Chapter 324: Economic Inventory, the Flattery of All Parties
End of October.
The temperature dropped significantly and snowflakes fell in many places.
Daming, Jiangnan area.
After nearly half a year of hard work and effort.
In the fourth wave of expansion in Xujiazhuang, half of the 1,100 newly built collective estates have now been completed, or have reached a level that allows relocation, and the remaining ones with slower construction progress will definitely be completed within this year.
Realize your wish to live in a new house.
It also means that this year's round of large-scale expansion has basically been completed, forming a pattern that tends to be long-term stable - at least within the Ming Dynasty.
So I followed last year's practice.
Xujiazhuang's various economic data for this year (the Chongzhen decade) were released on the last day of October, and they are extremely eye-catching:
The total population increased from 24 million to just over 50 million.
The gross economic product (gdp) reached 8.1 billion silver dollars, an increase of 47.2% over last year.
Coal energy consumption reached 251 million tons.
Cement production reached 98 million tons.
Steel production exceeds 3.8 million tons.
Fertilizer output reached 9.36 million tons.
Sugar production reached 1.99 million tons.
The total output of biodiesel reached 1.102 million tons.
The total grain collection and reserves are 85.5 million tons.
The total stocking weight of pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits and other livestock is about 11.8 billion jins, and about 3 billion jins of various meats are obtained.
Including the total catch of river fish and seafood, it also exceeded 30 million koku.
Therefore, the per capita consumption of fish and meat is more than 100 kilograms this year, and the doubling of the population has not led to a lack of meat consumption.
There are also data such as average life expectancy, per capita education level, crime rate, neonatal mortality rate, and pregnancy dystocia rate. Although it has not become very eye-catching due to the massive increase in population, it is still the strongest presence in the Ming Dynasty.
It is undoubtedly the number one on this planet. If other places want to catch up, it will take at least thirty to fifty years or even hundreds of years.
The per capita income has been lowered to 160 silver dollars, which exceeds the standard of well-off society, but fails to reach the level of prosperity (the per capita annual income must reach 200 silver dollars). As for the overall return to a wealthy life with a per capita annual income of more than 300 silver dollars, it will take
Struggle for a while.
However, based on the development potential and speed of Xujiazhuang, and assuming an annual economic growth rate of 30%, collective prosperity will be achieved in three years. Even with a conservative annual economic growth rate of 20%, it will be possible in just four years.
Achieve collective prosperity.
The above data were proactively announced through the "Oriental Times".
It immediately aroused great discussion and repercussions in the Ming Dynasty, and there were countless voices of envy, dissatisfaction and anger.
"The development of Xujiazhuang is really great."
"Fortunately, my family has struggled to earn an income of even 100 silver dollars for a year. The population of Xujiazhuang has more than doubled, but there is still 160 silver dollars per capita. It is true that the good is better, and the bad is worse."
"Xujiazhuang is so rich. After becoming rich, can you help us and guide us? We also want to live a good life."
"Why didn't Xujiazhuang lead us? So many bridge and road construction projects, so many factories and mines were all driven by Xujiazhuang. This year, the per capita income of the Ming people has reached thirty silver dollars, and it may reach five in the future.
Ten, one hundred silver dollars, the growth rate is not slow."
"Thirty silver dollars per capita? Why don't I feel it at all? Many people in my village go to the mines to mine, and they say they can get very high wages, but at the end of the year, it is good to take home thirty silver dollars.
, many people can only save four or five silver dollars, and some are disabled or dead, and there is no compensation at all. It is useless to go to the government to file a complaint. Compared with the villagers in Xujiazhuang, we live a human life.
What’s the date?”
"Yes, except for the people in Xujiazhuang, who live a better life in this world, people in other places are living in suffering and hell, with no hope at all. Even if they barely live to be forty or fifty years old, they will enjoy a happy life.
Added up, it won’t exceed a hundred days.”
"Please Xujiazhuang continue to expand and merge us all. Only in this way can we live like individuals and see hope!"
"Yes, what crime have we committed? Xujiazhuang obviously has the ability to make 50 million people rich, but it is unwilling to incorporate everyone in the Ming Dynasty. It is just an increase of five times the population. With Xujiazhuang's ability, it is just too many
It has only taken a few years to develop, why do you ignore us and ignore us?"
"It's so unfair! Xujiazhuang cannot treat one favorably and exclude poor people like us. We are all Chinese people."
"I heard that a king's estate has appeared in North Korea, housing millions of Korean people. These foreigners can be taken care of by Xujiazhuang. Are we not as good as foreigners? Xujiazhuang, please don't do this. This is really
It’s very bad.”
"If Xujiazhuang doesn't want to save me, I will light a fire on myself and burn myself to death in front of Xujiazhuang!"
"Xujiazhuang, don't just focus on the one-third of an acre in the south of the Yangtze River. Take a look at the whole world! Xu Yuan was originally the savior emperor who came to earth. He was supposed to create a new dynasty that lasted for eight hundred years. But now he doesn't care about our life or death.
If you are unwilling to complete your mission, you will definitely suffer the backlash of karma." A certain magician shouted.
"..."
Wait for the remarks.
As for those who successfully joined Xujiazhuang, they were all very lucky, and they also took the initiative to speak out and refute those ridiculous remarks.
"Buddha Sakyamuni fed eagles with meat. The meat from his whole body could only feed a hundred eagles. How could the owner of the village have such great power to save more than 200 million people of the Ming Dynasty?"
"If there really is a change of dynasty, at least hundreds of millions of people will die in the war, creating an unprecedented doomsday catastrophe. The owner of the village does not want to create such a massacre, so he uses the gentlest and most benevolent method, but some stupid people
, only saw their own interests, never paid attention to those terrible tragedies, and only engaged in moral kidnapping."
"The capacity of Xujiazhuang is limited. Now it has reached the upper limit of 50 million people. It is impossible to recruit more people. We can only wait for us to develop. By creating a large amount of demand and forming a strong pull effect, we can bring everyone with us."
The consequence of developing together and merging them all into Xujiazhuang is common poverty. In order to help the hungry people, countless resources have to be consumed, and there is no way to continue rapid development. This is the next best solution."
"Yes, the quota is already full. No more people can be added. You should use your own hands and work hard. There is definitely a chance to change your destiny, and it is not small. Don't complain about this or that, it will only make you
In complaining, countless opportunities pass by.”
"Compared with people outside the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty today are living a very good life and have become the envy of many surrounding countries. Don't be ignorant of blessings when you are surrounded by blessings. The troubles you will encounter in the future may be a lot of
Foreigners have poured into the Ming Dynasty. For example, many Mongolians outside the customs have fled to the Ming Dynasty. They would rather do hard mining work than return to the grasslands. It can be seen that the hell you describe is what many foreigners yearn for.
of paradise.”
…
the other side.
Xujiazhuang's various economic and people's livelihood data were released not long after.
After being seen by the top executives of various business groups, the rulers of many small countries in Southeast Asia, and the upper classes of Japan, Korea and other countries.
Regardless of other data, the staggering figure of annual GDP alone, which is expected to reach 8.1 billion silver dollars, makes these powerful people collectively feel dumbfounded and shocked.
"8.1 billion silver dollars, what a terrible number is this?"
“I wonder if Vietnam’s GDP is 50 million silver dollars?”
"Although we, the Land of the Rising Sun, have 15 to 6 million people, each person may not even have ten silver dollars. The combined wealth created every year is only a few tenths of that of Xujiazhuang. No wonder it can be done so easily.
Defeat our army of more than 100,000 people."
"We must be friendly with Xujiazhuang and establish more cooperation, otherwise we will not be able to develop and become rich, and the gap will only widen."
"We have the King's Manor in North Korea and it is also a member of Xujiazhuang. It won't be long before we can catch up with Xujiazhuang Smecta."
"According to this development rate, the GDP of Xujiazhuang next year may exceed 10 billion silver dollars. We Guan Ningjun work hard in mining, killing and injuring 20,000 to 30,000 miners every year. It is very difficult for the GDP to exceed 100 billion silver dollars.
Some of us in Guan Ningjun, it’s better not to do that. One day, our financial resources and strength may reach one-tenth of Xujiazhuang’s dream. It’s good to maintain 1% and not continue to fall. We have to continue.
Show goodwill to Xujiazhuang and deepen the relationship between the two parties."
"We must improve our relationship with Xujiazhuang better, otherwise once we are ignored or abandoned by Xujiazhuang, we will only die!" said Dai Shan, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty.
So it didn't take long.
A wave of forces from all sides rushed to curry favor with Xujiazhuang.
All parties sent valuable gifts to express their congratulations to Xujiazhuang, which is flourishing.
For example, the King of Vietnam sent people to send one hundred large pearls from the South China Sea, ten gems, and five colorful coral trees.
The Mongolian tribe of Chahar tribe sent people to send a piece of gold nugget weighing 13 kilograms, 88 pieces of natural gemstones, three open-pit iron mines, and two open-pit coal mines, and invited Xujiazhuang to develop it.
The senior officials of Guan Ning Army sent someone to deliver 300 kilograms of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, and some jade.
Japan was poor in resources, but it also sent a shipload of thirty beauties selected from a million, a hundred paper fans, a hundred pounds of ambergris, and other specialties.
The Zheng family in Fujian sent people to deliver ten purchase orders, three boxes of pearls, jade, agate, etc., one hundred roots of overseas agarwood, fifty pounds of top-quality Tieguanyin tea, and several wild animals such as elephants, rhinos, and macaques.
But the biggest gift-giver was Hou Jin from Liaodong, who directly sent 100 wild ginseng plants over 50 years old, 20 tiger skins, 10 white bear skins, 50 white fox skins, 50,000 taels of gold, and
Hundreds of beauties.
The most shabby gift was from the Kingdom of North Korea, which sent a lot of kimchi and thirty Korean ginseng plants, but then disappeared. After all, North Korea is in the reconstruction and recovery period, so it was great to be able to bring out these, and there should be no blame.
In order to please these forces and the gifts they sent, Xu Yuan specifically issued instructions to accept them all, evaluate the value of the gifts, and then return them with brand-new banknotes according to the reciprocal value, which is equivalent to the market price.
If you buy it at a low price, you won't take advantage of them in vain.
This made the gift-giving representatives of these forces very happy. Xujiazhuang actually gave back the banknotes that are extremely popular nowadays? This is really great. Not only is this gift a cost-effective gift, but they also make a profit. As long as they give these
When banknotes are brought back to their respective territories, they can become the most popular currency that is harder than hard currency. There is no need to worry about not being able to spend it. It can also promote the liquidity of their respective internal markets and make the economy more active.
Decided!
Even if they can only get banknotes at a ratio of 1:1 to the value of the gift, they still have to come over once a year to make offerings, and they have to prepare more expensive gifts.
After receiving gifts and treasures from so many forces, Xu Yuan only picked a few of the most valuable ones and kept them himself. The rest had a gift exhibition hall specially built in Harbor City, where most of them were displayed.
Gifts are placed in this exhibition hall, which is open to the public free of charge. Anyone can go in, broaden their horizons, and even touch some of the treasures with their own hands.
For such a people-friendly move, the "Oriental Times" quickly published an article to praise it. What is needed to cultivate the people's aesthetic ability and treasure appreciation ability, increase humanistic sentiments and literacy, and also embody such a spirit:
Treasures are not important. No matter how priceless they are described, you can see and touch them for free in the gift exhibition hall. There is nothing strange about it. The most precious treasure is, after all, human beings themselves, and so on...
soon.
Beijing, in the Forbidden City.
Emperor Zhu Youjian saw this issue of "Oriental Times" and saw this article about the gift exhibition hall.
Zhu Youjian immediately became anxious.
Angry and anxious!
Because so many forces, including dozens of small countries around the Ming Dynasty, were scrambling to curry favor with Xu Jiazhuang and sent gift-giving missions to Harbor City one after another, Zhu Youjian thought of a word -
All nations come to court!
Xujiazhuang is an unscrupulous and profit-seeking force. Just because of its money, it actually attracts the scene of all nations coming to court. It can be seen that values are not important, and interests are real. The actual performance of these forces makes Zhu Youjian feel cold and chilled.
.
Then, the question is, should the royal family send someone to deliver gifts? What kind of gifts would be better? Who should be sent to deliver gifts?
Yes, considering the end, Zhu Youjian began to think about the candidate for the gift-giving representative. After all, it is impossible not to give gifts. All the forces have given gifts, but the royal family has made no move. What does this mean? Does it look down on Xujiazhuang? Treat allies.
Is this the attitude? Therefore, no matter what, gifts must be given. Besides, Xujiazhuang will give banknotes in return, so the royal family will not suffer any loss, but it is a necessary move to show a friendly attitude.
Zhu Youjian also quickly thought about the candidate for the gift-giving representative.
So he sent the emperor's sister-in-law to go.
As for whether to go to Harbor City, Zhang Yan has been thinking about it for more than a month, but has not yet made a decision. He hesitates, hesitates, and has many worries, which has almost exhausted his and Queen Zhou's patience.
On this day, Zhu Youjian found the emperor's sister-in-law Zhang Yan and said directly: "Emperor's sister-in-law, you will set off tomorrow. As the representative of the royal family's gift-giving, go to Harbor City. This matter is very important... Anyway, the emperor's sister-in-law must go to you.
If you can’t go there once, don’t refuse again.”
"this……"
"There's nothing to worry about. The queen will go with you. There's nothing to worry about. The matter is settled!" Zhu Youjian said involuntarily, then turned and left.
"..."
Zhang Yan opened her mouth, but still resisted a little, but she couldn't disobey the emperor's order, so she had to accept it.
The next day, November 20th.
Zhang Yan got into a VIP car and embarked on a journey to Harbor City with the royal gift-giving team. However, she didn't know that in the eyes of the emperor's uncle Zhu Youjian, she had become the most valuable gift among all.