19. On the day of the topping, you should be happy
There is a tradition on the construction site,
On the day when the main structure is capped, a grand ceremony will be held.
Commonly known as 'topped luck'.
At this time, we usually find a nearby small and medium-sized restaurant, book a dozen tables, and invite all the workers and masters (and of course, the leaders to sit at the same table), with plenty of fish, meat, and beer.
Those who are more conscientious will take another day off. (Actually, they will take advantage of the venue to be cleared and let people from the urban construction office come and inspect it)
Morale is very important. After all, there will be secondary structural construction later. (Or if you want to use the same construction team for the next project, you must give some face.)
Making people happy is a science,
【Tradition=Discipline】,
The intuitive response cultivated by discipline is one of the natural foundations for maintaining dominance.
Give a few examples, events or nouns:
Best of luck,
(Come on, come on, let’s go have a meal, old man)
red and blue car lights,
(I will step aside first, and comrades will go over first)
navy blue uniform,
(Do not interfere when performing official duties)
new card pool,
(If you fire ten consecutive rounds again, you must fish him out)
Monday,
(Lost, I don’t want to rework it!)
Ahem, so for the lord, lighting up [Featured Tradition] on the national policy tree is conducive to maintaining rule and improving morale.
It just so happened that Li Jiasu, a devil, had his own opinions in this regard.
...
Castle, inside the restaurant on the second floor.
Chuyang talked with Arcadio and others about many secret things.
If it were the content of a novel, it would be enough to cover five or six pages.
But that would be a bad stacking setup,
So to make a long story short, the four adventurers left the castle quite satisfied.
The noble young man and the condemnation knight keenly grasped the information they wanted from the few words provided by the lord.
Combined with the snakeskin map in their hands, the location of the suspicious location on the island is readily apparent, waiting for them to explore.
In the evening, the devil, whose cloak was covered with dust, came to the third floor of the castle, threw the dirty cloak to the butler for cleaning, and then entered the study.
"Thank you for your hard work today, Mr. AC Li." Chu Yang sat behind the desk, put down the castle's financial report for this week that the butler had just submitted, and said to Li Jia Shu.
"Well, Chu Yang, please tell me in detail the details of the meeting with the adventurers." Li Jia Shu sat down on the sofa, took a piece of fruit from the silver plate on the tea table, and started to nibble on it.
Original ecology, no pollution, much healthier than soda.
Chu Yang nodded and spent about a quarter of an hour describing the details of the meeting. Finally, he added: "Sir, I don't think the four of them are here to help His Majesty the King collect and capture rare monsters."
There is another purpose."
Li Jiasu said ‘hmm’,
"Did he show any obvious hostility towards you?"
"Sir, no."
"Then don't worry about them for the time being. Let's do our own thing. Practice our internal skills well. They will do their thing and we will do ours. As long as we work hard and become stronger, any difficulties will have a chance to be solved."
"Yes, my lord."
“How are the castle finances doing this week?”
"It's in good condition. I got an extra 20 gold coins today, sir."
"Well, then you send someone to make some preparations. Next weekend, hold a banquet outside Gusi City in the name of the lord. It is open to everyone and no tickets are required."
"Okay, sir, I'll go talk to Ator later."
"..."
"...Wait a minute, sir, what did you just say?!" Chuyang suddenly reacted, looking a little confused.
Lord Devil, you can always come up with something new for me.jpg
Li Jiasu spit the fruit core into the wet trash can, lay down on the sofa, and said:
"Although the climate on the island is terrible, fortunately the progress of the project has not gone awry. Well...it may also be because the initial project was relatively simple."
"It's like this, Chuyang, the main structure of the 80 group houses will be capped next Friday, and the remaining internal repairs will be completed in about three or four days. Then these rough houses can be occupied by serfs.
.”
The lord nodded and said to the devil: "In just one month, 80 new houses have been built. You devils really know how to build houses."
Li Jiasu coughed and said, "It depends on the situation. It just so happens that I am the best at civil engineering among the nine hells."
In fact, in my previous life, it would have been extremely difficult to achieve such a thing as "building 80 bungalows in one month."
And the biggest factor that makes it possible now is ‘shrinkage’.
There is no need to arrange all kinds of buried wiring for electricity, water, and gas. There is no need to consider earthquake prevention indicators. There is no need to wait for the acceptance of each node (quality acceptance). Building materials are always delivered in time, and no workers are lazy (three shifts at the same time)
), no workers were injured.
In addition, the building type is a modified mixture of wooden structure and masonry structure, and the standards for the use of concrete are not as high as those in the electrical era.
Therefore, although bad weather caused work to be suspended on certain days, the total construction period was successfully controlled within one month.
Is this cool? For Li Jia Shu, this is so exciting.
Well, if everything goes well and there are no problems, the next project will be the goal of [demolition of high-risk structural parts of the old castle].
Before that, there is one operation that must be done.
Light up the [Special Culture] node on Chuyang’s national policy tree. (Smart ** player 1000)
The devil lay on the sofa and continued to explain to the young lord:
"In order for Chu Yang to better rule the territory in the future, improve the morale of the workers, and increase the favorability of the people towards you, I decided -"
"Every time a project is completed, or at a critical juncture of a large project, the castle has to hold a banquet open to everyone, with no admission fees."
Chu Yang took a breath of air,
"Ac Master Li, that costs a lot of money!"
The devil stretches out his hand,
"Give me a glass of honey water."
The young lord then personally mixed a cup of honey and grapefruit mountain spring water, handed it to the devil, and sat on the sofa at the same time.
Li Jia Shu took a sip, moistened his throat, and then said:
"Let me tell you why I do this."
"Chu Yang, first of all, let me ask you, are there any traditional festivals celebrated in your territory? Those designated by the king or the church will do."
The young lord thought for a while and replied: "There is a traditional festival, but it is not a 'celebration'. On the first full moon of early autumn every year, the [Holy Atonement] Church requires all believers in the Kingdom of Spain to not
Eat hot food, do not drink alcohol, and if possible, go to a nearby chapel to participate in the atonement prayer that night.”
"Oh, by the way, those old monks return to the island a few days before this festival every year. After collecting the tithe, they gather the citizens of Gus City on the night of the festival - relatively 'devout'
Those people - went to the old chapel to pray for atonement, and then left the island again a few days later."
Li Jiasu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Our goal is to create a celebration, make it a tradition, and at the same time stimulate the internal circular economy."
"Being cheerful can inspire the morale of the crowd better than suppressing and preaching."
"Yes, my lord."
"Making it a tradition means to discipline people so that they can form a direct connection in their hearts between the emotion of 'completion of civil engineering projects' and 'happiness'."
"Sir, how do you understand this?"
"This holiday banquet needs to be held repeatedly, insist on it, and hold it seriously. In addition to the key nodes of the entire large project [castle reconstruction], and when the subsequent projects of the [island development plan] are also advanced and implemented, we will try our best to make this festival
The frequency of holding is controlled to be once every 2 to 3 months.”
"Oh, it's held 5 to 6 times a year." Chu Yang used a quill pen to make notes on the parchment.
"In this way, workers and citizens, when each civil project or key node is approaching completion, have a positive psychological expectation, 'Ah! Let's work harder, get it done as soon as possible, and have a holiday and drink as soon as possible.
!'."
"Oh, I probably understand." Chuyang sat next to Li Jiasu, looked at the parchment in his hand and nodded, "Let everyone maintain morale in the second half of a project. And when a new project
At the beginning, people will also have hope to hedge against the hard work to come."
"Yes, Chuyang, the key is to insist on doing it and do it seriously so that the banquet can be remembered by everyone and implemented in everyone's heart. Then, the discipline is completed and the tradition is born."
"But, sir, it will cost the castle a lot of money to hold this kind of event." The young lord paused, "You also said that you don't need to charge tickets. This..."
"Haha." The devil smiled and then asked:
"Chu Yang, what do you think?"
Well, Li Jia Shu's current figure is not fat.
The young lord immediately replied: "The people are happy, but I am not happy anymore. If you hold a banquet, money will be used everywhere."
"Sir, according to my opinion, we are losing money to win the hearts of the people, and the difference between losing money and losing less is nothing more than losing money."
The devil took a sip of the honey grapefruit water in the teacup,
Then smiled slightly,
"So, in order to minimize losses and positively stimulate Gusi City's internal circular economy, we have to turn the banquet into a consumption festival at the same time!"
Chu Yang was confused again,
"Sir, could you please tell me again, what is the meaning?"
"Consumption Festival."
The young lord also lay down on the sofa with eyes blank, gave up thinking, and said: "My lord, please continue speaking, I will listen."
Li Jiasu picked up the quill pen and parchment on the tea table and wrote and drew in the blank spaces on them.
"First, we have to tell all the free citizens that for every 50 copper coins spent in the venue on the night of the festival, the castle will give a bonus of 5 copper coins."
Chu Yang jumped up from the sofa,
"I have to take the initiative to give money?! Just kill me!"
"Hey, Chuyang, please sit down, don't worry." Li Jiasu comforted him.
Then, after spending 20 minutes, the devil explained in detail to the young lord the stimulating logic of the entire 'Consumption Festival'.
First of all, the consumption in the entire banquet venue cannot directly use gold, metal, money, and coins.
The castle will set up exchange points at multiple locations. Participants can redeem the corresponding ‘festival coupons’ in four amounts: 10 copper coins, 50 copper coins, 1 silver coin, and 5 silver coins.
At this time, for every 50 copper coins redeemed at one time (if you want to get bonus money, you must redeem it all at once, and you are not allowed to progress in batches), the castle staff at the redemption point will give you a 'reward coupon' worth 5 copper coins.
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Each 'Festival Voucher' and 'Reward Voucher' will have a special seal and seal on it. The seal pattern will be brand new for each festival to prevent anyone from forging it.
(To put it simply, three days before each festival, Li Jia Shu carves 10 intricate seals by himself, and then hands them over to the designated person in the castle, who stamps 20,000 coupons in three days. Theoretically, this is how it works
In a short period of time, the risk of the seal pattern being leaked and being forged is very low)
(On average, one person produces 2,000 coupons. Based on a 12-hour work day, in three days, each person produces an average of 56 coupons per hour, which is completely feasible.)
After the banquet, until noon on the third day, people can use the ‘festival coupons’ and ‘reward coupons’ in their hands to exchange points for metal coins.
If you want to serve as a merchant at the banquet, selling goods or services, you need to inform the castle one day in advance and register. At the same time, it will be recorded how much 'reserve' each merchant wants to exchange.
(Merchants must also use ‘festival coupons’ and ‘reward coupons’ to do business in festival venues)
Individuals who have not registered are ordinary consumers.
Here comes the key point (the devil knocks on the blackboard)!
After the banquet is over and the coupons are exchanged for metal coins, consumers and merchants are in two situations.
[Facing ordinary consumers].
For example: On the night of the festival, Freeman A exchanged 2 silver coins and 10 copper coins for the first time and received a "reward coupon" worth 20 copper coins. For the second time, he exchanged 1 silver coin and 40 copper coins and received a "reward coupon" worth 10 copper coins.
'Bonus Coupon' for copper coins.
Although Freeman A redeemed a total of 3 silver coins and 50 copper coins, since the batches could not be progressive, the 'reward coupons' he received totaled 30 copper coins.
Assume that on the second day, he has "Festival Coupons" worth 60 copper coins and "Reward Coupons" worth 10 copper coins left in his hand.
At this time, when he went to the exchange point, he could only exchange 60 copper coins for metal coins, and the 'reward coupons' could not be exchanged.
Because the 'reward coupons' given to him by the castle can only be used for consumption and are not allowed to be cashed out.
Therefore, sensible consumers must plan to consume the ‘reward coupons’ directly at the banquet, otherwise it will be just a piece of waste paper.
[When facing merchants, you have to pay tax on the spot, and only after collecting the tax will you exchange metal coins.]
For example: Suppose Merchant B exchanged a total of 10 silver coins in reserve before the banquet started.
After the consumption festival ended, when he came to exchange the metal coins, he handed over a "festival coupon" and a "reward coupon" worth 30 silver coins.
After deducting the recorded reserve of 10 silver coins, the remaining 20 silver coins are calculated based on a tax of 6 copper coins for every 50 copper coins. Merchant B needs to pay a tax of 240 copper coins.
Then, the actual amount of metal coins that merchant b finally received was 27 silver coins and 60 copper coins.
Do you understand?
For ordinary consumers, the consumption coupons given by Castle are 10% and are extremely difficult to cash out.
For merchants, the tax collected by Castle is 12%, which is paid and settled immediately.
What? Merchants think the tax rate is too high?
Will it not be passed on to consumers?
In short, consumers feel that they have harvested the castle's wool, merchants have made a little money, and the castle has collected some taxes to make money.
Four wins, all three parties are happy, and the internal circular economy of Gusi City is also stimulated.
As for how to prevent bold and profit-seeking people from secretly engaging in [secondary market] or [tax evasion]?
(For example, after the party, some merchants secretly collected ‘reward coupons’ from consumers at the price of 3 copper coins each)
(Another example is that merchants hand over the "holiday coupons" to some free people and ask them to exchange them for metal coins and pay some benefits. The merchants evade taxes in this way)
Chu Yang raised these questions.
The devil laughed and said, "Have you forgotten? You are a feudal lord."
Don't forget, in this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that "human lives are like grass".
The devil said to the young lord:
"Let the castle warn the people not to try to play tricks on the lord."
"If there are any merchants who are secretly doing some tricks to evade taxes, anyone is welcome to report it."
"After inspection, if the report is true, the reporter can receive a reward of 1 gold coin."
"Businessmen who evade taxes will have their homes ransacked and killed without mercy!"
Chu Yang stared at Li Jia Shu dumbfounded, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
That's right! I'm a feudal lord, and I'm not a good person.
Anyone who dares to evade taxes will be killed directly.
The devil drank up the drink in one gulp and sighed slightly.