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Chapter 439: Years Passed in the Mountains

Fuliang is actually in a very mysterious state at the moment, because Xia Lin has been away for a long time, Lao Guo and the prince are also in the capital. Although it has been handed over to Raozhou Prefecture for administration, the level of Raozhou Prefecture is a little lower and can only manage some relatively basic tasks. Most of the rest are in an autonomous state.

Such a large and rich place is self-governing, and the effect of self-governance is quite good for such a long time. The 800-mile express regulations left by Xia Lin have not been used yet. In the first two quarters of this year, the growth of industry, agriculture and commerce has remained very stable, and even attracted many state and county officials from other places to come to inspect and learn.

Here we have to mention Xia Lin's "political legacy". First of all, the new way of selecting officials here is different from other regions, and each yamen has set up several additional positions for three types of people. One is the imperial censor, one is the supervisory commissioner selected by Fuliang, and the other is a temporary investigator who is replaced every three months.

These three positions do not interfere with the normal operation of the yamen, but they will protect and restrain each other. Moreover, the principle here is that civil officials do not intervene in production matters, military officers do not enter the city, and all channels are clearly separated to allow professionals to do their own professional work.

The second point is that all financial power falls on the hands of Princess Changle. Every penny of expenditure in the county, even the moving of a stone, must be reported to the princess for approval. It doesn't matter if she doesn't understand, she has her own special auditing team. Even if there is a mistake in the accounts, they will hold the relevant government office to explain clearly.

The most important thing is that although the princess has the highest executive authority in the county, there are three departments that can disobey her arrangements. They are the science and technology department of Fuliang, which is the new government office and the group of people who set off cannons in the mountains all day long. The second is the people's livelihood department, which is responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the local people. The third is the army of Fuliang.

These three departments have a high degree of autonomy, which can maximize the continuity of policies. Although they also have to face regular questioning from the princess's team, the princess cannot withhold their funding as long as they have reasonable explanations.

Of course, if there are goats that cost six hundred taels each or war horses that cost thirty thousand taels each, it depends on whether the princess will handle it or not. And if they really want to make trouble, Xia Lin is just on a business trip, not dead. It will be very troublesome to wait for him to come back and make the list.

"Sister, all the files from these days are here."

Miss Tang placed a bunch of things in front of Princess Changle, then sat beside her and said, "In the first half of the year, about 40,000 people moved in. If this trend continues, the population of Fuliang County will exceed one million by next spring."

"A million... that's a lot of people." Princess Changchun sighed softly: "So how is the tax situation this year?"

"It has increased by 30%, mainly because there are more bulk trade and more caravans passing through, plus the gradual opening of Quanzhou Port and Guangfu Port, and the completion of the first phase of Ningbo Port. Now the total shipping volume has doubled compared to last year."

"So should we reduce the agricultural tax by another 10% this year?"

"That depends on the tax revenue in the second half of the year. But it looks like there won't be any problems." Miss Tang flipped through the accounts: "If we can maintain stability, this year's agricultural tax can be reduced to..."

Miss Tang took out her abacus and started to count. After a while, she said, "The number is 130."

"Last year it was 190. If we can reduce it to 130 this year, can we cancel the agricultural tax next year?"

"No, maybe the year after next. The best prediction for next year might be one hundred and one."

Princess Changle raised her head and was silent for a moment: "Then sister, please estimate the population."

Miss Tang calculated: "If the number of people increases by about 200,000, every 100% reduction in agricultural tax will allow about 30,000 people to move in."

"That means we have to reclaim the wasteland during the slack season this year. Then please calculate the cost of reclaiming the wasteland so that I can pay for it."

In fact, strictly speaking, the size of Jiangnan Province is extremely terrifying. The number of households in the country is more than 14 million, and the population is more than 70 million. There are a total of ten provinces in the world, and according to reason, 7 million people in each province is the most appropriate, but the population of Jiangnan Province has increased to more than 15 million.

This is related to the migration policy here, and also to the need to reduce the burden on other roads. The road permits that were originally very difficult to obtain can now be easily dealt with by simply reporting to the government offices in other roads. After all, people leave but the fields remain, which is also a good thing for the local government.

But such a large population base actually brings great pressure to Jiangnan Province, including livelihood issues, public security issues, and employment issues. Therefore, the entire Jiangnan Province is now opening factories like crazy. Every county has already started to build textile factories with 300 to 400 people or steel factories with 400 to 500 people. Other cluster industries that can accommodate a large number of workers, such as canning factories and shipyards, are also developing rapidly.

After absorbing the influx of non-agricultural population like this, the size of the city has grown like a snowball. The larger the city, the more people it can accommodate...

Therefore, the influx of a large number of people has become a foregone conclusion. Many people only now understand why Xia Lin had drawn the line of cultivated land to the extreme, and why he still collected grain from everywhere, even if the king of heaven came and could not touch those fields. The current population of Jiangnan Road is more than the combined population of Wei, Shu, and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. If they collect grain according to the old habit, everyone will starve to death next year.

But it's interesting to say that the two sisters really don't miss Xia Lin at all. It's not that they have no feelings for each other, but they are really too busy. When Princess Changle was still a naive girl and didn't care about anything, she always wondered how busy her father, brother, and husband could be. Now that she is in charge of things, she realizes how busy they are.

She was busy with every detail and transformed from a love-brained girl who could only lean against the door frame waiting for her lover into a strong woman in politics and business.

Don't be fooled by her petite and gentle appearance. When she scolds people these days, people can even see a mirage of Xia Lin behind her... Not to mention Tang Baoer, she has to take care of her own family business, help her sister who kowtowed to recognize her mother, and also take care of the connecting freight ports like Ningbo Port, Guangzhou Port, and Quanzhou Port. She is so busy that she can only eat casually.

It’s impossible to think about men. Even taking a shit requires a schedule.

"Sister, it's interesting what you said. He really trusts us two women to take care of such a big place."

Hearing this, Tang Baoer laughed: "You are doing a good job, aren't you? I have traveled all over the country for many years, but I have never seen a few county magistrates as capable as you. There are many governors who are not as capable as you. Don't underestimate yourself, sister."

"At first I was worried that the people below me would not obey me, but now I think it's okay."

"That won't happen. After all, he will come back sooner or later."

At this moment, there was a sudden earth-shattering noise outside, which made the windows buzz. Tang Baoer's heart trembled: "Something happened~!"

Sure enough, after they followed the sound, they found that a big pit was blown out downstream of the river. No matter how big the pit was, it was filled with water. It was an artificial lake that was about twenty meters wide.

A group of dusty young people were hugging each other and crying, shouting words like "success, success" and so on.

"What are you doing!?"

The little princess got out of the car and walked forward to question, and one of the young men excitedly danced and explained: "We use..."

Because the little princess could only understand the first three words, she couldn't understand the rest at all. Add sugar and then add something else and then burn something to get something and then put something else in a sealed something and then use something else to detonate something else. She could understand fifty kilograms of medicine, but fifty kilograms could make a twenty-zhang pit...

"What is the use?"

"The wall of Nanjing is so high." The young man started to speak incoherently when he was excited: "Use our new explosives, ten kilograms! Ten kilograms to blow it to pieces."

Because she really couldn't understand, the little princess was silent for a while and then said: "Be careful and don't hurt others or yourself."

Although it was a false alarm, it was a really shocking false alarm. Looking back at the twenty-meter-wide pit, I couldn't imagine what would happen if a person was hit by it.

However, this explosive is obviously stronger than the current Fuliang explosive and not a little bit stronger. After a little inquiry, I found out that this thing was also made by the down-and-out scholar who was busy with burning things every day. He said that he made it accidentally when he was improving the fire-breathing sugar. In the process, two fingers on his left hand were broken off.

Not long after the princess and her entourage returned, Luo Shixin's convoy arrived, and Xiao Douya naturally got off the car. The first thing she did after getting off was to look for the princess.

When the two met, the princess looked the little bean sprout up and down and asked, "Have you grown taller?"

"Not only has he grown taller, but his eyes and eyebrows have also become more mature." Miss Tang glanced at Xiao Douya and said, "It seems that he has been through a lot on this journey."

"Okay, the two of you stop being so sarcastic here. You men have something important to do now."

Xiao Douya frowned and said, "So now all the resources of Fuliang will be controlled by me. In short, you two will temporarily give up your power."

The princess and Tang Baoer looked at each other, and Tang Baoer laughed: "Brother Dugu, I'm afraid your words are not enough, right? I can't bear such a big responsibility."

Dugu Han frowned, put his hands behind his back and smiled, "Okay, it's okay if you can't do it. I just happen to be tired, so I'll take a break. But if you delay the military, I'm afraid you can only wait for him to come to you in your dreams if you want to see Xia again."

At this time, the little princess lowered her eyelids and said calmly, "That won't work. The rules set by my husband cannot be broken without the token."

(End of this chapter)