C3600 To pay off ones debt with ones own money (1/2)
The problem had to be solved once it appeared, but the solution to it could not be left to the merchants and capitalists to decide, Xiao Letian was not easy to deceive.
”I already know about your complaints, but is the problem really as serious as you think? ”I don't think so …” Xiao Letian waved her hands to stop them from explaining.
”Let's listen to my plan first before explaining anything. I know about your predicament, but there are only two reasons for it. The first is the large amount of arrears in the purchase order of the government, and the second is the capital outflow that reduced the amount of money on the market …”
”Right? ”There's really no other way. War requires money, and the Chinese don't have that much money. They can only squeeze out everything to satisfy the war's demands …”
Xiao Letian laughed bitterly and said, ”I thought I was some kind of idealist, but it looks like what I did was only a centralized military dictatorship.”
”Leader, don't say that …” Everyone stood up. ”Where would a military victory come from without a dictatorship? ”Battling isn't child's play, especially when fighting against the strong. We need to pool all our resources …”
”If we bet on the future of our nation, how could we have fantasies? ”In the wild beasts' jungle, we Chinese lack fangs, so no matter how bitter the lives of the people are, it's still better than losing our country and becoming slaves …”
After these officers finished speaking, they continued to glance at Mi Fei and Old Cow, frightened to the point that they shrunk their necks.
”The achievements of history, let history evaluate them... ”I have to solve this problem first!”
”You can rest assured that the government's order will not let you suffer a loss, but I will not exchange all these white bars in one go, because the other Chinese plans require cash flow!”
”As for the government's arrears, I will prepare the following areas to settle. First, I will directly exchange 20 million silver dollars' worth of funds into a white slip of paper …” This is basically releasing the cash flow so that your business can be maintained! ”
”The second way is to auction new assets to pay off the debt... His eyes lit up? ”Haha, it seems like you are interested …”
”That's right!” Annan and the Luzon are our newly annexed territories, undeveloped territories... Farmland, forests, minerals, seaports... What do you mean I can't sell it? ”
”Take out the white bars and start the auction according to the number of white bars you have!” ”How could you guys be at a disadvantage in this kind of business?”
”Do you and Niu Jinfu want to win a gold mountain? Do you want a few of Brunei's oil wells? Annan's ready-made farmland can be packaged and sold in a thousand minutes! ”
”Are all of you still afraid of not earning enough money in the future …?”
”Third... ”Haha …” Xiao Letian laughed coldly, ”I have been preparing for the Franco-Prussian War for many years. In order to stabilize the backyard, I have been suppressing the prices of Chinese goods!”
”Tell me, if I were to lift this ban, how much would your profit margins increase?”
”Hiss …” Mi Fei and Niu Jinfu sucked in a breath of cold air as their eyes lit up, ”Really? Führer, are you really going to let go of the price controls? ”
One of the things that made the Chinese merchants unhappy about Xiao Letian's rule was that he had always controlled the sale of food and industrial products within the Kingdom of Qing.
There were many goods that could be sold for three times the profit, but the Chinese ban was suppressed to no more than twice that, especially with regards to controlling the price of food.
These were all goods sold within the country. Rice, wheat, cotton, and light industrial products such as iron nail s, lanterns, glass, pots and pans, etc.