Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 446 Chapter 446 What a big pit
Roger continued to ask curiously: "The population has dropped sharply, how do they explain to the higher-ups?"

"Judging from the books, the population has not decreased sharply! Because the tax has not changed!" Tang Mo spread his hands, quite proud of his big money.

Hearing what Tang Mo said, Roger was even more surprised: "We helped them pay their taxes? How much will it cost?"

"It's not much, just over 100 million gold coins. Compared with bribery, it's nothing more than a fraction." At this moment, Tang Mo even liked Zheng Guo that was full of loopholes, inefficient, and very unreasonable. The old tax system is gone.

Under the operation of this decadent system, the tax amount of Zheng State is very low, and the officials below have kept the tax accounts at a very low level for a long time.

For the tax evaded by the local government, Datang Group directly subsidized it to the local government in the form of construction funds. The pitiful small amount of tax money was simply a fraction of the entire profit chain, and it was not worth mentioning at all.

This artificially formed, closed-loop huge system directly tore apart Zheng Guo's rule, and made everyone a beneficiary.

The criminals don't need to be exiled, but go directly to the local labor camp, which is equivalent to mitigating their punishment, and everyone is very happy.

The civilians were sent to Dongwan Island, where they had good food and drink, and they had jobs to live and live. Many people were also allocated land, which was naturally a matter of gratitude.

Zheng Guo started a large-scale infrastructure construction, created more jobs, and highlighted the "governing ability" of local officials, so he could naturally deal with the inspections from above more decently.

Although there are fewer taxes such as head tax, the local officials have received the infrastructure project funds distributed to them by the Datang Group, and their pockets have become more bulging.

The tax paid to the national treasury has risen steadily, and the whole country is in a state of peace and prosperity. His Majesty the King is happy, so everyone is happy.

"Those officials really dare to ask for..." Roger could only sigh in the end.

Nangong Hong smiled and said, "Greed is a virtue! If they don't want it, how can we arrange such a big plan in advance?"

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed. After laughing, they began to discuss the establishment of an anti-corruption department to prevent such phenomena.

After finalizing the anti-corruption department and letting You Lin take charge of the department temporarily, Roger continued: "Now, all we have to do is wait. Wait for the road over there to be repaired, and wait for the chaos over there to begin." , we can replace it.”

On the other side, Garza, who was in charge of education, said, "The Zheng people transported to Dongwan Island are already receiving education and training. They will become junior skilled workers, and then they will play a role in road paving and construction."

He is not very old, but he is a representative of the academic school, one of the "Three Heroes" comparable to You Lin, and it is more than enough to temporarily replace a big boss in the education department.

However, as Tang Mo's right-hand man, his main job was to deal with various instruments and equipment in the laboratory.

"In fact, some people are already working. We have almost directly searched all the workers who can burn bricks along the coast of Zheng State to Dongwan Island. There is no way. There are too many building materials needed now. The most difficult That's it." You Lin also stared at Dongwan Island in his recent work, and added.

She pushed the document to Roger: "We have built a total of 3000 large-scale factory buildings on Dongwan Island. These factories are almost built together. Bricks are used everywhere, and cement is consumed everywhere..."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Tang Mo: "The reclamation of the farmland is going very smoothly. Whether it's Zheng Guo people or Qi people, Chu people, Dahua people, they are good at farming wherever they go."

"In Dongwan Island now, the planned railways and highways are basically fields, and there are new factories and workshops near the cities and villages. We are working hard to distribute electricity to all the villages." Parker is not what it used to be, and he can also be alone He introduced the power generation situation of Dongwan Island: "The four large-scale thermal power plants are almost completed, and the equipment has been delivered and commissioned. The power supply of Dongwan City and Fengshun City will soon be normal. The saved generators can be transported to rural areas for use.”

"We built a large textile factory on the outskirts of East Bay City and recruited 1 female workers. The daily necessities and clothing there are a little bit self-sufficient." Industrial things have something to do with him, so he said Yes, they are all related to the factory.

Dongwan Island is building factories for various types of civilian products. Parker is very experienced in this area, as are many people working on Dongwan Island.

Datang Group built Longdao from scratch, and turned Longdao into a new industrial base. Let them do a similar job again, and they are all familiar with it.

Even building Dongwan Island with a population and slaves is much easier than building a city on the barren Dragon Island.

"It's not without good news, because the life of the aborigines on Dongwan Island has not been very good, so they are much less dependent on salt oil than we estimated." He added, with the bitterness of being poor : "Therefore, we saved some transportation capacity, transported more equipment, and accelerated the production speed on the island."

Most of the people sitting here have lived in poverty, so they naturally know what kind of living conditions those poor people are like.

They may not eat oil once a year, they may not see a piece of meat in a few months, and they may not put a spoonful of salt in seven or eight meals.

This is life for the poor, and this is the naked truth.It is also because of this that when these poor people see new clothes, sufficient food, and luxuries that they dare not expect, they will be grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

"Now the people over there are used to calling themselves Tang people, and their lives have really improved. We are trying to find a way for everyone to learn cultural courses, especially the local women who are married to officers and soldiers." Loew added One sentence.

These are real changes, and each one is inspiring.

"In addition, the local aristocratic gentry merchants have completely compromised. Their productivity is too primitive and their economic competitiveness is too low, so they have been completely defeated by us." So Loew talked about the local upper-class figures At that time, they were full of disdain and sneers: "Without economic support and without force, their current strength is lower than that of the mirage period."

"Their influence is also declining. In the past, they would use small favors to sow public opinion, but now few people are willing to follow their arrangements. In fact, after killing some models with bad intentions, the remaining people are willing to follow us. Cooperation." After he finished speaking, he looked at You Lin.

You Lin took the topic and continued: "According to Dino's report, the local population has recovered to about 30, of which about 5 are immigrants from the Zheng Kingdom, and some are our support personnel. Of course slaves are not counted. In the plan, there is no need to continue to replenish... In addition, we have not counted the number of troops."

"Although the progress is very gratifying, it is indeed a waste of money." Tang Mo nodded, which is a kind of affirmation of all the work.

"We began to import metals and grains from all over the world. The cost was very high, because this further increased the trade price of these commodities." Then, he continued: "Simply put, we put almost all the income from the mirage war , It’s all spent, there’s nothing left.”

"Even, I took out a part of it to make up for it." After he finished speaking, he laughed at himself and spread his hands again: "In this way, Dongwan Island is now more expensive than many kingdoms."

"It is indeed valuable! It should be valuable too! In the not-too-distant future, it will become another production base to support our next move!" After speaking, he continued without waiting for others to speak.

He looked at the design drawings of the dock that he had just brought back from Dongwan Island spread out on the table, and said to someone, "Think about it, there are more and bigger docks there, and more ships can be built. Our production capacity will be further increased, and soon we will be able to earn back all the money spent on sea freight.”

After finishing what he wanted to say, Tang Mo leaned back on the chair and looked at his right-hand men: "Does it sound good?"

"I hope everything goes well." Roger laughed, and the others nodded.

"How's the delivery on the airship going? We sold the ships too slowly, causing everyone to complain about our production speed. There should be no more problems on the airship side." Tang Mo looked at Loew.

Loew immediately reported the delivery progress of the airship: "All the Kirov airships that have flown to Dongwan Island have been sold, Mirage bought 10, and the remaining 20 will fly to Everwinterhaven to deliver to the dwarves."

Because the airship was always managed by the military as a secret weapon, Tang Mo could only ask Loew about the delivery of the airship.

Loew also knew his job very well, so he opened his mouth and continued: "The airship stationed in Bunas will be delivered like Susas, and the airship on Long Island was sold directly to Dorn and Nanla..."

"Then, according to your instructions, we gave Cyric all the related technologies. Sophia is very interested in the technology of airships." smirk.

Well, who cares about airships after everyone knows that airplanes exist?Throwing this kind of thing to Cyric...is another big "pit".

I don't know, how long will it take Cyric to fill up this hole before stepping into the next big hole?
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Take a break today, and continue to make up changes tomorrow depending on the situation.

(End of this chapter)