On Hebei East Road, the engineering camp built a cement factory aggressively and recruited a group of apprentice workers.
This process is very simple and can be operated with a little training. The main thing is the weight configuration of clay and lime.
Yang Lin gathered a group of people who were skilled in technology around the new city and sent them to Bianliang to prepare a detailed strategy and distribute it to all provinces.
"As long as the demand is strong enough, technology innovation will occur," Yang Lin couldn't help but sigh.
The territory of Daxia doubled, and they wanted to build cities and consolidate them, which led to the creation of engineering camps. Stimulated by a large number of projects, ordinary soil was not enough, so cement came into being.
Yang Lin directly ordered Bai Shizhong to come to Xincheng to prepare for the next move.
Ten days later, Bai Shizhong came to Xincheng with the two prime ministers Song Jiang and Fan Zongyin of Mingtang, as well as the ministers of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Hubu.
In the beautiful mountain stream camp, I met the king of a country. He had just left Bianliang for more than a month. The official's expression was better than before, and it seemed that he was doing well.
Bai Shizhong stepped forward to salute, and Yang Lin smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work in letting you come."
"Eating the emperor's salary and sharing the emperor's worries are matters that are within the scope of the ministers' duties, so there is no need to talk about hard work."
Yang Lin nodded and said: "I have rushed you here this time because I have important matters to discuss. How much was the total tax paid to the treasury last year?"
Bai Shizhong took this into consideration and said without hesitation: "Three hundred and sixty-five million strings."
Yang Lin nodded secretly and thought to himself, when Zhao Ji was in charge, the maximum amount could be 130 million yuan a year.
This has already broken the record. The Song Dynasty was indeed unique in its finance.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty in later generations never reached this number, only less than half.
And since he has opened up so many trade routes, it is not surprising that taxes will double.
Fan Zongyin looked at the officials squinting and nodding, and thought for a while, wouldn't he have to spend a lot of money again?
He hurried out of the queue, bent down and clasped his fists and said: "Officials, last year's taxes were indeed 300 million, but the expenses were also huge. Because of the border war, more than 200 million were spent, as well as various cultural and educational, housing, and labor expenses.
Pensions...the total expenditure was no less than 300 million. The taxes collected were not enough, and the shortfall was made up entirely by issuing bonds to Xiulou."
"But to make up for the shortfall, after all, you owe money to others. How unbecoming is it that the imperial court owes money to the people."
Yang Lin listened and shook his head, disapprovingly, and said: "That's what bonds are for. If the people don't trust the court, no one will rush to buy them. This time I am going to build roads!"
When the officials below heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and wondered how much money could be spent on road construction.
Yang Lin smiled and said: "The whole of Daxia, we are building roads and cement roads together!"
Bai Shizhong and Fan Zongyin looked at each other and saw the sadness in each other's eyes. It was over... They worked hard to save some money and prepared to redeem the bonds. This time it was all over.
Wouldn't it take a lot of talent to completely stop paving roads?
It is inevitable to spend money on war, but is it really necessary to build roads?
Yang Lin saw that they were frightened and said quickly: "Don't worry, the road is walked step by step, and the same goes for road construction. Let's build a few busy commercial roads with many pedestrians first. As for the budget expenditure, we will continue to pay.
The bond is fine."
Take it from the people and use it for the people, and then the people will feed the court through the convenience brought by the roads.
Yang Lin took such big steps that he frightened his entire team of prime ministers. Only one person was very calm.
Song Jiang Nianxu said: "What the officials said makes sense. Road construction is a major event that benefits the present and future generations. However, before building the road, Wei Chen believes that there is one more thing that must be done as soon as possible.
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"Gongming is deeply in my heart, please tell me what's going on." Yang Lin said approvingly.
"Suppress the bandits!" Song Jiang Zhenyi said: "In the previous Song Dynasty, bandits were rampant. As far as I know, there are countless powerful bandits in Shandong. These people are just for trouble. They love to rob passing merchants and never leave.
This harm will inevitably lead to trouble during road construction."
"Nowadays, the governors of each province are in charge of the military power, and the soldiers and horses under their control are all engaged in military affairs and have nothing else to do. It would be better to give orders to exterminate the stubborn thieves in each province to ensure that the people are safe when traveling."
Yang Lin's expression was a little strange, he lowered his head and muttered a few words, and said: "Song Gongming is absolutely right, you must be very familiar with the bandit suppression, so you are the best candidate. You will be in charge of this nationwide bandit suppression, and you will be the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army.
The government will cooperate with you in taking charge of the suppression of bandits in Daxia."
"When necessary, Gongming can leave Beijing and go to several provinces with serious banditry problems to personally supervise the plan to suppress bandits. From mountain bandits to rogue bandits, they will all be dealt with strictly!"
Song Jiang Jishou said: "I will live up to the trust of the officials, plow the courtyard and sweep the holes, and wipe out the thieves!"
What the Song Dynasty left to Yang Lin, apart from the rich and prosperous Bianliang, was actually that the local area had only just got rid of abject poverty.
When Zhao Ji was in power, there were countless thieves among the people who occupied the mountains and forests, gathered to proclaim themselves kings, robbed merchants, and broke into counties and counties at every turn, killing and injuring indiscriminately.
These people are cruel and brutal, and they are a disaster to the people.
In the storybook, there are many righteous men and heroes, but this is pure fabrication.
In fact, mountain bandits are mountain bandits. Their ruthlessness and cruelty, their dehumanization, robbing homes and killing entire families at every turn, are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Apart from corrupt officials, there is nothing more harmful to the people than this.
Song Jiang took command and suppressed bandits across the country, and Yang Lin knew what he was doing.
Song Gongming was better than a man who knew himself and his enemy. As an official in the small county of Yuncheng, he must have come into contact with many thieves.
"I have made up my mind about road construction, and there is no need to discuss it further. After you return to Beijing, you will come up with a practical plan. I have an idea that you can also refer to, that is, first choose Bianliang to Daming
A section of the government building will be paved with an official road leading out."
Yang Lin Qiangang was arbitrary and did not give his ministers a chance to object. His prestige was there, and neither Fan Zongyin nor Bai Shizhong dared to object once he said a word.
This will be a big project no less than the reclamation of wasteland in Liaodong. Perhaps Yang Lin has done too many things in these years.
When the treasury is empty and there is not enough money, bonds are issued.
This method was not accepted by the mediocre civil servants, but Yang Lin knew it well.
Only when the infrastructure is in place can we go a step further and take Daxia to the next level.
Otherwise, it will just be a simple repetition of the past dynasty and another cycle of dynasty change.
In today's past dynasties, there has never been anything like Qin Shihuang's great achievements, and no emperor has brought about another qualitative change in Chinese civilization.
No matter how mature the old rules are, they must be broken. The Doctrine of the Mean and Yang Xue are simply incompatible!
Yang Xue has always been about forging ahead, pioneering and innovating.
At this time, I gritted my teeth and laid a good foundation. When I take off in a few years, I will be even more contented.