Wang Dashan said strangely: "Vladimir Granat, you are sweating profusely in such a hurry, what happened?" ”

"Oh no, food is tight, I heard that there is a price hike in the northwest! As a result, it will be more difficult to supply the Central Asian provinces right away! Vladimir Granath said.

Wang Dashan was taken aback, "Huh? ”

Ekaterina Klimova also came out from behind her desk, "There is a price hike in the northwest? ”

The most stable part of the whole country is from the eastern half, and the western half has not been very stable, mainly because when the country was established, it was the northeast and southeast, extending out at both ends, the great northwest and the southwest, after taking Beijing, the whole country was formally unified, but more than two years have passed, and there is still a serious shortage of cadres in some areas.

The weakness of the administrative construction of China will result in the fact that the power of the landlord class in these administrative vacuum areas is still huge, and there is no industry in these places, and they are still at the level and social appearance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"So what now? Do we still send this telegram? Wang Dashan asked.

"Fat." Ekaterina Klimova said decisively: "These are two different things. ”

Wang Dashan nodded, "I guess Your Majesty should already know the situation by now, right?" Although Your Majesty is from Europe, he is still better informed than us. ”

Wang Dashan is right, President Meng does already know.

Princess Katrina Kafu had informed the Emperor of the Northwest five hours before.

Price gouging and hoarding are actually in line with the principle of economics, and rising prices are conducive to inducing an increase in supply, thereby prompting prices to fall. If it is a period of stability, the Chinese government does not need to intervene in prices, and can increase supply through measures such as bailouts. The crazy growth of prices caused by rumors lies in the distortion of demand due to information asymmetry, while the actual supply and actual demand have not changed, and the price increase will inevitably harm the interests of consumers.

The premise of a completely free competitive market is: complete symmetry, transparency and openness of information, the premise of market price gouging is a large number of false transactions and rumors, human cognition has limitations, and all information cannot be dialectic.

That is to say, human beings cannot make a clear understanding of scammers: the market price gouging itself violates the bottom line of market fairness, justice and integrity (the fairness, justice and integrity of the market are not innate, just as the crime of murder and arson does not disappear naturally, it needs to be maintained and guaranteed by people), and it should be severely cracked down.

The supply relationship determines the price. When the situation of "price gouging and hoarding" occurs, the background must be that the supply of goods or services exceeds demand. At this time, only when the price rises will more merchants be attracted to this field, so as to provide more supply, which will inevitably be followed by the abundance of supply and the fall of prices.

If price gouging and hoarding are not allowed at this time, there will be no more supply of goods and services, and there will be a decline in the standard or quality of goods or services, which will be shoddy. The content of the commodity has shrunk, and the packaging of things for one pound and one yuan has been changed to half a pound and one yuan, and the price has increased in disguise.

Raising prices and hoarding are meant to take risks, and businessmen are willing to take risks themselves, and their actions and responsibilities are at their own risk. Didn't Hu Xueyan, a big official and businessman, collapse all of a sudden? If Hu Jiang hoards goods as soon as possible, it will be completely another world, and he will be even richer than the country. But even in the late Qing Dynasty, there was no administrative force to interfere with Hu Xueyan's behavior, and people only regarded Hu Xueyan's fiasco as a business lesson.

However, in China, railways, mines, oil, natural gas, banks, land, and salt are all owned by the state. Price gouging and hoarding are not only unreasonable, but also illegal.

Related to the definition of specific behaviors, under the framework of a market economy, businessmen have the right to decide when and how to buy and sell. However, the laws of different countries will have different provisions. If several oligarchs conspire to raise prices together, it is an act that undermines free competition in the market. In many countries, a maximum of two convenience stores can be opened in a neighborhood to prevent hostile competition. The more liberal the Western countries, the more detailed these things actually are.

However, in this regard, President Meng's previous practice was to solve it through regulation and control, because Huaguo protects private ownership and protects the free economy!

"Do you want several provinces in the northwest to jointly carry out actions to rectify the market?" Princess Katrina Kafu asked, seeing that the Emperor Hua was sad because of military procurement problems and various pressures, he didn't expect that at this time, there would be another grain shortage in the northwest, which was still a normal year, which made Princess Katrina Kafu very worried about His Majesty.

"I didn't expect that we were rushing to buy grain all over the world, which did not cause any turmoil abroad, but ignited those landowners in China." Hua Huang said coldly.

"For provinces outside the mainland, we grasp more tightly, but it is not easy to have problems, there are still many places in the northwest and southwest that lack cadres, the people are not civilized, and there is not much difference from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this situation is also normal, or let the local provincial government find a way to solve it." Princess Katrina Kafu comforted Emperor Hua and said, "Your Majesty is in Europe, what can you do?" ”

"I'm not angry about a large-scale hoarding, I'm angry about the hearts of the world behind this! With so much effort in China, why did these landlord classes refuse to transform into the bourgeoisie? Aren't the conditions for opening a factory generous enough? Policy support, technical support, and financial support are to hope that Central China, the Great Northwest, the Great Southwest, and the Economic Development of Southeast China will keep up! President Moe paced back and forth.

"Yes, this is not the behavior of a small group of people, this shows that it is a large number of people, their practice, in the hands of the Qing court in the past, has to be done several times a year, in China, this is the first large-scale outbreak, I originally thought that after the establishment of China, this kind of behavior will disappear, it seems that our policy is too mild, so that these people are ready to move again." Princess Katrina Kafu said indignantly. "Your Majesty, I don't think the economy can be completely free, and this reins should be tightened appropriately."

"Catherine, Zhao Qingluo, have they arrived in Beijing?" Hua Huang asked.

"It's here, the day before yesterday." Princess Katrina Kafu reported: "As soon as they arrived, they sent a telegram to the President's Secretariat. ”

President Meng nodded, "Now is a bumper harvest year, plus China has a large number of grain reserves, and Huaguo is still increasing the purchase of grain from abroad, just because it is concentrated in coastal port cities, which can lead to food hoarding, and the price of food will rise like crazy. What I'm most worried about is not this, I'm worried now about whether there are some cadres who collude with profiteers! ”

Princess Katrina Kafu nodded: "After all, most of the current cadres came up between 1875 and 1878, many of them simply completed the education at the primary school level, and some even simply went to literacy classes, and the threshold for joining the Huacui Party is too low, the time is short, and the investigation is not sufficient, which will give people an opportunity, but this is all because the speed of overthrowing the Manchu Qing at that time was too fast, and some inevitable problems left behind can only be digested through time." ”

"These people are all people who don't shed tears when they don't see the coffin, I think, now we can let Catherine start the movement, and let her and Zhao Qingluo sit in Shaanxi and Gansu! Shaanxi and Gansu are stable, and the entire northwest is stable. I've thought of the name of the movement, it's called Removing Old Thoughts! President Meng said coldly.

"The Movement of Old Ideas?" Princess Katrina Caaf repeated, "It's big, but it's also very suitable, and everything can be summed up in the old ideas." ”

"Well, let's go generate electricity. Send it now. President Meng said decisively.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Princess Katrina Kafu hurriedly left the Emperor's office.

"Wait." Emperor Hua suddenly remembered something, and chased him out again, "Also send a telegram to Yekajielina Klimova and Qiu Yun, Central Asian Province, Siberian New Three Provinces, and North Korea Province, you can do it!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. They could contact each other by phone, with Catherine in command. Princess Katrina Kaaf nodded.

President Meng snorted, "Go ahead." ”

Princess Katrina Kaaf wanted to stop Her Majesty, she thought that at this time, she was afraid that doing so would provoke a change, cause a larger scale of hoarding, and even arouse the disgust of the entire landlord class, but Princess Katrina Kaaf did not say anything to stop Her Majesty after all, because she thought that His Majesty was always right.

President Meng rubbed his sore temples, during this time, his pressure was indeed too great, and he fought directly, definitely not, the preparations for the war were not completed, Hua Huang is a cautious person, he is not half and half sure, it is impossible to do it, but at this time, there is such a big thing.

Although there is a gap in the overall national strength of the two sides, because of the advantages of the system, the Chinese emperor can actually obtain more resources than Britain in the war mobilization.

However, in terms of the comparison between the two regions of Central Asia and India, it is obvious that the British have a greater advantage, because the British have completed the construction of the railway network in India, and India can be regarded as a large land and a large population.

With such a large rear in the hands of the British, even if there were no domestic reinforcements, the question of the self-preservation of the Indian governor was not a big problem.

It is equivalent to saying that if military friction breaks out between the British and China in Central Asia, the British will already be in an invincible position.