Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1219 Economic Law and Finance

"The transportation costs of the North American Free State, the national debt that needs to be paid when it is due, the acceptance bills that are cashed at sight, the national education and health expenditures, and the terrifying military expenditure..." Member of the Central Executive Committee, Minister of Finance, Director of the State Administration of Precious Metals Zhou Shenwo rubbed his forehead, and said with some headache: "Which one doesn't need money? Everything needs money! But the problem is that I'm not Monkey Sun, so I can't make a lot of money! Taking ten thousand steps back, even if we dig all the The big gold mine has a lot of money for a while, but can it really be put into the market? Can we really turn a blind eye to the hyperinflation caused? As I said a long time ago, the country has built too much infrastructure and paved too much The stalls have already exceeded the burden of our national power, and this kind of behavior that does not follow the economic laws is destined to pay for it in the future!"

Hai Dafu, who has already climbed to the high position of director of the Ministry of Finance, was stunned when he heard the words, thinking that I am not all-powerful, what's the use of losing your temper at me?But speaking of it, Lao Hai is really unlucky. Chairman Qiang scolded me for sending documents last time. This time, I was scolded by Committee Member Zhou for sending the repurchase case about the Southwest Railway. Is my popularity really that bad?Why do those assholes in the Ministry make me do this shit every time?

However, the country's financial distress is inevitable now. Who made the construction work too fast in the past few years, and made a lot of national debts and acceptance bills that are about to expire and need to be paid?It is also due to the rapid growth of national fiscal revenue in these years, otherwise, I am afraid that it would not be able to support the past. Didn’t you see that the renovation of sewage facilities in various settlements and the popularization of primary school education in the country in the past few years have come to an end without a problem?There is no other reason, it is too expensive, and the central government has no money, so it can only be sacrificed.

Especially the national primary school popularization plan, now it seems that it has really become a big joke.Not to mention other places, even Dongfang County, the first good place, is barely covered. This shows the difficulties faced by the implementation of this plan—mainly financial difficulties—school-age children across the country should play slowly. The ability to let you go to school (or even if you go to school, its quality is very dubious), it is very helpless to think about it.

"The principal and interest of the due treasury bonds that need to be paid this year totals 48 yuan, and it is estimated that there will be nearly 25 yuan of small-value acceptance bills that will be cashed this year. Even if we issue a new batch of bills to offset, the effect will be very limited; I need to use 10 yuan to subsidize Air Canada’s transportation of the Black Banners to the Free State of North America; support expenses for health and epidemic prevention, additional funds for the Science Spring Program, etc. This is to squeeze the oil out of my old bones..." Zhou Shenwo finally slapped the table heavily, and said with a depressed face: "Oh, yes, there are also the construction and maintenance costs of the new settlements. Damn, this is another big expense."

It is said that after several years of preparations, the East Coast Republic of China finally extended its claws to the area of ​​the famous Negro Reservoir in later generations this year, and established several settlements, which are located in the small village of Carlos Reyles (Carlos Reyles) in later generations. ) near Yunti Township, Anton Township near Paso de los Tolos, Liujiagang Township near San Gregorio de Polanco, and Mt. Yang Township, Shuoxiang Township near the small village of Cuchilla de Peralta, Xinhe Township near the small village of Clara, Xin'an Township near the small village of Merinos, located in Gray Xinding Township near the small village of Grecco, and Wannian Township near the small village of El Tarugo, a total of nine new settlements.

It is conservatively estimated that these nine new settlements will accommodate nearly [-] new and old immigrants. The initial expenditure on food and construction materials is not a small amount. , the Construction Bureau of the Ministry of Communications said hello, but they can advance funds for a while, and it will definitely be unbearable after a long time. The hole in the middle will eventually be smoothed out with money from the central government. After all, they are enterprises, and it is impossible to be your cow without limit.

Funds are so difficult, is it possible to overissue currency by printing money?The answer is yes on a small scale, but never on a large scale!Not to mention that these will all have to be repaid in the future (people don’t particularly trust paper bank acceptances, treasury bills, gold coupons, etc., and once they expire, many people will have the urge to exchange them for real money), just say Today's domestic inflation level on the East Coast is doomed not to continue like this!

Don't you see, the minimum wage of official citizens on the East Coast has reached the highest level in history of 7.5 yuan, which is still the level formed under the impact of a large number of non-national laborers with low wages. God knows if there are no cheap foreign labor, How high will the labor cost on the east coast be?Some people may ask, the Dutch pay sailors only 4-5 yuan a month, why are the people on the east coast so greedy and directly offer such a high salary?The answer is actually very simple, it is not caused by too much currency in circulation in the country!According to the non-responsible estimation of the Mei Agency, the funds deposited in the entire society of the East Coast Republic of China have definitely exceeded 2000 million yuan, and with the development of transportation and communications on the East Coast, the circulation efficiency of these funds has gradually increased, which will naturally increase. Given the degree of inflation, it is not so surprising that labor costs are increasing day by day.

You know, this is no small matter.High labor costs will affect the competitive efficiency of goods on the east coast. The only remaining handicraft industry in Spain was destroyed by hyperinflation, and people on the east coast do not want to repeat the same mistakes.Although today's East Coast has greatly reduced costs by relying on transportation efficiency and mechanical efficiency, it is difficult to say how competitive the East Coast's products are to the old continent's products in some industries that are not so highly mechanized. The labor cost is too high, and long-distance shipping costs, sales costs and tax costs have to be included in the transportation to the Old Continent. It is really not easy to compete.

It is precisely because high inflation has already shaken the industrial base of the east coast, and now the country is very cautious about issuing excessive currency, for fear of having a negative impact on the economy.And not only that, the Ministry of Finance is still using various means to recover currency (such as destroying a certain amount of bills), trying to make the economy more stable, and this will undoubtedly reduce the growth rate of the government's fiscal capacity-so now the problem is coming , under the circumstance of such huge expenses, the **** people are still eager to sell the Southwest Railway back to the people on the east coast, and it will cost a huge sum of 1000 million yuan. No wonder Zhou Shenwo is scratching his head Well, everyone who co-authored it is giving us financial people a difficult problem!

"The railway repurchase fund of 1000 million yuan is a big dream of the Spring and Autumn Period." Zhou Shenwo pasted the report on Hai Dafu's head, and said angrily: "The Ministry of Finance can only squeeze out the money in the next fiscal year." Pay up to 150 million yuan in cash, and let them figure out the rest. When the Southwest Railway was started, I disagreed. This group of guys who do not follow the economic laws and are so happy for their achievements, now I have to bear the consequences. I will go to him Grandma! Find a loan from the Dutch, I don’t care anymore!”

Hai Dafu couldn't remember the number of times he was reported to have his head smashed. Perhaps the chief officials of the finance department, such as Nie Xiaoqian, Qiang Quansheng, Zhou Shenwo and others, had this habit.After picking up the report embarrassingly, Hai Dafu cleared his throat, and said in a shy voice: "Chairman Zhou, Chairman Qiang has already agreed to this matter, and it is basically a foregone conclusion. I think——Is it possible to write about Ping An Machine Weaving Factory and Nanhai Fishery?" Companies, East Coast Building Materials Company, Northern Arsenal, National Grain Reserve and other enterprises, let them pay a little more profit in the next fiscal year under normal tax payment? I heard that the profit of the South China Sea Fishery Company is amazing. The annual profit It’s no less than 70 yuan, and it doesn’t seem to be a big problem to turn over a little more to the central government.”

Zhou Shenwo stared at Hai Dafu for a long time, then stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it!"

"Bring what?" Hai Dafu didn't react for a moment, and after a long while, he hurriedly handed the report to Zhou Shenwo.

"State-owned enterprises can't draw blood without limit." Zhou Shenwo sighed and said after studying for a long time: "We still have to borrow from foreign countries. If we issue bonds domestically, we may not be able to raise enough funds. In addition, the Southwest Railway It seems that it is also a way to sell some of the shares in the public. In short, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and how much money can be earned back. These guys who do not follow the economic laws will never allow such things to happen again in the future. Appeared. Digging such a big hole, and then retired, leaving it for others to fill in, it’s really playing the piano!"

"It's just that if we do this, other funds will be squeezed, such as the subsidy for transporting the Black Banners to the North American Free State. Well, these costs have never been fully allocated anyway, and Air Canada is also weak in transporting people. , only a few thousand Black Banners and their family members have been transported there, so let’s stop for a while, anyway, it costs 10 yuan a year, which can save a little bit; there is also the cost of health science popularization, which was originally planned to be in Among the new immigrants, we should increase the popularization of health and epidemic prevention knowledge and train more medical personnel in the villages. Now it seems that it is time to slow down, and it can save 8 to [-] yuan in a year; the army requires that companies equipped with Mini rifles The plan to increase to three will be stopped immediately, mother, it is a waste of money, and I have to order new woolen military uniforms, bah, all of them are not allowed..." Zhou Shenwo picked up a bag on his left hand He folded the files, frowning and crossing each item on the top, making Hai Dafu stunned to see it below.

"Fuck, next year the military is said to be launching some military operations against Brazil! How did I forget about this! Where did the military expenses come from!" Halfway through the cross-drawing, Zhou Shenwo suddenly opened his mouth and said, "This gang The guy is planning to rob Portugal before distributing military expenses, right? Fuck, a bunch of hungry wolves rushing into Portugal to raise their own military expenses, it’s quite touching to think about it!"

(End of this chapter)