When the output value of a new oil industry has exceeded the total export volume, it is also a good proof that Datang's domestic market capacity is very large.
Similarly, this has led to Datang's enterprises being far more dependent on the local market than overseas markets.
Because from the beginning to the end, Datang's economic system was a domestic demand-oriented economy rather than an export-oriented economy. In fact, Datang had almost no dependence on the outside world.
Although the Industrial Revolution has occurred in the Tang Dynasty today, it is still the same self-sufficient economic system as before to some extent.
It's just that the former small-scale farmer self-sufficiency economic system covered a very small area, while today's industrial and commercial economic system covers a wider area, even the entire local and even global markets.
But even if it was enlarged so many times, Datang's economic system was still a self-sufficient economic system.
The huge mainland and many overseas territories have brought not only a huge population and consumer market, but also almost all agricultural products and industrial raw materials.
Basically, whatever you want nowadays, you can find it in the Tang Empire's mainland and overseas territories, and the output is not small.
For example, the Tang Dynasty had no shortage of the most important resources in modern industry, namely coal, steel, rubber, petroleum and other industrial raw materials.
Not to mention agricultural products. Several overseas territories of Datang are basically intensive grain-producing areas. The South African plains, several places in Southeast Asia, and North America are all grain-producing areas.
Relatively speaking, this kind of economic system is healthier and stronger than the foreign trade economy, and even brings more tax revenue.
The source of taxation is not only production, but also consumption.
This is also the reason why the Tang Empire’s fiscal revenue was so high.
Similarly, this is also the reason why Datang’s financial expenditures are equally high.
Because funds are mobile, when social wealth is concentrated in the hands of the government through taxation, it must be spent, whether it is through the salaries of military and government employees, various official procurements, or infrastructure construction, in general
, in fact, the amount of tax revenue collected by the government every year will inevitably lead to the amount of funds spent.
Only in this way can a complete economic cycle be formed.
In the thirty-sixth year of Xuanping's reign, the fiscal revenue budget reached 340 million Tang Yuan. Such a lot of money would always have to be spent, and in the process of spending this money, it could also drive economic development.
For example, when military and political officials receive their salaries, they will consume, which forms a consumer market.
Ordnance procurement and infrastructure construction mostly have the same effect.
From such a huge financial expenditure, Li Xuan can squeeze out tens of millions by squeezing here and there, and then use it in other directions. If it is several million, there is no need to make special adjustments, just do it casually.
You can make millions in one go.
There is no way, Datang has a lot of money and is willful!
The navy can buy more than two million ships one after another.
In order to compete with the Navy for supremacy, the Army also built hundreds of thousands of train guns one after another.
However, who are going to hit these giant cannons of over 200 mm or even 300 mm?
There is no need for these gadgets to defeat the natives. The battleship of more than 10,000 tons is now an oversized mascot. Its biggest role is to arrange it to be displayed in coastal port cities everywhere to show off the power of the navy.
The same is true for the train gun. Such a big thing is of no use at all. It can't even reach the front line. As for fighting the enemy and getting rid of it, there is no such a powerful enemy on land that is worthy of the Tang Army's effort to spend two hundred people.
Even a 300mm train gun,
It’s almost as good as fighting the navy!
Well, in fact, the navy and the army are really guarding against each other as potential enemies!
Many things are actually the result of competition between the army and navy.
Therefore, you can also see from this that even though various departments in Datang complain about poverty every year, Datang is actually not short of money.
To build the Southwest Railway, to build the Sichuan Railway, and to develop the economy in the southwest and other provinces with relatively poor economies, this investment is naturally indispensable. However, for an imperial country like the Tang Dynasty, what is really going on?
Very easy.
Li Xuan gave the order and the entire empire took action!
First of all, it is the central mouthpiece of the Tang Dynasty, the Datang Chaobao, which has always represented the political correctness of the Tang Dynasty. In the latest issues of the Datang Chaobao, it frequently and intensively reports on the development of the economically backward southwest and inland provinces, etc.
Today, the Eternal Saint King and Saint Emperor Li Xuan held a meeting and asked about the transportation construction issues in an inland province.
Tomorrow it will be said that a certain department will respond to the call of the Holy Emperor and prepare to introduce some kind of targeted policy for a certain economically backward area.
Then there was a report on the corresponding official call of a certain company, exerting its sense of social responsibility, preparing to make large-scale investment in a certain place, providing employment and tax revenue for the development of a certain place, etc.
Next, there are government agencies such as the state government of a certain wealthy province. The officials in charge also announced in a high-profile manner that they have reached a mutually beneficial cooperation agreement with a certain economically backward area and are preparing to guide companies to invest in such and such a place.
, or simply provide financial support and help build schools, various infrastructure, etc.
In particular, the Shanghai Special County of Songjiang Prefecture, which is extremely rich, has reached agreements with many places, providing some local financial assistance, guiding enterprises to move in, etc.
After such a series of operations, the southwest and inland provinces saw the hope of getting rid of poverty and becoming rich almost overnight!
With support from all parties, Guangxi was the first to take action. They announced in a high profile that they had reached an agreement with Datang Railway Corporation and other parties to build a railway extending north from Lianzhou, Guangdong, into Nanning, Guiping, and north to Liuzhou.
The line will continue to extend northward into Guizhou and finally reach Guiyang.
Once the railway is completed, it will become the first long-distance railway line in Guangxi Province, opening up new inbound and outbound transportation channels.
In the past, transportation in Guangxi mainly relied on the Xijiang River in the Pearl River Basin to contact Guangdong.
In the past, the provincial capital of Guangxi was still Guilin, but later, in order to better develop Guangxi and also considering transportation problems, it was moved south to Guiping.
This is mainly because Guiping is located in the middle of several small plains in Guangxi. Its terrain is suitable for large-scale development and reclamation. The provincial government can bring a large number of population migration and development. At the same time, it also takes into account the transportation convenience brought by the Xijiang River and the ability to pass through
Xijiang directly contacts the Pearl River Delta to obtain better industrial and commercial investment.