Chapter 107 Picked up a sesame seed and lost a watermelon (Best wishes Mid-Autumn Festival!) Ask for a commuter pass! Read! ）

As if nothing could destroy the tranquility of this not-so-tall Xiǎo mountain on the outskirts of Nanjing, the Purple Mountain has always been the most important place for the citizens of Nanjing to go out and pray, and in the moist greenery on both sides of an asphalt road leading to the mountain, you can occasionally see people grabbing Chūn's tail and going out to go out to the mountains, most of them students from several higher and secondary schools at the foot of the Purple Mountain.

Although the Imperial Palace is located on the Purple Mountain, the Purple Mountain does not close the mountains and forests and prohibit civilians from entering the camp like the Manchu emperors in the past, but also deliberately provides convenient conditions for citizens to travel, using the original scenery on both sides of the asphalt road leading to the Royal Palace to repair parks of different scales, with benches for people to rest under the shade of trees along the way, and even hundreds of public drinking water places.

On this road where the leaves are falling and the sun is hot, as the emperor himself lives in Beimao, from early morning to night, you can see cars driving in and entering from time to time, and of course the number of guards has increased, but this is only limited to the vicinity of the royal garden, even if His Majesty himself is in the garden, as long as the reservation is made, the commoners can still visit the garden on a fixed open day, maybe they will see the queen and the crown prince and princess playing on the grass.

Compared with any Chinese royal family in the past dynasties, the current Chinese imperial family is undoubtedly the largest in scale, only four people, but all along, the royal family's pro-people style is incomparable to the royal family in Chinese history and even European countries.

"My family has had tea with the queen in my life"

For the Chinese people, I am afraid that there is nothing more glorious than this, and because of this, every open day, there will always be a large group of people waiting in line to enter the annex, expecting to see the queen from afar, and many of them push the cradle to hide in the shade of the silver and chestnut trees, and ask the same question while waiting in line to enter the annex.

"Will the queen take the crown prince and princess on the grass today?"

"If you can see it, you must let the queen mō my family's treasure beans, and if you get a little royal spirit, you will be blessed in your life"

Of course, from time to time, there are some depressed people who come out of the garden, they are disappointed, I am afraid that the palace is far from what they imagined, such as Grandma Liu entered the "Grand View Garden" in the dream of the Red Mansion, although the Western-style "Xirun Palace" is the decoration style of the Palace of Versailles, the corridor is full of solid wood carvings, and is inlaid with gold leaf, every piece of huā pattern, decoration is vivid, jīng is very beautiful, but it always makes them feel that something is missing.

What's missing?

Well, those honor guards wearing silver helmets are very powerful, only the occasional palace NV official who makes a surprise makes them seem a little disappointed, and even a little disappointed in the emperor, this emperor deserves, there are not even three palaces and six courts, and they are also ......

Of course, compared to some people's disappointment, more people are looking forward to seeing the sky today, when the car drove into the villa from Zhengmén, looking at the hundreds of tourists waiting to enter the villa outside the car window, Guan Mingtang knew that they were afraid that they would be disappointed today, and His Majesty might not have time to go out today, and what about the queen? It seems that he took a dozen wives to the Invalides to visit the disabled soldiers.

"me, ...... you"

As soon as the car stopped in front of the "Xirun Palace", Guan Mingtang got out of the car, and heard a familiar greeting, looked in the direction where the sound came, and only saw Liu Nengxian wearing a black sè Han-style dress.

"Lord Liu, what are you...... Summoned by His Majesty? ”

Liu Nengxian, who had just made a face at the meeting two days ago, hurriedly said with a smile.

"Your Majesty summoned me, and I don't know what it is, Lord Guan, you ......"

Guan Mingtang shook his head and looked at the cars parked in the distance, and when he saw one of the cars, it was Shi Si's car, although the license plate number of each ministry was determined according to the chōu number, but everyone can always remember the license plate number of some people, the journalists can remember, and these important people can naturally remember it.

Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, Technical Analysis Bureau...... Could it be that Shi Si is asking for money again? As long as he thinks of the Technical Analysis Bureau, Guan Mingtang feels that the money of the Technical Analysis Bureau is too fast, although the money can be earned back in the end, but it is only five months, and the one-year appropriation is finished, and then there is a special fee, I am afraid that only the Technical Analysis Bureau, and this money, I can't help but give it. ,

Others may not see the benefits of imported technology, and how can they not see that those who have worked in American factories may not see that the direct economic returns of those technologies are at least dozens or hundreds of times more expensive to import, and they are even more indispensable for the formation of an industrial country.

No, if you want money, why do you want the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce to come over? muttering in his heart, while playing haha with Liu Nengxian, the two walked towards His Majesty's office under the guidance of Jinshì.

"Sitting"

As soon as Guan Mingtang and Liu Nengxian came in, Chen Moran raised his right hand to sit down, and at the same time ordered tea. After the two of them took a sip of tea, Chen Moran looked at Guan Mingtang and said.

"Zheqin, I asked you to come here for some things in the industry, I remember last year...... Well, in June, you had a suggestion that it was import substitution, right? ”

The reason why Guan Mingtang and Liu Nengxian were invited over was requested by Shi Si before the report, and on the other hand, he also wanted to know about the development of this "import substitution" for almost a year.

"Import-substituting industry"

Guan Mingtang, who had just taken a sip of tea, immediately answered His Majesty's question after putting down the cup, and the development of import-substitution industries was the "Five-Year Development Program for China" drawn up by the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce and the Ministry of Education as early as last year, when he was in power, and the fundamental purpose was to "promote education and develop industry."

In the industry, import substitution is the top priority, in Guan Mingtang's view, this is the only way for China's economic development strategy. It is generally the practice of the state to encourage its businessmen to invest in the production of large quantities of imported products by granting preferential treatment in the areas of taxation, investment and marketing, and the most direct way is to invest in large quantities.

"Your Majesty, as of April this year, China's customs import value is 4,469.98 billion customs taels, exports are 43,080.9 customs taels, and the trade deficit is 26,171,000 customs taels, considering a large number of machinery and equipment paid in the second half of the year, it is expected that this year's trade deficit will reach 75 million customs taels, and this is the fundamental reason for the development of import substitution industry."

Glancing at His Majesty, noticing that His Majesty's brows seemed to jump, Guan Mingtang continued.

"After 10 months of import-substitution industrial development, China's import and export commodity structure has also undergone some eye-catching changes. Among the imported goods, the proportion of means of production has gradually increased, from 27.6 last year to 54.5 this year, while the proportion of means of consumption has gradually decreased, from 71.4 to 32.5, and almost all of the declines are direct means of consumption. Among the export commodities, the proportion of agricultural products and handicraft mining products, which are industrial raw materials and foodstuffs, has dropped from 39.3 last year to 27.3 now, while the proportion of machine-mining products has risen from 0.5 to 10.4, handmade semi-finished products have decreased from 15.1 to 8.2, machine-made semi-finished products have risen from 11.9 to 12.2, handmade products have risen from 28.3 to 21.2, and machine-made products have risen from 13.8 to 21.4. What is more noteworthy is that since the end of the 19th century, the typical colonial trade pattern of exporting cotton huā and importing cotton cloth has begun to be reversed, and the export of cotton huā has plummeted from 754,000 quintals last year to 228,000 quintals this year. ”

When Guan Mingtang reported this figure, Chen Moran nodded from time to time, for this change in the proportion of imports and exports is gratifying, especially the change in the means of production including machinery, imported means of production account for more than half of the import value, which means that China is gradually realizing industrialization.

"Of course, after the revision of the customs tariff, the increase in import taxes and the reduction or exemption of export taxes have played a certain positive role in improving the terms of trade. However, what we must see is that with the development of domestic industry, especially the successive commissioning of a large number of factories with direct investment by the government, the structure of our import and export goods has changed unprecedentedly. According to the report of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance, in terms of exports, silk and silk fabrics, tea, skins and leather goods, minerals and metals, cotton and other items have decreased to varying degrees, and beans and bean cakes, seeds and oil, eggs and egg products, coal, cotton yarn and cotton products, and other miscellaneous goods have increased to varying degrees. In terms of imports, cotton yarn, grain, flour, sugar, other groceries and other categories are decreasing, cotton products, cotton huā, tobacco leaves, paper, petroleum fuels, chemical dyes and pigments, iron and steel and other metals, industrial machinery and other categories of goods have increased to varying degrees, especially the increase in the latter five categories of goods, which has a greater impact on the rise of import prices, because they are not only temporarily difficult to replace, but also in short supply, and the technical content is higher, so the relative price is also higher, of course, there is also the introduction of patented technology,"

While speaking, Guan Mingtang looked at Shi Si, who was silent on the side, and His Majesty's sudden summons this time must have something to do with him. ,

"For example, as of April, the Bureau of Technical Analysis spent 28.645 million taels to introduce 1,086 patents ranging from industrial machinery to chemical raw materials."

As soon as he heard Guan Mingtang mention the Technical Analysis Bureau, Shi Si immediately opened his mouth to "justify" himself.

"The introduction of those patented technologies is beneficial, we have reached an agreement with 33 companies in the United States to introduce 485 kinds of machinery and machines, Huangpu General Machinery Chuáng Company and Ma'anshan Machinery Company have been under the guidance of American technicians, using drawings to produce 63 kinds of machinery and equipment, the cost is lower than the import bottom 30, and this is also an important part of import substitution, it is expected that after three years, Wuhan General Machinery Chuáng Company, After the completion and operation of Tianjin North Machinery Chuáng Company, only these 485 kinds of general-purpose metal cutting machines and machines can save more than 100 million yuan in foreign exchange every year"

"That's right, with bō, this is precisely the fundamental reason for the development of alternative industries: reduce imports, increase domestic production, and save foreign exchange, so that precious foreign exchange can be used for the imports of the machinery of heavy industry that are more needed, rather than cotton yarn, grain, flour, sugar, and other miscellaneous goods of all kinds."

While nodding in agreement, Guan Mingtang faced His Majesty again.

"Your Majesty, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, there are only 53,000 machines in the whole of China, 30 in the military industry, and 50 ...... At...... Your Majesty, among your enterprises,"

His words made Chen Moran smile, even if he is not the emperor, he is afraid that he wants to be a rich man in a rich country, it is okay, Tianma exports tens of thousands of cars a year, and the profit of this piece alone is sky-high.

"If China wants to achieve industrialization, it must import as much machinery and equipment as possible, and we are not a rich country, but every year we spend a lot of gold and silver coins to import cotton yarn, grain, flour, sugar, and even matches and other groceries, and this kind of miscellaneous goods can be completely replaced in the short term, although the total import value of such goods is now compressed to 32 of the import value, but in fact, we still need to import more than 400 million customs taels of groceries this year, which is less than 100 million taels lower than last year."

When Guan Mingtang was making a report, Liu Nengxian looked like an old god on his face, but in his heart he cried bitterly, he is the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, what agriculture and commerce are within his responsibility, he has also read these materials, but if he wants to say the problem, he doesn't know where to start at all, who in Nanjing doesn't know that he is "no matter what the minister", it's okay, if it goes straight to the real thing, it still has to rely on those deputy ministers and directors.

Don't ask me...... It's a pity that Chen Moran couldn't hear his prayer at all, and as soon as Guan Mingtang's voice fell, Chen Moran turned his attention to Liu Nengxian.

"Senda, you have to hurry up about this alternative industry."

"Ah......h

Stunned and happy, Liu Nengxian, who felt His Majesty in his heart, hurriedly stood up, or His Majesty understood himself.

"Minister, obey the order, the minister will live up to His Majesty's trust and do his best to handle this matter"

While he wrote down "cotton yarn, grain, flour, sugar, and other daily necessities" in his heart and decided to go back to adjust the direct investment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, Shi Si snorted lightly.

"Your Majesty, this is the reason why the minister proposed the industrial planning plan."

Facing His Majesty's gaze, Shi Si looked at Guan Mingtang, China's earliest industrial and commercial planning came from the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce on the surface, but in fact it was from Guan Mingtang's hand, as for the minister, he just didn't care about the minister

"Picking up a sesame seed and losing a watermelon is exactly the misunderstanding of the current industrial and commercial development of the empire"