Three Kingdoms: I Am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 713: Tightness and Looseness
Seeing his subordinates full of complaints, Xu Wei also felt embarrassed! The imperial court's fiscal revenue was only this, and every state and county in the local area was working hard to launch projects, and they only had to write letters every day saying that they didn't have enough money! If they don't suppress them,
If you act impulsively, the economy will be in chaos!
Fortunately, Xu Wei's old subordinates also understand Xu Wei's dilemma. The debt of more than 100 billion is enough to make people dizzy. They also know that they have gone too far, and they can only force one-size-fits-all approach to power.
They just want to complain and vent their frustrations for the past six months!
"Government, I heard that you have given a lot of opinions to the tribesmen in Da Mo in the past three days. We are here to hear your opinions on the development of Jiangnan!" Councilor Wu Xiong said.
This is the main purpose of inviting Xu Wei here. They all know that Xu Wei is the God of Wealth. If he can point out an industry that can be developed for them, Jiangnan Development will not have to worry about funding.
Just like the original Jizhou glass industry, even now it can provide Jizhou with more than ten yuan of funds every year. And it is with this money that Jizhou has become the top three richest states in the entire Daqian, and even the governor of Jizhou
** can also force the launch of his canal plan, which costs more than 10 billion! They will almost die of envy.
And now in Liaodong, the output of soybeans is getting higher and higher. The soybean industry alone can bring billions of income to Liaodong every year. The income is not as profitable as the glass industry, but the soybean industry can speed up the entire Liaodong.
After nearly 10 years of development, Liaodong, which was once a wilderness, has now become the richest area outside the Great Wall, and all this is because of the development path pointed out by the government!
Now the rulers say that Jiangnan is a good place. Although this place is full of wild beasts, there are countless swamps, and there are mosquitoes that cover the sky, but the rulers say that this is a good place, then there must be some good places discovered by the rulers. Now they
I just want the ruler to show them the way!
"You can't be biased. They are already extremely rich in the desert. It doesn't matter if they have more or less money. But in the wilderness of Jiangnan, it is difficult to survive!" Wu Xiong said
"Just tell us clearly, what industry should Jiangnan develop if it wants to develop?"
Xu Wei smiled and said: "I am not lying to you that Jiangnan is a good place, but this is really a treasure land, but it has not been developed yet. Do you know the tea in Yuzhou?"
A congressman hesitated and said: "I know one thing. It is said that herdsmen like drinking tea very much! It seems that it can be sold for billions of dollars a year!"
Xu Wei said with a smile: "The herdsmen in the desert eat less vegetables on the grassland, which can easily affect their health. So they want tea to compensate for what the body lacks. Ordinary people can also keep fit by drinking tea, so they have been drinking tea these years."
There are more and more people, and the sales of tea are increasing.
As for tea, there are actually more teas in Jiangnan, and the quality is better than in Yuzhou. However, the tea in Jiangnan has not been developed on a large scale. After you go back this time, you can find ways to attract investment in Jiangnan and develop the tea in the hills.
, and the tea leaves are grown in the hills and will not affect the cultivated land!"
The Jiangnan congressmen nodded one by one and said: "It turns out that the tea industry has great potential!"
Then Xu Wei continued: "There is also the silk industry. Didn't Liu Bei leave it in Jiangnan? There is a huge silk industry. As long as you continue to expand, this will be an industry worth more than 10 billion!"
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Although the silk industry now lacks the military as a big customer, the people's love for silk in Daqian has not diminished, especially as the people have become rich in recent years. In the past, silk was only used by landlord families, but now more and more people are using it. It is used by more and more working-class people. It can be said that the market for silk has been expanding!
Councilor Wei Yongdao: "We have been expanding the silk industry, but planting mulberry trees takes time. Silk production has not expanded very much in the past two years, and most of the money earned was invested by the governor in the development of Jiangnan. Otherwise, Our settlement will be even more difficult!"
In fact, apart from the allocation from the Daqian court, most of the expenses incurred by Yang Feng and his army in establishing the army were maintained by the silk industry left behind by Liu Bei.
The silk industry can be said to be the pillar industry in Jiangnan. When Yang Feng captured the entire Jingzhou, he issued a death order not to let the war affect the silk factory. After occupying Jingzhou, he immediately resumed the production of the silk industry. However, After all, the expansion of the silk industry is cyclical. You can't raise silkworms without enough mulberry trees.
Councilor Wu Lei even said to Xu Weida: "Without the support of the imperial court, just relying on the money earned from the silk industry to maintain the development of Jiangnan is a drop in the bucket! If we really want to develop Jiangnan, we need the continuous investment of the imperial court for decades. !”
"Furthermore, the government has not always talked about industrialization during these years. How come we have only engaged in some agricultural industries in Jiangnan, and not even a steel plant supports us? There are Mayi Steel Plant, Jinyang Steel Plant, and Yuyang Steel Plant in the north, but in the We in the south of the Yangtze River don’t have any steel plants. To purchase some farm tools and ironware, we have to transport it from Hebei. You are not partial to the government!"
Xu Weidao: "It's not that I'm biased, but there are no coal mines or iron mines in Jiangnan. Neither of these two raw materials are available. How can you develop the steel industry? Heavy industry investment is huge. It's not that you don't know. Instead, the investment in developing light industry is small." It has quick results and is suitable for today's Jiangnan. There is nothing wrong with setting up a cash crop industrial park. The investment is small, the profits are quick, and the efficiency is higher!"
Xu Wei continued: "Jiangnan can be developed. Cash crops such as cotton planting and sugarcane planting are very profitable. It can be said that the mild climate in Jiangnan determines that it is better to develop agriculture in Jiangnan than in the Central Plains and the North. ! If you want to develop, you must use your own strengths!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wu Lei smiled bitterly and said: "Government, we also know what you are talking about. Some have already started small-scale construction, but the imperial court's one-size-fits-all approach almost made these projects of ours useless. I'm dead! The imperial government is too strict, leaving us with no autonomy at all, but the imperial officials are thousands of miles away in the capital, how could they know about our situation in Jiangnan!"
Of course Xu Wei knew that this situation was wrong, but he still smiled bitterly and said: "But if I let you go, you will mess around! The debt accumulated by the court for decades is only about 50 billion, and now I have not let you go, but Without strict management, you have accumulated 100 billion in debt in two years. If you don't take care of this, I'm afraid the court will go bankrupt, and I, the ruler, don't even know.
Apart from anything else, although your Jiangnan development has achieved remarkable results, Jiangnan's debt has increased by 20 billion in two years. Do you have the ability to pay off these debts just with Jiangnan's fiscal revenue of more than one billion?"
They were embarrassed when Xu Wei said this. They had the most debts in Jiangnan and other places in Daqian.
Wei Yong thought for a while and said: "We mainly want to develop. We do bad things with good intentions. We don't mean to embarrass you in power."
"When you are in power, you need to find a way to limit local chaos without making the imperial government too strict!"
The country where Xu Weilai came from had stable prices for decades and had established a huge industrial system. Of course, it had its shortcomings. It was just that the management was too strict and there was no initiative. But when the economy was liberalized later, chaos arose. It can only be said that both modes have obvious advantages and disadvantages.
In the next few days, Xu Wei continued to meet with their respective MPs and listened to their local opinions. In fact, these opinions were put together, almost, not enough money was spent, and the two dynasties were too poor!
Wealthier prefectures and counties have more independent rights, but poorer prefectures and counties like Sili and Xiliang still want support from the court. They don't care about things that are too tight, but want the court to increase their control. Invest in them!
With the arrival of state legislators, governors from various states in Daqian also began to come to Jidu to report on their work and start running projects at the same time!
Xu Wei also put forward his own ideas at the high-level meeting: "Now the local governments think that the imperial government is too strict, but the imperial government's finances are sufficient, and the materials produced locally are also abundant, and you are swarming in." Launching projects will only overheat the economy and increase prices. Therefore, each state must have its own financial plan in the future. You must first formulate what you want to do in the next few years and how much it will cost. The imperial court has compiled statistics on these plans. According to the importance of the project, your state's fiscal revenue and the output of production materials will also determine the production plan and projects to be launched in the next year. In short, you must do what you can, and you cannot be like the first half of the year. The move has added an additional 100 billion in debt to the imperial court!"
"And in order to control the expansion of local debt, local governments will not allow borrowing in the future. If any of you dare to mess around, the court will find out and deal with it together! You must also formulate a plan to reduce debt. The debt you owe at the local level must be Eliminated in 10 years." After saying this, Xu Wei stared at these governors seriously.
The debt suddenly increased to more than 100 billion. Xu Wei was also dissatisfied with these governors, so he wanted to tighten their rights in this regard!
Sure enough, when Xu Wei said these words, many people looked ugly. The really wealthy states in Daqian now are the three states in Hebei that Xu Wei first occupied. Although the income of other states is much higher than that of the Han Dynasty, Compared with what they want to do, the money is still too little. If local development wants to rely on financial allocations, there is also the way they borrow. But now that Xu Wei has stopped their borrowing, they only need to rely on financial allocations. Come to build a place.
It seems that this time they are only dissatisfied with their behavior and want to strengthen the control of local government agencies.
However, Xu Wei was still the governor of each state and said: "At the same time, the imperial court also began to classify factories in various places. The huge factories that are important to large-scale cadres are imperial enterprises, while smaller ones can only radiate to local enterprises." Factories are controlled by state governments!"
Xu Wei's words made the governors of each state ecstatic. Each state can have its own factories, and they can control more funds. It will be more convenient to launch any projects! It will also be easier to achieve political achievements!
However, Xu Wei still made it clear to them in advance: "Whoever initiates the project will be responsible for managing these factories for you. It is not for you to mess around. The rights and responsibilities are consistent. If you get the rights, you must bear the responsibility. If there is a problem in these factories, it is It’s your responsibility!”
"If these factories do not develop well and lose money and go bankrupt, from now on you will just follow the plans laid out for you by the imperial court!"
The governors of each state said with confidence: "Don't worry when you are in power, we promise to develop these enterprises and we will not let you down!"
There are some factories that don't make money, like the Mayi Textile Factory. One factory makes more money than one of their states. If they had such a company under their rule, why would they need to think of ways to make money like this?
After the meeting, many governors were smiling. At least they got some of what they wanted!
Only Niu Gui shook his head and said: "They still don't understand the difficulties of running a business and factory. If they are not careful, they will not only fail to make money, but also lose money! Then they will know that the imperial court has actually been helping them to cover up!"
Niu Gui has always been among the top leaders of Daqian, and he knows better. Although all factories in Daqian are very profitable, there are actually many factories that are not profitable.
These factories have only been established for a few years, and the management skills are not very good, so the factory soon becomes lifeless. They rely on one product to maintain the operation of the factory, and the leaders of the factory do not talk about improving efficiency, but also try their best to stuff people into the factory. As a result There were too many workers, and there were too many idlers. Not only did they eat up the profits of the factories, they even had to be subsidized by the court!
There are also some factories. Although their management has done nothing wrong and is careful to control costs, their products are just not popular in the market and cannot be sold.
Every time he encountered such a factory, Xu Wei would make up his mind to bankrupt these factories and divert workers. The management of those factories also lost their rights and became ordinary workers.
Over the past ten years or so, there have been many bankrupt factories like the Daqian Imperial Court. The cumulative number of bankrupt factories is even more than the number of surviving factories in Daqian today. Only the surviving companies will become bigger and stronger.
So Niu Gui knows that behind a large and strong factory is a large number of factories that have collapsed, and opening a factory is not a guaranteed profit.
The imperial court controls the control of materials, has the most complete talent reserve, and has huge funds to support factories. Even so, a number of companies will fail every year, and local governments cannot compare with the imperial court.
Xu Wei said: "Let them see their own weight clearly, so that they will not always think that the court is restricting their talents! Now everyone relies on their own abilities. If you do well, you will earn more.
If the difference is too small, we will go bankrupt, and in this way we can select truly capable people."