Chapter 273: Spend money to make money
Ying Zheng took Qin An to the outside of the village. This was the place where the village had just been expanded, and it was also where Qin An first met Ying Zheng.
When Qin An saw the crowd of more than 5,000 people, he said, "If it weren't for the clothes they were wearing, I would have thought they were in the outside world."
"Sir, what do you mean by this?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Because there are so many people at any shopping mall event in the outside world, no, there are more people than here." Qin An explained.
"I see."
Ying Zheng and others suddenly realized that the population of 1.4 billion would definitely be very large.
Afterwards, Qin An began to arrange and register everyone. Due to the increase in the number of people and for the convenience of management, Qin An established the village household registration archives office.
Everyone in the village, large and small, was registered.
Because there were not many literate people in the village, and the students in the school were just studying, it was of no use. In the end, this task was handed over to the four masters and apprentices of Qin An.
The registration took only three days, and Qin An also arranged accommodation for everyone.
Because time is tight and the house is not enough, I live in a tent for the time being.
After everyone was arranged, Qin An began to explain the rules of the village to everyone, which he summarized in four words: stay safe and behave yourself.
In addition, the village implements the model of no work, nothing, little work, little gain, no hard work, nothing.
Everyone, except children and the elderly who have no labor force, has to work.
There is an urgent shortage of jobs in the village right now, so we are not worried about anyone being left without a job.
Due to the increase in population, the commercial street in the village officially appeared. The commercial street is right next to the residential area.
The commercial street sells food, clothing, supplies and all daily necessities.
Because everyone had no money at the beginning, the village gave everyone one gold, which was regular money, and one thousand copper coins.
People in the village always use Yijin to address them, and Qin An is used to it.
One gold per person is only more than five thousand gold, and if converted into silver, it is only more than five thousand taels.
"Sir, why do you want to give them money? Isn't this something for nothing?" Ying Zheng asked curiously.
Qin An smiled and said: "Village chief, if you ask people to come, you must be responsible for eating and drinking."
"Then there's no need to give them money. Just give them enough food." Ying Zheng said.
Li Si nodded and said: "The village chief is right. As long as you give them food for a month and let them find a job, they can buy food by themselves starting next month."
Feng Quji and others nodded, as it should be.
Qin An shook his head and said, "That's okay, but it only solves their food and clothing problem, but it doesn't solve the village's income and future prosperity."
"Please make it clear, sir." Ying Zheng said.
He was very curious about Qin An's words.
Qin An replied: "May I ask the village chief, the villagers who woke up now have nothing but one gold. In order to survive, what will they do with the money?"
Ying Zheng said without thinking, "Of course it's to buy food."
"They also have to live, don't you think so, sir?" Li Si also said.
Qin An smiled and said, "Yes, buy food. In addition to buying food, they also buy other daily necessities, such as spatulas, salt, etc."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, but so what?"
Qin An smiled and said: "Village Chief, after they spend the money, will the shops in the village make profits? After making profits, will the village be able to collect taxes? With taxes, will the village have money?" Already?
If the village has money, in addition to giving salaries to officials, the extra money will be used to build bridges and pave roads for you.
In fact, if a village wants to make money, the most important thing is consumption. Consumption will stimulate major workshops to produce things.
The major workshops produced things and sold them to make money. When they made money, the court could tax them.
Then they spend money to hire those villagers to work. When the villagers have money again, they spend it again, and the cycle repeats.
The merchants will make more and more money, and the village will pay more and more taxes, and then the village can use the money to do more things.
Village chief, Lao Li, Lao Feng, do you understand? "
Ying Zheng and others looked thoughtful, as if they understood, but also seemed not to understand.
Li Si said: "What you mean, sir, is not to let the villagers have money. If you have money, you should spend it."
"That's about it." Qin An said with a smile. Suddenly his expression changed and he said quickly, "Everyone, what are you thinking about? Don't think wildly. It is the freedom of the villagers to spend money or not. Don't force it. If they spend money, something will happen.”
Ying Zheng said suspiciously: "What will happen? Didn't Mr. just say that spending money is actually good for the village?"
"That's good, but it depends on the freedom of the villagers. If the villagers are forced to spend money, it will only cause the market to collapse. The villagers will not be able to get the money when they really need it. Wouldn't that lead to a tragedy?"
Everyone couldn't help but nodded. They felt that what Qin An said made sense, so they gave up the ridiculous idea that just appeared in their minds.
"Sir, what if you give them money and they just buy some things they need and hide all the other money?" Li Si asked.
"It depends on guidance, guiding everyone to spend money and spend money voluntarily." Qin An said with a smile.
"Guide?" Li Si asked curiously, "How to guide?"
"We will know this tomorrow. Let everyone eat, drink and have a good rest today. If you want to eat from tomorrow, you have to buy something. Anyway, the money has been given to them, and it is their business to spend it how they want to spend it." Qin An He said in a mysterious manner.
"Haha..." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "Since sir, you want to get away with it, I might as well wait for a day."
"No." Li Si and others responded.
Then everyone went back to rest separately. Qin An had not had a good rest in the past three days, so everyone did not disturb Qin An much.
After Ying Zheng and the others returned to the restaurant, they asked Li Si, Feng Quji and Meng Yi to enter their room to discuss important matters.
"Three dear friends, do you understand what you said?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Your Majesty." Meng Yi was the first to answer, "Wei Chen thinks this matter makes sense. Today in Da Qin, there are many rich people, but rich people rarely spend money, so the imperial court's commercial taxes have always been very small, so the whole country Eighty percent of the tax revenue is agricultural tax."
"Then what caused this situation?" Ying Zheng asked.
"The status of businessmen is low, there are very few people doing business, and there are many workshops that do not require too many workers, unlike Mr.'s workshop, where each workshop requires so many people.
I heard that my husband’s textile workshop needs thousands of workers, and his clothing workshop also needs thousands of workers. When it gets bigger, it may even require tens of thousands of workers.
In this way, people will have money in their hands, and they can spend money only when they have money. "Meng Yi replied.
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