Father can be an enemy to the country

"In addition to culture and religion, we must also strengthen control over the existing regime, eliminate any dangerous elements who want to speak against us, and prevent any attempts to get rid of our control. Of course, this is not your responsibility, just listen."

When it comes to how to lock down a country's progress, Zhu Zhen is like an old sow wearing a bra - one set after another. Hearing this, Shen and Rong were filled with admiration, thinking that this was the result of his hard thinking these days.

As everyone knows, these are all bloody lessons. Lao Liu just took them out in advance and used them on the Japanese.

"There is also business, which is your old profession." King Chu looked at the two people with bright eyes.

"Can our business also block the development of a country?" The two of them were really excited when they heard this.

"Of course. This is not a new method. How many countries did Guan Zhong bring down with trade wars?" Lao Liu said with a smile: "It's a pity that his method is inconsistent with Confucian ideas, and not many people know about it now."

"Then you really need to study hard when you go back." The two of them said hurriedly, feeling ashamed.

"You have to study hard. Now remember the eight words I summarized: 'embargo', 'dumping', and 'origin of raw materials'." Lao Liu said solemnly: "These three are the guiding ideology of your trade with Japan. "

"I'm stupid, please tell me in more detail, so as not to miss important things." Zhu He said casually.

"Of course it must be made clear. The embargo is the embargo of strategic materials." Lao Liu nodded and said: "It goes without saying that things like gunpowder, firearms, armor, telescopes, medicinal materials, etc., everyone knows that they cannot be spread. But there are also books and copper coins. Materials that are easily overlooked must also be strictly embargoed."

"But don't worry. When the time comes, the Maritime Administration will give you a prohibited list and a permitted list. Just follow them strictly."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good." Otherwise, they would really be afraid that they would accidentally step on a thunderbolt and commit an offense.

"What's going on with dumping?" Shen Rong asked in confusion: "This is not in line with His Highness's purpose of 'hungry marketing' to ensure profits, right?"

"There is no conflict." Lao Liu shook his head and smiled: "For the products they cannot produce, we have to strictly control the input volume to ensure profits. But once they can produce substitutes, we will immediately reduce the price and dump them, no matter what. Losing money will also make them unprofitable, and they will eventually have no choice but to exit the industry.”

"Of course, it doesn't mean that all their industries will be strangled to death. Dumping is mainly aimed at handicrafts, and Article 3 will be applied to agriculture." Lao Liu and Liu Bowen have been studying all day for nothing in the past few years. Basically, they have dealt with all parties. There is a complete set of plans for everything.

"Where are the raw materials produced?" the two said in agreement.

"Yes." Lao Liu nodded and said: "We need to guide Japanese farmers to plant the cash crops we need. For example, let them grow sugar beets, rapeseed, camellia oleifera, sugar cane, cotton, mulberry trees, etc. This can be based on your actual conditions. It depends on the needs.”

After a pause, he emphasized: "We must give them higher returns than farming, so that both the lords and the farmers themselves will be more inclined to plant cash crops and purchase them from the market in pursuit of higher profits. food."

"This will slowly turn them into a source of raw materials for us," Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Our handicraft industry can get sufficient raw materials, and their people will live a better life. This may be a beautiful thing. It’s something.”

"..." The two of them looked at Lao Liu suspiciously, feeling that he would not be so kind. Shen Rong asked: "But this way Japan grows food

There are fewer and fewer people, so the food gap will become bigger and bigger, food prices will rise, and people will not have enough to eat. Can their lives get better? "

"We can help them fill the gap." Zhu Zhen said and smiled at Zhu He: "This can also stabilize domestic food prices."

"Great!" Zhu He's eyes lit up. He might not even believe it. They were worried to death because the food was worthless.

In order to solve the crisis of cashing food stamps and to support the imperial government's plan to "fill Jiangxi and Huguang", the Textile and Dyeing Bureau came forward. A group of large Jiangnan households pooled money to rent large tracts of land in Jiangxi and Huguang and hired farmers from the two provinces to farm.

This not only allowed the food stamps to completely get rid of the credit crisis, but also caused the price of food in Jiangnan to drop accordingly. Although it is only the second year of official farming, the cultivated area and grain output are far from meeting the requirements, but it has already driven the price of grain in Jiangnan to a consistent level.

This is because His Highness the King of Chu's generous move has completely changed people's expectations for food prices in Jiangnan. Everyone believes that with the launch of large-scale planting in Huguang, Jiangxi, the food shortage in Jiangnan will disappear forever.

Naturally, no one would hoard any more. Instead, large households sold off their stored grains. This came and went, and the price of grains suddenly dropped from two levels to one level.

This is still a period of drought, and now everyone believes that when the summer grain comes down, grain prices will drop historically.

From the Southern Song Dynasty to the present, food prices have not been so low for almost two hundred years. Boss Zhu was very happy, and the court was also very happy, but the Suzhou Dyeing and Weaving Bureau was dumbfounded.

They had just solved the credit crisis of food stamps, but they did not expect to face a devaluation crisis again.

Depreciation will also lead to runs.

The reason is simple. It's not that people don't believe they can pay, but that when food prices fall, the value of food stamps naturally also falls.

When one stone of grain was worth two guan of money, one stone of food stamps was worth two guan of money.

Nowadays, one stone of food is worth a thousand dollars, and one stone of food stamps is only worth a thousand dollars, which is cut in half.

And the future will continue to be bearish. Who can withstand this? Nowadays, food stamps have flooded the south of the Yangtze River and flowed into various provinces. They are no longer controllable by the big households in the south of the Yangtze River.

The simultaneous explosion of exchange demands from merchants and ordinary people was enough to cause a run.

Although the Dyeing and Dyeing Bureau paid in grain, and when grain prices fell, there was enough grain to cope with the run. But after ordinary people exchanged grain stamps for grain, they turned around and sold it to grain merchants in exchange for copper coins. As a result, the decline in food prices has intensified, and the drop in food prices has intensified the run, creating a vicious cycle.

This all happened this spring. Lao Liu had already known about it in the report from the Dyeing and Weaving Bureau. The reason why Shen Rong and Zhu He came together was to ask His Highness for instructions on countermeasures.

The solution they came up with was that since the people chose to cash out the grain and sell it, it would be better to buy it directly from the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau. Or simply do it in one step and directly redeem the copper coins and treasure notes to the people.

But no matter what, they are faced with the problem of food prices being cut in half. They definitely hope to trade according to the current food prices, which makes sense.

But the common people used to have one stone of food stamps worth two guan, and now the Dyeing and Weaving Bureau only gives them one guan. They will definitely be scolded to death.

The people's wealth has been cut in half and they are full of resentment. They will not reason with you, not to mention that the person who caused the drop in food prices is indeed the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau itself.

You deserve to be scolded!