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In order to make the Belgian economy completely obey Germany, the Belgian steelmaking factory has been a German steelmaking factory. For example, in Belgium and Luxembourg, the Ougreemarihaye, which has branches in both countries, has been merged into the Otto Ulf Steel Plant in Cologne. The merged new company is headed by the Cologne factory, while the Belgian factory has only become a branch."

As far as we know, the output of Belgium's steel industry is less than 70% of the original ones, and it is still declining. The production methods of Belgians are completely different from those of the Germans, but now they are forced to use the production industry and production processes of the Germans, and the consequence is that production has dropped significantly.

"In the long run, will Belgium's production move onto a faster development line?" Zhao Gang was not surprised by Belgium's shrinkage in the short term, but sometimes the efficacy of this shock therapy can only be seen in the long term, and competition with the Germans is definitely not something that can be distinguished in the short term.

"This, considering that the distribution of mines has reached its limit, most resource-consuming enterprises in Europe will fall into a bottleneck to a certain extent, so I think that Belgian industry will become worse and worse because their products and raw materials are not free, and to some extent they have become victims of the German economic system."

"Well said, continue!" Zhao Gang nodded and signaled Liang Zhixing to continue talking.

"The next thing we want to talk about is the Netherlands. The characteristics of the Dutch economy are its commodity agriculture and deep-processing agriculture: importing foreign local feed and fertilizers, producing bulk vegetables, flowers, milk products and meat. Denmark is the pork, beef, and dry required by the European continent.: Supplier. The Netherlands' exports to Europe are second only to Denmark. However, most of these exports in the Netherlands rely on feeds such as corn, oil cakes and oats imported from overseas.

The original industrial scale of the Netherlands was quite large, but many raw materials had to be imported from foreign countries. The main industrial sectors of the Netherlands were petroleum (English-Dutch Shell), rayon (Breda), radio equipment (Philips), artificial oils and soaps (English-Dutch United Oils and Flours, Unilev and textiles, and the shipping industry was also very important. Before the war, the Dutch foreign trade always exceeded, but there were shipping and foreign interests to compensate.

The largest part of the Netherlands imports comes from Germany (21.3% in 1918), while the largest part of the exports are sold to the United Kingdom (22.5% in 1918). The German Economic Plan Experts aim to promote certain changes in Dutch economic life and allow the highly developed agriculture to decline that rely on imported feed to maintain. For example, Germany wants a variety of vegetables in the Netherlands without growing tulips. They want to combine the Dutch industry into the German industrial system, hoping that Germany's raw materials and semi-made products will be made in the Netherlands and then sent back to the German market. This plan is already underway, and all Dutch factories that can compete with German industry have been ordered to shut down. Only factories that can serve Germany can obtain raw materials.

Based on the above policies, we can already see that Germany's approach is to completely kill the Netherlands. Due to the restrictions on raw materials, the Netherlands' industrial production capacity is idle, and its current total production is less than half of its usual amount. Three million people are unemployed, and there are complaints in the country, and some organizations are already looking for help. I think they will immediately recall that in the Asian continent, we are here."

The defeated France is now ready to accept Germany's position in the "German order". On July 11, 1920, General Betton declared: "Really, our public life must now have a new direction and must be equipped with the production and exchange system throughout Europe." In the past year, French agriculture has been completely reorganized according to the German Agricultural Autonomous Region's methods, because Germany wants to reduce France to an agricultural country to supply the raw materials needed by Germany.

The new structure of French industry (according to the Act of 816, 1920) was modeled on the German Autonomous Region of Industry and Commerce. Several industrial sectors (such as textiles) would be suppressed because of competition with similar industries in Germany. They were self-interested. Nine out of ten factories in the occupied French areas had their machinery and equipment completely removed by Germany. In 1920, many French industrial manufacturers, such as the Citroen Automobile Factory, had only empty houses left and could only make warehouses. Although several manufacturers reopened, they were only produced for German orders, and Germany expressed satisfaction.

Scandinavian countries: In these countries, Germany has to deal with highly developed agriculture and industry. In Norway and Denmark, about 30% of the population is engaged in agriculture and forestry, about 28% is engaged in mining and industry, 10% is engaged in business, and 7% to 8% are engaged in shipping and transportation.

The industry is deeply cultivated and requires a large amount of money from foreign countries. The two countries produce dairy products, poultry and livestock, so a large amount of feed must be imported from foreign countries. Denmark and Norway are not self-sufficient enough, and both often import bulk cereals from foreign countries.

In Denmark, its agricultural products account for 75% of exports and 25% of imports. Norway relies on agriculture as much as Denmark. Its main export products are celluloid and paper products, and its most important industry is probably navigation and transportation business. Although Norway has a small population, it has a large number of merchant ships, ranking fourth in the world. Denmark and Norway both traded into the superpowers, relying on shipping industry income to compensate for it.

From Germany's standpoint, the main feature of the economy of Denmark and Norway is that they rely on international trade to survive. Britain is the first in foreign trade between the two countries, not Germany. Before World War II, 90% of Denmark's bacon (equivalent to the eggs that were sold to the UK every 9 seconds. Germany's topic is how to incorporate Denmark and Norway into the new "European economy" and separate them from the economic impact of Britain.

To achieve this goal, Germany must become a market and raw material supplier for Denmark and Norway. Until now, Germany does not seem to have any raw materials for Denmark and Norway. Before the war, Denmark had 26 million chickens, 320 pigs, and 165 dairy cows, and it was necessary to import 140 tons of grain and feed from the Dominions of Canada and the UK every year. So much grain is not available in Germany, and Germany's feed is not enough to raise its own livestock. According to a report from Berlin, the "Smoked Pork Commission" of Danish farmers decided to slaughter 150 pigs., 1920 summer

In the quarter, Denmark had to kill 1/3 of all hens in the country. Germany's reward for Denmark was to change its entire agricultural needs. "When Denmark worked closely with Germany, Germany could produce and supply the goods needed by Denmark, and absorb the production of Denmark. This could establish a sound and stable economy for Denmark (June 7, 1910). Every aspect of the Danish economic structure has been regulated to match the German system. Prices, wages, occupations, capital and credit are strictly governed.

Denmark has adopted German wages, and Danish workers are forced to be sent to Germany for work. The situation in Norway is the same as in Denmark, and labor and price controls are based on the German formula. Norway's wood industry has been reorganized to meet the needs of Germany to increase celluloid and artificial fiber production. The coal used in Norway was previously imported from Britain, but after it was occupied, it was completely supplied by Germany. Norway's economic situation has always changed with the changes in the world market, but now it depends on the needs of Germany's political and economic."

Liang Zhixing finished introducing the situation of several countries, and he was too tired. He sat down and took a sip of water and quietly waited for Zhao Gang's opinion. Zhao Gang pondered for a while, and suddenly laughed, "Although the Germans' approach is a little rough, the effect looks good, and it is worth learning from. Moreover, there are only 100 million talents in Germany, and there are 500 million in Europe. So, a German has to take charge of people from five other countries. His appetite is big, and I don't think he can eat so much oil and water. After all, he has to vomit it out. But sometimes, if a doctor doesn't do anything, the cancer will not disappear by itself. We also need to think of some ways to help those European people who like freedom!"

Liang Zhixing's eyes lit up, but he quickly said worriedly: "Your Majesty, you are right, but one thing is that our approach is actually similar to that of Germany. We are also vigorously promoting colonization and building provinces into our economic colonies. To be honest, I am quite worried. Although our country has a large population, the population of each province is almost one and a half times that of ours. If this number is not handled well, it will cause no less trouble than that of Germans!"

When Liang Shixing started to say these words, he was still a little uncomfortable tone, afraid of offending His Majesty the Emperor. But after speaking, he was much more comfortable. After saying this, he felt refreshed and comfortable. These words were held in his heart for more than half a year. Seeing others singing praises in front of the emperor, and the public in overseas provinces was full of grievances, and the prairie fire could form a prairie fire at any time. Liang Shixing finally couldn't help but give a direct advice in court!

"Huh?" Zhao Gang's face turned a little dark, and he said a little unhappy, "Minister Liang just introduces European forms, don't mention any irrelevant things!" Although his words were not loud, they hit Liang Zhixing's heart like a big hammer. The atmosphere around him suddenly calmed down, and only the cicadas were still crying on the tree. Liang Zhixing sighed, knelt on the ground, and spoke.
Chapter completed!