When they met with Marshal Zhang before, they just thought that a one-tenth tax rate would be very good, but they didn't expect that it would now be a one-twentieth tax rate.
There are now many border crossings between the two provinces. Although they both charge a one-tenth tax rate, when transporting goods from the three southwestern provinces to the seaside of the southeastern province, you have to pay five taxes in the middle, which is one-half of the tax rate.
The tax rate is such that you still make a shitty amount of money.
In addition, there are also food and transportation requirements from officials along the way. Things that cost 50 yuan are often 150 yuan by the time they are transported to the seaside. Therefore, various materials from the three southwest provinces do not have any advantages.
Businessmen would rather buy from other provinces or from abroad than buy things from the three southwestern provinces because the cost is too high.
After Gao Shaoyi arrived, he made a good analysis. If the border between the two provinces was opened, it would be beneficial to the development of both provinces, and the flow of materials would be a good thing for both parties. For example, in the case of Nandong Province
These merchants in China can obviously buy from people in neighboring provinces, so why do they choose to go far away?
If the normal tax rate of one-twentieth is adopted, the cost of various commodities in Nandong Province will also drop significantly, and under certain circumstances, it will be able to compete with foreign commodities. For the people of the two provinces,
It was also a win-win situation, but Marshal Zhang and General Long destroyed such a good situation abruptly in order to compete for control of the south.
Gao Shaoyi knew very well that the economic foundation determines the superstructure, and also determines the direction of people's hearts. Those food supplies can win over a certain number of people's hearts, but if the barriers are opened, they can win over all the people's hearts in the three southwestern provinces.
They can sell their goods according to this policy, and their living standards can also rise. Moreover, they also know that this policy was promulgated by Qin Guogong. If General Long and Gao Shaoyi confront each other in the future, these people will hesitate in their hearts.
"This is really great. If this is the case, it can increase our income by millions of silver coins every year. We don't have to live so hard. Our people can also be full of energy. They worked hard in the past.
It's so hard to get the raw materials, but there is no sales channel, which really hurts their hearts."
"Who says it's not? Our government office building is about to collapse. If we have money this time, we have to renovate our government office building first. Besides, there aren't that many homeless people on the street, so we don't need it.
With so many security personnel, we can save a lot of money."
The officials around General Long had already begun to discuss, and General Long heard all these words. He did not blame these people below. The three southwestern provinces have been too miserable over the years, although they still have Gaul behind them.
People from the empire, but are those foreigners easy to meet? It’s good that they don’t take money from you. Even if they give you a certain amount of economic and military support, they have to take ten times the profit.
"Does the general agree with the Duke's policy?"
After waiting for a full five minutes, Zhang Yuncheng had to let everyone digest this policy before he could speak. If you haven't understood it yet, I asked this rashly. You don't know what it means.
embodied value.
What a trick to win people's hearts!
General Long smiled bitterly. Although Gao Shaoyi is a public servant, he always has a certain strategy. If such a person fails, he will really be sorry for his brain. On the surface, he has given the three southwestern provinces a huge blow.
Of course, this was a practical benefit, but it actually created a gap between General Long and the people in the three southwestern provinces.
It may not be obvious in a short period of time, but when these people benefit from this policy and make money, they will be grateful to Gao Shaoyi. At that time, some people will even build a shrine for Gao Shaoyi. The next time there is a conflict,
General Long didn't know how many people would stand by his side.
"Thank you, Mr. Guo!"
After General Long said this, he immediately got on his horse and walked back. He could no longer suppress his anger. It was clearly Gao Shaoyi who was plotting against him, but everything could not allow him to say no. If
If he says this out loud, then he will be the main culprit hindering the development of the three southwestern provinces.
Maybe the people don't dare to rebel now, but after today's incident spreads, there will be fewer knowledgeable people around him. After a while, if there is greater turmoil in the three southwestern provinces, they will rise up.
There are more people, because General Long is not worthy of their loyalty. There was an opportunity to make them rich before, but it was destroyed by General Long. Will they still be loyal to General Long?
The other people all had smiles on their faces. Although they didn't know what General Long meant, they had to follow General Long back quickly.
What's going on? Someone must stay and arrange things for us.
We had a good conversation just now, but now they all ran away, and Zhang Yuncheng didn't know what to do.
Just when Zhang Yuncheng was wondering, several more cavalrymen came back from the front. The leader was General Long's eldest son Long Jintu. Although General Long was very angry just now, he did not forget the main thing, so when he went back
He asked his eldest son to come over and take over.
"Seventy kilometers to the northwest is our first disaster-stricken county. Now there is no food in the entire county. Just transport the first batch of food to them. I have ordered my men to help you with your cars.
The bridge is being built and the road is being built, I will lead the way for you, and my people will ensure your safety."
Long Jintu looked at these cars with some curiosity. Although there were cars in the three southwestern provinces, most of them were small cars. There were very few trucks like this. Moreover, he found that the trucks of the Suppression Army were larger than those of the Gauls.
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"If Master Long likes it, I can give you a few of these trucks when they come back, but you have to have enough drivers, otherwise if they drive into the river, it will cost you your life."
Zhang Yuncheng also noticed that this kid liked driving very much. When he said this, he suddenly remembered how Luo Yuzhang deceived him back then. Wasn't he also so interested in the internal affairs of the Suppression Army? Later, he
Having become a member of the suppressing army, is this kid also going to follow this path?