Hu Xijing, as the governor of the Central Bank of Australia and the Minister of Finance, can be said to be the general manager of the money bag in charge of the entire Australia.

She reminded the few people present, meaning that it is obvious that Australia has no money, and you can help Shen Yulong, but you have to think of other ways by yourself, there is no money for Australia, and Australia's current economic situation is not very good.

Affected by the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty and the war in Europe, the country's export trade fell by 20 percent year-on-year, and the largest source of export income at present mainly relies on arms, as well as iron tools and various types of cloth that occupied the market in advance.

As for high-end products, the sales of mirrors have now entered a state of saturation, although according to the statistics of the Ministry of Finance, Europe and the Ming Dynasty should still have a lot of rich market space, but the impact of the war did make those nobles hesitate to consume such expensive items.

Especially in the wealthy class of the Ming Dynasty, because of the war, the mirror is not easy to carry, so it is difficult to sell it, these rich merchants and gentry are not stupid, although this mirror is valuable, but it is not easy to carry silver and gold, so as long as you carry these two things, this mirror is not easy to carry as well as antique vase porcelain.

For this reason, Australia's largest source of profits, the export of high-end consumer goods mirrors, is sluggish, and Congress is already discussing whether to reduce the price of mirrors and take the civilian route.

Australia started by selling mirrors, and the mirrors sold out are almost tens of thousands, although the price has been speculated very high, but there are still many people who buy, and now the response of the market is not so hot, whether to start reducing prices and taking the civilian route has become an important discussion issue.

After all, the market of the common class is very large, and if it is sold according to the size of one or two pieces of silver per palm, the profit is still very objective. Especially in the colonies within Australia, sales are very considerable.

But if the price reduction will definitely bring market volatility, the original purchase of high-priced mirrors customers will inevitably feel cheated, doubt the credibility of Australia, once the credibility of Australians has doubts, it is a very terrible thing.

So there has been controversy within Australia on this matter. I think that mirrors should be sold at a high price, even if the profit is not as big as before, the price cannot be reduced, and if you want to create economic benefits, you can start from somewhere else.

For example, increasing the share of arms exports, which is already being done, to produce items needed on the battlefield, such as canned food, is a big source of income.

In the event of a war crime, the hot selling things are inevitably canned goods and munitions, as well as medicines. Like what hemostatic patches and first-aid medicine can be mass-produced, these things have now been made in Australia.

Although the proposal is good, the capital invested is very large, and the expansion of production means venture capital, and once the market is not opened, it is equivalent to losing money, and no one dares to afford to buy and sell at a loss.

So this proposal is still in the discussion stage, and the main reason why it has not been put into practice is because of lack of money.

"Guys, you're here to come up with a plan to solve the current shortage of funds. Several industries in Australia need to expand production and need money. Hu Xijing looked at several people with a hint of asking for help in her eyes.

Zhao Shijie knew that Hu Xijing had not slept well for money recently, but considering the current situation. It's really hard to solve, there are almost no people who have spare money in their hands at present, and whoever puts money in their hands and doesn't invest it is stupid, so Zhao Shijie has no intention of asking for money from his own people at all.

Zhang Tianwen, who had been in charge of immigration work for a period of time, suddenly said: "I don't think it is possible to let those rich businessmen who have emigrated get involved, they should have a certain amount of spare money in their hands." ”

It's not like no one has mentioned this method. But the key point at the moment is that it is not acceptable for these companies to be controlled by them, especially pharmaceuticals and canned goods, which are both the most lucrative transactions in the future.

Once the economic strength of the wealthy merchants and gentry who immigrated grows, the formation of a new consortium will pose a certain threat to the crossing, which is the reason given by some people. Isn't it looking down on them not to let them participate, but that the time is not ripe, and the biggest problem is that they feel that they have not yet reached that level.

Therefore, to solve the current economic difficulties, we have to start from other places, stimulating local consumption is completely useless, the local market is basically saturated, the main market is still overseas, at present, Batavia and Guangzhou's stimulus consumption is a good thing.

This is what Zhao Shijie thought about for a long time, so he shared it with a few people to discuss and see if it was okay.

"You are saying that to stimulate the consumption of local people in Guangxi and Southeast Asia, and the biggest motivation for them to buy Australian goods is to reduce prices, I think this method is good." Xiao Baitu raised his hand in agreement.

"The key point is that we need to convince those manufacturers, as well as the agents, that the manufacturers are easy to do, and the agents may be a little troublesome, so it's hard to say." Zhao Shijie pouted.

After all, the price reduction will bring certain losses to the agent, and the profit will also be reduced, and he must also reduce the cost to the subordinate agent, otherwise this plan will not be implemented.

Therefore, Zhao Shijie feels that this difficulty is a bit big, and the difficulty of convincing himself is relatively low.

"I don't think it's very difficult, we can do an early experiment, if it is true that the sales remain the same and the overall profit does not decline, then it is still possible, you say." Zhang Tianwen asked.

"Yes, this plan is entrusted to you to do, you have the experience, and it is up to you to convince those people in Batavia," Zhao Shijie said to Zhang Tianwen with a smile.

Because he had served in Batavia for a period of time, he had a certain understanding of the people there, and the most important problem was that Zhang Tianwen still knew a lot about diplomatic work.

As the vice minister of foreign trade, he has lobbied these agents very much to save face, and I believe that they will at least give Zhang Tianwen a face and conduct some experiments.

So in a general sense, this is not a big problem, Zhang Tianwen has no opinion on this arrangement, this was originally proposed by himself, so there is no problem.

This economic expansion meeting, which was discussed by several important centrist figures, was later called a turning point in Australia's history, and the room they sit in today has become a famous tourist attraction for later generations. Several names have also become some of the terms used by Australian economists. (To be continued.) )