"Chairman Liao is going to create four million farmers! It's amazing, I admire you! The captain of the stern building of the third-deck battleship of the Liberator" was in the captain of the ship, the naval major and commander of the South China Sea Squadron of the First Fleet, Zhou Yu, opened a bottle of Xiangshan Ganhong, and poured a small cup for Chen Youcai, the director of the State Railway Administration, who came to visit him, and then smiled and teased the drastic reforms of the Executive Committee Chairman Liao Xiaoyao after taking office.

There is no doubt that this reform has touched the interests of many people, especially the increasingly powerful naval groups. You should know that the Brazilian tropical economic circle, which was forced to cool down by the country, is closely related to overseas trade and has always been a "hard-hit area" for naval forces to work. Look at the new generation of naval generals on the east coast, Major Zhou Yu, Commander of the South China Sea Squadron of the First Fleet, Major Ding Zhen, Commander of the First Fleet Caribbean Squadron,

Major Cai Anguo, commander of the Cape Verde squadron, Major Liu Fubo, commander of the Okhotsk Sea squadron, Lieutenant Colonel Mo Lieyan, commander of the Second Fleet, Lieutenant Colonel Li Zemin, commander of the First Fleet, Major Zhou Yafu, battalion commander of the Marine Battalion, etc., which family does not have a business in it? How many foreign trade companies, private transportation companies, etc. that have emerged like mushrooms after a rain in China?

Therefore, the various speeches and measures that Liao Xiaoyao has been constantly making after taking office have successfully caused a sense of crisis in the naval system. Therefore, there are many people in the army who complain about him. It is obvious that Major Zhou Yu is one of them. It is rumored that their family acquired two sugarcane plantations and a small refined sugar workshop at a low price after the war in Hue Port. Now it seems that it is true.

However, now it seems that Liao Xiaoyao's decision is unstoppable. This chairman of the Executive Committee, who has good qualifications and prestige, has always hated the export of tropical specialty products such as pepper, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg rind, cane sugar, tobacco, etc., and believes that although exporting these things can make a lot of profits, it will ruin the national customs and be of no benefit to the country and the people. Now investment is suspected of overheating. As the international market continues to shrink, it is best to restrict it to avoid problems in the future.

Liao Xiaoyao's argument is undoubtedly not the first time that people have been put forward in the East Coast. In fact, during the peak period of sugar exports, this argument has been constantly mentioned. Some elderly people from industrial fields, such as Song Qiang, Wu Jun, Li Hongxing, Pan family and others, accused the overwhelming export of things like sugar, which can only cause a large amount of funds to withdraw from the industrial field and enter the industry where the bubble is already overwhelming, and make huge profits. Once these capitals taste the sweetness of high profits of tropical commodities, then who is willing to continue to stick to the relatively low profits, hard and dirty, with huge investment in R&D, and there are many uncertainties in the future?

You should know that a hundred years ago, United Provinces had surpassed the English in the fields of textile, papermaking, printing, shipbuilding and other industries. However, Amsterdam defeated cities such as Honaz, Bruges and became the well-deserved economic center in Western Europe. After the Dutch monopolized many trades, a large amount of funds were invested in the fields of trade and navigation, and various domestic industries were gradually withering. Taking the wool textile industry as an example, the textile city of Leiden originally imported wool and coarse wool from the UK, and after processing it, it was made into various refined wool wool and then exported to the Mediterranean and Baltic Sea. However, in the 17th century, the Dutch had basically given up their efforts to produce wool wool and directly imported finished products from the UK. This undoubtedly made the British wool textile industry develop leaps and become the first of the six major economic pillars of England.

The same was true in the British Empire in history. As a pioneer country of the industrial revolution, the existence of colonial ATMs, especially India, seems to have unlimited balance. The domestic industrial enterprises have not always made up for it. It is not their fault, because improving industrial technology is long and painful. If there is no other way to go, no one is willing to make money. Didn’t the Germans have to focus on developing industries and improving their technical level because there is no colony?

Now this trend is gradually coming to the east coast. The hot-selling coffee, cocoa, pepper, vanilla and sugar in New China have made a lot of profits in the previous wave of markets, attracting a large amount of capital to be invested in, and even foreign funds. This is actually a good thing, because the influx of funds into New China Island has also increased the degree of development of the island, but the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, the investment in the industrial field has declined. You should know that the industrial technology progress in the East Coast country is far from enough to rely on the investment of the government and state-owned enterprises alone, and private capital must also keep up quickly. For example, a production line, the core enterprises are large state-owned factories, but the supporting ones are often small private factories or even small workshops. If the technology of these supporting enterprises does not improve, it will greatly slow down the speed of industrial progress in the East Coast. This is what many people don’t want to see, and it is also the most direct reason why many people say “the corruption of the atmosphere”.

What's more, in the past decade, due to the frequent outbreak of various wars in Europe, the Ottomans, Poland, Russia, and Crimea in Ukraine, the heritage transfer war, the British-Dutch naval battle, the French-Dutch war, etc., many countries have been involved, and Europe has been in chaos and exhausted by the civilian wealth. The number of tropical specialty commodities imported in large quantities has also dropped significantly, and the total market volume has continued to shrink. This is the market that has been greatly reduced, driven by the mercantilist trend, most countries have left it to their own merchants. For example, King Charles II of the UK ordered that the customs of major ports such as London and Bristol are only allowed to import sugar produced from Barbados or Jamaica.

This is true in England, Spain and others have been very similar. Even the reduction in imports is even more powerful because the war costs are too huge. This can be seen from the decline in the sales of Betel sugar in Spain by the Italian merchant group. If they had not had old relationships, they might not be able to sell a pack of candy.

Therefore, the international market for tropical specialties has gradually fallen into a trough period. If there is no action to rectify it at this time, then when the market rebounds and rebounds, the resistance will only be greater. The East Coast Executive Committee is still a little clear-headed in this regard, and this is also the main reason why Liao Xiaoyao can resolutely implement the policy. He is not isolated and helpless!

However, although this matter is beneficial to the country in the long run, not everyone can understand it, especially those groups whose interests have been violated, such as Captain Zhou Yu, who is complaining. He doesn't want to work hard to open a bullshit factory. Whether it is a machining factory or other factories, he doesn't want to open it because it is too troublesome, the management cost is high, the competition is more intense, and the money earns much less than the money that can be sold, spices, etc., so a fool will do it!

But now the general trend is like this, what can he do? Brazil's rural financial cooperatives, United Industrial Credit Bank, and Northwest Reclamation Bank no longer have loans. The non-national labor workers who originally worked in their plantations also have a better place to go. They no longer look down on the salary less than two yuan, and instead start to look for the future on the Pampa Plain in the south. You must know that road construction is also a salary of two yuan, but the working environment is much better than tropical plantations, and the food must be slightly stronger. What should I not go!

Therefore, as the government did this, the tropical plantation economy on the coast of Brazil in the north seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water and began to cool down rapidly. The non-national labor workers who were originally working there went south one after another. Under the guidance of the government, a few entered the local infrastructure projects, but most of them went south to the Pampa Plain and began to build transportation projects such as the Yanbu Railway and Dingyan Highway.

Chen Youcai is now the director of the State Railway Administration. Logically speaking, he is quite happy about this situation because the labor demand, which was originally full of gaps, has been effectively filled. However, considering the emotions of his friend Zhou Yu, he did not reveal it too directly at this moment. Moreover, their family actually holds a lot of shares in a trading company opened in Qingdao County. This company mainly focuses on importing pepper, cocoa, coffee, dried fruit, vanilla, sisal and other commodities from New China.

"It is impossible for four million farmers. Although the international market is not big now, there is no big problem to support hundreds of thousands of industrial and commercial practitioners in our country." Chen Youcai laughed and shook his head with a chuckle and said, "If the general trend is like this, you should not do it against it, otherwise you may suffer. I heard that the current Minister of the Navy Major General Sang Kai has always followed the central policies, and he is afraid he does not agree with some of your views."

"I don't know the current situation. It's just that our country is based on navigation and has huge interests overseas. If overseas trade is not prosperous, how will the relevant industries develop? How to cultivate relevant talents? Don't tell me about exporting industrial products, how large-scale marine industries can it carry? It's too small!" Zhou Yu paused the wine bottle on the table, sighed heavily, and said with a gloomy face: "Will this country turn to the land and dig food in the soil?

Hum, people from the Army have some problems in the overall situation. They are not broad enough and always regard land and population as more than their lifeblood. In addition, the foundation of the Army is the countryside farmers. Only with more fields will there be more farmers. Only with more farmers can their army deceive more people, and the military leaders can better consolidate their power. But in this way, the country will be destroyed. You must know that England's marine industry is not much behind us."

Indeed, as Zhou Yu said just now, Liao Xiaoyao's decision to focus on developing the Pampa Plain for the next few years was indeed at the expense of the marine industry, which touched the interests of many people. But what is frustrating is that they now have natural excuses, justified and cannot refuse. This situation has actually happened several times in the history of the 50 years since its founding in the East Coast. Although this country is generally based on the maritime power strategy, this does not mean that the land power has no resistance at all. In fact, they have also won several dominances, but the time is short. This time Liao Xiaoyao came to power (he is the most age and qualified person among the first generation of living senators, and there is almost no suspense to be selected). It seems that Lu Quan's victory is another victory, just hope this is also a short victory.

"We can't involve things that are too far-reaching, so there is no need to worry about them. Let's focus on the present. In my opinion, why should you squeeze out your head and compete with others for the sugar market? Now this thing is falling sharply. Although it can still make money, it is not much profitable. It is far from being a huge profit. Instead of doing this, it is better to retreat and think of other ways. What do you think when someone mentioned last time to do business in India? I know that the country does not agree with it and does not encourage everyone to do short, flat and fast business, but

We will always have no problem trying to export our industrial products to India, right? This will not only allow your trading company to make money, but also continue to maintain the existing scale of the marine industry. Why not do it?" Chen Youcai has actually been considering this issue for a long time, and has discussed it with some people and has a certain idea. This will see Zhou Yu's dissatisfaction with the resentment of that kind. He is afraid that he will make some inappropriate remarks in public in the future, so he took the initiative to throw out the topic and divert his attention in another direction.

Zhou Yu seemed to be really interested in this. As a senior naval officer, he still systematically learned and understood the geography, climate and customs of places like India, Ceylon, and the East Indies. Therefore, he focused on the situation in India, Ceylon and other places, and discussed the prospects of some industrial products such as military funds, medicines, hardware products, steel bars and other industrial products in the local market. Chen Youcai did not hide his own personal information. He seemed to be interested in winning over Zhou Yu, a rising naval minister in the navy. Major General Sangkai, the commander of the First Fleet, is over 70 years old. It is obvious that he only made a transition and will hand over power in a few years. Therefore, he discussed it carefully with him and made an appointment to go to India to develop together in the future.
Chapter completed!