The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 395

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In fact, as early as a few years ago, the British were studying whether they should move their capital.

After the rise of the Eagle Sauce, the narrow homeland of the British has increasingly restricted their development. It is almost impossible to rely on the more than 200,000 square kilometers of the homeland to compete with a country like the Eagle Sauce with an area of tens of millions of square kilometers!

When the Eagle Sauce became independent, their population was only about 3 million, while the population of the British homeland was as high as 18 million during the same period.

One hundred and fifty years have passed, and the population of the British homeland has more than doubled to 3 million, while the population of the Eagle Sauce has increased more than 30 times, and the population at this time has exceeded 100 million!

Moreover, even with a population of 100 million, it is far from filling up the more than 9 million square kilometers of land in the Eagle Sauce. If they want to continue to expand, there is still a lot of land in the Eagle Sauce that can be used, but there is really no extra, undeveloped land on the British homeland!

Therefore, if this trend continues, the population gap between the two countries will only continue to widen, and the gap in national strength between the United States and the British Empire will also become larger.

The only way to solve this situation is to move the capital, moving the British Empire’s capital out of their homeland to a place with a larger area, greater development space, and richer resources.

This plan itself was launched to continue the ruling position of the British Empire, but because of too much domestic resistance, the plan was not going smoothly from the beginning.

However, at this time, due to the economic crisis, the problems of the British Empire’s narrow homeland, excessive population, and lack of material supply were exposed, so voices in the government in favor of moving the capital began to emerge again!

“If we want to move the capital, I think Africa or South Asia is the most suitable. North America and Australia don’t seem suitable!”

After discussing how to distribute the 5.5 million people, several ministers began to discuss the topic of moving the capital.

Prime Minister Stanley did not stop them because he was also very concerned about this matter.

But moving the capital is not a trivial matter, especially for a world hegemon like the British Empire. Their every move may bring about many chain reactions.

For example, if they really move the capital, how can the balance of Europe be maintained?

Gaul cannot deal with Hans with its own strength. If they are there, they can cooperate with Gaul to contain Hans, but if they leave, their help to Gaul will inevitably decrease. In that case, can Gaul still hold on?

“I think Africa is pretty good. It has a large area, fertile land, and abundant natural resources. There are also a large number of indigenous people who can be used by us as our free labor force!”

Although slavery has been abolished in the United States, this inherent impression that has continued from the slave trade period cannot be changed in a short period of time!

For the British Empire, which once transported a large number of slaves to North America and made a lot of ill-gotten gains in the slave trade, when it comes to black people, the first thing they think of is slaves!

“These people have poor basic education, low labor efficiency, and great difficulty in development and utilization. I don’t think it’s cost-effective to employ them!”From an economic perspective, the finance minister thinks it’s not cost-effective to do so. In his opinion, after the Industrial Revolution, especially the Second Industrial Revolution, human beings’ requirements for labor ability have become increasingly stringent!

In the past, as long as they were young and strong, they could serve as laborers and complete most of the labor.

But now it’s different. The mechanical equipment in the factory is becoming more and more complicated, and the production line has begun to have a clear division of labor. Everyone only completes their own part of the work, but they must have a good basic education, so that they can become qualified and competent for the factory after the industrial revolution upgrade!

And those black people in Africa who have never received education and are purely illiterate are simply not competent for such work. If you want to squeeze their labor value, train and educate them, this first requires a lot of money. It is still hard to say whether they can graduate and be competent for factory work in the end!

“We can also let them do some simple things, right? For example, let them work in mines, let them work on plantations. These things do not require them to have too much knowledge. As long as our people control them and direct them to work, that’s it!”

The words of the Minister of Finance made sense, but others also had their own ideas.

Using slaves to work was a piece of cake for Europeans, especially the British, so they could easily find ways to use these people!

“Moreover, we don’t plan to give them too much education.

Since we are moving the capital, we have to multiply and spread out on that land.

Therefore, we need a lot of land to accommodate our huge population.

Let these black people do heavy physical labor, and then exploit and suppress them.

Not only can we squeeze the value of their labor, but we can also control and reduce their numbers and free up land for us!

” As soon as the words of the Minister of Defense came out, everyone felt a little chill.

As expected of a military man, this guy said it lightly, but he easily decided the life and death of millions or even tens of millions of people!

However, although the words of the Minister of Defense were cold-blooded and ruthless, they could even be called cruel!

But if his proposal is really implemented, it will at least be of great benefit to the British Empire and the British Empire. So, these guys who are usually sanctimonious, knowing that the proposal of the Minister of Defense is inhumane, no one expressed any opposition.

“I’m very curious, why don’t you choose South Asia? I remember that South Asia seems to be an option supported by many people.”Prime Minister

Stanley lightly overturned the words of the Minister of Defense, neither expressing opposition nor clearly expressing approval.

This ambiguous attitude is obviously connivance or acquiescence in politics, and the Minister of Defense obviously understands the other party’s meaning, so he is relieved in his heart. He knows that his proposal has been tacitly approved by the Prime Minister and can be put into practice!

“Well, although the Indians in South Asia are weird, they are at least a place with a slightly higher level of civilization, and they have a larger population and a smaller land area. If we move the capital there, we will probably face great difficulties. It will be difficult for us to integrate and assimilate them, and it is unlikely that we can use the same method we used against Africa against them!”

Too high a level of organization and civilization is a good thing for colonies, because in this way, their labor efficiency will be higher and they can extract more surplus value.

However, if they are aiming to conquer other countries, then the disadvantages of too high a level of civilization are too serious.

The higher the level of civilization, the more difficult it is to be transformed and assimilated.

If you want to conquer them, you must first defeat them, and then it will take a long time and a lot of resources to assimilate them bit by bit!

More than eighty years ago, when the British Empire knocked on the door of the Celestial Empire with its strong ships and powerful guns, they actually thought of turning the Celestial Empire into their own colony.

After all, they successfully did this in South Asia and colonized a country whose population was not much different from that of the Celestial Empire.

However, the British Empire soon gave up the plan to colonize the Celestial Empire because they found that it was very difficult and costly to fully realize the colonization of the Celestial Empire.

Instead of spending such a huge price to colonize them, it would be better to use force. Extorting the wealth of the other party by means of force threats and trade is more efficient and has lower costs!

The British Empire has a typical business mindset. The first thing they consider when doing things is profit. If it is profitable, they will do everything they can to get things done!

If it is not profitable, even if you hold their thighs and beg them to colonize, they will kick them away with disgust, and then leave without looking back!

South Asia is now very suitable to be a colony. In the case of colonization alone, the will of the Indians to resist is not very strong, so the British Empire can reap a lot of profits every year.

But if you forcibly assimilate the other party, the result may be completely different. At that time, their income in South Asia will be gone, and they can no longer suck blood from the Indians. Every year, they have to invest a lot of money and a large number of troops to maintain their rule in India. This kind of loss-making business is definitely not something the British Empire is willing to do!

Prime Minister Stanley nodded, accepting this explanation

“Well, if that’s the case, then of these 5.5 million people, 4 million will go to the Maple Leaf Country and Australia, 500,000 will go to South Asia, and 100 will go to Africa, to prepare for our future work of moving the capital!”_