Liu Zhen was joking when he said he would retire, but he was not joking when he said he would not have children.
Going back twenty years, Liu Zhen’s 150-acre farm required at least 50 workers to meet the demand during busy farming periods. Therefore, Liu Zhen wished that the more people in his family, the better. After all, more people are indeed powerful.
Now there are tractors in Liuzhen's farm, which can work as hard as ten, and there are pickup trucks, which are much more efficient than ox-carts. In the past, milking had to be done manually one by one, but now machines are used for milking.
Use so many people?
As for national defense, after the strength increases, the requirements for numbers are getting smaller and smaller, and the requirements for quality are constantly improving. Twenty years ago, during the Boer War, there was a human sea tactic, and during the World War, there was infantry-tank coordination.
, it is estimated that the next world war will be a decisive battle with tanks. The role of infantry will become smaller and smaller, and the size of the army will become smaller and smaller.
The same applies to other fields.
Twenty years ago, gold mines in Johannesburg still had to be carried on shoulders and hands. Now many mines have begun semi-mechanized operations. Compared with human labor, machinery is much more efficient, and there is no need to worry about the supervision of relevant functional departments.
, no human rights organization keeps saying that the mine owners are not fools. Even if the wages of African-American workers are low, the cumulative cost of human consumption and horse consumption is not a small number. After calculation, it is more cost-effective to use machines.
The demand for manpower is also decreasing in factories.
In southern African factories, as the degree of mechanization becomes higher and higher, the demand for workers is getting smaller and smaller. Jobs that can be replaced by machines have been replaced by machines. In the future, when factories enter the automation stage, even African-American workers will
If you want to be eliminated, save whatever you can.
Don’t listen to the temptations of consumerism. Rich people’s attitude towards money is also to save money when they can. On the contrary, the less money they have, the more they are afraid of being looked down upon, and they often try to make themselves look fat.
After a few comparisons, for Liu Zhen's family, having more children really doesn't mean much. Maybe there will be some disputes over the division of family property in the future. It's better to spend limited funds and energy like this now.
All the time was spent on raising a few children, and Liu Zhen and his wife were happy and free.
Of course, this is for the Liu Zhen family, and for the federal government of Southern Africa, the more people, the better. After all, the land that has been developed in Southern Africa is less than one-tenth of the land that can be developed. Southern Africa at least
We have to wait until we have a population of 100 to 200 million before we consider other issues.
When Su Nan started to ask Liu Zhen about the annual income of the farm, Liu Zhen finally became nervous.
“My income tax officer has records. Every income has been taxed, and there has never been any tax evasion or evasion.” Liu Zhen repeatedly emphasized that the awareness of paying taxes among southern Africans has also penetrated into their bones.
“I didn’t say you evaded taxes. I asked this because the Ministry of Agriculture wanted to formulate a price guarantee system——” Su Nan explained the price guarantee system to Liu Zhen in detail, and Liu Zhen suddenly felt very good.
"Great! The federal government should have done this a long time ago. When we farmers sell our goods, those damn profiteers can do whatever they say. Let alone pricing power, we don't even have bargaining power - oh, sorry, I'm not
Complain again, just-" Liu Zhen suddenly realized something was wrong. According to him, Xiao Si is the most damn profiteer.
And Phyllis.
Don’t forget that the largest textile factory in southern Africa is a company under Phyllis’s name.
The Farmers Association of Johannesburg is also led by the Johannesburg Municipal Government.
Farmers' Associations basically have a unified purchasing and marketing system, purchasing agricultural products from farmers, and then negotiating with buyers to sell agricultural products to buyers at the most appropriate price.
Therefore, there are very few small traders in the market in Southern Africa. A few relatively large chain retailers have almost completely monopolized the retail market in Southern Africa. These chain retailers directly connect with factories and various associations, and the products are placed directly on the market after they leave the factory.
Putting products on shelves and minimizing the costs incurred in intermediate links is beneficial to everyone.
"I understand that the federal government has established a price protection system in order to effectively protect the interests of farmers." Su Nan is not embarrassed, and it is normal for Liu Zhen to complain. When farmers sell things, they all want a good price.
Businessmen want to reduce costs when making acquisitions, and there is also competition among chain retailers.
"Then you should set a relatively high price, so as to protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent." Liu Zhen was happy. It is a fact that low grain prices hurt farmers, and what was written in "Three or Five Dou More Harvest" is also true.
Sunan did not cater and set a relatively high price. Farmers were happy, and all risks had to be borne by the federal government.
The key point is that Sunan does not have the right to set prices. Sunan has no say.
Bruce was angry when he left Liu Zhen's farm.
"Our farmer is also a bit greedy. I looked at the size of the farm. Maybe the annual income is more than 2,000 rand -" Bruce just walked around the farm, except for the cow shed and sheep pen.
In addition, there is a chicken coop on the farm with a large group of ducks and geese, all of which are more than white. This is normal in southern Africa. Who doesn’t raise a group of chickens, ducks and geese?
What Bruce didn’t see was that there were fish in the pond of Yanagi’s farm, and the annual sale of fresh fish also provided an income. Canned food from southern Africa was exported to Europe and the United States, and canned fish was also very popular.
“It’s definitely more, but there’s no need to worry about it, it’s not our job.” Su Nan didn’t care and didn’t forget to say goodbye to Liu Zhen when he started the car.
Calculating taxes is the job of the State Administration of Taxation and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Agriculture. The State Administration of Taxation does not have the energy to keep an eye on every farmer. If there is time, it would be better to investigate whether the mine owners in Johannesburg are smuggling gold.
Taxation in southern Africa is mainly about "robbing the rich and giving to the poor". The higher the income, the more taxes you have to pay. Rich people like Stoudemire and Christian have to pay taxes in tens of millions of rand every year.
This is still the case when a lot of accountants are working hard every day to calculate tax avoidance.
Rock doesn’t pay much in taxes every year.
It’s not that Rock’s companies don’t make money, it’s that businesses under Rock’s name are making money while spending more. In this way, some companies are even losing money, so why should they pay anything?
For example, the most profitable Rand Bank and Nyasaland Company earn hundreds of millions in profits every year, but their foreign investment amounts are higher. How much money do they spend every year just on mergers and acquisitions in Europe and the United States? Year-end financials
When the report comes out, it shows a loss.
Although the books are losing money, actual assets are increasing. If we only count profits, the annual profits generated by Nyasaland Company are comparable to that of a small country.
“Even without the price protection system, the income of these farmers will not be greatly affected.” The more Bruce learned about the farms in southern Africa, the more he envied the farmers’ lives.
Regardless of the fact that Liu Zhen's farm has a low per capita average, the actual expenses of Liu Zhen's farm are not much. After all, there are so many chickens, ducks and geese on the farm, and there are too many eggs to eat every day. If the children's education is to go to public schools,
Basically, Liu Zhen doesn't have to spend any money. The school takes care of meals every day at noon. There's no need to worry about medical care. Didn't you hear Liu Zhen say that his daughter works at Ziwei Hospital.
Ziwei Hospital, like Ziwei Public School, is equally powerful in the medical field in southern Africa.
"Bruce, the federal government should try its best to ensure a happy life for everyone in southern Africa. Liu Zhen's farm is good, but it does not mean that all farms in southern Africa are good." Sunan is doing his duty, and not all farms can earn R2,000 a year.
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The new immigrants who have moved into southern Africa in recent years are not only Chinese, but also many white people from the Old World.
Compared with the hard-working Chinese, the conditions of those farms run by white people in the Old World are much worse.
This is not really because the federal government’s policies favor the Chinese. When formulating policies, the federal government treats everyone equally and does not discriminate.
Unlike the Chinese who never have a moment of leisure, white people run farms in a bold and unrestrained manner. Raising a sheep on five acres of land and a cow on ten acres of land is normal on farms run by white people. This was normal in southern Africa in the past.
, but after the large-scale influx of Chinese into southern Africa, the farms run by white people deteriorated.
For the same farm, the income of a Chinese farm is about twice that of a white farm.
There is nothing worse. Farmers who have been dawdling all day without making progress have been eliminated by the market. The competition in this industry is also very fierce.
In October, the Ministry of Finance took new measures. In order to stimulate exports in southern Africa, the federal government decided to devalue the rand by 30%, fixing it to three to one against the US dollar, and issued a new version of the rand.
In the past, the rand had a maximum face value of twenty, and the pattern on it was the head of Queen Victoria.
The new rand is issued with an additional face value of fifty, still using the portrait of Queen Victoria, twenty using the portrait of George V, ten rand using the portrait of Adelaide, and five rand using the portrait of Philip.
Avatar, one rand is not issued as banknotes, but coins are used instead.
It is worth mentioning that the one rand coin contains gold, which makes southern Africa the only country in the world that currently uses gold coins.
Compared with the previous version of the rand, the new version of the rand applies the latest printing technology, with more advanced anti-counterfeiting methods and is more difficult to counterfeit. Stimulated by currency depreciation, southern Africa's exports immediately responded positively, and trade volume with Europe and the United States increased rapidly.
Increase.
Also in October, the Japanese government quietly paid 10 million rand in compensation to the federal government of Southern Africa and gave up all honors brought by Vitamin 1. Southern Africa's requirements were fully met.
Rock was basically satisfied with this result, and the Indian Ocean Fleet finally released the "Fuki Maru".
However, what made the captain of the "Fuki Maru" Kei Yano despair was that all the beef transported on the "Fuki Maru" had spoiled and was inedible and could only be dumped into the sea.
It cannot be dumped in the waters near Changi Naval Base because the Indian Ocean Fleet is worried about polluting the environment.