"Chief, if that's the case, then we may not be able to run out of food next year." Wu Ping thought for a moment and spoke.

"Later, the Ministry of Commerce discussed the establishment of a Dahan Grain and Oil Group Commercial Bank, which was held by the government, which was the same status as the Dahan Transportation Commercial Bank and the Dahan Construction Commercial Bank. Then the domestic grain operation will be handed over to the Hanliang Group to be responsible, but there is one point, let the Ministry of Commerce negotiate a grain protection price. ”

"If there is a bumper grain harvest next year, the price of grain will inevitably fall very sharply, and then the Ministry of Commerce will carry out a minimum grain purchase price to stabilize the market law, and then build granaries near various cities across the country at this purchase price for grain storage."

"The stored grain will be stored according to two years' worth of grain for the time being, and there is another point, the remaining excess grain will be exported to Datang Liangzhou at a parity price." Huo Gang thought about it and said very simply.

"Yes." Xia Zhu was by Huo Gang's side, and when he heard about the Ministry of Commerce, Xia Zhu directly agreed.

"Let's convene a ministerial-level cabinet meeting, all the ministers in Yumen Pass will come over, and we will work out the development of the winter and next year." Huo Gang thought about it and said directly.

"Yes!" Xia Zhu next to him agreed, and quickly sent someone to find other ministers.

At present, almost all the ministers are here, and this time it is not only the ministers who have come, for example, Liang Shuo, who is currently the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice, has also followed, and the vice minister in charge of the Ministry of Transportation, Bai Mei, has naturally also come.

After everyone sat down in the conference room, Huo Gang directly told him and Wu Ping all the things they discussed, and then Huo Gang continued: "In addition, has the construction team from the Ministry of Transportation and Construction been dispatched?" ”

"It has been dispatched, and various construction teams close to Guazhou have been temporarily dispatched, and they have already gone to different locations, but in some villages, they may only be able to temporarily use local materials. At present, it is not a big problem, we have studied, the fire kang does not need to be built entirely with bricks and stones, it can be directly dried with adobe or can be built with an earthen kang, as long as it is mixed with some wheat after hulling. Chunmei immediately opened her mouth to introduce.

"But we have priority in the number of workers at present, but we have already gathered local construction teams in different cities such as Dunhuang and Suoyang City to help these villages build ondols."

"Well, how is the patrol department of the Ministry of Security? Followed up? ”

"It has been followed up, and each construction team has temporarily followed two staff members from the Patrol Division, mainly to record these poorer villages and villagers, and at the same time to carry out household registration and household registration statistics." Mingyue immediately nodded.

"Well, everyone pay attention, this is the first winter we have taken Changle Continent, and if nothing else, after a summer of famine, the ordinary people in the entire Changle Continent have very little food in their hands, so this thing must have disaster relief activities, Amatuo, the rescue work of your department has to keep up, Chunmei, your Ministry of Transportation has the idea to cooperate."

"Rest assured, Chief, I have discussed with Vice Minister Chunmei, and we have reserved a large number of carriages with Minister Yang, and the grain has been prepared, and it has been transported to the granaries of the four cities of Changle Island in advance." Amato immediately patted his chest and said.

"Good job, that's right, the first snow this winter is estimated to be about to be dispatched by you, and I will notify you in advance when the time comes, make disaster relief preparations in advance, and sort out all the poor villages and poor households, and not miss a single one."

"Yes, Chief!" Amato said confidently.

If it was in previous years, Amato didn't dare to speak so loudly, the reason is very simple, in previous years, Tongluobu himself could not feed his herdsmen, but this year is different, all herdsmen not only have new houses, but also their cattle and sheep, grain can not only survive this winter, but also live a rich and good year, more importantly, even most of the herdsmen can have meat to eat during the New Year!

This was almost unimaginable in the past!

Therefore, this year, these herdsmen do not have to worry about the situation in their own homes, and most of the rescue teams in his security department are herdsmen from the Tongluo department.

Because these Turks can travel on horseback on the steppe, and they have a stronger ability to discern direction on the steppe and on the Gobi Desert, rescue teams are naturally more important in this regard.

"Very well, how is the work on the Ministry of Finance?" Huo Gang also turned to Donglan's side.

"Looking back at the words of the leader, the Ministry of Finance is expected to complete the statistics of all assets at the end of this month, this year we have issued a total of 20 million yuan of currency, a total of 740 kilograms of gold, and at present, Datang's various commercial banks have exchanged 5 million yuan internally, with a total of 25 million yuan of currency, and we currently have about 1.5 tons of gold."

"This means that we can also issue about $20 million, while those currencies currently have about $12 million in the treasury, plus the unissued currency, the total expendable currency is $32 million." Donglan made a simple summary report.

Huo Gang nodded, because the currency was issued in the first year, almost how much money was issued, almost all of this money was in the treasury, and about 8 million yuan was spent on recycling and exchanging the original grain stamps, which was actually replaced by grain stamps, which had already been circulated in the market.

From the end of this year, all departments will be allocated directly by the Ministry of Finance, and each department will have to give the relevant budget.

At that time, the more than 32 million yuan of treasury funds will not be enough at all.

But it doesn't matter, if you don't have money, you can just print money directly, of course, from next year, you can't print money and then go directly into the treasury, these are two concepts, and when the time comes, it will probably enter circulation through different channels.

Part of it must go directly into the treasury, and there are no bonds or anything like that in this era, and the other part of Huo Gang thinks that he can issue a wave of treasury bonds tentatively next year, not because he is short of money, but because this part of the treasury bonds can give the market confidence.

When the time comes to issue additional money again, the central bank can directly buy back this part of the treasury bonds.

At present, the treasury revenue of 32 million is actually not much at all, because after all the currencies have quantified cash, not to mention anything else, the military expenditure of the military department alone next year is estimated to be 30 million, because Huo Gang currently has 60,000 troops under his command, which is not the intelligence department of Mingyue.

For these 60,000 soldiers, the basic salary of each soldier is a level 3 salary, that is, 360 yuan per month.

According to this calculation, the salaries of these 60,000 soldiers alone will need more than 270 million yuan per year, so the amount of additional currency issued next year is definitely an astronomical amount.

And there is another problem with this part of the money, that is, the speed of return is relatively slow, mainly because almost all the soldiers under Huo Gang's command came out of the spirit of the Jade Gate, they have no family, and without a family, it is more difficult for them to spend their money.

So Huo Gang is ready to prepare a house for them next year, let them pay off the "mortgage" first, and they also need someone to introduce their wives to them, so that they are all ready to get married.

But in this case, there is a problem, at least these soldiers have to arrange their vacation in turn.

Let Huo Zheng be responsible for all this, they will discuss a result, and Huo Gang will directly implement it.

If the Great Han did not expand, then there was no need for these soldiers to keep so much.

If you look at these countries in the Western Regions, the overall number of soldiers is not to mention tens of thousands, most of them are only a few thousand.

In ancient times, feeding soldiers was really not a small number, and the 270 million was not counting the expenses of weapons and equipment.

At that time, these weapons and equipment will definitely have to be purchased.

Of course, in fact, this is the left-handed to the right-handed, and the military expenses given to the military department will definitely return a considerable part of it next year, but the return is also to make this part of the currency circulating, especially these soldiers, in fact, their salaries Huo Gang gave very high.

As long as they start consuming, it is very beneficial to promote the consumption level of the whole Dahan.

"The Ministry of Commerce will soon start this year's trade fair, and after signing the contract, we should be able to collect a batch of gold, but all the gold that is earned will be directly issued with additional currency. The central bank should not have any problems in this regard. Huo Gang said.

"Understood." Peony nodded immediately.

At present, the central money bank is still subordinate to the Ministry of Finance, but it will definitely be established as a separate ministerial-level department in the future, and Huo Gang has not yet begun to prepare for the formation of a cabinet, and the cabinet will definitely have to be there at that time.

"Well, in addition, Wang Shan, you must not delay the reclamation of fertile land next year." Huo Gang added.

"Yes, but Chief, are we going to start our cotton promotion work next year?" Wang Shan thought for a while and asked.

"Start it, but in the first year, don't force it for the time being, but if there are farmers who are willing to plant cotton, you can sign relevant contracts for them, let the Hanliang Commercial Bank come over, and guarantee that they will buy back the cotton in the autumn, and as for the price of cotton, you must give a suitable price." Huo Gang thought about it and added.

"Yes!"

The promotion of cotton is a must, at present, Huo Gang's spinning machines and looms are the most advanced, and there is almost no room for change, because spinning machines and looms have begun to enter the industrialization era of steam engines, which is a dimensionality reduction blow to this era.

At that time, the price of finished cloth will be reduced to a very low figure, and cotton cloth made of cotton has an important role in different fields, and this must be promoted.

Not only in Changlezhou, but also in Liangzhou, including Datang, will also be promoted at that time.

But if you want these people to grow with peace of mind, you must ensure that they have enough food to eat, which is the most important thing.