Chapter 684: The Year of the Harvest

It's autumn season again.

The farmers in the fields are busy there, and today is a big harvest year, and there are good harvests everywhere.

Wang Hengyue, who was dressed in casual clothes, came to the suburbs of Nanjing, looked at the farmers who were busy in the fields, looked back and smiled: "It seems that the farmers can have a good year this year." ”

"Not necessarily, not necessarily." Kong Xiangxi, who came out with the president, shook his head again and again.

"Oh, why?" Wang Hengyue asked curiously.

"A bumper harvest is indeed a bumper harvest, but with the bumper harvest, the price of grain is bound to fall, and when the price of grain comes, it will hurt the peasants."

"Tell me about it." Wang Hengyue simply pulled Kong Xiangxi to sit on the ground.

Kong Xiangxi, a well-known economic expert, said carefully and patiently: "'Gu Cheap Hurts Peasants' comes from the Eastern Han Dynasty Bangu's "Book of Han. "Food and Commodities Journal", "It is very expensive and hurts the people, and it is very cheap and hurts the peasants", which means that the price of rice is too high, the citizens will be harmed, and the farmers will be hurt if the price of rice is too low. In the bumper harvest year, grain output went up, but because of the low grain prices, the peasants' incomes did not increase, or even decreased, and the peasants were harmed. 'Grain' is the 'five grains', rice, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean, which can also be extended to the entire agricultural planting industry, including grain, vegetables, seedlings, fruits, oil crops, and so on

Farmers' planting income depends on output and price, price is the key to farmers' income, danshi price is not sensitive to consumer demand, people will not reduce grain consumption because of high food prices, nor will they increase grain consumption because of low food prices, that is to say, grain consumption is always stable at a certain level. The same is true for fruits and vegetables, where people do not increase their consumption in large quantities because of the low price of a certain fruit. Crop harvests, output increases, supply exceeds demand, prices will inevitably fall, peasants' incomes will fall instead of increasing, peasants' enthusiasm for growing grain will be hit, and a huge waste of economic resources will also be caused."

Of course, Wang Hengyue also knew that "the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants", but at this time, he listened carefully to Kong Xiangxi like a primary school student:

"'Grain cheapness hurts farmers' happens from time to time, and the people take food as the sky, and food is the necessities of people's lives. China is a country with a large land and a large population, and it is particularly important to stabilize grain production, so stabilizing grain production is still the most important part of agricultural policy. However, in some areas, there is a constant situation of 'grain cheapness hurting farmers', and some areas are still very large

"Grain cheapness hurts farmers" is the most sad situation for farmers, farmers have worked hard, the harvest is there, but they can't sell anything, which is more sad than natural disasters that make farmers have no harvest. The Li family made money by planting soybeans, and the Zhang family would inevitably follow suit, and they would inevitably suffer from the blow of the law of the market, resulting in agricultural production wandering forward under the invisible influence of the market, resulting in a huge waste of social resources."

Wang Hengyue listened while nodding frequently: "I just received a report that there will be a bumper harvest in various places this year, and I also think that the life of farmers must be much better. Tell me what to do? ”

"There are ways to do it." Kong Xiangxi smiled and said: "There are three methods, the first is to deliberately spread information about production reduction, causing panic in the market to reduce production, and the second is to jointly reluctant to sell, but these two methods are short-term behaviors, which are very harmful, although they can alleviate the situation of grain cheapness and injury to farmers in a short period of time, but it will also cause hoarding behavior, which will have a serious impact on the market."

Wang Hengyue waved his hand: "I don't use these two methods, let's talk about your third method." ”

Kong Xiangxi said with a smile: "The third way is to rely on policy support and the government to protect the price." The elasticity of demand for food is very small, so as long as the supply price is artificially reduced, the price will go up, and the president can grasp this core, and at the same time, the government can also come forward to buy a large amount of food, after all, we use food in many places, such as the army. At this time, the government can not only reduce the food supply in the market, but also save a lot of money"...,

He paused there: "In addition, we can also send grain to the outside world by increasing exports."

He said very carefully, Wang Hengyue also listened very carefully, and when Kong Xiangxi finished saying all the solutions, Wang Hengyue immediately said: "You are personally responsible, you must absolutely ensure the price of grain, and you can't let the people point at our backbone and scold." ”

"Yes, I'll do it myself."

Wang Hengyue stood up and patted the dust: "Let's go, take a look." ”

Seeing that Ah Le's guards wanted to follow, he glared: "Except for Ah Le, everyone else is still on the spot, I don't believe it, is there still a killer among these peasants who want to assassinate me!" ”

It's a pity that according to the "Regulations on the Protection of the President", the president gives such an order to the guards, and the guards can completely disobey them.

Ah Le smiled, this place had been surveyed by himself before the president came, and the security alert was the lowest level, and there was no danger. With a wave of their hand, the guards stopped.

"***, what the president said is not as effective as what Ah Le said." Wang Hengyue muttered, ignoring the guards, and walked towards the field with Kong Xiangxi and Ah Le.

It was time for lunch, and the ladies came to the field with the food, and the peasants beckoned each other to sit down in the field, open the meal, pour wine, and brag and chat with each other while drinking a few sips of wine.

This small life is much more comfortable than Lao Tzu, the president, Wang Hengyue said in his heart while walking to an old farmer: "Uncle, where is the meal?" ”

"Yes." The old peasant raised his head and looked at the three people with a smile: "Are you from the city?" ”

"yes, from the city." Wang Hengyue also smiled and said: "We didn't find a restaurant, you see, can you find me something to stutter, we will give money." ”

This sentence made the villagers laugh: "There is no restaurant here." ”

The old farmer smiled and said: "Sit down, eat some together, old woman, go, take a few more pairs of bowls and chopsticks at home, kill the yellow eel I caught yesterday, and then pick two handfuls of vegetables in the field."

The villagers here are very hospitable, and when they saw the guests coming, they came over with their own dishes, and after a while, they gathered more than a dozen dishes.

Wang Hengyue was also not polite, and pulled Kong Xiangxi and Ah Le to sit down: "Uncle, then I can eat it cheekily." ”

"Eat, eat." The old farmer said in a loud voice: "When we arrive, it's not like you have delicacies in the city, what you have to eat, you're welcome, there is nothing to eat, but the food and wine are full." ”

"Hey" Wang Hengyue put a chopstick dish in his mouth, pointed to the field and said vaguely: "This year's harvest is a bumper harvest, what do you think of the price of this grain?" Can you make money? ”

"Look at you, you're an official." The old farmer said with a smile.

Wang Hengyue was surprised: "Why? ”

Someone on the side said: "Your opening is the tone of an official, who else can you hide?" ”

burst into laughter, Wang Hengyue scratched his head in embarrassment: "Yes, I am a petty official in the city, and it has something to do with this grain, so I am responsible for making statistics." ”

"No wonder, as soon as I came, I asked for food." The old farmer said with a smile: "According to experience, this grain harvest is abundant, and the price will definitely have to be lowered, and you won't be able to make a few dollars." But then again, huilai, this harvest is going to be good, we don't have to worry about chewing for a year, do you say that's the truth? ”

Wang Hengyue nodded again and again: "Yes, you don't have to worry about eating, but you can't make a lot of money after a year of hard work, which will discourage your enthusiasm." ”

The old farmer couldn't help but smile again and shook his head: "You are an official, why are you still discouraged?" Those of us who farm the land, rely on the sky for food, and if we buy a few acres of land, we will be satisfied, do we still want to become rich people? From ancient times to the present, how many people have you seen who have grown into a rich man? ”…,

"It is said that the officials above are doing a good job now," someone on the side leaned over and said: "The tax money has been reduced again and again, and the policies to protect our peasants have been repeatedly introduced, and life is really much better than before." If there is a disaster year, the government subsidy will come down immediately, and there will be a special person to supervise, what is the name of the current president? ”

"Wang Hengyue."

"Yes, Wang Hengyue!" The man patted his head: "I can't remember the name." After this person became the president, he did everything well, and I want to see that he has always been like that. ”

Wang Hengyue instantly had a huge sense of satisfaction!

It's nice to get such a few words of praise from the farmers.

Wang Hengyue took a sip of wine and said, "Don't worry, this year's grain prices can't be lowered." ”

"A petty official who does statistics, why is he so angry?"

There was another laugh, and no one in the field believed it.

Wang Hengyue said with a smile: "I'm not a big mouth, although I am a small official, I also have friends in the government, I heard that the big president is ready to protect grain prices and avoid falling grain prices, you can see if what I say is allowed when the time comes." ”

"Cheng, then I will borrow your auspicious words." The old farmer said with a smile, but he obviously didn't believe it: "If this is the case, we big guys will invite you to drink together, you will definitely have to come when the time comes, and you can go to any house." ”

Kong Xiangxi and Ah Le couldn't help laughing.

Wang Hengyue nodded again and again, and said to this group of simple farmers with a smile;

"I remember this sentence, if my words today are really fulfilled, I will definitely come here, not only a family, I have to eat from a family, and then you will all have to take good wine and good food to greet me!"

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