Chapter 660 Antique Buyer
How much harm has the economic crisis done to the United States? Even though it has only lasted for more than a month so far, it has still caused the United States to lose a lot of wealth.
There is even a popular children's song in New York: "Mellon pulled the whistle, Coolidge rang the bell, Wall Street gave the signal and the country rushed to hell!" went to hell)
With the collapse of the stock market, the U.S. economy immediately fell into a devastating disaster, and terrible chain reactions occurred quickly.
Bank and corporate bankruptcies have become commonplace, and Americans don't even have to worry about when they will lose their jobs, because they won't have jobs after the economic crisis breaks out.
But it is ironic that agricultural capitalists and a large number of farmers are still destroying the so-called "surplus" agricultural products, directly using wheat and corn to replace coal as fuel, and pouring milk into the Mississippi River, turning the river into a real on the Milky Way.
Although it has only lasted for more than a month, a large number of homeless people have gathered in a large number of American cities, including New York.
These people had no choice but to build simple shelters using wooden boards, old iron sheets, oilcloth and even kraft paper.
The so-called villages where these simple houses gather are called Coolidge villages. The bags that homeless people in the city use to beg for food are called Coolidge bags. Because they cannot afford gasoline, cars that can only be pulled by animals are called Coolidge cars. Even those The newspapers covered with homeless people sleeping on the streets were also known as Coolidge blankets.
This not only proves how much the current U.S. economy has changed due to the economic crisis, but also proves how dissatisfied and even angry Americans are with the current President Coolidge.
If the previous loss of the United States' sphere of influence in Central America only aroused widespread dissatisfaction among Americans, then this economic crisis directly turned Coolidge into a street rat.
Were it not for the unwillingness of others to take over the mess of the economic crisis, the impeachment document against President Coolidge might have been circulated throughout the streets of America.
Although the economic crisis caused President Coolidge to completely lose the trust of Americans, it was also the economic crisis that allowed him to temporarily remain on the throne of the President of the United States.
There is also huge bad news for Americans, that is, the United Kingdom will soon announce separate tariffs on the United States and island countries. This has seriously affected the import and export of the United States, and also caused some industries that the United States is still struggling to support to instantly collapse.
The British Empire is currently the world's most powerful country, and Britain's actions are like a bellwether for countries around the world.
After all, the United States pays reparations to the whole world. During the economic crisis, the United States suspended the payment of reparations. Isn't this a heavy blow to countries whose financial situation is not good to begin with?
In order to retaliate against the Americans and take advantage of this opportunity to make a small fortune, many European countries followed the United Kingdom in announcing an increase in tariffs on the United States, and island countries were also included in the list of increased tariffs.
Although the United States has the strongest economy in the world, this does not mean that the United States is less dependent on Europe.
European countries have raised tariffs on the United States, which is no less than another economic crisis for the United States, and the effect is even 1+1>2.
Countries around the world were so lively, and Arthur was embarrassed to be an outlier. Not only did the government announce a high-profile increase in tariffs on the United States by 50%, but he also asked the military industry to transport a large amount of weapons to the United States.
As for what purpose? The purpose is to cater to the legal gun-carrying laws in the United States. Since the American people can legally own guns, it is not too much to let every American own a gun!
Of course, engaging in arms trade in the United States is just a way to make the United States more chaotic, and it is impossible to directly bring down the United States.
After all, the strength of the United States as a major power is not just exaggerated. It is still easy to maintain domestic stability without external intervention.
Arthur has not thought about taking action against the United States for the time being. The most important thing at the moment is to do a good job in the domestic development of Australasia, and at the same time seize some opportunities to make big money during the economic crisis.
The first important thing is to acquire gold.
Although it is often said that antiques are in good times and gold is in chaos, this does not mean that gold will not depreciate at any time.
At a time when the wealth of various countries is rapidly evaporating due to the economic crisis, it is the best time to purchase gold.
Because all countries are in chaos, in order to maintain domestic stability with more food and materials, they cannot avoid necessary gold expenditures.
If we wait until all countries give up the gold standard before purchasing gold, that would be too deliberate, and would be viewed with suspicion and fear by other countries.
Including some companies and financial institutions, etc., they will also use gold to exchange materials and currencies that they rely on for survival. This can rapidly increase Australasia's gold reserves.
Before the economic crisis, Americans had the largest gold reserves in the world. With such a large-scale economy, the United States can earn a large amount of profits every year by exporting industrial products.
However, the gap between Australasia and the United States is not too big. After all, thanks to the arms trade in World War I, Arthur obtained thousands of tons of gold from Nicholas II. This is why the Australian dollar has become one of the strongest currencies. The real reason for one.
Of course, it is impossible to obtain a large amount of gold reserves from other countries at any time.
Moreover, the gold standard has not been abolished yet, and gold is still very important to other countries, which increases the difficulty of acquiring gold.
However, compared with gold, some more valuable antiques and calligraphy and paintings can also be purchased.
Moreover, compared with gold, whose value is still strong, the value of antiques and calligraphy and paintings has fallen to the lowest point during the economic crisis. A bag of rice can even be exchanged for a painting, and a sheep can be exchanged for an antique that is usually priceless.
The historical and cultural heritage of Australasia is still relatively weak. After all, it is an immigrant country that has only been established for more than 20 years. The lack of museum collections is also a shortcoming and regret of Australasia.
However, if a large number of antique calligraphy and paintings, as well as some items worth collecting, can be obtained from abroad by purchasing, this will not only greatly enhance the storage quantity of the National Museum of Australasia and some small museums, improve the country's cultural heritage and historical flavor, but also avoid the country from being criticized in the future due to the large number of antiques.
The British Museum has been saddled with too many bad names in later generations, but it is true.
The extremely glorious colonial period of the British allowed them to collect a large amount of wealth from countries and nations all over the world, including a large number of antique paintings, rare treasures, etc.
However, the British mostly collected these things by robbing, while Australasia was much more civilized, and peacefully purchased from Europe, America and other countries, so it was naturally impossible to bear the bad name.
Arthur was not picky about these antique paintings and rare treasures. No matter which country, region or nation, they could all be acquired in Australasia.
Even some paintings of ordinary value were sold by weight. A large number of priceless antique paintings could only be exchanged for enough food to feed the family, but this was hard-won in the economic crisis.
The shortage of food in the economic crisis does not mean that the country is really short of food. More often, it is just that the capitalists are unwilling to let the lower-priced food flow to the people, because this will disrupt the entire food market.
They would rather destroy the food than sell it to the poor for free or at a low price.
This led to millions of people starving to death during the economic crisis, and a large amount of food was also wasted.
For ordinary people who have antiques in their collections, the best outcome at this time is to exchange these antiques for food or money.
Antiques are useless at home, and exchanging them for food may give their families a chance to survive.
This is also the cruelty of the economic crisis. For ordinary people, there is no way to deal with such a disaster. They can only beg the country not to forget themselves and hope that there are some reserves in their homes.
Although Arthur has a plan to buy at the bottom of the economic crisis, the economic crisis is still erupting and some companies are still resisting. It is inevitable that entering the market at this time will attract attention.
When the US economy is messed up by the economic crisis and all Americans have no time to care about the heavy casualties of the economic crisis, that is a good time for Arthur to buy at the bottom in large quantities.
Whether the country bans guns or not does not actually make much difference in normal times, because except for some rare lunatics, no one will carry guns at any time and place, and no one will take out guns to kill others at the slightest conflict.
After all, in the United States, where guns are legal, if you have a gun, it means that others also have guns. This is equivalent to gambling with your life, and ordinary people are not so extreme.
But during the economic crisis, the already fragile hearts of the people suffered many times, and the original extremists became more extreme.
According to statistics from a New York newspaper, since the outbreak of the economic crisis for more than a month, at least 12,000 shootings have occurred throughout New York, resulting in at least 10,000 deaths and 30,000 injuries.
And these shootings are more about white people shooting black people, and black people fighting back against white people after getting guns.
At the beginning, black people had no organization, and they could only run away madly in the face of the massacre of white people.
But somehow, an organization called Black Storm was born in the United States. Like its name, all the members of this organization are black, and the organization has only one purpose, which is to set off a black storm throughout the United States.
The Black Storm organization has planned many counterattacks against white people, and rescued some black people from some extreme white people.
This also made blacks more fond of the organization that protected them. More and more blacks joined the Black Storm Organization, making the scale of the Black Storm bigger and bigger, and it really had a tendency to sweep across the United States.
This is not over yet. Perhaps some people saw a crazy opportunity, and many blacks began to imitate the Black Storm Organization, trying every means to get guns, and launched crazy revenge on white people or forces that they were dissatisfied with.
The revenge of these people contained too much self-interest. Some were indeed revenge of blacks against whites, but more were terrorist organizations that were secretly robbing under the banner of resistance and struggle.
These blacks often did not distinguish between friend and foe when robbing. Although they robbed more white shops, they also often visited yellow shops, and even blacks were robbed by them.
What's more terrible is that with the development of these forces, several banks in New York have been robbed, losing at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds.
This is a heavy blow to the already struggling banking industry. The banks whose funds were robbed can only be forced to go bankrupt, because most small and medium-sized banks cannot come up with another few hundred thousand dollars to exchange for those who want to withdraw money.
These bank robbers will also throw a lot of money every time they succeed, so that the unemployed people and homeless people on the roadside can grab them frantically, which just helps them escape.
Faced with these unemployed people and homeless people who regard money as their life, the American police are helpless.
This money is really as important as life in the eyes of the unemployed and homeless people. If the police dare to stop these people, I am afraid that a struggle between the people and the police is inevitable.
It is precisely because of the cover of these people that New York has become a paradise for dark forces.
The government has no good way to deal with this. The black people seem to have been enlightened and become smarter.
The Black Storm Organization, the thieves, robbers, violent people, extremists, etc., made the already chaotic New York even more chaotic, and made the already chaotic United States even crazier.
The US government naturally received such news, but the US government did not have a good way to deal with it.
These blacks suddenly became smart, and it was impossible for them to have no one to help them behind the scenes. The news that Australasia was transporting a large number of weapons to the United States was also known to the US government, but what could the US government do?
Australasia was transporting a batch of normal small arms, which were also firearms that American citizens could legally own.
Accusing Australasia of selling arms in the United States would not mean that it had hit the freedom of gun ownership in the United States?
Besides, even if it was confirmed that those blacks had the support of Australasia behind them, what could the United States do now?
Britain would definitely not take the lead in accusing Australasia. Without the leadership of the British, many European countries in the World Alliance would not say much, after all, the economic crisis had already made them unable to take care of themselves.
With the destruction of New York by these black forces, major American financial groups also began to become dissatisfied and continued to put pressure on the US government.
But President Coolidge really didn't have a good solution. As a politician who had served as a lawyer and judge, President Coolidge was not very deep in economics.
The name of Coolidge's prosperity in history fell on him, but he just happened to rule this era.
Now, it is better to let President Coolidge solve the chaos in the United States, or let President Coolidge take the blame for the economic crisis.
This is also good news for those American financial groups. In addition, the loss of Central America last time can just let President Coolidge take the blame and become the most disastrous president in American history.
After throwing all the responsibilities to President Coolidge, the major financial groups in the United States can also support a person in charge again, and by the way, they can seek more benefits for themselves.
As for the lives of tens of millions of American people, those big financial groups don’t care much. After all, the population of the United States is already over 100 million, and the loss of several million people is within the affordable range, which is much better than the loss of their property!
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