972 The Economic Situation of the State of Qin
The meeting tentatively established Shang Wen's policy of confusion, and the Qin state decided not to conduct large-scale combat operations during the year. However, the state of Qin can participate in small-scale combat operations, after all, it is absolutely impossible to stop combat operations, and a country needs a certain channel of violence. to vent domestic attention. A small military operation at this time was very necessary. Especially in a country like Qin, which has a serious martial style.
However, there are still many problems in front of Shang Wen. The first and foremost problem is the economy.
Qin's economy grew considerably under the support of two years of low tax rates, especially the two great tides of land annexation and industrial industrialization in Qin. The economy of Qin has developed by leaps and bounds.
The Qin state established a large-scale farm, pasture-like economy. Qin's northern pasture economy suffered certain losses due to the slave rebellion in the north, but the kind of ranch economic foundation of Qin still exists, and it is only a matter of time before it returns to its original state.
In this regard, Shang Wen has carried out relevant support for the ranch economy in the north of Qin, first of all, the banking industry of Qin will provide a large number of low-interest loans to the north. Because these loans are all commercial loans, it is impossible to justify without interest.
Secondly, Shangwen has also provided relevant tax exemption support policies for it. In terms of beef cattle, beef sheep breeding. Shangwen has issued a series of relevant support policies. Like what. After the number of cattle and sheep exceeds a certain number. The state will not collect taxes and fees. In particular, the income tax of one percent. This played a great role in the rapid recovery of the northern pastures of the Qin State.
Finally, a new financial instrument has initially entered the field of agriculture, which is insurance. Wenyang Financial Group, which has boldly carried out reforms, also had insurance business before, which was mainly focused on the shipping industry of Qin, especially the armed merchant ships of Qin. Transporting goods for sale is a hugely lucrative business. on this. The insurance industry first aimed at this market, but unexpectedly, this market was very cold, and Qinguo Insurance Industry offered very tempting conditions. And very few ships have purchased armed merchant marine insurance, because it is a completely new financial concept. For the people of Qin, it is a fact that is very unacceptable, because it is easy to remember. It's a gamble. And only when your side loses can you get compensation from the other party, which is an unacceptable logic. This kind of logic is unimaginable, and the people of Qin can't accept it for a while. As a result, the number of armed merchant ships insured is very scarce.
It's not just rare. After the armed merchant ships of the Qin State purchased ships and weapons, it was difficult to have the funds to buy insurance, so that they could buy insurance. This exacerbates the situation of insurance that is difficult to maintain. This is because the amount of money invested in merchant marine insurance is not a small amount, and this amount is a new investment for armed merchant mariners. They can use the money from insurance to buy guns, even new artillery. This way, they feel more secure.
For various reasons, the insurance industry in Qin was not very smooth in the south of Qin. It can be said that it is very bleak. The insurance industry could not be carried out in Qin's ship transportation, which could not provide new impetus to Qin's shipping, without such a thrust. The development of Qin's maritime commerce was full of difficulties.
The insurance industry could not develop in the southern part of the Qin state, and it was also difficult to maintain the local development in the Qin state. First of all, people don't understand, people don't understand, the importance of buying an insurance, plus the rapid economic development of Qin. Qin's economy was in a period of rapid development, and everything was fine. One can ignore the existence of risk.
In terms of old-age care, Qin Guo is a typical child. The country in the prime of life. A large number of newborn babies were born in the state of Qin. It can be said that under the influence of people's traditional pension methods, Qin will not lack the danger of pension in the future. This also prompts insurance to lose a lot of market in pension, as well as children, and other issues. Although there is a lot of potential for the development of this market. But the cost of development is high. The insurance industry cannot survive in the domestic market.
But insurance soon took a new turn. This turning point was the rebellion of the northern slaves of the Qin State. Mess up the northern part of Qin. Especially the ranchers, the losses are very large. All the slaves fled. The loss of property, cattle and sheep is gone. Then the insurance industry entered quickly. Started insurance business. The ranchers after such a loss of so greatness. Pin your hopes on insurance, so far. Qin's insurance was also rapidly developing in the north.
The slave rebellion in the north gave the insurance industry a new opportunity for development.
The development of the insurance industry reflects a microcosm of Qin's economy. The economy of the Qin State is extremely prosperous in the development of the virtual economy, especially the stocks, bonds, and futures markets. This shows that the financial system of the Qin State has been established. The Qin state established financial trading markets not only in its own country, but also in the north and in individual cities in the south, which traded stocks of various samples. Bonds, Futures. As a result, Qin's financial industry developed rapidly.
The rapid development of the financial industry has brought great convenience to the capital circulation of Qin. This convenience brought great convenience to the development of heavy industry in Qin. The Qin State established three major iron and steel machinery industrial belts. In the north, the Jiuyuan Iron and Steel Belt centered on Guyang. Some special steels are mainly produced here, mainly some rare earth steels. These steels are essential for the production of engines. Moreover, most of these steels are used in the military industry, parts and components of firearms, as well as the beams of various vehicles. These are all produced by Guyang Iron and Steel Industry.
In addition, there is the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Belt, where steel is mainly produced for railways and building materials. Because of its proximity to Zhao and neighboring countries, the steel produced here is mainly railroad rails, as well as a variety of steel bar materials for Zhao Kingdom. Zhao's construction industry is developing rapidly. This is also the main reason for stimulating Taiyuan Iron and Steel to focus on construction.
It is worth mentioning that the Qin State is building another railway line, which will be built along the axis of the Hexi Valley. This railway will lead to Hangu Pass in the Qin State. So. The steel of the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Belt can go directly to Xianyang, Xinzheng and the girder that is likely to be opened to traffic in the future. The pressure on Qin's northern railway will be greatly reduced. At the same time, a special railway transport line will be freed up for the Qin State to transport steel. This increased the scale of Qin's steel export transportation.
The last steel belt is the Guanzhong of the Qin State, which is mainly reflexively unfolded with Xianyang as the center. The production of steel here is not very large. Mostly. Rail transport requires transporting Taiyuan, or coal from the north, and iron ore from Yiyang to the east. The pressure of transportation is very high. So, steel production is not very large. However, the steel here was mainly satisfied with the military production of the Qin state, and the chromium and nickel from the Qin state of Longxi, as well as the newly occupied states of Simon, provided the necessary source of special metals for the manufacture of guns and cannons in the Qin state.
At the same time, the manganese ore of the Yueshi clan and the tungsten ore in the south made the mechanical processing industry here in the Qin State extremely developed. Mainly, the education system of the Qin State here is developed. Based on these well-developed education systems. The steel strip here is mainly machined. Most of the steel produced is mainly military industry and various aerospace equipment. There is another type of metal here, which is aluminum. This is a new type of metal raw material for the manufacture of aircraft. These metal raw materials. The aviation development of Qin is full of new opportunities.
In addition to steel, there is also the largest cement production base in Qin. All parts of the Qin State were engaged in infrastructure construction. The Qin state needed a lot of new building materials. Especially cement. At present, there are only two places where Qin can make cement, one is Guanzhong of Qin, and the other is the Shangdang area of Qin, and the cement in Guanzhong developed quickly because Qin needed a large amount of cement. This is the market demand. And the Shangdang area. It is because the Qin State is specially facing the development of the Zhao State market. It's very close to Handan. As long as you climb over the Taihang Mountain.
Cement is also produced elsewhere, but not in very large quantities. The main reason is that the demand for cement is not very large. Self-production is basically able to meet the local market, and other than that. It is the production of various chemical industrial supplies in the Qin State. The petrochemical industry was concentrated in the northern part of the Qin state. This is especially true in the area of today's Yulin, which is an oil-producing area. The use of oil is mainly to refine gasoline, diesel, kerosene is not very large. Bitumen is versatile.
These were the heavy industries of the Qin State. Light industry. It is mainly concentrated in the Yinshan area in the north of the Qin State. The production of leather, wool, blended fabrics is the mainstay. There is also Guanzhong, which is mainly clothing for various fashion trends.
Besides. It is the investment of the Qin State. Qin began to export capital on a large scale, and Qin had various investment projects in Zhao, Yan, and South Korea, which were mainly based on light industry, as well as some heavy industry, which mainly produced iron ingots. Then return to the state of Qin. The Qin state produced steel and then sold it to these countries.
Commercial trade. The Qin state mainly relied on advanced telegraph and telephone access, and long-distance telephones were still rich and military. Long-distance calls are temporarily unpopular.
However, the commercial and trade office of the Qin State has information about various places. The emergence of these offices allowed Qin to be in a leading position in commercial trade, because the emergence of these offices allowed Qin to be the first to grasp the allocation of resources in various places, and these configurations put Qin in a leading state. In other countries, they are not yet aware of the importance of this kind of office, and they still need to learn.