In the next few days, everything became busy, more in preparation, the people sent by the royal capital would not arrive immediately, but set off in batches, and they also had to carry those supplies and baggage, and it would probably take nearly a month to complete all the migrations, before that, what Bai Xuan had to do was to make preparations.

Recruiting more craftsmen to build houses on the large open space near the castle, Bai Xuan personally participated in the planning of the orientation of these buildings, of course, with his ideas, he would definitely refer to the architectural advantages of the community in the previous life, the functional area and the residential area were separated, and the square and green belt were reserved in the middle.

The priority is to build the residence of craftsmen and others, followed by the barracks, the two should be completely separated, far apart, and in the future, those shops and workshops will be distributed all over the city, anyway, the open space is everywhere, as a lord, Bai Xuan only needs to divide the land reasonably in the future.

The envoy also brought a golden ticket of 10,000 gold coins, which was part of the gold coins of the divided territory, and brought it over for Bai Xuan's use first, but there was no place to exchange it in Ember City, so it was up to Kareth to personally go out and take the warriors to the only bank in Que Rift City to exchange it.

Wright only stayed for two days, and after posting the announcement announcing that Ember City had become His Highness's territory, he went back to the royal capital to resume his life, and also arranged the follow-up migration matters, which was a huge amount of work, and at Bai Xuan's request, the sooner he started, the better.

In a few days, the news that Ember City had become Bai Xuan's territory spread all over the world, and the number of hunting groups and caravans coming and going in the city had plummeted, and they seemed to be waiting to see how the chalk would act next, or how Bai Xuan would act, which determined whether their interests would be harmed, you must know that there are too many things a lord can do in his own territory, and if he openly resists, he will be the enemy of the entire chalk.

Once the incident escalates to the point of national dispute, then it is troublesome.

Bai Xuan's approach is to keep the previous state unchanged.

In his words, the special economic zone will maintain the original system for 50 years, no, 50 days.

Fifty days later, he will announce all the reforms.

"These measures are not aimed at cracking down on hunting groups and caravans, but to encourage trade and allow the market to develop better, so you don't have to worry, it will only be better after the reform. Bai Xuan comforted Dong Lei.

"But Your Highness, I'm afraid this toll booth is not feasible. Dong Lei pointed to a certain item in the thick pile of documents, "Set up toll booths at the gates of Ember City and the entrance of the Black Curse Forest, pay tolls per capitation, and pay monthly discounts." ”

"It's normal to walk around all day, and it's normal to pay some fees, and besides, this fee won't be used elsewhere, but will be used to repair roads, well, it's called road maintenance fees. ”

"Then what if he doesn't go in and out of these two places? There are too many places to go, Your Highness, you can't block it at all, and we don't have the energy to inspect this, right?" Dong Lei didn't understand His Highness's thinking.

It's obviously different from ordinary people.

"I'm going to build a highway, and if I take this road, I can save at least 70% of my time, and if they go, they will pay for it, and I won't stop them if they don't want to go. ”

"Huh, this ......" Donglei couldn't figure it out, "Highway?"

"Don't think about it that much, they'll go, trust me. "Bai Xuan understands the importance of infrastructure construction too well, if you want to get rich first to build roads, it is a wise saying.

Now this rotten road, when it rains, is muddy, it takes a lot of time, once they enjoy the benefits of hardened pavement, it is impossible to go back to the dirt road, absolutely no return.

At that time, if you don't let him pay the money, he will cry and shout to pay the money and ask for it, after all, it's all small money.

Recently, Donglei has been so busy that he can't even take care of eating, and he doesn't even have a chance to spoil his delicate concubine, so he doesn't have that time at all, and all his time is spent on official business. Thankfully, he had a few right-hand men to help, and the management and administration of the business were similar in many ways, which gave him a lot of peace of mind and quickly paid off.

I made a lot of various plans and plans, and then Bai Xuan looked at them one by one, and then put forward opinions one by one, and finalized them after discussion.

Dong Lei is now very suspicious of how His Highness's head grows, and why there are so many strange and reasonable ideas.

In fact, Bai Xuan is not good at government affairs, but as a graduate student of the National Defense University, he understands all these things to some extent, and some things can be consulted by Dachao.

To put it simply, as a feudal lord, what is in mind is how to build the territory into a modern city, which can be attacked and defended in the future, radiating to the surroundings, and the smallest goal is to stabilize the chalk and let the commoners live a simple and prosperous life.

More people are needed to study magic energy and turn this clean energy into the main energy supply, just like electricity, many things can be simplified.

Having said that, he is not sure whether these things can be realized, this is bridging two completely different technologies in the two worlds, it should be feasible in theory, and only the gods know whether they can be realized.

So are there any gods in this world?

This is one of the problems that bothers him, but since he can't figure it out, he simply doesn't think about it.

"What about the consumption tax and hunting tax?" Bai Xuan then asked.

"Your Highness, the consumption tax is easy to cause disgust. Dong Lei held his chin with his fingers the thickness of a carrot, he didn't understand how His Highness had changed from a well-mannered young man to a black-hearted tax collector.

Do you have to pay taxes even on consumption?

"Tell me, what kind of tax will not cause resentment?" Bai Xuan asked rhetorically.

"Well, I don't think so. ”

"Excise tax should be included in the price and charged to merchants, not consumers. ”

"Isn't that any difference, isn't it all about the price going up?"

"The difference is that it is not easy to arouse consumer disgust, as for whether businessmen are disgusted or not, this is relatively indifferent, anyway, they are not paying. ”

Well, it seems to make sense.

"What about the hunting tax, how should this be collected?" Dong Lei is a bit slanderous, even if people go hunting, they may not be able to hit the prey.

"The Black Curse Forest is now a resource, and a scarce resource, and for those who acquire it, it is a highly rewarding act, and of course the cost can also be high, and there is a word for this behavior. ”

"Your Highness, please make it clear. "Winter Thunder is humble.

"Luxury. Bai Xuan said, "This is a kind of extravagance, and heavy taxes must be levied on extravagance to curb the overexploitation of resources, otherwise there will be nothing in the Black Curse Forest in a few decades." ”

Winter Thunder was stunned, this statement was really unheard of, but it also seemed to make sense.

The Black Curse Forest is so big that people are probably less than a thousandth of what people are involved in now, but it is theoretically possible that it will be fully exploited, but it will certainly not be decades away.

A few hundred years is still possible.

"As the lord of Ember City, I have a responsibility and obligation to do this, leaving a usable resource for future generations. Bai Xuan's expression was sad and serious.

"But Your Highness, what if they don't agree?"

"Oh, that's easy, until they agree. ”