Although the income level of residents in the New China Colony is not very high, they will still consume some of these ordinary consumer goods from time to time after consuming essential daily necessities. Take an ordinary shipbuilder with a monthly income of 5 yuan as an example, the annual income is 60 yuan. Suppose his family of four (a couple plus two children) spends more than 30 yuan on sorghum and wheat foods every year. If you add the consumption of essential daily necessities such as cotton cloth, salt, palm oil, honeycomb coal, etc., and buy some beef every few days, the salary will basically be left, and it may not even be enough.

Of course, the actual situation may not be so embarrassing. Because his wife is mostly working, although her salary is not as high as his, it is not difficult to have an income of 3-4 yuan a month. In that way, they will have an additional 40 yuan in cash every year. Since the government no longer sells new land to local residents, they can only spend the 40 yuan. They may choose to buy livestock, furniture, or renovate their houses, and of course they are more used to consume goods such as tropical fruits, dairy products, tobacco, sugar, and wine.

If the prices of these commodities rise sharply, resulting in their actual purchasing power shrinking, their satisfaction will obviously decline. In fact, strictly speaking, although the prices of commodities such as mangoes, bananas, sugar, cream, tobacco, cashews, and eggs sold to the east coast, such as mangoes, bananas, sugar, cream, tobacco, cashews, and eggs, have risen slightly, but the overall trend is still very stable. However, after state-owned stores wholesale to vendors at a fixed price with little change, the retail price eventually soared, and the prices of many commodities such as sugar, tobacco and eggs soared by more than 50%. It is shocking.

There are many reasons for this kind of thing. But the most important point is that supply is less than demand and commodity supply is insufficient. That is, there is more currency circulating on the market, but the supply of consumer goods has not increased. In addition, the influx of funds carried by foreign merchants, it has gradually caused inflation locally. Moreover, in the long run, the faster the local economy develops, the deeper the inflation trend may be.

The solution to the problem is mainly to increase the supply of goods, but to be honest, it is difficult. And it also takes time. The Portuguese people across the sea have all had a very slow reaction speed and life pace. Even if the East Coast people ask them to increase the supply of goods, and even if there are a lot of business opportunities waiting for them, they are still slowly expanding production step by step, which can make the East Coast people who are used to living a fast pace of life to death.

"In a short period of time, we cannot increase the effective supply of goods. Then we have to find a way to reduce the amount of currency on the market, that is, to guide the investment in other aspects. As Captain Shi said, buying beef is called daily consumption, but there is another type of consumption called production consumption. We can guide funds to this aspect." Kyle looked at the twenty or thirty people sitting in the venue and continued: "Captain Shi had a package of plans before leaving, and the main plans were three."

"One of the things is to continue to expand the scale of the sisal plantation on the current scale. The government will open a large area of ​​land in Xixiang for planting sisal. The land will be leveled by the local township government and then rented to the majority of growers, which should be able to absorb a large amount of funds."

The current sisal production in New China is not very large. After all, the growth cycle of this thing is very long, and it will take two or three years to complete the first leaf picking. And six or seven years have passed when it can be picked in large quantities. In addition, there are not many tropical plants native to Central America and the planting area is not expanded enough, so the yield has not been large.

However, its demand is increasing in the East Coast Republic of China today. Due to the strong fiber tension, high flexibility and corrosion resistance of this plant, it has a wide range of applications for both military and civilians. At present, the largest domestic demand customers are naval (military cable), and there are also army ropes, industrial ropes, etc. With the great development of the fishing industry in the Far East Blackwater region, the demand for this high-quality fishing net raw materials has gradually increased. Therefore, the sisal planting market in the New China region is indeed favored by many people.

It is indeed a good idea to absorb a large amount of funds into an industry with a long investment cycle but a good return rate. On the one hand, it can increase investors' returns, and on the other hand, it also absorbs a large amount of funds, leaving the government with time to develop various industries and stabilize prices. Moreover, due to the unique geographical environment of Madagascar, there are no common biological diseases and pests on the mainland, so this laid a good foundation for the large-scale development of economic crop planting. It is not unreasonable for people to call this world's fourth largest island a closed continent. The unique climate, unique species of animals and plants, and the sparseness of diseases and pests are of great value to agriculture.

"Secondly, after the fall of the Great Vizi Mustafapasha of the Ottoman Empire, the originally closed cafe was resurrected again due to the new military force, and it is currently spreading across the country. The Holnisian family also asked us whether we could export large amounts of coffee beans to Port Suez, which is another good business. After research, we believe that it is possible to organize large-scale planting. The demand for coffee beans in the Ottoman Empire and even the Islamic world is huge, and the local climate is very suitable for planting this crop. At the beginning of this year, some European pirates on St. Mary's Island and their descendants have begun to try to grow this cash crop. I believe that once we increase the yield and become famous, we will definitely be able to capture the hearts of those Muslims. This is also a promising industry."

Kyle's words really came into McKinley's heart. He also went to St. Mary's Island once, which was a staff member of the agricultural technology station, and was docked in a port that was "old nest" by pirates. Speaking of which, the pirates on St. Mary's Island have increasingly close contact with the East Coast people. They need all kinds of goods provided by the East Coast, from daily necessities to weapons and ammunition. Even some injured pirates can go to the East Coast towns to receive simple treatment and cultivation, which is a treatment they will never get in other places. What they need is only ships that are not allowed to attack the East Coast people (including ships from other countries that trade with the East Coast), and the pirates happily accept this.

As the relationship became increasingly close, some old pirates even ran to Xinhua Port with the savings accumulated over the years, and requested settlement in the two eastern coast towns of Tacheng. Shi Qinjie, who was tortured by the extremely high population mortality rate, naturally refused to accept the visit and approved their settlement request with a big stroke. At this time, there were a large number of settlers of pirate descendants on St. Mary's Island. Most of these people were mixed-race descendants of European pirates and locals. Some of them had passed through several generations, and they were not even good at speaking European languages.

These people are also emotionally close to the East Coast, because only the civilized world of the East Coast Republic is willing to accept them. Considering that there are more than ten European pirates on St. Mary's Island, there are six or seven hundred settlers all year round, and many of them have the experience of being sailors, there is no harm in uniting them. Therefore, in the past year, people from the East Coast have repeatedly boarded St. Mary's Island based on the good relationship between the two sides, guiding them to plant crops, build bridges and houses, and they seem to be using it as a vassal territory to operate.

McKinley went to the island at the beginning of the year. At that time, he was with the webmaster of the Agricultural Technology Station. His main job was to guide the elderly pirates on the island and their children to plant coffee trees. The seeds were provided by the East Coast people, and they began to plant them in St. Mary's Island, Tower City and Xinhua Port. Once the planting was successful, there would be an additional export fist product in the local area. After the pirates and their descendants tasted the benefits of growing coffee, they would sooner or later be officially incorporated by the East Coast people. This is really the best of both worlds.

McKinley himself is also very interested in growing coffee trees. His Ming-minded wife has been clamoring to learn from others to plant some lychee trees. However, McKinley always feels that the shelf life of the thing is too short, and there is a lack of factories for deep processing of this kind of fruits, so he is not optimistic about the prospects for planting this tree. On the contrary, he really thinks that growing coffee trees is a good business. This kind of thing has a large market demand (mainly in the Islamic world), is easy to preserve, and the price is not very low, which is definitely worth investing. There are many people who think the same as him, and everyone is even discussing how to organize a coffee planting association. Just like the farmers who grow sisals have established a sisal planting association, the members of the association help each other, benefit and prosper together, and make a fortune together.

"Third, in the coffee tree and lychee tree planting areas, beekeeping is vigorously developed to cut honey. Similarly, there are no bees that have plagued the residents of the old mainland for thousands of years. It is a unique treasure land. The local Madagascar bees are relatively gentle, with eucalyptus forests everywhere in the seaside and mountains inland. The honey flowing season is the end of each year to the beginning of the following year. It is very suitable for bees to collect honey. It is also a good thing that benefits the country and the people."

"In addition, the introduction and planting of Southeast Asian teak, East Indian pepper, and South American cocoa trees are still under further demonstration..." As Kyle said, the audience gradually began to discuss in a low voice. To be honest, everyone here was all the people who had some spare money. Many people participated in the battle against the Betsy Misalaka people. The spoils they received after the war were really a lot, and most of them did not invest their money in the sisal planting with a long reward period. Many people turned to buy some livestock and bought some cheap corn and sweet potatoes from local farmers to raise hump cattle and pigs, and make some quick money.

However, now they heard these "ways" mentioned by Kyle, and they thought it was very good, so they all were eager to try it out and decided to call their friends to raise funds in a joint stock and get a lot of money. There are not many diseases and pests on the island, and the climate is also very suitable for the growth of these plants. Perhaps the only thing they lack is the lack of labor, but this is nothing, we can start from a small scale first. (To be continued...)
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