my magic industry

Chapter 91 Road Repair Program
Scenes like Shaman's house happened repeatedly in various blocks of the slums after Xinglan Primary School announced its enrollment.

In the industrial park, the most well-informed employees are desperately sending their younger siblings or other relatives' school-age children to the school.

Their wages are enough to support the family, even if the children in the family do not become newspaper boys, there is no problem.

But if it is possible for the family to have one more family member who holds a management position in the industrial park, what it means, those who work in the industrial park day and night can't be more clear.

At that time, I am afraid that the income of many ordinary civilian families in the imperial capital may not be comparable to them.

As for the tuition and miscellaneous fees of no more than five silver mals for a semester, and no more than ten silver mals for a year, it is nothing to the regular employees whose minimum salary has reached 10 silver mals for a ten-year period.

Under such circumstances, Xinglan Primary School quickly recruited two hundred students of the right age in the surrounding area.

On the first day of school, hundreds of children carried the canvas satchels they used when they were newsboys and walked to school alone with hope for the future amidst all kinds of advice from their families.

When they came to the school, the brand-new school buildings, bright classrooms and kind teachers made these children constantly exclaim in amazement, and they became more and more yearning for the learning and living experience in such a beautiful environment in the future.

But at this time, they were naive and immature, but they didn't know how terrifying the piles of test papers and exercises Xia Lin prepared in the printing room in order to let them master all kinds of knowledge as soon as possible.

After going through the three indispensable steps of dividing into classes, going to the warehouse to collect and distribute books, and running for class cadres, a large group of children followed the guidance of the teachers and came to the playground of Xinglan Primary School to prepare for their lives. The first opening ceremony in the school.

On the other side, Xia Lin, who was waiting at the school gate with Wyatt early, saw three luxurious carriages coming one by one from the direction of the industrial park along the road that had just started construction, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet these noble people The opening ceremony guests get up:
"Welcome everyone! Your Royal Highness Dorothea! And Your Excellency Earl Cullen and Earl Stuart!"

The reason why only three school directors were present was that it happened that the scholar Ferran Eide was summoned into the palace by His Majesty Emperor Sassen XVII, so he couldn't come to attend the opening ceremony.

"Gui'an, Sir Xia Lin! Hmm... Your No. [-] Affiliated Primary School in Xinglan Industrial Park looks pretty good! Are all these buildings made of the concrete you mentioned?"

Princess Dorothea gracefully stepped out of the carriage with the help of the maid. Looking around for a moment with her golden eyes, she noticed the brand new two-story school building and the three-story staff buildings not far away.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, these are all bamboo-reinforced concrete buildings. One building is enough to accommodate nearly a hundred people to study and live in, and the cost is quite cheap. It can also save land in the industrial park!"

"This kind of concrete is really good, Sir Xia Lin. When will the cement factory in the industrial park start selling cement to alliance members? I think there are many places in our alliance that need this magical building material!"

Earl Karen nodded appreciatively and asked Xia Lin.

"Recently, I just replaced the ball mill for the cement plant and built two cement shaft kilns. Now the efficiency of grinding cement clinker has increased several times. The output of the cement plant is about [-] pounds per day, but Still not enough.

So I'm considering whether to include cement in the patent proposal recently, and let the members of the alliance also help produce cement! "

"Include cement in the patent bill? You are a selfless man, Sir Charlene!"

When Princess Dorothea heard Xia Lin's plan, she gave him a slight nod of approval in surprise.

"Has Sir Xialin considered licensing the cement patent to which chambers of commerce?"

Earl Stewart on the side also asked calmly.

"I think I will license the cement patent to some chambers of commerce that operate minerals, such as the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, the Brooke Chamber of Commerce, etc., in exchange for the opportunity to purchase minerals.

The electric arc furnace in the Xinglan Industrial Park consumes iron materials very quickly after the start of construction, which may cause the price of iron materials in the imperial capital to rise too quickly. Therefore, I have considered letting the industrial park smelt pig iron by itself, which can also reduce the production cost of the industrial park.

What I am most looking forward to now is to be able to buy an iron mine and a coal mine, so that the development of the industrial park will not have any worries. "

Xia Lin thought for a while and named the cooperative chamber of commerce he was familiar with. As for the reason, of course it was for various mineral raw materials.

"Mines? If it's just some small mines, we don't need the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and the Brook Chamber of Commerce to come forward, and our alliance can make arrangements for the Xinglan Industrial Park.

The price is only about 500 to 800 Glenn, and the output can definitely meet the production needs of the industrial park.

It's just that Sir Xia Lin must be able to include the cement production technology in the patent proposal with a very low patent fee, and our alliance meeting will decide which chambers of commerce can obtain the production authorization before we can start to promote this matter. "

Earl Stewart heard Xia Lin's thoughts and proposed.

"If I can obtain the four minerals I want, iron ore, coal mine, sulfur mine, and saltpeter mine, I can agree to the Earl's terms.

If Earl Stewart and Earl Cullen can push one thing forward, I will even agree to include cement production technology in the patent bill at a fee of 1 copper bis per pound. "

"whats the matter?"

"Is there anything you need us to do?"

Hearing that Xia Lin was willing to license the cement production technology to the business alliance at such a low price, Earl Stewart and Earl Karen both had a thought and asked hurriedly.

The inclusion of cement in the patent proposal means that for every pound of cement produced by the authorized chamber of commerce, several copperbis will be handed over to Xinglan Industrial Park.

The money seems small, but cement, a building material with a wide range of uses, has a huge market, and the accumulation of bits and pieces will definitely be a big number.

The two earls never imagined that Xia Lin would be willing to give up such a huge amount of patent fee income and only charge a patent fee of 1 copper bis per pound, so they were naturally very surprised.

"I need the two ministers to pass a decree to repair the roads in the imperial capital and surrounding areas at the court meeting.

This decree does not require the empire to spend a copper bis, but only needs to separate the sections of the road and hand them over to various chambers of commerce or other organizations in the imperial capital for contract construction.

The City Hall and the Imperial Administration are responsible for specifying the construction period and the basic cost, allowing chambers of commerce that are willing to invest to bid, and the chamber of commerce that can complete the project with the least amount of money will be considered the winning bidder.

The chamber of commerce that won the bid paid for the construction of the road, and in exchange, the empire needed to give the chamber of commerce that undertook the project a special right to collect taxes—the road construction tax.

That is to say, our alliance will undertake and build these roads with cement, and then recover our own cost through road construction tax and make a small profit through time accumulation.

In this way, we can obtain a smooth transportation network and make the products in our alliance more competitive.

The only disadvantage of this plan is that the initial investment will be relatively large, and some remote road repairs may not bring us any benefits. "

Xia Lin explained what he wanted the two imperial ministers to promote, which was his long-conceived road repair plan in the imperial capital and its surrounding areas.

Taking advantage of the technological advantages brought by cement to control the road network around the imperial capital involves a huge investment, but the return it can bring to the alliance is also huge.

For Xinglan Industrial Park, the increase in cement production brought about by this huge construction plan is enough to make up for the loss of reducing the patent fee to 1 copper bis per pound, and even earn more extra Income can be described as a win-win situation.

"Road construction tax? This is a novel idea. The road can be repaired without a copper bis from the empire. I think the Minister of the Palace of Fosk will support this decree.

Moreover, we have cement, and the cost of repairing roads will be greatly reduced. You should not object to using road construction tax to make up for the initial investment.

There is just one problem, the road construction tax cannot be called the road construction tax, it has to be called a different name! "

Hearing Xia Lin's new plan, Earl Stewart thought about it for a moment, and quickly nodded in affirmation.

"Why change your name?"

Regarding Earl Stewart's last sentence, Xia Lin asked with some doubts.

"Sir Xia Lin, this is because the taxation of the empire has always been in the charge of the tax police of the Administrative Office under the Minister of the Palace. This power is the key to the Noel family's survival.

If it is in the name of the road tax, Minister Fusk will definitely let the tax police intervene. "

Seeing Xia Lin's puzzled look, Princess Dorothea explained to Xia Lin.

"It turns out that's the case, then let's collect fees in the name of road usage fees!
After the road is repaired, we will set up tollbooths at intervals. Except for members of our alliance, goods pulled by more than three horses will be charged a fee of 1 copper pes to 5 copper pes per vehicle according to the type.

In this way, our alliance's ability to interfere in the market will also be enhanced a lot! "

Hearing Princess Dorothea's explanation, Xia Lin understood the sensitivity of taxation at the top of the empire, but this is not a big problem, just put it another way.

Originally, Xia Lin proposed the road construction tax only to facilitate His Royal Highness and the others to understand this profitable method of road construction.

"Okay! Then the matter is settled! After the next alliance meeting is held and passed, Earl Karen and I will proceed to promote this matter at the court meeting!"

With a suitable name and a specific profit method, Earl Stewart immediately nodded and settled the matter.

"Well, for the future of the alliance, please entrust this matter to the two Earls!

The opening ceremony is just about to begin, please take your seats at the chairs of the school managers!When the ceremony is over, I still have something I want to show you guys! "

Xia Lin also nodded and reached out to guide the three school managers.

(End of this chapter)