Chapter 648: The Interests of the Peasants
The chief smiled and said, "It's still the prime minister, you think thoughtfully!" That's it! He can ignore the letter, this is face to face, I see what he says! ”
The leader and the prime minister were discussing, and Gao Liguo hurriedly walked in from outside.
Seeing Gao Liguo, there was a trace of helplessness on the faces of the leader and the prime minister, and the leader said with a wry smile: "I said Liguo, are you urging the ghost to be reincarnated?" If you don't force me and the prime minister to death, you won't give up, will you? ”
A trace of bitterness flashed across Gao Liguo's face, and he said in a loud voice: "Chief, Prime Minister, I don't want to do this, but...... But I really can't help it! Seeing that the peasants have no way to live, I, the Minister of Agriculture, if I don't do something, I will be ashamed of my status as a member of the court. ”
The chief said, "I know what you said. However, the country also has its own difficulties, and the grain in the hands of the peasants is bought with a drop of blood and sweat, and I am also a peasant, so I have no doubt about this at all.
Farmers want to sell their grain at a good price, and I understand. But don't forget about it, now after all, it is a market economy, and everything is decided by the market. Supply and demand are iron laws, and whoever violates this law will have to pay the price.
Now that China's grain harvest has been bumper year after year, the market has long been saturated, and the current grain prices are falling one day at a time, and that is normal.
Now the government gives a guaranteed purchase price, which is more than a dime per pound of the market price, if the state forcibly intervenes, the state will not be able to come up with so much money, not to mention, it will disrupt the market, and the gains outweigh the losses! You are only considering the interests of the peasants on the one hand, but we must grasp the overall situation and build the country. You have to understand us! ”
Gao Liguo's face was full of bitterness, and he couldn't help but say: "I understand you, but who understands and understands our farmers." We say that the peasants are the foundation of the country, and without the peasants, there would be no present and future of the country.
But the chief, the peasant who has contributed so much to the country, is suffering a huge grievance! They sweat the most. The reward is minimal.
Under the scorching sun. In the pouring rain, aren't the rickety figures in the fields worthy of sympathy? It is said that the pay is proportional to the return. But why is it not such a thing when it comes to the peasants? Chiefs, Prime Ministers, peasants are bitter! I worked hard for a year without day and night. Just waiting for the harvest, watching his hard work become a brand new ticket, but this qiē has come to naught at this moment, this kind of pain is inevitably too great. The farmers have already paid the sweat of hard work, and what they can't end up reaping is tears of grievance! Absolutely not! ”
The more Gao Liguo spoke, the more excited he became, and his voice became louder and louder.
The chief and prime minister looked at him calmly, as if admiring his impassioned appearance.
"Gao Liguo. Licentious! ”
At this moment, Lin Chaoran shouted angrily and hurriedly broke in.
glared at him and shouted, "What kind of attitude do you have? Did you talk to the chief like that? I told you when you were a soldier under me that a soldier who has no sense of superiority in his heart is not a good soldier! ”
Gao Liguo glanced back at Lin Chaoran, and he couldn't speak.
The leader smiled and said, "Lao Lin." Don't blame Liguo, he is fighting for the peasants, and there is fire in his heart. Hehe......" Gao Liguo looked at the leader and said apologetically: "Leader, I'm sorry, I was so excited just now.
I ask for your forgiveness and the Prime Minister's forgiveness for being a bit excessive. ”
The prime minister shook his head with a smile and said: "If you dare to get angry with us, it means that you, the Minister of Agriculture, are not eating dry rice, and your heart is indeed pretending to be our farmers, and we will not criticize you, but praise you!" ”
Lin Chaoran hurriedly said: "Fortunately, the leader and the prime minister are reasonable people, otherwise, with your nonsense today, even if you are removed, you deserve it!" ”
The leader smiled bitterly: "Lao Lin, you don't have to be sloppy here." The Prime Minister and I are not as muddy as you think! ”
Lin Chaoran smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "The main thing is that this kid is too impulsive, I'm also reminding him, hehe......" The leader and the prime minister looked at each other and shook their heads, the leader looked at Gao Liguo and asked seriously: "Now that the grain problem has really evolved into a strict situation as you say, the majority of farmers have begun to shed tears of grievance?" ”
Gao Liguo said: "It's not! During the spring ploughing, they sweetly encouraged the peasants to grow grain on a large scale, swearing that they would buy all the grain in the hands of the peasants at a high price in unlimited quantities. As a result, by the time of the autumn harvest, the price of grain in the market plummeted.
When they saw that the market price was lower than the price they had promised the peasants, one by one they either turned their faces and refused to admit their accounts, or they frantically lowered the price, or they refused to buy the grain because of the quality of the grain.
It is precisely because they see that the peasants' legal concept is still relatively weak and they have not signed a contract with them, so they dare to go back on their words so blatantly, which is really shameless! ”
The chief and the prime minister also felt the atmosphere when they heard this, holding the teacup tightly in their hands, their faces were full of solemnity, and the leader snorted and said, "You go on!" ”
Gao Liguo also said: "Now the peasants' enthusiasm for growing grain has been greatly hit, and large tracts of fertile land have been idle, and it will become wasteland in less than a year. The proportion of idle land in some areas has exceeded 30%! Chief, if this situation continues, it will not take three years for all this grain to be eaten, and it will not be long before our country will go from running out of food to having no food to eat! Therefore, from a long-term perspective, we must now try our best to mobilize the peasants' enthusiasm for growing grain and ensure the country's food security! ”
After listening carefully to Gao Liguo's statement, the prime minister pondered for a moment and asked, "Then what do you think can be done to ensure the enthusiasm of the peasants?" ”
Gao Liguo said without thinking: "Naturally, all the backlog of grain in the hands of the farmers is purchased at an appropriate price, so that they can feel that growing grain is not only profitable, but also has a promising prospect!" ”
The prime minister said with a heavy face: "Have you calculated how much it will cost to buy all the grain in the hands of the peasants and get it at a high price?" ”
Gao Liguo said: "Forget it! About 500 billion RMB! ”
"Five hundred billion yuan!?"
The leader and the prime minister were taken aback by this number, and the leader smiled bitterly and said, "Liguo, are you joking with us?" 500 billion, do you know what the concept is? The entire budget of our entire country adds up to this amount, where do we get so much money for you? ”
Gao Liguo frowned and said: "I also know that this number is a bit large, but in order not to let the enthusiasm of the farmers be hit by ruining their nature, I think it is worth it!" ”
"Something big? Hehe...... Why don't you sell me and the prime minister together! ”
The leader couldn't help but say: "Liguo, although what you said is very reasonable, but you must not forget that this is an economic society in the end, and it is the market that plays a leading role. The government can only intervene slightly, and if you throw out hundreds of billions of huge sums of money to enter the market at every turn, it will disrupt the market! ”
"Market, market! If the peasants stop growing grain and sell it, there will still be a fart market! ”
Gao Liguo was excited, and his speech was a little rude, Lin Chaoran hurriedly glared at him fiercely, but Gao Liguo pretended to be deliberately invisible, and he didn't take care of him, which made Lin Chaoran angry.
The leader and the prime minister don't care, Gao Liguo is a soldier, if he doesn't even have this true temperament, then he is really not worthy of being Lin Chaoran's soldier.
Lin Chaoran saw that the envoy's eyes were no longer good, so he coughed loudly a few times, interrupted Gao Liguo's words and reprimanded: "Liguo, have you made enough trouble!" You, the Minister of Agriculture, are too easy to be a person, and when you encounter difficulties, you throw them at the leader and the prime minister, what are you doing to eat, can't you think of a way? ”
"Me? What can I do? Gao Liguo looked at Lin Chaoran puzzled and asked.
"Humph! This way, I don't want to be natural! There is only one reason why the peasants' grain cannot be sold, and that is that there is no market for it.
At present, our peasants are still only confined to their own one-third of an acre of land, their understanding of the market is not thorough enough, and their concept of finding a market outlet on their own is still very weak. You, the Minister of Agriculture, should do a lot to help them.
Open up the market and broaden the market! There are many uses of grain, winemaking, oil refining, and catering, which industry is not a big consumer of grain? If you can't do it, you can also think about foreign markets, I heard that there is a food shortage in the Middle East, if you get in touch with them, won't the problem be solved? When you encounter something, you stretch out your hand to the government, what do you think the government is? Is it your vault? ”
Lin Chaoran's reprimand made Gao Liguo both aggrieved and helpless, and said in a loud voice: "I haven't thought of these methods.
Longquan Distillery bought all the raw materials for the next three years under my close pressure.
In the use of the warehouse alone, Longquan Group has to pay twice as much money every year! If it weren't for my relationship with Li Xiaogang, I wouldn't even think about it.
Middle East? Don't you think it's a little whimsical? The situation of those is turbulent, food security is not guaranteed, not to mention, piracy is rampant along the way, and it is not easier to transport food than Tang Seng to learn scriptures in the west! ”
Lin Chaoran said: "There are naturally difficulties, but if there are difficulties, we must find a way to solve them!" What problems can be solved by only knowing how to complain like you? ”
"I ......" Gao Liguo was stirred by Lin Chaoran's high-sounding truth, and he was a little speechless for a while. The leader waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel anymore." However, if you want the country to come up with 500 billion yuan to save the city, you should dispel it, that is unrealistic.
However, the state will not watch the vast number of peasants being wronged, you have to allow us some time, let us study and study, maybe we can find a good solution to the problem! (To be continued.) (。 ))