All the chieftains had different expressions.
Some people were excited and eager to try, while others looked worried and had complicated expressions.
Once this happens, it will undoubtedly dispel the concerns of those businessmen.
This is definitely good news for everyone in the Southwest.
However, this also means that if you do not join this business bill, you will definitely be abandoned by businessmen, and the Southwest Development will have nothing to do with them.
This is obviously something they are unwilling to accept.
Of course, more toasts happily accepted it.
Just commercial enforcement powers.
Moreover, what the great genius said was reasonable and for the benefit of everyone, so that businessmen could be assured that they could invest with confidence.
For them, a mere commercial law enforcement power is not that important at all.
Real benefits are fundamental.
"Mr. Lin, when will the Commercial Act be implemented?"
You Toushi couldn't bear it any longer.
After all, they couldn't wait to see Banshu and Shuixi reap the benefits without even taking a sip of the soup.
Lin Bai smiled and said: "Come on! The bill has almost been drafted and will be officially announced in a few days."
The great talent saw everyone's reactions.
There is not much resistance.
In fact, it’s not surprising that people in this era don’t take business so seriously.
For them, having military power in their hands is the most important, and as for commercial law enforcement power, it seems insignificant.
But this is obviously not the case. Business involves all aspects.
Start here, it’s easy.
"In addition, there is one more thing I want to announce to everyone."
Lin Bai continued, "Aren't you saying that I am unfair and favoring one over the other? Then I will give you another chance. The imperial court has decided to promote a big plan in the southwest."
Everyone was obviously interested when they heard this, and their eyes lit up.
"The plan is very simple. The current road surface in the southwest is too bad and full of potholes. Once it rains, it will be even harder to walk. How can those businessmen come to invest under such conditions? How to invest?"
"If I don't talk about anything else, let's just say that the canned fruits transported from Shuixi this time lost a lot due to the bumpy journey."
"There is a saying that if you want to be rich, build roads first."
"Only a good business environment and infrastructure can attract more businessmen."
"So the imperial court decided to implement the state-level highway plan in the southwest. Have you seen the cement pavement in the new city? The state-level highway plan is to connect all the southwest states with such cement pavement."
What?
All the chieftains' eyes lit up.
The Southwest is so big that all states must be paved with cement pavements like this?
Simply!
They had visited the new city and were all excited when they saw the buildings and roads in the new city. They never thought that the imperial court would implement such a plan. How could they not be excited?
Even Luo Xingchen's pupils couldn't help but brighten.
Lin Bai observed the words and continued: "This is an extremely huge project, even greater than the construction of a new city. Once the construction is completed, it will be the first province in Dali to have a state-level highway. Kyoto and Jiangnan are far inferior."
"This will be a miracle that belongs to the Southwest and the pride of the Southwest."
The chieftains were all bewitched, and all of them looked a little excited.
Just kidding, this is better than Kyoto and Jiangnan.
"but……"
Lin Bai continued: "Because this is a huge project, it is impossible for the court to invest so much money at once. The original plan was to build the highway from Bozhou to Guiling first, one by one..."
"Sir, this is not okay. All good things cannot belong to Banzhou and Guiling!"
"that is!"
"..."
All the chieftains disagreed.
The corners of Yang Shaoying's eyes twitched. She wanted to say something, but she held it back in the end so as not to cause trouble to her nephew.
Anyway, my nephew will definitely not let Banzhou suffer.
My nephew is very protective, and he has discovered it.
"Everyone!"
Lin Bai said, "I also know that everyone is unbalanced, but the commerce in these two areas is more developed. There is nothing we can do about it."
“However, I can make my own decision, regardless of each other, all states will start at the same time.”
"But the imperial court's investment will be dispersed to the states. The rest depends on your own strength."
What!
These people were not happy when they heard that they had to pay for it themselves.
There was a lot of noise.
Lin Bai was not in a hurry and let them quarrel for a while before saying: "Dear clan leaders, you seem to have forgotten one thing. What you want to build is your own territory. You are the chieftains. The imperial court can bear part of such a large southwest." It’s already the limit.”
"If you don't get a cent from your own territory, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Just like Banshu and Shuixi, they invested a lot of money to create the new city and Mrs. Xiang."
"And this is all for attracting investment, especially for those states without docks. If your goods want to go to Jiangnan, you must open the road to Guiling or Bozhou, otherwise there will be no competitiveness."
"Building roads is a pioneering undertaking that benefits the people."
"..."
"Mr. Lin, we understand the reason, and we also know that you are doing it for everyone's good, but our lives are already very tight and we can't afford the money at all."
"Yes! And the cost of cement pavement must be extremely high."
Many toasts agreed.
In fact, the main reason is that they have no understanding of cement pavement, but they just feel that it must be very expensive.
After all, it's so flat and hard.
But in fact, it is not that exaggerated at all. The cost of construction in later generations was high because labor was expensive, but in this era, there were corvees. These people in front of me were all chieftains. It was not a word to ask their tribesmen to work.
Of course, a great talent would not say that.
In his opinion, the cost of constructing those cement pavements is naturally extremely expensive.
Otherwise, where would the imperial court’s investment come from?
Naturally, subsidies are subsidized into these cement materials.
"You always have money if you want to find a way. The court will help you subsidize more than half of the cement materials. For the other part, you can call on the squires and wealthy people in the clan to donate, and build an archway or something on the roadside, and write their names on it. Squires all have good reputations..."
"You can also attract investment. Whoever invests how much can get the mining rights of the mine for how long, and so on."
"In addition, I will also apply to the court to reduce your taxes for three years."
The talented man was very generous and directly reduced taxes for three years. In fact, the taxes in the southwest were not collected at all, and instead they had to ask the court for subsidies.
Of course, although the imperial court did not receive taxes, the common people paid no less taxes.
They all went into Toast's pocket.
These guys appear to be poor, but in fact they are all extremely rich.
This time they must bleed profusely.
"Okay, there is no need to rush to answer this matter. The official will officially announce it in two days. You can take advantage of these two days to think about it carefully."
"As I said before, I will give you the opportunity, but you have to seize it yourself."
"Whether you can catch it this time depends on you."
Lin Bai smiled pretending to be mysterious.
Seeing this, all the chieftains couldn't help but wonder, could this road project have great benefits?
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