Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 187 Shanghai
Bai Mingxiu originally didn't want to stay in Songjiang Mansion, but he couldn't resist his curiosity about the second city sent by the system, so he went ashore to "travel" in person.

"Uh, is this new city directly built in Pudong? Is this not in line with historical laws?" Bai Mingxiu chose to place the city in the AR interface, just like the game screen, the phantom of the city appeared on the surface, Bai Mingxiu Select to confirm, and then the phantom will gradually become a reality.

Even Pudong in the 80s of the twentieth century was relatively desolate in history, not to mention the end of the day.Bai Mingxiu still asked people to take away the nearby people, and after the system confirmed that they were correct, he successfully placed the city down.

Unlike Sydney (Xitianfu), which was rewarded by the previous system, this new city only has various buildings in the city, but there is no one person.Bai Mingxiu also obtained information about the city from the interface.

"...the city government, various government agencies, schools, and hospitals have them, haha, and there are more than 100 factory buildings, plus a port that already has certain port facilities. It may take many years for a city."

Bai Mingxiu led people for a stroll on the wide concrete road, because there was no one there, so he still felt a little hairy.

"We still have to make use of this new city as soon as possible. Let's just use Pudong District as the main urban area and gradually expand to the west bank of the Huangpu River. After that, we still need to vigorously develop Jiangnan's foreign trade. The port of Shanghai is still very necessary."

Judging from the scale and trendiness of the city, this new Shanghai city generally resembles the feeling of the Republic of China period.But it is neater, and the architectural style is more Chinese.There are many high-rise buildings in Lujiazui, and Bai Mingxiu even saw 30-storey high-rise buildings. Next to the six-lane or eight-lane main road, the buildings built are basically four-story buildings. Along the main road, it can be seen that these buildings are basically It is commercial, or it is a store, a hotel, or an office building or something.In the slightly outer area, there are many urban residences.

Bai Mingxiu also picked out a residential house with great interest and said in amazement: "According to the standards before I traveled through time, this is considered a townhouse. In Europe and the United States, it seems to be called a townhouse, city house or something. There are two or three people in the family. It has a floor area of ​​one to two hundred square meters, and it also has its own small backyard."

According to the system, Shanghai New City is enough to accommodate 50 people. Bai Mingxiu feels that this scale is enough to support the largest city in Asia, making it an important fulcrum and coordinate of the Ming economy, and driving the economy of Jiangnan and East China. transformation and development.

Bai Mingxiu was used to recruiting a company or a battalion of mercenaries to guard an important city during the Jiangnan Campaign.A city that suddenly appeared had a big impact on ordinary people.Bai Mingxiu plans to seal off this area for a period of time, using the name of the military restricted area to hang out for a period of time. After the Jiangnan campaign subsides, people will be surprised to see another city after a few months, but it is better than seeing a city overnight. The city should be relatively acceptable.

The emergence of Shanghai gave Bai Mingxiu a very good opportunity. Although his first task now is to occupy Jiangnan and cut off the Qing court's money and food, and then cut off the Qing court's lifeblood, but for him, a city that can provide a strong economy The backing of Jiangnan is also of great significance.

"The contradiction between people and land in the south of the Yangtze River is probably the most acute place in the country. Even in this troubled world, the land here is highly concentrated in the hands of the landlord class in the south of the Yangtze River. A large number of landless farmers can only become tenants. I doubt that this will cause social conflicts, and it is not conducive to the transformation of the small-scale peasant economy. To develop industry and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River, the labor force must be liberated from the land.” Bai Mingxiu, who was walking on the streets of Shanghai, took advantage of the Before boarding the boat, think about the strategy by yourself in this way.

"It's really troublesome. Now the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River may generally support me, the prince of Nanming. The Manchu urges to increase the severity. The suppression of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River is actually what I want to do. The conflict between the people in Guangdong is not counted. How sharp, and the pioneering spirit of the people over there is stronger. It is not difficult to switch to business and industry. It is different here in Jiangnan. I can’t turn to take care of them just because the landlords here support me. When the Ming Dynasty fell, they How did the rentiers not provide enough support?"

The system also understands Bai Mingxiu's psychological activities very well. The system asked: "Host, you are indeed a white-eyed wolf. The landowners in Jiangnan are so enthusiastic about your return, but your idea is to target them. This can be regarded as repaying kindness with revenge."

Bai Mingxiu rolled his eyes and said, "If you don't want to be a citizen of my Ming Dynasty, you can also be a Tartar. Tartars are harsh to them, but they are very honest. People, they are cheap. Dameng, who plays "European Universalis", a "gentlemen's preferential treatment" is enough to toss people, and this situation must not happen in my hands.

I have already thought about it. On the one hand, we must get rid of clan and family control. Families with a large number of household registrations should adopt high taxes. For monogamous nuclear families, implement lower taxes and even provide certain tax credits. .On the other hand, heavy taxes are imposed on land concentration. For example, if the land held by a family exceeds 100 mu, a high land tax is levied.Of course, if you want to exempt this kind of land tax, you can lease the land to the local agricultural production cooperatives for a long time, and then the cooperatives organize farmers to produce. I am serious about the nationalized monopoly of agriculture.

These are relatively gentle means of handling, and I am going to deal with the landlords by exchanging land.For example, for one mu of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, I will give them three mu of land in Java and Myanmar, or one and a half mu of land in Sichuan.The lack of taxes in the south of the Yangtze River is serious, and in some places even the taxes during the Wanli period were not paid in full.That's fine, those who have owed taxes for many years will directly confiscate the land.In addition, those who defected to the Qing Dynasty, those who caused disasters in the village, and so on, I used judicial means to seize their land and divide it.

I also want to carry out large-scale recruitment in the south of the Yangtze River, and use favorable remuneration to attract labor to Shanghai and other cities, and enter the factory to become regular employees of my state-owned enterprises in Ming Dynasty. Farming for the landlords should ensure more droughts and floods. "

The system couldn't help being silent for a long time, and said, "Host, you are really a very annoying revolutionary."

(End of this chapter)