2608 Prussian Money Famine
"Really? The French side has really started to call back weapons from the colony? Shaspo rifle?"
Prussia has never relaxed its intelligence work on France. There are more than 100,000 Prussian spies all over France, and there are almost all spies in all key departments in Paris.
French Prince Eugen Bonaparte was authorized to temporarily take over the information fully authorized by the military, and it was telegrammed to Berlin in just over twenty hours.
Xiao Letian and Besme did not expect that at this critical moment, the French Emperor would really take the risk to let his son take charge. It seems that the contribution of pacifying the Paris riots really made the prince rise up.
"It's not easy to deal with! I really didn't expect that this young prince was quite capable, and he actually discovered the gap in the rifle..."
"How is our Mauser's production situation? Can't we really change all the clothes?" Xiao Letian asked.
The old Chief of Staff of General Moltke shook his head, "The imperial finances have already been sluggish. If Britain had not provided a large amount of secret funds, we would probably not be able to maintain the production of Krupp's artillery!"
"The last little war potential of the empire has been completely drained. Now all the hot money in China has been taken away. The total amount of war bonds purchased by the people has exceeded 150 million pounds!"
"The wealth in the hands of the people has also been invested in the furnace of war. At this moment, the empire has no money and no more money..."
Xiao Letian frowned. He knew that what the Chief of Staff said was not false. Now the whole country of Prussia has been completely kidnapped by this war. All the disassembled funds on the market have been borrowed. The cash in the hands of the people has turned into war bonds. The British Financial City and the war funds provided by the British royal family have also been transformed into various materials.
There is also a commercial market. There is only the last bit of floating wealth left to maintain the circulation of commercial trade without collapse. Banks and enterprises cannot even engage in large-scale capital transactions at this moment, but can only use IOUs and other means to trade.
Even this money shortage has affected the lives of ordinary people, and many villages have even bartered the original trading model.
In the final analysis, in this era, money is locked in precious metals such as gold and silver, and even kings cannot print money without restrictions. When the gold-swalking beast of war ate 90% of the cash on the market in a country, the money shortage will naturally be inevitable.
Pesme also sighed, "Prussia's real industrial productivity is approaching Britain at this moment. As long as the funds are in place, there is no problem to produce another 300,000 Mauser within three months!"
"But there is no cash! The Empire no longer has any extra funds to purchase supplies. Now all the arsenals in the Empire are only consuming the raw materials purchased before. Once these raw materials are produced, I am afraid that these companies will have to stop production!"
"War is a big bet. If I lose, I will never be able to recover from Prussia, but if I win, we can use the flesh and blood of France to feed our economy!"
"I can't afford to lose! The Empire really can't afford to lose!"
Xiao Letian's palm was full of sweat. These things were not recorded in textbooks in his previous life. He never expected that the rise of Prussia was so difficult. It was because the whole nation had drained the last copper plate. All the people went to the difficulties together to win the war.
"Is the financial resources so tight? Will it affect our subsequent operations?"
Old Moltke put down the red and blue pencil in his hand and said proudly, "Please rest assured that the empire is just lacking cash, and money has long become various war materials, lying quietly in the warehouse!"
"The money spent has turned into bullets, shells, individual rations, first aid medicines, war horse feed... including coal necessary for railways, and even cigarettes and spirits for soldiers' quota!"
"Once the war breaks out, these materials will be delegated to the troops in a planned manner! The military headquarters has made a budget, and these materials are enough for our army to fight with high intensity for three months!"
"Three months..." Xiao Letian pondered. If history had not changed, three months of arms would have been enough, because from the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War to the decisive battle of sex, it was not used for a total of two months.
But will history really continue the rhythm of the past? God knows how big a change has brought about by his time traveler. Now even the French prince who shouldn't have been on the stage has jumped to the front line. What else will not happen?
As soon as the French prince showed up, he discovered a huge gap in the rifles between the two sides. Once the young man gets enough new rifles, wouldn’t there be a change?
"Prime Minister, Chief of Staff... Can you think of some reforms to bring this French prince off the stage? If he really gets 200,000 new rifles, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Bisme and Mafia smiled at each other, "Haha... Head of State, you are a little worried. The prince in France is indeed very energetic, but reality will teach him a lesson!"
"If the stubborn diseases within France are so easy to treat, there is no need for the French Emperor to work hard for so many years, and he will be almost crazy!"
"Napoleon III was restored successfully with the full support of the old noble capitalists and the Holy See, and these emperors naturally controlled countless real power departments of the empire!"
"That is a huge group that even the Emperor of the Dharma cannot easily shake. The little prince wants to change all this? Head of State, just wait and see the joke!"
Facts proved the judgment of Besme and Madhya Child, Euroen Bonaparte had just taken over the logistics work of the French army for half a month, and all kinds of incredible bizarre events came to their faces, and the young prince was completely confused.
"What did you say? Three ledgers of the Logistics Department were burned by candles? Just yesterday?"
"I ordered five days ago to all military factories and steel plants... all employees of enterprises linked to rifle production will be given bread subsidies. Why can't the Ministry of Finance afford to pay for it until now?"
"What about the surplus on the books? It's obvious that the surplus on the books is, why can't you take out the money?"
"Can anyone tell me why the Marseille military port cannot hire merchant ships? Why are all merchant ship owners unwilling to provide transportation services to the military?"
"Oh God! Why do some merchant ship owners come to me for the debt with the IOU from 1864? How do they owe all this money!"
"And here...you can see it clearly for me. Last month, the first day of the first month issued an order to allow an elite battalion of Qatar to return to the local area. Why did Qatar still say that he had not received the telegram?"
Chapter completed!