The UK has been more severely affected by the economic crisis than the United States. The economic crisis in the United States is partly due to economic laws, while in the UK it is more due to human factors.
The British coal workers' strike had just ended at the end of last year, and the economy had not yet returned to normal and was about to face another economic crisis.
Remember the drought that hit southern Africa last year?
At that time, India also suffered from a severe drought. In many places, there was no rain all summer, crops failed, rivers dried up, and people did not even have water to drink.
The British government's attitude towards the colonies and dominions was consistent. It did not reduce its oppression of India just because India suffered from drought. It still requisitioned large quantities of grain from India and shipped it to the mainland.
As a result, this year, severe famine broke out in India again. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people have starved to death. The non-violent non-cooperation movement has once again surged, and the colonial government is in dire straits.
By April, the economic crisis had broken out for nearly two months. Of all the major economies in the world, Southern Africa was the only bright spot and was not greatly affected by the economic crisis. Naturally, the United Kingdom set its sights on Southern Africa, hoping to use southern Africa to
Africa to alleviate the local economic crisis.
That’s right, it’s relief.
This is also based on Southern Africa's tough attitude towards the United Kingdom in recent years. Otherwise, it would not be alleviated, but passed on.
"Winston, don't stress to me the obligations of Commonwealth members. The British Empire is also a member of the Commonwealth. When the United States launched a monopoly investigation against Southern African companies, what did the British Empire do for Southern African companies?" Luo
Ke also wants to fall out with Britain, but Britain still has value now.
Failing with Britain would mean that southern Africa would leave the Commonwealth.
The current Commonwealth is still very valuable to Southern Africa. Southern Africa has troops stationed in Canada, iron mines in Australia, and India is the largest agricultural product sales market in Southern Africa. Once it leaves the Commonwealth, Southern Africa may have to withdraw.
the above markets.
Don’t doubt that India is indeed the largest agricultural product sales market in southern Africa. Although the Indian colonial government has no money, there are people in India. India has now become the second largest source of migrant workers in southern Africa, second only to the members of the Southern African Union.
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“London has decided to impose restrictions on all American goods. Is this counterattack strong enough?” Winston was impassioned, which sounded pretty good.
The problem is that London’s decision was not based on retaliation against the United States, but a last resort choice after the outbreak of the economic crisis.
London is not alone in making this decision. After the economic crisis broke out, European and American countries changed their past low efficiency and introduced a series of trade protection policies to protect their domestic markets in just two months. The same goes for southern Africa.
At this point you can see how hypocritical “free trade” is.
When it is beneficial to the country, free trade is the Bible.
When it is not good for the country, protection of trade is forced, and others are the ones who are wrong anyway.
The good news is that southern Africa has suffered little from this round of protective trade.
For a long time, Southern African capital has insisted on localization in its investments in European and American countries. It has partners in France, Germany, and Southern Africa. In the United States, Southern Africa has been more thoroughly localized, with Delta Company, Washington Auto, and even Goldman Sachs Bank.
It is an authentic American enterprise. The U.S. government now imposes restrictions on foreign capital. It cannot restrict domestic capital as well.
“Winston, let’s be practical. Southern Africa can help the mainland, but what can Southern Africa gain?” Rock will not blindly follow Winston unless he exposes it.
Winston hesitated. Britain really didn’t have many bargaining chips at the moment.
Roque is not in a hurry. Anyway, this kind of thing cannot be rushed. It will always go through several rounds of bargaining. The result will not be reached within half a year or several months.
“Locke, you can’t always think about what you get, but think more about what you have contributed to the Commonwealth.” Winston is really not a moral kidnapping, that’s what he really thinks.
You cannot understand the Anglo-Saxons in the Chinese way of thinking. In Chinese thinking, the basic principle of doing things is that if you are poor, you should be good for yourself, and if you are prosperous, you can help the world.
The Anglo-Saxons are different. Their thinking is that whoever has the bigger fist has the right. If I don’t have it, I will rob it. Otherwise, it is hypocrisy.
This is also the reason why Europe and the United States have not let Russia go when Russia has been brutally dismembered in another time and space.
Russia: I don’t want to dominate the world, I just want to be a rich man in peace and contentment.
Europe and America: You don’t want to think about it because you don’t have the strength. As long as you have the strength, you will definitely think about it.
“Winston, London can’t always ask for things from Southern Africa, it must think more about what it has done for Southern Africa.” Roque returned the original words. Southern Africa is also a member of the Commonwealth, and there is nothing wrong with this idea.
“Everything Southern Africa has now was given by London. Isn’t that enough?” Winston mentioned the old story again. This colonial mentality was unacceptable.
“Are you sure?” Rock was speechless.
“Of course!” Winston said firmly.
"Winston, if you insist on thinking so, then we have nothing to talk about." Rock flipped the table directly. When the federal government of Southern Africa was established, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as poor. Everything in Southern Africa now, and
London really doesn't matter much.
It has to be said that the British Empire still has some influence on southern Africa, especially for the older generation.
In the evening, Winston invited Roque to be a guest at the Governor's Mansion, accompanied by three elders from southern Africa.
Rock was not shy, he took Xiaosi and Henry with him, and there were people to help him during the quarrel.
Winston was well prepared and prepared a sumptuous dinner, but no one paid attention to the dishes. They ate a few hasty bites and then moved to the balcony of the Government House, which was the main venue for the banquet.
"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, 25 years have passed since the Boer War. I still remember that when Pretoria was captured, Pretoria was reduced to rubble. Less than 10,000 people survived in the entire city. We were completely
It was on the ruins that today's southern Africa was built." Kitchina's face was rosy and full of vitality, and he seemed to have no problem living another ten years.
Adé and Philip did not answer the conversation. Adé was in a dilemma and Philip had no say. He did not participate in the Second Boer War and only came to southern Africa after the war.
Stoudemire and Henry didn’t speak to each other. Needless to say, Stoudemire’s attitude was that he had never had a good impression of Britain.
Ditto Henry, who is now thoroughly Southern African.
"The British Empire spent 500 million pounds on the Boer War. Remember, that was 500 million pounds in 1900. At that time, we only needed 2.5 million to build a most advanced battleship." Winston had an obvious tendency, emphasizing.
The implication of the British Empire's contribution is to accuse someone of being ungrateful.
Rock smiled and said nothing. British statistics is like Schrödinger's cat and can change at any time. According to various official British estimates, the total cost of the Second Boer War was about 220 million.
"After the Boer War, London received a stable supply of gold, so the international status of the pound was maintained. London has been the world's financial center over the years, making huge profits." Stoudemire couldn't help but reply, that is, Yang Smuts was not present.
, otherwise Yang Shimozi would have more to say.
"Cecil, if it weren't for the British Empire, there wouldn't be anything like the Rhodes family now. You should be grateful." Winston was very dissatisfied. In his opinion, the British Empire had treated the Rhodes family very well.
Stoudemire shouldn't have said such things.
Xiao Si sneered, it doesn’t matter if someone is wrong or not, only your feet know whether the shoes fit or not.
On the surface, the British are really good to the Rhodes family. Old Cecil Rhodes was born as a commoner, founded the South African company from scratch, and became the famous King of Rhodesia in Africa. Apart from his title, he was perfect.
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Stoudemire's understanding is definitely not like this. When old Cecil Rhodes obtained the authorization from the King of England to establish the South Africa Company, he had already served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony for one term. He was the out-and-out King of South Africa and Rhodesia.
It was the old Cecil Rhodes who single-handedly conquered the British Empire. With a South African company, Rhodesia became a British territory. Who profited from it?
“Winston, don’t talk about whether these are available or not, just say what London wants from southern Africa.” Rock didn’t beat around the bush and said what he had to say directly.
“Food, daily necessities, daily necessities, and industrial products,” Winston Lion said loudly. The British mainland has already begun to implement rationing. The seriousness of the situation can be seen.
"Yes, as long as you give money, you can talk about anything." Roque's attitude is correct. If the British government is willing to trade normally, Roque has no reason to refuse.
"Locke" Winston is in a dilemma. Locke really hit London where it hurts. If the British government had money, how could Winston still be so coy?
“Winston, you don’t want to take it for free,” Rock teased, saying there was no need to even think about such a thing.
“Of course not.” Winston was quite shy.
"It must be paid in rands." Roque did not want the pound. Just now, the British government announced that it would abandon the gold bullion standard. The pound was once again decoupled from gold, and the value of the pound was plummeting.
This is also a copycat operation. As soon as the economic crisis broke out, Southern Africa announced a 30% devaluation of the rand and decided to decouple the rand from gold and restrict gold exports.
This decision is very timely, protecting Southern African enterprises to the greatest extent and effectively promoting exports from Southern Africa.
To put it bluntly, it means printing money.
"Locke, southern Africa cannot refuse to use the pound. This is London's bottom line." Winston refused to give in on this point. The pound is the vehicle used by the British to plunder the world. What the Americans will do in the future will be the British.
Play with the rest.
“There is no refusal. The pound and the rand are still freely convertible, but trade between southern Africa and the United Kingdom must be settled in rand.” Roque also refused to give in. If the rand wants to replace the pound, the attitude must be firm.
