Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Now things are basically at a stalemate. The women's country wants Qi to send officials there, but they don't want to see these stinky men, and Qi... has no official female officials, and those in the harem don't count.

Of course, those little ladies from the caravan can also be allowed to directly enter the sequence of female officials in the harem, but they may not be happy if the innocent little ladies become the emperor's harem.

Not all women in this world are willing to marry the emperor.

During the process of discussing this issue, Xiao Zirong remained silent, and Chai He and Xiao Yan did not bring the topic to him, for fear that he would open his mouth.

In the end, there were always some fools, and said directly: "But the King of Jinling also sent a caravan to go there."

Xiao Zirong raised his eyelids: "Don't talk nonsense, those who say they are caravans are actually envoys sent by the king. They have official appointments and badges."

Fortunately, the person who spoke was not too mentally retarded. Remember that princes and kings do have the right to appoint their own officials, especially when King Jinling is still a pilot of the new official system, and the right to autonomy is greater.

The problem now is that everyone knows that this may be a trick by King Jinling and the eldest princess, but they have no evidence.

The women's country didn't like them very much. If the King of Jinling hadn't sent someone there, I'm afraid they wouldn't have established diplomatic relations with them until now.

Now people feel that you are inappropriate, and there is nothing inappropriate not to associate with you.

Xiao Zirong stood on the sidelines and listened to their views. In fact, that was the case, but some people had a sense of crisis in advance, thinking that women would invade their territory.

Xiao Zirong couldn't hold back a sneer, and said at the time: "You have been studying for so many years, but a country of women will let women squeeze you out. Are you just such a waste in your heart?"

Really, he didn't expect this matter to be so complicated, because even if there are female officials, there is a high probability that these female officials will be placed in a department that is responsible for the connection with the women's country.

In other respects, they would definitely not be able to intervene, and it would be easy for the people in the DPRK and China not to let them intervene.

Xiao Zirong originally thought that these people could figure it out, but he didn't expect them to be so vigilant.

It was hopeless.

In the court hall, Xiao Xuexing couldn't have had too much intimate contact with Xiao Zirong, so she just looked around coldly, turned her head and said to Xiao Zirong gently: "Calm down, I'll take you out to eat later, why bother with me?" What do they know about it?"

Xiao Zirong turned his head and glanced at him. To be honest, he was really not very angry, and he had been disappointed with these people long ago.

And if the imperial court is still undecided, then only Jinling can trade musk and brass with Nuguo. It's all money. What is he afraid of?Happy, okay?

It's just that I didn't expect it. When they went to court, Xiao Yan and Chai He rarely walked with them. Scold them a few words."

Chai He followed and echoed: "Yes, maybe it can wake them up."

Xiao Zirong took a look at these two, and after thinking about it, the tendency of these two people was very obvious from the beginning to the end, that is, they agreed, but it was not a particularly clear-cut banner, obviously because they were worried that the influence would be bad.

Sensing his gaze, Xiao Yan sighed and said, "There are so many opponents to this matter, even we cannot implement it forcefully."

Xiao Zirong smiled perfunctorily and said, "It's okay, this doesn't affect me."

Just walking to the gate of the palace, Xiao Xuexing said: "This matter is over, and there is no need to mention it in the future."

Xiao Yan, Chai He: ...

The regent just put such a big piece of fat into King Jinling's bowl?

Xiao Zirong smiled at the two of them and happily followed Xiao Xuexing into the bullock cart. After getting on, Xiao Xuexing pinched his chin and looked carefully and asked, "Aren't you angry?"

Xiao Zirong took his hand and kissed it and said: "If you get angry with them, you will lose your life, forget it, anyway, it's not me who has no money."

Even Xiao Zirong can arrange other things more calmly, such as whether he can buy a large amount of soybeans if he has more money.

"Soybeans?" Xiao Xuexing was a little puzzled: "Why do you want to buy soybeans?"

"Pressing oil, and other things." Xiao Zirong didn't dare to tell Xiao Xuexing to start preparing military supplies, anyway, he didn't need to explain too clearly.

However, even if you are not preparing for war, soy products are also a good thing, and they are cheap and can supplement protein.

Seeing that he was mysterious, Xiao Xuexing didn't bother to ask too much, anyway, Xiao Zirong always had his own plans.

After Xiao Zirong returned to Jinling, he first observed it for a few months, and then silently added a few items to the five-year plan.

It has to be said that the power of money is absolutely powerful. He thought he had enough money before, but in fact, when he had more money, he found that the construction speed could actually be increased.

Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that people in some surrounding counties found that there are many opportunities to work in Jinling Kingdom, and they are paid a lot of money, so people often come to work.

At first, they wanted to work while the farming was slack, but later they found that one year here might be worth two or three years of harvest, so some people simply rented out the land and went to Jinling to work.

Some people even want to settle down in Jinling State, but buying a house these days is not casual, and you must have a local household registration to buy it.

In this era, the management of people's belongings is very strict, in order to prevent the excessive flow of people, not to mention anything else, it is easy to shake the stability of the society.

What should these people do if they can't buy a house but still want to stay here?On the one hand, it is rent, on the other hand, it is a direct petition.

When Xiao Zirong received the petition from the people, he was discussing with others where it would be better to put the steam engine.

When I saw the petition with the red handprints, I was stunned. What's going on?

Chai Shuren quickly said: "I have sent people to investigate. These people want to stay in Jinling, but they can't buy a house, and it's inconvenient to rent a house all the time, so I want Your Highness to forgive me."

Xiao Zirong asked: "Are there many people who want to stay in Jinling now?"

Chai Shu said helplessly: "Now the number of migrants is about [-]."

Xiao Zirong was surprised when he heard this: "So many?"

Chai Shuren looked at him quietly, who doesn't want to make money these days, his highness is very powerful, the profit of Yuxu Trading Company makes him speechless, not to mention the brass shipped from the Nvguo, that is really money.

If Xiao Zirong hadn't been sober-minded, he didn't dare to mint money presumptuously and let the money flow into the market on a large scale, I'm afraid there would be more money in the treasury!

In fact, until now, Chai Shuren still doesn't understand why his highness insists on stopping money from being minted. There are still people who dislike their own money these days?

Xiao Zirong didn't know how to explain inflation to Chai Shuren. The final result of unscrupulous coining of money might be the same as the Ming Dynasty's treasures, and the money would depreciate a lot.

People generally like to save money, and there is no such thing as financial management these days. If inflation is caused by casting money, then many people may fall from a well-to-do level to struggling for food and clothing overnight, and then they will wait. Social unrest.

Recently, the state of Qi has just become more stable, so Xiao Zirong doesn't dare to bother about it.

Xiao Zirong looked at the petition in his hand and said, "You can't keep everyone, or I will be imprisoned."

This year's political performance generally depends on three aspects. The first aspect is population. A large increase or decrease in population will be noticeable. The second is taxation, and the third is the number of criminal cases.

The sudden influx of so many people here means that there are a lot of people coming from other places. Those county magistrates who are all working here have no choice but to stay.

The future is almost gone, so why not offend him?

Chai Shuren said with some reluctance, "Don't you want to keep?"

Xiao Zirong shook his head: "It's not like they don't keep them all, it just happens to be released together with the latest tax system."

Xiao Zirong took out a document from the side and handed it to Chai Shuren. Chai Shuren opened it and found that it was a supplement to Jinling's existing tax system, and it was about the tax payment of factory workers.

Before this, there had never been large-scale professional workers, so the original taxation was aimed at farmers. However, in the future, the entire industrial structure of Jinling Kingdom may be adjusted, and the taxation should be mainly industrial and commercial. .

In fact, in the past two years, Xiao Zirong has also done the same, often finding excuses to reduce or exempt farmers' taxes. However, he just issued a decree and cannot directly include tax reduction and exemption in the tax law.

Chai Shuren didn't say much about such things as reducing or exempting farmers' taxes. Anyway, the treasury has enough money, so His Royal Highness can do whatever he likes.

However, because of this, the income of farmers who do not pay taxes has increased, their lives are better, and the population has become more stable.

Here I would like to mention that many of the factors that reduce the population in this era are due to the weather, such as major disasters, needless to say, it is easy to die at any time, but if the climate is not good, such as heavy rain or drought, then If the grain harvest is not enough, ordinary people generally have little food in their hands and their resistance is weak.

At this time, it is extremely easy for infants to die and the elderly to starve to death. After all, at this time, the first to be abandoned are those without labor.

Now even when the weather is bad, people still have food in their hands. Even if there is no food, they can go to work as part-time workers. After all, they will never starve to death, so the population tends to stabilize and rise steadily.

This thriving scene gave Chai Shuren a special sense of accomplishment.

After reading about the tax system, Chai Shuren asked, "Then...how about buying a house?"

Xiao Zirong thought for a while and wrote it down on a piece of paper: Those who have worked in Jinling for more than three years or accumulated more than five years are eligible to buy a house, and after buying a house, they are eligible to settle down.

After seeing it, Chai Shuren couldn't help laughing and said, "Hey, His Highness still has a way. I've been in Jinling for three years, so I definitely don't want to go back."

Xiao Zirong handed him the paper and sighed helplessly. He also did not expect that in this era, there would be a purchase restriction policy, which is really outrageous.