Chapter 174 – The Mysterious Tractor

That autumn, Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi was not shot. There was not even an attempted assassination. The incident that had happened in my previous life’s history simply did not occur.

On the other hand, pressure from companies involved in trade was so strong that the government still had not taken the step of abandoning the gold standard. Judging from how overpowering those voices were, even if the Seiyūkai cabinet had remained in power, they probably wouldn’t have been able to do it. Unless the nation experienced some painful shock, stopping it seemed unlikely.

Other countries besides Japan were writhing in their own ways as well. The situation was so dire that even America, the one siphoning up all the gold, was no exception.

On top of that, Japan was struck by an unprecedented bumper crop, followed immediately by a bumper-harvest famine.

I didn’t