Chapter 97: 97

The first annual meeting of the empire was full of huge amounts of information. Even Zhao Lingxin needed time to decompose these things. They collected many of the reports from all areas. So that the Cabinet can make the right decisions

The annual meeting continued for several days. And finally, the last day of the conference has arrived. The Cabinet is prepared to discuss the amount of the yearly budget. And the empire development plan.

"The problem of imperial inequality, we need to solve it first. So that the country's cities have the same prosperity as the capital city, I would like to declare this matter as a national agenda."

Zhao Lingxin announced in the middle of the meeting. That He wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible and is also very important as well

"I think we should increase our investment in cities. Let the entrepreneur and businessmen enter the factory to establish To increase employment and generate income for local people"

Sun Wanping proposed. He has been working in the position of Minister of Economy and Trade for almost a year. Not incompetent anymore, He can memorize vocabulary and modern business administration as well. Different from the first time he took the position

Sun Wanping's proposal is a well-known story of essential economic management. Distribution for people in business to invest in different areas Letting the private sector develop the site is the best conclusion.

"But I am not sure if they will move their production base from Shenzhou or not," Sun Wanping said with uncertainty.

"If we want businessmen to move their production bases to the outskirts of the capital. We need basic utilities to support it," said General Guo Ling.

Currently, only the capital of Shenzhou is fully equipped with essential utilities. It can support many industrial plants. Other cities are not even ready for this matter.

"And one more reason I believe that businessmen will move their production bases outside of Shenzhou. It was because the capital's wages were too much. "

General Guo Ling assessed the situation comprehensively.

Right now, the minimum wage in Shenzhou has soared above 8 yuan a month. While the other cities in the empire still only had a monthly salary of 1.5 yuan.

General Guo Ling firmly believes that people in business must not miss out on this matter. If they can afford lower wages, it means more profit. They are always ready to move their production base. But at the moment, other cities do not even have electricity. Not to mention the construction of an industrial plant that requires electricity to produce

As long as every area in the empire is ready, the capital businessmen will quickly invest in other areas.

"I propose that we can build roads to cover all areas of the empire. The road that connects all cities cannot be evaluated for value." General Guo Ling proposed a large-scale project to the meeting.

"I agree," the Cabinet agreed to the gigantic project.

Building a path that connects all cities is inevitable. It's only a matter of time that roads will cover all cities. But some problems arise, making such a large number of lanes a distance of hundreds of thousands of kilometers. Consume much budget and spend much time on construction. If relying solely on the government, it may take decades to build the road alone.

Zhao Lingxin was aware of this problem. But he already had a plan to deal with it.

"Why don't we give private road construction concessions?" Said Zhao Lingxin.

According to Zhao Lingxin's plan, private companies bid on on-road routes to be constructed. Then have the right to collect a partial toll.

In this model of action, Zhao Lingxin imitated many European countries. Especially Germany after the defeat of World War I. At that time, the Germans had been working to build roads across the country. Became the country with the most extensive road distances globally, And the privately-built road later became the most famous expressway in the world, the Autobahn.

General Guo Ling's eyes flashed after hearing this plan.

"Your Majesty, we can do this. We will require the private sector to hire military engineers to ensure the same road quality throughout the country. Then we will allow them to collect a certain amount of tolls," admired General Guo Ling.

"Then we will have to build more than one hundred thousand kilometers of roads in a year," Zhao Lingxin made an ambitious plan.

"This is not enough. How is our steel production this year? "

Zhao Lingxin asked Major Lian Aun, Minister of Industry.

It was under a government policy that wanted the equivalent of British steel production in 1900. With the production of 1.1 million tons of steel, Even though the empire is still not as potent as the British, it is only a matter of time for the kingdom to overtake England.

"This year our steel production is one hundred and twenty thousand tons. Can produce twenty thousand tons more than expected, "Major Lian An replied.

"Ordered the scheme to double the steel mill. We need more iron production," Zhao Lingxin ordered.

"Acknowledgment, your majesty" Major Lian Aun took the order.

"But the amount of steel this year is enough for us to build some railways." Zhao Lingxin wanted to build a railway. To help ease the transport pressure of the country And increase the number of transporting people and goods.

But this was more of a budget than road construction and required much steel. It is therefore impossible to build railways throughout the country.

"We should build a railway on a very demanding route, such as Tongzhou city or Qinghua city," Zhao Lingxin said.

The Cabinet, therefore, approved the construction of two railway lines. Including the Shenzhou-Tsinghua route And the Shenzhou-Tongzhou route. By linking all three cities together

"In the matter of the construction of basic utilities, Please ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take care of this matter," Zhao Lingxin ordered.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs will do its best. Please do not worry, and Major Fang Han Jing accepted Zhao Lingxin.

After that, it is talking about the budget of various ministries. Which was passed as well, But the budget for the construction of many projects Huge budget; although now the treasury has a certain amount of assets, it is not enough.

The construction of basic infrastructure to cover all cities and roads and rail projects costs 30 million yuan. If the government doesn't have enough money, it will take many years to build these projects.

The first time, Zhao Lingxin wanted to print out the banknotes. But the Ministry of Finance objected. The amount of imperial inflation has reached its maximum acceptable limit. If too much money suddenly enters the system, its financial system will collapse immediately.

The government has passed a resolution to issue government bonds for sale to the public to buy.

For government funding, It is called the bond for the development of a sustainable empire. The interest rate is 10 percent per year. The government has set a high-interest rate to induce capitalists to use their money to buy bonds.

Many of these projects are on the national agenda. Zhao Ling Xin, therefore, established a 5-year national strategy. Set up a committee to oversee the project to develop smoothly and without obstacles.

Zhao Lingxin successfully signed the five-year national strategy. Throughout the country, this plan was announced to let everyone know that the empire had a great development plan. Create an excellent response to many of the people.

Investors have begun to raise large sums of money preparing to bid for road concessions. Some of them were very envious of the streets of Shenzhou. They want the road to pass through his city to create prosperity for the hometown.

"There is a motto that if we want development, the road must be cut a path first."

Now the government has provided opportunities for people in business to participate in the administration of the country. It also gives the right to collect tolls as well. Local businesspeople were very excited about the news. If their city had roads like the capital, They pay everything to route through their city.

Government road construction auction, Therefore, there are many businessmen and merchants paying attention. The road project is very As for the railway project, and they were all puzzled, not understanding what this was. But now, everyone's attention has been directed towards the road construction concession auction.