Chapter 498 Because We Have Been Here

Chapter 498 Because We Have Been Here

Chapter 498 Because We Have Been Here
On the federal side, during the European war, factories and villages were indeed operating at full capacity, and the people also made money.

But in order to make money, we go to work at 4 am and don’t go home until 9 pm.

Look at Daxia, the factories are also running 24 hours a day, but they work in three shifts. Workers who work during the day can bring their families to visit Yehailing at night.

Look at the photos of Hailing at night, how beautiful it is, and the shopping malls have so many things to offer, it’s a city that never sleeps.

And the price tags, my god, are meat, eggs and vegetables so cheap?
The newspaper thoughtfully calculated the exchange rate between Daxia's silver dollars and U.S. dollars. Basically, the amount of silver contained in the U.S. dollar and the silver dollar is almost the same, but why are our prices so expensive?

We can't afford meat, eggs and vegetables. Those who pay in full for groceries are highly skilled workers, while ordinary workers can only borrow high-interest loans to buy groceries.

In Hailing, ordinary people can grow their own vegetables in front of and behind their houses. But here, in order to increase the sales of vegetables on the big farms of the big guys, it is illegal to grow vegetables privately in the yard, and we can only grow lawns.

Planting on the balcony is not allowed, digging the soil is illegal, and rainwater collection requires tax. It turns out that these taxes do not exist in Daxia.

Farmers can only raise four hens at most, and it is illegal to raise more than that. The doctor only gives you enema and bloodletting treatment, but he charges so much. Workers in Hailing are actually reimbursed for seeing a doctor?

Children also have to borrow money to go to school, and other places provide education subsidies.

The salaries of the Huai Army and the Federation were similar, but on the Federation side, soldiers had to buy their own uniforms and gun accessories, and if they were not fighting, they had to pay rent when stationed, while the Huai Army used to have it all for free.

These strange regulations did not exist when President Johnson was in office, but as soon as Hayes came to power, all kinds of strange regulations were introduced to repay the financial tycoons who pushed him to power.

There are so many girls in Hailing University, and they enjoy the same rights as boys. Here, girls of the same age work in factories, and they don’t have the right to vote. If they get pregnant, they don’t get paid. No, I want to marry to Daxia!

The most intolerable thing is that in Daxia, ordinary technicians can afford to buy a Mercedes-Benz in full. Here, only senior technicians can afford it, and we need loans...

Our total output value is obviously higher than that of Daxia, so why is there such a big gap? Mark Twain gave a very clear answer: most of our money was taken away by loan sharks from a certain society.

Ahem, the club's expulsion of Mark Twain was a most unwise decision. This guy was a tough guy and caused huge trouble to the club.

This secret transportation of newspapers could not last long, and after two months it was finally banned, but the dissatisfaction of the people who learned the truth had already accumulated.

Federal troops are heading to Las Vegas, preparing to clean up this new city that was naturally formed as a result of the construction of the Hayes Dam and make it no longer a lawless place.

The overseas edition of the Hailing Pioneer published its last issue in Las Vegas, and then Mark Twain fled to Cuba under the protection of the Fenian Society, where he continued to write furiously and send propaganda materials to the federal government.

But the society was prepared and sent people to intercept the flow of articles, so the number of Mark Twain's articles flowing into the federation was much less. At the same time, the proportion of national income was appropriately increased, and order was stabilized.

Federalists, who had been accustomed to reading free newspapers for two months, read the last issue of Mark Twain's farewell message.

"After we leave, they will build schools and hospitals for you and increase your wages. This is not because they have a change of heart or because they have become good people, but because we have been here."

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Chengdu, Shuangliu.

A single-engine propeller plane dropped from the sky with a shrill scream, and then a high-explosive TNT bomb was dropped on the false target "enemy frigate" on the ground, causing a huge explosion. The plane pulled up at a large dive angle and flew away.

After a while, Lilienthal, the test pilot who personally flew the world's first dive bomber and the chief instructor of Nantong Aviation School, ran over excitedly.

"Marshal, this new plane is awesome. It feels so cool to dive down from the sky to the earth, especially its sharp whistle. It's a genius design. The enemy will be trembling with fear."

"By the way, Marshal, can this type of aircraft be sold to my country? Germany is being bullied, and all of us Germans in Hailing are furious." Shao Quanzhong laughed with satisfaction, "Of course there is no problem. Most of the people involved in the design of this model are German experts. Doesn't the name of this Stuka come from the German word for 'dive bombing'? The screamer was also added at the suggestion of German experts."

"The friendship between China and Germany is long-lasting. Germany once gave full support to the Qing Dynasty. Now it is time for us to repay Germany."

It was October 1880, 10. Four months ago, after seeing off Mark Twain, Shao Quanzhong went on a tour around the entire mainland of Daxia.

In order to protect Daxia's patent for alternating current, Shao Quanzhong ordered the strengthening of armaments and a significant increase in military spending for the navy and air force.

The navy suddenly became rich, and shipyards sprang up everywhere. Originally, there were only two large shipyards in Zhanjiang and Zhenjiang, plus two small ship bases, Huangpu and Mawei, built by the pioneers of Westernization in the Qing Dynasty.

With money, the shipyards were expanded to ten and division of labor was carried out.

Zhanjiang Shipyard is the strongest and is still responsible for the manufacture of 10,000-ton battleships.

A new shipyard was built in Lushun to produce the newly designed Fengxiang and Hermes aircraft carriers.

The Zhenjiang Shipyard was upgraded to manufacture cruisers and battlecruisers of 3,000 to 6,000 tons, and the 1,000-ton frigates were handed over to the Mawei Shipyard.

The Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou was responsible for building patrol boats below one thousand tons, mainly supplying the South China Sea Fleet, the Beiyang Fleet and many inland fleets.

Huludao Shipyard was responsible for building diesel submarines, and Wuchang Shipyard took over the manufacturing of transport ships and large civilian cargo ships originally from Zhenjiang Shipyard.

The remaining four large shipyards are all in Shanghai, including the Jiangnan Shipyard left by Li Hongzhang, which was built in 1865 and is now responsible for building -ton transport ships and tankers.

Hudong Shipyard, founded in 1874, is now responsible for building light cruisers.

The China Shipbuilding Company is responsible for building auxiliary ships such as minelayers, hospital ships, reconnaissance ships, and minesweepers.

Waigaoqiao Shipyard is a completely civilian product, manufacturing all kinds of luxury cruise ships and yachts. During the European War, the production of cruise ships and yachts abandoned by various countries was taken over by Daxia...

The Air Force's aircraft manufacturing plant was moved out of Hailing because it took up too much space, and Hailing was short of land as it was the capital.

The aircraft manufacturing plants under the Haoguozi military-industrial complex were divided into four major production bases: Fengtian, Chengdu, Xi'an and Shanghai.

Fengtian produces fighter jets, Xi'an produces bombers and high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, the branch in Shanghai has not yet started production and is developing large passenger aircraft. Shuangliu, the last stop of Shao Quanzhong's inspection, has just started production of newly designed dive bombers.

The planes are small, so the production and design are faster. Aircraft carriers will not be available for several years, so now we can only test the effects of land bombing.

However, the Stuka has been designed into two models: land combat and naval combat. The naval combat model has a shorter take-off distance, but therefore has a smaller range and smaller ammunition carrying capacity...

Accompanying Shao Quanzhong on his inspection were Zeng Xiaoyi and Le Xiucai, the intelligence chiefs of the Finney Statistical Investigation Bureau, who provided Shao Quanzhong with various military intelligence at any time.

Just look, after watching the dive bomber performance, Zeng Xiaoyi took the initiative to come over to report.

"Second uncle, we have completed the statistics of the measures taken by various countries to deal with the Great Depression."

"Looking at this intelligence, the short-lived balance between countries is unlikely to last long. The drumbeat of a new war is beating."

(End of this chapter)