Liu Town, big market, huge crowds of people on the streets, shouting and shouting all the time
The street has not been so lively for a long time, especially in front of the grain store, which is full of villagers waiting to sell grain, all waiting to sell out the grain so that they can go to the big market.
In order to prevent the common people from increasing production without increasing their income, and from unscrupulous grain merchants taking the opportunity to suppress grain prices, and to store more grain, the Seventh Company also set up a grain collection point in Jishang, and the price was basically the same as the grain price outside the town.
This drew a line for the grain merchants in the town. If the price of grain was too low, they would not be able to receive grain at all. They would have to pay as much as they had over the Eighth Road.
The entire southeastern Shanxi Province is still very short of food. The most scarce resource during the war years was food.
The surplus grain in the Liuzhen market is not enough. As long as you buy it and transport it outside, you will get at least a few percent profit!
Under the catfish effect of the Eighth Route Army, the price of food in Liuzhen not only did not decrease, but was slightly higher than in previous years. This was the effect Chuxiong needed.
He is not afraid of grain merchants buying the grain, even if they sell it to the Japanese!
However, food prices cannot be low. If business in Liuzhen wants to prosper, it must follow market rules and use market regulation.
Taking advantage of Liu Town's bumper grain harvest this year, the Seventh Company stockpiled a large amount of grain in Laoying and also released a certain amount of silver dollars to make the market active.
More than 200,000 silver dollars were seized and confiscated in the old camp, which is a lot of money for a small town.
The Eighth Route Army purchased grain and released part of it for circulation, and the common people obtained a certain amount of currency by selling grain.
People who have money will buy daily necessities, and the market will naturally become active.
Therefore, currency will only have value if it circulates, otherwise it will be just a pile of silver!
The little money from the Eighth Route Army could only serve as an inducement. When the market became active, the silver coins stored in the homes of landlords and landlords would also come out to participate in market circulation, because they needed to profit from commercial activities.
Finally it was Gao Dashuan's turn. His wheat was of good quality and was rated as high quality by the grain store. The 238 kilograms of wheat he brought sold for 6.45 yuan. This price was a little higher than last year. This made Gao Dashuan very satisfied. .
Farmers are afraid that if they receive three to five dou more, they will sell for a few cents less.
The Eighth Route Army's agricultural tax collection collects both currency and grain. This prevents ordinary people from paying taxes and being exploited by grain stores.
Outside of Liu Town, the authorities only collect taxes in silver dollars, which gives grain merchants room to operate.
During times of good harvest, the price of grain is kept very low, and farmers are eager to sell grain to pay taxes, so they can only sell it to grain dealers at low prices, and they take advantage of them!
It is flexible to collect both grain and silver dollars. Large landowners have a lot of grain and have silver dollars at home. If the price of grain is low, they will hoard it first, and it is convenient to pay silver dollars.
In this way, there will be more and more silver dollars in the market, and the market will become more active.
After Gao Da Shuan had money in his pocket, his waist became much straighter.
First, we took Gou Er and Xiao Hua to a noodle stall, where each of them ate a large bowl of haggis noodles. Their stomachs were full and their mouths were full of oil.
Then I bought a bunch of sweet candied haws for the dog. When I was about to leave, I saw Xiao Hua drooling. After thinking about it, I bought a bunch for Xiao Hua, and Xiao Hua suddenly burst into laughter.
Seeing the two children happily licking the candied haws, Gao Da Shuan's heart felt as sweet as honey. Such days were something I never dared to imagine before!
After coaxing the dolls, it was natural to get down to business, and the family went straight to the foreign cloth store.
The business in the foreign cloth shop was very busy today, and it was crowded with customers who came to pick cloth. Judging from their clothes, most of them were farmers like tall Shuan.
In previous years, this was not a place they could enter. In many families, several brothers would wear the same clothes when they went out. At other times and on other occasions, they would be naked.
Farmers have a hard time, so when life is a little better, even if the family eats less, they still have to buy clothes first. Chinese people still know etiquette!
The cloth shop owners also understood this, so they imported a lot of relatively low-priced low-grade cloth from other places and specially supplied it to these farmers. The farmers were still reluctant to part with the foreign cloth that was so good.
Before entering the cloth store, Gao Dashuan grabbed a few pieces of his own. He always felt that he was a rich man. After entering the cloth store, he went straight to the high-end foreign cloth area.
He still hopes that his guests will be well-dressed, and now they can have a full stomach. Naturally, they want to be full and warm!
"Boss, how much does this kind of foreign cloth cost?"
Gao Dachuan fell in love with a foreign cloth with bright red flowers at a glance. He had seen Mr. Gao's ninth aunt wear it before, and it was very eye-catching.
When a waiter saw someone asking, he casually replied:
"This is expensive, 8 yuan per horse!"
Gao Dashuan immediately retracted his hand.
Gao Dachuan had calculated that one piece of cloth would be enough for everyone in the family to buy a set of clothes, but the price was too worrying!
Gou'er's mother hurriedly came over and pulled the bolt open, but Shuanzi was a little unwilling. He liked this fabric so much that he looked like a bride when he put it on.
His family was poor before, and he didn't even wear any decent clothes when his son got married. He was going to bite the bullet and spend eight feet to make a suit for his mother!
"Boss, please help me calculate how much it will cost to make one for my guest."
"The light cloth costs about six cents per piece. Including the labor cost, it will not be less than two yuan!"
Shuanzi clicked his tongue after hearing this, but he decided to buy it anyway.
"Boss, I want it!"
When the dog's mother heard this, he quickly pulled the bolt open.
"Shuanzi, it's too expensive and too flashy. I can't wear it out. I'll buy it next year. Save some money this year!"
Shuanzi was still a little reluctant, but he couldn't resist his guest, so he finally picked several kinds of fabrics from the low-grade fabric section. There were about two pieces of cloth in total, enough for each person in the family to make two pieces, and the total cost was less than three yuan. .
When he left, Shuanzi was still unwilling, and secretly made up his mind that if he had to work hard for another year this year, he would definitely get two things for his mother next year!
"interesting!"
Men, after having a full stomach, they are still willing to spend money on the guests.
Farmers don't spend money to find tailors to make clothes. This is a waste of money and can't be spent. The dog can make it himself. Although it doesn't look so good, it saves money!
With more than three yuan left, I went to cut a few pounds of meat and bought oil and salt. The whole family was going to make dumplings for dinner in the evening.
Now that he had money, Shuanzi spent a lot of money. Finally, he went to a jewelry store and bought a piece of silver jewelry for Gou'erniang for one yuan. This time, Gou'erniang didn't refuse.
I bought some cigarettes for the old lady, and I only had one yuan left, which I kept for emergencies.
The market was about to end, and Shuanzi pulled the cart. In the cart sat the guests and their children, as well as a lot of fabrics and various things, and they went home happily!
"Let's eat dumplings tonight! The ones filled with meat!"
The dog shouted happily.
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Such a beautiful day!
