Chapter 764 Human needs and environmental protection
Dong Shuheng had already foreseen this kind of problem that would arise in industrial development.
No matter how you say it, he is a person who has received a university education. Ma Zhengjing has always studied politics.
Although later generations also have some experience in solving such problems, it can be summed up as strengthening government intervention.
But in fact, if you really encounter these problems, you still have to go through a period of pain first.
Having said that, this trip to Fuzhou was quite good.
Those captured battleships basically had holes for torpedoes in their bottoms.
There are still big deficiencies in the design of watertight cabins in the Chinese warships.
The most important thing for warships has always been the protection of areas above the waterline.
Because traditional naval battles do not have a great impact on the parts below the waterline of the battleship.
The Chinese people are obviously very influenced by traditional thinking.
For a long time, the warships of the Korean people have always lagged half a step behind the Renaissance Army. It is not that their technology is inferior, but that their heritage is too deep, which makes them more susceptible to the constraints of tradition.
It is difficult to break through some long-standing thinking stereotypes.
This time, Dong Shuheng was going to hand over the conflict in the factory to Zuo Jigao to handle.
This time it is destined to offend some people.
On the train back to Beijing, Dong Shuheng looked out the window at the scenery receding rapidly.
Opposite him was Jiang Yuqin with a bookish look on his face.
Jiang Yuqin was nicknamed "White-Faced Scholar" in the official circles of the capital. However, this appearance was more confusing.
In fact, Jiang Yuqin is a young man with great political wisdom.
"Tap tap tap..." the sound of small steps sounded, and Du Ji, who was dressed in green overalls and had long hair tied on her head, walked over.
She served coffee from Yunnan to the two of them.
The current coffee industry has just started, and Dong Shuheng has planned and developed related industries in advance.
The Greater China Circle has the most extensive land and various types of climate environments. There are almost no industries that cannot be developed.
In order to turn the Greater China Circle into a mature market, the self-sufficiency rate of various commodities must be improved.
In addition, there must be an industrial layout to ensure the integrity of the industrial chain.
Dong Shuheng wants to ensure that the Great China Business Circle can operate normally when uncontrollable external dangers occur.
"Thank you, Mr. Duji." Jiang Yuqin took the coffee and nodded in thanks.
Du Ji is also an official close to Dong Shuheng, so the attendants respect her quite a bit.
Du Ji has been following Dong Shuheng for some years.
Wei Yuzhen once suggested that Dong Shuheng take her in.
But Dong Shuheng asked Du Ji whether she wanted to work with him or marry him.
Dong Shuheng's meaning is very clear, that is, after marrying him and becoming his woman, she can no longer stay and work by his side.
Duji chose to stay and work next to Dong Shuheng. Although she was no longer young, she could no longer hold another man in her heart.
Compared to being Dong Shuheng's righteous wife, she prefers to be by his side like this.
Even Dong Shuheng's wives did not stay with him as long as Du Ji.
"Wenxuan, how do you feel about returning to your hometown in Suzhou this time?" Dong Shuheng asked.
Dong Shuheng's trip was very short this time, and he visited Jiangning and Shanghai on the way.
But he sent Jiang Yuqin back to Suzhou.
Jiang Yuqin's hometown is Wuzhong, Suzhou. As Dong Shuheng's chief secretary, he also serves as Dong Shuheng's eyes and ears.
So Dong Shuheng sent him to Suzhou to investigate.
"President, to be honest, Suzhou is developing really fast. The location here is good, close to the export base of Shanghai. The raw silk industry is developing rapidly. When I walk in the countryside, I can see large mulberry fields and silk reeling factories.
You can see them everywhere, even some small towns have silk reeling factories with big chimneys." Jiang Yuqin described.
"You can't report both good news and bad news, Wenxuan." Dong Shuheng said with a smile.
"The problem really exists. President, I think there is a problem if all this land is used to grow mulberry trees. Silk cannot be used as food. Our Renaissance Army has more food-producing areas. Food prices have dropped sharply in recent years. Everyone is turning to make more money.
There is nothing wrong with this, but I feel that this is not a long-term solution.”
"One consequence of this is that in the future, our main food production areas will be transferred to the countries in the Greater China Circle outside the mainland. The area around Taihu Lake was originally the most important rice-producing area in the country, but now everyone is eating rice from Nanyang.
In Nanyang, there are large fields for cultivation, and there are a large number of native laborers, so the production cost is very low."
Dong Shuheng nodded and said: "Well, you are right, food security is indeed very important, and it should be an important part of national security."
"Do you have any ideas?" Dong Shuheng asked.
"President, I think people always seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Planting mulberry and raising silkworms is more profitable than farming, so there is nothing wrong with everyone planting mulberry on their own land. I want to solve this problem by starting from two aspects:
One is to increase the price of food, but now that there is free trade within the Greater China Circle and zero tariffs, there is no way to regulate it through tariffs."
"The government can only provide subsidies for growing grains to increase the income from growing grains. Another option is to delineate basic farmland through law and formulate a red line for grain production. Only grain can be grown within the scope of basic farmland. But in this case
, will inevitably create resentment among local governments, reduce farmers’ enthusiasm for farming, and may lead to more farmers moving into cities to work.”
"This time I also discovered that working in the city is harder than farming, but the income is higher than that of ordinary farmers. Moreover, the educational facilities in the city are more complete. Working in the city means that the children are better educated.
high."
Dong Shuheng nodded. Jiang Yuqin's advice was very mature and perfect. It was obvious that he had thought about this issue seriously before.
This middle-aged man with a bookish appearance is rich in political wisdom, and his thoughts are more mature and stable than he looks on the outside.
"It will be a general trend for the population to concentrate in cities in the future, and the number of people that can be supported by agriculture is limited. In the future, more people will have to rely on industry and the service industry to support them."
"Furthermore, after all, agriculture is only a basic industry that meets people's basic needs, just like we proposed before to solve people's food and clothing problems. Then after food and clothing are solved, people will have higher needs. In a nutshell,
It is a spiritual need. People need to develop and progress while living, and they need to be recognized by the outside world..." Dong Shuheng continued.
Jiang Yuqin listened carefully, not wanting to miss a word. Every time he discussed issues with Dong Shuheng, he would benefit greatly.
"President, I also found that the extravagance in Suzhou City is a bit serious now. Some people have suddenly become rich in the past few days. They build big houses and hold various banquets all day long. The largest restaurant in Suzhou City is seven stories high.
, the lights are bright all day long, I heard that the food consumed in this restaurant in a day is worth tens of thousands of Chinese dollars, and the banquets worth hundreds of Chinese dollars are considered ordinary." Jiang Yuqin said with a frown.
After all, he is an official from a poor family. Although he has held a high position in recent years, he has also been to some high-end banquets.
But the scope of Xinjing City is much better. Dong Shuheng advocates simple meals and buffets and opposes the waste of dining tables.
Some high-end places in Xinjingcheng are only decorated luxuriously, but the food they eat can only be considered exquisite.
Otherwise, once someone reports extravagance and waste, the hotel will face rectification.
However, this decree was also implemented around Xinjing.
When it comes to local areas, especially in places like Jiangnan where rich people gather, the laws against extravagance and waste are basically in vain.
In fact, Jiang Yuqin was only talking about eating and drinking. Those rich people did much more than that.
Because the Renaissance Army did not allow slaves, especially Chinese. However, it could hire long-term workers from surrounding vassal countries.
Some people take advantage of this and keep young women of various ethnic groups at home. Some families keep hundreds of girls at home.
In recent years, some people have specially gone to Fuso, Peninsular and Nanyang areas to abduct local native women to the mainland in the name of job introduction.
Although these women have signed long-term contracts with buyers, they are just like concubines raised by private livestock.
Whenever the owner of the house greets guests, he will call these women out to play with the guests.
This is quite similar to the practice of prostitution in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Some people feel that the current country is vast and has the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and their actions seem to add luster to the country.
There are also sober people who point out that the transition from prosperity to decline in the Tang Dynasty began with the extravagance of Chang'an.
Dong Shuheng thought so. However, Dong Shuheng had another understanding of the extravagant life of these rich people.
"Wenxuan, have you ever thought about what if our current food exceeds everyone's needs? What if we produce enough goods for everyone?" Dong Shuheng asked.
"This, this is naturally a good thing. You have no worries about food and clothing, and you know the etiquette because you have enough resources."
"So Cang Zhenshi, what should I do if those things can't be consumed? Wouldn't they be broken?" Dong Shuheng found that Jiang Yuqin didn't seem to understand what he meant.
"This... I have never thought that things have always been in short supply throughout the ages." Jiang Yuqin found it difficult to imagine what Dong Shuheng said. Isn't this the world of great harmony?
"Wenxuan, in the local area, people basically don't have to worry about food. Our locally produced food and imported food have obviously exceeded the needs of such a large population. Then we must find ways to consume the excess.
s things."
"If they really rot in the warehouse, it will cause problems. Then it will cause the people selling food to lose money and go bankrupt. Without these people, the circulation of food will not be enough, and it will cause a liquidity famine. Also
It means that a lot of grain was produced, but because it was not profitable and there was no purchase or sale, the grain rotted in the hands of farmers or ranchers."
"The solution we can think of now is to use these things to make wine or use the grain to feed livestock, and people will eat the meat of the livestock."
"This requires people to drink wine and eat meat. What I mean is that appropriate luxury can stimulate consumption and balance the consumption of goods. People's pursuit of wealth is first of all to satisfy themselves."
"If a factory owner lives the same life as an ordinary worker, then who is willing to go through the hardships of starting a business. Therefore, we cannot prevent people from pursuing enjoyment. Just imagine, these rich people go to hotels to spend money. Building a hotel requires
Workers are needed to produce building materials. A large number of service personnel are needed to operate a hotel, and the purchase of raw materials can feed many farmers and breeders."
"It seems that just because the rich spend money in hotels, they can feed a lot of people. If the money earned by these people is not spent and is hidden in cellars like the old landowners, then our society will be called
A pool of stagnant water."
Jiang Yuqin was taught personally, and Dong Shuheng's theory was not original to him.
There are already academies teaching economics, which is used to study the laws of economic operation.
Among them is the theory mentioned by Dong Shuheng.
"However, Wenxuan, I don't like this excessive demand for material things. Whether we build a house or farm land, we are actually asking for the environment."
"Our Guanzhong area has been the land of Longxing since the Qin and Han Dynasties, but if you go there now and see, there is still the prosperity of Qinchuan, which is 800 miles away. Why I want to convert farmland to forest there is because the land there has been
Thousands of years of farming have degraded it."
"This excessive demand for materials will force us to develop more land and consume more natural resources. However, the more the land is planted, the more barren it becomes, and the more resources are exploited, the less resources will be available."
"If a person wants to spend one hundred yuan, I would rather he use it to go to an opera performance instead of eating and drinking in a hotel."
"Watching opera performances can also feed a group of performers. It achieves the same effect as eating, but consumes fewer resources."
"Going back to the original question, we need to stabilize food production and try not to expand production. We need to keep more land in a natural state, otherwise we will use up all these things in a few generations.
.The coal and oil we use are limited.”
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Dong Shuheng talked a lot.
Jiang Yuqin's heart became clearer: "President, I know why you relocated the people around the Yellow River and spent so much money to return farmland to forests. It seems that you are going backwards, but in fact you are looking at the long term. And that
Movies, radio, and those eclectic sounds also have a great effect."
Nowadays, cinemas have begun to be built in some big cities. The film industry has been sought after by people as soon as it appeared.
Moreover, compared to opera, movies cost less for ordinary people, and their popular formats are more acceptable to ordinary people.
Radio is also becoming more and more popular, and the government has installed radios in every natural village for free.
The Fuxing Army’s public opinion work can be done by everyone.
After ordinary people have met their food and clothing needs, they should also have their own spiritual needs.
Dong Shuheng feels that only when a person has spiritual needs, he will not excessively pursue material enjoyment.
Compared with material needs, spiritual needs are more friendly to the environment and the earth.
Jiang Yuqin sincerely admired this young president, designer and guide.
I also understood the loneliness in Dong Shuheng’s heart.
Although everyone is filthy, I alone am pure, although it is a noble sentiment.
But how many people can understand the loneliness in the heart of the person involved?
The coffee in the cup was finished, and Du Ji did not come to refill it. She knew that Dong Shuheng never drank a second cup of coffee in a day.
Both of them looked out the window. The train passed through valleys, rivers, villages, and cities. Every place was like an independent oil painting, imprinted in people's minds.
This makes it feel like everything will be better.