Chapter 398: The Commodity Economy

"Husband, the people of the Jiangnan Hao clan are willing to cooperate. Interestingly, www.biquge.info they didn't plan to work with us as a whole, but separately from one to the other. Different families work with us, not in the way you say trusts. Within their Jiangnan wealthy family, they are obviously not monolithic! Qin Jiarui said.

Shi Bufan has long known this result, in this social system is not perfect, various legal systems are not perfect, of course, they are not worried about all together trust cooperation. This is easy to create more contradictions, so simply separate, at most adopt the way of Kang Zeen.

As for the conditions of the Jiangnan wealthy family, they must have the right to redeem their shares, and Shi Bufan also agreed. Because the redemption of shares is actually not a problem, what Shi Bufan needs to do is to change the economic model of the Jiangnan wealthy family, so that the Jiangnan wealthy family can become a bourgeoisie, not the kind of landlord of the manor economy. As for the so-called political privileges of the scholars, this is not really important, because politics is always the continuation of the economic base. As long as their economic basis changes, not only will others not allow them to continue to retain this political privilege, but even they themselves may not see the political privilege, and may voluntarily give it up in exchange for appeasing the anger of the vast majority of the people.

Instead of attacking the scholars politically, it is better to attack the scholars from the change of the economic base, which will be more ruthless and secretive, and even more painful without leaving a trace. Once the economic foundation collapses, the powerful political bloc will collapse.

"Husband, I have a doubt, that is, if these Jiangnan wealthy families master most of the grain in the future, will they deliberately refuse to sell it, and then take the opportunity to deliberately monopolize and raise prices, and finally exploit the people? Just like in the past, every time there was a famine, many people would deliberately rush to buy food, reluctant to sell it, and finally hoard it for huge profits. If so, will we be able to prop up a huge ...... A group that harms the people? Qin Jiarui said worriedly.

Shi Bufan smiled and said, "Jia Rui, you seem to have used your brains to think?" Still, you made the mistake of measuring the future with the eyes of the past. Let's put it this way, once the grain really gets that yield, then our world will also change from the so-called natural economy to the commodity economy. In a commodity economy, the kind of situation you mentioned may exist, but I don't think it's too serious. At least it won't starve people to death on a large scale, but under the model of natural economy, it is a common thing for people to starve to death. ”

As a scholar of macroeconomics, Shi Bufan is very clear about the biggest difference between the commodity economy and the natural economy. The natural economy is also a self-sufficient economy, and the people produce it in order to meet their own needs. That is, the peasants produced food mainly for their own consumption, and the weaving cloth was for their own clothing needs. In fact, the early stage of the Tang Dynasty was also a manifestation of the natural economy, and the self-cultivated farmers planted grain, except for a small part of it to pay taxes and sell it, the rest were mainly eaten by themselves.

As for the commodity economy, food is not grown for one's own food, but for the purpose of selling for wealth. In a commodity economy, there may still be a small number of people who hoard for windfall profits, but the country as a whole will not have major problems because of this. Because once grain becomes a "commodity", it means that the productive forces have reached a very high level, and it is essentially a commodity. Commodities have their own laws of value, and it is impossible to hoard them for too long. Because the huge productivity will make the next year's grain increase suddenly, and then the grain in your hand will be smashed in your hand.

On the contrary, the natural economy is different, and the productivity of the natural economy is insufficient, and even if the grain produced in the second year is not enough to dilute the price of the grain. On the contrary, if there are any natural and man-made disasters, it will continue to reduce production.

"Maybe you say that natural and man-made disasters cause hoarding, then let's just think that natural disasters are floods and droughts. In fact, to solve floods and droughts, or transportation. We can meet the need by building various infrastructures, such as water utilities, and alleviating them by diverting and draining water. Therefore, in this time of natural and man-made disasters, since the grain is already a commodity, then he will naturally abide by the law of commodity prices. ”

"They produce food to sell in exchange for something else, which actually means that they can no longer obtain enough profits by simply hoarding, at least compared to the past interests with high costs, low incomes, and even scolding to death. Once there is a sudden increase in food, the people will need more than just food. The people need more, so food alone can no longer guarantee the needs of the people's happiness. ”

"Even if the Jiangnan wealthy family wants to hoard, the benefits and various political benefits they get will definitely not be too big, and even the risk is even greater. As for natural disasters, floods and floods, those Jiangnan wealthy people who are responsible for food production must consider re-improving infrastructure, especially water conservancy roads and other facilities. If they don't take the initiative to improve, they will also suffer from floods and droughts tomorrow, what can they do? Do you continue to hoard? I don't think their brains are in the water, right? In fact, it is they themselves who are delayed, and they deliberately do not build water conservancy facilities, I think their brains will not be so flooded! ”

"As for the construction of water conservancy facilities, it is necessary to hire a large number of workers, so that the cash-for-work method can be achieved. Therefore, in the society of commodity economy, there may still be some people who will hoard food, but in fact it is of little significance, hoarding food is risky, the profit is low, and even people will be scolded to death. ”

Shi Bufan does not think that once grain becomes commercial grain, it is almost impossible that there will be too much hoarding of grain. The social system of the commodity economy era and the social system of the natural economy are not the same thing at all, in fact, as long as you look at the social situation in the commodity economy era, how many people are really starving to death? In the era of commodity economy, even if there is a stock market crash, the vast majority of those who really commit suicide by jumping off the building are speculators in the stock market, not ordinary people. Those who committed suicide did not starve to death, but were greedy and lost all their possessions, and finally died.

In fact, not many people actually starved to death in many stock market crashes, and even if in the era of commodity economy, people who starved to death actually did not hear much. Because the productive forces have reached, especially the agricultural productive forces, which are actually sufficient, the social system has been relatively sound, and the division of labor in human occupations has been more perfect, there will be no such thing as a lack of wealth circulation channels. As for the hoarding of commodity grain, it will not be of much significance, because the social systems of the two are different.

In a country with a sound commodity economic and social system, starvation to death can be said to be news, although there may still be a very small number of people who will starve to death, but it will definitely not starve people to death on a large scale. Under the social system of the commodity economy, as long as there is no world war, it is actually very difficult for people to starve to death, and if there are really people who die of starvation, then the local parents and officials must be held accountable.

But in ancient times, there really wasn't much to starve to death. If in ancient times it was said that someone was starving to death, it would not be taken as news. And if it is in 21st century China, it will be more than 20 years, that is, several years, to see a person starve to death on the news, and if the incident breaks out, local officials will be held accountable. Therefore, the mass starvation of people will not happen in the era of a sound commodity economic system, and sporadic starvation will not affect the entire social system.

Even under the social system of the commodity economy, there will be many relief stations of all kinds, and people can go to receive some relief food. Although the taste is not very good, and even unpalatable, it can ensure that people will not starve to death. But when the vast majority of people don't starve to death, to hoard food, isn't this brain pumping? When the time comes, you will just become the target of public criticism and the target of everyone's hatred.

"So Jiarui, you're overthinking. When the society entered the commodity economy, even if the Jiangnan wealthy people thought that they could hoard food, they would soon find that hoarding food would not only not bring much benefit, but would make them lose a lot. Not only will it be a huge loss not only financially, but also in terms of popularity and politics. They are not stupid, and no one does the business at a loss. ”

Therefore, Shi Bufan believes that under the social system of commodity economy, the quality of life will definitely be seriously reduced in the event of a disaster, but there will definitely not be too many things to starve to death. The decline in the quality of life does not mean that people will starve to death, at least not a large number of people will starve to death, but only a few scattered.

Those who hoard grain, once the grain becomes a commodity, they will certainly abide by the law of the price of the commodity. Even the factory owner knows that the machine must be repaired if it breaks, otherwise it will not be possible to resume production. Which businessmen who grow grain as a commodity will deliberately wait to sit back and eat without building water conservancy facilities? Because if they don't build water conservancy, they will still not be able to continue to produce and grow food, and they will definitely have to build various infrastructure under the guidance of the government or even on their own initiative. Including water conservancy, roads and other infrastructure, in this can play a large role in the form of cash-for-work.

Judging from Roosevelt's New Deal in the United States, this is actually the process. This is also a kind of inevitability for him, although once the social system of the commodity economy encounters natural and man-made disasters, it may seriously reduce people's quality of life, but the death of starvation is relatively rare.

"So it's a big mistake to think that this is unfounded, that the situation of the two is different, and that the future situation is measured by the ideas of the past. Perhaps under the natural economy, the government's slogan is not to let the people starve to death. But under the commodity economy, that is not to let the people go hungry, don't look at the missing word, then this is full progress. Once it comes to the era of commodity economy, the wealthy people in Jiangnan still want to rely on hoarding food, so they are looking for death! Hoarding food is a high-risk, low-return thing, so they won't be stupid enough to do it. ”

Using the natural economic thinking of ancient feudal society to measure the social thinking of the commodity economy era is actually even more contrary and completely wrong.

"What I want to do is to make this grain production mature as soon as possible, and then let him quickly increase production and income, and then make food no longer a living material as soon as possible, and can even become a commodity. Once food becomes a commodity, it means that the productive forces are sufficient to feed a very large number of people who are separated from agricultural production and industry. As long as this is the case, society will begin to transform drastically. ”

"So don't think about the future of food as a commodity economy of commodities with the same kind of thinking in the past, so you will inevitably make a wrong judgment in the end."

After hearing Shi Bufan's words, Qin Jiarui still shook his head and said, "I don't understand, I don't seem to be very good at this kind of thinking that is too high-level." ”

"But in the future, as long as the husband and you make a decision, I just need to do it according to your ideas, and I will accompany your ideas as well as possible, and even do it to your satisfaction."

Shi Bufan nodded and said, "That's right, in terms of microeconomics, you are better at it than me, and you can even do it better than me." I'm not good at this kind of specific management and execution, so it's up to you to execute my specific plan. ”

Shi Bufan very frankly admitted that he is not good at microeconomics and even specific business operations, although he studied business administration, but business administration is also a huge discipline, he studied the human resource management module, not the general people think that business administration is the comprehensive management of the entire enterprise. In fact, business administration is also a huge subject, which is divided into many subjects, and Shi Bufan is only one of the human resource management studies.

In terms of economics, he majored in macroeconomics, but he was not good at specific microeconomics, and instead relied on Qin Jiarui to implement according to his arrangement. Qin Jiarui can do it very well, even better than he can do it himself. Shi Bufan knows that he is not an omniscient and all-powerful person, and the more he knows, the more he feels ignorant, so he will not force himself to do those aspects that he is not good at.

There is also an important principle in human resources, that is, to develop strengths and avoid weaknesses, strive to play to their strengths, and avoid their shortcomings. Shi Bufan knows how to make his own human resources arrangements for himself, that is, to carry forward his own advantages in macroeconomics and political economy, avoid the specific implementation aspects that he is not good at, let others implement it for him, and let people who are better at it perform for him. Let someone who is better at it do it for you, as long as you give him an "inspiration", I am afraid that they will do better than doing it themselves, and it will not easily cause a "non-grounded" situation. (To be continued.) )