Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

The four of them went their separate ways. Li Lizhi and Empress Changsun went to visit the Salesian Church and Nursing Home, while Yuchi Baoqi and Li Shimin followed Wei Tong to visit Qizhou.

Three grown men were crowded into a carriage. Yuchi Baoqi asked, "Didn't Zhuangzi send you a carriage?"

Wei Tong shook his head: "It is not needed for the time being. Qizhou City currently implements separate management of humans and animals. Livestock excrement requires a excrement tax. The governor's office hires specialized personnel to clean the streets."

Li Shimin just listened without saying much, fearing that he would say something wrong and be laughed at by Yuchi Baoqi.

Wei Tong nodded slightly to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, now we set off to the industrial zone in the outer suburbs. Qizhou now has a relatively complete industrial system. All kinds of construction materials can be purchased in Qizhou City at one stop."

Li Shimin saw that it was related to people's livelihood, so he asked: "How much money can the people of Qizhou City get from working in a month now?"

Wei Tong thought for a while: "The specific amount is not necessarily certain, but the minimum monthly silver standard in Qizhou is 15 taels, and the personal tax starting point is 25 taels, and one tax per ten."

Seeing that Li Shimin was a little confused, Yuchi Baoqi began to explain to Li Shimin: "The taxation system in Qizhou City is a completely different system. Farmers' taxes have been completely cancelled, and they only need to pay greenhouse usage fees. Workers' wages are not higher than 25. There is no tax. The tax on the materials sold by the factory is [-]% tax, but it can be deducted by paying the tax to the workers. In other words, the more wages the factory pays the workers, the less commercial taxes it pays, thus ensuring the interests of the workers. "

Li Shimin keenly discovered the loophole: "If the factory owner pays extremely high wages to his relatives and friends, wouldn't it still fall on the shoulders of the common people?"

Wei Tong nodded: "So there is a tax bureau in Qizhou City to inspect taxes. Once found, they will face huge fines and jail time. This has not happened in these factories so far."

Yuchi Baoqi was noncommittal: "Something will definitely happen in the future, so the review must be strict, and unreasonable areas can be directly fined."

Li Shimin got off the carriage and saw an industrial town in the outer suburbs that was no less big than Qizhou City. No wonder Yuchi Baoqi wanted to cancel the city wall. The city wall was indeed of no use.

After a while, someone came over, rubbing his hands and smiling: "Master Wei is here to inspect again. These two are distinguished guests. I have a way to buy any building materials."

Yuchi Baoqi raised his eyebrows: "You are not from Qizhou, are you?"

The man was startled: "The young man who came here from Zizhou to seek a living is indeed not from Qizhou."

Wei Tong put his hands in his sleeves: "Haven't you seen the British Duke and His Majesty soon? How many of your heads will fall off if you collide with them?"

Li Shimin waved his hand: "It's okay, no need to be more polite."

The man seemed to have received the imperial edict. He said a few words quickly before saying goodbye and running away. This hit the gunpoint of His Majesty and the British Lord. How could he be better?

Yuchi Baoqi pointed at the man's back: "Are there many such brokers? Be careful of developing into an evil force that buys and sells by force."

Wei Tong shook his head: "Don't worry, Mr. British, there is only one person doing this brokerage business. He only takes a thousand yuan as commission. Moreover, the governor's office has a special investment team, and generally they will not approach him."

Li Shimin stepped on the dark asphalt: "It's so fun to drive on this road? When will my car be delivered? I want to take your mother for a ride."

Yuchi Baoqi didn't want to visit the factory anymore. There was nothing new about it: "Let's go and have a look at the water plant."

After getting on the carriage, Yuchi Baoqi hooked Li Shimin's shoulder: "The automobile factory is speeding up production. The Western Regions and Anxi Protector's Mansion have already had cars shipped there, and yours should be here soon."

Li Shimin heard that he could own a car soon: "Yes, your motorcycle is also good. Can you give it to the people for civilian use?"

Wei Tong also answered: "Qizhou City is now huge, and it is very inconvenient for the people to travel, especially after the separation of humans and animals. I wonder if the British Lord has any good ideas."

Yuchi Baoqi thought for a while: "Every household in Qizhou City is now connected to electricity, right? I'll ask the engineering department to make some electric scooters and bicycles for transportation, but it may take a research and development cycle."

Passing by the grain store in the city, Li Shimin stopped the carriage and walked to the grain store in person: "Seller, this year's grain harvest is bumper. I wonder what the price of polished rice and ordinary rice is here?"

The shopkeeper was startled: "Your guest is not from Qizhou, is he? We in Qizhou only have polished rice. The price is five cents per catty. It is sweet, soft and glutinous. It is all new rice. Do you want to see it?"

Wei Tong followed him down, and the shopkeeper recognized him immediately: "Master Wei, who is this?"

Li Shimin looked back at Wei Tong, and Wei Tong said with interest: "I'm here for business, and the purchase volume is relatively large, so I'll follow you. The price of food in Qizhou is fixed. As long as you have the ID card of a Qizhou person, you can You can buy polished rice for five cents per pound, and the subsidy will come from the governor's office."

"If an outside businessman wants to use pickled methods to buy subsidized polished rice and sell it elsewhere, he will be fined and confiscated and imprisoned for one month. The charge is speculation."

Li Shimin asked about the prices of other grains, including flour. They were all subsidized by the governor's office to the people of Qizhou City, and they were very low.

Sitting back in the carriage, Li Shimin looked at Yuchi Baoqi with some hope: "Maybe?"

Yuchi Baoqi was angry: "No, mainly these policies are based on experimental nature. Qizhou City is the current pilot city, and the effects have not yet come out. And because Qizhou City now grows more vegetables and fruits, more vegetables and fruits are sold. There is a price, so we can supply subsidized food to the whole city."

When they arrived at the water plant, Li Shimin found that the entire coast was blocked by barbed wire and no passage was allowed.

Wei Tong pointed in the direction of the barbed wire fence and the water plant: "This is the water intake of the water plant. All activities of non-official personnel are prohibited and the water quality of the water intake is strictly guaranteed."

Wei Tong said as he walked: "The water is pumped into the water plant by the steam water pump. It first enters the water distribution well and reaches the mixer. At this step, flocculant, coagulant, and caustic soda are added, and then it enters the folded plate flocculation tank and the advection sedimentation tank. The sediment and some particulate matter in the water here will be filtered out. The wastewater inside is then cleaned through the filter at the back, and then enters the clean water pool after adding chlorine."

Li Shimin's head was pounding after hearing this. Seeing that Wei Tong wanted to continue talking, he quickly stopped: "Okay, okay, okay, I don't understand a word of what you said, so let's leave it at that."

Wei Tong was a little surprised: "I was just listening to what was said in heaven. In fact, after trying it myself and seeing it, I understood that after treatment, the water will directly enter the city's water pipes."