Chapter 64: Issues in Development (3)

After discussing these topics with Ampdulleni and others, Lee Jun-ho began to think about whether to replan the development of his industrial base in his office. The next day, Li Junhao convened all the heads of the government affairs under his command and held a working meeting. In the first step, the Songgaia and Masasi Industrial Parks were established and the heads of the two industrial parks. It was decided to appoint Kanu as mayor of Songaia and Pulev as mayor of Massasi. David Rowe takes over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African States Construction Corporation. Subsequently, it was decided to build a railway connecting the cities of Songaia and Massasi. Under this premise, in order to speed up the construction of the construction process, the railway project can be transferred to the individual contractor for construction. The government is ready for open bidding at any time. The African National Construction Corporation will provide technical personnel to supervise the construction and inspect the quality of the project.

In order to stimulate the economic development of the base areas, and also to privatize some non-important enterprises in the base areas and reduce the burden on the government's personnel, Li Junhao decided to hold an auction meeting for light industry. At present, there are three paper mills, four match factories and seven chemical factories in the light industries controlled by the government. There are 11 textile factories and 4 printing and dyeing factories. 5 pharmaceutical factories. Subsequently, these industries were listed one by one for stock evaluation. The properties were then auctioned off within three days. A total of £8.5 million was raised. This is the reason why African and Western merchants flock to it.

It was then decided that all the millions of pounds obtained would be allocated to the Council, and that all the funds would be used for education, health care and reconstruction. At the same time, Li Junhao also explicitly instructed government civil servants to prohibit them from participating in private enterprise activities, mainly because Li Junhao was afraid that these civil servants would participate in economic and trade activities and use their positions to abuse their power for personal gain. So Lee Jun-ho ordered the General Assembly to formulate and introduce the "Temporary Civil Servants Act", which stipulates that government agencies prohibit the existence of temporary workers, and civil servants cannot engage in corruption and bribery for any reason. They are not allowed to hold any position in a private enterprise, and they must regularly disclose their assets and income channels.

Li Junhao also used more than 100 tons of gold in his hands as reserves to set up a central bank of African countries, and issued its own currency, referred to as "non-yuan" in the base. Non-yuan is calculated on the gold standard. That is, one tael of gold is equal to 100 non-yuan. There are 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 2 yuan, and 1 yuan in non-yuan denominations. 5 corners, 2 corners, 1 corner, 5 points, 2 points, 1 point. At the same time, Li Junhao promulgated the "Banking Law" with reference to the later Banking Law of China, stipulating that all non-yuan banks operating in the base areas are mainly subordinate banks of the four central banks of the state. The four sub-banks are the African Industrial and Agricultural Bank, the African Atlantic Bank, the African Commercial Bank, and the African Indian Ocean Bank. At the same time, it also stipulates that the legal person of other private banks must be of African nationality, and must also pay more than 100,000 taels of gold or foreign exchange of the equivalent value to the central bank as insurance reserves before they can operate.

Of course, for the non-yuan issued by Li Junhao, both Western European businessmen and local black merchants have a resistance mentality, and how much gold can you have in the currency issued by a rebel professional household. After Li Junhao learned the news, Li Junhao directly ordered the soldiers to carry hundreds of catties of gold in front of everyone for everyone to see, which dispelled the resistance and rejection of those personnel.

Despite the restrictions of the Banking Law, in addition to the four major banks, there are still many private banks that have broken ground. For example, some non-European banks were formed by Western businessmen who had fallen and fallen in the shoes of Lee Jun-ho. The African People's Bank set up by black African businessmen, and Li Junhao's own Huafei Bank, etc. Lee Jun-ho, based on the principle of selfishness, recruited a red police financier from the red police to take care of the bank for himself. Under his operation, the Red Alert financier named Hubak is an out-and-out talent, and under his operation, the scale of Huafei Bank has grown, catching up with other private banks, and the development momentum is a bit more than that of the four national sub-banks.

After sorting out the bank's affairs, Lee Jun-ho fell into a realm where no one cared about him, and Lee Jun-ho himself also liked to feel happy and quiet.

In terms of infrastructure construction, Li Junhao still mainly adopts the construction of state-owned enterprises, supplemented by the construction of private enterprises. The section of the road from Songgaia to Mba Babai was constructed by the First Construction Branch of the State Construction Corporation. Abbreviated as Section A of National Highway 001. The African National Corporation (AfriCA) is a welfare public enterprise established by Lee Jun-ho at the beginning, which is responsible for sheltering vulnerable groups such as the homeless, the unemployed, and the refugees. The African National Corporation (ANC), a state-owned enterprise that does not need to participate in an auction to obtain some government-assigned tasks, has 10 branches from the first row to the tenth row. There are also garment factories and textile factories that house women. Shelter older sanitation companies, and more. These companies generally provide room and board, but the wages are extremely pitiful. But without restricting their freedom, they can leave at any time. The government will train them in skills while they are in these companies, and provide them with jobs and job postings when they leave.

For those who have no fixed place to live, the government will arrange for them to build houses, and the government will account for 60% of the cost of building houses, and individuals will account for 40%. All children are placed in school. Therefore, the popularity of the people in Li Junhao's base area is very high. is also unusually united, which makes Li Junhao's intelligence work extremely easy to carry out.

The rest of the road was constructed by five subsidiaries of the other nine subsidiaries of the African National Corporation and dozens of private construction companies. Of course, these are road constructions, while railway construction is carried out by four subsidiaries of the African National Corporation. As for the railway, Lee Jun-ho absolutely does not allow private companies to interfere.

After being busy with infrastructure construction and other issues, Li Junhao integrated resources and management in order to streamline the administration and integrate resources. Lee Jun-ho ordered the establishment of the African Oriental Heavy Industries Group, referred to as the "Donggong Group". It is responsible for the management of various government-owned heavy industrial enterprises in the East, such as steel mills, iron sand factories, munitions factories, and the Oriental Mining Company. Abbreviated as "Dongkuang Group". Responsible for the management of various ore mining enterprises in the East.

At this time, Li Junhao thought of a large taxpayer in later generations, a tobacco company. The "Tobacco Management Act" was enacted to set up the General Department of Tobacco in Africa, and then stipulated that each province in Africa should build a tobacco and cigarette factory according to the underground association, and at present, Li Junhao owns the Rovuma cigarette factory and the Mtwara cigarette factory, and the government levies a 60% tobacco tax on these cigarette factories, and tobacco is a profiteering enterprise, which is a well-known problem. At the same time, it stipulates that tobacco companies are prohibited from private investment, and if they are discovered, they will be severely punished.

In mid-April 1937, Li Junhao's work was almost done, and according to the work arrangement of the Government Council, Li Junhao was to inspect the Rovuma Industrial Park, and then go to the Masasi Industrial Park in Mtwara. Along the way, Lee Jun-ho was quite interested at first. But slowly, Lee Jun-ho felt like a monkey being tricked, surrounded by a group of monkeys. It's uncomfortable.

In the end, Li Junhao, who couldn't stand it, said that he experienced the people's feelings, but in fact, he went to a local place with good scenery. At this time, Lee Jun-ho was interested. At this time, one of the attendants, who obviously knew a little about Oriental culture, stepped forward and said: "Chairman, you are an Oriental, and Oriental people have a habit of composing poems, do you want to write a poem too?" ”

The proposal of the entourage was supported by the big guys, and they all got up to welcome it, but Li Junhao himself had fifteen buckets in his heart, and finally drove the ducks on the shelves and held back a song: "The breeze combs the willows and the clouds, and the koi fish compete among the green leaves."

How do the wings of the dragonfly dance, and the lotus flower is leisurely. "It's also appropriate. In the end, Lee Jun-ho also felt good about himself and showed his unprecedented talent in his life.