Up to now. Although the local government can have a large amount of tax input every year, Zhao Xing has never used a penny of it, and he has always insisted that the government at all levels take the tax from the people and use it for the people.

Although the annual tax rate collected by various localities is much lower than that of areas not controlled by Zhao Xing, it cannot withstand the momentum of rapid development in various places, and the total amount of taxes has reached 80 million taels. This is another dizzying number, but Zhao Xing has never had the idea of this huge fortune.

In addition to the salaries of reservists at all levels and for maintaining local law and order, all the surplus income from local taxes was used to build water conservancy, highways, expand cities and towns, and improve people's livelihood.

Take it from the people, use it for the people. This tax slogan from later generations has been painted on countless walls with white lime, but it was realized by Zhao Xing in this magical time and space.

Zhao Xing deeply knows that there are too many places and reasons to spend money in various places. Although he instructed the establishment of seven funds, they could only play a guiding and inspiring role, and for the more than 10 million people at present and more than 50 million Han people in the future, it was only a drop in the bucket and could not solve the fundamental problems. In a prosperous country, there are so many places to spend money, and there are too many reasons to spend it.

A few days ago, several Taishou close to Crouching Tiger City came to visit the King of Pingxi, namely Wang Lang, the Taishou of Taiyuan County, Liu Xuan, the Taishou of Xihe County, and Sun Shao, the Taishou of Shangjun.

These three people were recommended by Kong Rong and Tao Qian back then, and they went to the Jin Kingdom from the land of Qingxu to become officials. In the past few years, on the one hand, they have studied and adapted to the internal affairs system of the Jin State, which is completely different from that of other states, and on the other hand, with the assistance of lower-level officials, they have given full play to their personal strengths, but they have also managed their respective prefectures and counties in an orderly and prosperous manner.

When Wang Lang, Liu Miao, and Sun Shao came, Ma Kang, an assistant to Li Tingfang, the party guard, accompanied them. Seeing that the New Year was approaching, these people came to pay New Year's greetings to the King of Pingxi in advance, and secondly, they also encountered a more difficult problem, and wanted the omnipotent Zhao Xing to guide them.

When the four of them entered the Pingxi Palace, they only carried a few very simple samples of local specialties, which were estimated to be less valuable than the Spring Festival gift package that Zhao Xing sent to all the people, but they entered through the gate so confidently and naturally, and they were personally welcomed into the mansion by Zhao Xingxin's assistant Ma Tan.

If this is left on someone else's head, it is estimated that he will be removed from office the next day if he enters the government the next day. What kind of joke are you kidding, to give the King of Pingxi a New Year's greeting to mention such a cheap gift.

But Zhao Xing likes this set, at least thirty percent of the world's wealth is now directly controlled by him, what does he still lack to cherish antiques, gold and white jade? As long as King Pingxi advocates honesty and frugality, many people below will go up and down, which is better than how many orders he has given.

Entering the living room, Zhao Xing warmly beckoned a few Taishou or quasi-Taishou to sit down, and then asked people to serve tea and snacks, and they exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Only Zhao Xing's time is precious, and the people from all over the country who want to come to visit him have already lined up from the welcome door to the eldest son county, so they directly explained their intention to Zhao Xing.

Wang Lang said: "Nowadays, the Jin Kingdom is developing rapidly and the population is increasing rapidly, and many farmers who originally farmed land have poured into the workshops in the towns to work and live, and the cities where the county rulers such as Jinyang, Changzi, Lishi, and Gaonu are located are becoming more and more crowded. Rao is so, there are still a large number of people who want to find a foothold in the big cities in various places, so now these counties with good development momentum are facing the practical problems of soaring land prices and insufficient houses to live in. ”

Zhao Xing actually expected and understood the problems reflected by Wang Lang. With the development and utilization of all the land available for cultivation and animal husbandry in the Jin Kingdom, coupled with the mass production and use of various advanced agricultural tools, these lands can no longer accommodate too many new farmers. At the same time, as the center of the handicraft manufacturing industry in the north, the towns and cities of the Jin Kingdom needed a large number of laborers every year. As a result, the population of each county is increasing rapidly, which naturally leads to the problem of insufficient housing in the city.

As long as he thinks about the words "urbanization" and "just need" that have repeatedly appeared in later generations, Zhao Xing will understand the difficulties of Wang Lang and other local parents. However, Zhao Xing does not want to say a solution, but needs to make Wang Lang and others understand the correct meaning of concepts such as urban planning and real estate development and utilization through enlightenment, instead of taking the development and construction of cities out of context as a violent tool for local officials to profit from them.

Zhao Xing asked Wang Lang: "In the face of these newly emerging problems, I wonder if you have discussed any countermeasures together?"

Wang Lang replied: "When we came here, we discussed on the way and felt that to solve the problem of insufficient housing in the city, one is to expand the city outward, the second is to maximize the use of land in the city, and the third is to control the population entering the city. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, agreeing with Wang Lang's statement, and he asked again: "In addition to controlling the number of people outside the city who live in the city without money, the first and second countermeasures seem to require a large amount of money, I wonder if you have made a pre-estimate of how much money it will cost?"

If it was Guo Yuan, Lou Gui, Liang Xi and other senior Taishou who were asked by Zhao Xing, they would definitely answer fluently. Because this is Zhao Xing's habit of questioning, there must be a clear number explanation, rather than using vague words such as approximately, probably, almost, and almost to deal with him. It's a pity that Wang Lang and the others are still not very sensitive to numbers, so they had to shake their heads with some guilt and say, "I haven't estimated this." ”

"I'll help you make a move, and if other counties encounter similar problems in the future, you can also set an example for everyone to follow suit. Zhao Xing no longer sold Guanzi, Cheng Zhu said in his chest: "First of all, after you return to the counties, set up a special urban development and construction management committee, which is responsible for planning the expansion of the city, and must have a long-term vision and all kinds of living facilities; second, set up a housing construction and sales center led by the government, which is responsible for requisitioning land from the original residents in the city, building three-story residential houses and shops along the street for rent, and then selling them to the people who need housing at a reasonable price." ”

Zhao Xing tried his best to use easy-to-understand language to instill the concepts of commercial real estate and affordable housing in later generations to Wang Lang and others. Of course, when he said this, he deliberately emphasized the need to ensure that the vast majority of ordinary people could afford ordinary houses, and those houses with large courtyards were sold to wealthy families at high prices.

In this way, ordinary people have ordinary houses where they can make a living, and wealthy families can spend money to buy expensive but relatively spacious and comfortable single-family houses.

Zhao Xing made it very clear that in the construction and sale of houses, we should not make money from ordinary people, but from rich people, and realize the process of transferring wealth from rich families to poor people.