Chapter 369(1/2)
The Ming Dynasty finally ushered in peace after the war!
No more fighting!
Because Germany itself is in chaos!
The Germans didn't understand why their gold marks suddenly became worthless. Originally, one gold mark could buy ten pounds of bread, but now, they can barely buy one pound of bread.
The rich can survive for a few days, but the poor are in trouble. Especially the poor who have little savings!
They usually have no money, and now that gold marks are worthless, they can no longer afford food.
What makes Ashi and other ruling classes helpless is that the vast majority of people in this country are poor.
Since the beginning of the year, the gold mark has depreciated massively against the Ming Dynasty silver dollar. No one is willing to hold the gold mark anymore. Almost everyone wants to exchange the gold mark in their hands for gold, or the Ming silver dollar, which is more powerful than gold.
As the Ming Dynasty silver dollar rose, the international purchasing power of the gold mark was greatly reduced.
Whether it is buying food or other commodities, the German government has to spend more money!
However, due to the economic crisis, a large number of domestic companies went bankrupt. Tax revenue dropped step by step. In just one year, Germany's tax revenue was only 30% of last year's level.
The government has no money, but it still has to spend money to buy food and distribute it to the people.
At least, people wandering on the streets cannot starve to death. When people are struggling on the edge of starvation, taking risks is their natural choice.
Some robbers, some murderers, and the most hopeless ones will go out and steal things in exchange for food.
Social security has seriously deteriorated, and even the birth rate and population are declining.
A large number of German girls left for Russia, Italy, and Austria, and some even traveled across the ocean to the Middle East and India under the leadership of smugglers.
It is said that the chiefs in those places in the Middle East like these blond women very much.
They are willing to spend a lot of money to spend a night with these women!
Not only German girls, but also French girls and British girls in the occupied areas also left overseas under the threat of starvation.
The place with the highest concentration of girls is Athens!
That place is not far from Crete, and Ming soldiers come here for vacation almost every day.
To Europeans, Ming soldiers with Ming silver coins in their pockets were high-rollers.
As long as you serve well, there will always be unexpected rewards.
Sometimes the rewards that the girls receive in a month can be remitted to the country so that the family can live a good life for a year.
Remittance is also very simple, you just need to open an account before leaving. You can deposit the money into the account in Athens!
With their ID documents, family members can withdraw the money from Daming Bank in London, Nottingham, York, and Edinburgh.
What is deposited is the Ming Dynasty silver dollar, and what is withdrawn is still the Ming Dynasty silver dollar.
You know, the status of the Ming Dynasty silver dollar in Europe is comparable to gold.
Under the threat of starvation, the ordinary people in Germany became violent. Asch, who relied on the people to come to power, originally had a high prestige because of his conquest of France and Britain.
But now!
His prestige has fallen into the basement, or the basement on the 18th floor.
Those who praised him to heaven in the past now despise him like shit.
Coupled with the guerrilla warfare in the occupied areas, Germany suffered heavy losses. Hundreds of people died in various attacks every day.
The Germans' patience with Ashe soon reached its limit.
Sporadic chaos began to appear on the streets!
But soon, more and more people took to the streets.
These people took to the streets and robbed everything on the street like crazy, including shops, and they looked like wealthy pedestrians.
Most of these people are Hebrews, because they were originally wealthy people in Germany.
Most of them are in the government, or are professors, teachers, bankers, artists, etc.!
Everyone is living a hard life, but other people's families are relatively rich.
Moreover, people can obtain money and scarce supplies in various ways.
The most important material is of course food!
Most Germans eat corn bought at low prices from the United States.
But these people have bread to eat. Many families can even eat big knuckles.
That's how people are, they don't suffer from abundance or inequality.
Public security quickly fell into chaos, and even the police eventually joined the chaotic team.
The social order almost disappeared within a few days.
As for England and France under German occupation, the situation was even more chaotic because of the proliferation of weapons.
The most chaotic place is Poland!
With the support of Ming Dynasty, the Poles organized Free Poland in Poland.
At the beginning, Free Poland was often pushed back to the Russian-occupied areas by the Germans. Every time it was pushed back, it suffered heavy losses.
But gradually, due to the economic crisis in Germany, the German army began to be unable to keep up with supplies, and in the end even ammunition became a problem.
On the other hand, Free Poland has the support of the Russians and the Ming Dynasty.
Not only did they have enough ammunition, they even solved the food problem themselves.
Although the Germans were unable to prevent the invasion of Free Poland, their defense was still fine.
For a while, the two sides treated each other as if they were guests.
But after winter entered, Free Poland seemed to have been given a shot of blood and launched a frantic attack on the German army.
These Free Polands not only possess light weapons, but also heavy firearms such as large-caliber artillery.
The Germans were retreating steadily, but at this time the country was in chaos. No reinforcements arrived at all!
The German army could only suffer defeat after defeat and retreat into Germany.
News of the collapse of the front line spread to the country, and the voice of German opposition to Asch grew louder and louder.
Zheng Sen was like a lone wolf squatting nearby, watching everything that happened in Germany with cold eyes.
He began to quietly contact those old German aristocrats!
These old nobles still have some residual influence in their respective territories.
Under Zheng Sen's instigation, various forces began to return to their hometowns. They began to take advantage of the opportunity to promote publicity as before.
No one benefited much from the war, but many of their children died in France, the United Kingdom, Poland, and Austria.
Now, everyone has to separate and live the old days.
The first to stand up was East Prussia!
Because East Prussia is opposite Poland, and Free Poland is threatening Prussia.
They strongly demanded that their children who joined the army come back to defend their hometown.
The one who stood up quickly was Württemberg!
Then there’s the Black Forest!
These two places sent a lot of troops during the war. However, because they had no spokespersons in the political arena, they received very few benefits after the war.
To them, this is unfair.
Then there are Saxony, Thuringia, Nordland...
In the end, only Bavaria was left who was willing to stay within the country.
Bavaria is where Asch started his career, and the Duke of Bavaria has died a tragic death.
Ashe's power here is the largest in Germany!
The German Empire fell apart almost overnight. It was once again shattered into small principalities!
Except for Bavaria, where Asch continued to rule, nobles from various places became the masters of small principalities.
Germany fell apart, and France and England quickly fell into chaos.
The German troops withdrew too quickly, leaving a vacuum in their strength.
Various resistance groups have come forward to demand rights in this country.
We have all shed our blood for this country and nation, and now it’s time to reap the benefits. How can we be soft?
Without any surprise, the civil war broke out immediately after the threat from foreign enemies was removed.
Comrades who once fought side by side will fight with all their strength for power. The whole plain of Western Europe is a mass of fighting.
The Middle East is pretty good!
The Swiss killed the Kurds, and the Cossacks moved south into areas inhabited by Kurds.
To be continued...