After King Yan carried out a comprehensive reform of the transportation industry and agriculture and animal husbandry, the next step was the revitalization of light industry, that is, the manual production industry based on wood, ceramics, silk, paper, salt, medicine, wine, leather, glass, etc.

For NPCs, these things have special functions, silk is used to make clothes, ceramics are used for storage, brewing, medicine, and so on. For players, these things are mainly to increase the loyalty, morale, and HP health of the NPC. NPCs or players who give silk, ceramics, wine, etc. to their tribes are in great need of these things.

The light industry of the entire Yan Kingdom is basically based on each walled city as the economic cycle circle - the players in the walled city organize the processing and production of light industrial products with raw materials, and then the players in the walled city organize and use them. If the products produced by yourself are not enough, they can buy a small amount from other walled cities. If there is a surplus product, it will be sold to players in other walled cities. A walled city is basically a small economic circle. At present, there are forty or fifty walled cities in Yan State, and there are forty or fifty such small self-sufficient economic circles.

These economic cycles are naturally formed. From the moment the player enters the strategic map, they will mainly move around the city and its surroundings, and will not run too far. Then they showed their strength in the walled city, formed gangs, carried out production, and fought for territory. In the process of competition between tens of thousands and more than 100,000 players in a walled city, a small economic circle has been formed, with internal competition and external exclusion.

Such a self-sufficient economic circle can only be described in one word - "small", because the scale of the economic circle based on the walled city is indeed very small. If the small print is not enough, then add another word "hard". It is very "hard", and almost every walled city has a serious xenophobic tendency. Each Walled City player force tends to produce its own products. Extremely tough products that reject other walled cities. Unless they can't produce it themselves, they will be willing to buy it from outside.

In January and February, the bronzes produced by the Zhoushui Walled City were sold to other walled cities in the surrounding areas, almost all of which led to fierce competition. From commercial wars to military conflicts, it is staged in turn. If it weren't for the strength of the Zhoushui Alliance, and the means were hard. The bronze producers in the surrounding walled cities were defeated, and the bronzes of the Zhoushui Walled City could not enter other walled cities. This is only for bronzes, others such as medicine, ceramics, silk, and so on. All of them are like this.

The sailing ships produced by Zhoushui also encountered such a situation. Fortunately, not everyone can produce sailboats, so there are slightly fewer competitors. Defeat the local competitors around the Bohai Sea one by one, or incorporate them into the Bohai Alliance. Zhou Shui's sailing ships were successfully sold in large quantities in the Bohai Circle.

On the whole, the light industry of Yan is in a state of walled seclusion. The scale grade is still relatively low. The competition for the market between the various walled cities is extremely fierce. The interests are far more complex than those of transportation and agriculture and animal husbandry. If the NPC king takes the liberty of reorganizing the light industry, it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among the players of the Yan Kingdom, and even a military rebellion.

It is precisely because of this that it is very difficult to start reforming the light industry.

Qin Xiaobai presented it to the king of Yan, and the revitalization strategy of the light industry of the Yan State was very simple - [1. Do not interfere with all the walled light industries of the Yan Kingdom, and let it develop on its own. 2. Within the whole Yan country, adjust and reduce commodity taxes step by step. 3. Focus on supporting several large-scale manufacturers in Yanguo's light industry, and the procurement of military supplies needed by the Yanguo government and government army are purchased from key support manufacturers. ]

These three strategies were actually concocted by the sheep of the Zhoushui Alliance, Nameless and others. It seems extremely simple. But there were several large ambushes.

The first policy of non-interference is aimed at appeasing the player forces in the various walled cities. Avoid irritating players everywhere and causing chaos. To put it bluntly, it is a pretense to reassure players and state that the Yan government will not interfere in local commercial competition, so don't make the Yan government rebel.

Article 2 Tax Reduction Policy. This one is really a bit insidious. This article says that it is of course a great thing for the player organization to reduce taxes on the whole Yan Kingdom, so that they can reduce the taxes they pay. But the problem is that the steps of tax reduction are completely controlled by the Grand Sikong Government. If the Great Sikong Mansion only reduces taxes on a small number of walled cities, and the other walled cities do not move, then this small number of walled cities will benefit, and the other walled cities will not benefit at all. The leaders of the Zhoushui Alliance have set up a big ambush here.

The most insidious is the key support policy in Article 3. Directly use the treasury of Yan State to carry out large-scale procurement at the level of princely states for a few manufacturers. This is simply to use the countless money of the entire Yan country to support a very small number of producers.

And the most important point, what is not clearly stated in the three strategies is that because it is the Dasikong Government that controls the economic policy reform of Yanguo, it is actually the Dasikong Government that is directly responsible for the operation of the steps to formulate the reduction of commodity taxes and select key buyers. And the owner of Dasikong Mansion is Qin Xiaobai.

The revitalization strategy of Yanguo's light industry seems to be a large-scale revitalization of the entire Yanguo, but on the other hand, it is also the Zhoushui Alliance to use the power of the Yanguo government to strengthen itself. While the light industry of Yanguo is revitalizing and strong, the Zhoushui Alliance has also quickly stepped into various industries of Yanguo's light industry and become the overlord of various fields.

It is not for nothing that Qin Xiaobai prefers to be the great secretary of Yan State who holds the power of economic construction rather than the great Sima who holds the military power.

The kings of the Yan Kingdom and the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court, some of them did not see the fame. Some vaguely saw the ambush, but they didn't say much.

In the palace, Old Man Guo just asked Qin Xiaobai behind him, "Lord Xiaobai, have you been short of money recently?" ”

Of course, Qin Xiaobai understood what Old Man Guo meant, and said with a smile: "Of course it is missing." If you have money, you might as well lend me some with a monthly interest of 15%. ”

Old man Guo nodded, oh, and said no more.

is still the old rule of Zhou Shui, Guo Kui sent 300 million copper coins to Qin Xiaobai in one go, and just pay back 345 million every other month. With the strength of the Zhoushui Alliance, it is not difficult to digest these 300 million copper coins in a month, and it is not difficult to turn them into 345 million. Especially with the support of the king and the great situ, it is not a difficult task.

King Yan, as well as the ministers from Zhou Shui, the newly recruited ministers do not have much private money, and they may not be able to make money by running their own business, and they can get up to "15% interest money" from Qin Xiaobai, and they are very happy to make this deal.

The palace is full of people, and the richest people are all the old ministers of the Yan Kingdom, NPC princes and nobles, and the rich treasury can't fit it. They also meddle in the business of Jicheng players, and their shadows are indispensable behind the five major player giants in Jicheng. To settle these old ministers, all you need to do is promise them that they will also be able to get some benefits from them.

The three policies for the revitalization of light industry in Yan State proposed by Qin Xiaobai were smoothly adopted in the court of Yan with the support of Da Situ, the acquiescence of Da Sima, the approval of the king, and the non-opposition of the ministers. King Yan, a big capitalist of players, and ministers of NPC magnates, tend to be the same in terms of interests.

The Zhoushui Alliance officially used the power of the Great Sikong Mansion of the Yan State to exert influence on the light industry production of forty or fifty walled cities across the country through the adjustment of taxes in various walled cities. The lobbyist of the Zhoushui Alliance went to various walled cities in the Yan Kingdom to lobby.

The walled city that is willing to cooperate with the Zhoushui Alliance lowers its taxes, and is unwilling to keep it as it is. We are willing to break the regional economic separation, form a walled city of a large economic circle together with Jicheng and Zhoushui Walled City, and greatly reduce or reduce taxes. If you don't want to, leave it as it is.

As soon as this measure was introduced, there were immediately more than 10 walled cities of Yan near Bohai Bay, and the walled cities controlled by the members of the Bohai League, expressed their willingness to establish a broad commercial alliance with Jicheng, Zhoushui Walled City, and Tanggukou -- this kind of commercial alliance does not exclude foreign merchants, players, and producers. It is no longer an economic circle of one walled city, but an economic circle of more than ten walled cities, which integrates the entire walled city.

This is conducive to the development of the advantageous industries of each walled city, such as the concentrated heavy industry of mines, the concentrated exhibition of pharmaceutical industry in herbal medicine plantations, and the concentrated exhibition of ceramic ceramics in clay, and then buy and sell each other freely, rather than a walled city to produce all the products. A single economic circle composed of more than 10 walled cities is far stronger than more than 10 economic circles composed of a single walled city.

The walled cities in the hinterland of Yan Kingdom, especially those around the Bohai Sea, have begun to integrate production in May. After the massive increase in sailing ships, this economic integration became even faster. This trend has been accelerated by the reduction of taxes.

Those walled cities that originally refused to join could not sit still after seeing the gradual reduction of taxes in other walled cities. Merchants are profit-seeking, and a large number of player merchants go to places where taxes are low and trade is free, rather than where they have high taxes. If it continues for a long time, these isolated cities will automatically decline and be eliminated by players in other walls.

Under external pressure, the player leaders of these walled cities also had to negotiate with the Zhoushui Alliance one after another, agreeing to join the Yan Kingdom Business Alliance. Abolish the barriers set up by the walled city on other walled merchant players, allow free circulation of trade, do not levy special taxes, and actively protect the safety of other walled merchant players.

The obstacle of "local walled economic separation", which has been hindering the development of Yanguo's light industry, began to waver. This rock has been pressing Yan Guo for half a year, and it has finally been leveraged by the tax lever. The light industry of the Yan Kingdom began to add.