Chapter 361 Supporting Private Capital
Hearing Boss Chen's words, Boss Zhang shook his head and said that he didn't know what to do, while Boss Li looked at no one nearby and whispered: "I heard from a relative who works in the China Foundation that the China Foundation has held such activities to gather businessmen all over the country. Although I don't know what the road is, it must be beneficial to us. ”
Boss Chen also nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty is benevolent and has never exploited businessmen excessively. Even the Chinese consortium in the hands of His Majesty often supports us, finds ways to make money for us, and provides all kinds of support. For example, if my steel factory did not have the technical support of His Majesty, how could it be as prosperous as it is now. ”
While the three of them were talking, a young man who was not tall but combed his hair slippery, dressed in a straight suit, and wore gold-rimmed glasses, walked quickly to the rostrum, he picked up the microphone and said, "Please be quiet, I have something to say." Hearing the young man's words, the businessmen who were talking about it immediately stopped, and they focused their eyes on the young man one by one.
Seeing that the venue was much quieter, the young man cleared his throat and said, "I am the commercial representative of the China Foundation in Hongshi Mansion, and I have summoned everyone here today because the war in the Western Continent is urgent, and the warring parties have placed huge orders for us. These orders are urgent, Your Majesty hopes that everyone can work together to complete these orders as soon as possible, this is the share allocated to our Red Stone Mansion, you can take a look. ”
Soon, several staff members distributed some data sheets to various merchants, and when they heard that it was a quota distributed to Hongshi Mansion, they knew that this must be a national order made by the other party, and these orders must have been issued to the China Foundation. The emperor is willing to divide these orders into quotas and hand them over to the provinces, which is already giving profits to everyone.
However, all along, enterprises around the country are to supply domestic needs, most of the exports are contracted by a few major consortiums, even recently because of the war, the demand for foreign trade materials has increased greatly, they have also increased some foreign trade orders, but they are mainly operating in the domestic market.
Now, although the Chinese Empire has given profits to these small merchants, everyone knows the terrifying production capacity of the Chinese Consortium, and even if His Majesty is willing to give them orders, how many can they have, let alone so many provinces.
What the businessmen thought in their hearts was not unreasonable, after all, the businessmen were profit-seeking, and who would spit out the fat in their mouths and distribute it to others, but when they got the order form, everyone was stunned. I saw that those lists listed the list of items and the quantity of needs, and their types were so numerous and so huge, everyone present was shocked beyond measure, and everyone had an expression of disbelief.
Boss Chen spoke first: "Mr. Deputy, with all due respect, we in Hongshi Mansion will not be able to complete this order. I don't know about other industries, but this steel alone is equivalent to the output of my factory for three years, and the list requires delivery this year. "Boss Chen's steel factory is the only steel enterprise in the entire Hongshi Mansion, so he naturally has enough right to speak.
The commercial representative said: "It doesn't matter, although the China Foundation will distribute the shares to everyone, it is not a mandatory showdown, if you can't complete it, the difference part of the China Foundation can naturally be resolved." ”
As soon as the words of the business representative came out, the hearts of all the businessmen were very uncomfortable. Everyone knows the production capacity of the Chinese consortium, and these shares issued by His Majesty will definitely be able to be completed even if they produce it themselves, but now His Majesty has made it clear that he will send them money, but they can't eat and place orders.
There was a price list on the order, and looking at the profit of more than fifty percent, Boss Chen frowned and thought for a long time. He secretly calculated that if he took out a loan to double the scale of production, with so many orders, he should be able to recoup the cost in a year. Such high profits are really eye-catching, but if the orders can't keep up in the future, I'm afraid that all of our industries will be lost. Everyone present was thinking with their heads down, and many of them were thinking the same as Boss Chen.
It seemed that knowing the thoughts in everyone's hearts, the business representative spoke again: "In addition to this order, Your Majesty will also give you a promise, such an order will not be less in at least three years, and it will be enough to digest everyone's full production capacity." ”
This sentence worked, as long as there is an order loan to expand production, they will not lose money, and they have begun to think about how to borrow from the bank. The commercial representative continued: "Our Bank of China has also promised you that in the next year, all merchants who make mortgage commercial loans will enjoy ultra-low interest rate loans, with an interest rate of only one percent per year. ”
This good news immediately detonated the audience, and businessmen said that they would mortgage their industries and take loans from the Bank of China to expand production capacity. Such rallies were held in every prefecture of the country, and merchants from all over the country pledged their properties to expand their factories on a large scale.
Due to the continuous expansion of factories, resulting in an extreme shortage of labor, many factories began to recruit migrant workers to the countryside, while others built new factories in rural areas with convenient transportation, where production was nearby.
With a large number of factories moving into the countryside and many villages rapidly urbanizing, the industrialization rate of the entire Chinese empire accelerated considerably, and the industrial population began to surge, greatly outpacing the agricultural population.
The reason why Fang Xiaoyu distributed a large number of orders to those small businessmen was because of his own considerations. At present, the Chinese consortium accounts for 60 percent of the industrial capacity of the entire Chinese empire, the other four consortiums together account for 30 percent, and the other small consortia and small companies in the country only occupy 10 percent of the national industrial capacity.
There are pros and cons to the Chinese consortium occupying such a large share, and the favorable direction is that any policy that Fang Xiaoyu wants to implement in the national economy can be quickly implemented through the Chinese consortium.
The unfavorable aspect is that once the Chinese consortium makes any mistakes or makes a mistake in decision-making, because its share in the industrial output value is too high, it is easy to cause an earthquake in the national economy, so Fang Xiaoyu began to support the other four consortiums from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
But if these four conglomerates grasp the economic lifeline, they will pose a great threat to the country's rule. Although the heads of the various consortia have a good relationship with the imperial family of the empire, and they all marry more or less, but after a few generations, who can guarantee that they will still support the royal family so much, so Fang Xiaoyu began to devote himself to supporting those small consortia and small businessmen.
These manpower are scattered, and even if they occupy a large share, they are not easy to twist into a rope and oppose the state, so they will become a favorable supplement to the national economy, as well as a buffer between several major consortia, which is very beneficial to the country's economic construction.
This kind of economic stimulus is very effective, with sufficient technical and technical financial support, with a steady stream of orders, domestic businessmen have burst out with great enthusiasm, and various industrial projects have been launched, so that the industrial scale of the whole country has expanded rapidly.
These businessmen also brought a lot of surprises to Fang Xiaoyu, in order to grab labor, many factories were built in the former industrial blank area, contributing to the prosperity of those places, and the pace of rural urbanization in the country has also accelerated suddenly, which makes Fang Xiaoyu very happy.
Fang Xiaoyu was very supportive of the practices of these businessmen, and he immediately issued an order to give tax reduction policies to those businessmen who entered the industrial blank areas, and he set aside many blank areas as special tax reduction zones to implement a three-year tax exemption policy, and the government promised to ensure that the roads in these places would be repaired within three years.
Such a diversion policy has diverted migrant workers to work in the cities, which not only avoids the huge pressure on urban public facilities caused by the large number of rural people entering the cities, but also balances the development of the whole country and avoids unbalanced development.
After a large number of agricultural people entered the industry, in order to avoid abandoning the land due to the shortage of labor, the agricultural reclamation company under the China Consortium began to buy back the land appropriately, and promoted mechanization in the agricultural areas of the country, and put a large number of modern agricultural machinery such as tractors, rice transplanters, and combine harvesters into agricultural production.
Such a mode of production would both free a large number of laborers from heavy agricultural labor and train a large number of skilled tractor drivers, who would be a useful candidate for chariot drivers in wartime.
The Chinese Empire was trying its best to develop its economy and expand its industrial scale, while the countries of the Western Continent were fighting desperately. As the scale of the war continued to expand, the entire Western Continent became more and more chaotic.
Despite the huge losses, within three months the Stanya Union was destroyed by the Cossack Empire. Without the containment of the Stanya Alliance, the pressure on the Istan Empire increased dramatically, and under their repeated requests for help, the Kingdom of Haboafsburg and the Yaman Empire had to withdraw troops and resume the offensive on the Eastern Front.
This attack was under the full command of General Rudolph, and he deliberately released the rumor that the Yaman Empire army planned to attack the Paladinburg directly and seize the Cossack royal treasure, which made the Habushburg army high-level who originally planned to follow behind to pick up the bargain anxious, and they thought that the Cossack army was mostly fighting in the Middle Continent, and it was difficult to transfer the army back in a short time, so they attacked first and completely attracted the defensive strength of the Cossack army.
The Habuafsburg army sent a large number of tanks and planes to the city of Odessa on the Black Sea coast. Odessa is the largest port city near the Black Sea, it is located in the middle of the northern shore of the Black Sea, where water and land transportation are very developed, its east is the largest Volga industrial region of the Cossack Empire, and in the south can directly access the largest Baku oil field, which can be described as strategically important.
The higher-ups of the Habushburg Kingdom were not very interested in the possibility of Cossack royal treasures that the Yaman Empire wanted to acquire, and they preferred the industrial areas and oil producing areas that would increase their national power more than these riches.
The Cossack defense was outnumbered, and seeing that the most important city in the south of Odessa was attacked, a large number of reserves of the Cossack Empire, including air forces and tanks, were massed in this direction, and they cooperated with the small and poor Black Sea Fleet of the Cossack Empire, desperately resisting the attack of the Kingdom of Haboffsburg.