A Dream of Jinling Chapter 332 Retreat (9)

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The pope of 1889 had long since lost the prestige of canonizing princes and princes, and at this time, Britain had a state religion in the world's major countries, and China cut off the interference of foreign religions in China's religious circles. In addition to these two powers, the attitude of France as a republic towards religion can be imagined, Protestantism is rampant in Germany, and Orthodox Christianity is practiced in Russia and many Slavs. Even in Italy, when the Pope and the Holy See were expelled from Rome into the Vatican, the relationship between the Pope and the bishops and the Kingdom of Italy can be imagined.

The diagram of diplomatic relations is drawn on the blackboard, and the basic plate can be expressed very clearly. There is no doubt that the war between China and the United States would expand into a decisive battle between China and the white world, and that Germany and France would not appear in the trenches opposite China at the same time.

"Is this old thing the Pope simply coming out to make a statement, or is there a follow-up?" Wang Mingshan didn't want to discuss too much, and directly pushed the problem to a deeper level ≥↖ ↖ ↖.△¤.○.

"Listen to his words and watch his deeds." Wei Wenrui, a member of the working group who came to Italy to meet Wang Mingshan, said bluntly.

Looking at this "eldest princess", Wang Mingshan didn't want to say anything. If you look at the relationship between Wang Mingshan and Wei Ze and Wei Changrong, Wei Changrong's eldest daughter Wei Wenrui has to at least ask Wang Mingshan to call her uncle. However, this does not mean that Wang Mingshan can really pose in front of the eldest direct woman in the second generation of the Wei family. Although Wei Wenrui is a woman, she is one of the pioneers of China's financial industry in Europe. Bearing the trust of the governor of Wei Ze, and being a blood relative of the Wei family, the appearance of the "eldest princess" is really not inferior to Xu Mei. In the tradition of the Restoration Party and the Republic of China, the right to speak and the actual performance are highly correlated. Even without mentioning the financial achievements of this 30-year-old girl, just talking about her qualifications in Europe for five years, Wang Mingshan has no way to refute the advice of "listen to her words and watch her deeds".

With a conclusion, the Working Group set the Pope aside. Wang Mingshan continued to mention the next question, "Food prices in Europe are rising, do the comrades in Europe have any direct countermeasures?" ”

Before the outbreak of the American Civil War, the southern United States was a supplier of raw materials and a dumping ground for commodities in Europe. After the end of the Civil War, the southern United States became a supplier of raw materials and a dumping ground for commodities in the North. The North, on the other hand, maintained its tradition as a supplier of European grain.

Before the outbreak of the Sino-American War, the eastern part of the United States was mainly supplied with food to the eastern region because of the rapid progress of the populous cities. The main source of commercial grain sales to Europe is from the Midwest. After the squadron entered Minnesota and threatened the Great Lakes, the sales of commercial grain outside the Great Lakes region fell rapidly. After China conquered Duluth and wiped out nearly 100,000 U.S. federal troops on the Northern Front, U.S. grain exports to Europe were cut off.

Without cheap food from the United States, it is only natural that food prices in Europe will begin to rise. European leaders may have some people who are not normal, but those businessmen who have survived to this day are not in their heads. Failure to make business judgments that conform to the basic laws of the grain trades is a dead end in Europe.

As soon as this news was mentioned, the eldest princess Wei Wenrui was quite proud, "Although the price of food has increased, the price of African meat that we control has not increased. We also recently ran a summer promotion policy, buy five get one free. The price of frozen meat in major European cities will not increase, if not decrease. ”

Hearing such an answer, Wang Mingshan didn't know what to say for a while. As a cadre in charge of the central bank, Wang Mingshan is well aware of the results of this anti-market operation. This is no longer a simple competition problem, but a neck-cutting bidding problem.

The increase in food prices does not make it impossible for poor people who cannot afford to buy food to buy meat. The world is so cruel, why not eat minced meat has always been a question that only those fools can ask. But by lowering the price of meat supply in China, consumers who can't afford to buy a lot of meat can buy more than before. For these people, the rise in food prices can be compensated for by a 20 per cent drop in meat.

The problem is that the Chinese can cut prices to supply meat, but the impact on European farmers with rising food prices is the increase in feeding costs. Under the competition of the Chinese side to cut their necks, European farmers are probably going to have a miserable time.

Wei Wenrui looked at Wang Mingshan's face and immediately corrected: "Secretary Wang, don't be mistaken, it's not the price reduction we proposed first. ”

"The Europeans cut the price first?" Wang Mingshan felt a little puzzled.

"Yes!" Wei Wenrui nodded and replied: "Some profiteers saw that something was wrong, and began to reduce the number of adult animals in large quantities, leaving only those calves. We just follow the trend, but we don't lead. ”

"Why are they doing this?" Wang Mingshan was puzzled.

"Because they know that a large number of small and medium-sized breeders are going to go out of business, and those people will inevitably lead to price competition. For this group of experienced profiteers in Europe, it is better for them to take the lead in attacking others by cutting their throats than by others by cutting their throats. They left the calves and killed the adult cows in order to escape the cruel competition in this way. These people are raping! Wei Wenrui concluded by commenting on European meat merchants in a rather vicious tone.

Wang Mingshan also understood what happened after thinking for a while, as long as he understood the simple principles of economics, he could understand the choice of a group of people to avoid the economic crisis by taking the lead in delisting before the economic crisis. However, although Wang Mingshan knew, he did not have the slightest positive reaction. After all, he has been in the country for so long, if it is domestic, the state has to come forward, through guò coordination, through guò development market model to help farmers tide over the difficulties as much as possible. The Chinese market is so big, and the city is developing so fast. As long as the price of meat is reasonable, there is still no shortage of buyers. The most intuitive way for the state is to provide some guaranteed purchases through guò cold storage purchases, and then wait for the price to rise naturally.

But in Europe, it seems that the state has no intention of doing so. The whole market is frantically seeking the greatest profit on weekdays, and when it encounters a storm, it is immediately a variety of cruel means to ensure that it can survive first. Such a straightforward approach made Wang Mingshan feel quite uncomfortable.

From Wei Wenrui's answer, it can be seen that the pressure on China's supply side of meat to Europe is very low, and the cost of raising cattle in Sudan is very low, and almost all the costs are above the transportation of refrigerated ships. It is said that there has been a breakthrough in refrigerated ship technology recently, and the energy-saving effect has increased a lot, which has reduced the cost of beef transportation. If there is no such foundation, Wei Wenrui will not dare to immediately start a full-scale price throat war, and he also put forward the competitive slogan of "cutting the throat until it is broken".

As soon as this problem is solved, the next problem is the movement of the European financial industry in the United States. However, Wang Mingshan had direct information from the Marquise of G, and he was not too eager to get this information from the group. Now Europe is starting to sell off US railroad stocks, and the previous financial crises have started with the sale of US railroad stocks. The sell-off was not due to inflated US railroad stocks, but rather to the widespread belief in Europe that the US would probably lose ownership of a significant portion of the railroads, at least for a long time. After the Chinese occupied U.S. territory, they were not obligated to pay dividends to U.S. railroads.

So for five months, first the West Coast railroad stocks, then the central and northern railroad stocks, Europe began to sell American railroad stocks like crazy. China, as the initiator, ordered the banks in Europe to make a fortune by selling shorts.

"Now there is an advocacy in Europe for sending volunteers or volunteers to the United States to fight in the war. Especially in France. The representative in charge of the French financial sector spoke.

"What? Volunteers? Wang Mingshan was very surprised.

As soon as this problem is solved, the next problem is the movement of the European financial industry in the United States. However, Wang Mingshan had direct information from the Marquise of G, and he was not too eager to get this information from the group. Now Europe is starting to sell off US railroad stocks, and the previous financial crises have started with the sale of US railroad stocks. The sell-off was not due to inflated US railroad stocks, but rather to the widespread belief in Europe that the US would probably lose ownership of a significant portion of the railroads, at least for a long time. After the Chinese occupied U.S. territory, they were not obligated to pay dividends to U.S. railroads.

So for five months, first the West Coast railroad stocks, then the central and northern railroad stocks, Europe began to sell American railroad stocks like crazy. China, as the initiator, ordered the banks in Europe to make a fortune by selling shorts.

"Now there is an advocacy in Europe for sending volunteers or volunteers to the United States to fight in the war. Especially in France. The representative in charge of the French financial sector spoke.

"What? Volunteers? Wang Mingshan was very surprised.

As soon as this problem is solved, the next problem is the movement of the European financial industry in the United States. However, Wang Mingshan had direct information from the Marquise of G, and he was not too eager to get this information from the group. Now Europe is starting to sell off US railroad stocks, and the previous financial crises have started with the sale of US railroad stocks. The sell-off was not due to inflated US railroad stocks, but rather to the widespread belief in Europe that the US would probably lose ownership of a significant portion of the railroads, at least for a long time. After the Chinese occupied U.S. territory, they were not obligated to pay dividends to U.S. railroads.

So for five months, first the West Coast railroad stocks, then the central and northern railroad stocks, Europe began to sell American railroad stocks like crazy. China, as the initiator, ordered the banks in Europe to make a fortune by selling shorts.

"Now there is an advocacy in Europe for sending volunteers or volunteers to the United States to fight in the war. Especially in France. The representative in charge of the French financial sector spoke.

"What? Volunteers? Wang Mingshan was very surprised.