"Infrastructure investment activities have never decreased, resulting in the price of building materials always being strong. The prices of bricks, cement, lime, and wood have never fallen significantly, but the prices of iron and steel have probably dropped a lot with the decrease in demand for railway tracks, and the decline is not small. Ping An pig iron sold to railway machining plants last year (1667), has fallen by more than 40% compared with the price in 1655, heavy rails, light rails, ferromanganese, carbon steel, etc.

The prices of traditional steel products also fell slightly, about 5%-25%. The prices of anchor chains, tinplate and manganese steel have been rising again and again, which is a bit surprising. The prices of coal have been in a downward trend for many years due to the mining of coal mines in Heijin Island, Heishan Township and other places. Although the annual decline is not large, the downward trend has rarely changed. This may indicate from another perspective that our country is extremely sufficient in coal supply..."

"The prices of grains are controlled so tightly. The prices of potatoes, corn and peas cannot be supported by the rise of Spanish planting estates in La Plata and have fallen to the lowest point in recent years. However, other food prices are stable in the past fewer than before. The prices of wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice, and corn have only fallen slightly by about 5% compared to ten years ago, and the prices of soybeans have only risen by 10%. Various forces are striving to maintain the prices of domestic food in the East Coast, South African sorghum, wheat eyeing, Peruvian corn, grain saliva, and the slow increase in grain planting estates on the La Plata prairie all play a role in suppressing food prices, but the massive population that the country increases every year has played a hedge against this..."

Just as Sun Wuben, editor-in-chief of Pravdasi, was sitting in Coriantes and writing manuscripts, his biggest competitor in Posadasi, the editor-in-chief of the Great Razor (i.e. Ibera Swamp), Shao Zhengguang, son of Shao Shude, was talking and laughing with his subordinates while pondering the content of the manuscript. As the number one in economic newspapers, it is actually the first domestic economic newspaper, which is currently the top-notch economic newspaper in China, has always been looking at problems from an economic perspective. For example, this time, Sun Wuben of Pravdasi talked about the future development of East Coast agriculture and the transformation of the rural system from the perspective of a rural cooperative. This way of reporting is not what the Businessman is good at. They are better at narrating facts from the perspective of price changes, factory production scale, import and export trade, and the difference between the two is quite considerable.

Shao Zhengguang is 30 years old this year and is Shao Shude's third son. Compared with his two dazzling brothers, his career seems to be a bit too dull. However, he, who has done a very happy job in the "Businessman" newspaper, still doesn't like his eldest brother and second brother's life. He is the thing he likes the most!

"...The reasons for the decline in prices of some commodities are diverse. In addition to excessive production, the value of gold, one of the most important currency in the world, has remained stable for 30 years, which is also one of the important reasons for the decline in prices. Of course, there are some debates in the East Coast. Some people believe that the value of gold remains unchanged is one of the main factors for the decline in prices, but some people think that this is just one of four or five unimportant factors. Indeed, on the East Coast, which implements the gold-silver replication system, many people advocate reclaiming silver to make up for the difference in gold, and stipulating the ratio between these two metals to improve the financial relationship between the East Coast and the Old Da 6, the East Coast and the Far East, so as to achieve the purpose of stabilizing prices and conducive to production. This is an interesting idea, but we seem to have another way, that is, to increase the output of gold..."

"Teling Gold Mine has been diligently carrying out the task of supplying gold to the country for many years. Its annual output once reached an astonishing 45o kilograms, and there were 2o kilograms in the waves. In addition, gold in South Africa is not insignificant. The report of Qiu Haiyang, a commissioner of the Yicheng Regional Administration, opened the door to a new world for officials of the State Administration of Precious Metals Administration. However, domestic knowledgeable people warned that the gold reserves on the Swazi people were questionable, and the output was extremely unstable, which could not make commodity prices 'immediately recover'. They believed that instead of chasing the illusory South African gold, it would be better to pay more attention to the discount rate that several major domestic banks have maintained for a long time..."

"...Overseas investment now seems a bit too much. Especially in the New China region where tropical products are rich, foreign investment is very active, because the prices of locally produced pepper, perfume, sisal, cocoa, coffee, cotton, graphite, rubber, etc. generally rose by 10-2o% within ten years, which attracted the follow-up of many "blind investors". Since 1665, the State Administration of Precious Metals maintained a discount rate of 2% for many years. Although the discount rate soared to 4% and 5% in the short term due to war or other factors, the discount rate of 2% has been maintained since then. This year (1668) happened to be the year when the whole price of tropical commodities in New China has reached a turning point..."

"... Huang Yi, the captain of the development team of New China Island, did not take excessive foreign investment. He believes that New China Island still has a wide space to continue to invest. The cotton planting is far from saturated, and the sugarcane industry is at its peak. Even the Kanghua Mine Iron Mine, which seems to be quite risky and cost-effective, is quite attractive, because this is the best opportunity for private capital to invest in the steel industry. Although it is questionable where the State Council will allow them to go. But in any case, New China Island's determination to raise funds and manpower to open the island is beyond doubt. This can be seen from their increased amount of sand gold mining in the area with good control over the security of the central and western regions of the island. In Xinhua, which is even far beyond the local New China, the potential risk is that the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Precious Metals may regain the gold mine rights of New China Island..."

"...Restricting capital outflow and guiding surplus capital to invest in domestic projects has undoubtedly become the top priority for the next stage of the work of the Executive Committee, which is about to enter the second term. Guangxing Port (formerly Posadas City) is located in a key position and has abundant resources. It was originally a prefecture in the northern part of the Hejian of the Kingdom of Spain. It once drove tens of thousands of Guarani, Crandi, and Quechua Indians to build a large-scale construction, log and quarrying, and built a magnificent town, and there are many manors outside the city, many farmlands have been reclaimed, with a good agricultural foundation, and transportation port facilities are even more convenient. In addition, the Government has invested a large amount of money, and Batino Construction Company has also sent more than 2,000 labor workers to build the national highway here. The future prospects are unlimited. It is very suitable for investors with conservative and stable styles to come to inspect. Investment and returns should not be lower than those of the overheated New China Island..."

After lowering his head and writing the last paragraph, Shao Zhengguang felt that he really couldn't write it anymore, so he simply stopped writing it. Grandma, if it weren't for the pressure from the superiors, he wouldn't be lazy to write such a soft article that ruined the reputation of "Businessman's News". The conditions around Daleze are good, but you have a subtropical climate and cannot grow tropical economic crops with rising prices year after year, which discouraged most of the profit-seeking funds; and the land has not been rectified, and the flood risk is not small, and the early investment is amazing, whoever comes is stupid! "Businessman's News" is the oldest economic newspaper, with a lot of audiences and great influence, so the executive committee set its sights on this, hoping to deceive some "honest people" to come here to invest, but can this really come true? Shao Zhengguang felt it was unreliable.

Of course, this does not mean that Guangxing Port, a city with a large population and large size, has no investment value. At least, after being administratively classified as under the jurisdiction of Shancha County, the area became the largest and most reliable foreign exchange window in the county. After all, if you walk south on the Wujiang River to the east, not only will there be many shallows, but also many torrents, and the boat is not very safe (and you cannot take a large ship with lower transportation costs. Because of the rapid flow and many sharp turns in the river, it is not suitable for barges). Even if you walk to Xintang Port in Daxing County, you have to unload the goods and transfer them to the train to avoid the annoying Daxing Waterfall. This cost will rise at once.

On the other hand, if the cargo is loaded from Guangxing Port, it will not only be safer to sail, but also more cargo is loaded by ships. Barges and other means of transportation that can significantly reduce logistics costs can be used with confidence. This advantage is incomparable to the Wujiang River. Furthermore, the Parana River flows down the road, directly through the La Plata River and the sea, without any barriers in the middle, and there is no need to worry about the transportation between the middle. The transportation cost is indeed low. No wonder even if the distance is a little far, many commodities in the Hejian area are still accustomed to transporting through the Parana River. Unless the country has implemented the dredging and widening of the Wujiang River channel, such as cutting and straightening, can achieve a phased result, otherwise it will be difficult to compete.

Therefore, to be honest, the most valuable investment target of Guangxing Port and even Shancha County is actually the local river port terminal. However, Guangxing Port Terminal has been strongly "occupied" by the state-owned inland river transport company. The company has applied for two consecutive years to lower the profit ratio paid to the state finance (of course, the profit can be paid less, but the tax cannot be reduced), and sold a batch of 72-ton inland river steamer with a long service life to private shipping practitioners. Then, a fund was raised to rectify and transform the Posadas Pier that existed in the Spanish era, trying to make it more "modern" and have a larger throughput, and also increase the maintenance and maintenance capabilities of ships.

Since the wharf was taken away by the state-owned inland river transportation company, many people are not interested in other projects. Except for some people who jointly invested in Guangxing Port, they set up some small earthen kilns to make bricks and tiles to supply building materials nearby, few people were interested in it. This made the township and county officials a little "sad". The executive committee officials also had a headache. Compared with overseas colonies, many local areas are indeed not pleasing. I think that in order to curb domestic inflation, in order to curb domestic inflation, the domestic people opened their horizons, but they did not like to invest in local areas with low profit margins, especially the newly opened four geographical sub-districts in Hejian, which made people helpless.

As a last resort, they discussed whether to give tax cuts to individuals or enterprises willing to invest in Hejian. In the East Coast Republic of China, where private capital evasion is serious, it is hard to say how attractive this point is. At the same time, it is instructed Shao Zhengguang, Sun Wuben and others to start advocating and fooling through newspapers and magazines, trying to attract more capital to invest in Hejian. In addition, the Ministry of Finance also plans to conduct a new round of public debt nationwide to raise funds to carry out infrastructure construction in the Hejian area. If you want to get rich, the road will be the same no matter which era.

Of course, if the above measures do not work, it is not ruled out that the Executive Committee members take other measures, such as restricting overseas investment, increasing the proportion of fiscal profits paid by foreign trade companies, etc. However, these measures are not without side effects, especially the latter. When you decide not to implement the trade balance policy and reduce the share of purchasing European goods, this will often cause a series of troubles. Diplomacy and political costs will become quite high, and some contradictions that have not emerged in the past will gradually become more intense. Therefore, this method should be more cautious, and this is obviously the reason why the Executive Committee tries to increase gold production as the choice of policy.

Only by using the above methods and leaving the remaining funds in the country with nowhere to go, can they finally lead the Executive Committee to see where they want to go. Shao Zhengguang himself also invested thousands of yuan in Mount Tea County, contracted a small mountain with others, and planted the tung tree, which was introduced from China's Big 6, in recent years, has gradually become popular in the east coast. The Luo Guosong family in the north relied on this wealth. Therefore, some foreign capital has begun to invest in this industry, and these capitals often come from relatively conservative businessmen who are unwilling to invest in high-risk places overseas. Shao Zhengguang is one of them.

"I won't write anymore, rest, and keep my energy well. Tomorrow, I will go to the newly established Leize and Juye County in the south to take a look and collect the field." Shao Zhengguang greeted the followers around him and said.
Chapter completed!