Chapter 613: If you want to be rich, build roads first
"It's okay." Ying Zheng smiled, "We have plenty of time today, let's talk while we eat. Have you had the hot pot?"
"I've eaten," Gan Mao said.
"Great, today we will have hot pot and introduce two people to you at the same time." Ying Zheng said.
Then he pointed at Qin An Guiguzi and said: "He is the current Guiguzi, and his ancestor is Guiguzi, the founder of the Guiguzi sect.
And this is Huangshi Gong, whose ancestor is known as Huangshi Old Man, who passed on "Tai Gong's Art of War" to Zhang Liang. "
Gan Mao and Bai Siqi were immediately in awe. Although they were old and the head of one of the three major families in Qin, their status was not enough in front of Guiguzi and Old Man Huangshi.
Especially Gui Guzi, he is the founder of the Zongheng sect, and Gan Mao studied in the Zongheng sect. In this way, Guiguzi is still the leader of Gan Mao, and can even be called the master.
Because no one knows how many years Gui Guzi has lived, and whether the current Gui Guzi is the Gui Guzi they think.
"I've seen Mr. Gui Gu and I've seen Mr. Huang Shi." Gan Mao and Bai Siqi saluted the two of them at the same time.
Guiguzi said: "No need to be polite, we may be colleagues in the future."
Gan Mao and Bai Siqi were shocked at the same time. Guiguzi and Old Man Huangshi came out of the mountain at the same time, so the other three must have come out too.
But only two people came, and no one else came. Could it be that the other three were already in the court?
Ying Zheng said: "Everyone, sit down. Qin An is preparing the ingredients. Now tell me what you have learned. Lao Gan, you go first."
"No." Gan Mao said, "Actually, I found that the village is richer than Xianyang City. If Xianyang wasn't bigger and had more people, it couldn't be compared with the village.
So I went to look for the reason.
First of all, I started to inquire about my husband who had just arrived in the village, and then he told me that to develop the village now, we need to build roads first, then develop agriculture, and then commerce.
Then, in order to allow the villagers to eat meat, breeding farms were built, etc. During this period, the village chief only provided basic help, and the villagers did everything else themselves.
And I once heard villagers say that if you want to be rich, build roads first.
That’s why my husband invented cement, which not only built roads and houses for the villagers, but also gave them work.
Unlike the imperial court, which used labor force, the common people not only built roads for free for the imperial court, but also had to provide three meals a day themselves.
The husband asked the villagers to work and not only gave them three meals a day, but also paid them wages. This seemed like a loss to the village, but little did they know that this was the master's brilliant move.
When the villagers have money, they will buy goods, and the shops will have business. When the shops have business, the workshops will produce goods, and the workshops will need to recruit workers to produce goods. This is a cycle.
And in this cycle, the village only does one thing, which is to collect taxes. Different taxes are collected according to different incomes. Some people have very low incomes, so they collect less or even no taxes.
Some people are very high, so they have to charge more, up to 30% of their income.
A tax of thirty taels will be charged for one hundred taels.
So I think the court can reduce the labor service, or if it does not require labor service, it can directly offset the labor service in the future. "
"How can we use money to offset labor?" Ying Zheng asked curiously.
Guiguzi and Huangshi also stared at Gan Mao curiously. They hoped that Gan Mao could say more, because it was unheard of to use money to offset labor, let alone cancel labor. Since ancient times, it has been a matter of course to let people work.
Gan Mao said: "Village chief, the villagers in the village have at least three guan of wages per month, and the rich ones even get ten, 20, or 30 guan.
Once they join the labor force, it will take at least three months. They will suffer heavy losses in these three months. Some of them will have nine guan of money. No, nine guan of money is just wages. They will also have to eat, and these are all at their own expense.
But the imperial court suffered even greater losses. Once the people participated in labor, there would be no one to work in the workshops, and if there were no people to work, there would be no production.
There will be goods, but without goods there will be no goods for sale.
Even if they have inventory, all the people who can spend money have gone to work, and they don't have the money to buy expensive goods.
Finally, the court has no tax revenue, which means the treasury will have no money.
What's more important is that people participating in labor may have accidents or injuries, which still belongs to the majority of people.
For this reason, I propose to abolish labor service and turn it into cash. People who do not want to participate in labor service should be given different labor fees according to their income.
For example, the minimum is two passes and the maximum is five passes. I believe everyone can afford it. If not, it can only be said that the place is very poor. Since it is very poor, the court must work hard to make that place rich.
I believe that once the preferential policies of the imperial court come out, and a few capable officials and businessmen are sent there, I believe it will not take long for them to become rich. "
"What if you don't get rich?" Guiguzi suddenly said.
Gan Mao immediately explained: "If they really can't get rich, then the following situations will occur. The first is that the road is blocked. It takes too much time for them to travel to and from the city. It may take several days and nights, or even longer.
And merchants could not use horse-drawn carriages to enter their place, and unless there was gold there, it would be difficult for merchants to go.
Secondly, officials and businessmen are incompetent and have no way to solve people's problems. "
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "I understand, no wonder you said that if you want to be rich, you must build roads first. Only when the roads are open can businessmen go to their places."
Fortunately, I have already started to build the road, but you are right about one thing, you cannot use labor force, because using labor force will only delay the development of the court.
But if there is no need for labor, then who should use it? "
"Pay people to hire people." Gan Mao replied, "Sir, he once said that some state-owned enterprises are responsible for transportation, and this road is one of them.
Therefore, the imperial court could directly establish a state-owned enterprise specializing in transportation operations. At the same time, cement workshops are developed.
This cement workshop can be opened everywhere in Daqin, not only in Xianyang City, but also in other places.
As long as the brand is unified, it will be fine. For example, although there is a Royal Hotel in the village, it does not prevent other cities from opening a Royal Hotel.
Let the hotel in the village become a branch of the hotel in other parts of the headquarters. This branch can be opened by yourself, or others can join. This franchise requires a fee, and the specific amount depends on the value of the hotel and annual income.
According to what Mr. Wang said, the annual franchise fee would be 100,000 yuan, and this is not set in stone.
If Xianyang City may need 200,000 guan, or 300,000 guan, in a few years, when the country becomes rich, it will be more than a million guan.
A detailed analysis of the specific situation is what Mr. "
