Chapter 542: Inviting County Magistrate Lin
But what makes Lin Wen happiest is the successful construction of intensive industries.
In less than two months, Changshan County built more than 20,000 small factories, more than 100 medium-sized factories, six large factories, and one super-large factory.
The industries involved include garment processing, Jiangnan leather, footwear, hardware products, bicycle industry, daily chemical industry, detergent industry, daily sundry goods industry, and food industry.
The total number of employees exceeded nine million, 80% of whom were refugees who gathered in Changshan County due to the war, and 20% were migrant workers from all over the empire.
Among them, the food and clothing of Changshan County have become famous in the empire and have gained a certain degree of popularity.
The food in Changshan County is varied, delicious, cheap and easy to preserve. In particular, the "Kangshoufu Instant Noodles" which is said to have been invented by County Magistrate Lin himself has become popular in the empire and has become the favorite food of civilians and workers.
The Changshan County Food Base produced "holy bread" on behalf of the Papal State Headquarters. It was not only very popular in the Papal State, helping Shang Lianshan and his men to stabilize the situation, but also had a large market in the empire.
The clothing of Changshan County is even more famous. They are super cheap. Although the styles are not particularly exquisite, they look okay at a glance, are in line with the trend, and most importantly, are durable.
As soon as it appeared, it was loved by the general public.
With the completion of the imperial artillery order, the new factory in Changshan County also completed its historical mission.
Four hundred and thirty percent of the five million workers moved to other industries, and the remaining seven hundred thousand worked in formal factories, manufacturing artillery shells for the Changshan County army and recycling and refining scrap steel.
Changshan County's industrial transformation, optimization, and upgrading can be said to be completely successful.
It even absorbed millions of refugees who were originally unable to produce artillery shells, created more jobs, and gave workers coming to Changshan County more choices.
In addition, the number of construction workers in Changshan County has exceeded 800,000 and is heading towards one million.
The number of miners in Changshan County has reached 300,000 and is growing at a very high rate.
According to statistics from the Changshan County Labor Department, the number of employed workers in Changshan County has exceeded 12 million. Except for states and a few cities in the empire, no region can surpass Changshan County.
Moreover, unlike all other regions, all of these employees are paid by the Changshan County Government, and their insurance and benefits are paid on time.
The amount of salary paid out every month has reached a staggering level.
Therefore, during this period, the busiest departments in Changshan County were the Finance Department, the Planning Bureau, and the Imperial Capital Office.
Even though they had expanded rapidly, they were still exhausted and vomiting blood.
The development of Changshan County Government Office has lagged far behind the development of Changshan County itself, causing great pressure on every official there.
Changshan County's reputation in the empire has been completely restored, and all the dirty water thrown on it has been washed away with the passage of time.
There was even a group that went too far and praised Changshan County every day in major newspapers and online social platforms. Lin Wen was praised from head to toe by them, not leaving out a single hair, and he was almost becoming a living immortal.
In response to this, Lin Wen was to take advantage of Changshan County's good reputation and quickly gather various scientific research talents from the empire to join the 99th Science Research Institute of Changshan County, and quickly expand it to have ten floors underground and ten floors above ground.
At the same time, Lin Wen made its existence public and publicized as quickly as possible.
Thus, this scientific research institute hidden deep in the southern Taixu Mountains, under Lin Wen's vigorous promotion, became the legendary immortal cave and the place where Lin Wen achieved enlightenment.
Lin Wen, who had done a wave of reverse promotion, was very dissatisfied and secretly made up his mind that after he finished his work, he would go to the scientific research institute in person to discuss the theory... to explain the scientific principles and spread the glory of truth.
Based on his understanding of the great principles of the physical world, in the original world, even if he didn't become an emperor or an immortal king, he could still be among the immortals.
And in this world, he is the undisputed Taoist Ancestor, and no one in the world can match him.
As soon as he opened his mouth, his eloquence was as eloquent as falling stars in broad daylight, and his merits were bestowed upon him by heaven. The truth that he was the God of Science was immediately known to everyone.
"Hmph, those who spread the truth... rumors, just wait and see, I will eventually blow your eyes out."
During this period, as various industries got back on track, Changshan County's economy has greatly improved. Except for the clothing industry, all industries have made huge profits.
Moreover, its growth momentum has not ended yet and it is still growing rapidly.
As long as the new town is completed and the east-west roads are built, Changshan County will usher in an unprecedented super boom.
Now, some people have listed Changshan County as the third region that has the potential to become a super first-tier region.
If this goal can be achieved, Changshan County will be the first county to become a super first-tier region.
This honor is extraordinary.
That’s not all.
Everything in the empire was getting better during this period.
With the stable operation of the new council and the full-scale attack of the Imperial Political Supervisory Council, the judicial situation in various places has greatly improved. The major wealthy families have restrained their actions and the major officials dare not be too unscrupulous.
The empire also enacted a minimum wage law, forcing most regions to raise wages.
This proposal was passed because it was modeled after Yaojing, as the governors all wanted to develop like Yaojing.
Since Yaojing was cleaned up by Lin Wen, it has developed greatly along the direction of Lin Wen. A large amount of investment and high-level talents have gathered here, making it the most powerful engine in the eastern part of the empire.
Although it also caused many negative effects, for example, the crazy gathering and squeezing led to the exclusion of a large number of ordinary civilians, and the large concentration of resources led to the emptiness and decline of a large number of areas.
But most of these negative effects were absorbed by Changshan County.
Changshan County has a special recruitment building in Yaojing, and huge banners are posted around the building to announce Changshan County’s latest imperial policies and treatment.
Anyone who couldn't make it in Yaojing took a boat to Changshan County.
This is also the reason why the number of workers in Changshan County continues to surge.
Once they arrived in Changshan County, they never wanted to go back. It was indeed not as prosperous as Yaojing, but it was stable, healthy and peaceful. As long as they worked hard, the quality of life would be much higher than in Yaojing.
Many people have also realized a truth.
Yaojing is a place where people with money and capital go, while Changshan County is where the poor and ordinary people belong.
After learning this, they decided to settle in Changshan County.
The new town will be completed soon, and there will be countless houses available for purchase.
With such a beautiful dream in their hearts, they wait, work and strive.
Living.
The empire's level of civilization took a small step forward.
Li Longxing's reforms are not limited to this. In recent times, he has been working hard to improve the civil rights of the empire.
The so-called imperial citizenship refers to the right to life, the right to livelihood, the right to production, and the right to honor of the imperial citizens.
All citizens of the empire should have this right and should not be slaughtered, enslaved, sold, and trampled upon like pigs and dogs.
This is the empire.
It is the most powerful, largest, oldest, most advanced and most civilized country in the world.
This entry point was very well chosen, and it was recognized by both the imperial officials and the common people.
But it caused huge damage to Lin Yabo, Luo Nuo, Mosili, Cheng Wei and the Qin Group.
Lin Yabo is an aristocrat. He believes that there are high and low bloodlines and that the untouchables will always be untouchables.
A large number of slaves are still used in his industry.
Rono is a free economist who advocates economic exploitation and bloodsucking. The damage caused to him by the minimum wage is simply devastating.
Cheng Wei is a proponent of the worker bee concept. He believes that people should have clear division of labor, some are born to be leaders, and some are born to be worker bees. Li Longxing's reforms also caused great harm to him.
Mosili completely disregards human life; all his experiments and technologies require humans.
If ordinary people were sacred and inviolable, then his biochemical research and his insect army would no longer exist.
The Qin Group is the largest slave smuggling group in the entire empire.
They relied on war, plunder, and usury to obtain slaves, and then sold them to upstream buyers. The slave trading groups that Lin Wen had destroyed in Changshan County were all downstream branches of the Qin Group.
Therefore, during this period of time, there has been a fierce struggle between these five major groups and the royal faction.
However, as the empire's economy rapidly improved, the Papal States' colonial work progressed smoothly, especially the post-war headquarters composed of Shang Lianshan, Cheng Li, Yang Jiewei, Guo Feng and others.
They swept away the entire old upper class of the Papal States in one fell swoop, collected countless gold and silver treasures, and made the empire a huge fortune from the war.
The supporters of the imperial faction therefore far exceeded those of the five major groups.
The biggest supporter among them is the imperial elder Ren Zhengqing.
When this elder, who usually kept a low profile, clearly expressed his support for the Royal Faction, the five major groups stopped their activities and no longer dared to openly oppose this matter.
Li Longxing knew very well that Elder Ren's support was due to the smooth progress of the Papal States' colonization work.
After the war, the headquarters not only cleared out all the old upper echelons, but also gained the support of a large number of lower-level people.
This had never happened before in the empire's previous history of aggression.
Every expansion of the empire was accompanied by continuous security wars, such as the South Bay area. The empire eventually withdrew from the area, leaving it a chaotic and crime-ridden place.
Elder Ren's demand is to completely turn the Papal States into a colony of the Empire, allowing the Empire to dump its goods, assigning the dirtiest and most tiring work to them, and making them a pariah below the citizens of the Empire.
Of course this is impossible.
Li Longxing's goal is to achieve long-term and stable rule.
He planned to establish the Imperial Security Alliance with the Papal States and make the Papal States a younger brother of the empire, so the Papal States must also develop and it is impossible to plunder endlessly.
The current support is only temporary.
Ren Zhengqing will inevitably end up on the opposite side in the future.
But each stage must have its own mission, and each stage also has its own allies.
It is impossible to reach the ultimate in one step.
The current stage is to establish the imperial citizenship as soon as possible. Only when the imperial citizens have obtained the corresponding rights can they start the next stage.
Li Longxing was very clear-headed, so he had no illusions. He made the most of Elder Ren's support to initially establish the imperial citizenship.
The empire's level of civilization took another small step forward.
However, this was far from the end. Li Longxing struck while the iron was hot and launched the "Imperial Anti-Recession Plan" and the "Tax Reduction Bill."
He planned to pry off another layer of the shackles on the civilians.
This adds another layer of shackles to the powerful and the groups.
The plan went smoothly at the beginning, but the counterattack by Lin Yabo and others also began in secret.
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Changshan County.
Overnight, it seemed as if all the governors had conspired to reject all products from Changshan County.
Including food products, clothing and textiles, leather products, daily necessities, and minerals such as copper, iron and coal, either prohibit sales or subject to extremely high tariffs.
It’s so high that a piece of soap that costs one dollar can be taxed ten dollars.
In order to avoid losses, Changshan County’s soap can only be sold for eleven yuan. The price has skyrocketed by 1100%. Who would still buy it?
All of a sudden, the foreign trade of Changshan County collapsed instantly. Cargo ships parked at the port of Changshan County filled the waters, and cargo containers stranded at the train station piled up like mountains.
Yang Shaohu, Xiao Xiao and Lao Xie were all dumbfounded.
The cost of intensive industries is very high. Once the products are squeezed, huge losses will occur. Changshan County's economy, which has just recovered, cannot afford such a huge consumption.
If this continues, Changshan County’s economy will collapse in a few days.
Old Xie panicked and grabbed Xiao Xiao's clothes, shouting, "Xiao Xiao, think of a solution quickly."
Xiao Xiao was also dumbfounded: "I, I have no choice."
Old Xie asked anxiously, "How could you not have any? Aren't you very good at predicting market trends? Your industrial allocation plan is so perfect, how could there be no solution?"
Xiao Xiao was even more anxious than him: "I have County Magistrate Lin to help me, and I only understand economics, so I can only play within the rules of economics. This is clearly political retaliation, and I have no way to deal with it!"
"What should we do then?" Old Xie was extremely disappointed, but when he saw Yang Shaohu's calm demeanor, he immediately said happily, "Shaohu, you have a solution, right?"
Yang Shaohu was at ease and said with a smile, "Old Xie, don't worry, I certainly have a way."
Old Xie was immediately delighted: "I knew you could do it. You are worthy of being called the Little Crouching Dragon. Tell me, what are your ideas?"
Yang Shaohu took a sip of tea and said lightly.
"Please come in, County Magistrate Lin."
(End of this chapter)
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