As the Minister of Economy, Fu Bi has already understood Cui Wenqing's meaning, and said with a smile: "In the opinion of this official, that is, the pork provided by the four northern states is saturated with the demand market, and if other states and counties are pig raising, it means that the price of pork will decline, and in the end everyone will not be able to make money." ”

Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "That's right, because now pork is not the mainstream of our Daqi meat, after a few years, pork can get a larger edible market, and then the states and counties can breed it." ”

After figuring out the meaning of overcapacity and understanding the key to the balance between supply and demand, the assassins nodded one after another, and only then did they understand the good intentions of Cui Wenqing and Hedong Bank.

Liu Yuan, the assassin of Daizhou, stood up first, and arched his hand with a face full of shame: "President Cui, it is the official who blames you, and I ask you to have a lot, forgive me." ”

Cui Wenqing waved his hand without mind and said: "If you don't argue, you won't be able to argue, and it is precisely because everyone has arguments that we can better find and solve problems." ”

Tong Zhou blushed slightly, and hurriedly echoed: "Wen Qingxian's nephew is right, this time, you are really jealous of the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”

When these words came to a point, the assassins all nodded.

Cui Wenqing sneered secretly, I'm afraid that Tong Zhou's words are also for himself, this is an apology to him in disguise?

"Governor Cui......" An assassin interrupted Cui Wenqing's train of thought, and said with a worried face, "I don't know if you have any good ways to help our states and counties earn more silver taels and open up tax sources?" Please be able to teach me without hesitation. ”

"Yes, yes, President Cui, tell us about it, what should we do?"

"Also, how can we make the people earn more, and the government can earn more?"

……

Facing the shouting like a house full of frogs, Cui Wenqing knew that he had been recognized by these assassins, pressed his hand to signal them to be quiet for the time being, and slowly spoke: "At present and for a longer period of time in the future, we will not be able to change the fact that we are a big agricultural country. ”

"What is an agricultural power? That is, a country with agriculture as the main productive force, and the troika that measures a country's strength -- politics, military, and economy -- is all based on agriculture, and the pattern of relying on the weather for food has not been fundamentally changed, and the grain supply is still hovering around in a tight balance, and often a disaster leads to large-scale crop failure, which will have a huge impact on the country. Therefore, agriculture is the top priority of our Daqi. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Wenqing's voice paused slightly: ""Guanzi Herdsman" has a saying: Cangli knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing. Therefore, at all times, the issue of food is the top priority in governing the country. I understand that you want to develop the economy and open up the tax sources, but there are still many people who do not have enough to eat and wear, so what ability do we have to develop the economy and open up the tax revenue? ”

Cui Wenqing's question was very sharp, and many assassins couldn't help but bow their heads.

It is true that the key issue now facing the assassins is to ensure that the people are fed and warmly clothed, and only when these basic guarantees are met can they be able to do other things.

Tong Zhou knew that Cui Wenqing was not the kind of person who had no purpose, so he asked for advice: "Wenqing virtuous nephew, I don't know what you can do about all this?" ”

Cui Wenqing shook his hand and said, "Please be calm and not impatient, let me continue." Let's take an example, assuming that we have 10 million peasant households with cultivated land and produce 10 million stone of grain every year, barely maintaining the rations of the people of the whole country, if we can greatly increase grain productivity by improving grain varieties, improving cultivated land tools, and improving farmland water conservancy facilities, maybe in the future 10 million peasant households will be able to produce 20 million stone or more of grain, and we will be able to have enough grain and not worry about food. ”

At this point, another assassin couldn't help it, and asked: "Governor Cui, you just said the relationship between supply and demand balance and overcapacity, but if there is enough grain, grain prices will naturally fall, and farmers will not be able to make money?" ”

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "This lord, I want to give you a good thumbs up, because you have basically understood the meaning of the balance between supply and demand, indeed, we only need 10 million stone of grain every year in Daqi, and the rest of the grain is considered to be surplus, and it will rot in the warehouse, and the price of grain will be severely reduced when sold to the market, which is not the way to increase taxes." ”

"However, have you ever thought that in the past, it took 10 million farmers to produce 10 million stone of grain, so now I only need 5 million farmers to produce 10 million grain, and the extra farmers can do other things."

As soon as the words fell, the whole hall was shocked, and many people's eyes lit up.

Cui Wenqing's words are like the Yellow River pouring down from the clouds, splitting mountains and mountains into the plains, making people feel cheerful in front of them.

Cui Wenqing patted the table with his hand continuously, and said in an accentuated tone: "Maintain the balance between supply and demand of grain, and a slight surplus can be used as a reserve, so there is really no need to produce too much, and the extra farmers can plant other crops, that is to say, the industrial structure can be adjusted." ”

"For example, you can grow cash crops, such as cotton, oilseeds, sugar, tobacco, hemp, medicinal materials, etc., as well as tea, mulberry, fruits, etc., as well as animal husbandry, aquaculture, etc., the income of farmers will naturally increase, and the tax source of the government will also increase."

"If agricultural production is the primary industry, then we can also develop the secondary industry and the tertiary industry."

Until the people here don't understand the secondary and tertiary industries at all, Cui Wenqing continued to explain: "The so-called secondary industry mainly refers to the handicraft industry, including manufacturing, mining, construction and manufacturing, etc., and the tertiary industry is commerce, finance, transportation, service industry, etc. ”

"These three industries are interdependent and mutually restrictive, and the primary industry lays the foundation for the secondary and tertiary industries; The secondary industry is the core of the three major industries and has a leading role in the primary industry; The primary and secondary industries create conditions for the tertiary industry, and the development of the tertiary industry promotes the progress of the primary and secondary industries. ”

"At that time, with the gradual decline in the proportion of the primary industry, Daqi's income will not depend on or be limited to agricultural production income, taxes will naturally rise one after another, and the rise of the secondary and tertiary industries will also make the economy form a good cycle and achieve the goal of enriching the country and the people."

After finishing speaking, Cui Wenqing raised his eyes, and everyone was stunned by his novel remarks.

It was Fu Bi who was the first to reflect, stood up excitedly, and shouted to the officials who were waiting beside him: "Quickly get a pen and paper, and write down what President Cui said, write it down!" ”

Everyone woke up one after another, and they also wanted to find pen and ink.

(End of chapter)