After Wan Shuhui was excited, Chen Wenhui told her about the Spice Islands, and then sent Wan Shuhui to discuss with Qiu Bi, Chen An and others about building roads and building the Acropolis.

In the afternoon, after Chen Wenhui took a nap, she saw that her hall was already full of people. Not only Qiu Bi, Wan Shuhui, Chen An, Gui Yuxia, Wu Cheng are all there, but Jian Da has also arrived.

Chen Wenhui said: "It's so full of arrivals, I think the deputy city lord has already told you everything I told her in the morning." You should have all thought about it, let's talk about it, what are your opinions? ”

Jian Da first said: "We need an acropolis in Qingchun City, the population in the city is increasing, and the roads are becoming congested. Although it is not like Shanghai City, we have to be prepared for it, and it will be too crowded for Shanghai City, and it will be too late for us to think about it. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Yes, that's what I think, so the construction of the Acropolis is the first priority. I just don't know how our forces are now? Can it guarantee that while Qingchun City is still divided into three acropolis? ”

Jian Da said: "In fact, in the past year, when the population of our Qingchun City was growing, many warriors of Dachu rushed over from Dachu after getting the news that their fellow soldiers, that is, our soldiers, had made a fortune and settled down in Qingchun City and established a foundation. It's just that I didn't recruit a large number of people, and these people couldn't enter the army, so they could only go to the mountains and fields to catch the natives in exchange for money. But there is a lot of risk. If we open our mouth to recruit sergeants, then the growth of the army may be a matter of a day. Of course, in fact, one day cannot be completed, because we can't have all kinds of people, we must choose one, I guess, as long as the city lord orders. Expand the sergeants, enough for the three acropolis, and it will take about five or six days to recruit a full manpower. However, it will take a while to train. ”

"Training soldiers is not something that happens overnight. However, we don't have a big battle to fight now, and Qingchun City is very safe, so we can let our old soldiers go to the three acropolis first. The recruits guarded Qingchun City. It's okay to train and defend the city at the same time. ”

Jian Da thought for a while and said, "It's okay to arrange it this way, but you can't all use new soldiers to defend the city. Just send half of our current army to the Acropolis. There are still half of the veterans left, plus the new soldiers, so that there is no problem with the Acropolis, and there is no problem with Qingchun City. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "You think about it very much. Let's do it. You go back and draw up a proclamation, and I'll sign it. A conscription order was issued. ”

Jian Da hurriedly agreed.

Chen Wenhui saw that the security problem had been solved, so she asked Qiu Bi: "How are our finances?" At the same time, we can support the construction of roads and acropolis? ”

Qiubi said: "We have actually been losing money for the past few years. Because we said it in the first place. The tax on the land shall not be collected for three years. There is also a poll tax, which will not be collected for three years. This is not a matter of three years of internal income. It is everyone who arrives in Qingchun City that does not collect poll tax for three years. Such. In the current tax law of Dachu, the two most important things are gone. However, next year, after three years, we will be able to collect taxes on the first batch of cleared fields. It is also possible to start a poll tax on the first group of immigrants. Now we can still run freely, all thanks to the transaction tax, and the money made by some of our workshops, and the largest part is the income from the sale of land, the sale of houses, and the income from shops. It is worth mentioning that many of the first batch of land to be cultivated have changed hands a few times because of the good geographical location and the edge of the city, and the price is rising steadily. Some of the land has been sold for five taels of silver per acre. So, although we didn't collect taxes on the fields, we made money. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "What about our main expenses now? ”

"Our previous expenses were huge, mainly made up of several parts, and part of it was our salary. We have many sergeants, officials, and craftsmen in the workshop, and the benefits we have always given are very good, which can be said to be the best in Dachu. So, it's a huge expense. There is also a lot of expenditure on the construction of the city, such as the construction of drainage facilities, the construction of city walls, the construction of roads in the city, and the houses, but now that these projects are over, these expenditures are no longer saved. We breathed a sigh of relief. It's just our salaries. These are easy to support. What I plan is that by the end of the year, I will be able to turn my losses into winners. However, if we build an acropolis and build a road, it will increase the expenditure, and we are afraid that we will not be able to support it financially now. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Actually, we have built the city well, but it only cost me so much money, I already think it is very remarkable, thanks to your financial secretary will pick up the east wall and make up the west wall." This money has been circulated, and one million taels of silver can be used as ten million taels of silver. It's not easy. If construction starts at the same time, it should not be supported. Can you figure out how big the gap is for us? ”

Qiubi said: "Because I don't know how the road was built, how long it is, how it was built, and I don't know how much we are responsible for building, so it's hard to calculate, and our acropolis, because I don't know how the city lord designed and built it, so I don't know how big the gap is?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Don't worry about the road affairs first, we will have discussions in the four cities at that time." We don't take too much, we take out 100,000 taels in advance, how much to repair, and the missing part will be discussed in the four cities in the future. As for the Acropolis, I have here an approximate cost calculated by the master of the Black Family, if you look at it, each Acropolis will cost about five or six hundred thousand taels of silver, and three is more than one million taels of silver. ”

Qiu Bi hurriedly took it in her hand and looked at it carefully. Now she has a rough estimate of these, and when she heard that Chen Wenhui's calculation was similar to her calculation, she counted it in her heart and looked at it carefully.

Chen Wenhui saw that she was energetic, so she asked Yujin to bring her an abacus and calculate slowly. While asking Chen An: "What do you think about managing craftsmen and engineering?" ”

Chen An said: "The project is easy to say, I asked Wu Cheng before. Wu Cheng said, now most of our projects are coming to an end, many craftsmen have no work to do, but it is not good, if there is a project to continue to do, these people can continue to have food, and the craftsmanship is not wasted. ”

Chen Wenhui looked at Wu Cheng. Wu Cheng said: "Many of us craftsmen are already proficient, but there are also many slaves, ordinary people, who are now learning. But after two years of building Qingchun City, their new hands have also become proficient. Now, if there is another project to do, it will definitely be able to do it faster and better. In fact, I was thinking about whether to take these craftsmen to those three cities to find work if our construction projects were completed. It's so easy to keep them idle. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "You have a good idea." It can be implemented in the future. But now, we can't finish our own work. What do we lack the most? There is a shortage of silver, but the most lacking thing is people. You see that Nanyang is so big, we have the ability, can't we build a second city, build a third city? Anyway, there are a lot of places. Rest assured, your craftsmen won't run out of work. ”

Wu Cheng was very happy to hear this. This showed him the way. In fact, the craftsmen on the construction site under him have long been beating drums in their hearts, and they have asked him many times, they are skilled in their work, and they don't want to have no work to do, and they don't want to be unemployed. Now Wu Cheng can sue them, do a good job, and there will be more work in the future.

Gui Yuxia said: "There are more and more craftsmen there in my place. I can't put it in the workshop now. We're producing more and more, but I've always felt that it's a big deal to have so many people, and it would be nice if we could get some of them in the Acropolis. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded.

Chen Wenhui asked: "Deputy Director Gui, Deputy Director Wu, you estimate, if we start construction at the same time, will our manpower be able?" ”

Gui Yuxia thought about it and said: "I think it shouldn't be enough, if it's just to build an acropolis, it's still enough, if you add road construction, it can't be said that there is no manpower at all, but if you want to supply it completely, you can't do it." ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it, this is really a problem, and suddenly thought of the letters at home that I read yesterday, which said that the imperial history attacked his father and said that his father was extravagant and wasteful. Those imperial histories said that there were disaster victims who were not resettled, and it should be possible to make a fuss about this.

Chen Wenhui said: "We must first ensure the construction of the Acropolis. As for the road construction, it's not our family's business, and when the time comes, the four city lords will discuss it together, and I think there should be a good way to solve it. ”

Everyone was a little strange about what a good way to solve it, and just as they were thinking about it, Qiu Bi spoke: "City Lord, I just made a rough calculation. Although these three acropolises need a lot of money, they don't need it all at once. For example, the money of the craftsman is paid on a monthly basis. For example, the money for those materials is also paid as the project progresses. Therefore, I think if we start work on both sides this year, at least when it is time for the Chinese New Year, we will be able to support it. It's just that next year it won't be easy. Because it will not be until the end of next year, and the first batch of fields that have been cleared will start to pay taxes, and we will only increase our finances at that time, so I am worried about next year. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "It can be supported until the end of this year. ”

Looking at Qiu Bi's strange appearance, Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Actually, we also have a way next year." Have you forgotten, do I have a lot of industries besides Qingchun City? The annual income from those industries is huge, but I spend very little money, so I always save it. I can now use all this money to support the construction of these three Acropolis. As long as we hold on until the end of next year, not only will our tax revenue increase, but we will also have new growth points. (To be continued)

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