Therefore, at the beginning of the development of each country, the government will take all measures to protect and support its own and its own national industries and manufacturing industries, restrict the import of foreign goods, and let its own industries and manufacturing industries gradually develop and grow until they can compete with foreign goods. The measures taken are mainly to provide technical support, capital subsidies, and tax reduction support for the industries and manufacturing industries of the country and the nation; for foreign commodities, they are mainly hindered by imposing high tariffs, but when the Qing court was in power, it did not support its own industries or restrict foreign goods, and as a result, our country, national industries, and manufacturing industries could not develop, and even if there were a small number of national industries, they were only struggling to support them, and as a result, most of the goods used by our people could only use foreign goods. This is not because we are smarter and more capable, but because the East China government has taken measures to protect its own industries and manufacturing industries and restrict foreign goods, and it is only in these few years that we have achieved a number of our own industries, and the quality of our products has also been greatly improved. Now that the concession has been brought under the jurisdiction of our East China Government, it is up to us to develop our own and our nation's industries and manufacturing industries. ”

After listening to Li Songchen's speech, the room was silent for more than 2 minutes, Li Songchen said that the theory of trade protection, in the society before the crossing, is a very common truth, even if it is the WTO, the developing countries also have special trade protection regulations, but in this era of China, it is a brand new concept, of course, it has been put forward before, such as the development of national industries, the control of tariffs, etc., but what is put forward is one-sided, there is no such a whole as Li Songchen said, but this set of theories is not profound, very easy to understand, not to say businessmen, even the workers' representatives also understand, and no one can say the reason for opposition。

Seeing that no one spoke again, Li Songchen said again: "What we just said is only the import of foreign goods, and now we will talk about the export of Chinese products." Saying that, Li Songchen paused, looked at the merchant representatives present, and all the businessmen subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to meet Li Songchen's gaze, looking quite weak-hearted, and Li Songchen did not say anything, continued: "Our exports are basically mineral products, raw materials, of course, there are also a small number of handicrafts, this is nothing, after all, the things we produce are not as good as foreigners, we can only buy these local products, but what is the price of buying? ”

As he spoke, Li Songchen took out a piece of paper and read it, it turned out that this was the price of mineral products, raw materials, and handicrafts exported by China, mainly including various ores, raw silk, tung oil, pig bristles, tea, silk, porcelain, silk fabrics, etc., as well as the prices of these commodities in international trade, and the prices of the vast majority of commodities exported by China were lower than the prices of normal international trade.

Listening to Li Songchen's reading of these prices, many businessmen were a little restless, because in this price, there is a credit to these comprador businessmen, because comprador businessmen are dependent on foreign capital to exist, and it is natural to safeguard the interests of foreign capital, so the price of export products is naturally pressed as low as possible, and there are also comprador businessmen's own interests, and the lower the price of export products, the more the comprador businessman will earn from it. The Chinese who produce these commodities are basically small and medium-sized handicraft workshops, even families, and they are simply unable to negotiate with foreign capital on an equal footing, plus comprador businessmen are divided and selected from them, and sometimes they are suppressed with the help of the power of the government, and as a result, the price is extremely low, and can only be avoided and maintained.

Li Songchen also said: "On the one hand, the high prices of commodities imported into China have made huge profits, and the low prices have hindered the development of national assets; on the other hand, the prices of China's exports to foreign countries have been pushed to the minimum and the profits are meager.

After a long while, an old merchant said, " District Chief Li, what you said is indeed not wrong, what we people did in the past is indeed not good, but we also do have difficulties, just like you just said, we people all rely on foreigners to make a living, do not do things for foreigners, how can we succeed, and these things, we do not do, there are still others to do them; in the final analysis, this is the incompetence of the imperial court, which makes foreigners run rampant, if the imperial court can control foreigners, we people will not do these things, the East China government confiscated the assets of Britain, France, Japan and Russia, it is completely right. I just ask the East China government to think about the life and death of our people, without the foreigners' trading houses, our business will not be able to do, the family, and the guys who work for us will not have to drink the northwest wind, the East China government will give us a way to live. ”

If it is said that in the introduction of foreign goods into the Chinese market, there is still a lot of argument, but there is no way to refute the export of China's minerals and raw materials at the bottom price, of course, if it is to other people, these businessmen can also quibble, if there is no compulsion, they feel that the price is low and they can not sell it. But these businessmen know that this set is not easy to use in front of the East China government, so don't be bored, or play the sad card.

So many people also echoed the voice, saying that they were extremely miserable, and a few people cried.

Li Songchen said at this time: "You want to rest assured, of course we will not let you be cornered, everyone is Chinese, all of them are Yanhuang grandsons, so we will definitely point out a clear path for you." ”

Immediately there was a humanitarian: "What is the way out?"

Li Songchen said: "First of all, I want to say that all the businessmen here have made a lot of money over the years, and many of them have also bought some small industries, that is, they don't do anything, and they won't starve to death after eating for a few years, it's just to make less money." And the income of the workers, of course, is not higher than that of businessmen, but it is also much higher than that of ordinary Chinese, so there is some accumulation, and it is no problem to support it for a few months, so don't cry poor in front of me. The road will be pointed to you, but under the rule of our East China government, it is impossible to earn the difference in the price of import and export goods like before, even if there is, there is not so much profit, so if you want to have a big development in the future, it is best to invest in industry and run a big industry, which is the aspect of national and personal development, and our East China government will also provide you with technical guidance, training, And there will be a certain amount of support in the policy, of course, I will not go into detail here about the conditions of the club, we have prepared detailed information, and after the meeting is over, you can come to receive. If you still have questions, you can also ask. ”

After hearing this, some of the merchants were a little tempted, but most were skeptical. This time, a worker representative said: "District Chief Li, what you just said is the way out for those businessmen and big bosses, what should we workers do?"

Li Songchen nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'll talk about workers soon, the foreign industries we confiscated are still being cleaned up, but it has been determined that some of them can be retained, and some can continue to operate after transformation, mainly public facilities, service industries and manufacturing industries supporting the original concession, among which a number of enterprises and factories will be taken over by our East China government, so they can reopen and operate immediately, and those who work in these enterprises and factories can also resume work." In addition, there are a number of shops and factories that we plan to hand over to private management, and after 10 days, we will conduct public auctions, and when these factories are auctioned off and someone takes over, they will reopen immediately, and when the auction is made, we will accept the original workers as one of the conditions, so it will not take long for the workers working in these factories to work. ”

"Of course, there are only a few factories and shops that can be re-operated, and most of the enterprises, factories and shops will basically be closed, so there will definitely be a considerable number of workers who are unemployed, and for this group of workers, we have organized a number of factories and shops in Shanghai New Area to hold a recruitment union, which will be carried out here in three days, and everyone can come here to find a new job. After a while, after the meeting, we will post the list of factories and shops that can be reopened, as well as the list of factories and shops that need to recruit workers, and ask all the workers' representatives to inform other workers when they go back. ”

The 30 workers' representatives present listened to this and discussed with each other, and all of them also felt that the East China Government's arrangement was good, and that the workers' ideas were simpler than those of the businessmen, and that as long as they had work to do, they could support their families with water, so it didn't matter who they were working for, and most of the workers' representatives also knew that the salaries in the Shanghai New Area were not lower than those in the concessions, so they did not say anything more.

At this time, Li Songchen said: "This time, the factory, shop auction, is for everyone, if you are interested, you can also come to participate in the auction, in fact, for you, this is a good opportunity to transform the industry, because these factories, shops are very complete, there are skilled workers, as long as you win the right to operate, you can open immediately, you can save a lot of things." If someone feels that their capital is not enough, or that the risk is too great, they can also participate in the auction jointly. We have also prepared the materials, and those who are interested can come and pick them up later, and please inform other merchants of this information. ”

After the businessmen listened, some people were quite moved and eager to try, others bowed their heads and pondered, and some people looked left and right, and discussed with each other, in different forms.

Li Songchen saw it, and was also very satisfied with the result, and said: "If you don't have anything else, then this consultation is here, and you can go back and seriously consider the conditions we said." ”