Chapter 178 New Orders
The Central Finance and Economics Committee also responded quickly.
After receiving the news that profiteers had begun to sell off supplies, they immediately issued an order to "not let them get away".

So all the major state-owned stores quickly opened for business.
Lowering food prices,

Started a price war with speculative profiteers.

When the common people in Peking saw that both sides were selling off their grain, they didn't react at first and all rushed out to grab grain, cheering.

But when they saw that the food prices on both sides were constantly decreasing alternately,
Although still very happy,

But no one took any action, and everyone was waiting for the lowest price to appear.

Looking at the supplies that no one cares about,
The profiteers got angry and immediately increased their efforts to cut prices.
Before long, the prices of oil, grain, cloth and coal in Peking were only 11% of what they were on November 25, falling back to the level when speculators had just started buying in early October.

But even so,

The people are still waiting, and the grain is still not sold.
However, by this time the merchants had already reacted and refused to lower the price any further. Seeing this, the Central Finance and Economics Committee also stopped lowering the price, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

Seeing that the people only cheered but did not take action,
In order to ensure that state-owned stores have sufficient supplies to stop profiteers from selling out,
I started working early in the morning.
He Yuzhu, who had taken turns driving with Ye Dapeng several times, breathed a sigh of relief as he sat in the passenger seat.

"Brother Dapeng, drive slower. We don't have to be in such a hurry now!"

Hearing this, Ye Dapeng also lowered his gear and relaxed his highly concentrated mind.

"Did you win, Zhuzi?"

“We won. The current grain price is only half of what it was yesterday afternoon. Those profiteers haven’t lowered their prices for a while now, and it looks like they won’t lower them again.

The Central Finance Committee only needs to ensure that the prices in state-owned stores are lower than those in private stores.
Their goods will just remain in their hands.

If they are not allowed to withdraw funds, they will have no money to pay the warehouse rent, the interest and principal of the foreign bank, and even less money to pay the workers' wages.
They're finished.

And you see these ordinary people outside,
Prices have now fallen back to October levels, but they still don't rush to buy food. It's obvious that there's too much food on the market.
We don't have to rush to transport things like we did just now."

After observing the people outside the car window, Ye Dapeng breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back on the seat.

"It's good to win! It's good to win!

These people are really crazy. We are exhausted just from running back and forth.

Fortunately, we won. "

Back at Chaoyangmen, more and more trucks gathered, but none of them left.
Not long after, seeing that the situation had stabilized, the staff of the Central Finance and Economics Committee disbanded most of the comrades in the transport team.

After meeting up with Yu Minxiong and other members of the car class,

He Yuzhu and others returned to the branch together.

As soon as they walked into the gate, they saw the soldiers in the bureau that Lin Zheng had just assembled were issuing new orders.
"Comrades, since November 11, when the Central Finance and Economics Committee of Daxia made the decision to [concentrate on selling off materials, tightening the money supply, and stabilizing prices], we have begun secret preparations.
A full month has passed since the decisive victory.

During this month,
We have quite a number of comrades who have been sticking to their posts and contributing their strength.

Now that the speculators are powerless to resist, it is time for us to defend the fruits of our victory.

The Central Finance and Economics Committee of Daxia issued an order:
In addition to the price war between state-owned stores and speculators, which completely blocked their cash flow,

We will continue to pursue them in other ways.

First, all cash of state-owned enterprises must be deposited in state-owned banks, and loans from private banks and private enterprises are not allowed;
Second, private factories are not allowed to close down and must pay workers' wages in full;

Third, we must step up taxation. Taxes cannot be paid late. If you pay late for one day, you will be fined 3% of the taxable amount. The task assigned to us is...

The superiors' requirement is to pursue these speculators relentlessly and not give them any breathing space.

To accomplish one goal at a time,
They will not be allowed a second chance to stir up trouble.

I hope that comrades will perform their duties conscientiously, resist temptation, and not bring disgrace to the military uniforms they wear.

Now! Set off! "

After all the comrades who had received the tasks had completed their tasks, Lin Zheng called He Yuzhu and several comrades from the car class.
"Okay, okay, it's good to be back, it's good to be back,

Thank you for your hard work during this period!
However, those speculators are still holding on, and they might even make a pointless struggle, so I didn't assign you any tasks just now.
Have a good rest in the bureau and wait for orders from your superiors."

"Yes, Director Lin!"

"Alright, alright, don't stand, sit! Sit!"

As soon as he sat down, thinking of the changes he had seen in the people this morning, Ye Dapeng asked curiously,
"Director Lin, there is too much food on the streets now! There is so much that ordinary people are not scrambling to buy food.

How much grain did the State Council collect this time? "

Hearing Ye Dapeng still asking this question after so many days, Lin Zheng smiled and shook his head.

“I really don’t know exactly how much food was collected.

But I went there for a meeting these two days.
I heard from the leaders above that the Central Finance Committee would take this opportunity to store enough food for a long term in major cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Chang'an, Jinling, Songhu, and eastern Guangdong for more than half a year.

To ensure price stability.”

Ye Dapeng and the others were very surprised to hear Lin Zhen say this.

Because with the current population of 1.5 to 6 million in Beijing, the amount of food needed to ensure such a long turnover time is really too large.

"Director Lin, if that's the case, then we'll need a lot of food.
As far as Beijing is concerned,

Even if it's just the shortest half a year, I'm afraid it would take two or three hundred million kilograms of grain!

So many people have been affected by disasters this year. Even if the State Council can provide so much food, I'm afraid life will not be easy for them! "

Seeing Lin Dapeng's worried look, Lin Zheng smiled and waved his hand.

"Although the vast majority of the people in Old Xia were very poor,

But the upper class of society is still quite wealthy.

The PLA has been advancing so fast on the battlefield over the past year that the bureaucrats under Baldy have no time to transfer large quantities of supplies such as food and cloth.

The various materials controlled by the State Council are beyond our imagination.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to raise more than 10 billion kilograms of grain and millions of pieces of cloth within a month.

In addition, this time we defeated the richest merchants in Daxia.
Once we take over the supplies they have, it will be easy to meet the above requirements, and even if there is a gap, it will not be too big.

Moreover, this was the first time that we collected so much supplies to bring into the city, which caused great trouble to the military control committees in various places.
If you don't leave your stuff in the city,

To transport so many supplies back, we have to go through the whole process again!"

(End of this chapter)