Germany in 1925 did not need the glory of a great power or world hegemony, it only needed work and bread.
The Weimar Republic received economic assistance from the United States and the United Kingdom, but it was not used correctly. The situation in Germany did not fundamentally ease, but instead worsened.
Roque had anticipated all this. The aid to Germany was limited to food and daily necessities, and loans were not even a possibility. The Southern African federal government itself did not have enough.
Although the federal government of Southern Africa has money, Roque must spend it sparingly.
If there are no accidents, the Great Depression will happen in less than five years. Rock was deeply impressed by this economic crisis that spread all over the world and had a serious impact on the structure of the outside world.
Southern Africa is actively participating in the global economic system and is increasingly connected with other countries. Therefore, Southern Africa will inevitably be affected by the Great Depression. When the time comes, Southern Africa will have to save itself and will not be able to provide more support to Germany.
More assistance.
This time Roque was forced to agree to participate in the "Dawes Plan", which was part of the expansion of economic and trade cooperation between Southern Africa and the United States. Roque promised to directly invest at least 100 million rand in Germany each year in the next five years, and to increase
Aid to Germany.
Of course, this aid is conditional. Roark would not foolishly give the money directly to the Weimar government. There is no difference between beating a dog with a meat bun. Roark will also look for a suitable agent in Germany, but compared with the Ludendorff chosen by Coolidge,
Unlike the mustaches chosen by Wall Street tycoons, Rock chose Gustav Krupp.
Gustav Krupp was a Dutchman. He married Berta Krupp in 1906 and entered the Krupp family.
During World War I, Gustav Krupp inherited the Krupp Company and became its chairman.
Gustav Krupp's wife Beta Krupp was the "Big Beta" used by Germany to attack the Liege Fortress.
Before Gustav Krupp joined the Krupp family, Southern African Enterprises and Krupp Company had a honeymoon period, officially relying on Krupp's artillery, plus the French "Miss Seventy-Fifth"
, Nyasaland’s military industry achieved a series of brilliant achievements in artillery.
After the outbreak of the world war, the cooperation between Nyasaland Military Industry and Krupp was temporarily interrupted.
After the end of the World War, the British company Vickers, which manufactured artillery shells, paid Krupp's fuze patent fees based on the number of German officers and soldiers killed and wounded during the World War. This led to Krupp's embarrassing situation in Germany. If it accepted the patent fee
, then Krupp will die but it will be difficult to make a fortune.
If he did not accept it, Krupp would not be able to survive the economic crisis that broke out after the war.
Gustav Krupp was of great help in acquiring the Germania shipyards in southern Africa, as well as Carl Zeiss.
Rock returned the favor and helped Gustav Krupp secretly build a submarine dock in the Netherlands, and once again joined forces with Krupp to transform the artillery. Just last month, Nyasaland decided to build a submarine dock for Krupp.
Providing a R50 million loan to build a large-scale tractor factory in North Rhine.
There is no need to emphasize what tractors are used for. What needs to be emphasized is that once a war breaks out, the tractor factory can be transformed into the production of tanks in a very short period of time.
During the last World War, the German troops suffered a lot in the face of tanks in southern Africa, and Krupp also suffered hardships.
Roark knew Gustav Krupp’s purpose and still decided to provide help to Gustav Krupp.
Just as Coolidge said, Germany's restoration of strength will also be beneficial to southern Africa.
Gustav Krupp is now in Washington, staying at the Rhodesia Hotel.
"The funds provided by Southern Africa will be used for the construction of infrastructure projects in Germany, with roads and railways being the focus. Southern Africa plans to help Germany build at least 1,000 kilometers of roads every year. The standards can refer to the highways in Southern Africa." Rock also has his own evils.
Fun, go the mustache's way, leaving the mustache with nowhere to go.
The mustache became so infamous after being imprisoned in World War II. From the Great Depression to World War II, the mustache was truly an angel to the Germans.
The Weimar government was completely deceived by the British and Americans. It pursued a free trade policy economically and the government did not interfere too much in the operation of the economy, resulting in Germany's economy not improving at all.
In order to get help from Britain and the United States, Mustache ostensibly obeyed the British and Americans, but secretly emphasized state intervention in the economy. The loans obtained by the Weimar government were used to print higher denomination marks, while Mustache invested in national projects.
Using the "relief for work" approach, Germany was gradually brought out of the abyss.
Just after the last world war, Southern Africa also used the method of investing in national projects, which enabled Southern Africa to avoid the impact of the economic crisis to the greatest extent. Not only did its national strength not weaken, but it continued to rise, continuing the good development momentum of the past two decades.
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Now Roque also wants to use this method to see if he can pull Germany out of the quagmire.
If successful, then Gustav Krupp will replace Mustache as the savior of Germany, which would be very interesting.
“A thousand kilometers?” Coolidge expressed doubts about Roark’s decision.
When it comes to the level of public transportation, if Southern Africa considers itself second, there is probably no other country in the world that dares to claim first.
In 1900, the total mileage of roads in Southern Africa was less than 1,000 kilometers. By 1924, the total mileage of roads in Southern Africa exceeded 250,000 kilometers, an increase of 250 times.
In 1900, there were zero highway miles in southern Africa.
In 1924, the total mileage of highways in southern Africa exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and all states were connected by highways, which greatly facilitated integration and communication between states.
Compared with ordinary highways, highways have higher standards, are more difficult, and have longer payment recovery periods, so Coolidge expressed doubts about Roark's decision.
Don’t forget that Roque was a hard-core man who didn’t invest in Germany before. Now that Roque suddenly makes such a generous move, his motives are really suspicious.
“What’s the problem?” Roqueillo was angry. Southern Africa did not participate in the “Dawes Plan” and the Americans beeped.
Southern Africa took the initiative to participate in the "Dawes Plan". Why would you, Coolidge, want to beep?
"No, Marshal Hindenburg will be very happy if he knows this news." Coolidge could not wish for it. Such a generous move by Roark would greatly reduce the pressure on the United States.
It is also a bittersweet thing to say. In order to poach the British, the United States has tried its best.
Now that southern Africa is willing to help, Americans can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Back at Luoying Lake in the evening, Gustav Krupp was waiting for Rock.
Roque will leave Washington and return to Southern Africa tomorrow and will not leave again in the short term. Gustav Krupp hopes to get more support from Southern Africa, both economically and militarily.
Don't look at the strict restrictions on Germany's military capabilities in the "Contract Instead". In fact, in the second year after the end of the world war, Gustav Krupp launched a plan to rearm Germany, including a submarine dock in the Netherlands, and
Swedish arms companies are all part of this plan.
The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany was not allowed to establish arsenals.
However, the Treaty of Versailles did not restrict German capital from establishing arsenals in other countries, which gave Gustav Krupp a certain amount of room for activity. Capital has no borders.
"Krupp can open all its weapons patents to Nyasaland's military industry. We can jointly set up a new company to focus on the research and sales of weapons. Due to the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty, Germany cannot own military industrial enterprises, but
Germany still has a large number of talented people in the military industry. Now they have lost their jobs and are forced to move away from home. Some even work as fishermen, grow vegetables, and work as porters on the dock. This is a huge waste of talent - "Gustav K.
Lupp felt sad. Although Southern African companies focused on discovering talents in Germany, there were still some people who could not leave their hometown. These people were also the final guarantee for Germany to restore its strength.
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This has to show that even though it suffered huge damage from the world war, German industry still has potential.
Before the World War, Germany’s economy had surpassed that of the United Kingdom and was second only to the United States.
Developed German industry has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents, experienced engineers and skilled technical workers for Germany. They were the main immigrants for southern African companies and American companies after the war.
Experienced engineers Needless to say, those skilled technical workers are the greatest wealth of a mature enterprise, such as the legendary "eighth-level workers".
There are many "eighth-level workers" from Germany in southern Africa. Most of the time, human labor is not as good as machines, but when the machines don't work, you can ask those legendary "eighth-level workers" to try. Maybe it won't work.
There are surprises.
"The consequences of belligerence have been proven in the last world war. Haven't you learned the lesson? If there is another world war, Germany will probably cease to exist like the Ottoman Empire. Can you accept this result?
"Rock doesn't want to see Gustav Krupp focusing on the military industry. The largest arms company in the world is Nyasaland Military Industry. Cultivating a Krupp is cultivating a strong opponent for Nyasaland Military Industry."
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Taking a step back, Krupp has re-emerged. If World War II breaks out as scheduled, southern Africa will face more serious casualties, which is also what Rock does not want to see.
So Rock hopes that Krupp can be smarter and focus on producing food or daily necessities that ordinary Germans need? Why bother killing them?
“My Lord, today’s Germany is unfair to the Germans——” Gustav Krupp was a bit stubborn. Even he said so. You can imagine the thoughts of ordinary Germans.
Rock is very helpless, the world has never been fair.
