Problems must be solved when they arise, but the solution cannot be decided by businessmen and capitalists. Xiao Letian is not that easy to deceive.
"I already know that you are complaining, but is the problem really as serious as you think? I don't think so..." Xiao Letian waved his hand to stop them from explaining.
"Listen to my plan first and then explain it. I understand your dilemma. In fact, to put it bluntly, there are two points. The first root cause is the massive arrears of government purchase orders, and the second one is that capital outflows have reduced the currency on the market... "
"Isn't that right? There is really no way around the first point. War costs money, and the Chinese don't have that much money, so they can only drain everything to meet the needs of the war..."
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and said, "I thought I was some kind of idealist, but now it seems that what I am doing is nothing more than a centralized military dictatorship..."
"Don't say that, head of state..." Everyone here stood up. "Without dictatorship, how can there be military victory? War is not a child's play, especially competing with the great powers, which requires the concentration of all resources..."
"How can we have any illusions about the super national fortune that is betting on the future of the nation? In the jungle of wild beasts, what we Chinese people lack now are fangs. No matter how miserable the folk life is, it is better than losing the country and becoming a slave..."
After these officers finished speaking, they kept looking at Mi Fu and Lao Niu, making them shrink back in fear.
"Let history evaluate the merits and demerits of history...solve the immediate problem first!"
"You can rest assured that the government's orders will never make you suffer, but I won't redeem all these IOUs in one go, because the Chinese family's other plans require more cash flow!"
"I am going to solve the government's debt in the following aspects. First, prepare 20 million silver dollars to be directly exchanged for IOUs in proportion... This is actually to release cash flow to you so that your business can continue!"
"The second way is to auction off new assets to pay off debts... Are your eyes lit up? Haha, it looks like you are interested..."
"That's right! Annan and Luzon are our newly annexed territories, undeveloped territories... farmland, forests, minerals, seaports... what can't I sell?"
"You come here with the IOUs and conduct an auction based on the number of IOUs! How can you possibly suffer losses in this kind of business?"
"Do you, Mi Fu and Niu Jinfu, want to capture a golden mountain? Do you want some oil wells in Brunei? I can package and sell one thousand hectares of ready-made farmland in Annan!"
"Are you still afraid that you won't make any money in the future..."
"Third... haha..." Xiao Letian sneered, "I have been preparing for the Franco-Prussian War for many years. In order to stabilize the backyard and prevent it from catching fire, I have always suppressed the prices of Chinese products!"
"How much will your profit margin increase if I lift this ban?"
Hiss... Mi Fu and Niu Jinfu gasped and their eyes lit up, "Seriously? Head of State, are you really going to relax price controls?"
One thing about Xiao Letian's administration that made Chinese businessmen unhappy was that Xiao Letian had been imposing price controls on the sales of grain and industrial products within the Qing Dynasty.
Obviously, many products can have three times the profit, but the Chinese ban has suppressed it to no more than double, especially the strictest control on food prices.
These are goods sold within the Qing Dynasty, including rice, wheat, cotton textiles and light industrial products, such as nails, lanterns, glass, pots and pans, etc.
People say that Xiao Letian has a bodhisattva heart and does not want to see his compatriots of the same culture and race suffer hardship, so he makes a profit at a loss... Nowadays, the so-called Tongzhi ZTE in the Qing Dynasty is largely supported by the low-priced grain and light industrial products of the Chinese. of.
The overall cost of living for the people has been reduced, and at least the food supply has increased. The people of the Qing Dynasty, especially those in several important cities, are actually three points better off.
Of course, all these achievements were taken by the Manchus. They trumpeted the Tongzhi ZTE and took all the credit for themselves.
It was not until today that people understood Xiao Letian's intentions. It turned out that it was not a woman's kindness at all, but a reassurance pill for the Qing government so that the Franco-Prussian War would not be disturbed!
"You are short of money, so let me make more money and loosen the ropes that bind your hands and feet... I don't believe that this new increase in profits cannot make up for your cash flow?"
"You need to take a longer-term view, and take a longer-term view... The temporary hardship is for the sake of better sweetness in the future!"
"I will inject you with a cash flow, and then auction the assets with real money. In the third step, you will also let go of price controls... If you can't pass this, it only means that you are incompetent!"
Mi Fu and Lao Niu looked at each other, "The head of state... can... can you ask the central bank to relax the loan of tens of millions more, and we can pay more interest!"
"The turnover of 20 million is really a little less than a drop in the bucket..."
Xiao Letian shook his head, "I haven't finished speaking yet. I have just solved the first difficulty, which is the problem of debt owed by the Chinese government. The second reason for the lack of funds is actually foreign trade! "
"After all, our currency is real gold and silver. No one can conjure silver and gold out of thin air... In the past, we relied too much on European military products, especially German weapons!"
"Now...we have won the Franco-Prussian war, we have received war reparations, and the great powers have relaxed restrictions on military merit and technology..."
"Right behind me, a steady stream of military equipment has arrived, and some of the engineers and blue-collar students who have been trained for many years have also returned with the ship..."
"In the future, the outflow of gold and silver caused by the trade in arms and industrial products will be curbed... In this way, the continuous circulation of gold and silver currency in our own business district will only increase and not decrease..."
"Don't forget that there are also silver mountains from South America to supplement. Why are you worried about this?"
"As for the bank loan limit you mentioned, I will gradually increase it later... Just keep it in mind, I have returned to Asia and have no plans to go abroad in the future!"
"I can't run away. If there is any disturbance in the market, I will temporarily put out the fire... Isn't this okay?"
Having said that, Mi Fu and Niu Jinfu couldn't refute it. In fact, the key thing was that the plan to pay debts with assets made them excited.
Land, mines, forests... and franchise rights are the resources that businessmen value most. With these, it is not that difficult to dismantle money.
When Xiao Letian saw that the two of them were in love, he immediately arranged the task, "You already know the plan. Now go and appease all the Chinese businessmen... Tell them that the sky cannot fall as long as I, Xiao Letian, are here!"
"And there's something wrong with the way you look at the problem... Don't always think about sharing the war reparations. Is it really just for the reparations that you invest in the war?"
