I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 384, Tax Rebate

In addition to tax cuts, the solution they thought of was to find a new market. In fact, they also have a new market this year, which is Liaodong.

The development of Liaodong has forced millions of barbarians into the Dagan market, but the poor are only savages with animal skins. Although they have a demand for woolen cloth, they do not have the funds to meet their needs. These million savages The consumption of wool cloth is less than one-tenth of that of the general public, and this market is not enough to improve their current situation.

For Zhen An and the others, there is only a new market, preferably rich and populous. They searched the map and found that only the vast Western Regions can meet their needs. The Western Regions have a radius of tens of thousands of miles and a population of more than a thousand. million, and rich in gold and silver, the former Han Dynasty could transport millions of bolts of silk to the Western Regions a year, and they could transport millions of bolts of woolen cloth to the Western Regions. This vast market was enough to bring them back to life!
Although they found the market, at this time Xiliang Jun has become a boulder that hinders their westward journey. They know Xiliang's rebellious name, and they dare to send a transport team to Xiliang just like this. No way back, Zhen An and the others knew that only when Xiliang was in Dagan's hands could they open up the Silk Road!
Then they remembered the last parliament, every member of the council could see Lei Gong in power, and even give advice to Lei Gong in power, and the most prestigious member of the council was Xiang Kai, who naturally helped them speak out
So Zhen An and the others spent huge sums of money to help Xiangkai build a luxurious academy, subsidized the students of Longshan College to study, and made Xiangkai double the number of civilian children. They even arranged for their own children and grandchildren to enter Longshan Academy. With such a high price, I only ask Xiangkai to help them speak in the parliament.That's why this scene is here!
Niu Gui was so shocked by Xiangkai's bandit logic that he was speechless. Is this still the Taoist celebrity who was famous all over the world?How could he be so unreasonable and like a bandit!
After a long time, Niu Gui could only say: "This is a military issue, I still need to discuss it with the ruling party! I will give you an answer tomorrow!"

War is a matter of life and death, so naturally it cannot be settled easily, Xiang Kai also knew this, so he nodded in agreement!
At this time, Ma Yi said on behalf of Zhou Dun: "Although we have established a country in Dagan, we don't have a capital city yet. This is completely unreasonable. This time we should fix the capital city!"

The other representatives also agreed, they also want to make a big move to set the capital in their hometown. Although the hope is slim, there is hope anyway!
Only Niu Gui and the other high-level officials have ugly faces. They all know that Xu Wei likes Ji County. This year alone, he has invested more than one billion in Jizhou to carry out infrastructure construction, expand the city, and build factories. In this year alone, Ji County has increased by ten Tens of thousands of people!It is only because Ji County has not been fully developed that it has not been determined to become the capital.

On behalf of Zhou Dun, Mayi shouted: "Mayi is the place where we started, and now there are millions of tribes in Mayi, and the annual tax revenue is more than that of Jizhou and Youzhou. No matter how you compare, Mayi They are all the most suitable to become the capital city!"

But at this time, Taiyuan representative Qian Zhan said loudly: "Our Jinyang is the place where the former Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty hid the dragon. This shows that Jinyang has a dragon spirit. If we want to set the capital, we must naturally set it in Jinyang!"

Zeng Yan, the representative of Wei County, said: "Our Jizhou is the food and grass of the great Han, and Wei County is a prosperous place in Jizhou, so the capital should be located near the granary, otherwise how can we support the millions of people around the capital? It’s better than Dingdu in Yecheng!”

On the issue of the capital of the major cadres, they have various views on the location of the capital, but basically no one takes Jixian seriously, because even after Xu Wei's training, the population of Jixian at this time did not exceed 30, and the area is even bigger. It was so remote, they didn't think Ji County was their enemy.

Only Xiang Kai understands that Xu Wei is looking at Ji County, but he doesn't understand what Xu Wei is looking at in Ji County?No matter in terms of history, prosperity, or danger, Ji County is not enough to become the capital of Daqian!
So after the day's meeting, Xiang Kai came to Xu Wei's home!

Zhang Ning brought his one-year-old little Xu Hao to Xiangkai's side and said, "Father Xiang!"

Xiang Kai laughed and said, "Is this the ruling child?"

Zhang Ning nodded and said, "I'm one year old and still can't speak clearly!"

Xiang Kai took out a jade pendant and said, "This is for children to suppress evil spirits and keep them safe!"

Zhang Ning was happy, but Yupei took little Xu Hao and said, "Thank you, Father!"

At this time Xu Wei also went back to his home, he saw Xiang Kai smiled and said, "Master also came to see the child?"

Xiang Kai said: "Come and see the ruling child, and I have a question to ask the ruling!"

Xu Wei asked curiously, "Are there any questions that Master doesn't understand?"

He really admired Xiang Kai in this meeting, he was a bit of an imperialist style, Xu Wei knew that Xiang Kai should have contact with Zhen An and the others, so he would help Zhen An and the others submit their proposals!

He didn't know whether to be happy or sad. The workers hadn't been cultivated yet, but the businessmen had already tentatively made their voices heard in the Council of Four Peoples.

Xiang Kai said: "The government spends a huge amount of money to build Ji County, presumably because they want to use Ji County as the capital of the country!"

Xu Wei nodded and said, "That's right!"

Xiang Kai wondered: "Why does the ruler have such an idea? No matter how you look at it, Ji County is not enough to become the capital of a country!"

Xu Weidao: "The only advantage of Ji County over other places is that it is close to the ocean. In the future, there must be Daqian in the ocean. The ocean will become the trend of future development! If Dagan can't master the ocean, he will definitely lag behind other nations in the future!"

"Ocean?" Xiangkai was surprised by this reason. If it hadn't been for more than a year of development, Xiangkai would not have paid attention to the ocean, but Daqian caught millions of fish from the ocean this year. A large cadre of people can still eat fish in the disaster year. This alone made Xiangkai start to pay attention to the ocean, but he didn't expect Xu Wei to pay so much attention to it. It seems that he pays more attention to the grassland than the grassland. You must know that the Hu people are The enemy of the big man for thousands of years!

Xu Wei firmly said: "In the future, the importance of the ocean will even surpass that of the desert to us. The ocean will not only become our granary, our new Silk Road, but also the road to our new home. We must pay attention to it in the future. The ocean! In less than 10 years, Master Xiangkai will find that the ocean will become our lifeline!"

When Xu Wei said Xiangkai in this way, he became even more confused. Haiyang really has such great potential?

But now that Xu Wei has always had a long-term view, Xiang Kai can only wait for time to verify what Xu Wei said.

Xu Wei continued: "In addition to the reason of the ocean, I built Jixian to be a model, to change the construction plan of Dagan cities in the future, and to let everyone see how industrialized cities are built! Such a new city must Building in a poor place."

Although Dagan's industry is well developed, it is only compared with Dahan in the feudal era. In essence, Dagan's industry is still in the stage of handicraft industry, but many of them were forcibly raised by Xu Wei, even surpassing the level of the first technological revolution. Level, such as the assembly line that appeared in the second scientific and technological revolution, and the blast furnace equivalent to the 2th century. Most of the cities in Dagan were built according to the standards of the feudal era, which are completely different from industrial civilization. The future is incompatible with each other. Yes for sure!
So Xu Wei just wants to build Ji County into a benchmark for cities in the industrial age, so that all major cities in the future will be built according to Ji County!

The cities of Dagan are basically products of the feudal era. They are small in size and have high walls. Each city is built like a war fortress. Although it is safe, the various supporting facilities are not complete. The city focuses on Military defense capabilities, not production and living, and a small population are not a problem. After all, in this era, there are no more than 10 cities with a population of more than 10.

But after entering the era of industrialization, the urban population will increase rapidly, and there will be more and more cities with hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people. The urban construction methods of the feudal era will become less and less suitable for this era.

There are many disadvantages in the urban construction of Mayi, because the population growth is too large, the industrialization is too fast, and the urban expansion is too rapid. At the beginning, no one could believe that Mayi would have a population of one million, so the supporting facilities in Mayi were extremely backward, and the sewage Disadvantages such as processing capacity, urban drainage system, and obstruction of the city wall are all displayed in Mayi. The city wall built at a huge cost was demolished because it was not compatible with the rapidly developing Mayi and could not adapt to the rapidly developing city. Clean, causing huge waste.

Now Mayi has become the first city without city walls in the world, but the problems brought about by the rapid development still plague Mayi.

The modern Mayi is probably only the drainage system, the extensive application of cement, and the improvement of the technical level have made the price of cement lower and lower. In addition, Mayi is the richest city in Dagan.

Three years ago, in order to improve the situation that Mayi was covered with dirt on sunny days and covered with rain on rainy days, Mayi began to pave the roads with cement. Mayi was the first city in Dagan whose roads were fully cemented!
But the consequence of this is that as long as there is a heavy rain, the city of Mayi will definitely suffer from waterlogging, the drainage system will become a huge problem, and it will still look like a modern city in the Chinese dynasty.

Therefore, in order to solve the drainage problem, ants can only dig the road they just built and build a huge underground pipeline network system, which can be said to have caused great waste. After all, the price of cement in this era is not cheap.

So Xu Wei is determined to build a benchmark city in the industrial age this time.Let the officials in Mayi know how to build an industrialized city.

Sewers, water supply systems, transportation systems, community construction within the city, industrial zone construction, various supporting facilities, etc. Xu Wei has built according to his own standards in the modern dynasty!

In this way, although the initial construction cost is high, it does not need to be built, dismantled and rebuilt. Such repeated construction is a waste of resources!

In this way, the follow-up urban construction will not have to pay the cost of these studies, saving ten times and a hundred times the resources.

After talking about the city issue.

Xu Wei said to Xiangkai: "I have heard the master's proposal in the parliament today. If it weren't for you, I really didn't pay attention to the textile industry. We can discuss tax cuts, but attacking Xiliang is a bit inappropriate. This year, the entire Central Plains is suffering from drought, Dahan and we Dagan are trying to find a way to overcome this difficulty, if we send troops to Xiliang at this time, people will starve to death!"

"You are also a person who experienced the turmoil of the Han Dynasty. At that time, hundreds of thousands of people starved to death in Jizhou every year. The great virtuous teacher launched the Yellow Turban Uprising to save the people.

Now that Hebei is under our governance, if people starve to death again, the master thinks that we are worthy of great virtuous teachers, worthy of the millions of Yellow Turban soldiers who died in battle, and worthy of the tens of millions of followers who followed us! "

Xiang Kai said embarrassingly: "The old way is just to let you pay attention to this issue in power. It doesn't need to be this year to send troops to Xiliang, it is also possible after two years. If Xiliang is occupied, the big man will be gone. The horse farm is strategically important to us. In general, we have the upper hand, and we have opened up the Silk Road after occupying Xiliang, there are tens of millions of people in the Western Regions, if they buy our woolen cloth, the crisis in the textile industry will be resolved."

Xu Wei nodded, agreeing with his words, and then said: "I hope that Master Xiangkai will speak out more for the people at the lower level in the future. It is because the big man can't hear the voices of the lower level that he finally became what he is now!"

This can be regarded as beating him. It doesn't matter to speak out for the businessmen, but the most important thing is to help the people to speak out. Otherwise, the council will really become the voice of the businessmen, which is not what Xu Wei wants.

Xu Wei thought about it, and found a way to increase the representatives of farmers, workers and fighters in the parliament, and let them speak for themselves!
After Xiang Kai left, Niu Gui also went to Xu Wei and complained, "What's the use of having this Four People's Conference?"

"They all know how to complain and want to cut taxes, but this year's drought has reduced Dagan's income. If we continue to cut taxes, how can we feed the army? How can we carry out industrial and agricultural construction and urban construction?"

"The old people in Bingzhou didn't even understand us. Back then we spent more than [-] billion in Bingzhou. This is how Bingzhou is now prosperous and strong. Now it's just to let them support the construction of other places. How could there be such a thing?" Lots of opinions!"

Because Bingzhou is the old site of Dagan, the infrastructure and industrial construction are the best, [-]% of Dagan's tax revenue comes from Bingzhou, but [-]% of these incomes are spent on Youzhou and Jizhou, so they all Some comments!
Xu Wei said with a smile: "I don't worry about scarcity but inequality. I didn't think carefully about tax cuts. However, this year's drought has indeed affected many tribes, and it is true that the tribes in Bingzhou should reduce some pressure. , but now that the tax has been collected, and this year's food shortage, the food will not be returned.

There are now more than 200 million households in Bingzhou. If we distribute 30 catties of dried salted fish to each household, I think everyone will be happy! "

(End of this chapter)