Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 471 Industrial Zone

Outside Fancheng Town, not far from the wharf, a new block of houses was built.The road is straight and tidy, and it is extremely spacious.The road leading from the pier to here is wide, fifteen steps wide, and covered with slag, which is shocking at first sight.

Goro looked around, opened his mouth wide and said, "This is the place where the new factory is built? It looks like this - have you ever seen it before?"

Saburo nodded: "It's right here. I didn't expect that Xiangyang Mansion is so generous! The factory area is built like this, who wouldn't want to come?"

While talking, the two came to a row of houses.On the plaque outside the house, "Xiangyang Jiangbei Industrial Zone" is written in large characters, which is very grand.In the house with the door open, five or six people could be seen sitting idle inside.

Sanlang had attended the village school for two years. Although he couldn't read all the words on the plaque, he knew that this was the place to do business.Pull Goro and walk in the door.

A young man in a green shirt saw the two of them and stood up hastily.He said: "Are you two here for business? We are a newly built industrial zone in Xiangyang Prefecture. Welcome to start a factory here. If you don't understand anything, feel free to ask."

Hearing the voice, a person next to him who was writing on the desk with his head bowed raised his head.Seeing Sanlang, he hurriedly got up and said, "Sanlang, why are you here? Do you want to open a factory?"

Saburo saw that it was Qiu Ming whom he had met twice.The village he lives in is not far from Sanlang's house. His brother joined the army with Zhang Chi and is now a capital.Qiu Ming's grades in school were much better. He heard that he was admitted to some school in Xiangyang, but he didn't know what to do afterwards.

Seeing someone he knew, Saburo felt a lot more relaxed.He went forward to greet Qiu Ming.Said: "Why are you here?"

Qiu Mingdao: "I went to school in Xiangyang, so I stayed in the city as an official. Recently, this industrial zone was built, and the Shangguan sent me here to help for a few days. By the way, you are here to build A factory?"

San Lang said: "There is a business of making willow baskets, and people from the supply and marketing cooperative came to me. My village is too small and it is difficult to recruit people. I want to choose a place that is more lively. Listen to the people from the supply and marketing cooperative, what to build here Industrial area. I don’t understand everything, come and ask today.”

Qiu Ming said: "Then you have found the right person. I have been here since the establishment of this industrial zone. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. Let me tell you, the government pays special attention to the construction of factories recently. , there is a discount here.”

Saburo said: "I don't know what kind of discount?"

Qiu Ming pulled Saburo and the two of them to sit down and made a cup of tea.Said: "We, Wang Zhenfu, are different from other people. We pay special attention to industry and commerce. And we don't just think about collecting your business taxes, but first think about how to solve your difficulties. This industrial zone is built for this purpose. It was opened. There are two industrial areas in Xiangyang. One is in the south of Hanshui, near the mountains, where the water power is mainly used. The other is in the north of Hanshui, which is here, and is close to the pier. You guys, these are all newly built The house, the newly built road, everything is convenient."

San Lang frowned and asked, "Why did Zhenfu do this?"

Qiu Ming said with a smile: "In Zhenfu's words, it is to promote the development of industry and commerce, prosper the local economy, and accelerate social development."

Saburo said: "The government is like this, what good is it? It can't be all for our convenience, the government has no benefit at all, right?"

Qiu Mingdao: "Of course there are benefits. The easiest thing is to collect taxes. It is convenient for you to build a store here, and it is also convenient for the government to collect taxes. This is the same as before when the government bought and sold things. There are many advantages to setting up a store specially."

Saburo nodded, somewhat understanding.It was a custom in the Song Dynasty that when the government wanted to buy and sell goods, it often set up a venue.Large and regular ones, such as tea farms, salt farms, and border trade yards.For small ones, such as harvesting beef tendon, bamboo, grain, etc., a special field will also be set up.The market is a special place, and people are not allowed to walk around casually, mainly service trade merchants.

When Wang Xiaolie set up an industrial park, he mainly referred to the practices of later generations.Most cities will set aside a special area as their own industrial park.If you set up a business in it, there will be various discounts and convenient management.Of course, with reference to the discussion field in the Song Dynasty, special institutions were set up and officials were dispatched.It not only serves the factory owners, but also facilitates the government to collect taxes.

The establishment of industrial zones is a very good experience summed up by later generations.Minimize interference from the existing society, so that the industry can grow up quickly.It can also form an agglomeration effect, and the scale increases rapidly.It is directly managed by the government, and taxes are easy to collect.

After thinking for a while, Saburo asked: "I wonder if there is any benefit in working here?"

Qiu Ming said: "There are many benefits. First of all, there are many factories that have been built here, as long as they are rented. Not only are there places for production of goods, there are also warehouses inside, and even a separate canteen can be set up to cook for the employees. If there are few workers and you don't want to open a cafeteria, that's easy. The government will open a cafeteria here. Not far from the factory, there is a place to live. The staff live together, which is also convenient for management. If the factory needs people, we have People who specialize in recruiting will help and go around to recruit. All in all, there is no need to worry about everything when starting a factory here."

Saburo said: "Is this also helping to recruit people?"

"Of course." Qiu Ming nodded. "Xiangyang Prefecture has special officials to collect information about your recruitment. There will be bulletin boards set up in Fucheng and surrounding counties. You follow the officials to recruit people."

"That's very convenient." After speaking, Saburo stood there, bowing his head in thought.

Seeing Sanlang's appearance, Qiu Ming said, "What difficulties do you have? Just speak up if you have any difficulties, we will all help you."

Sanlang said: "I opened a reed mat shop in the village, and the business is okay. It's just that it's been open for a short time, and I haven't made much money yet, and I'm in debt. The willow basket farm, the people from the supply and marketing cooperative promised to do it in the early stage. You can give me an advance of [-] guan, which will be deducted from the purchase price. If you start a factory here, I’m afraid you won’t have enough money for a while. Hey, I really don’t want to borrow money.”

Qiu Mingdao: "Don't be afraid, it costs less to open a factory here. The rent is only paid in three months. The hired workers are required to be paid every ten days by the government. They don't need to take the money immediately. If there is a mortgage, it's okay. Loan money from the bank. You're in the military, you're different from the others."

Saburo said: "mortgage? What mortgage do I have? You know, my family was not rich before my second brother joined the army."

Qiu Ming said: "Why is there no mortgage? When you open a reed banquet hall, there are always places, machines, etc. that can be mortgaged. And supplying goods to the supply and marketing cooperatives, there are always payments that have not been recovered? The uncollected payments are also Can be used as collateral."

Saburo's eyes lit up: "Is there such a good thing? Bank loans, I don't know how much interest will be charged."

Qiu Ming said: "You are a factory owner. The bank likes to lend you money the most. The interest is only [-]% a year. Don't worry, as long as the supply and marketing cooperative agrees to accept your goods, it will be much easier to open this factory. Other places you need a Thousand guan, here, less than [-] guan is enough."

Saburo stood there, thinking and thinking, but couldn't help it for a while.The conditions here in the industrial zone are very good, but the funds are insufficient, and the factory will definitely lose its skin.But such a good opportunity, it would be a pity to miss it.

How many times can such an opportunity be encountered in life?
(End of this chapter)