Jingwen then came to Mengjin and found that it was indeed crowded with people. And many businessmen come here to sell their shops, and these ordinary people who usually enter the county town are also rare and generous, obviously spending money more boldly. And Jingwen also knows that this may be the reason for the market. In the past, the common people had to endure both exploitations, but now there is no need to pay taxes and military services, and the land can increase production and income if nothing else, and the profiteers have gradually given up the exploitative transactions of the past, and the people have reduced many unnecessary expenses.

In this case, people know that their financial pressure will be much less in the future, so they can have more money to spend. The people have money in their hands, and there are people migrating from Mengjin County here, which means the market. This county is not only rich, but also has a lot of people, more than 50,000 people, and the market is even bigger. Merchants are all chasing profits, since there are many people here, and there is money, it is more bold to spend money, isn't that why they come here to do business?

"However, the reason why Mengjin County is where it is today is because of the banks in Luoyang, who helped lend money to those merchants, and now many merchants are starting to do business here. Even, in order to facilitate loans in the future, some wealthy businessmen have come to Mengjin County to settle in the household, which is of great benefit to the development of our Mengjin County. With these rich people, isn't the entire Mengjin County developing fast? Ma Zhou said.

And Jingwen didn't expect that at that time, he was especially prone to loans to people in Mengjin County, and as a result, many rich people wanted to settle in Mengjin County. Anyway, those businessmen run around all year round, and their sense of hometown is relatively weak. It doesn't matter where many of these merchants live, as long as they are old and ready to die, they don't need to stay in their hometowns all year round. Therefore, even if they change their household registration, they don't care too much about the household registration of their original hometown.

With the participation of these rich people. That can be very helpful for local economic development. Why do many later governments want rich people to come to the local area, because they can play a leading role? When the rich people get there, they always have to buy industries, and then there are all kinds of businesses. This will not only bring a lot of employment, but also improve the local "land". Although there is no concept of "land acquisition" now, many things can be extrapolated. Rich people come here, so this place can bring many people to live here. Because the people are all people who go to high places, many people yearn to live in rich and advanced places, even if they only live in rich places, they do not necessarily live a rich life.

In affluent places. There are also many opportunities, and anyone who has a little "ambition" will go to the big city to work hard. Now many businessmen from Mengjin County have settled here, because it is not only convenient for transportation, but also easy to get loans for software. It's very convenient and a lot easier to start a business here. With the leadership of those rich people, once a trend is formed, I am afraid that ordinary people will follow.

"Marshal, do you think we will be promoted to a state and county here?" Ma Zhou asked.

"What? Don't you want to leave? Jingwen asked.

Of course, Ma Zhou said: "Of course. Now fools know that Mengjin County may not be developed in a few years, and it would be a pity if I left at this time. If I can stay here, I am afraid that it will bring a steady stream of political achievements. It will help me a lot in the future. Moreover, since you have invested so much here, you definitely don't want to fall into the hands of outsiders, right? If it falls into the hands of outsiders, then I'm afraid the marshal won't know how to deal with the new county order or state assassin. So. If I can stay here, I will definitely be able to take care of my home for the festival commander. ”

Jingwen suddenly found that Ma Zhou's speech was becoming more and more level, and he actually said what it was to help Jingwen take care of his family. And Jingwen has also invested a lot here. As a future business capital, Jingwen will not allow him to break away from his own control. Especially in the early stage, when it was just developing, don't be disturbed by anyone, which is very unfavorable to Jingwen's plan. What Ma Zhou said is also reasonable, Jingwen has invested so much, if he gets a person who has a different concept from himself, or who simply hates himself, will be the county magistrate of Mengjin County, it will be a little miserable. Therefore, when the rapid development in the next few years, it is necessary to ensure that it is controlled by one's own people, not others. If other people control it, then Jingwen really wants to make wedding dresses for others, and then help others create political achievements and let others be promoted. This is a tragedy, so Ma Zhou did say that Jingwen's thoughts were moved.

"Ma Zhou, do you think it is possible for this Mengjin County to be upgraded by one level and become a state county?" Jingwen asked.

Jingwen asked, in fact, he knew that some county towns could actually be upgraded to prefectures and counties, and "prefecture" was the highest level of local administrative division in Datang. The Tang Dynasty was different from later generations, which were four-level divisions of provinces, cities, counties and townships, but the Tang Dynasty was a two-level division of prefectures and counties. That is, the Central Shangshu Province directly governs the "prefectures" below, and there is no so-called higher-level division. In the past, there was a level called a platform, but that was at least temporary, not long-term. There is another establishment called the Governor's Office, which is only a temporary division of several states into a Governor's Office, and most of this is temporary in nature, not a permanent official position. If you want to say the highest level, it is the Metropolitan Protectorate, but that is the setting of ethnic minority areas, and the officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate have little say in national affairs.

Therefore, the counties of the Tang Dynasty sometimes became the highest level of state, and the state may also be downgraded to the county seat, so that it can be changed. In the political research office managed by Jingwen, in fact, many times I have received the idea that those counties want to apply to become state counties. For this situation, Jingwen certainly knew their intentions, that is, they just wanted to take the opportunity to be promoted. Whether it is in ancient times or in later generations, when the local level is raised, the officials in it will be instantly promoted to the level, this is a matter of hitchhiking, this has nothing to do with seniority or anything. Anyway, as long as you're in the position when you level up, then you can get promoted. Therefore, there are a lot of this kind of thing in Jingwen's political research room, but Jingwen doesn't like them at all.

When Ma Zhou heard Jingwen ask, he also knew that Jingwen was tempted, so he was also happy. (To be continued......)