Chapter 174: Start selling food

After seeing off Li Hongying,

He Yuzhu drove a large truck to the streets and alleys of Shichahai and started collecting garbage.

But now it is November 11nd, and the snow is getting heavier and heavier. The people in the city are reluctant to move.
The second urban cleanup campaign organized by the Peking Military Control Commission.

It's basically over.

He Yuzhu went around Shichahai twice but still failed to collect a full truckload of garbage.

As the weather got colder, fewer and fewer people lined up on the streets to buy food, coal and other supplies, and prices gradually reached their peak.
At this point, the State Council finally stopped waiting and started its own action.

Two days later, on November 11,
morning,

The State Council held its first tax meeting and began to formulate Daxia's tax laws, tax rates and collection methods.

in the afternoon,

The Central Finance and Economics Committee officially issued an order to declare war on speculators on November 11.

Lin Zheng also gathered several people from their car class.

"Comrades, from November 11th to now, after nine days of preparation, the time is finally ripe, and the Daxia Central Finance and Economics Committee has officially decided to take action against speculators.

According to the plan,

Starting tomorrow, all major banks under the State Council will stop general lending;
Imposing several taxes that can have the effect of tightening the money supply;
All state-owned grain stores and state-owned trading companies in Peiping had to start selling large quantities of grain and cloth until their existing stocks were sold out.

The task of your car class is,
Every day, they transported food, cloth, coal, cooking oil and other daily necessities from various warehouses to state-owned stores and trading companies to replenish stocks.
To ensure that state-owned stores and trading companies have food to sell the next day.”

Everyone can understand stopping loans and selling materials, but what is this tax that has the effect of tightening the money supply? It is very confusing.
So I asked Lin Zheng.

But Lin Zheng didn't understand these things, and he felt overwhelmed when he heard everyone's questions.

"Well, if I knew what this thing was, I would go and report to the Central Finance and Economics Committee instead of answering your questions here.

The tax collection issue has nothing to do with our Public Security Bureau, just listen to it!"

After answering everyone's questions, Lin Zheng continued,
"The Peking Military Control Commission requires us to transport supplies in groups of two, fully armed, to prevent anyone from sabotaging or delaying your operations.

Each branch and local police station will also organize patrol teams to set up checkpoints and patrol the main streets in the city.
To ensure your safety!

Don't think that the State Council's order is too cautious.

Because we cannot give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage and must defeat them in one fell swoop.

Do you understand? "

After hearing from Lin Zheng that the Central Finance Committee was finally going to take action against those speculators, Ye Dapeng and the others immediately became excited.

They all patted their chests and expressed their opinions.
"Please rest assured, Director Lin, I will complete the task!"

"Okay, the momentum is good. Now go back and gather your strength. It will be our turn to act tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes!"

Knowing what kind of important day this was, He Yuzhu naturally couldn't just lie down at home.

Early the next morning, he climbed out of the kang.

After breakfast,

Wear cotton-padded clothes, cotton shoes, scarves and gloves.

Braving the heavy snow, He Yuzhu strolled alone to the main street of Nanluoguxiang, carefully observing several state-owned stores on the street.

At this time, people who did not stock up enough food and came to buy food had already lined up in front of the store. What everyone was most concerned about was not how cold the weather was.
Instead, they were discussing whether the food in the stores would be cleared out by speculators again today.

"These black-hearted profiteers are really disgusting. The state-owned stores already sell very little grain and coal every day.
They just drive their big trucks over and buy everything.

We have no choice but to buy their high-priced food.

It's fucking bad!"

"What can we do? The price of grain in the state-owned stores is lower than that in the private grain stores, but the quantity is too small. It's not enough at all!"

Then someone asked,
"That's not right. There have been so many trains coming to Dongzhimen recently, and the trucks from the Military Control Commission are running around Chaoyangmen and the city.
Logically speaking, the state-owned stores should have food.

Why not sell it? "

"Who knows? I think the State Council is just bluffing because prices are rising too fast!

I guess there isn't much food in the warehouse.
Otherwise it wouldn’t be like this!”

While they were talking, the neighbors who usually lined up to reserve seats for speculators also lined up behind them.
Hearing the discussions of the neighbors in front, I couldn't help but smile and say,

"I think you are right. The State Council is just bluffing. They don't have much food, otherwise they would have released it long ago."

The neighbors looked back and immediately felt very unlucky.

"Damn it, it's you again, you bastard, Lao Li, you are so wicked!"

"Bah! What's immoral?

I'm just an employee, don't talk to me about these things, I will help whoever gives me food."

While they were bickering, the time for releasing grain, as determined by the Central Finance and Economics Committee, came. Several state-owned stores in the alley opened their doors at the same time and began selling grain.

As soon as the door was opened, the shop owner Cheng Xianghua looked at the neighbors queuing outside and bowed with a smile.

"My dear gentlemen,
Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. According to the instructions from above, in order to ensure that all the people in Beiping can spend the winter safely, the state-owned stores will increase the supply of materials from today onwards. "

When the shopkeeper said that the supply of materials would be increased, the neighbors in the queue could not believe it.

After being stunned for a moment, he immediately confirmed it again.
"Manager Cheng, are you really going to increase the supply today? Don't use this to hit me!"

"Yes, yes, yes, Shopkeeper Cheng, how much food and cloth does your state-owned store have? If there is a lot, then we will come back later!"

Hearing this, before Cheng Xianghua could say anything, the lackey of the opportunistic profiteer just now sneered and said,

"I advise you not to waste your energy.
When it’s my turn later, I will definitely serve you the whole pot. If you come again, you will still be unable to buy anything just like before!"

"you!"

"What do you mean, I also used money to buy things, it's against the law!"

After scolding the neighbor, the lackey turned around and said to the shopkeeper,
"Manager Cheng, what are you still wasting time on? Are you still going to do business?

Hurry up! We are in a hurry. "

Because the target of the Central Finance Committee this time was originally the speculators and profiteers behind these lackeys, and the foreign companies behind the profiteers.
Cheng Xianghua not only did not restrict them from purchasing supplies,
Instead, they wished they could sell all the supplies to them.

In other words, they don't want to arouse the vigilance of the unscrupulous businessmen behind them, so they abide by the rules and let them queue up to buy with ordinary people.

As for the feelings of the common people,

To be honest, as long as you have solid savings to provide a safety net, you won't starve. It's just a matter of how much money you have.

(End of this chapter)