The day after the "assignment" to Bol and them, Viola showed up in Lin Youde's study early in the morning - it was Sunday, the day Viola came to Sanssouci for the weekend.

Lin Youde immediately applauded, and while applauding, he said to Viola: "Congratulations on becoming the president of the Republic." ”

"Well," Viola nodded, then said to Lin Youde with a frown, "I would be happier if you could congratulate me in a more natural way." ”

"In other words, I'm happy now, so my congratulations are still valid."

Viola didn't reply, but directly bypassed Lin Youde's desk and sat on Lin Youde's lap, and Lin Youde was also very happy and immediately started eating tofu.

His actions have made Viola feel better, and recently Lin Youde always feels that Viola has become a small animal in captivity, and she is the kind that likes to be caressed. If the maverick fox is compared to his cat, Viola is probably a dog.

After being touched for a while, Viola said in a languid voice, "Listen to me, your plan for an eight-hour day is hardly heard in the parliament to overthrow it." Those factory owners seem to have finally felt the dividends brought by this plan. ”

Lin Youde replied with a smile: "Then it seems that they are not completely hopeless. ”

"Actually, I was quite surprised that the Ministry of Labor's survey showed that after the implementation of the new work system, the average working hours of workers have increased by about 30 minutes, and many workers have volunteered to work overtime!"

"Of course, the average person is actually willing to earn more through their own labor." After Lin Youde finished speaking, he first complained in his heart: It turns out that Europe in time and space is about to be dragged down by lazy people, so the premise of this assertion is that "workers cannot be given welfare guarantees that are high enough to cultivate laziness, and insist that those who do not work cannot eat".

"Also," Viola continued to say excitedly, "the production efficiency of several state-owned factories that have implemented the flexible wage system according to your arrangement has generally increased, and we have paid the workers an average of 65 percent more wages, but because of the greatly improved production efficiency and yield rate, our profits have completely exceeded that of the private enterprises that produce similar goods, and now many private enterprises have begun to learn from us to engage in flexible wages and performance-based wages." ”

"Then the workers have more money in their hands and can buy goods to improve their lives." Lin Youde took over the conversation, "So the commodity flow of the whole society became active again, and the active commodity flow in turn provided more jobs." ”

Viola nodded again and again, and the back of her head kept smashing against Lin Youde's chest.

"So the republican government has now completely reversed the economic decline, but ......"

Lin Youde Tiviola said the words behind "but": "What can be done by relying on the domestic market is almost to the limit." ”

"Well, the Minister of Economy at the government meeting said the same thing, if we can't get the whole world out of the crisis, our exports will not grow, and there is only so much that can be done by relying on the country's internal circulation."

"On this point," Lin Youde took out a letter from the pile of documents on his desk, opened the envelope and took out the stationery inside, and showed it to Viola, "This is a personal letter written to me by Liang Long, the first secretary of the Ming Empire Embassy in Germany. ”

"I know this," Viola said and frowned at the densely written vertical Chinese characters in front of her, "but I can't read this letter at all!" ”

"The content is simple, Mr. Liang hopes that Germany will export weapons to China."

"Diplomatic documents of the same content were sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic." Viola frowned, "But at the government meeting, everyone did not agree to export weapons to China, even Green and Gobel did not agree. Because they doubted the ability of the Chinese government, which had just experienced the civil war, to pay, and believed that the Chinese government's treasury was only enough to equip a few German armourers, and that it was not worth it to provoke Britain for this benefit. ”

"No, no, Viola." Lin Youde smiled, "Your staff, and those government officials' thinking is still stuck in the era of international trade on the gold standard, these are backward ideas. Listening to Viola, the key is not how much the Ming Empire can actually pay, but how to keep the economy running through these orders. The right of exchange and the right to issue paper money are in the hands of our German foreign exchange and investment bank, and the capitalists obtained from the Ming Empire, whether it is silver or Ming silver dollars, or an IOU, must be exchanged for paper money in our place before they can be used in Germany.

"So the key question is how much inflation German society can tolerate. Appropriate inflation within tolerable limits is good for the economy, but we must not allow this inflation to be detected by other 'players' in the economic system too quickly, otherwise it is likely to turn into an avalanche through the amplification of the stock and futures markets. Therefore, the issuance of additional banknotes is carried out in this covert way. ”

Viola frowned and thought for a moment before she said, "I...... I think you have a point, but I find that you have avoided a basic point: even if you are right, from the perspective of the Ming Empire, it is equivalent to Germany agreeing to the Ming Empire to buy weapons with IOUs......"

"That's right!" Lin Youde admitted calmly, "No, the Empire of Light will think like this, and these people in other countries and in China will also think like this." ”

Viola sighed: "If you want me to provide military assistance to the Ming Empire, just say it, I will try to force the government and parliament to make concessions next Monday......"

"No, it's not aid, it's a win-win option. You can remove the part of the hidden inflation and relay it to your government ministers and parliamentarians, and with my current prestige, as long as you put out this plausible statement, they will hesitate, and then it's up to you. ”

After Lin Youde finished speaking, he tightened his right hand holding Viola and rubbed her hair with his face very affectionately.

Viola was completely unmoved.

"I think it's better for you to go to the council and convince them yourself." She said to Lin Youde, "Just like you said, although many people want to bring you down now, your economic talent is still recognized by most people, and you personally take the stage to persuade you, probably get the parliament to agree to export weapons to the Ming Empire." ”

Lin Youde thought about it and felt that it was right, so he nodded in agreement.

Viola then said: "In addition, I always feel that it is not very reliable to maintain economic growth by exporting weapons to China, so there is no other way?" ”

"Another remedy...... Lin Youde leaned back in his chair, Viola leaned against his chest, and the two fell into deep thought together.

Lin Youde is not really an economic genius, he is just transferring the knowledge of future economics to the present, such as "how to make Germany in 1930 get rid of the economic crisis through economic means to avoid the road to fascism" such a profound proposition, future economists and historians are still debating, how can he Lin Youde come up with a solution.

While Lin Youde was meditating in vain, Viola said, "I...... I had an idea for a long time, that is, I didn't know whether it was appropriate or not, and I told them privately to Grimm and Gobel, and they all objected. ”

"If you've already told Green about this idea, I'll be angry if you don't tell me." As he spoke, Lin Youde pinched Viola's cheeks.

"yes, I should have told you first." Viola was relieved, "I want to do business with Russia. ”

"With Russia?"

Lin Youde frowned.

Viola couldn't see his face, so she continued to herself: "You see, the great powers are basically plagued by the financial crisis now, and only Russia, like us, has been living well through large-scale economic reforms, and the treasury is also full. Moreover, their industrial system and industrial technology are not as complete as ours, and we have a lot of things to export to them, and correspondingly, we can import a large amount of food and other materials from them that we are relatively lacking. ”

"Well, that's a good idea, indeed." Lin Youde nodded, "However, this will feed that bear fattening, it is not a good stubble, and they may even take the initiative to start a second war after the soldiers are strong." ”

"Green they said the same thing, I didn't refute them, but," Viola suddenly turned around, because she was sitting on Lin Youde's body, this turning action gave Lin Youde a lot of stimulation in a part that could not be described in detail, and before Lin Youde felt the sourness, Viola put her arms around Lin Youde's neck with both hands, and whispered in his ear, "But for you, I have something to say." Wouldn't it be right for Russia to start a war? ”

"Uh...... What did you say, Miss? ”

"Isn't that right? My motherland does not have to go to the fate of being spurned, and it may even be recited by people because it stands on the front line of resisting evil, and when the coalition forces of the world defeat Russia in the future, can it still share the spoils as a victorious country, isn't that good? As for the Ming Empire, as long as your country is on our side, and then fights Russia with us, you can gain great international prestige, and a lot of substantial benefits, and even control the whole of Siberia and Central Asia. ”

Lin Youde pursed his lips and thought for a full three minutes before gently stroking Viola's head and saying, "You're right, it's a good idea." ”

Viola didn't answer, just rubbed her face against Lin Youde's cheek raiser - which made Lin Youde feel more and more like a cute Chihuahua.

"Well," said Mr. Lin, "I see, next week when I make my presentation in Parliament, I will put this proposal together and try to convince the MPs as much as possible." ”

After Lin Youde finished speaking, Viola tightened her arms.

"I knew you'd agree." The girl murmured softly in a voice that mixed a sense of satisfaction and happiness, and then gently kissed Lin Youde's ear.