Only then did the head of the family realize that firewood and rice were expensive, and Germany's financial situation once gave the new head of state a headache. During the war in Europe, Germany spent an astronomical amount of military spending on military expenses every day, but in order to achieve victory, these expenses could not be saved.

Militaristic economy, this is Hitler's positioning of the German economy, his goal is to establish Germany as a military dictatorship like Sparta and ancient Rome. In the future, the purpose of the Germans' survival was to continue to develop their military forces to fight on the battlefield, while the other peoples in the ruling region became vassals of the Germanic peoples, and their responsibility was to work hard and produce all kinds of products to feed the Germanic army. This is the Nazis' so-called theory of large space, in which all the countries conquered by the Germans are included in this "living space", and each nation and state performs its own duties to maintain the survival needs of the entire population in the "living space", and strives to achieve self-sufficiency without external support.

Poland, Slovakia and Bohemia will become the granaries of Germany, supplying the necessary agricultural products to the Empire, the Scandia Peninsula and the Balkan countries will provide industrial raw materials to the Empire, the Low Countries such as Belgium and Luxembourg will process products for the Empire, France will be fully agricultural, and will become an important source of agricultural products and various mineral resources of the Empire, and the whole of Europe will establish a super economy with Berlin as the core under the systematic management of Germany. Trade and finance will be carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Germany.

This was only the first step in Hitler's vast vision, and when it came to fruition, his thousand-year-old empire would take shape. Hitler's ultimate goal was to conquer the entire world and make the Germanic people a unique ruling nation.

Now it seems that this was simply a madman's daydream, but at the time it was enthusiastically pursued by a large number of "smart people", which was not some magical magic, but was entirely due to the real environment in Germany at that time.

Hitler had a firm grasp of the German psyche, he had a deep understanding of the national character of the Germanic people, the First World War did not hurt the soul of the German Empire, and the fallen German giants wanted to vent their hatred all the time. A country accustomed to authoritative leadership, a people living in misery and poverty, needs a strong, wise dictatorial leader who will guide them, point them to their goals, give them hope, break the shackles imposed on them by the Entente, and regain national self-esteem and glory.

Hitler's sudden death led to him becoming a hero of the German nation, a great man without flaws, who inherited everything he had, and also inherited the responsibilities he shouldered.

"Industrial transformation cannot be interrupted, this has been determined." Xu Jun looked at the report in front of him and said.

"My Führer, this issue can be put on hold for the time being. Now that the new injected funds are in place, the question before us is how to allocate them rationally. Shacht rubbed his temples and replied that during this time he had devoted all his body and mind to the work at hand, after all, he was not forgiving for his age, and he found that his strength and energy were not as good as before.

Because of Xu Jun's intervention, the spoils of war obtained by Germany from the French occupation zone were not as rich as in history, and although the French reparations were considerable, it also meant that it was impossible to prepare them in a short time, otherwise the French economy would collapse immediately. However, Xu Jun was even more ruthless than Hitler in Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway, and the gold and foreign exchange reserves that these countries hastily transferred to France fell into the hands of Germany. This is a considerable amount of money, enough to make up for Germany's debt hole, Xu Jun has made up his mind, even if those countries come up with evidence to recover in the future, Germany will not admit it.

The German conquest of Britain turned into a feast, and Xu Jun received a large number of additional loot. And unlike history, with the surrender of Britain, the war in Europe was basically over, saving a lot of money on war consumption.

In fact, at this time and space of Xu Jun, the total amount of war profits obtained by Germany in the European war far exceeded that of Hitler's Germany in history. The seizure of foreign currency and bearer shares alone would be sufficient to pay off all debts as they fall due, and perhaps there will be some savings. At the same time, the Germans seized a large number of bonds in the national banks of the occupying powers, many of which were issued by Germany itself, and these money, of course, did not have to be repaid.

The loot also contained piles of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and art, as well as tens of billions of currencies. In order to avoid the economic collapse of the occupying Power, Germany refunded a small portion of it to the Government of the country to stabilize the economy and restore order to production. But most of them were transported back to Germany and locked up in the underground vaults of the Reich National Bank.

The German government, which claimed to be the war reparations and economic rearmament reserves of the occupying powers, did not in fact have the authority to allocate these funds to the Low Countries of Western Europe. The shrewd Schacht also converted the funds into Deutsche Marks, and in turn provided low-interest loans to the other party, in disguise, taking the financial power of various countries into his own hands.

Although the victory in the war saved the German economy from collapse, the top echelons of the Reich knew that this was only a temporary phenomenon, and if Germany continued to adhere to the original economic policy, the crisis would surely come again, and no one could guarantee whether the next time there would still be the good fortune it has now.

"With regard to the allocation of funds, we have already established a framework under which the Ministry of Economy must draw up a detailed distribution plan. As I said before, I'm not going to get involved in that, it's all up to you, I just need to know if this year's expansion plan will be fully funded. Xu Jun stared into Shacht's eyes and said word by word.

"As you wish, my Führer, with our current reserves, the question of funds can be guaranteed. It's just that I personally hope that before the end of the year, it's better not to have any more planned spending, our deficit this year has just eased, but this is just on paper, and we still have some room for next year's government budget. Schacht replied respectfully.

"We need to expand the foreign trade market and expand the variety of export commodities. Now that the European market is sluggish, countries are looking to overseas markets to compensate. Britain and France, for example, are now increasing their investment in various dominions and colonies, hoping to recover losses from the war in Europe from those overseas markets. Funk reported from the sidelines.

"Civilian products need to be produced more, and there is any new data feedback on the labor side." Xu Jun turned his head to look at Franz, the minister of the German Ministry of Labor. Saidet.

When Hitler was in power, this minister was just a powerless commodity, and although the former leader of the "Steel Helmet" led his party to merge into the Nazi Party, he never won Hitler's trust, and even Hitler did not even reserve this puppet position for him in his political will before his death.

At that time, the real control of the deployment of labor in Germany was the German Labor Front, a subordinate organization of the Nazi Party. Ley wields a great deal of power. By this time all German citizens had been included in the organization, whether workers, peasants, entrepreneurs, businessmen, or freelancers, even Nazi Party functionaries and state civil servants, all of whom were involved in industrial relations in production and management, all of them were under the purview of the Labor Front.

Robert. Ley was an alcoholic villain, but he was very fond of Hitler, because he was always on Hitler's side in all the internal strife of the early Nazi Party, and he was a model of loyalty. Xu Jun did not have the slightest affection for this man, so when Hitler died, Ley was immediately arrested and executed by the SS.

Now the leader of the German Labor Front is Hans. Durman, in the eyes of outsiders, is a little-known person, and he was only able to achieve his ambition because he won the favor of the new Führer. Most people think that he is really just a front, and that the one who really controls everything behind the scenes is the head of the empire. But even if this is true, what does it matter, no one will say anything about it, and it is not a matter of course which organization the Führer wants to control.

Because of Ley's killing, the German Ministry of Labor finally took back some of its power, and Saidert began to work every day, and it was then that he really felt the charm of the slogan that Ley had put forward back then, "Strength from Happiness", which the Minister of Labor now firmly believes.

"There is a huge gap in the labor force at the moment, especially after today's conscription program is completed, and we expect the shortfall in the agricultural workforce alone to reach more than a million. We are compiling the reports of the local agricultural autonomous groups, and the specific figures will be summarized within a week. The situation will continue to worsen if factories continue to recruit workers from the local area. Saidet pushed a form in front of Xu Jun.

The loss of rural labor in Germany has been a long-standing problem, and in addition to the recruitment of soldiers from all branches of the Wehrmacht, a large number of industrial production enterprises are also competing with the countryside for population.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, Hitler even resorted to administrative means to order all urban youth in Germany to participate in compulsory labor in the countryside every year, which was made compulsory as an assessment item, and those who dared to evade the obligation were expelled from the labor service and deprived of the "work manual", which was necessary to find a job in Germany. He also decreed that all German women under the age of twenty-five must have one year of experience working in the countryside or not be allowed to work in industry and commerce.

Hitler even forced companies to prohibit the hiring of employees with more than three years of agricultural experience, which was tantamount to directly eliminating the peasants' access to the factories.

But even if such a bunch of orders were issued, they were in fact only a symptom rather than a cure, and the labor shortage in Germany was not effectively addressed. In the past 41 years, the shortage of agricultural labor in Germany has reached 2 million, and the labor gap in other industries has also reached about 1 million.

In addition to the large number of women in light manual labor positions, German agricultural workers basically had to rely on the occupied territories and allies to seek supplements, and by the end of the war, most of the farmers working in German fields were Polish and Italian laborers.

"The situation will get better, and I believe that this issue will be partially resolved before the end of the year. The Ministry of Labor has to come up with a plan for how to deploy the newly acquired labor force. Xu Jun turned his hand and handed the form to Tysenhofen.

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