Chapter 16: Drastic Moves

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Thanks to the sale of elements a few days ago, the Taishou Mansion made a small profit, coupled with the treasury savings, finally gave Yang Han and Wei Shuo the confidence to drastically eliminate the drawbacks in Gaochang and implement the new policy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Naoyuan, how should I spend this money next?"

Yang Han looked at Wei Shuo with a smile in his eyes, to be honest, he never expected that just selling the caravan would make the Taishou Mansion earn more than 100,000 yuan in vain. After the expenses of forming a caravan and recruiting manpower, there are still tens of thousands of dollars piled up in the treasury.

"Lord Hui, at present, Mrs. Yin is in charge of the caravan, and it is gradually becoming regular, so there is no need for me to worry about it. Next, the Taishou Mansion should set out to rectify Gaochang and build it into a world-famous self-owned trading city. ”

"Oh? Presumably, Zhiyuan has a plan in his chest, so he might as well talk about it. ”

"First, the government needs to hire people to widen the streets in the city, and start repairing the low-lying and uneven places on both sides of the streets, so as to make the streets of Gaochang a new look."

"Second, the government should also build a large warehouse in the city."

"Your Excellency must know that with the news of Gaochang's tax exemption, my subordinates dare to assert that it won't be long before merchants from all over the world will flock to the city with goods, and there will not be enough warehouses for merchants to lease at that time, how can we start the name of Gaochang Free Trade City?"

"Third, we should also strengthen the training of officials at all levels."

"The free trade city is a new thing, and the people below are simply confused and don't know the situation, if they can't cultivate qualified officials in a short period of time, how to deal with the complicated situation in the future?"

"It is impossible to rely on one subordinate to die of exhaustion."

"Fourth, it is to encourage private businessmen to operate entertainment service industries such as wine shops, restaurants, gambling, and green houses."

"In the future, once Gaochang's own trade city is completed, there will be a large number of businessmen staying, and these people will be potential guests in various entertainment service industries, which will surely promote the prosperity and development of Gaochang's economy."

"Fifth, when recruiting craftsmen and craftsmen to form processing workshops."

"In the future, Gaochang, as a transit station for trade in the northwest, will have a large number of goods coming and going, among which there will be processing needs, which can be regarded as a rainy day."

"For the time being, my subordinates have thought of these articles, and I will add them when I think of them in the future."

Everyone saw that Wei Shuo said five points freely, each of which said the key point, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, no wonder people were used by Taishou at a young age, it turned out that they really had real talent and real learning.

As Wei Shuo came up with a specific strategy, Yang Han assigned tasks according to them without consulting with everyone, and handed over the easy things such as renovating the streets, building new warehouses, and rectifying the entertainment service industry to his people, only the training of officials and the formation of processing workshops must be personally responsible for Wei Shuo.

In the end, with Taishou's order, the entire Gaochang suddenly jumped and completely turned into a huge construction site......

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"Bang Bang!" With the sound of a gong, I saw a county guard standing in front of a notice and shouting: "Fathers and fellow villagers, the government recruits young people to repair the streets, and each person is paid 100 yuan a day!" Interested parties should go to the side to register quickly. ”

"Whoa!" As soon as the little official's voice fell, a group of people immediately surrounded him, and it can be seen from the other party's clothing that these people are all from poor families. Usually rely on selling strength to earn a living, but now I see that the government has hired people to work for the first time, and the wages given are not low, how can anyone not rush to sign up?

Needless to say, such a proposal to hire people to build roads must have been proposed by Wei Shuo, and only he, a person from modern times, knows how much impact infrastructure work has on economic development.

Nowadays, with the implementation of various policies, there are hired young people working everywhere in Gaochang, so that the price of labor in Gaochang City has risen again and again, and there are still labor shortages of varying degrees.

Fortunately, with the outbreak of war in Liangzhou, some people in Liangzhou fled to Gaochang through mountains and rivers, which alleviated Gaochang's demand for labor.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, before the training, Shuo will first explain to you what is called a free trade city, which is probably a duty-free trade city in layman's terms, and all merchants who come to Gaochang in the future will be exempted from customs duties and poll taxes."

"Huh? This, isn't this nonsense? ”

"No taxes?! What do I feed on? ”

"How can Taishou allow someone to mess around like this?"

Wei Shuo calmly looked at the turbulent public opinion below, which he had long expected. It took him a lot of effort to convince Yang Han at the beginning, so naturally he didn't expect everyone to accept his idea immediately.

After the discussion gradually subsided, Wei Shuo continued: "I know that everyone has a lot of questions in their hearts, and some people even think that they are messing around! Shuo just wants to say one thing about this, that is, please listen carefully and then comment on it, how about it? ”

"Please speak clearly, Lord Wei, and I'll listen to you."

"Good! In fact, people in the free trade city may be confused, but if you mention the border gate and mutual market, everyone's heart must be bright. Shuo would like to ask you a question, you are all from the family of the eunuchs, I don't know if you have ever paid attention to the problem of the border gate and the mutual market in the past dynasties? ”

"For example, during the Qin and Han dynasties, not only did different levels of market systems form in the inner hinterland of the Central Plains; Moreover, commercial exchanges with the surrounding ethnic groups have also increased, and border trade markets have emerged. ”

"It's just that for a long time, people have not paid enough attention to this, and there is a lack of in-depth research."

"In fact, if someone carefully studies the issue of border crossings and mutual markets, then they don't need to explain it below to understand the reason."

"The mutual market, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty and Nanyue through the city, and then the Xiongnu and Qin Yitong city, the Later Han and Wuhuan, Beidanyu, Xianbei trade...... Wait a minute. Moreover, those who are interested will find that once the trade is prosperous in the places where the markets are opened or the cities near the border gates, the local economy and people's livelihood will also develop rapidly. ”

What does this mean? In a city like Gaochang at the border, if you want to develop, you must give priority to commerce and trade! And to develop commerce, or open the mutual market, or set up a free trade city, what are the advantages of the free trade city compared with the mutual market? ”

"First of all, the free trade city has abolished the tariff on goods, which has a huge attraction for businessmen, as long as someone comes, they are afraid that there will be no tax?"

"Secondly, since it is a free trade city, it is more free and convenient than the traditional border market. There will be no coercion of merchants, and all transactions are voluntary. ”

"When you exercise power in place of the government in the future, you must keep this in mind! As long as the businessman does not violate the rules of Gaochang, you must not bully or exploit the businessman, and in the future, the official will set up a complaint point in front of the Taishou Mansion, and once it is verified, it will be severely punished. ”

"In addition, I have to remind you a few words below, your main responsibility is to solve problems for all merchants, and you must not use chicken feathers as arrows. Here are the rules and regulations related to the management of the free trade city, which will be distributed to everyone later, and I hope that everyone will study carefully when they go back, and it is best to keep them in mind. ”

The officials must have had to get by for too long, so that after listening to the various requests, they suddenly felt a pain in their brains. It can be seen that the posture of Taishou and Du Wei is clearly going to do a big job, if they continue to be perfunctory as before, I am afraid it will not be as simple as losing their official positions.

"Of course, in order to encourage everyone to have the courage to do things, with the approval of Lord Taishou, from today onwards, all of you will be raised by 30%, and at the same time, various rewards and punishments will be set up, as long as you work seriously and be loyal to your duties, not only will you have rich rewards, but also have the opportunity to be promoted by Taishou."

Wei Shuo knew that it was not enough to just be tough, and he had to beat a stick to give a date.

Sure enough, when everyone heard that the price was going to rise, they immediately smiled with joy, and coupled with the reward and punishment measures announced later, the morale of all the trained officials suddenly rose a lot.

Seeing everyone's emotions high, Wei Shuo struck while the iron was hot and began to further train everyone.

Not to mention that Wei Shuo was busy training officials here, and Mrs. Yin, who was in charge of forming a caravan. The formation of the caravan was very smooth, and Mrs. Yin herself was an expert, so it only took a small time to preliminarily complete the formation of the caravan.

But that doesn't mean that the caravan can go out and make money, because there is one most important thing that remains unresolved, and that is the problem of the goods sold!