Northern Dynasties

Chapter 636 Mianbei Investment Promotion
Jingzhou is located to the south of the Qinling Mountains, and the flood season and farming season arrive earlier than Guanzhong.When Li Tai returned to Jingzhou, farming in the countryside was busy.

On some lands that had been abandoned for a long time, there are also figures of hard-working people cultivating them.Many ruins of villages and towns that had been abandoned for a long time have been cleared out, and some temporary shacks and felt tents have been built on the spot, and all the people living in them are newly transferred and naturalized people.

Soon after Li Tai came to rule Jingzhou, he successively issued various decrees such as encouraging farming and expanding households, aiming to revive the people's livelihood economy in the Nanyang Basin.

At the beginning, people were often unfamiliar with the laws because they were not accustomed to them. However, as time went by and the decrees were steadily implemented, the contents of these decrees gradually became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and became an important factor in maintaining stability in the Mianbei area today. Order and regulations.

Li Tai returned to town now and also brought a large number of personnel from Guanzhong.Last year, he had already encouraged Qumeng Xianghao to invest the resources they had in Jingzhou, and he had transferred many human resources there.

Although these investments have not yet seen significant returns, a series of war victories in the second half of last year also gave people great confidence and stimulated their pace of additional investment.

In the ancient social environment, large-scale cross-regional mobility of human resources required either the use of state power to force migration, or frequent natural and man-made disasters forcing people to leave their homes.

As for the large-scale movement of people in a short period of time based on the pursuit of interests, it is not common. This is because the development level of the industrial and commercial environment in ancient times was not high enough. Of course, it is also due to the strict control of the registered population by the imperial court and the government.

The ancient society, which relied on land rent and ding tax as the main tax method, was destined to have a firm grasp on land and population. Once the control of these two was relaxed, the decline of the regime would not be far away.

Although Li Tai can now be said to have a high position in the Western Wei Dynasty, if he is blatantly poaching the Taifu government and attracting a large number of Guanzhong people to the Nanyang Basin, the Taifu government will not sit idly by and will definitely take action to stop it. .

However, population is not the resource that the Nanyang Basin is in urgent need of now. The newly acquired land of Handong already has a large population. In addition, Li Taidong conquered the people who were kidnapped from various places and brought them back to Jingzhou, as well as a steady stream of people from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The people of Nanliang who fled westward now also regard the land under Li Tai's rule as a target of defection.

In short, due to various reasons, the population under Jingzhou's rule has surged, and it has even exceeded the number of people that the local productivity development level can support.

Therefore, what is most urgently needed in the Nanyang Basin right now is to continue to overhaul water conservancy, improve the farming environment, and vigorously develop agricultural production and various handicraft production, and all of this requires the investment of massive financial resources.

Before leaving Guanzhong, Li Tai also held a series of consultations with the people of the Taiwan government on this matter, hoping that the Taiwan government could encourage and support the transfer of money and goods resources from Guanzhong to the Nanyang Basin.

Because the fastest and most convenient passage from Guanzhong to Nanyang Basin is Wuguan, and Wuguan has always been directly controlled by the Tai government due to its huge strategic value.Therefore, if you want to carry out large-scale transportation of people and goods, it is absolutely impossible to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Taiwan government.

Although Li Tai had previously opened up a Ziwuling-Hanshui channel, with the recovery of the Hanzhong area in Shannan, this line was no longer suitable for frequent platform operations.

Of course, the most fundamental reason is that Li Tai's powerful position is no longer suitable for too many conspiratorial acts. Even if it can be effective in a short time, it will still be harmful in the long run.

With the resources and channels he currently has at his disposal, he can also bypass the control of the Taiwan government and realize the transfer of materials, but it is impossible to say that it is done in a watertight manner and that no one can know.

Even if there is no conclusive evidence, there will definitely be rumors.Even if these rumors are not enough to hurt Li Tai, in the long run they will increase the cost of Taiwan government's trust in him, thereby imposing obstacles and obstructions in other aspects.

So it is better to talk openly and honestly with the Taiwan government. Today, the Jingzhou General Administration requires a large amount of money and resources to be invested to promote local recovery and development, so it needs to raise funds in Guanzhong.And Li Tai made a promise to the Taiwanese government that for the funds imported from Guanzhong to the Nanyang Basin, the Jingzhou General Administration can return one-tenth of the total to the Taiwanese government, and will draw a certain amount from the profits obtained from these investments every year. The share will be returned to the Taiwanese government.

In order to gain the strong support of the powerful people in Kansai, the Taiwan government gave these powerful people great autonomy, such as being pastors of Honshu, setting up state commanders, etc., and granting many local military and political powers.As for the property of these local tycoons, the Taiwan government naturally has no right to interfere and tax them.

Li Tai's suggestion was actually a bad idea, but it was worth discussing because Taiwan's government was too poor.

If this wealth is left in Guanzhong, it will be hidden among the people, but if the Taiwan government wants to really get it, it must take some tough measures, which will undoubtedly greatly undermine the stability of the Guanzhong area.But if it is moved from Guanzhong to Nanyang, the Tai government can take the opportunity to exploit one layer and obtain tangible benefits without any bloodshed.

From another perspective, Li Tai also used the development prospects of the entire Nanyang Basin as bait to open up a new source of income for the Tai government.As for the Nanyang Basin, which will gain greater benefits from this, the Nanyang Basin is also part of the empire's territory!
The Taiwan government attaches great importance to this issue, and one of the final ideas is probably to ensure that this benefit can be obtained, but not to completely relax control, causing a large amount of assets in Guanzhong to flow out to Jingzhou.

Therefore, the final decision made by the Taiwan government was that the Jingzhou General Administration Office would take the lead in proposing a plan to raise funds, and then submit it to the Taiwan government for review and approval.Next, in the process of raising funds, the first tenth of the funds that need to be returned to Taiwan must be deducted in proportion, and then the rest can be sent to Jingzhou.

At the same time, there is also a limit on the time when Guanzhong can transfer funds to Jingzhou, which can only be between the end of autumn and the new year.Transport is prohibited at other times.

This series of regulations has "taking advantage of others by clever means" written directly on their faces.The former stipulation that the Taiwanese government's share should be met before transporting to Jingzhou, Li Tai could barely accept. After all, if the goods were to be detoured through other routes, the transportation costs alone and the risks involved along the way would be far more than one-tenth.

But the latter item is simply an insult to Li Tai's IQ. It should be known that the period from autumn to new year is the time for the Taiwan government to conduct financial summaries, summarize the previous year and formulate financial plans for the new year.

The gathering and exporting of private capital in Guanzhong during this time period is to provide a good opportunity for the government officials of the Taiwan government to seize it. Any shortfall in the current year's revenue and expenditure, and any shortfall in the next year's expenses can be obtained from this cash flow. Extract inside.

Li Tai was originally an old man in the Taiwanese government, so how could he not understand the meaning behind this? This plan was obviously a whimsical plan to kill large households by officials who were driven crazy by the poor financial situation in the Taiwanese government. Of course he would not agree, and even directly withdrew the proposal, unwilling to discuss it further.

However, the Taiwan government has even included this yet-to-be-determined income into its expenditure plan. If it is not received, it will have a series of negative effects.

In the end, Lu Tong, an old acquaintance, bravely came to Li Tai's house again and begged him to go to the Taifu to continue the discussion. Then a consensus was reached. The Taifu would stipulate how much money could be transferred to Jingzhou every year. If there was any shortage, the specific amount would be calculated. One-tenth of the amount is collected, and if the amount exceeds the amount, a certain percentage of the income needs to be increased.In addition, the Taiwan government appointed an envoy to the Jingzhou General Manager's Office to record the general situation of this part of the money transactions, but there were no other restrictions.

Because the two parties have formed a tacit understanding on this, there are many representatives of Guanzhong powerful people following Li Taigui Town this time. They must carefully examine the investment environment in the Nanyang Basin and whether it is really profitable, and then decide whether to give away part of their family. Assets are transferred here for investment.

Although they do not have any knowledge of systematic investment and financial management in later generations, at least they still have the common sense of being cunning and diversifying to avoid risks, so they are very enthusiastic about it.After all, the Nanyang Basin has been one of the mainstream safe havens for people in Guanlong since the Hu Xingdi Rebellion.

The reason why Li Tai wants to expand this matter, rather than confine it within the Qu League, is of course to maintain and strengthen his influence in Guanzhong.Even though he is not in Guanzhong soon, the people in Guanzhong will not forget him or ignore him, because he is the pocketbook of these people!

So on the way back to town, Li Tai had already sent an envoy back to Jingzhou, notifying Cui Qian and others who stayed behind in the General Manager's Office to make serious preparations and work hard to successfully hold the first investment promotion conference of the General Manager's Office in Jingzhou, and convey the sincerity of the General Manager's Office in Jingzhou to these people. The powerful people in Guanzhong showed up, and then attracted them to invest a large amount of their own assets.

(End of this chapter)