Since the battle in Guangxi started, the Southwest government's propaganda machine has been fully launched. The government-controlled newspapers and radio stations have broadcast the latest battle situation 24 hours a day, greatly encouraging intellectuals to participate in the war discussions, and have also expanded the guiding ideology of the People's Party and the People's Army.

In October, the weather gradually became colder and drizzled constantly. The common people who were good at it were crowded to teahouses, and listened to the latest government regulations. In order to better convey policies, the government invested and subsidized the registered teahouses, and required that the government read out government announcements be no less than two hours a day.

The Southwest government is definitely different from other local governments. It has issued a series of laws almost every three days. Sometimes, a decree is overturned and reissued within a month or two. Many businessmen, squire, and landlords dare not not listen to it in person, for fear that they will not understand the policies and violate the law will be serious. Maybe they will have to work hard!

The power institutions that restrict these gentry, merchants and landlords mainly come from reserve militias, armed police, and police basically work in other places and have no connection with local gentry. Basic militias come from the vast rural areas and act as a means of supervising and restricting local governments, gentry and merchants.

"Oh, isn't this Boss Zhou? Hello! Hello!" A fat middle-aged man in the elegant hall upstairs shouted in surprise.

"Oh! Boss Hu, congratulations on getting rich, how is your business recently?" After Boss Zhou, wearing a sub-green long gown, he saw four colleagues at a glance, complimenting each other and sitting down.

"Today, what new policies have the government introduced?" Boss Zhou was delayed by something and did not catch up with the teahouse news reports. These bosses have never liked to read government newspapers. First, they can hear the news teahouses above, and there is no need to pay for the gods themselves. Second, all the papers on the newspaper are the last newsprint, and the price is not cheap!

"Hi! I'm dissatisfied with you, Brother Zhou, today the government has introduced new rules, but it has little to do with us."

"Oh! Let's hear it."

"Article 1: The government requires that the employed workers shall not work more than ten hours a day, and the time may be extended with the agreement of labor and capital, but the employer must pay double the salary.

Article 2: Last year, the enforcement was required to rest for one day every seven working days, and the original voluntary implementation will be enforced from January 1, 1919. Anyone who fails to comply with the enforcement will be fined ten times until the business is closed and rectified. The other regulations have nothing to do with us businessmen, so I won’t say much more.” Boss Hu, who has a very good memory and repeats the regulations word for word.

"Yes! We do cloth business, and we need very little labor. Even if we add some wages, it is also worth it. Moreover, the demand for cloth in Tianjin Wei area is increasing rapidly. The number of major cloth factories produced by the government is much better than other places in terms of quantity, quality and price. In addition, there are not many tariffs, it is also worth it." A thin elder on the right hand analyzed rationally.

"I heard a top-secret news, but whether it is true or not depends on my personal opinion." Boss Zhou, who came at the end, did not pay much attention to the previous words, and was constantly digesting the news he had heard earlier.

"What news?" Everyone stared at him for a moment.

Boss Zhou said carefully: "I heard that the government will introduce recently to strengthen commercial trade regulations and company laws. All commercial trade cannot be operated in a private nature. Three natural legal persons must be gathered to form a company. All small merchants and vendors who operate independently will be purchased by the government and operated on-site quota."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but take a breath. Should the merchants live? Isn't this a disguised acquisition? Who can feel at ease by handing over their own money to others to manage? Everyone had a small plan in their hearts, thinking about what to do next? The suppressed emotions affected everyone, and gradually they all took a listless drink of tea and found an excuse to leave.

In the office of the mayor of Chengdu Municipal Government, Mayor Liu Ruxiang sat at a huge desk and thought about the next economic work ideas. In order to change the tax situation of the entire Southwest government, Chengdu was listed as the only pilot city for reform. Many government-controlled companies joined private capital have been established one after another, which are half-official and semi-business enterprises. The only difference is that they have a legal business with a large stake in the party, intending to integrate small commercial stores, increase the salary and benefits of employed employees, and at the same time suppress some people from buying and selling shortage materials.

However, the introduction of commercial regulations will inevitably offend a large number of small private operators. A protest gathering was posted outside the government yesterday. Fortunately, the handling was prompt and did not cause any worse impact. How to balance the many interest groups has made Liu Ruxiang whiter a lot of his hair.

Didi, dri, dri, the old-fashioned phone ring awakened Liu Ruxiang who was thinking and picked up the phone: "Hey! That, I am Liu Ruxiang. Secretary Yao! Yes, yes, yes, yes."

He put down the phone and thought what would Lin Sheng ask him to ask? After thinking about it, he sorted out the questions at hand, and took out a few pieces of bags to put them in.

The Municipal Government Office Building is not far from the office point of the People's Party Department. Ten minutes later, Liu Ruxiang appeared in Lin Sheng's office.

"Mayor Liu, please sit down!" Lin Sheng said affectionately after pouring a cup of tea for Liu Ruxiang: "Recently, I heard that Chengdu merchants have a lot of opinions, and small-asset operators have gathered to petition."

Before Lin Sheng could finish his words, Liu Ruxiang immediately stood up and said in a review: "Chairman Lin, it is because our municipal government has not done a good job. The policy publicity is not in place, and they are not very clear about the situation and are afraid that the government will annex private property."

"Well, what is the government going to do next?" Lin Sheng raised a serious question, and economic mechanism reform still needs to be carried out.

"Chairman Lin, I consider reorganization using direct acquisition of funds or valuation. Secondly, it allows its operators to contract shops first, and the company is responsible for organizing financial review of the supply of goods." Liu Ruxiang put forward his own ideas without hesitation.

"Well, it's great to focus on the big and let go of the small, and mobilize the enthusiasm of small capitalists!" When Lin Sheng saw how to reorganize the business management methods in the commodity circulation field today, he also considered learning from the management model of later generations. At first, he wanted to completely relax the free competition and survive the fittest, but he also thought that the country's materials were extremely abundant in later generations. Now, the basic industries and light industries within the government are quite weak and cannot achieve healthy competition. It will inevitably intensify the living burden of the people and provide convenience for speculators. At this stage, only centralized operations, quota management, financial disclosure, raising workers' wages, and revitalizing the local circulation field are the fundamentals.

"Also, Chairman, the light industry near Chengdu is developing rapidly, and the power generation of the second power plant can no longer keep up. We have submitted an application report to the Industrial Department to build a new power plant of 200,000 kilowatts. At the same time, the power plant in the south of Chengdu is expanded to 200,000 kilowatts again." Liu Ruxiang saw that Lin Sheng was in a good mood and took the opportunity to make a request. Who said he was the parent official of the whole Chengdu? The population is crowded, the institutions are gathered, the businesses are crowded, and the factories are everywhere. These all need to be maintained by electricity.

However, the Industrial Department always gave priority to military-industrial enterprises on the pretext of insufficient funds and war needs. It was necessary to give him back the tickets. It had to complain to Lin Sheng to hit the wooden clock, hoping that there would be a solution.

When Lin Sheng heard this, he laughed and thought to himself that you Liu Ruxiang! Da Qiufeng has come here. I didn’t settle the score with you today, but I was wrong. Another thought, it was not easy for him. Chengdu has changed so much in the past two years, and he has made great contributions.

"After the Guangxi problem is resolved, the government will not conduct any major military operations within one or two years. We must make the existing place stable and steady. First of all, we must make the people rich and economic development can develop. The report on the construction of a new power plant will be given directly to me for instructions!" Lin Sheng said and stood up: "Handling commercial circulation is the current urgent task, laying a solid foundation for the next step of the planned economy." Liu Ruxiang knew that he was at the moment of leaving, and the people waiting for Lin Sheng to meet him every day were almost out of the gate.

As soon as Liu Ruxiang returned to his office, his secretary came in to report, and Pang Jun, the newly established Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Commerce, asked for a visit. He knew that he had asked for instructions for commercial circulation planning issues. He pointed a little at the secretary and asked him to come in!

"Mayor Liu, our Business Bureau has just been established. Many of the work has not been done properly, which has caused trouble for the municipal government. This..." Pang Jun, who had a fine sweat on his face, began to review as soon as he entered the door. The reason why Pang Jun was able to take the position of the Business Bureau was due to the recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce President Zhan Yuantu, and he had studied economics. Most of the government officials were from economics scholars, capitalists, enlightened gentry, and there were very few people from the military.

In accordance with Chairman Lin and Political Commissar Xie's policy of separating military and political affairs, not interfering with each other, unifying their thinking, and making every effort to develop the economy.

Liu Ruxiang directly interrupted Pang Jun, "Director Pang, there is no need to say about the review for the time being. In the afternoon, there will be an economic expert seminar in the city, so you can also attend! The two presidents of the State Council, the president of the General Chamber of Commerce, and economists will all participate. Your Business Bureau is best to prepare a detailed data and information.

Chairman Lin just instructed that the reform of the business system must be carried out. If eliminating the problems that private investors are concerned about is the business of your Business Bureau, we must implement the problems."

"Yes, yes!" Pang Jun thought for a while, and then said softly: "Or, the mayor will report to you first."

"Yeah, okay!" Liu Ruxiang also thought it was necessary to understand the plans proposed by the Commercial Bureau first and have a clear idea.

“The specific situation is as follows:

After a series of investigations and research, the Bureau of Commerce has prepared to divide the commercial circulation field into several major areas according to the daily needs of the people, and establish food companies based on grain, edible oil and vegetables; daily local specialty products companies based on daily necessities of the people; department stores based on cloth and dyes; fuel companies based on fuel and lamps.

Stores with capital management less than 10,000 SGD in Chengdu are all within the integration, and the store owners can cooperate in two ways. First, discount and recycling, and arrange employment on site; second, discount shares will be deposited, and the company will be responsible for material allocation and financial review." Pang Jun said at this moment, he was a little dry and a little awaiting Liu Ruxiang's instructions.

"Yeah, what are you going to do if you implement it in detail?"

"Conduct a survey before the New Year, and the restructuring will be officially launched in the spring of next year. In addition, new problems may be corrected in time."

"The government allocates 10 million new coins to your Commercial Bureau in advance, and make sure to make a special amount. If there is any problem, I will ask you." Liu Ruxiang had to beat Pang Jun. After all, 1,000 new coins is definitely a sky-high wealth, and it is difficult for people to resist the temptation of money.

"In the early stage, the Commerce Bureau spent 200,000 yuan on the establishment, and this money was specially approved by the mayor with a wealthy one. The 10 million yuan special money was in the People's Bank of China account without any change of the money."
Chapter completed!