Cao Cao is an outsider to the Republican Army, but he is such an outsider, he has a great intuitive feeling, he can feel the difference here, in such a situation, many of their things are actually different.

From a non-military point of view, this is a bold attempt.

For example, most of the imperial court's policies were conservative, and the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce had not changed for many years. In addition, the tax system continues to be a situation that has been in the past. This makes their situation worse.

Because a lot of things have changed dramatically.

The first is that the situation in agriculture is different. With the economy of the imperial court, as well as the difference in political systems. More and more farmers are losing their land. These lands have a very big impact on them. Because the tax is based on the average land, and the loss of such land, but the land tax has not changed, in such a situation, they are naturally unbalanced. In many places, it will be difficult to develop, and in the end, it will be very difficult to continue.

And at this point. The reform of the IRA was extremely thorough.

Land annexation is becoming more and more severe, and a large amount of land is concentrated among the magnates and gatekeepers. However, their contribution to the imperial court was extremely small. Large taxes were concentrated in the hands of the majority of those who had lost their land. In this case, it will lead to great social injustice. Once society loses such fairness. A lot of things can get extremely unfavorable. If such a situation happens, it will have very serious consequences, and this serious consequence is that their losses will become extremely large. That's the last thing they should notice at the moment.

The reform of the IRA was to encourage land annexation, but the annexation came at a cost, which ensured the basic needs of life. After the merger, a large number of labor forces are generated to guide it. Let them into factories, armies, and all sorts of cities. In this way, a large population is concentrated. In turn, it can be better developed, and the problem of land can be centrally managed and produced after a few people are concentrated. The efficiency is greatly improved.

The mode of production has completely changed. In such a situation, some new situations have produced new ways of changing. In such a state, the tax policy has also changed accordingly. New taxes are constantly emerging. Business Tax, Stamp Duty, Transaction Tax. and personal income tax. With such a tax guarantee, a lot of things can be much more favorable. This is a favorable point after the change of tax policy, and most importantly, their tax is more clear and single. For example, it is mainly levied in monetary terms. For agriculture, they are fully encouraged by a financial approach. This has never been done before.

The second is the craftsman, which is also different in the development of industry. The craftsmen on the imperial court side were hereditary. The invention of the craftsman is not guaranteed, and their reward is very small, in such a situation, the possibility of the craftsman's active invention is much reduced. On the Republican side, there are special academies to organize learning, and the invention and creativity of craftsmen are also greatly encouraged. A complete set of patent laws will greatly guarantee the success of the invention of the craftsman. With such a thing, this is a situation that the imperial court does not have at all, and with such a gap in the situation, it will greatly change their current state.

This also explains. Why was the IRA able to develop factories, as well as related factory systems and equipment? And on the court side, even the most intelligent craftsmen can't do this, and that's why, because many of their things can't be changed.

This directly causes a difference in their situation, and in such a state, their situation will become extremely unfavorable. That's the last thing they should be doing right now.

The conditions of the war would make a very different difference for them. This situation has a direct impact on their situation.

The republican army can make progress through continuous learning, creation, and progress, while the imperial court does not have such a reward at all, craftsmen are always craftsmen, and no one will value such a point at all.

The last point is that they are fundamentally different. Cao Cao borrowed the words of Shang Wu to say that this was a feudal society. In other words, such a society is built on the basis of an agrarian society as a whole, and it has a great deal of stability, so it is naturally impossible to make some changes. But their new foundations are all based on industrial society, and they are essentially two different social states.

These are different. Made. Varies on a large scale. Although the Republican Army has had little time for development, it has not accumulated enough. But as long as he is given enough time to develop, he will inevitably surpass one day in the future. And the court, as strong as he is, is weakening. It goes on and on, and finally disappears. This situation is not something that Cao Cao can change alone, and the only way is to adapt to the development of this era and change it. Cao Cao has undergone a great change in his thinking.

This period of experience, as well as the changes in the upper part of the experience. It greatly stimulated Cao Cao's thoughts. This has a very big impact on the path he will take in the future.

Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"Cities are getting more and more populated. It is said that many places need a lot of housing, and housing prices in Handan City are rising very fast. Not only that, but there are many things that are different. But the good thing is that they still have tents to live in. Thankfully, the weather is getting warmer. Otherwise, there will be a big problem. Jia Xu said.

"This is the process of urbanization, and we want to promote the process of urbanization." Shang Wu looked at the telegram in his hand and said.

The telegram came from several county seats, as well as the demographics of new cities. The population of the small county town is mostly about 50,000 to 100,000, and the factories there are more concentrated, because the commercial banks encourage lending, and a large amount of money is concentrated in their hands. They can develop a little bit better.

And on the other hand. More people are concentrated in Handan. It was a large city with a population of more than 300,000. The developed trade stimulated the rapid development of the entire city. Business transactions in the central city have greatly stimulated their development. This is a new situation that they have never seen before.

"Urbanization?" Jia Xu heard a new word again.

"Yes. We're going to have more and more cities in the future, and I'm sure you know that. And the functions of the city have become very numerous. For example, factories, commerce, trade, etc., in addition to office, housing, teaching, scientific research, etc. Shang Wu gave examples one by one.

Jia Xu knew that if Shangwu developed like this, the development of the Republican Army would be very huge.

"However, there are still some difficulties in our urbanization, such as the concentration of population, and the exchange of goods. It's hard to do that with human footsteps alone, and we need something else to accomplish such a situation. Shang Wu said.

"So, how can you meet such a situation?" Jia Xu asked.

"It's simple." Shang Wu said.

"We have all the economic infrastructure in place, for example, we need to build some new means of transportation between cities. This facilitates the exchange of people and goods, so that the distance between cities becomes smaller and smaller. In turn, it will affect the development of a larger region. Shang Wu said.

"Well, I don't know a little about this." Jia Xu said. He couldn't think of anything that would make such a difference in their situation. If there was such a thing, he still wanted to see it, after all, their development is still very different.

"Well, look at this, this is a train, this is a carriage. If we have a train in the future, it can also be called a steam locomotive. Steam locomotives can lay a lot of tracks and then transport more firepower out of here at once. In this way, you will be able to develop better. Of course. The most important thing for us now is to change to a new vehicle to solve such a situation. Shang Wu said.

"Trains." Jia Xu looked at it in surprise. Shang Wu initially studied some small steam locomotives, because the current transportation demand is very large. Such small steam locomotives are currently able to meet their needs, mainly for coal mining around Handan. In addition to this, there are other areas that also need new development. For example, horse-drawn carriages. They must have had a large number of horses, and even if they didn't have horses, they had ox carts, but the condition of the ancient ox carts was very bad. They don't carry a lot of cargo, they don't have shocks, they don't have brakes, and worst of all, a lot of their situations are different, and in such a situation, they need a new kind of vehicle to solve the transportation problem.

This is the problem that Shangwu is concerned about, if these transportation problems are not properly handled, it will have a great passivity towards them, and such a situation will make them lose a lot.

Therefore, Shangwu designed a lot of related design drawings. And then according to such design drawings to improve the transportation situation, in fact, Shang Wu has already decided that the wheelbarrow can no longer meet the huge logistical needs. Thanks to the fact that they stopped large-scale military operations. But if you do more, the consequences will be dire, so they don't want that to happen.

New modes of transportation will inevitably bring new changes, and in such a situation, they hope to have a new development model. Shang Wu's idea is so simple, and such a situation will make it more advantageous for them.