69novels Chapter 387
Chapter 387
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Hans announced the 100 billion mark economic stimulus plan in late May, the price level in Hans had remained stable, and the prices of some agricultural products had even fallen.
This made the people feel relatively relieved. Although the unemployment rate is very high now, it is believed that the unemployment rate will soon drop after the country has an economic stimulus plan.
As long as prices do not rise, the current difficult situation will be completely changed after they regain their jobs!
Therefore, the panic that the people initially experienced due to the outbreak of the economic crisis has now gradually returned to normal.
However, at this time, the businessmen contacted by Smith began to take action!
“Since the SS didn’t notice anything, this is our perfect opportunity!”
Smith was delighted. He was worried that the matter would be exposed, and the SS would be attracted!
But now it seems that this worry is unnecessary. The SS didn’t make any moves during their preparations, which means that they didn’t notice this at all!
In this case, how could they let go of this great opportunity?
“In troubled times, food is the most important thing, and food can be stored for a long time, so let’s focus on food!”
After discussing for a while, the merchants decided to hoard food.
In their view, if they hoarded other goods, the government only needed to increase the factory’s orders to quickly produce these products. When the factory’s products were continuously put into the market, the price would soon fall back. At that time, the things they hoarded would be meaningless and it would be impossible to sell them at a high price!
Food is different. This thing cannot be mass-produced like other industrial products. The output of food is very slow. This thing needs to be carefully cultivated and then wait for several months before it can be harvested. Before the harvest, food cannot be replenished at all, and can only consume the food stored after the last harvest!
This gave them the opportunity to hoard and make a profit!
So, taking advantage of the opportunity that the food has not been harvested this year, the merchants began to take action!
There are many merchants attracted by this huge”business opportunity”. Because the expected profits are very high, a large number of merchants attracted by super high profits have poured in and actively or passively participated in this action!
On May 1, food prices in 23 major cities in Hans began to rise. People found that all the food sold in the market was sold out. As soon as the food in the grain store was taken out, it was immediately snatched away at a high price!
Affected by this, food prices in Hans began to rise rapidly!
After this trend began to appear, reporters from various countries who were waiting to watch the excitement were very excited. They immediately picked up their cameras and tried to capture the scene of Hans people panicking and buying food.
Soon, newspapers from various countries, led by the British Empire, began to report that prices in Hans were out of control and large-scale hyperinflation was happening!
The Times implicitly stated in the report that the main reason for this serious consequence was that Hans turned on the printing press and printed money crazily! The less famous Sun was more direct than the Times. They didn’t mean to be vague. They directly reported it with the title – The end of Hans, the second largest country in Europe will collapse!
In the report, the editors of the Sun believed that such hyperinflation in Hans was definitely not an isolated case. Now it was just the price of food. The price of goods will rise.
In the future, it is very likely that the prices of all kinds of goods will rise in an all-round way, just like the situation in Hans after the end of World War I!
They think that this is a precursor to the rule of the Hans government. Since the Hans government has started printing money and printed a large amount of currency, it will inevitably cause the Hans Mark to depreciate significantly, and Hans will definitely rise!
At the end of the report, the Sun also predicted a trend. The rapid rise in prices in Hans will lead to social unrest and political instability. At that time, angry people may take to the streets and demand the government to step down!
If there are more people like this, Hans will be completely out of control within two months. We are likely to see the first country to go bankrupt and may be heading for the end of the road in this economic crisis!
The shocking headline of the Sun instantly attracted the attention of countless readers. As a result, the sales of this issue of the Sun were extremely high, not only reversing the sales slump since the outbreak of the economic crisis, but also successfully breaking the highest record in history!
The Sun, which tasted the sweetness, never returned to the headline party and various reports that deliberately exaggerated and distorted the facts!
Other newspapers that were facing survival crises due to the outbreak of the economic crisis, saw that the Sun’s operation helped them increase newspaper sales, and began to follow suit.
For a time, all the major newspapers in the country where the sun never sets began to report on the situation in Hans. At first, they were still reporting on the problem of rising food prices in Hans, but soon, the newspapers found that such reports could not attract readers’ attention at all!
So, in order to increase sales, they began to ignore the facts and report in any way that was exaggerated and eye-catching!
So, in the country where the sun never sets, all kinds of”Hans are living in dire straits, and the people are living in dire straits”, and the Hans army is dissatisfied with the government and intends to launch a coup.’、‘Reports such as”Hans’ prices are collapsing, the government is losing control” appeared one after another!
Such gossip and various false news greatly deceived the people of the British Empire. Under the influence of this spiritual opium, the people paid little attention to the high unemployment rate and the expanding economic crisis in their country. They were eagerly waiting to see the grand scene of Hans’ collapse!
If you only read the newspapers in the British Empire, I’m afraid people would really think that Hans was completely finished!
However, the actual situation was very different from the reports here!
So the British Empire waited and waited for several months, but did not see any signs of Hans’ collapse. Instead, they themselves could not bear it first and were about to collapse!
There are many countries in the world that have been affected by the false reports of the British Empire. Many countries know that prices in Hans have soared and people are living in poverty.
Some countries are sarcastic about this, and they wish to see Hans perish because of this, so that they can laugh in their dreams.
Typical representatives are the Gauls and their younger brothers, the Belgians.
Most of them are neutral countries who just watch the fun without taking a stand. These countries have no grudges against Hans, so there is no need for them to add insult to injury.
And because the economic crisis has spread to the whole world, these countries began to worry after hearing the news about Hans.
They were thinking: Even the powerful Hans can’t stand it and is about to collapse, so can they survive this?
In addition to these countries, there are also some countries that are relatively friendly to Hans. After hearing the news, they were very concerned about Hans’ situation and even donated a sum of materials and funds to try to provide some meager help.
“President, the countries that donated materials to us are mainly some countries in Central and South America and Asia, including Venezuela, Paraguay, El Salvador, Siam and China in Asia, and by the way, the Russian bear also donated a batch of food!”
Foreign Minister Ribbentrop scratched his head awkwardly. There was actually nothing wrong with the situation in Hans. A few days ago, merchants suddenly started to buy food, which did cause food prices to rise in some areas. However, as the government activated the treasury’s grain reserves and began to publicly transport food to various places to stabilize prices, the price of food stabilized!
He was not very familiar with the media reports of the British Empire and Gaul, but he heard about this.
Originally, the media of these two countries were not friendly to Hans, so Ribbentrop would not be surprised no matter how they reported.
However, he never expected that because of the false reports of these countries, Hans actually received donations and assistance from other countries, which was a bit ridiculous!
“Oh? There is such a thing. What did they help with?”
Mainz also thought it was a bit magical. Hans is currently the second largest industrial country and the fifth most populous country in the world. They are a well-developed Western country, and their comprehensive national strength can be ranked in the top three in the world!
And none of the countries that donated to them can match Hans’s national strength. As a result, when Hans encountered difficulties, they actually took the initiative to reach out and help Hans. This friendship is really rare!
Even the ally Eagle Sauce did not make any statement at this time. Instead, these small and weak countries stood up. This made Mainz feel surprised and slightly moved.
These countries in Central and South America are too far away, so they have nothing to do with Hans. In Mainz’s impression, Hans’s friendship with them can only be… It was just so-so, so Mainz was very surprised to receive their aid!
In Asia, Siam has always been good at dancing with its sleeves and pleasing the powers.
Although their strength is not strong, their location is very good, so the output of grain, especially rice, is very high.
If they provide some grain aid, it will not cause any loss to themselves and they can also keep a favor with Hans.
This deal is definitely not a loss!
As for the Celestial Empire, the country with the best relationship in the world at this time is probably Hans, and the Celestial Empire has the virtue of helping others since ancient times.
It was within Mainz’s expectations to receive their aid!
What surprised him the most was actually the Russian Bear!
At this time, wasn’t the Russian Bear’s economic situation very bad?