Another week later, Xu Lei sorted out and revised the framework of these laws and regulations, and officially began to be trialed in Yinluo Town.
For these refugees in Yinluo Town, the period of trial implementation of the new law is happier than ever. For example, Xu Lei clearly stipulates that in the official recruitment system, regardless of gender, age, and those who can do so can participate in the assessment as long as they are interested in becoming officials.
Xu Lei personally served as the chief examiner. All the residents of Yinluo Town almost broke through the assessment barrier. Regardless of the result, they were running for officials, which they didn't even dare to think about before.
As mentioned before, although these refugees in Yinluo Town were lazy, they were not stupid. Even Xu Lei was a little surprised when he received the assessment. After three consecutive days of assessment, Xu Lei selected the first batch of officials of Yinluo Town. Although there were only a dozen people, these dozen people were later considered the foundation for Xu Lei to start his hegemony in the future. Of course, this is a later story.
Officials must look like officials. Xu Lei invested in building various government offices for these officials according to their level and size, and customized unified official uniforms for these people in more practical situations. Finally, they put the rights down and let these officials independently recruit necessary personnel such as yamen runners and accountants in the government office according to the system.
As for those who did not choose, there was no complaint. Because they had their own private fields and private stores for the first time, Xu Lei divided the wasteland around Yinluo Town into pieces of uniform size and distributed them to them according to the number of people in each household. The property rights were permanent, and all taxes were exempted within two years. All things grown in the field were obtained by the owner within two years. And they also issued corresponding laws to protect their property rights, which was considered as nothing.
As for those who are lazy and are really terminally ill and unwilling to go to the ground, it doesn’t matter. The lazy people are actually more intelligent, because they are always thinking about what can they fill their stomachs without suffering.
Xu Lei had already thought of countermeasures for these people. He paid a high price to invite blacksmiths, carpenters and other craftsmen from several surrounding countries, and creatively opened an institution for various technical training in this world, although this institution was just a few dilapidated houses.
So, Yinluo Town began to have blacksmith shops, carpenter shops, clinics and pharmacies. Everyone performed their own duties and had their own division of labor. There was no one who was idle on the street who was idle on the street. Although such days were a bit hard, they were at ease. More importantly, a law stipulated that people who did nothing would not enjoy any protection. This means that if you continued to idle every day, any person who did things on the street could come and slap you in the face and spit on you. As long as you dare to fight back, it would be a violation of the law. The scene on the execution ground not long ago was deeply imprinted in the minds of these people.
These things are not complicated, but it is difficult to really do it. Xu Lei alone can't do it in such a short time. Of course, people in Yinluo Town will not know that at least half of all this is managed by a girl named Ling Qingyi behind the scenes.
Xu Lei attaches great importance to teaching. Most of the refugees in Yinluo Town are ignorant. The fat bosses in the tavern can barely keep accounts and can be called the "No. 1 talented woman" in the local area. The mysterious thing about culture is the importance of all space and time. Xu Lei understands this truth.
So he personally visited some gentlemen in the surrounding countries and spent a lot of money to invite the other party to Yinluo Town to open a school, which stipulates that no matter whether it is male, female, old or young, or whether it is high or low, he must go to the school to study culture every day after dark.
During this process, Ling Qingyi made a suggestion, which made Xu Lei's eyes almost pop out without surprise.
Ling Qingyi told Xu Lei, "We can issue a decree to announce that we welcome merchants from other places to come and trade, allow them to open shops locally and other measures that will help promote prosperity, and then give them the greatest preferential treatment, reduce their taxes, and try to attract people from other places to come and trade. This will not only accelerate development, but also broaden the horizons and increase their knowledge."
Xu Lei was drinking tea at the time. After Ling Qingyi finished speaking, he blew out a mouthful of tea. He looked at her incrediblely, with a big mouth. After a while, he said in surprise, "Do you understand attracting investment?"
Investment promotion was not uncommon in Xu Lei’s previous life. It was the most common and effective measure to promote multiple developments in various places, but some people in this world actually understand it?
"Add investment?" Ling Qingyi was a little surprised by this strange word.
Xu Lei was so impressed by Ling Qingyi that he was overwhelmed. After a while, he sighed with inferiority and said, "Just do what you said."
The common characteristics of merchants are that they go wherever they have benefits. As soon as Xu Lei's law was promoted, a large number of merchants came to learn about the situation. Xu Lei warmly received them, invited them to have dinner and drinks, took them to visit the prosperous Yinluo Town, and explained some laws against them to them, which was very thoughtful.
I don’t know whether these merchants were moved by Xu Lei’s sincerity or saw the potential of this big palm-sized place, most merchants immediately expressed their willingness to come here to invest.
As a result, the abandoned houses in Yinluo Town were pushed down and turned into restaurants, shops, inns. The residents began to move out of their dilapidated houses one after another and moved to a brand new residential area built by a giant businessman in another place next to the town.
Xu Lei secretly lamented about this incident that real estate development is available in every world!
Xu Lei also acted very generously. As long as it did not harm the actual local interests, these merchants would like to see Xu Lei and sell it to them at the lowest price. They would like to see Xu Lei for the project they liked with the most preferential policy.
The most massive and most expensive project during this period can be regarded as the city wall of Yinluo Town. Xu Lei can be said to have done it personally in this regard, because he understands what the city wall will mean for this place. He knows that there will be countless thrilling battles here in the future, and the city wall is the most basic barrier, so it is naturally unscathing.
All the stones are made of the best quality deep mountain rocks, and the height, width and thickness are all increased by three times. As long as there are defects in any place during the construction process, Xu Lei will push down and rebuild without hesitation, and the losses caused will be borne by himself.
Nearly two years have passed since the city wall was completely completed. Although its scale is far less than some imperial cities in this continent, in terms of its strength, it can definitely be comparable to the capitals of the three empires.
On the day the city wall was built, Xu Lei stood under the magnificent wall and looked up at the solid city wall made of a pile of golden coins. Suddenly, he burst into tears. Everyone cried because he was excited. Then some residents began to cry excitedly, shed tears for their brand new home and brand new life.
But no one knows the real reason why Xu Lei cried. He felt sorry for him! The sky was killed. This city wall emptied all his savings. Most of the big box of the best deep sea pearls that Hawking gave was used on this city wall. Now he is a pauper, how can he live in the future and how can he support Ling Qingyi!
Standing aside, Ling Qingyi, the only person who knew his true thoughts at this time, forced himself to stop laughing out loud on the spot. Seeing that this guy was so generous that he was almost extravagant, it seemed that he really regarded money as dirt.
No matter how much money you have, you will never feel enough to spend it. The big box of the best deep-sea pearls given to Xu Lei is immeasurable. It seems that you can't spend it all, but it will only take two years to use it.
Xu Lei looked at the last deep-sea pearl left on the table, frowned tightly. Although two years have passed, Yinluo Town has begun to generate income, its income is still barely enough to meet the most basic expenses of the whole town. If this continues, the development speed of Yinluo Town will be greatly slowed down. If it is a peaceful and prosperous era, Xu Lei would not have to worry about this leisure, but Xu Lei knew that Yinluo Town, which now seems to be a little prosperous, is still as fragile as a chicken egg on this vast continent. One day, it will attract the attention of neighboring countries. Maybe tomorrow, or in the next minute, the strength of Yinluo Town cannot withstand the thunder attack of empires such as Yas.
But when you have money, you don’t think it’s important, and when you really need it, you will feel at a loss. Financial issues have now become one of the most serious problems facing Xu Lei.
From the merchants who came to invest, this is absolutely not the same as killing a chicken to get eggs. Once these merchants withdraw their investments from here, their economy will collapse completely, and it is not realistic to increase taxes. Although the residents here will not have to go hungry, they cannot afford a lot of spare money. Even if there is one, if the tax is heavy, the cohesion built through hardships will be dissipated. No matter how strong the people are, no matter how rich the city wall is, it cannot withstand external invasion.
Borrow? Xu Lei thought of Hawking again, but immediately shook his head and denied this idea. First, Yasha City has a long journey, and it is easy to cause changes during this period. Second, what Xu Lei wants to borrow is not a small amount. Even if Yasha City is rich, it is just a city. Hawking may not be able to take out a big box of top-quality pearls again. Third, although Xu Lei has a lot of mature concepts over the years and knows when to bow his head, he still has his own bottom line. He was also bold at the time. After two years, he came to ask for help. Xu Lei's face was not as thick as this level.
Ling Qingyi did not have any special reaction. She still washed clothes, cooked and cleaned the house as usual, and helped deal with various government affairs. She seemed indifferent to this matter, but even Xu Lei didn't know that she was actually very conflicted. In fact, it was not difficult for her to resolve the financial crisis facing Xu Lei, but she had her own concerns. If she really returned to the Hualong Empire and did this, it would definitely bring Xu Lei a lot of astronomical wealth, but what followed would be a catastrophe for Xu Lei. After all, because Xu Lei changed her, many things were indirectly changed. The people behind her would never let Xu Lei go, the initiator for the sake of the overall situation.
Xu Lei almost wanted to break his head, but the matter still made no progress. Xu Lei was so anxious that he almost decided to go into the mountain to kill the monster to obtain the crystal core, and act as a mercenary for a while.
At this moment, a noise suddenly came from outside. Xu Lei, who was already in a bored mood, frowned and stood up and walked out.
As soon as he walked out, he saw several yamen runners in the town confronting several strangers. The strangers were all strong men. What surprised Xu Lei was that these strangers were wearing an exquisite badge on their chests, and the badges were inlaid with one- or two-star marks made of crystals. Xu Lei knew that this meant that these strangers were all one- or two-star warriors.
With Xu Lei's current strength, he naturally would not take more than a dozen one-star and two-star soul warriors seriously, but he was very surprised why these soul warriors appeared here at the same time.