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Volume One Chapter 784 Letter from Luzon Island

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    I have done this for all the emperors in my life. Are other people embarrassed not to do this?  We must know that in this era, public opinion and morality can influence the law more. For example, if children and grandchildren are unfilial, then as long as they report to the government, they will be sent to labor camps for five years. Those who are serious will be thrown directly into Luzon Island to mine. What will happen to the elderly?  ?  Simple, the government funds the support.  Of course, some husbands who are lazy or idle and beat their wives and children will also be punished. It is completely nonsense that upright officials cannot handle household chores. I remember in later generations, those children were mistreated by their parents and were horribly abused. But what did the government do?  In addition to standing up and complaining when the public opinion is exposed, educate the parents, and the children should continue to be raised by those evil parents.  "In the country of Western Barbarians, if parents abuse their children, they will not only be educated, but will go to jail and lose custody and control of their children, and the children will be adopted by the state.  At least, with such parents, the children will definitely have a very difficult life. It is better to leave it to the government. At least the government can let the children live happily in this society.  If there is a suitable family, then these children can be given to these families to raise. Of course, applicants must be strictly reviewed, and their neighbors must also be asked about the couple's daily behavior.  Only if there are no problems will the child who is willing to be adopted be handed over to them. However, until the child is eighteen years old, there will be two to three irregular visits every year to confirm that the child is well taken care of.  Social harmony comes from the joint efforts of all strata. Nowadays, whether it is Guanzhong or Bashu, Lingnan or Jiaozhi, Longyou or Jiangnan, they are all proud of being a subject of the Chinese Empire.  Regarding the development and progress of today's society, Xiao Mian, who has become a commoner, can only feel inferior and ashamed.  However, he still stubbornly believed that the idea and thinking of improving industrial and commercial people was wrong. However, after more than a year of observation and investigation, he finally had to admit that although the tax revenue of the Chinese Empire could be  So high, the most important contributors are indeed industrialists and merchants, not farmers.  After all, the land is so big and the output is limited, but through the skillful hands of workers, the problem has been turned into pieces of production means and high value-added luxuries. After being circulated by merchants, the people's lives have improved.  The quality has been greatly improved, and at the same time, the empire's tax revenue has also increased astonishingly.  Agricultural taxes, even in the current Chinese Empire, only levy taxes equivalent to about two million yuan. The rest are almost all provided by industry and commerce. The reason why agricultural taxes are so low is naturally because the court has  The taxes on farmers were further reduced. For example, silk and cloth were no longer levied, and corvees were no longer levied. In other words, only about one-third of the taxes in the past were collected. However, the problem was that the land properties of the aristocratic families also needed to be levied.  Therefore, the agricultural tax in this aspect is almost the same as that of the previous dynasty.  In terms of industry and commerce, foreign trade alone accounts for more than one-third of the empire's tax revenue, which is more than five hundred and nearly six million dollars, because many things in the Chinese Empire are unique products.  , whether it is porcelain or silk, or today's glass mirrors and glass products, or tea. These things are already ordinary luxuries in the Chinese Empire. Of course, glass mirrors are not yet, nor are glass products, but  Other gadgets, after being shipped to the Red Sea, are definitely worth their weight in gold.  Whether it is tea or silk, they can be exchanged for gold of equal weight. As for porcelain and glass products, they are also enthusiastically sought after by those countries in the Western Regions and other countries in the West. They even think that the country where these things are imported must be as magical as heaven.  and full of surprises.  The visual enjoyment brought by brewing tea with crystal clear glassware or porcelain as white as milk is enough to make the nobles and princes of the Western and Thai countries instantly feel that they have suddenly become high-end and classy.  .  Especially when businessmen from the mysterious Chinese Empire personally demonstrated how to make tea and how to use tea to greet guests, people from these Western and Thai countries felt that the Chinese Empire could come up with so many principles and rules even to quench their thirst.  , absolutely admirable.  As for the countries in the Western Regions, as well as the vassal states surrounding the Chinese Empire, not to mention, they have been completely bribed by the high-end luxury goods of the Chinese Empire. Some tribal leaders even compare the glass or porcelain in their homes to other tribal leaders.  Much pride.  Through trade, a large amount of wealth began to concentrate towards the Chinese Empire, and the prospecting teams of the Chinese Empire were like a group of locusts showing their fangs, spreading to the surrounding countries of the Chinese Empire to help them discover mineral deposits.  After the discovery, the Chinese Empire has the mining rights for fifty to one hundred years. Of course, the various metals mined will be converted into money and silk to exchange for various products of the Chinese Empire.  This may be another relatively peaceful way of plundering capital, at least the plunderers are willing to do so.  There are even many vassal states that are eager to have all the mineral deposits in their territory discovered and exploited.In this way, we can obtain more benefits from the Chinese Empire.  The Chinese Empire¡¯s expedition fleet discovered the mainland island last year, which will later be known as Australia. However, I like to name it in Chinese instead of calling it Australia.  And this island is too big, so Yu Jian called it the mainland island. After it was discovered, more than 15,000 indigenous workers and 2,000 expeditionary force soldiers were sent there to build a seaport at a location suitable for building a port.  and cities.  Today, on Luzon Island, more than 20,000 households and more than 100,000 Chinese people have migrated here. They will receive free houses and all the tools for living and production here. Each person can obtain more than 100 acres of paddy field, and,  During the ten-year tax holiday, the grain they produce will be purchased by the court at market price.  Ten years later, the tax will only be equivalent to half of the land tax in the past. It is precisely because of these large number of preferential policies that we can attract people who are eager to own their own land, coupled with the millions of land sold previously.  , it will also be able to attract more than 100,000 to 150,000 people to come here to survive and reproduce.  It is estimated that in three years, there will be nearly half a million Chinese people living and working on Luzon Island.  This is the largest and most important immigration operation in the Chinese Empire so far. With a successful precedent, it will set a model for future immigration work in the Chinese Empire.  It is expected that tens to two hundred thousand people will immigrate every year in the future. A large number of preferential policies will be used to attract Chinese people to go out and turn the Pacific Ocean into the back garden of the Chinese Empire.  Moreover, many of the immigrants are Guanzhong people. Compared with other areas, the people in Guanzhong today seem a bit dense. In addition, the farmland is already enough. If new fields are dug, Guanzhong will be overrun.  Will become dilapidated in hundreds of years.  Therefore, it is necessary to prepare in advance, carry out soil and water conservation, and leave a beautiful home to future generations.  In addition to urban residents, many people who have lost their land will be persuaded to leave Guanzhong and go to the Luzon Islands to obtain their own land and homes there. It will become their second hometown and their future will depend on it.  Beyond the ocean.  Every half a month or a month, I receive letters from Luzon Island, all of which are handwritten letters from Lao Wuwuyi. Most of the letters describe the current situation in Luzon and what happened.  things, and the way he dealt with them.  There are also some ideas that he hopes to get advice. Of course, I will not be stingy with giving advice to my own family. Sometimes I even bring things that I can't solve to the court to discuss. After getting an appropriate strategy, I will then discuss it with others.  Sent to Luzon.  Today, on Luzon Island, there are still two divisions of expeditionary force soldiers and 150,000 indigenous workers.  Luzon Island has now expanded the smelting plant on the island and built two hundred-ton open-hearth furnaces. Now, it can supply more than 350,000 kilograms of refined copper and 600,000 kilograms of steel to the Chinese Empire every month.  Because there is coal on Luzon Island, there is no need to transport heavy ore across the ocean. After it is mined locally, it is transported to the smelter to be smelted into copper and iron before being transported. In this way, there is a huge  Reduces transportation costs.  Nowadays, the carrying capacity of our transport ships has also been greatly improved.  The largest Luoyang-class transport ship has a displacement of 1,200 tons. She can already carry 400 tons of cargo and travel thousands of miles away.  Because of its carrying capacity and convenience, as well as the speed of ships, the importance of maritime transportation has become more and more prominent today, and the powerful Chinese Imperial Navy has become the greatest support and guarantee for maritime transportation.  The Chinese Imperial Navy currently has two thousand-ton warships, fifteen seven-hundred-ton warships, seventy five-hundred-ton warships, and nearly two hundred warships of three hundred tons and below. It has been divided into  Beiyang Fleet and Nanyang Fleet.  "two thousand-ton battleships, seven seven-hundred-ton battleships, five-hundred-ton battleships, one hundred battleships of three hundred tons and below, and twenty-five five-hundred-ton battleships.  The transport and supply ship is expected to be able to deliver 100,000 fully armed soldiers and three months of supplies to Kyushu Island at a time. "In addition, Jeju Island has undergone multiple expansions and can now dock more than 200 large ships at the same time.  Battleships, in addition, we have stored 300,000 troops and supplies for a year here. We have stationed more than 50,000 troops here, and we have trained for more than 30 large-scale landing battles. It is expected that as long as His Majesty's.  Once the order is issued, we can gather 100,000 elite troops to attack the surrounding countries of Jeju Island within half a month. " "In other words, whether it is Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, or Japan.  The Sulfur Islands further south are within the attack range of the Jeju Island garrison." Hearing this, people couldn't help but feel a little excited, or more expectant.
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