Chapter Seventy-Eight: To the Capital
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Jiang Hexing saw that the time was right, and began to head towards Xianwu City with his men and horses.
In the team, Wu Han led 1,500 people, and Fan Jia led more than 50 merchants. The line stretched very long, coming out of Pingzhou Mansion and heading south.
The soldiers walked in front, the flags were unfurled, and the horses' hooves were trampled. In front were cavalry, and in the back were chariot soldiers.
The army walked in front, Jiang Hexing and Xu Lang took a car, and the two chatted while walking. In the car next to him, Li Xiaowen and Liu Qing were discussing things. The two of them went to Xianwu City to take care of the affairs of the Xianwu City Autonomous Association.
Behind Jiang Hexing was a convoy with no end in sight. The merchant rode in a car, pulling his goods, and roared forward. Every merchant brought his family with his family, and the line, which was not too long, became endless.
Fan Jia sat in his luxury carriage, turned his head to look at the team behind him, sighed, and thought, when he arrives in Xianwu City in a few days, there are more merchants in Xianwu City, this team is simply like an army, when should this go to Chang'an.
Wu Han led the army regardless of the merchants behind, and traveled all the way, and after 8 days of hard work, he came to Xianwu City with a large army. Jiang Hexing arrived at Xianwu City at the same time, and first lived in the office of Xianwu City.
As soon as the river line was settled, Yang Hong came to report. The work arrangement of Xianwu City is quite orderly. Although Yang Hong did a good job, he was obviously a little restrained, standing there, talking about the recent situation of Xianwu City one by one.
Li Xiaowen and Liu Qing also sat on the side, listening and remembering.
Yang Hong talked about the progress of the Autonomous Association, some time ago the businessmen came back from Pingzhou Mansion, and the noise became a pot of porridge, this one wants to enter the Autonomous Association, and that one wants to come, and they are not convinced.
In order to coordinate businessmen from all over the world, Yang Hong convened a meeting of businessmen to discuss. Some say it depends on the amount of money, some say it depends on the size of the contribution to Pingzhou, and some say it depends on what good things have been done to Pingzhou.
For a while, no one could convince anyone, and they quarreled for half a month, but they didn't come to any conclusions. Finally, Mr. DuPont came up with the idea that there are various branches under the Chamber of Commerce, such as a branch for silk making. Make sure that each club selects one first, and then the selected ones are screened. The grain merchant branch was relatively large and had many merchants, so it finally gave two places. That's when the chapter representatives were elected.
After the branch representatives were elected, they found two more famous scholars in Xianwu City, as well as the two former Xianwu officials. This autonomous assembly can be regarded as being recognized in all aspects of Xianwu City, and now it is actually in charge.
Originally, the official government of Xianwu City didn't care much about things before, it was nothing more than building bridges and roads, and collecting taxes. It is estimated that the money after the construction of bridges and roads will not be paid by the Autonomous Council, and these businessmen are now very enthusiastic, because now doing good deeds is not only necessary to worship God, but even joining the Autonomous Council can add a lot of points.
The matter of tax collection has also been strengthened, not for anything else, not only for the revenue of the Pingzhou government. Many of them also have taxed merchants, and it would be unfair to their opponents if they missed the tax. Therefore, almost all the big players agree to supervise and report each other.
Jiang Hexing didn't expect that he was worried that they would jointly resist taxes or ask for tax cuts at the same time, but now they haven't appeared. After all, he is only collecting transaction tax here, which involves many aspects, and if he strengthens supervision a little, it will be much more difficult to evade taxes.
Jiang Hexing is generally relieved that this autonomous association, whether it is collecting taxes or doing some other public affairs, will not be worse than what Zheng San did, so he will be relieved first.
In the end, Jiang Hexing asked three things, one is when the autonomous association will be formally established. Second, about the agreement of the Autonomous Council on the people of Xianwu City. The third is the agreement between the autonomous council and the peace state government.
Yang Hong replied that now that the Autonomous Council has been prepared, many things have begun to operate in private, but the official establishment wants Jiang Hexing to come in person. Regarding the agreement on Xianwu City, it is modeled on the three chapters of Liu Bangjin's Xianyang Covenant, not the three chapters of the covenant, but the Xianwu City Autonomous Association and the People's Covenant Law.
Yang Hong briefly talked about the main content of the law with the people, one is property protection, no, there is no one who cares more about these than these businessmen, and he must write this first when he is in power.
There is a lot of content in the back, mainly the handling of commercial disputes, the handling of civil disputes, etc., the content is not much, concise and clear. Yang Hong also talked about the adjudication of the civil law, and set up a special adjudication office to deal with various disputes.
As for the bigger things, such as those that require heavy punishment, I still hope that the Pingzhou government will take over directly.
Jiang Hexing nodded in agreement and assigned Liu Qing to handle it for them.
After talking about this, Jiang Hexing asked Yang Hong to inform five days later, in front of the Tiangong Temple, in front of the newly established stone monument, Jiang Hexing will preside over the formal establishment of the autonomous association, and announce the law in public, and he signed the contract on behalf of Pingzhou Mansion.
Five days later, the sky was clear and blue. Although the weather is a little cold, in front of the Tiangong Temple, it is very lively.
Wu Han led 800 soldiers to besiege the city in a large circle, and the soldiers held sabers in their hands to isolate the crowd watching the excitement outside.
All week is full of lively high-rise buildings, and only the big open space in the middle is left. There are dozens of acres in size, and for some reason, it has not moved.
Three one-person-high stone monuments stand in the open space. The one in the middle is particularly conspicuous, with four big red characters on it: "Respect God and Love People". I don't know who wrote it, but it's vigorous.
Behind the stele is an open space, and needless to say, the future Tiangong Temple is here. The big green bricks are two people high, piled up like a brick wall, and the wood next to them is piled up into triangles, but the sand is like a hill. There are other building materials, although there are a lot of things, but there is no clutter.
Wu Han looked at this place, it seemed to be a little familiar, as if it was the cattle and sheep market back then. Wu Han remembered that it was here that he sold sheepskins, fought with Li Xiaoquan here, and was taught a hard lesson by Wu Kui here.
Wu Han was thinking wildly, only to see a burst of noise, the sound of cars and horses, and the shouts of the crowd on the road to the south. A road branched out from the crowd in the distance, and a motorized carriage rushed in.
Jiang Hexing, dressed in a brocade robe, stood on the black carriage at the front, waved his hand, and greeted the people on both sides of the carriage.
Yang Hong was also dressed in a brocade robe, standing next to Jiang Hexing, nervously watching the cheers of the crowd, as if he was a little uncomfortable, feeling that he was not standing or sitting, and he had an indescribable awkwardness. Yang Hong, like a child who made a mistake, never dared to look at the cheering crowd, lowered his head, and grabbed the guardrail of the car tightly with his hands.
There is also an old man beside Jiang Hexing, his hair is like snow, but this old man is holding his beard, squinting his eyes, smiling, looking forward, needless to say, this fairy-like old man is Xu Lang. (To be continued.) )