Chapter 1200 Food Debate

"Hey, what a pity. Such a good port was almost abandoned because of the stupid sea ban. You fool, you fool, it was all in vain!" Ye Xun was angry and annoyed!

The officials were also stunned. As soon as Ye Xun opened his mouth, he directly mocked the imperial court's sea ban, and he also publicly ridiculed and insulted him. This was simply too much, and they couldn't tolerate it. If it were anyone in the past, he would be put on the spot immediately. Kill.

But Yan Shen is different. This person's strength is extraordinary. Not to mention he has killed more than 70 masters before. Let's take the operation of catching Yamcha back just now. Teleportation, wow, this What level of operation is it?

Seeing Yan Shen constantly mocking the court, the people below were already very unhappy, so the local grain and grass officer in Linzhou stepped forward and asked politely: "Mr. Yan, where is your grain?"

"Don't worry, I have plenty of food, but your port is too bad to store my food." Ye Xun chuckled.

The grain and grass officer was a little unhappy. He was obviously looking for trouble. After all, he was an official and was absolutely authoritative in his profession. He took the initiative to question Ye Xun. Other officials also watched silently. This should be Linzhou. Official actions.

"I am not a talented person. I am the grain officer of Linzhou. I also have some professional knowledge in the field of grain. I just don't know if Mr. Yan is so confident that he is teasing us or if he is crazy."

The grain officer was extremely confident in what he said. Ye Xun laughed. He actually didn't want to answer this question because he really had so much grain. But the problem was that these people from the Linzhou government were elites in related professions after all, and grain was a strategic material. , how can it be so easy to hoard so much food.

But since this guy wants to make trouble over the food issue, Ye Xun is naturally not polite. He hates being "disciplined" by others, because he likes to discipline others the most.

"Do you think I'm lying?" Ye Xun asked.

"Since four years ago, the price of grain has been falling. In order to protect the interests of farmers, the court has raised the minimum purchase price and protected the interests of farmers. The court will work hard to keep grain prices within a reasonable level at all times."

Listening to the grain officer starting to talk about relevant knowledge, Ye Xun was filled with contempt in his heart. What he meant by protecting farmers was actually protecting the interests of rich farmers. These rich farmers were basically followers of the ruling class. Needless to say, they had great righteousness. Wonton Country was essentially a feudal country. , can't run away.

"Then what?"

"The official's meaning couldn't be clearer. The imperial court is considerate of the people's sentiments and will never let food prices soar. Therefore, in the past few years, especially at present, the supply and demand of food have been basically balanced. Coupled with the abundant inventory of the imperial court, it is fully capable of ensuring market supply. ”

Others may not understand this statement, but this group of elites immediately understand its true meaning. It is impossible for the court to allow large quantities of foreign grains to enter the domestic market. This will only impact the interests of vested interests. They will not It is allowed. At the same time, the imperial court controls the price and inventory of grain. Yan Shendu's grain should not exist for a balanced market.

This is not to say that if the Yunton State owns grain, Yan Shen is not allowed to have it, but as a traditional agricultural country, the food stability of the Yunton State often affects the world grain market. The existence of Yan Shendu’s huge amount of grain is really Very unreasonable.

"The imperial court has always maintained the basic stability of market grain prices. Judging from the situation in recent years, the supply and demand of China's main grain varieties are basically balanced, and the annual grain purchases and sales are roughly the same. Therefore, the end-of-year inventory remains basically stable. According to the past two years, Calculating the annual grain sales, even if the purchase volume of the year is not taken into account, the existing inventory of the grain enterprises owned by the imperial court can meet the sales volume for more than one year.”

"Okay, then why don't you just rely on yourselves?" Ye Xun felt that this guy had been talking nonsense.

"Haha, Mr. Yan is really joking. Grain inventory is a dynamic data. During the grain purchase season, grain inventory increases. Later, in order to ensure market supply, the stocked grain is continuously put on the market. The sales quantity of grain is greater than the purchase quantity. Grain inventory The quantity gradually decreases. Moreover, before new grains come on the market every year, most businesses will vacate warehouses and consolidate warehouses for the purchase of new grains. At this time, there will be a certain amount of empty warehouses; the rotation of reserved grains will also cause the warehouse to be empty. There is a temporary short position.”

The grain officer talked a lot and said: "With the current warehouse situation, such a huge amount of grain should not exist at all."

Indeed, the situation of short positions actually represents a certain degree of food fluctuation. This level of food should not exist in the world.

"Yeah, it's interesting." Ye Xun rubbed his eyes and said, "What you said makes sense, but... you have forgotten one of the most basic issues."

The grain officer felt that he had "educated" Yan Shendu to the point where he could not refute, and said proudly: "I wonder where I made the mistake?"

"You're right, but what you said is different from what I have."

"Oh?" the grain officer said with a smile, "I'd like to hear the details."

"Productivity determines production relations." Ye Xun yawned, and he was about to start training this group of rear elements.

The grain officer had never heard of this statement. He glanced at Mo Xiaotian and others who were also full of questions, and asked: "Please tell me, what does it mean that productivity determines production relations?"

Ye Xun said: "What you said just now is actually not wrong, but you made a mistake that is not a mistake, that is, you are objectively limited by the level of productivity development in your environment, so the correct answer you came up with seems stupid and backward to me."

"Oh? Mr. Yan means that I was wrong?" The grain official was unconvinced.

"Of course I am wrong, you only saw the data of the agricultural development of Yuntun Country, but did not see the data of the agricultural development of the new era."

"What is the agricultural development of the new era?"

The one who asked this question was not the grain official, but the governor. He was very interested, and perhaps Yan Shen had a different opinion.

"I think the Qingyun Academy of Yuntun Country must not have taught the governor that social development is driven by the movement of basic social contradictions." Yipin Book Bar

Everyone looked at each other, what is the movement of basic social contradictions?

"Let me explain. The so-called basic social contradictions are actually the contradictions between productivity and production relations, and between economic base and superstructure. These two basic contradictions exist in all social forms, determine the nature and basic structure of society, run through the development of human society, and promote the development of human society from low to high. The current situation of Wonton Country is relatively low, so what the grain official said is low-level correct, while I have a high-level theory!"

What is weird? This is weird. In other words, this is a one-sided beating. As soon as Ye Xun opened his mouth, he directly frightened a group of people.

"Of course, this contradictory movement is mainly determined by the development of productivity. Simply put, when a country's productivity develops to a certain extent, the original production relations are difficult to adapt to the requirements of further development of productivity, which will inevitably lead to corresponding changes in production relations."

"Wait a minute, what is productivity and what is production relations?"

Ye Xun is not like playing the lute to a cow, and simply uses the most direct metaphor to say: "Whatever way you farm, high yields can be understood as high productivity, and low yields can be understood as low productivity."

Everyone nodded secretly, this is easy to understand, and then Ye Xun said: "Production relations, the social relations formed by people in the process of producing material resources In simple terms, if a high-yield production method is found, the court will immediately spread this high-yield production method throughout the country in the name of the court, and greatly encourage all farmers to learn this method. At the same time, the government will regulate and prevent people with ulterior motives from using this agricultural planting technology to harm everyone's interests. Then we can understand that this is a good production relationship, and vice versa. "

The people here are not stupid, and they probably understand this meaning. The popular understanding is that the leading force can play a role in agriculture, whether it is to assist in the good direction or guide in the bad direction, so as to judge the quality of the production relationship.

Mo Xiaotian nodded and said, "So, the quality of production relations has a great impact on the level of productivity."

I understood it to some extent, but I still couldn't understand what Ye Xun meant. The grain official was puzzled, "But according to the current control of grain by the Yuntun court, this should be a good production relationship."

"That's why I said that you are low-level correct. Correct is really correct, but you all don't understand what contradiction is. The so-called contradiction is the unity of opposites. The contradiction between productivity and production relations is not simply a matter of whether the production relations control productivity well or not."

"Productivity determines production relations, and production relations react on productivity. The court's practices are actually reacting to productivity. However, the reason why the court can make such a reaction is that the current productivity of Yuntun Country determines that the Yuntun Country court can only adopt this reaction method. Do you understand?"

The first one to react was still Mo Xiaotian. This guy is really smart. He immediately asked, "It seems that Mr. Yan has more advanced and efficient productivity?"

"Ruzi is teachable." Ye Xun must praise Mo Xiaotian. This guy is smart.

Ye Xun looked at the grain officer and said solemnly: "You think I am really showing off, but I tell you, I am really not showing off, but I really have a more efficient modern production model. Wonton Country is closed to the outside world and does not allow interference from the outside world. At the same time, it is afraid of being impacted when it contacts the outside world, so it lags behind the world little by little without knowing it."

"Nonsense!"

"Bold, our Wonton Country is a superior country!"

"What nonsense."

Listening to the officials scolding, Ye Xun yawned. He no longer had any expectations for this group of idiots. Strictly speaking, he had never had any expectations from the beginning.

"Kesilujin Country had already realized semi-mechanized agricultural production 20 years ago and improved many agricultural tools, among which agricultural machinery technology was constantly improving. Seventy years ago, it was driven by human and animal power, and agricultural machinery was designed and manufactured according to normal principles to replace traditional agricultural tools. Unfortunately, Yuntun Country has not yet fully launched even one stage."

After hearing about Kesilujin Country, a group of officials immediately became good students. Although they looked down on Kesilujin Country, Kesilujin Country, as a technological and industrial country, did have its own unique features.

Ye Xun continued: "However, about forty years ago, the government of Kesilujin Country took the initiative to allocate funds and invented and improved many important agricultural machinery, such as the iron plows, tillers, mowers, harvesters, threshers, combine harvesters, steel plows, balers, corn harvesters, etc. that you are familiar with!"

"But that's not all. Improving these machines has indeed improved productivity, but it has also put forward higher requirements for the country's infrastructure, such as the power system."

"Haha, here comes the fun part. With the upgrade of the power system, suddenly, the Kingdom of Kesrujin entered the next stage at the fastest speed. The process of replacing non-mechanical power agricultural machinery with large modern agricultural tools driven by electricity has entered the stage of mechanized development."

Until this moment, everyone realized that Yan Shendu was really not pretending, but really had a lot of knowledge. If these words were not actually investigated, they would definitely be full of loopholes if they were just compiled.

"What happened next?" The grain officer asked, he really wanted to know what happened next.

"Then, the Kingdom of Kesrujin opened the era of internal combustion engines and electricity, and large agricultural machines driven by machines or electric power became the main combat force. The scale and efficiency of agriculture were instantly different from the previous era." Ye Xun said.

"The problem with Yuntun is that most of you are still small workshop-style economies, and agricultural development has only just reached the level of Kesilujin forty years ago, not to mention the grain output. Kesilujin's grain output has reached 400 million tons, while Yuntun's output is at most only one-third of Kesilujin's, but Yuntun's population is 300 million more than Kesilujin's. Tell me, is the grain problem you understand and the grain problem I see really a problem on the same plane?"

Suffocating, although it is not clear whether the data Ye Xun said is true, but if it is true, what should we do?

Those officials are dissatisfied, but the grain official is a little speechless, because according to what he knows, it seems that the total grain output of the entire Kesilujin is less than 200 million tons, and this is under the condition of good weather and good harvests in the past two years, and it will only be lower in the past.

"So, the reason you think I have no food is because you think the agricultural development level of the world is the same as that of Wonton Country. Little do you know that the agricultural development of Wonton Country is very backward in the world, and it can even be said that such a large land is wasted. If this seaport can trade with the outside world, at least the food problem will not be a problem."

"Are you trying to reconcile?"

"Productivity is not just agriculture, but also animal husbandry, industry and commerce, etc. The seaport will always be the highest window for business."