire welcomes trade with all countries in any form."

Edward Grey talked to himself and did not respond at all.

"Yes, that's right. It would be best to exchange the glass balls produced by the British Empire for the gold and gems of the indigenous chiefs."

Little Nicholas is sarcastic and this map cannon is a bit too much.

Exchanging glass balls for gems was actually the business model of the first generation of colonizers such as Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands. This was considered good, at least it was an "exchange."

The British found this kind of "exchange" troublesome, so they just started robbing.

Not only did they rob the gold and gems, they also killed all the local natives, leaving only the land and no people.

The United States, Canada, and Australia all do this.

The reason why South Africa did not kill all the indigenous people was because the indigenous Boers in South Africa were descendants of European whites.

To conceal his eye disease, Edward Grey wore a pair of sunglasses made in Russia. He looked at Clemenceau beside him, hoping to get help from him.

Clemenceau was worried about the collaboration between Germany and Russia.

It was Clemenceau's eternal regret that the Paris Peace Conference did not dismember Germany.

Although Germany's strength has been greatly weakened, with the help of Russia, Germany may be able to recover its strength in a short period of time, which is what Clemenceau does not want to see.

Clemenceau is almost 80 years old and there is a high probability that he will not see it.

Of course, there are twists and turns here. Based on Clemenceau's understanding of the Germans, the Germans would not be content to be just a vassal of the Russian economy.

Witt has similar concerns.

Germany is not a small country like Korea and Greece. Its economic strength before the outbreak of World War I was stronger than that of Russia. How could it be inferior to others for long?

George is not worried. He hopes to help Germany restore its strength as soon as possible through the free trade organization, so that the external environment will be more favorable to Russia.

To put it bluntly, the unity of Britain, France and Russia depends on Germany.

(End of this chapter)