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Chapter 448 Going South and Going North

It was already mid-August when Li Mu returned to Nanyang City.

It was not easy to go out once, but this time he purchased [-] tons of wheat, [-] tons of rice, [-] tons of sugar, [-] barrels of gasoline, and several thousand tons of medicines, gunpowder raw materials, and steel.

After such a long period of westward migration, the number of people pouring into Nanyang has finally decreased, and now there are only about [-] people every day.

Even so, in the past two months, the entire Nanyang region has also seen a one-time influx of 300 million people.

In the past, Li Mu always wanted to increase the number of people, anyway, more money can afford it.Now, finally a little scalp numb.

With such a large population increase, the demand for food has also greatly increased. Fortunately, he used the space to transport a lot of food back when he went abroad a few times before, and there will be no shortage of food in the next two or three months.

However, after two or three months, if the private route is not opened, it will be really blind.

It's not impossible for him to take a civil aviation plane and transport food back and forth by himself.If the civil airport in Hankou can operate normally, it will be better, and it won't take long to go back and forth.

Now, the civil aviation in Hankou is not available, and it has to go around a big circle to get out.The same is true when returning home. Every time I go abroad, I waste a lot of unnecessary time on the road.

Sometimes, if you are unlucky and miss your flight, you won’t be able to go back and forth once in half a month.

If he really wanted to transport grain in this way, he wouldn't have to do anything in the future...don't bring any goods.All the time is spent on transporting food back and forth, which is estimated to meet the consumption of the people.

Days like this make my head hurt just thinking about it.

Li Mu could only urge several airports to speed up the construction, and strive to complete the trial flight as soon as possible to open up this private airline.

As long as the connection is made, there is no need to travel around to take civil aviation, and you can even reach Xinjiapo from Nanyang within a day, and the round-trip time is greatly shortened.

In a month, a few days are spared to transport food, which can meet the consumption of the people.

Efficiency has improved, not only can more materials be transported, but also more time is available to deal with domestic affairs.

In addition, under the banknote strategy of the Far East Commercial Bank, foreign routes have also been settled.

In a remote port town in the north of Malaysia, there is an abandoned small cargo airport, which was bought by the Far East Commercial Bank and is currently undergoing urgent repairs.

At the same time, there is a medium-sized port near this small city, which is currently in a semi-abandoned state.It's not that the port is bad, it's a good deep-water port, the main reason is that the location is not very good, it's not in any traffic arteries, and there are relatively few merchant ships passing by.

Otherwise, with such good port conditions, it can develop into a medium-to-large port city.

Today, this port has also been contracted by the Far East Commercial Bank, and it is undergoing simple repairs and building many large warehouses.

This small port town located in the northern part of Malaysia is closer to the north and the mainland, seven to eight hundred kilometers closer.

It is unrealistic to go directly to Singapore with a fighter jet.In the future, all the things Li Mu purchases will be shipped over and stored in the warehouses of these ports.

When he got off the plane, he didn't need to go to Singapore, he could pick up the goods directly, and the aviation city was shortened by seven or eight hundred kilometers, saving trouble and time.

In the next few days, Li Mu has been dealing with the livelihood issues of the people. Although the food he transported has stabilized some prices, driven by the surrounding areas, prices have begun to rise uncontrollably.

If prices have risen but wages have not risen, livelihood problems will naturally arise.

Tan Lin, who is in charge of financial affairs at the Office of the Commissioner, said: "Commissioner, I believe that the rise in prices is not only caused by the surrounding areas, but the more important reason is the depreciation of the legal currency."

Li Mu nodded: "What you said makes sense. With the spread of the war, more and more enemy-occupied areas have reduced the credit of the Guofu. Coupled with the excessive issuance of currency, legal currency has become less and less valuable."

"Do you have any good suggestions..."

Tan Lindao: "Based on the opinion of my subordinates, the current situation on the battlefield, the financial situation of the Guofu is going from bad to worse, and the income will become less and less. The only way is to issue more legal currency."

"The Guofu itself has less and less land, but more and more currency is issued. Large-scale inflation is inevitable, and the depreciation of legal currency will also accelerate."

"At this time, whether it is using legal currency or holding legal currency, the gain outweighs the loss."

"Especially the price of goods. Where legal currency is used, the price of goods will become higher and higher. This cannot be reduced by increasing the supply of food or supplies."

"The only way is to use a new form of currency to replace legal tender and circulate in the market."

With that said, Tan Lin took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Commissioner, we have an active economy, developed commerce, a large population, and a large amount of material security, and even sell them everywhere. The conditions are very good."

"Actually, some local credit currencies can also be issued for local circulation."

Li Mu thought for a while and said, "The conditions here are acceptable, but the legal currency is legal currency after all, and it is too eye-catching to directly issue currency locally!"

Tan Lindao: "Although it is eye-catching, this is the best way to resist currency depreciation. Like Yan Laoxi, as well as northern Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, they are now issuing their own credit currencies in private."

"Firstly, to resist the depreciation of the legal currency and avoid being harvested by the Guofu. Secondly, this is also a source of wealth. As long as the public approves and controls inflation, all the printed money is money, which can be spent to hire workers and purchase materials."

Li Mu nodded, thought for a long time and said, "It's too early now. If you don't have enough strength, it's not a good thing to show up too early."

Tan Lin was a little disappointed: "Commissioner, how do we deal with the devaluation of legal currency?"

Li Mu said: "Start from two aspects, silver dollars and food stamps."

Tan Lin asked suspiciously, "Silver dollars and food stamps?"

"The commissioner is saying that the situation before the issuance of legal tender is restored, and the silver dollar can be used again in the market."

"This is indeed a good way to deal with the devaluation of legal currency. In ancient my country, the silver standard has always been the standard, and silver has high currency attributes. In addition, silver is a precious metal, which has its own value and will not depreciate infinitely like legal currency. It is a troubled world There are very few currencies in the world that can hold their own value."

"However, in this way, it is not like credit currency, which can be printed by itself, and a large amount of financial resources has been lost out of thin air."

Li Mudao: "We are not short of money, there is no need to get ahead now. When the conditions are ripe, it will not be too late to issue."

Tan Lin nodded regretfully: "Okay!"

Li Mudao: "Although credit currency cannot be issued, it does not mean that some commercial tickets cannot be issued!"

Tan Lin's eyes lit up and said, "Commercial coupons?"

Li Mu said: "Yes!"

"Our food supply is sufficient, which provides conditions for the issuance of some coupons."

"If the Office issues a batch of food coupons, and these coupons can be exchanged for food at our grain bank, will everyone agree?"

Tan Lin was pleasantly surprised: "Of course it will be recognized. Starting from selling grain at a discount and balancing prices, the credibility of the office will be established."

"Let's not talk too much, it's absolutely no problem to issue food stamps worth tens of millions of French currency. Commissioner, do you want to give it a try?"

Li Mu said, "Are we short of money now?"

Tan Lin shook his head and said, "There is no shortage, the funds are sufficient."

Li Mu said, "What's the use of issuing so many food stamps and recovering a large amount of legal currency that is depreciating day by day?"

Tan Lin smiled wryly: "Yes! Taking a sum of legal currency and putting it in your hands is also depreciating."

"Then give out food stamps?"

Li Mu said: "Send?"

Tan Lin froze for a moment: "Fa..."

Li Mudao: "Yes, but it's not for the market, it's for internal development."

"The depreciation of legal currency and the soaring price of goods not only affect the government office, but also have a great impact on the livelihood of so many workers we employ."

"Especially those who are thrifty and save money to run their families. They have saved up a large amount of legal currency, thinking that they finally have some wealth. After a few years of large-scale depreciation, it may be enough to eat a few meals. At that time, these people will be What mood."

"So frugal, so frugal and frugal, the money saved is not worth much in the end?"

Tan Lin sighed: "According to the current situation, the probability of this happening is very high. As long as the Guofu continues to issue large-scale additional legal currency, the value of the legal currency will depreciate by more than ten times in the future..."

Li Mu smiled, thinking ten times, the depreciation of legal currency in the future will be in units of [-] million.It is not uncommon for one billion French currency to buy a chicken leg.

"So, this situation should be avoided."

"I decided to issue a batch of food stamps internally. With the food stamps, you can go to the shops under our grain bank to redeem the grain, and you can redeem it immediately with the tickets."

"According to the current situation, not only will these food stamps not depreciate, but the more expensive food will be in the future, the higher its value. For many people, saving this is better than saving money to preserve value."

Tan Lin said: "In this case, once it is brought out, everyone will not be crazy about it. How should it be distributed, should the workers be freely exchanged or..."

Li Mudao: "The number of food stamps is also limited, it is impossible to exchange them freely, and we don't have so much food for everyone to exchange freely."

"I think it can be distributed to everyone in the form of payment."

"In the future, everyone's salary can be given a certain percentage of food coupons according to the position and salary."

"The low-level positions have low salaries, and most of the money earned is used to buy food and maintain the food and clothing of the family. Therefore, more food stamps will be issued and less cash will be issued."

"In middle and high-level positions, the salary is high, so you don't have to worry about food, and the consumption in other areas is high, so you should pay less food stamps and more cash."

"Try to be as humane as possible. We do this for the convenience of everyone, not to make everyone more troublesome."

Tan Lin said: "Yes, I understand."

Li Mu went on to say: "The promotion of the use of silver dollars can't be forced. From now on, it will start with the payment of wages. For all projects started by the government office, the remuneration will be issued in silver dollars plus food stamps."

"As for taxation and commercial activities in the world, there is no need to force it. With the government office as a demonstration, everyone realizes that the legal currency is depreciating, and more and more silver dollars will naturally be used."

Tan Lin hesitated for a moment and said: "But... Commissioner, it will be too late for everyone to react. As long as the office calls everyone to hold a meeting, the silver dollar will soon replace the trading status of legal currency."

Li Mu sighed and said, "It's not easy for Guofu now. It relies on the issuance of legal currency to make some money. The devaluation of legal currency is too fast, and the war of confrontation is not good. Let's not make trouble."

Tan Lin hesitated for a moment, then nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)