I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 806 Holding your breath
Russia has not made any plans specifically for Africa. The changes in Africa are just a natural overflow of Russia's strength.

Compared with the Russia in another time and space, the Russia in this time and space has not only not been ostracized by the international community, but has become the most desirable immigration region for Europeans. These new immigrants have strongly supported Russia's economic development. The saying that population is the primary productive force has been verified again in Russia.

The population size of Britain and France is no longer sufficient to meet the needs of industrial development.

When the Industrial Revolution just started, the population of Britain was between 500 million and 800 million, which was enough to drive the Industrial Revolution.

Before the outbreak of the World War, the population size of Britain and France had already highlighted a crisis, and at least 6000 million people were needed to meet industrial needs.

With the emergence of new things such as cars and airplanes, the industrial demand for population has further increased, and at least 1 million people are needed to meet the needs of industrial development.

Russia has a population of 1.8 million, which gives it an advantage in its competition with Britain and France.

Europeans have been surprised by Russia's developments.

But don't be surprised yet.

Next, Russia's advantage will become greater and greater.

As of 1926, Russia's total industrial output accounted for nearly one-third of the world's total, and its total imports and exports accounted for about 20%.

With one-fifth of the total import and export volume, Russia produces one-third of the products, and the difference is completely absorbed by the Russian market. This is where Russia's confidence comes from.

The first batch of Russians who received complete compulsory education graduated last year. Those with excellent grades entered higher education institutions to continue their studies, and those with less outstanding grades were able to at least become qualified industrial workers.

Under normal circumstances, the only way to absorb millions of new industrial workers is to expand production scale.

Russia has taken a different approach, opening up new tracks while upgrading its industries and looking for new economic growth points.

The technology of televisions was not yet sufficient for industrialization, and refrigerators and washing machines had become common household appliances in Russia. George was also working hard to promote the layout of electricity so that every Russian family could have access to electric lights.

This is a systematic project that is more challenging than compulsory education.

Felix disagrees.

"George, have you ever considered the cost of this?"

Felix was worried that promoting electricity would cause the Russian government to go bankrupt.

It is not difficult to promote electricity in cities. Although the investment is large and the payback period is long, the benefits will definitely outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.

But the cost and effort of bringing electricity to every corner of Russia is enough to drive people crazy.

“How did we do it in the beginning?”

George has a different understanding of electricity promotion than Felix.

Felix was confused and didn't understand what George meant at all.

"Didn't we start with the generator at the beginning?"

George reminded Felix that promoting electricity was not as difficult as Felix imagined.

Felix suddenly realized that if he was not burying electric poles but selling generators, then it would really be possible.

Russia is too big and too cold. If we bury electric poles, not to mention the cost, the maintenance costs will be despairing.

But if it's about selling generators, Siberian farmers are still willing to pay for them.

Compared with generators, power plants have huge advantages, so after Russia began to build power plants on a large scale, Russia's generator market began to shrink and is no longer as good as before.

This is abnormal. Although the internal combustion engine has shown its power advantage, steam engines are still widely used in large machinery and equipment.

There are many benefits to conducting in-depth research on generators, not only to meet the needs of remote areas, but also for export.

Other countries do not have such developed power infrastructure as Russia.

In Britain and France, electricity is now only becoming popular in large cities.

"The price of generators is too expensive. We need to find a way to reduce the price of generators."

As long as Felix breaks the shackles of his thinking, his thinking will still be very active.

"We can scale it up as much as possible, and the more generators we produce, the cheaper they will be."

George then started talking about the advantages of scale.

Felix left happily, but Prince Carl's son Carl Jr. failed to get what he wanted from George.

After the signing of the trade agreement between the United States and Russia, the United States increased its aid to Germany. In the first three quarters of this year alone, the United States' investment in Germany exceeded 20 billion US dollars. Karl hopes that Russia can also increase its investment in Germany.

Not only did George not agree, but he also reduced investment in Germany.

Germany has already achieved economic recovery with the help of Russian funds.

With the influx of American funds, Germany's economic recovery accelerated again, which made George begin to feel the approaching danger.

The greed of capital has led to uncontrolled investment by American companies, producing more and more goods to meet market demand.

The European market is so small, and the United States and Russia have just reached a balance. Who will Germany sell its products to?
Once the goods produced in Germany can meet the needs of the German market, Germany's demand for American and Russian goods will also decrease rapidly.

Russia has a huge domestic market and many allies, so the pressure is still within controllable range.

If American goods cannot be sold, the economy will fall into a depression.

Considering the safety of investment in Germany, Sibirbank has stopped investing in Germany, which has also led to a change in the attitude of some German politicians towards Russia.

Germany is a hot commodity right now. Britain, the United States and France are all competing to invest in Germany. However, Russia is pouring cold water on the German economy. This is not a friendly attitude.

Thinking back to the World War, it was precisely because of the madness of the Russian Empire that Germany failed.

Therefore, more and more people in Germany are calling for a cut-off from Russia.

This group is mainly composed of Hebrews.

This can also be explained, because the investment of Russian capital has affected the interests of the Hebrews. If Russian capital withdraws from Germany, the Hebrews will be able to dominate the German market.

As for the Russians' previous help to Germany, that was God's will and had nothing to do with Russia's goodwill.

George himself could not understand this logic.

But that's how the Hebrews thought.

A few months ago, when Karl Sr. visited Russia, he revealed to George that the German Junker aristocracy already had a plan against the Hebrews.

Judging from the situation in Germany, the implementation of this plan was not smooth.

There were also serious disagreements among the Junker nobility about this decision.

Some Junkers believed that Germany was in a period of rapid development, and targeting the Hebrews at this time might have an impact on Germany's revival.

There is definitely an impact. The Hebrews are too strong in Germany. No matter when the targeting of the Hebrews begins, it will have an impact on Germany.

The key is whether the costs and benefits are proportional.

"Uncle George, if Russia lends a hand, we can achieve our goal faster."

Little Carl was very respectful to George, and after the two families got married, their relationship became closer.

"I have already warned your father to be careful about overheating the economy, which is dangerous."

George tried his best to persuade them. He could understand the Germans' feelings, but he could not accept their radicalism.

The Weimar government's control over the German economy was too weak, far less than that of Russia.

Russia's economy is led by the state, implemented by enterprises and supervised by the government, which is the most suitable model for economic development.

The Weimar government, like Britain, France and the United States, did not intervene too much in the economy and placed excessive trust in the market's ability to regulate, which ultimately led to backlash from the market.

"The situation in Germany is different from that in Russia. My father also wants to dominate the economy like Russia, but this is not possible in Germany."

Little Carl is bitter, this is the consequence of liberalizing the capital market.

The loans the United States provides to Germany are conditional and are designated for use in a certain industry or investment in a certain field. The German government can either accept or reject them.

Because of the agreement between Russia and the United States, American capital transferred part of its productivity to Germany, bypassing the agreement with Russia and seemingly gaining a great advantage.

Germany is not India which advocates non-violence and non-cooperation. It is still brooding over the defeat in World War I and is holding a grudge from top to bottom. Once Germany regains its strength, the tragedy of world war will be repeated.

Old Karl was not stupid. The reason why the Weimar government agreed to the Americans' demands was to use American capital to restore the economy.

The Morgans are not stupid either. They are also taking advantage of Germany by doing this.

Only when Europe falls into chaos will the Americans have an opportunity to take advantage.

(End of this chapter)