Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Chapter 87: The Great Depression (1)

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At Huang Xuan's feet, there was a small ditch with black water mixed with garbage flowing in a lower direction, developing in all directions without restriction.

The surrounding buildings looked like dilapidated buildings, with thatched huts, brick houses and low tube buildings standing shoulder to shoulder. Huang Xuan looked around and saw a scene that was like a scene after an earthquake. If it weren't for a few black children playing in the distance, he would have thought he could survive. In Tangshan.

"Africa?" Huang Xuan asked Lorraine with some regret.

"Michigan, United States, east side of Detroit. Similarity 91%. Stay for about 10 days."

"Ghetto?" Maybe ghetto is more descriptive. Huang Xuan wiped off the thick leather hat on his head. Inside was a small round hat with densely woven metal wrapped thinly underneath it, tangled with his hair.

"Yes." Lorraine replied truthfully: "But you should pay attention to the children in front of you. They don't seem to be friendly to you."

That is natural. 191 It was during the Great Depression in the United States that the unemployment rate reached more than 0%. This problem was even more obvious in the Motor City. A large number of skilled workers lost their jobs. Even after Ford proposed the $5 work system, such a situation It won't disappear either.

Vulnerable people are always the main force in the unemployed army, and black people in Detroit are no exception. Although they do not crazyly attribute yellow people to the enemy camp, the unfriendly atmosphere can be felt from the children in front of them.

In fact, Huang Xuan's every move was childish. Several black children felt that he looked deceitful and slowly walked over.

"I bet his pair of shoes are worth a dollar." The leader pointed to the Nikes under Huang Xuan's feet. They were only reinforced with the simplest densely woven alloy, but the leather on the outside was still very tough. It was easy to spot. This is a good thing.

"Fifty cents," another kid guessed. There are 5 of them in total, the oldest should not be more than 15 years old, but maybe black people develop faster.

Huang Xuan clearly heard their conversation. If he were in China, he might have pounced on the guy and punched him, then swollen his eyes and told him that these shoes were worth 00 US dollars. But being in a foreign land, he unconsciously felt a little worried. He looked around, as if he was afraid of an ambush.

"My suggestion is, it's better to escape now." Of course Lorraine doesn't like to use energy. In the alien plane, the energy consumption is much more than in P11.

There were a few adults around who saw what the children were doing, but no one paid them any attention. There are generally three types of men living in the slums: those who want to leave, those who give up and those who are about to leave. But no matter what kind of person you are, you have to try to find a job or work hard every day. Only in this way can you have enough bread.

Fighting is common here. Huang Xuan only needs to look at the rough arms and layers of scars on these children to understand that even with his strengthened physique, the chance of winning against five people is still very low. He asked the two After looking around, he started running helplessly. Even if these five boys are really defeated, more children may run out. Just think about the fraternity in the American neighborhood in the 1st century to understand that two .45 caliber Kos appeared when necessary or unnecessary. Walter is not surprised at all.

"Catch him." The children shouted, and Huang Xuan ran a kilometer relatively easily. He was originally on the outer edge of the slum, but now he has completely left the community.

The black water under his feet was still there. Huang Xuan kicked off the ground in disgust, and the splash of gray stone hit his pants again.

"Sell food first?" Huang Xuan asked Lorraine habitually: "Where is the market here?"

"Battle Creek is the food distribution center of the Detroit area and a satellite city outside of Detroit, but I don't think we can sell enough food."

"Why?" The people Huang Xuan just saw looked hungry. In this case, the price of food should be higher.

Lorraine responded with a standard answer: "Because it's the Great Depression. Agricultural products began to depreciate two years ago, and the price of food is often lower than the transportation price. And no one can afford food."

"Is this the time to pour milk into the river?" Huang Xuan still remembers a teacher once saying that at a certain period, capitalist countries in economic crisis poured milk and coffee into rivers and seas, and shot cattle and sheep directly. In the valley.

"That's right." Lorraine's answer made Huang Xuan feel powerless. Transporting 15,000 tons of wheat back would be worse than dumping it into the sea.

In 1999, before the Wall Street crash, the prices of agricultural products in the United States plummeted. The first trigger was the Soviet Union's lumber price war. Later, Canada's over-planted wheat harvest caused panic, which eventually caused the stock market to plummet. The depression begins.

From a simple perspective, the more output and less consumption, the greater the wealth. However, for the entire capitalist market, when output increases and consumption remains unchanged or even decreases, producers will reduce their income. When this happens, When earnings fall unexpectedly, factories will shut down, reducing consumption again and amplifying the crisis.

The reason why the economic crisis of the entire 1900s was called the "Great" Depression was also closely related to the crazy investment in the 1920s. Factory owners expanded production in the hope of increasing productivity and manufacturing more products, but the result was that People are disappointed.

This feeling of disappointment can be clearly felt in Detroit. Huang Xuan walked slowly on the bank of a river that passed through the city. There were not only many homeless people along the way, but also more people with dull eyes, stout but with nothing to do. men.

The Great Depression has lasted for years. The huge pressure of life has not only caused hunger, but also psychological hopelessness. The United States also had an unemployment rate of 1% in the 1980s—only half of the Great Depression—but just look at today From the words of Americans, we can know how much panic and harm it caused to them in those years.

"No one wants food, what should we do." Huang Xuan was almost talking to himself. Basically all the supplies they brought were agricultural products, and a few handicrafts were used as gifts, but no matter which kind they were, they were the cheapest items during this period.

Lorraine said nothing, which proved that there was nothing he could do. Huang Xuan sighed, feeling that he was very similar to the unemployed on the roadside. If he got nothing from this trip, he would lose everything - this is a real loss of money. Not only would all the materials need to be thrown away, but even the energy worth tens of millions of dollars would be lost. Burned in vain. Excluding the US$100 million still frozen in Huang's fund, Huang Xuan had no choice but to sell assets if he wanted to enter a new dimension again.

In order to store enough energy, it is not enough to rely on a few electrolytic aluminum farms. Furans has not yet entered the formal stage, and the energy that can be used is pitiful. It will take a lot of time to purchase futures.

Thinking of this, Huang Xuan couldn't help but speed up his pace. If Lorraine couldn't help, he would have to rely on himself.

In the late 1920s, Detroit reached its peak, with a population of more than 1 million, and became one of the four largest cities in the United States. As the backbone of the population, workers had an absolute advantage here.

If anyone watches NBA games, they will find that the Detroit Pistons' style has always been tough. People call them bench gangsters because Detroiters like this style. Therefore, only bad boys will be traded to Detroit to keep them. In Detroit.

There is also a toughness in the traffic on the street. Classic cars with loud horns roar past. When they encounter slow cars, the whites or blacks in the cars will yell and occasionally swear.

It's a completely unique style.

Huang Xuan's knowledge of Detroit far exceeds that of Japan. There was a time when the Huang family had great interest in the automobile industry, but of course, in the end, the trip did not take place.

However, during the year-long verification period, not only Zhang Xinyi, but also Huang Qunsheng also participated. When eating together, Huang Xuan could hear the name of Detroit from time to time.

Detroit is located in the Great Lakes region, backed by the Detroit River. The natural environment was originally very good, but years of industrial development have begun to destroy it all. Huang Xuan was walking beside an unknown blackwater tributary, and the air was filled with the corruption of garbage. Breathing, he whispered to Lorraine: "The four major American automobile companies (General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and America) are all headquartered in Detroit. If it were now, the automobile production here should be the first."

"That's right." Lorraine answered firmly.

Huang Xuan shrugged, passed by the two young men, stopped and looked around, and then noticed that many vehicles on the street were the same clumsy ones.

"This is..." Huang Xuan pointed to one of them.

"The Model T was once the most sold car in the world. Before production ceased in 1977, Ford produced 57% of all cars produced."

"I know it." The Model T car has four tires that look like bicycles. It entered China after the Revolution of 1911. You can see it in many movies about Shanghai. A bodyguard stands at the door of a Model T car. Position, watching the surrounding doors eagerly.

The Model T made Ford rise. When other cars sold for $0,000, the first Model T only cost $850. Five years ago, a Model T only cost $60. At that time, Ford factories had begun to implement a $5 daily wage. , that is to say, these workers only need two months' salary to buy a Model T car. This is still 191, and the United States is in a quagmire.

Huang Xuan actually didn't care about the Model T. He was trying to recall what his mother said when she talked about Ford. Only then did he realize that putting things in his head is more useful than putting them in a database. .

"Let's talk about Ford after the Model T." Huang Xuan had no choice but to ask Lorraine for help. Fortunately, there was also the Guardian.

"After Ford closed the Model T production line, it spent six months developing the Model A. The results were good. About 6 million units were sold. In the 2000s, there were V8 and Model B cars."

"Right here." Huang Xuan made a fist with his right hand, hit it on the palm of his left hand and said, "Lorraine, we sold the technology of Ford V8 and VB cars."

"Selling technology is usually prohibited in plane transactions. This will greatly reduce the energy of the buffer zone and result in less harvest. Usually people should still focus on material transactions."

"Does killing Napoleon not reduce the energy of the buffer zone?" Huang Xuan sneered. He was even more dismissive of Lorraine's suggestion that the harvest was less. Some income would be enough.

Lorraine defended: "That's because of the first sequence requirements..."

"OK." Huang Xuan pressed down his hands and said: "Ignore your sequence requirements. There is no plane base here. If you sell the technology, I will get benefits, and you will also have to buffer the energy. How good is it?" (To be continued) )