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.

If others had not been unwilling to take over the mess of the economic crisis, I am afraid that the impeachment documents of President Coolidge would have been circulated throughout the streets of the United States.

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\u003e2.

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 acquire 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 highest 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 simply impossible to obtain large amounts of gold reserves from other countries at any time.

What's more, the gold standard has not yet been banned, and gold is still very important to other countries, which makes it more difficult to acquire gold.

However, compared to gold, some more valuable antiques, calligraphy and paintings can also be purchased.

And compared with gold, whose value is still strong, the value of antiques, calligraphy and paintings during the economic crisis has dropped to its lowest point. A bag of rice can even be exchanged for a pair of calligraphy and paintings, and a sheep can be exchanged for priceless antiques.

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. It is also a shortcoming and regret of Australasia that the museum does not have many collections.

However, if we can purchase a large number of antique calligraphy and paintings from abroad, as well as some items worthy of collection, this will not only greatly enhance the storage capacity of the National Museum of Australasia and some small museums, but also improve the country's cultural heritage and The historical flavor can also prevent the country from being stigmatized in the future due to the large collection of antiques.

The British Museum in later generations has been saddled with too much infamy, but it is indeed the case.

The British's extremely glorious colonial period allowed them to collect a large amount of wealth from all countries and ethnic groups around the world, including a large number of antique calligraphy and paintings, rare treasures, etc.

However, most of the way the British collect these things is by robbery. Australasia is much more civilized. Naturally, it is impossible to be stigmatized by peaceful purchases from Europe, America and other countries.

Arthur is not picky about these antique calligraphy, paintings and rare treasures. No matter which country, region or ethnic group, Australasia can be purchased.

Some calligraphy and paintings of average value are even sold by weight. A large number of priceless antique calligraphy and paintings can only be exchanged for enough food to feed the family, but this is hard-won in the economic crisis.

Food shortages during the economic crisis do not mean that the country is really short of food. More often than not, it is just that the capitalists are unwilling to let cheaper 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 has resulted in millions of people starving to death during the economic crisis, as well as a huge amount of food being wasted.

For ordinary people who have antiques in their collections, the best outcome at this time is to exchange these antique calligraphy and paintings for food or money.

Antique calligraphy and paintings are of no use at home. In exchange for food, you may be able to give your family 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 catastrophe. They can only pray that the country will not forget them, and at the same time hope that they have some reserves at home.

Although Arthur already has a plan to buy the bottom during the economic crisis, the economic crisis is still breaking out and some companies are still resisting. Entering the market at this time will inevitably attract attention.

When the U.S. economy is turned into a mess by the economic crisis, and when all Americans have no time to care about anything else due to the heavy casualties of the economic crisis, that will be a good time for Arthur to buy a lot of bargains.

The ban on guns by the state does not actually make much difference in normal times, because except for some rare lunatics, no one will carry guns anytime and anywhere, and no one will take out guns to kill others in the slightest conflict.

After all, in the United States, where gun ownership is legal, having a gun means that others also have guns. This kind of gambling, which is equivalent to gambling on life, is not so extreme for ordinary people.

But during the economic crisis, the already fragile hearts of the people were tortured many times, and the original extremists became even more extreme.

According to statistics from a New York newspaper, more than a month since the economic crisis broke out, 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 often whites shooting blacks, and blacks fighting back against whites after acquiring guns.

At the beginning, the black people did not have any organization, and when faced with the massacre by the white people, they could only run away crazily with their heads in their hands.

But somehow, a group called Black Storm was born in America. Like its name, all 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 has also rescued some black people from some extreme white people.

This also makes black people feel more favorable towards the organization that protects them. More and more black people join the black storm organization, making the black storm bigger and bigger, and it really has a tendency to sweep the United States.

This is not over yet. Perhaps some people saw crazy opportunities, and many black people began to imitate the Black Storm organization, trying every possible means to obtain firearms, and launched crazy revenge against white people or forces they were dissatisfied with.

The revenge of these people contains too much self-interest. Some of them are indeed black people's revenge against white people, but most of them are terrorist organizations that are robbing under the banner of resistance and struggle.

These black people often do not distinguish between friend and foe when they rob. Although they rob more white people's shops, they will often visit yellow people's shops, and even black people will be robbed by them.

What's even worse is that with the development of these forces, several banks in New York have been robbed, resulting in the loss of at least hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This is a heavy blow to the banking industry that is already struggling to support itself. The banks that have been robbed of funds can only be forced to go bankrupt because most small and medium-sized banks cannot come up with another hundreds of thousands of dollars to exchange for People who want to withdraw money.

These bank robbers would also drop a large amount of banknotes every time they succeeded, allowing the unemployed and homeless people on the roadside to rob them, which also served as an aid to their 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. If the police dare to stop these people, I am afraid a struggle between the people and the police will be inevitable.

It is precisely because of the cover of these people that New York has become a paradise for dark forces.

The government didn't have a good solution for this. The black people seemed to be enlightened and became smarter.

The Black Storm organization, thieves, robbers, perpetrators, extremists, etc. have made the already chaotic New York even more chaotic, and they have also made the already chaotic United States even crazier.

Naturally, the US government also received such news, but it did not have a good way to deal with it.

These black people suddenly became smarter, and it was impossible without someone helping behind them. The news about Australasia's large-scale shipment of weapons to the United States has also been learned by the US government, but what can the US government do?

Australasia is transporting a normal batch of small arms, which are also firearms that U.S. citizens can legally possess.

Doesn’t accusing Australasia of selling arms in the United States mean that he is attacking the freedom to hold guns in the United States?

Besides, even if it is confirmed that those black people have the support of Australasia, what can the United States do now?

The UK will certainly not take the lead in blaming Australasia. Without the leadership of the British, many European countries in the World Alliance would not say much. After all, the economic crisis has left them too busy to take care of themselves.

As these black forces destroyed New York, major financial groups in the United States became increasingly dissatisfied and continued to put pressure on the U.S. government.

But President Coolidge really didn’t have a good solution. As a politician who had served as a lawyer and judge, President Coolidge did not delve too deeply into economics.

In history, Coolidge's reputation for prosperity falls on him. This is just because he happened to rule this era.

Letting President Coolidge solve the chaos in the United States now would be better to say that President Coolidge would finally take the blame and throw all the responsibility for the economic crisis onto President Coolidge.

This is also good news for those consortiums in the United States. Coupled with the last loss of Central America, President Coolidge could take the blame and become the most disastrous president in American history.

After passing all responsibilities to President Coolidge, the major financial groups in the United States can once again support a mediator and solicit more benefits for themselves.

As for the lives of tens of millions of Americans, those big conglomerates don't care much. After all, the population of the United States has reached hundreds of millions, and the loss of several million people is within the affordable range. It is much better than the loss of their property!

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