My Italian: Chapter 459 grain reserves

Changing the region can only be done slowly, and Carlo has enough patience for this.

But for another thing, Carlo's patience is not so high, and that is to build Italy's food reserves.

Speaking of which, Italy is a standard grain importer. Italy's grain import volume is second only to the British Empire, and it is the second largest grain importer in Europe. Currently, Italy needs to import about 2.4 million tons of grain. The annual cost of purchasing grain is not a small amount. And with the increase in the population of Italy in recent years, the food imported by Italy is bound to increase.

Therefore, for this food issue, Carlo can not sit idly by. You must know that there is nothing wrong with Italy when it is said that there is no agriculture, no work, no wealth. The issue of food security has reached the point of urgency.

So today, Carlo convened his important ministers to discuss the food issue in Italy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just read the statistics of the total grain output over the years, and the results make me very uneasy. Last year, our total grain output in Italy was 8.71 million tons, and the grain gap reached 22%. It can be said that my country has a large amount of grain every year. The import volume puts our country in a subordinate position of grain domination. This makes me very uneasy, for fear that suddenly other countries will not export grain to our country, and what should we do. So then I checked my country's grain reserves, after all, every Housewives all know that the family needs to prepare food for at least half a month, and it is impossible to buy food in two or three days. However, the results of the inspection made me very shocked, because my country's food reserves are only 150,000 tons, which is enough for the people of the whole country. Eat for four or five days, and then what?"

Carlo looked at the ministers who were sitting upright, and then continued to speak. "Gentlemen, you are all important ministers of the kingdom, and you must face up to the danger that food reserves may bring, which is related to the safety of the kingdom. So you can make suggestions and put forward your views and suggestions,"

Carlo's remarks made the important ministers take action immediately, and Edras, the Minister of the Interior, said immediately. "Your Majesty is right, our country's grain reserves are indeed too small, and we didn't pay enough attention to grain reserves before, so I think grain reserves must be increased, at least to one million tons."

Edras' words did not attract the echoes of other ministers, because they knew that there was a problem, and that was money.

That's right, how is the kingdom's finances, none of you here do not know, if you want to complete the storage of one million tons of grain as mentioned by the Minister of the Interior, then you need to spend about 80-90 million lire, such a high cost, is to complete The biggest problem with food storage.

Sure enough, His Excellency Teyera, the Minister of Finance who was in charge of the kingdom's financial power, stood up. "Your Excellency Edras, I completely agree with what you said. Increasing grain reserves is indeed beneficial to our country's food security, but there is a problem, and that is the cost of purchasing grain. At present, purchasing one million tons of grain, Based on 60% wheat, 30% corn, and 10% other grains, it will cost at least 80 million lire, and large-scale purchases will drive up grain prices, which will cost more money. So where will the money come from? ?"

Yes, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Tejera has no objection to the national grain reserve, but where will the money come from?

"Then how much food do you think should be stocked?"

The Home Secretary regretted it as soon as he said this, because this is not handing over the initiative to the other party.

Sure enough, as Finance Minister Tejera immediately took over. "I think we can reserve 500,000 tons first, and it's best to spend three years to ensure fiscal health."

In the face of Teyera's words, the important ministers present were also talking about it. It is really difficult to do without money. At present, the domestic finances are already tight enough. This will cost another amount of food reserves. Anyone will feel a headache. Tons are not bad either. After all, it costs more than 10 million lire every year, which is not too small.

Looking at the ministers under the seat, Carlo flashed a trace of annoyance in his heart. Could these ministers fail to see the significance of grain reserves to Italy, and they are always entangled in the issue of money.

In fact, Carlo has wronged these ministers a bit. Everyone knows the issue of food security, but the importance of it can really be discussed. Because food reserves can only reduce the security risk of food, and cannot make this money profitable. And listening to His Majesty's words, the food reserves will not be small, and the cost will be huge. Not to mention that the Italian government's finances are not rich in themselves.

Carlo knows a little about the thoughts of the ministers, but he must carry out the grain reserve, which concerns the future of Italy.

Because in more than ten years, a war that affects the whole world will break out. Italy, which needs to import a large amount of food, will not be able to buy food when it is rich, so the reserve of food must start from now. You see this is the cognitive gap between the two.

Look at the countries that are not ready for long-term combat. With their superior navies, Britain and France can buy supplies from all over the world, but what about Italy?

Where can they buy supplies, especially food, the traditionally bought Eastern Europe is at war, and even Russia can't even sell it to you.

Besides, Italy has yet to decide which side to stand on, so it must be prepared for a rainy day.

Thinking of this, Carlo looked at His Excellency the Prime Minister who was sitting there. Before the meeting, he passed his breath with the Prime Minister.

Seeing His Majesty's gaze looking at him, Antonio knew that he had to stand up at this time. "uh-huh."

The Prime Minister is not ordinary, a cough attracted everyone's attention.

"Everyone, on the issue of grain reserves, I think the Minister of Finance's words are one-sided, and the lack of money is not a problem. In fact, I don't think a million tons of grain reserves can ensure food security for our country at all. I think at least three hundred Only ten thousand tons of grain reserves can initially allow my country to establish safe grain reserves."

Prime Minister Antonio's words surprised all the ministers present, because it requires at least 240 million liras of funds, which can be equivalent to 11.6% of Italy's total fiscal revenue last year. It's not worth spending so much money on food reserves. To know where this money is invested can not bring better returns to Italy, why should it be invested in food reserves?

"Prime Minister, where should the money for purchasing food come from?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the most worrying question~www.mtlnovel.com~ I think it is possible to issue a bond to raise funds to purchase grain and establish grain reserves. We can choose six or seven cities to build special grain reserves to ensure grain security. It took four or five years to complete the task of grain reserves. "

Well, the Prime Minister's words left us speechless, issue a debt to solve the shortage of funds.

After some tossing by the Italian government before, the total size of Italy's foreign debt has dropped to 5.64 billion lire, but it seems that it is impossible to continue to reduce the scale of this foreign debt.

For Carlo, it is not bad to spend four or five years to reserve three million tons of grain. Of course, we can continue to increase the food reserves in the future. In Carlo's mind, at least we need to meet the food for the people of the whole country this year. After all, Italy's own grain production is not high. years.

Of course, when the Prime Minister came forward to come up with a solution and the King expressed his support, the other ministers could only express their obedience. Next, the ministers present also made suggestions on who will manage the grain reserves, city selection, and grain renovation.

The atmosphere at the scene became more and more lively under the watchful eyes of Carlo.