Gao Gong looked suspicious: "Let the people make more money?" Where do you earn it? ”

"In fact, there are many ways to increase people's income." Of course, Gao Pragmatic has a lot of ways in his heart, but obviously it is impossible to pull it all out at once, because many income-increasing projects need other preconditions, according to his plan, these things must be carried out and implemented step by step, and it is completely infeasible to directly launch a comprehensive launch.

So he thought for a moment and said, "There is a key point in this question, which must be emphasized first. ”

"Tell me about it." The high arch came to interest.

"It must be adapted to local conditions, and it must not be done according to the same model across the country." Gao pragmatic said, and began to give examples: "Let's still follow the assumption just now, for example, I am now the county magistrate of Jinghai County, Hejian Prefecture, and assuming that I have enough power, then my first action is to move the county administration to Tianjin Wei." ”

"Moved to Tianjin Wei?" Gao Gong frowned, thinking about Gao Gong's pragmatic intentions, and subconsciously asked, "Why?" ”

Gao pragmatic replied: "Although Tianjin Wei is now the location of the Wei Station, it also belongs to Jinghai County, which is actually much better than Jinghai's current county location, which is the confluence of the Grand Canal and the Haihe River, and the location advantage is obvious. If we transfer the county administration here, then we can make use of the advantages of the canal in the west to make our county a transit station in Linjing for ships from the south to Beijing, and in the east, we can build a port at or near Dagukou to develop coastal transportation trade. ”

Gao Gongqi said: "Tianjin Wei can also be regarded as a foothold for the southern ship to enter Beijing at the moment, otherwise what do you think the imperial court is doing to set up the Yang Village Inspection Department in the north of Tianjin Wei?" ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Tianjin Wei is just a guard station, even if it has actually become a transit station now, it doesn't have much significance, because the guard itself is a half-military and half-peasant institution, in the past, it was equivalent to a military tun, so it doesn't have enough administrative functions, and what it can do is too limited." But if the county governance of Jinghai County is transferred to the past, then there are many things that can be done, and it can completely drive the entire Jinghai to become rich. ”

"Oh?" Gao Gong was aroused by curiosity and asked, "Can you tell me how to drive it?" ”

"After transferring the county administration to Tianjin Wei, I can build some warehouses near the canal wharf...... Sanbo, do you know that those merchants who come and go from the south to the north have many times when it is not convenient to send all the goods to the capital at one time, so they must need a warehouse, this warehouse is too far away from the capital, it is definitely not good, but it is too close and it is not easy to do. In the past, they could almost only place their goods on the ship, or they could store some of them at the Tianjin Weijiajia Inn, but in fact, in any case, it was certainly not as convenient and safe as a special warehouse. Therefore, if I am the commander of Jinghai County, I can seriously plan and build some special warehouses, and rent them to these merchants in different sizes and grades to collect rent, and as long as the canal is still there, this transaction can be said to be profitable forever. ”

Although Gao Gong has great talents, he has been working in the center, and his thinking obviously does not take into account a specific county, so he was stunned for a while, and after a while he asked, "But who will build this warehouse?" ”

"This is easy to do, as a county order, I can publicly announce the whole county, saying that a certain piece of land has been planned to be built as a warehouse, and then explain the business opportunities after the construction of this land into a warehouse, and then you can start bidding."

"Bidding?" Gao Gong didn't understand again: "What is tendering?" ”

"Uh...... To put it simply, I take these plots of land, divide them into several plots, or a dozen or dozens of plots, and then let the merchants who are interested in building warehouses here bid for each other, and whoever bids the highest will sell to whomever they want...... Of course, after he bought the land, he had to build the warehouse and put it into use within the specified time, otherwise, I reserve the right to reclaim the land. ”

Gao Gong suddenly realized, touched his beard and said, "Oh! In other words, you draw a big pie for them, and then you make money by selling land? ”

"Of course, selling land will make money, but that's only part of it, and after all, selling land is just a hammer business, and it can't be done for a long time, so I must have other ways to make money."

"The land has been sold, what other way to make money?" Of course, Gao Gong's business thinking cannot be compared with Gao Shipra, so he expressed his confusion at the moment.

Gao pragmatic smiled: "The land is sold, but our county government can still charge a management fee!" ”

"Management fee?" Gao Gong was completely stunned: "The land has also been sold, and the warehouse is also built by others, what reason do you have to accept this...... What is the management fee for this? ”

"Third uncle, you just think so...... Well, it's a gentleman to be bullied. Gao pragmatic showed a sly smile: "You think, so many warehouses have been established, some people want to stock, some people want to pick up goods, there are people coming and going, these people are under the jurisdiction of my county, if something happens, I will deal with it as usual, right?" Am I managing them? But I didn't need to manage these businessmen from other places, but now that my workload has become larger, the county government naturally has to allocate manpower to manage it, and of course I have a reason to charge a proper fee! ”

After Gao Pragmatic finished speaking, Gao Gong's face was a little uncertain, and he criticized: "Since you are a local parent, it is your responsibility to ensure the safety of one party, why do you still collect extra money?" ”

What's this line of thinking? Are you Ming Dynasty officials so good at talking?

Gao was stunned for a moment: "To protect the Antai side also needs people, the original official is not enough, so you have to hire another one, doesn't this cost money?" This in itself is also for their good, and of course it must be recovered from them. And, do you know how much you can make by those merchants who bring in goods from the south to the north and sell them? Even if the nephew doesn't investigate, he knows that the profit is at least more than 30%, some even double, and in rare cases, it is more than doubled. I charge a management fee here, it's not too expensive, according to the 'percentage' I said before, I plan to charge 2 percent, 3 percent, no more than 5 percent, this is not expensive, right? ”

When Gao Gong heard that he only charged a little, his face looked a lot better, and he thought about it: "But those warehouses themselves still have to charge rent, and the cost of those foreign merchants will not go up?" ”

Heck, how am I going to explain to you the black hand of the market economy - oh no, the big hand?

"You don't have to worry about that." Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said: "If they charge such a thing as rent, if they collect it expensive, naturally no one wants to rent, and no one rents what money do they make?" So after a while, this rent will definitely stabilize and reach a situation that is acceptable to both parties. As for the cost of merchants, even if it is raised a little, are you afraid that they will not get it back from the buyer? But buyers are not stupid, if they raise it too much, buyers will not buy, so in the end, it will definitely form a price that everyone can accept as a balance point. ”

Gao Gong thought for a while, and finally nodded, agreeing with this statement, but he asked again: "But even if these are as you wish, the ones who have made money are nothing more than those businessmen who built warehouses, which means that your county government has a little more income, and where is the role you said to make the people of the county rich?" ”

Hey, Gao Ge Lao is really a good man who sincerely works for the welfare of the people, and it is not enough for the government to make money, and he wants to let the people get rich. Well, though, it's a very high arch.

But Gao Pragmatic was prepared after all, and immediately smiled: "Those foreign businessmen use our county as both a warehouse and a transit station, so do they want to settle down in us?" Do you want to eat or sleep? Since they all want to, the people of our county can do business with them! What inns, hotels, food stalls, grocery stores, pharmacies, fabric shops, tailors...... You can even shave your head. Uncle San, as long as there are more people, are you afraid that no one will do business? But if there are enough people, there must be business opportunities here. ”

Gao Gong's eyes lit up: "This makes sense!" If that's the case, your idea can indeed make many people more ways to make money. ”

Gao pragmatic grinned: "Not only do they make money, but I can also—oh, I mean the county government can also make money......"

Gao Gong was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Gao Pragmatic said: "They build a new inn or something, they always need to have land, right?" Even if you set up a food stall, there must be a place to put it, right? For those who build houses and do business, our county government can plan some ownerless wasteland in advance and sell it to them, and for those who set up stalls, we can also plan out one or several areas for them to gather and set up stalls. The benefits of this are many: it creates economies of scale, it makes it easier for the county government to manage, and it doesn't make them block the roads...... But no matter what, our county government here is the old rule, our county government first makes money from selling land, but as long as you do business, regardless of whether it is a store or a stall, you have to add a management fee - well, in fact, this management fee can also be renamed, for example: commercial tax. ”