Chapter 529 "Mine Mines"

  The East India Company was established in 1600, and this year was also the decomposition line of the European Baroque and Renaissance. It was during this battle that the Sekihara War broke out in Japan that laid the foundation for the rule of Japan's modern shogunate era.

  In 1660, Charles II was restored in England. The French King Louis XIV married the Spanish Princess Marie Teresa, making Louis the most powerful king in Europe, and Deng succeeded in regaining Taiwan, which was occupied by the Dutch.

  In the South China Sea bubble in 1720, after the Qing army expelled the Junggar tribe out of Tibet, under the auspices of General Pingni Yanxin, they embarked on the institutional reform of the Tibetan regime.

In the American Revolution of 1780, the Atlantic hurricane swept across Martinique, Sint Eustatius, and Barbados from October 10 to October 16, causing about 22,000 deaths, and thousands more in the open sea. In death, the number of sunspots reached its highest peak in centuries in 1780.

  The Opium War of 1840.

  The Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing in 1900.

  A natural disaster occurred in China in 1960 and an atomic bomb was also released.

In the past history, big and small things happen almost every year. Sometimes it may be just a coincidence. Nothing big happened in 1540, except for the inflation in Europe because of the massive imports of silver from Mexico and Bolivia. It didn't happen that year. It was a chronic illness that broke out after years of accumulation. It's just that people's psychological effects are far-fetched.

  At the turn of the century, various rumors also occurred, and they were fine in the end, but the power of the rumors still affected many people. The small and medium-sized investors in the South China Sea bubble only lost their fortunes after hearing the rumors of South American trade.

When people are panicking, one bad news after another will make people make uncomfortable judgments. The French breach of the Bastille was instigated under the premise of a famine, and it was also made by the Bourbon dynasty itself. Who would allow the nobles to put people who they disliked into that magic cave at will.

Hidden dangers are like mines under the water. They usually drift with the flow. Once the explosions have unimaginable consequences, Chinese people like to invest and buy houses wherever they go. If there is a financial crisis in the United States, it will be said that the Yellowstone Volcano will erupt at any time, the "American Dream." I should wake up.

  Banks are most afraid of runs and speculative markets are most afraid of selling. No one has ever counted the number of Chinese holdings, and no one knows what will happen.

  It is possible to get richer from the rich, and it is also possible to lose out. No investment is profitable without losing money. Investment needs to be cautious and not blindly follow suit.

Before the real estate crash in Japan, a housewife also knew to buy a house to make money. Before the collapse of the South China Sea bubble, people believed that cargo ships from South America would bring dividends. In order to rush to buy stocks, they sold their wives and children. In the end, the family was destroyed and the people lost money. Two empty.

  The British are very good at "burying mines". Before the opening of the Suez Canal, the British must go to Asia through the Cape of Good Hope. The so-called Suez Canal problem is actually the result of the long-term competition of the Western powers around the excavation and control of the canal.

  In the 18th century, Britain and France intensified their competition, and their goals were concentrated in the rich East. France is trying to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea to the East, so as to break the British control of the Cape of Good Hope channel and seize the monopoly of East-West trade. In order to safeguard its interests in the East, especially in India, Britain opposed the construction of canals and advocated building a railway from Alexandria to the Persian Gulf via Cairo, Suez, Syria, and the Euphrates to strengthen the ties between the East and the West.

  The ancient Egyptian pharaohs once had the idea of ​​digging the Suez Canal, but it was unsuccessful. Later, in order to abolish the British Cape of Good Hope route, Napoleon decided to continue digging.

  The United Kingdom has been in the Cape of Good Hope route for many years. There are many large docks and military bases. The firm control of this route has made numerous profits. If Napoleon opens the Suez Canal, the United Kingdom will suffer heavy losses.

   Regardless of what the British thought, the French sent engineer Le Perre to survey, but the data he obtained was that the Red Sea is 9.9 meters higher than the Mediterranean Sea, which is not suitable for the excavation of the Haiping Canal.

At the same time as the domestic civil strife broke out, Napoleon had no more thoughts of building the canal. But fifty years later, the French surveyed again and found that the gap between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea was very small. There have been rumors in France that Le Perre had been taken by the British. Instigated, he deliberately miscalculated and obstructed the construction of the canal. For this reason, the British Cape of Good Hope route added another fifty years of interest. When the French military investigated him, everyone died, and there was no evidence.

After discovering the error, France continued to dig the canal. This time Britain spread rumors to the governor of Egypt that the French canal was a fake, and it was true that it took the opportunity to attack Egypt. The British continued to lobby, slander and bribe, and finally delayed the two governors of Egypt by 10 When the Suez Canal was excavated in 1988, the British persuaded the Governor to build a railway to transport their own goods. Burying mines meant bombing others. What should they do? 10 years later, Egyptian Governor-General Said took over as Egyptian Governor-General. The Frenchman Ferdinand was his teacher. Based on this relationship, the French persuaded him. France established the Suez Canal Company in 1858 and issued 200 million francs of stocks, totaling 400,000 shares, to raise funds for the construction of the Suez Canal.

  France bought 52% by itself, Egypt bought 23%, and the remaining stocks were intended for Russia and other countries to buy. However, the London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom warned the United States and Russia not to buy these stocks.

No one bought 25% of the stock, and there was a funding gap of nearly 50 million. Ferdinand used the signed empty check that Said once gave him to buy another 21% of the equity. Egypt did not know about it. It bought 44% of the stocks, which was far beyond Egypt's tolerance range, thus laying hidden dangers for Egypt.

Said volunteered to be a national hero and lead the Egyptians to a better life. The Suez Canal was repaired in France without any workers. The Egyptians recruited workers. At the beginning, they promised 6-8 pias every day. The construction site had water and food. 1 million people are employed.

  It is very difficult to recruit workers in Egypt because of its ethnic beliefs. Said had to recruit workers forcibly, otherwise he would have to pay compensation to France.

As soon as the forced labor order was issued, people were arrested everywhere in the country. At that time, Egypt had a population of 4.88 million. Eliminated the old and weak women and children who could not work. The labor force totaled 1.9 million, and the 1 million people who dig canals were eliminated. The domestic agricultural labor force is seriously insufficient. There was a famine in Egypt that year.

  Because of poor sanitation conditions, cholera and typhoid fever are prevalent on the construction site, the French did not even dig the canals to provide fresh water, many workers were thirst to death, and it was not so miserable for the Pharaoh to build the pyramids. The entire construction site became a purgatory on earth.

  Egypt appealed to the British for help, hoping to use railways to transport food and water, but the British planted mines again, and the carts that transported food and water to Egypt were dragged as long as they could, deliberately causing dissatisfaction among the workers.

  Not only that, the British also smuggled weapons to the Egyptians, instigated contradictions, caused workers to riot, and armed resistance against Egypt and France.

   A riot broke out in Egypt in 1862. When the Egyptian police entered the construction site to maintain order, they discovered that the workers had imperial weapons, and the riots were quelled at a heavy price.

  Said, who volunteered to become a national hero, became a national scum. After the riots, Egypt would find it difficult to recruit manpower. Egypt and France discussed whether they could reduce labor. France’s answer was to lose money.

Egypt reluctantly compensated 84 million francs. At this time, the country was in deficit and there was no money. When the canal was completed, Egypt used 2.5 million workers and 123,000 died. For every 1,000 meters repaired, there are 738 deaths, which is equal to everyone's. The long voyage killed an Egyptian worker.

  After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt had to borrow money from Britain and France because of heavy casualties, agricultural decline and the need to import food. The United Kingdom borrowed a large amount of debt from Egypt this time, and had to use the 44% of the Suez Canal stock to offset the debt.

Although France had 52% of the stocks, the domestic situation was chaotic at the time. The control of Suez was actually in the hands of the British, which meant that Egypt had paid out people and paid for it, and it had exhausted its own national power and did not get anything. The United Kingdom He didn't do anything, messed up everywhere, and reaped the benefits. In the end, he sent investigators into Egypt under the pretext of repaying debts and took over Egypt's finances.

  Oh, the capitalists cannot be relied on for death from overwork, but to blame the Egyptians for not being able to combine work and rest.

It wasn't until 1956 that Nasser declared the nationalization of the Canal Company in order to safeguard national sovereignty and national dignity. Britain and France were unwilling to lose their interest in the canal. In October 1956, they cooperated with Israel to invade Egypt in an attempt to regain the canal and overthrow Nasser. After being defeated and forced to cease fire and withdraw, the canal finally returned to the hands of the Egyptians.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it denied all debts owed by the Qing Dynasty. Those debts were still being repaid during the Republic of China. In order to prevent another coalition invasion, China was suffering from famine and the entire civilization was still in the agricultural period. In a word, "China is relatively backward, and it has enough nuclear weapons to destroy the earth once." It means that there is no way to collect debts, and it is a big deal that everyone will die together.

  Ah, China is really a rogue country, it's too lack of contract spirit.

  Egypt and Manchu abide by the spirit of the contract.

Weak countries have no diplomacy. If China wins the Opium War, and the ports are not open like Spain, this is not a “closed door”, but trade protection. The problem is that it loses. Not only cedes land and indemnities, but also legalizes the opium trade, and a large amount of silver flows out. .

  Capitalism has fewer people and more money, so more will naturally be distributed to everyone. However, just like Marx said, capital has been extremely dirty from the day he was born.

  Confrontation requires violence as support. As long as they can win, no matter what means are used, regardless of morality or immorality, winners have the opportunity to be "benevolent", and losers can only be mermaid. This is Nietzsche's postmodern education method.

  The so-called "crisis" or "opportunity" depends entirely on how people perceive and label them.

  Hong Kong people fought a financial defense war in 1997. I don’t know if they have the ability to defensively.

  Closed the file on the table, Pomona put it back in the drawer as it was.

  She knew that Lucius the Albino Snake was not so easy to deal with.

After the Renaissance, Muggles made rapid progress, but they were led by a small number of elites. The vast majority of Muggles are "leeks" and "cornerstones." In Lucius's eyes, Muggles are such humble ants. He In fact, he knows Muggles better than Astonia.

  Draco is really not suitable for inheriting the family business. He is suitable for going to St. Mungo as a doctor because he is a soft-hearted person.

  Unfortunately, there was a Death Eater mark on his arm, which he left to save his father. He is really a good person, although most people think that is not the case.

  (End of this chapter)