What's the solution?

Make a fuss in Amritsar.

Although the United Nations has provided humanitarian relief supplies and distributed them by Angu, the little humanitarian aid provided by the United Nations is a drop in the bucket compared to millions of refugees and cannot meet the needs of all refugees.

As a result, prices in Amritsar are frighteningly high.

Yunlong's thought of a straightforward way to control the Amritsar market.

Smuggling?

Of course not.

In Yunlong's words, it is to strengthen management, crack down on all illegality, obtain profits through monopoly, and ensure that the majority of people have access to the materials necessary for survival.

It's just that the first thing Yunlong did was not to crack down on the underground black market.

What is that?

Weapons are collected.

As a result of the war, many weapons went to the civilian population, and many outsiders who came to Amritsar brought guns for self-defense.

According to Yunlong's meaning, the "Angu" company launched a three-month rectification action in the name of public security.

In the first month, civilians were asked to consciously hand over their hidden weapons, and corresponding rewards were given, such as a rifle that could be exchanged for a bag of 50 catties of flour.

From the second month onwards, it was a comprehensive purge.

Revolt?

Isn't that looking for death?

It can be said that during these two months, Amritsar was in turmoil, but the effect of rectification was also outstanding, tens of thousands of firearms were collected, and a number of enemies hiding in the city were cleared, laying the foundation for maintaining order and restoring stability to Amritsar.

In fact, monopoly is the only way out.

How so?

Only by achieving a monopoly can we make enough profits and ensure that the majority of refugees have access to the necessities they need.

It was also from this time that the beginning of the transformation of Amritsar into a free trade city appeared.

Why?

It's not just Amritsar that needs supplies, it's the whole of India.

You know, compared to other cities in India, especially in the northwest, Amritsar is doing relatively well.

Why?

In any case, the majority of Amritsar's inhabitants were able to import food from Pakistan and China through Angu, even if they had to break the bank, even if they had to work day and night, even if they had to endure tremendous pressure.

Elsewhere in India, however, even if you lose your money, you may not be able to get enough food to eat.

By the end of the war, the number of people living in extreme poverty had risen to 1 billion, and the per capita food supply had dropped to 240 kilograms, according to international statistics.

What is this concept?

With the exception of a tiny number of high-level players, the vast majority of Indians go hungry.

Even more tragic is that India has no foreign exchange reserves.

At that time, India's foreign exchange reserves were less than $50 billion, and its international debt to be repaid in the short term was as high as $400 billion.

Clearly, debt defaults are inevitable.

This means that India is no longer able to access loans through normal channels.

Without foreign exchange, what to buy grain?

You must know that the direct consequence of the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War was to make grain a strategic material, which led to a sharp increase in international food prices several times.

Although this situation is unsustainable, after all, the demand is so large, and the price increase will inevitably lead to a contraction of the market, in the short term, it is difficult for food prices to return to a reasonable level, and the hundreds of millions of Indian refugees living on the brink of hunger obviously cannot wait for a few months, if not years.

As a result, smuggling grain into India has become the most lucrative business.

Why?

Affected by the domestic situation, India has long entered a state of state supervision, and all strategic materials, including food, are distributed by the state.

Although the Indian military government does not restrict free buying and selling, it does impose extremely strict restrictions on prices.

How to limit?

It is to forcibly lower the price.

As a result, there is no market for the price, or there is no price for the goods.

In addition, it is available in limited quantities.

These mistakes have directly led to the development of India's underground black market.

Not to mention the common people, even the meagre middle class, and even the less affluent, had to try to buy food on the black market.

Of course, it is not India's legal tender that can buy grain on the black market, but foreign exchange, as well as valuables such as gold.

What is the most important thing in India?

That's right, gold.

Most Indian households, even those from the poor, have some gold and silver jewelry.

Within six months of the end of the war, gold's position on the domestic black market reached its peak, but its price fell to the bottom.

At that time, 1 gram of gold could only be exchanged for 20 kilograms of flour.

What is this concept?

The price of 1 gram of gold is around $40, while the price of 20 kilograms of flour is less than $15.

In addition, in the underground black market, shoddy goods are a common thing.

However, due to the severe crackdown of the Indian military government, it is difficult to find a way to transport grain into India, let alone sell it all over India.

Clearly, Amritsar is a gap.

Yunlong has a fancy for this.

If grain can be transported into India through Amrit, it will certainly be able to make a lot of money, and it will also alleviate the financial problems of the "Angu" company.

Of course, that's what he did.

Although Yunlong did not make relevant statistics, in the next three years, the smuggling of grain and other commodities to India became the main income of the "Angu" company.

As for the impact, it goes without saying.

Later, after the relevant events were made public, some people estimated that the grain smuggled by the "Angu" company helped at least 100 million Indians tide over the difficulties, but also plundered India's social wealth, and wiped out all the accumulation of India's past few decades.

Accumulate?

Those who can get enough high-value goods, such as gold jewelry, to go to the black market for food must at least be the middle class in India.

In India, these people are clearly more confusing.

The three-year plunder wiped out India's middle class.

In fact, at its root, the impact is greater than the loss of wealth.

Why?

Without the support of the middle class, does India have a future?

Although India's middle class is a very small minority, the hope for the future of post-war India is almost entirely pinned on the middle class.

The demise of the middle class means that India has been set back decades.

In the words of some Western sociologists, the difficult years of the post-war years brought India back to the level it was before independence.

What hope is there for such an India?

Of course, Yunlong obviously doesn't care about this, after all, for him, the first thing to consider is how to make more than 100,000 employees get the pay they deserve.