Chapter 44, Reform 2 (Food Storm 1)

Finally signed a contract, thank you all for your support!!

"However, Your Excellency, the resistance is too great, it is difficult for us to gain support from all walks of life, and the government will be very passive." Konstantin said with some hesitation

Ferdinand nodded in approval, and then asked, "So, how about breaking up the plan?" For example, first find an industry as an entry point. ”

Konstantin was taken aback and said: "If it was just an industry, then we would face much less resistance, but ~~"

Ferdinand interrupted Constantine's later words: "Not so much" but"! Your government can first find an industry to investigate, find out the problem, collect enough evidence, and then build public opinion, and then carry out reforms! ”

Konstantin was thoughtful, and after a moment of effort, he said: "Your Excellency is wise! ”

Ferdinand was very useful, although this sycophant was very suffocating. smiled and said, "Don't be a sycophant, this is not for you!" By the way, you've got to be busy. Reform belongs to reform, but the "Five-Year Plan" cannot be affected, and the government has a heavy responsibility! ”

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, our Ministry of the Interior will do a good job!" Konstantin assured

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Out of the palace of Sofia, Konstantin had a headache, don't look at the cheerfulness he just promised; In fact, he didn't have much of a clue.

The "Five-Year Plan" has constrained most of the government's energy, and Konstantin is really too busy to oppose the current reforms.

At the same time, he also agreed with Ferdinand's reasons for reform, and now is the time for least resistance to reform. Interest groups have just been cleaned up by the previous government, and their vitality has been greatly damaged, and they are all smart people who survive.

The new parliamentary elections had not yet begun, and all power was concentrated in Ferdinand's hands. If the government forces reforms, it can still be implemented. The rebound will not be very strong, after all, the butcher's knife during the Stam period has frightened the capitalists, and they dare not have a hard top with the government in the short term.

But where to start is another thorny question. As the first goal, it must be representative and widely recognized by all sectors of society.

The wind is cool after autumn, the rain is cool after autumn, and the weather is cool for a good autumn. The earth presents a pleasing harvest scene, which makes people feel refreshed.

Facing the autumn wind, Konstantin involuntarily walked out into the street, from time to time he heard a few shouts, the street was full of goods stalls, from the street to the end of the street, the stalls were dazzling with colorful goods, and even the air was filled with belly soup, canned meat, cheese, barbecue, yogurt and cucumber soup...... The alluring scent.

Konstantin suddenly had an idea, what better industry than the food industry?

"Food safety" is definitely a topic of concern to the whole people, cracking down on illegal businesses, solving food safety hazards, no one can say that there is a problem!

Looking at the disturbing Sofia, except for Konstantin, who knows that in the near future, there will be a government crackdown here?

The problem of "food safety" has been around for a long time, and in the golden age of capitalism in the 19th century, in order to maximize profits, capitalists can be described as unscrupulous, and all kinds of additives are used at will.

As for food safety, as long as there is no immediate problem after eating, you dare to go on sale. What dead beef, rat meat is pediatric, and a large amount of mercury is used as a preservative, which is simply murder.

On October 15, the Bulgarian government issued the "Food Safety Management Regulations", ordering food processing enterprises to rectify within a time limit.

The capitalists watched for a few days and saw that the government did not continue to act, typical of "thunder and rain". So what should everyone do, they are not stupid, who will get along with money.

Of course, there is one exception, at least Shuanghui Food Group is in a big reorganization. Wei Li'an, who has inside information, naturally knows that this time the government is going to move seriously.

Previously, Shuanghui Food Group had a variety of brands for the same product, and the price gap was huge, and the difference between the lowest ordinary goods and the highest-grade aristocratic exclusive supply was more than ten times.

Even so, the goods offered by the aristocracy still sold well, and the capitalists were the main consumers, except for the face-loving aristocracy.

Why did the European aristocracy eat the food produced by their own estates, and the capitalists who broke out were also keen to buy estates? None of them are stupid, the main thing is that everyone knows that there is a problem with the food sold in the market.

Obviously, Ferdinand was also a qualified capitalist, and the goods sold to the masses were naturally the maximization of profits, and how cheap they were; And the aristocratic exclusive, Ferdinand's guarantee that he could pat his chest, was absolutely safe, no chemicals were added, and the main thing was that he was eating it himself.

Anyway, the cheaper it is, the less guaranteed the quality of the product is, it is definitely in line with international standards, everyone is about the same, as for whether it will poison people, it is not within Ferdinand's consideration.

Now that Ferdinand is already the king, from the king's point of view, Bulgaria needs to increase its population, so food safety is an urgent issue. Konstantin's plan can be said to coincide with him.

As for whether the rectification of the food industry will affect Ferdinand's industry, it can only be said that it is groundless.

No matter how it is rectified, people must always eat! The demand in the market will not be greatly reduced, technological innovation, production costs will rise, and the first to be unlucky will only be the small capitalists.

A few days later, the Bulgarian daily newspaper reported a piece of news. At the Super Hardware Factory in Sofia, there was a large-scale food poisoning incident. A total of more than 80 people were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment due to food poisoning.

According to news reports, the cause of poisoning was mainly caused by workers, who ate food with large amounts of mercury preservatives.

In fact, this kind of thing was not new in Bulgaria at that time, even in the whole of Europe, and even in the whole world at that time, wasn't it just poisoning a group of workers, and it wasn't some big man who was poisoned, what was the big deal?

Poisoning is poisoning, there is something great. And not all of them died, not even a single one.

Not even a single one died, and they were sent to the hospital for rescue, so what happens every day, can this be considered big news?

Well, this kind of thing is really not news in the first place. In the past, when food poisoning occurred, the workers were left to fend for themselves, but now the capitalists have sent them to the hospital for rescue, although they were forced by the labor law, which is also a great improvement.

The news media didn't bother to report because most of the workers were poor and wouldn't buy newspapers. But this time, the situation was completely different, and the Bulgarian daily newspaper actually published the news in the most prominent position.