"Don't let the food produced in the United States be transported to Asia? Because of pests? "Qi Rui was not particularly surprised by the news. Repeating the words of the North American secretary, Qi Rui continued, "Let's strengthen the killing of pests."
Such a straightforward answer made the North American government colleagues not know how to comment. In the end, it was the North American secretary who said, "Political Commissar Qi, it is clear that the price of food in North America is low, and the comrades in Asia feel that the price of food in Asia will be affected. Therefore, we are restricted in food exports. If they think there are parasites, there are no parasites in our flour. Why don't Asia even accept flour? "
Listening to these complaints, Qi Rui closed his mouth and did not say a word. He faintly felt that something was wrong. The army was not allowed to interfere in politics. A group of government cadres explained a lot of administrative affairs to Qi Rui in detail. The purpose was probably to persuade Vézé through Qi Rui. Qi Rui did not like to be used, so he decisively chose to shut up at this time.
Those who could get to this position were all smart people. Looking at Qi Rui, he closed his mouth and looked like he was telling them not to bother him. Some people tried to test Qi Rui with those words. Qi Rui's "soldiers don't interfere in politics" made these people decide to give up.
In recent years, agricultural production in North America had recovered well, and food production was increasing. Although the population of North America was about 60 million people, which was the same as the population of the United States a few years ago. The agricultural products of the vast grain-producing areas of North America could not be digested by 60 million people. In addition to sending people to Beijing immediately to seek a solution from the central government, the North American region strengthened the export negotiations that were already underway to solve the food problem. Although Qi Rui did not say anything, he felt that this was actually a good way to deal with it. This happened at the end of February 1895.
On March 12, the British government announced that it was reaching an agreement with the Min dynasty on the supply of agricultural products. In principle, April, when there was a shortage of crops, was usually the time when agricultural prices were the highest. The prices of agricultural products in March were already the highest. However, the prices of grain and flour on the British bulk agricultural market began to plummet, and the wholesale prices of other food also began to fall. There were also things that were in line with tradition. On that day, more than a dozen corpses appeared in the Thames. Telegrams from the Bank of Europe, headquartered in Cyprus, reached North America before the divers jumped into the water.
"Why is this Bank of Europe colluding with the Ministry of Agriculture?" The comrades from North America were puzzled.
"The Bank of Europe is a bank under the Central Bank. It mainly deals in Europe." The comrade from the banking department answered.
"Why would the Ministry of Agriculture help this bank? We have been negotiating with the United Kingdom for a year. Didn't the Ministry of Agriculture receive the document? "A comrade from the Department of Agriculture replied unhappily.
"Isn't it enough to serve the Ministry of Agriculture? We have to serve this bank as well?" The unhappy mood quickly resonated.
"Tell the Ministry of Agriculture that I've given them all the information. If you want information from us, we will only give it to the Ministry of Agriculture! "
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Listening to these words, Qi Rui was very excited in his heart. Qi Rui, who was in his thirties, was no longer a child. This time, the Ministry of Agriculture had thoroughly offended a considerable number of people in North America. Qi Rui saw it very clearly. Qi Rui found that as a member of the North American side, he certainly hoped that the interests of the North American side would be satisfied. However, Qi Rui had expectations for a higher status, so Qi Rui found himself hoping to get a higher authority to coordinate and solve the current conflict from a higher perspective.
Without saying a word, various thoughts intertwined in Qi Rui's mind, which even made him feel a little confused. "I'm a soldier, I can't interfere in politics!" Qi Rui couldn't help but try to sort these things out in his mind. Then he found that his father's arrangement was really wonderful. He could watch from the sidelines without having to participate. This was a good opportunity for Qi Rui to accumulate experience.
After a fierce outburst, the comrades in North America calmed down. The final conclusion was that North America was not familiar with the Bank of Europe, so the Ministry of Agriculture needed to send someone to contact them. Before the effective contact mode was determined, the North American Department of Agriculture only provided information to the Ministry of Agriculture.
This result was an eye-opener for Qi Rui. If such a conflict was created in the army, the straightforward army would immediately deal with it. If the negotiation failed, then they would find the superior department in charge of the matter and make it clear. The compromise in the administrative department, especially the behind-the-scenes operation, was much more insidious than the army. It seemed that no one mentioned the core conflict about the sale of North American agricultural products to Asia.
North America's method of dealing with internal conflicts in the organization was to "follow the system model," but they did not stop working on other aspects. The northeastern region of the United Kingdom belonged to two agricultural zones. Most of the northern region was a cattle area for animal husbandry and dairy industries, and the southern region was a mixed crop zone. These areas were exporting crops, including meat, to the British Isles. The United Kingdom was an agricultural import region. Because of the free economy, the price competition in the British market was very fierce.
After more than a dozen grain carriers and refrigeration ships with a capacity of more than 20,000 tons sailed from New York Harbor and Boston Harbor, the radio signal arrived in the British Isles earlier, causing the price of food in the British agricultural commodities trading market to fall further.
Uncle En in London looked at the latest food prices in the market. Although prices in the commodities trading market plummeted, the price of food in the sales market did not plummet, not even a slight drop. Of course, this was already good. According to past experience, the price of agricultural products in the British market would rise at this time, and the extent of the increase would depend on the growth of the crops.
In addition to the price of agricultural products, there were a lot of other statistical data on the desk in front of Uncle En. Some came from the government, and some came from other statistics. The wages of British workers had been relatively effective in the past year. If this round of agricultural prices were transmitted from the commodities market to the real market, it was equivalent to the real income of British workers increasing a lot. It meant that British workers had more money in their hands. From this perspective, it meant that British housing prices would rise, and other prices would rise. The working class would have more money in their hands, and those who relied on renting and selling would not let go. They would pounce on them like hungry wolves.
After Uncle En told this idea to several young people in front of him, a young man in his thirties replied, "I don't think housing prices will rise rapidly. After all, more than two million people have recently moved away from the United Kingdom, and these people are poor."
"Weber, what's the connection between the two?" A young man next to him asked.
The person who objected was Max Weber. When he heard everyone ask, he immediately replied, "The people who really support the price not falling are actually these poor people. I've seen a hypothesis in the Min dynasty called the last catty theory. An agricultural product market is composed of many scattered merchants, and it is also a buyer's market. Since there is no monopoly power, everyone wants to sell the extra catty of vegetables as quickly as possible. What determines the market price is often the price of the extra catty of vegetables. "
The cost of long-term storage of vegetables is very high, and the increase in the price of vegetables is not enough to make up for the gap. Therefore, normal vegetable merchants hope to sell out of vegetables as soon as possible, and minimize costs by saving sales time. At this time, what determines the price of vegetables is' the extra catty of vegetables that should not be sold '.
This theory is not difficult to understand, but some people still can't connect this theory with reality. Max? Weber continued to explain, "In the past, there were a lot of poor people, and all products that were lower than the average market price were within the acceptable range of these people, they would buy them. So the price would not fall sharply. Now that these people have gone to North America and participated in a more effective production system, the buyer's market in the British Isles market has been strengthened. Without those poor people, the whole price will plummet. "
"… This can be understood from the food, but what does this have to do with housing prices?" Some of the young people who participated in the discussion were puzzled.
Without waiting for Max? Weber explained. The young man who had understood was the first to say, "Recently, the number of people renting houses in the slums of various cities has greatly decreased. A lot of houses have been vacated. The British government's crackdown on criminals has caused many people to be sent to the Australian penal colony, or run to North America when they feel that something is wrong. The number of people has decreased, and the security has improved. The living conditions in the slums that no one wanted to go to before have improved. "
"Move to the slums?" Even though they understood the reason, some young people still felt that this idea was inconceivable.
"Anyway, they can't afford to buy a house. Once the rental price rises, why can't they move to the slums?" Max Weber asked. While this rhetorical question left the opponents speechless, Max Weber continued. "Even so, the price of food in the agricultural area is lower and there is more living space. After the poorest people leave Britain and move to North America, those who are not the poorest in comparison will become the poorest. As long as the government encourages them, they will continue to migrate to North America. This trend will shift from agriculture to industry until the ratio of the population to the land area of the entire British Isles is close to that of North America. "
"Let's stop judging the future here." Uncle En did not want the group of people who participated in the discussion to be reduced to an empty discussion. The discussion so far had made many ideas clear. "You can write down your own deductions and compare each stage."
Seeing that the discussion was coming to an end, the young people hurriedly asked a question. "Mr. Engels, what do you think Emperor Vézé of the Min dynasty will think of the fluctuations this time?"
Uncle En glanced at the young people in front of him. After returning from the Min dynasty, Uncle En's status had changed subtly. From the beginning, the countries thought that Uncle En was a political magnate, they began to think that Uncle En was a political magnate and a very knowledgeable court scholar. Uncle En found it funny why there was such a change. But the Europeans looked at things from the European point of view, so many young people who did not pursue freedom came to Uncle En, hoping to ask for advice or receive Uncle En's training. Uncle En also selected some young people who he felt had great potential and promising in materialism.
It had to be said that in the view of these young people, Uncle En's identity as a court scholar was somewhat unbreakable. It was almost daily to ask Emperor Vézé's opinion. Uncle En was usually reluctant to answer such stupid questions, but this time he did not insist. Instead, he said, "The emperor is very realistic, so he will never pay attention to this incident. Many years ago, the emperor said that the level of agricultural industrialization of the Min dynasty was lower than that of the United Kingdom. "
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