Chapter 682: Big Excitement
Europe, Mediterranean.
Because of the Suez Canal, the whole of Europe began to show a 'weird' state of enthusiasm, and the expectation of Chinese silk, tea and porcelain, with the news of the excavation of the Suez Canal, ignited the whole of Europe. However, when this enthusiasm cooled down, the countries of the European continent had to start thinking about a practical problem. That is, it will take at least 20 years for SUEZ to be successfully opened and put into service. During this period, only merchants from Central Asia were able to purchase silk, porcelain, tea and other related products from China via the overland Silk Road. But in contrast to the almost desperate price and the enormous demand of continental Europe, silk was still in short supply by overland trade.
Therefore, it is possible to understand the expectations of the European countries regarding the Suez Canal.
Compared with the European countries that began to shrink their clothes and diet after their blood cooled down, gritting their teeth and persevering, Tang Kingdom, the evil dragon country entrenched in the Mediterranean, has reached a higher level on the basis of its already prosperous foundation. The steady stream of funds transported from Europe every year was directly absorbed by the Tang people, and the purchase of domestic grain and tools for digging rivers and other materials from the money stimulated by money, not only revitalized agriculture, which was becoming more and more sluggish. At the same time, manufacturing, industry and commerce have also become more and more prosperous under the stimulus of money.
The people's living standards began to climb gradually, and the government collected more and more taxes, so the large-scale construction and reorganization of the interior began. The so-called take from the people, use it for the people; In this regard, the Tang government has truly done it. Instead of spending the tax on the creation of lavish palaces and gardens, the monarch began to spend it on the renovation of cities, roads, and water conservancy projects. Especially in the mountainous areas of the past, because of the rugged mountain roads, these places were undoubtedly extremely backward places compared to other cities and regions of the Tang people in the past.
In the past, although the government was interested in improving the road conditions in the mountainous areas and revitalizing the economic vitality there, in the face of huge amounts of money, the annual investment still could not open up the mountainous areas. But now it is different, because of the progress of the excavation of the Suez Canal, the Tang people have attracted a large number of allies, and the annual flow of river repair funds has flowed into the pockets of the Tang people, which is used to digest the materials that have accumulated more and more inside them and stimulate a series of related industries such as manufacturing and agriculture to enrich the country and strengthen the people. With the increase in taxes and the government's annual financial wealth, the current Tang government has enough confidence and money to dare to carry out large-scale engineering construction, renovation and repair projects on the land of the whole country.
As a result, a decree from the central government began to be transmitted to various places. The Ministry of Finance, which is busy all day long, is constantly settling the balance of the state treasury, making various budgets, and at the same time carrying out anti-corruption and anti-corruption actions. Improvement plans for mountainous cities and villages have also begun, recruiting workers and procuring various materials in the country, and engineers going to various places to carry out coastal exploration and planning. And in the following year, a large construction of road construction and reconstruction began in the mountainous areas of a department, and in the third year, this transformation action involving the mountainous areas of the whole country was vigorously launched.
The inhabitants of the mountainous area, naturally, are cheering, and they do not have too many plains there. Only a few places have plains where food is grown, and the rest of the area is still surrounded by mountains and rolling hills. Regardless of the era, the contemporary peasants naturally value grain the most, and some mountain dwellers have scarce land because of the scarcity of the plains. However, there are still many people who do not have access to land.
Although alternative terraces have been cultivated, the terraces located on the mountains are still not as good as the plains compared to the plains. Although many farmers grow cash crops to improve their livelihoods, the annual influx of grain from other provinces still makes them feel insecure. Businesses were reluctant to go because of the lack of access to roads and the difficulty of traveling, and the way the government transported food, even if it was sold to needy families at very low prices, was still a drop in the bucket compared to the growing size of the population.
And now all this will be different, because the road is about to be repaired, and the road will be revitalized. It is also equivalent to all kinds of goods from other provinces, which can be entered in a faster and more convenient way. In this way, the people's living standards will inevitably improve, and commodities and materials will inevitably show a diversified effect. It will be more convenient than ever for people in mountainous areas to go out, and their goods can enter the outside world in a faster and smoother way. Then, it will not be long before their overall standard of living will surely become higher, and at the same time, they will gradually become richer.
Although the Tang people gave the impression of incomparably wealthy countries to the European continent, only the Tang people themselves knew it. The riches are nothing more than the cities along the coast, as well as the areas on the plains and a few hilly areas. However, in areas surrounded by harsh natural conditions such as vast mountains, swamps, forests, etc. The people there are generally poor, although they are relatively rich compared to the countries of the European continent. But compared to the prosperous areas everywhere, they still seem extremely poor.
In the past, the state had no choice, and the wizards cultivated by the Tang people did not completely and thoroughly enter all aspects of society. It is also not well known to the general public, so the impression given by the wizard to the Tang people is still mysterious. However, they are not mysterious to the monarch and the center. On the contrary, they are active in the center, loyal to the monarch, to the country and the people. However, although Jiang Ning has passed down many spells, there is no wizard who can really use spells to transform the national environment on a large scale. At most, they can only use their meager mana to improve the terrain of a place that is not too complicated. However, when it comes to large-scale transformation across the country, they are overstretched and unable to do it.
Most of these young wizards who have completed their studies are full of enthusiasm and serve the country wholeheartedly. Because, in the process of their learning, the government has always been strongly supporting them.
At the same time, the magical world of the Tang Kingdom, they themselves called the 'wizarding world', and the magic world was the name of the countries of the European continent. The sorcerers of the Tang people have always been in the wizarding world of their own country, responsible for filling the loopholes everywhere, strengthening the barrier, and preventing wizards from the European continent from entering or destroying it. On the other hand, they are also shouldered to serve the localities, the government, and the army. We are committed to fighting magical crimes, as well as tackling plagues and other diseases that may arise.
However, it is more dedicated to preventing the mess of foreign wizards. Because, compared to the secular world, the magic world of the Tang people is truly vast and sparsely populated. There are not many people in the huge land at all, and the empty wilderness is mostly full of all kinds of magical creatures. Therefore, the Tang wizards not only have to prevent foreign wizards from coming and maintain the stability of the secular world, but also shoulder the responsibility of catching and chasing all kinds of magical creatures when they strayed into the secular world.
Therefore, it has always been thought that the wizards of the Tang people have never been stable from young to old. Fortunately, the Tang government has treated these people who have supernatural powers, but have been silently serving the country, with great preferential treatment. The financial care and various material subsidies have never stopped, which is also a great proof that wizards can always be safe and cooperate with ordinary people!