Red Alert 1895

Chapter 965 – Weakness And Compromise (Part 1)

Please enter the text Following the order of the imperial court, all kinds of enterprises in China, whether official or non-governmental, that originally had business dealings with those in the UK began to prepare to unsubscribe. Although the relationship between China and Europe is not very good, there are also a lot of private businesses. Wang Guorui did not prohibit the private sector from doing business with Western British people. However, in order to prevent a large number of foreign goods from flooding the Chinese market too quickly, Wang Guorui used the adjustment method of tariffs to make them very stable. When Chinese industries have enough capital to compete with Westerners, they will also appropriately lower tariffs on foreign products, which is to protect domestic industries. But at the same time of protection, they can’t completely give up letting them compete. After all, the same is true of any business. Once the protection is overdone, I am afraid that in the end they will be “dead in peace”.

Therefore, there are still many businessmen in the private sector who do business with the British, and even when many local products cannot keep up temporarily, they still purchase foreign products as an important supplement. Take cloth as an example. At present, domestically produced cloth has tariff protection for imported cloth, so the price of cloth with good quality and large quantity imported from outside has risen, so it cannot be dumped quickly. However, the local textile industry is also developing. At present, domestic textiles are not as good as foreign advanced machinery textiles. However, foreign textiles are not only good in quality but also in large quantities. If it were not for tariff protection, those industries in China would also face collapse.

Of course, a good division of labor has also been formed at present. Similar to some special situations in later generations, foreign imported things are generally supplied to the middle class and above. For example, various imported daily necessities are also used by the middle class, and the prices of various things are obviously higher. It is more than 50% more expensive than other things. At present, ordinary domestic products are mainly used by ordinary people, and most ordinary people still use domestic products.

Wang Guorui’s Prime Minister Xiao Hongsheng did this to protect those domestic industries and to leave the largest domestic market to those domestic companies. At present, domestic enterprises are just in the process of development and settlement. Given the huge domestic market of 400 million people, they can gradually grow steadily and survive the most dangerous period.

However, Wang Guorui will not be afraid of wealth outflow, because the middle class in China is still relatively low. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Guorui is still in a period of adjustment, and the people do not have much savings. Therefore, what they can consume is mainly those ordinary domestic materials. Deliberately increase taxes on imported products from foreign countries, in order to avoid dumping of cheap foreign materials. If foreign imports are really released, then I am afraid that those foreign materials can be dumped in large quantities because they are of good quality and quantity, and the price is less than half of the domestic price.

But is it interesting to do so? On the surface, it seems that the people are getting benefits, but a lot of wealth is flowing out, so that no matter how much money the Chinese make, it will be given to foreign countries. This kind of economic colonization can’t just look at the price of the people, but also maintain the health of its own domestic industrial ecology. If it is only the common people, it is true that they can think about cheapness, but as a leader of a country, of course, one cannot just see that the common people can get benefits, and not pay attention to foreign economic invasion, dumping and economic colonization of China.

Even if it is better for the people to buy domestically produced materials that are much more expensive and of lower quality, those domestic industries must be supported. Otherwise, China’s industry will be hopeless, after all, primitive accumulation is so cruel. As for plundering and exploiting foreign natives, this is actually completely nonsense. Foreign natives also don’t have money, so they don’t consider exploiting the domestic market of 400 million people as much as possible, why should they go to foreign countries? And if you fight against foreign countries, can you really get the market and technology? Obviously not, war alone cannot gain a huge market. Especially the currently densely populated places are occupied by foreigners, and Wang Guorui occupies Nanyang, but there is not enough market. The market that Wang Guorui can achieve is the local market, and China itself is the largest market.

Maybe it is to plunder the resources of the colony, this can be plundered. However, if there is only looting without a sufficient production and consumption system, then such an industrial system is also unhealthy. Only when there is production, there must be consumption. This is fundamental. Otherwise, there will be only production and no consumption, and the people will not be able to afford it, and that will be a financial crisis.

“Sir, our company has requested to unsubscribe. We don’t want your cotton cloth anymore. Our boss has said that we are currently suspending all cooperation with British merchants!” said an international salesman on cotton cloth import.

“Why? We haven’t been cooperating all the time. You paid us a deposit before! It’s a full 15% deposit. You don’t want it?” the British salesman asked hastily.

“Sorry, our domestic government advises us not to do business with British businessmen for the time being.”

But the British businessman said: “Although we have some friction between China and the United Kingdom, it does not affect business exchanges! There is no formal declaration of war between us, at most it is just some grudges. Why should we do this? Besides, Does your government have the right to directly order you to ban free trade with our UK? How can your government be so overbearing that you can directly order a ban on trade?”

But Chinese people also said helplessly: “No, although this is just a suggestion from the government, we dare not not listen.”

“Why are you so afraid of the government? You can sue them when you have fun, but I don’t think you can join forces to fight against the government?” the British businessman couldn’t help cursing.

“this…”

Obviously, the power and strength held by Chinese businessmen cannot be compared with British capitalists. Perhaps the British capitalists can control the government, and even organize demonstrations as a matter of course, or even use various means. But in China, although there are many powers granted by law, the people dare not “exercise power”. China has been afraid of the authority of the government since ancient times. Even in later generations, it is not the case. People do not fight with officials. This is the idea of many people. As long as it is not their own core interests, most people will not fight with the government.

So although Wang Guorui was just a “suggestion” this time, it was actually no different from an order. Wang Guorui said that he was willing to give them future tax relief as compensation, which is already the best of humanity. Even if they don’t agree, then Wang Guorui and his government departments at all levels have plenty of ways to deal with them. For example, check the fire protection, check the sanitation tomorrow, check the accounts the day after tomorrow, and check all kinds of inspections the day after tomorrow. In short, even if it doesn’t kill you, it can disgust you to death! If they come to check every two days, then they don’t have to do business.

What’s more, there is nothing seamless in this world, so there is no excuse for the so-called crime. It is impossible for these businessmen to follow the regulations. If they do it 100%, this is impossible. Even for those large companies that claim to be well-managed, there may always be some “dead spots”. And if these dead ends are really caught, it can make you unlucky. Even if the fine is not much, it is still disgusting! It will disgust you every three days, maybe the fine is not much, but the delay in business is very terrible. Sometimes it will delay the business for a day, and it is much more than those fines.

So this is also the reason why many businessmen are willing to give some benefits to those local snakes, not because of anything else, because these guys may not be fined much, but it is really terrible to delay your business. Instead of this, it is better to just take the money and let them go. In this way, the business will not be delayed, and those local snakes also think that by doing this, they can enter their own pockets instead of entering the country’s treasury. They are naturally keen to do this kind of thing.

However, if the higher-ups let those slippery low-level soap slaves ask them to find trouble, they would love to do so! Originally, they were worried about these incomes, but now if they are asked to look for bad luck~www.mtlnovel.com~, they will definitely be able to find bad luck.

That’s why Hades is easy to see, but little ghosts are hard to deal with. Maybe Wang Guorui, the emperor and high-ranking officials won’t do anything to those businessmen, but the low-level civil servants who want to make progress can’t help but want to go crazy, and then create some gray income for themselves by the way, they will be very happy to find those who don’t cooperate people’s troubles.

“Okay, we have said everything we need to say, so I and you should hurry up and prepare! We don’t want those orders, you should prepare well. If China does not resolve this Hong Kong issue with the United Kingdom, Then we probably won’t continue to do business with you!”

Those British salesmen have also left, and they probably know that this is some behavior of the Chinese government. But in this way, they have nothing to do, because the Chinese government can directly control those businessmen. Their Chinese “colleagues” are far less powerful than they are in the UK, and they are completely bullied by the government very seriously. Therefore, under the “threat” of the government, Chinese businessmen also had to terminate their trade with the British.

However, it is far from just one family that terminated trade with the British, and there are even many, many. So the British are also panicking, especially those British businessmen who rely on exports, and they are very nervous about the loss of control of the Chinese market. (To be continued.)