69novels Chapter 393
Chapter 393
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: 0.288s Scan: 0.109sThe sun never sets, the foggy city.
For the sun never sets, 1926 was definitely a difficult year.
Affected by the global economic crisis, the number of unemployed workers in the sun never sets began to soar rapidly. As of mid-June 1926, this number had soared to 5.5 million!
This is a very scary number, because at this time the total population of the sun never sets was only 43 million, of which only about 2 million were able to work. 5.5 million people were unemployed, which was equivalent to 22% of people losing their jobs!
So many people lost their means of livelihood and could only wander around the streets. The land area of the sun never sets was very small, but the population of the capital foggy city was very large. In addition, it was also the seat of the royal family and the government, so a large number of unemployed people flocked to the foggy city, causing the social security situation in the foggy city to deteriorate rapidly!
For several days in a row, there were vicious fights in Fog City. If it was just a fight between one person, the Fog City government might not care much, because this kind of thing would happen at ordinary times.
However, the fights in Fog City were not ordinary fights, but a group fight similar to a gang fight.
A large number of young people who came to Fog City from all over the country, because they were new and had no money, they almost naturally formed gangs with people from their hometowns to keep each other warm!
People from other places also naturally adopted the same method. As a result, these gangs each occupied a block, and various conflicts often occurred, making group fights happen almost every day in the streets and alleys of Fog City!
Fog City has a large population. In 1926, the total population of Fog City had exceeded 8.6 million, making it the world’s largest metropolis at that time!
And for such a large city with so many people, it is very difficult to maintain social order here, not to mention that in this situation, there are millions of unemployed people running in, and these unemployed people are all young and energetic young people!
As a result, fights and brawls were almost unstoppable, and the Fog City’s own police force was simply unable to stop such incidents, so they had to ask the central government for help!
In fact, even if the Fog City government did not ask for help, the top leaders of the Sun Never Sets knew what was happening in their capital.
After all, almost all the top government officials lived in Fog City, so what happened here really affected them, and it was impossible for them to pretend that they didn’t know!
“”Everyone, tell me what we should do about this matter?”
The Prime Minister of the British Empire rubbed his forehead and felt very tired.
The recent reports from various places were not very good, which made him, the Prime Minister, a little anxious. He felt that he was about to become a tinkerer, and there was no dignity of the Prime Minister at all!
“We must place these people as soon as possible, otherwise they will sooner or later become a security threat to us!”
The Home Secretary said worriedly. If so many unemployed young people are left alone, it will be a powder keg ready to explode, and they may end up hurting themselves!
“It sounds simple, but how can we do it? Do you have any idea?”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not help but retort after hearing what the Home Secretary said.
The reason why he wanted to retort was that during the economic crisis, the Home Secretary repeatedly asked him for money, and the British Treasury was empty at that time. Even if the Chancellor of the Exchequer sold himself, he could not get any money!
As a result, these people not only did not understand his difficulties at all, but also came to embarrass him one by one, and said some ugly words: What if the Chancellor of the Exchequer has no money? What is the Chancellor of the Exchequer for?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer himself did not want to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer anymore, because the treasury of the entire country had been empty for a long time, and he could not make money even if he performed magic.
So he, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, completely became a rat in the bellows, being bullied from both ends. Whoever wants to do this kind of job can take it. Anyway, he is not interested!
“If I had a way, wouldn’t I have told the Prime Minister directly? Why waste my time talking nonsense?”
The Home Secretary also had a temper, and immediately retorted when he heard the finance minister’s words.
“Humph, if you have the ability, go and solve the problem. How can you be considered a hero if you lose your temper with me here?”
The finance minister felt extremely wronged, and immediately went berserk after hearing what the home minister said!
“What, you want to fight?”
“Just fight, who’s afraid of who?”
“Come on, try it yourself, hit me here. If you can’t kill me, you’re a son of a bitch!”
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Seeing that the initial verbal argument between the two gradually turned into a single-player solo competition, the Prime Minister and other ministers could no longer bear it!
“All right, shut up!”
The Prime Minister of the British Empire was so angry that his nose was crooked. He called this group of people together to discuss ways to deal with the economic crisis, but this group of people didn’t come up with any good suggestions. Instead, they started quarreling here, which made him angry.
If he hadn’t taken into account that he was a little old and might not be able to beat these guys if he really fought, Prime Minister Stanley might have just fought directly!
Seeing the Prime Minister was angry, the ministers also quieted down.
They are members of the cabinet appointed by the Prime Minister, so they need to follow the Prime Minister’s lead. If they anger the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister can make them lose their official hats with just one order!
Although the current situation is not good and the ministers’ work is very hard, compared with those people who are struggling to survive at the bottom of society, their power and aristocratic status make their quality of life much higher than that of ordinary people.
If they lose their official hats, then they will have no power, and the life that comes with power may not be kept!
Thinking of this, these ministers immediately became honest..
“Tell me, what should we do with these five million refugees?”
Whether it was intentional or careless, Prime Minister Stanley called these unemployed people refugees.
This name immediately aroused the vigilance of several ministers.
What intentions did the prime minister have behind this name?
“”Mr. Prime Minister, I think the most urgent task is to disperse them from Fog City. We cannot let them continue to gather in Fog City. If they continue to stay here, the public security in Fog City may get out of control!”
This proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone. After all, they all live in Fog City, and the social security situation in Fog City is directly related to the quality of life and personal safety of themselves and their families!
Therefore, as long as their own lives and personal safety can be ensured not to be affected, then they have no reason to oppose this approach!
“This is natural. If they continue to stay here, the normal lives of millions of people in Fog City will be disturbed, and more people may be unemployed at that time!”
Prime Minister Stanley nodded. Although this suggestion is not brilliant, it is at least a start.
“But the problem is, after these people are dispersed from Fog City, how to resettle them? Even if they don’t wander around Fog City, they will wander around in other places. This is still a huge hidden danger!”
This problem makes everyone feel a little tricky, and they can’t think of any good way to deal with it!
“There are now a large number of unemployed people in countries around the world. The United States has entered a state of emergency and is using the power of the state to help these people.”
Some people have suggested following the United States’s example and using national financial grants to help these people get through the difficult times so that they don’t have to wander around because of their livelihoods.
“I’m afraid that won’t work. Our finances simply can’t support such a large relief plan. There are too many unemployed people in our country, and our finances are not as rich as those of the Eagle Sauce. The Eagle Sauce made a fortune in World War I and reaped a lot of profits from China and other European countries. We are not so lucky!” The
Finance Minister frowned and said that the Eagle Sauce could do that because it was rich, and the British Empire was not as rich as the Eagle Sauce, so it was impossible for them to provide large-scale relief to these millions of unemployed people!
“Then can we try to learn from Hans’s approach? Hans passed a 100 billion mark economic stimulus plan. They absorbed a large number of workers by building infrastructure, stimulating domestic demand and promoting the development of heavy industry, which led to a rapid decline in domestic unemployment. Can we learn from Hans’s approach?”
Since the Eagle Sauce cannot learn, then let’s learn from Hans’s measures. Hans’s measures seem to be very successful at present!
“I’m afraid it won’t work. In fact, it’s still a matter of money. Hans can come up with 100 billion marks, but we can’t come up with 10 billion pounds!”
The finance minister continued to shake his head and rejected everyone’s proposal again.
This time, no one spoke, because they all saw that no matter what they said, they couldn’t get around the word money!
Without money, it would be difficult to deal with it!
“I have a question!”
The Prime Minister’s chief assistant suddenly spoke up, attracting everyone’s attention.