At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 355, Han development plan and becoming a master again
The city of Chang'an is becoming more and more prosperous, especially after Xu Fan's three major renovations. The previous dirt roads and brick roads were all replaced by smooth cement roads. The old and bitter wells were replaced by fountain pools. The framework of the huge city wall system It was completely demolished and the road area was expanded, making the entire city space much larger.

There are generally three-story cement buildings on both sides of the street. Not to mention electrical facilities and other machinery, Chang'an City at this time has the appearance of a small county town in the 90s after Xu Fan's generation.

For people of this era, they have never seen so many high-rise concrete buildings, nor such wide and clean concrete roads. Chang'an City has a great impact on people who have never been there, even their best memories. It is difficult to imagine how prosperous Chang'an City can be. To them, this is the divine capital in heaven.

The governors of the Han Dynasty were extremely surprised when they saw the new Chang'an City. At the same time, they secretly determined to use Chang'an City as a template and build a city like Chang'an City under their own rule.

There is nothing too special about Dahan's plan this year. Generally speaking, it is an increase in grain production, an increase in taxes, and an increase in population. Among them, the six counties in the Central Plains, centered on Sanchuan County, have experienced a sharp increase in taxes due to the reform of the tax system.

Prime Minister Zhou Zhang decided to comprehensively implement the tax system reform, focus on the big and let go of the small, let the local governors and county magistrates, strictly control the tax payment status of large landowner families with an output of more than 10,000 per mu, and established a new tax supervisor, with the position of Jiuqing, from Sanchuan County. Shou Zhoubo served as the tax supervisor.

This newly established Jiuqing Department made all the county governors of the Han Dynasty speechless. It was not because the imperial court began to strictly control taxation, but because the tax supervisor actually had a battalion of soldiers under the order, and they could actually be armed to collect taxes. This is unique among the departments at the Jiuqing level of the Han Dynasty.

Zhou Zhang explained expressionlessly: "This is to ensure the efficiency of the court's tax collection."

In fact, this was added intentionally by Xu Fan. In the two thousand years of feudal history, almost all people died of poverty at the end of the dynasty. The rich could not levy taxes, and the poor had no money. The one who impressed Xu Fan the most was my Ming Dynasty, because sea trade was almost impossible. After draining the world of gold and silver, the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty became the richest group in the world at that time. As a result, this miserable dynasty died of poverty.

Especially in order to get military pay for the army, Emperor Chongzhen begged all the princes and ministers in the court, but in the end he only got 20 taels of silver. In the end, Li Zicheng got 7000 million taels of silver in a single payment.

This has led to sages from each county this year to propose their own rail network construction plans and seek the court's support.

He looked in the direction of Sanchuan County and said with a cold face: "Guanzhong heavy-duty carriages are cheap and a large number of merchants are willing to buy them. However, they are suppressed by Sanchuan County and have difficulty entering the market of Sanchuan County. Isn't that why you want to maintain the horse racing farm in Luoyang City. "

Zhou Zhang said: "It's not that the court doesn't build rail tracks, but it's that it can't start so many rail projects at the same time. The court's finances are limited and can only focus on developing a few projects."

This contrast is too strong. In a few years, the powerful landowners of the Han Dynasty will also become rich. If they don't find a way to set up a powerful tax agency, they are afraid that the tax revenue of the Han Dynasty court will slowly disappear.

At the same time, Shangjun's economy is also growing rapidly this year. Wool and livestock are rapidly entering Guanzhong along with the rails. This year, Shangjun's taxes have more than doubled. Faced with the pull of the rails on the economy, Zhou Zhang no longer rejects the rails. However, it does not rule out that he will expand the track on a large scale. It is true that the price of the track is too expensive and the maintenance price is too high. Zhou Zhang is worried that the government's finances will not be able to support the large-scale construction of the track.

This main road of the Han Dynasty is connected, and there is a constant flow of horse-drawn carriages transported on the track every day. The development of Chang'an City and Luoyang City has become more prosperous, and the counties and cities along the track have shown explosive development. The economic stimulus of the track has been It is a matter known to the whole world.

Of course, the imperial court also gave Kuaiji County some compensation, agreeing to build a rail network in Kuaiji County, and also establishing Luban Branch and Maritime Trade College in Kuaiji County as compensation.

But a sage from Kuaiji County even said: "Prime Minister Zhou, the most profitable things now are wooden rails and ports. The court should invest funds in these two industries to speed up the development of our country."

Then the customs department was established. In the future, taxes on sea trade would be collected by the customs department, and Cao Xing would be responsible for the customs duties. At the same time, the Department of Reclamation would be established to manage the newly discovered territories of the Han Dynasty. Pang Yuan would be responsible for the reclamation order.

Sages from coastal counties and counties have submitted many proposals to expand docks. Since the discovery of spices, Dahan's maritime trade economy has become increasingly large. A single spice can bring hundreds of thousands of gold benefits to Dahan, and the subsequent fishery industry , whaling industry, and struvite industry all added together, the sea can bring wealth of millions of gold to the Han Dynasty every year.

At this time, a sage from Donghai County said: "Your Majesty has always emphasized that the imperial court is not a merchant, and many times it has to do things that cost money. The track from Chang'an City to Fushi Line is indeed not profitable, but its military role is great. This Once this section of track is built, the imperial army can arrive at the frontier at dawn and dusk. This efficiency is comparable to the military value of the track. As long as the maintenance money can be earned, the military value of the track and its economic stimulation value are enough for the court to promote. Orbital."

The establishment of this department made many prefects gloat over misfortunes. With the rise of sea trade, most of the profits were obtained by Kuaiji County. Only Donghai County, Langya County, Jiaodong County and other northern counties received several thousand kilograms of taxes. Inland counties and the like They did not benefit from sea trade, so they were enthusiastic about the newly established customs.

There is already a small rail network in Guanzhong, connecting more than ten counties in the inner history. The rail's role in driving these small counties is visible to the naked eye, not to mention the main roads such as Chang'an and Luoyang City. Luoyang's specialties are almost like a tide. Chang'an City, and Chang'an City's specialties are also emerging like a tide in Luoyang City. This year's taxes in the two places have increased by 30% from an extremely high starting point. This is almost all the result of the track.

This year's Sage Association is extremely lively. Over the past few years, everyone has become more and more accustomed to the Sage Association model. Now the prefects of the Han Dynasty will also unite with local sages. It is difficult for their own proposals to be passed by the court. But it can be proposed by the sages at the sage assembly. And these sages are also eager to fight for the interests of this county.

However, the high price of the rails meant that local counties could not build them, which resulted in them having to rely on the court to build the rails. So this year, sages from 50 counties in the Han Dynasty submitted their own rail transit plans.

"At the same time, the track from Chang'an City to the Fushi Line was also opened. However, after half a year of operation, only the maintenance funds were barely recovered. According to the calculations of the imperial court, it is almost impossible to recover the cost of this track. For example, the track from Chang'an to Luoyang is in Dahan is a minority, but the section from Chang'an to Fushi is the majority of Dahan."

Tracks have appeared in Dahan for three years, and this year the track from Chang'an to Luoyang City was built.

At this time, Chen Ping said: "You can't just look at the benefits brought by the track, but ignore the impact of the track on you."

This is an extremely huge amount of wealth. You must know that the wealth created by Dahan's agriculture is only 500-600 million gold every year, but agriculture has basically reached its peak, while Dahan's marine economy has just been developed, and several major industries have increased. It has already exceeded one million gold, and it is still at a promising stage. These coastal sages believe that the court should increase investment related to the maritime economy.

But obviously it was impossible for Zhou Zhang to pass all the proposals proposed by these sages. The finances of the Han Dynasty were simply unable to support such a huge plan, and even one-tenth of it was impossible to pass.

The plan ordered Zhang Cang to say: "The Guanzhong-Luoyang section of track is very profitable, but this section of track connects the two richest counties in our Han Dynasty. Guanzhong and Sanchuan counties have a solid economic foundation, and only by building the track can we make money."

Chen Ping's words embarrassed the sages of Sanchuan County.

Luoyang City believes that in addition to the huge handicraft industry group in the world, their carriage manufacturing industry is also extremely large. Among the industries in Sanchuan County, the only industry is the textile industry, which is also a pillar industry.

But half a year ago, the prices in Guanzhong were low, and a large number of heavy-duty carriages entered the Sanchuan County market. Chang'an Carriage and Horse Factory was simply a dimensionality reduction blow. Because of the rail transportation, merchants would first install rail wheels in Chang'an City, and then in Luoyang City Modify the wheels and sell these carriages at low prices,
This resulted in Chang'an's heavy-duty carriages coming to Luoyang City with almost no freight cost, and the price was half lower than that of the local carriage and horse factory in Luoyang City.

This made Luoyang's horse-drawn carriages less competitive. Half of the horse-drawn carriage factories in Luoyang collapsed in half a year, and the workshop owners in Luoyang City were in mourning. Of course, these workshop owners would not wait to die. They used their connections to find ways to restrict Changan's heavy-duty carriages from entering Luoyang City and seize their own market.

For this reason, the world's first trademark was born. All rail carriages in Luoyang will be marked with the Luoyang logo. Without this logo, rail carriages cannot enter Sanchuan County.

The sage from Sanchuan County was so embarrassed that many people were laughing secretly. Who made the sage from Sanchuan County very arrogant and always looking at people through his nostrils? Now he must have been taught a lesson by the master of Chang'an.

Then Chen Ping glanced at the circle of sages and said: "You have to think about it, the track is not only beneficial, but can you withstand the impact of the track?
Nowadays, a load-carrying carriage in Chang'an only costs 2 yuan. If the quantity is large, the price can be reduced. A piece of linen from Chang'an City costs 400 yuan, a piece of woolen cloth costs 600 yuan, and a piece of ordinary silk costs a thousand yuan. Once the railway is connected, you will not sell the goods to Chang'an City, but the goods from Chang'an City will flow to you like a tide. hometown. "

Although the price of agricultural products in Guanzhong is high, the price of handicraft products is the lowest in the entire Han Dynasty. The price of handicraft products in Chang'an is generally 30% lower than that in other places. However, due to transportation reasons, this 30% advantage cannot be exerted, but the rail carriage This can be changed. There is no way that new technologies will be used in Guanzhong first. The production efficiency of Guanzhong is much stronger than that of other counties. However, the backward transportation of Han Dynasty hinders the explosion of Guanzhong's production capacity.

For a moment, all the sages were frightened by the scene described by Chen Ping.

Prime Minister Zhou Zhang adjourned the meeting.

The next day, Prime Minister Zhou Zhang summoned the county guards of the Han Dynasty to discuss the development of the Han Dynasty with them, and integrated the development of local counties and counties into the entire development system of the Han Dynasty.

On the third day, at the Sage Meeting, Prime Minister Zhou Zhang came up with the "Dahan 8-12 Years Orbital Development Plan" and the "Dahan 8-12 Years Marine Economic Development Plan" to determine the rail construction and terminals that Dahan will mainly invest in in the next five years. The port is under construction.

The next meeting of the princes passed extremely peacefully, but all the princes wanted to use Chang'an City as a model to build their own capitals, and for this purpose they developed banks and borrowed a lot of money.

At the same time, the royal office of the Dian Kingdom found Xiong Xin, and for the sake of everyone being survivors of the Chu Kingdom, they gave him a hand as a relative.

Xiong Xin's advice was attached, asking the court to send officials to govern the Dian Kingdom and learn from the two brothers Wei Jiu and Wei Bao. In this way, the Zhuang Shu lineage could still guarantee prosperity and wealth.

After listening to Xiong Xin's words, Zhuang Shu immediately went to the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and expressed his desire to return to the civilization of the Han Dynasty. He asked the court to send officials to govern the Dian Kingdom and send scholars to educate the people of the Dian Kingdom.

Zhou Zhang saw that the village office was so aware of current affairs, so he ordered Chen Xiao to stop planning for the Dian Kingdom and at the same time sent officials to enter the Dian Kingdom.

After the meeting of princes, Prime Minister Zhou Zhang and Chen Chui began to inspect the factories in the Shaofu with an annual output of more than 10 million. They rewarded factory directors who they thought were qualified. Some factory directors were even directly arranged by Zhou Zhang to be the county magistrate of the Han Dynasty, without Those who pass the exam will be transferred back to Chang'an City for further study.

This caused the entire factory director in the Shaofu system to feel anxious, and they felt like they were waiting for their final fate to come. The Han Dynasty has always only evaluated Han officials, those who are outstanding are promoted, those who are unqualified are further educated, and those who are criminals are matched with frontiers.

This time it was finally their turn. The winners jumped over the dragon gate, while the losers plummeted. Gone is the easy life like before.

But as long as there are ambitious people, they still look forward to the Prime Minister's arrival and assessment. After all, no matter how powerful the factory director is, he can still be more powerful than the Han officials.

At the same time, Xu Fan had to open a business administration class in Chang'an City.

To be honest, Xu Fan was just a low-level wage earner in later generations. He had never managed a factory or learned anything about IBM.

He could only give these people the information he had seen on the Internet and only had access to half a bucket of water in normal times. Of course, even this half bucket of water is much better than most of the world's landlord-style management methods.

Since it was a class, naturally the more people who understood business administration, the better, so Xu Fan did not restrict people from attending.

After this news spread, it caused a sensation in the entire Guanzhong industrial and commercial community. This was the emperor's lecture, and they could listen to it. After learning, they would not be the emperor's disciples.

What else is there to say? Only the workshop owners in Guanzhong who knew the news came to listen to the emperor's lecture.

After Xu Fan knew what they were thinking, he just smiled and did not stop them. Even if they were to attend the class, they would be regarded as disciples of the Emperor. Xu Fan would have hundreds of thousands of disciples. You don't know that the title of Emperor has a very low value.

Xu Fan used the Chang'an Carriage and Horse Factory as an example in his lecture and told them what standardization is and what standardized production is.

“The reason why the tolerances of each part should be set at one point is because the more standard the parts are, the better the product performance will be. The more parts a product is broken down, the less difficult it will be to manufacture.”

"For example, to build a carriage, it takes a master craftsman ten years of study before he can build a carriage alone."

"But if this carriage is broken down into hundreds of parts, and each apprentice only learns this part, it will only take a month. The apprentice's ability to make this part can catch up with the master."

"Similarly, it takes ten years for a master craftsman to build a carriage from start to finish. But if you recruit hundreds of apprentices and each of them only learns a part, it only takes a month to train a batch of craftsmen. Carriage craftsmen also have different efficiencies. It may take a master craftsman half a year to build a carriage, but it only takes less than half a day for hundreds of apprentices to work together. This is the power of standardized production. "

"Standardization is not to increase the difficulty of production, but to reduce the difficulty of production. If the entire country uses a set of standards, the time it takes to train an apprentice or the time to manufacture a product will be reduced and the cost will be reduced."

"Chang'an Carriage and Horse Factory is the first carriage factory to implement all standard parts and standardized production, so one of its carriages can be reduced to 2 yuan. But even if he lowers the price to such a low price, one of their carriages Rong Nai can earn more than 1 yuan.”

"In other words, Chang'an Carriage and Horse Factory can still reduce the price of heavy-duty carriages to about 1 yuan, and they will still make a profit. But all the carriage and horse factories in other places will die."

A carriage and horse shop owner in Luoyang City said with an ugly face: "Your Majesty, we are also your subjects. A certain carriage and horse shop has to pay more than 100,000 yuan in taxes a year, which can be considered a contribution to the Han Dynasty, but you can't We will be killed in this way.”

"Yes, yes, if you continue to degrade like this, we will not be able to survive. We are also your people. Please be merciful to your majesty and let me go." The 1-dollar carriage brought everyone to I was frightened. This was a completely impossible way to survive.

Xu Fan said calmly: "As the emperor, what I want to see is the great benefit of the people of the world, not just the interests of you. What is great benefit to the people of the world? It means being able to use cheap heavy-duty carriages, so The cost of goods in the world will be reduced, and people can get cheaper products. In the face of this general trend of the world, your interests are not worth mentioning."

To open a workshop is to compete with all the peers in the world. This industry is all about survival of the fittest. If you are weak, but you are not eliminated, it will only drag down the whole world. "

"You are asking me to let you go, so why not work hard on your own? I have told you how to make standard parts and how to formulate production standards. I have also told you. If Chang'an Car and Horse Factory can do it, why can't you do it? Since we can’t do it, shouldn’t we leave this market to the strong?”

Duan Rui, who came to Luoyang City at this time, asked: "We are also willing to make progress. I just ask the emperor to give me a chance. Can you ask the imperial master to guide us? Build standardized parts and formulate standardized production."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "This is what I want to hear most today. If you want to develop in the fiercely competitive industry, the only way is to strive for self-improvement."

(End of this chapter)