Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1590 Beining ([-])

The upstream section of the Parana River in Gaoguo Township is relatively docile, unlike the downstream.The only disadvantage is probably that there are debris and sediment in the river channel, which makes the navigation conditions not so good.

In such a remote place, it is naturally impossible to bring a dredger to dredge the silt. At least for a long period of time, everyone can only manually dig the river during the dry season in winter.There is no doubt that this is a difficult job, and with the relatively sparse population of Gaoguo Township, it is unknown that such a difficult project can be completed in the Year of the Monkey.However, there is an old saying that where there is a will, there is a way. Under the leadership of the cadres, the residents along the east bank of the river will go up the river almost every winter and spring. ), at least slightly improved the width and depth of the river on the east bank side.

Therefore, when Xu Yu and others arrived at the river bank, what they saw was that everyone was rebuilding the river port wharf in full swing.In the past, only some awning boats, scull boats, and small punting boats could be used here. The 72-ton small steamer must be driven very carefully so as not to run aground (and there are waterfalls and shoals in the middle, so it must sail in sections to load and unload goods back and forth. Very troublesome), so generally speaking, from Nansheng Port to this side, if it is not necessary, the above-mentioned small boats are used to transport materials back and forth.

Don't underestimate these small wooden boats. If the number reaches a certain level, the transportation volume is quite large, and the cost is much cheaper than land carriage transportation, especially when the roads are still in sight. That's it.Therefore, after Gaoguo Township had some spare capacity, it planned to expand the original simple river port wharf, so that more ships could dock and speed up the efficiency of cargo handling. Now this construction site is there.

"Even if this wharf is built, it can only transport urgent supplies such as grain, machinery, and daily necessities. As for other supplies such as building materials, we can only find ways on the spot." Xu Yu, commissioner of the Beining District Administrative Office, is on the lush river bank After wandering around for a while, he sighed and said, "Xiao Lu, tell me, is it necessary to build this brick and tile wheel kiln, cement kiln, and lime kiln?"

"Commissioner Xu, of course this building needs to be built. Otherwise, it will take until the year of the monkey to transport it from Iguazu County in the south. Besides, there may not be so many ships in the south for us to transport, right?" I was in a hurry yesterday. Lu Xiaofeng, the former magistrate of Jingsai County who was summoned by Xu Yu, replied: "It's just that construction materials companies can't get around the construction of these kilns. At present, only they have the strength to build them. If we want to start the project ourselves, we can't do it." Talking about the lack of technical talents, just talking about the shortage of funds and materials, it is very difficult."

What Lu Xiaofeng said is actually true. As a super trust enterprise in the domestic construction industry of Dong'an and one of the most profitable enterprises in Dong'an, Dong'an Building Materials Company has branches in many counties and townships across the country, producing Many building materials, including standard wood, bricks, tiles, cement, lime, stones, yellow sand, marble, etc., are wealthy and powerful, with many employees, and their technology is much more advanced than those of small private earthen kilns.And considering that construction materials have always been one of the materials that local governments are most eager to obtain, this company is not to mention how popular it is in the east coast. Almost every county that has not yet opened a branch is inviting Its access, especially those inland areas that are inaccessible.

In the Beining area, there is currently only one branch company in operation in Beining County, and another branch company under construction in Rongcheng County, and there is no third branch besides this. This is undoubtedly very insufficient. , Warehouses, barracks, reservoirs, ditches, embankments, barns, or other facilities are in urgent need of supplies of such materials.

This is the case in the relatively developed areas in the east, and the sparse settlements in the west are definitely useless according to the general situation.However, who would let Xu, the commissioner of the regional administrative office, have connections with the central government? As the saying goes, serving as an official benefits one party. Since Xu Yu has become the commissioner of the Beining district, he naturally has to consider the overall development of the region, so he went to the central government to find connections , It is natural to run some projects through the back door.In consideration of balancing the development of the region, Xu Yu still intends to settle the third building materials branch in the region in the west, so as to speed up the development here.After all, the traffic here is more convenient than that in the east, although the soil, environment and other things here are far inferior to Beining County.

However, although Dong’an Building Materials Company agreed to set up a branch in Gaoguo Township because of Xu Yu’s old face, they also made a condition that their funds were temporarily insufficient (blood was drawn by the Ministry of Finance for many years in a row, So much so that there is no money to update technology and equipment, plus the expansion everywhere, the capital chain is quite tight...), I hope that the local government of Beining will also participate, and the two parties will jointly invest and share shares to slow down the funds of Dongjian Company pressure.

To be honest, this request is actually quite reasonable, and it is not the first time to cooperate with the local government in this way.However, considering the embarrassing financial situation in the Bac Ninh region, this is quite a hindrance.You must know that the finances of the local governments on the east coast are all “land finances” to put it bluntly. That is, the main fiscal revenue of the local governments comes from land sales. That is 10 yuan.It sounds like a lot, but the problem is that the expenditure of the local government is also large. This is a bit similar to the Chinese dynasty in later generations. Local roads, docks, warehouses, water and sewage facilities, militia training, medical services, etc. need a package of things. share with the central government.For example, for a river port terminal, the central government allocates some money, the state-owned inland water transport company contributes some money, and the local government also contributes money. After a bunch of projects, the expenditure can be huge.

It can be said that the finances of the local governments on the east coast are quite inadequate.Take the Beining area as an example. If they are classified and identified by the existing fiscal revenues on the east coast, their main fiscal revenues come from non-tax revenues. It is the land transfer fee (in the latest tax reform, the central and local governments split accounts, and this amount depends on the public land quota approved by the Government Council every year. Those who do not sell land privately according to the quota to alleviate financial difficulties have already been sent home. farming), but this part of the income is also useful, and it is extremely tense every year, so that many yamen of the regional administration currently cannot get enough funds, and can only rely on income from fines and fees (such as litigation fees, execution fees , transcription fee, management fee, registration fee, inspection fee, certification fee, registration fee, etc.) to maintain operation is also very hard.

In this way, the situation is very clear. The finances in the Beining area are not well-off, and every penny collected has long been divided up and has a place to go. Now they are required to come up with at least ten thousand as a unit. For cash, don't think they can earn more than 20 yuan a year from selling land, but it will be really difficult for a while.So Xu Yu is a little hesitant now, thinking about which money to embezzle, and it is best not to create too much resistance. After much deliberation, he finally feels that all expenses should be reduced. The money came together.

Some people may ask, since the locality is so difficult, is it okay to ask the central government to bleed for this type of industrial investment?The answer is of course no. Do you think the oil from the central government is so easy to wipe?According to the fact that every penny of the East Coast government’s income is spent every year, do you think it is very difficult to compete for the budget?Although you may only need tens of thousands of dollars in funding, the procedural issues involved are not that simple.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the current fiscal revenue of the East Coast government.In the last fiscal year (1669-1670), the total fiscal revenue (tax revenue + non-tax revenue) of the East Coast Republic of China was 1049.52 million yuan. Growth, the non-tax revenue of the East Coast government once again exceeded the tax revenue, accounting for 52.2%, which is 547.92 million yuan. Among them, the profits and land transfer fees paid by Chinese enterprises are the largest, and other income such as franchise licenses, farm and pasture leases, etc. In comparison, it can only be said to be drizzle, not worth mentioning.

However, although the non-tax income has once again "surged wildly" in this fiscal year, the growth potential is actually the same, not as good as the tax income.The reason is also very simple, because with the development of the domestic economy on the east coast, the profit margins of many state-owned enterprises have begun to decline, and even in some industries, the absolute value of the total profit has declined.In addition, the central government has drawn too much blood from these enterprises in the past many years, and at the same time let them undertake a lot of non-profitable and non-essential scientific research tasks. Therefore, the higher authorities also intend to let them "recuperate" for a few years, thus reducing the amount of money paid by many enterprises. The profit ratio allows it to breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, the tax that should be paid must be paid honestly. This is not negotiable.

Among the total tax revenue of 477.9 million yuan, the highest amount is still the real estate tax, which is 180.5 million yuan; the second is the consumption tax, which has sprung up in recent years, which is 101.2 million yuan; the rest are less than one million yuan, respectively. 86.3 yuan, personal income tax 67.9 yuan (tax exemption regulations have been added in the latest tax reform), 39 yuan of business tax belonging to the central government (in the latest third tax reform, business tax began to be divided into national tax and local tax) Among them, the corporate tax rate of the Chinese tax part is 3.6%, 2.8% for individuals), stamp duty of 23.7 yuan (it is a surprise that this kind of tax can collect so much, and the growth potential in the later period is not small), and deed tax of 3 yuan.

Another point to note is that the personal income tax of 67.9 yuan actually includes the total sum of personal income tax and land tax, and a considerable part of it is not cash, but the discounted figures of grain.That is to say, after the abolition of movable property tax, the central state tax of the East China Republic is still divided into eight major tax categories, namely, real estate tax, consumption tax, personal income tax, land tax, customs duty, business tax, stamp duty and deed tax. It looks like 500 million yuan, and the average national is less than two yuan, which is not bad.

Tax revenue and non-tax revenue add up to just over 1000 million yuan (this is an ideal situation without taking into account the arrears and collection of taxes), which seems to be a lot, accounting for a quarter of France’s annual fiscal revenue. There are too many places for money, and the annual repayment of the principal and interest of the national debt will cost 10 yuan, not to mention the military, education, scientific research, medical care, health care, and infrastructure investment that are like holes in the money. Not issuing a single bond to plug the hole shows how much money the East Bank government spends.

Therefore, the Beining area reached out to the central government for money, and the amount was not too large. Logically speaking, it is not impossible, but the question is whether it complies with the rules or not.You know, almost every regional administrative office and every county in the country is short of money. If everyone asks the central government for money outside the budget, then what's the point of formulating a budget?It's all messed up!Therefore, even if the central government’s policies and funds favor backward areas such as Beining, everything still has to be done according to the rules. If you want to develop beyond the norm and leapfrog, you can!The central government does not interfere, but it will not invest anything extra, it all depends on your own ability!

It is precisely because he is very clear about this set of principles in the system that after listening to Lu Xiaofeng for a long time, Xu Yu sighed and said: "It seems that I have to find a way to get money from other places. How about it, Changshun, Beining Didn’t the renovation project of the sewage facilities in the urban area of ​​the second county just be approved by the Ministry of Health? Let’s find a way from here! Hehe, Xiao Lu, don’t look at me with that kind of eyes, the funds allocated by the Ministry of Health are wearing hats As for the special funds, I, Old Xu, also know the rules, and I won’t stretch out my hands. I’m talking about the matching funds of our regional administrative office, so don’t invest this part of the money in it, what do you think?”

"I think—it's okay." Lu Xiaofeng replied somewhat vaguely.

"Hehe, look at your cowardly boy." Xu Yu laughed and said, "It's okay, I can still cover this matter. I will have someone transfer the money to the special account of the Brazilian Rural Financial Cooperative tomorrow, and then contact It’s time for Dongjian Company and the Paraná River Basin to take care of it.”

"Also, this time you don't know which great god you have followed, and you actually transferred from the old man's Beining to work in the Far East, which makes me very uncomfortable." Xu Yu used his thick "iron sand palm" to slap Patting Lu Xiaofeng on the shoulder, he said "viciously": "But it's really meaningless for you to stay here all the time, kid. It's the right way to jump out of this circle and become an official in the Far East. Seeing as you used to work For the sake of working hard, the old man won't argue with you, just get out of here!"

(End of this chapter)