"It's still the same old problem. Entities and finance have formed a seesaw. Although the victory of this war has stabilized people's hearts, the problem of too much money and no place to invest still exists!"
"Not only does it exist, but it has become even more serious, because you, the head of state, have brought us an additional 296.6 million taels of silver!"
"There is suddenly so much money. Is this a lot of flying money?"
"So much money will always enter the market through various channels. Even if they lie in the treasury and sleep, you will use them as collateral to print banknotes and issue them!"
"Government procurement, military procurement, increasing salaries, expanding investment... Anyway, head of state, you have 10,000 ways to spend this money!"
"And the money you spend is the water that flows out! It's hard for you to control it!"
"There is more and more money flying in the market, but physical investment is still very weak after all... God, how can there not be bold people in this environment?"
"On the surface, Zhang Xiaowen's behavior is the greed of one person and a small group of people... But if you get to the bottom of it, the root cause of this problem is actually the imbalance of our economic structure!"
"The head of state did not kill Zhang Xiaowen just now. Not only did you show kindness and kindness, but the head of state saw through the essence of the matter. You really know the root cause of Zhang DaDa and his group's wanton behavior!"
"So you don't kill him! It's still useful to keep him alive!"
"If you don't dig out the root of the disease, you can't just pick the boil on the surface!"
Liu Henzhen's remarks finally made the generals with the worst financial understanding in the room nod. Luo Huo took off his hat and scratched his scalp and sighed, "No wonder civil servants have been in charge of the country since ancient times. This How do you grow a melon on your head?"
"Isn't it just a bold case, and you actually pulled out so many truths from it? The point is... this damn thing is quite smooth, even I understand it!"
Xiao Letian clapped his hands, "Wonderful! I haven't had such a wonderful brainstorm for a long time! Well, now that we are talking about this, let's talk about how to solve this problem!"
"We must not imitate France and end up becoming a loan sharking country! Xiang Ying, tell me... you studied in Europe and participated in this law popularization. You must have an analysis!"
Xiang Ying has been studying eagerly from beginning to end. He understands that his master is cultivating him. If he wants to be a prime minister in the future, he must have economic and cultural skills.
After thinking about it, Xiang Ying said, "The French were described by their master as... usurious imperialism, which is really vivid. I have often heard people in Europe say that not only do the French like to lend money, but the country also loves to lend money!"
"Why did such a culture form? In fact, the root cause is two points. One is that the Great Revolution divided the land, and there is no landlord class in France!"
"In other words, no one dares to join the landlord class anymore. No one who has money is willing to buy land from farmers, and no one is willing to annex land!"
"But instead of annexing land, these rich people have thought of another way to exploit farmers...that is to lend money! To usury!"
"You must know that it is very difficult for homesteaders to withstand natural disasters. Natural and man-made disasters can easily bankrupt them, but the land in their hands is not as easy to sell as the Qing Dynasty..."
"At this time, the squires walking in the countryside will turn into loan sharks. The farmers will be locked up by compound interest rates, and the power of capital will be used to make farmers become long-term workers for generations to come!"
"Many farmers cannot afford to exchange for high-interest loans. They can only pay off the interest with one year's income. The remaining principal will always be compound interest!"
"Over time, a large group of businessmen who are good at lending appeared in French society, and this became a cultural foundation!"
"The second reason is the competition between Britain and France. Since these two countries have been in a state of competition for hundreds of years, the battlefield continues and France ends up losing more than winning!"
"The overseas market has been taken away by the British, and the most fertile colonies are also populated by British people! This has caused the French economy to stagnate!"
"It's not that they don't want to use money to expand industry, the key is that there is no market and raw material base... they have all been taken away by the British, and the remaining share is not enough to absorb so much currency!"
"As Mr. Hesitation just said, there is too much money and not enough industry. Why would they not lend money? Capital syndicates will naturally form!"
"Learn from France! I think we Chinese must be pragmatic and avoid shortcomings, and money must turn into our flesh and blood!"
"We can't let so much money turn into a troublemaker with no place to invest! If you have nothing to say, hurry up and speed up the fortress plan and start investing!"
"A fortress is a new city, an industrial zone...Infrastructure construction, industrial construction, docks, roads and even trains and railways all require money!"
"Invest your money and plow it into industry. This is the only way!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Henzhen immediately asked, "What Captain Xiang said is good, but there are also problems! First of all, our fortress plan was blocked by the Manchu and Qing court, and there has been no progress. The delay is not a month or two!"
"How to pressure the Manchus to implement the agreement immediately is the most critical!"
"The second problem is time. Even if the Manchus agree, from infrastructure construction to the formal operation of the factory to make money, will it take less than five years?"
"You must know that starting infrastructure construction cannot consume so much money on the market today! After all, there is still a lot of money flying out, and there will still be people speculating!"
"We can't always rely on the head of state to personally suppress it!"
"The head of state can come forward to solve large-scale crimes like Zhang Xiaowen's, but in the future we are likely to encounter a large group of wild wolves harassing us!"
"What if these flying money sometimes gather together to speculate on a stock or a commodity? Aren't we exhausted?"
"The price of cotton yarn has skyrocketed, so we grab cotton yarn? The price of tea leaves has skyrocketed, so let's check the tea leaves? Are all stock and futures markets sending troops to garrison 365 days a day?"
"No! There is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days!"
Liu Henzhen said that he laughed angrily at the end, "It's not the head of state's fault for extorting so much money from France in one fell swoop! Four hundred and thirty-two million silver dollars!"
"Oh my God! How big an industrial plate can fit this!"
Xiao Letian also smiled bitterly, "Hey... I have made a lot of money for everyone, but I am causing trouble!"
But think about it. In the previous Sino-Japanese War, Japan extorted 230 million taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty. With this large sum of money, Japan suddenly became the most powerful country in Asia!
It was precisely with this initial capital that after World War I and before World War II, Japan's national power ranked sixth in the world!
Now Xiao Letian has brought 200 million more start-up funds to the Chinese than him!
This has really become a sweet burden!
