Codex of the Old Gods: I Have a World

The first thing to do is to review the income and expenditure of the Lubin Prefecture government.

After Liu Shenglin picked up the information handed out by the guide, his pupils contracted suddenly.

I wonder... why is there so much money?

The taxes collected from the temple fair last autumn alone reached a staggering 6.7815 silver yuan.

The amount of money subsequently issued for fish tickets, grass tickets and various mining tickets was also considerable.

In addition, there are taxes paid by various shops opened in Lubin Prefecture before the New Year, plus subsequent taxes from Hulun City and other places.

Liu Shenglin was surprised to find that although the Christmas party held in Lubin Prefecture caused some trouble, it boosted the economy of Lubin Prefecture.

After the Chinese New Year, the Grey Axe Army and the Blizzard Squad went out to suppress bandits. Although the large army's expedition should have been a waste of money and labor, it also increased some tax revenue, and the turnover of various shops increased sharply after the Chinese New Year.

How can this be?

The amount of taxation is shocking, and the expenditures are equally shocking.

Military spending accounts for the bulk of the spending.

Liu Shenglin frowned as he watched: "This is really nonsense!"

This year, Lubin Prefecture planned to build a road, but they actually planned to build a main road that could be up to 20 meters wide and pave it with a Western substance called "asphalt"?

Why waste this money for no reason?

Even if we build a road, there is no need to build more than 20 meters?

Digging underground channels to discharge sewage?

Manhole cover?

Bury the street lights?

Build a power station?

Brick sidewalks?

square?

library?

The Lubin Prefecture calls this government infrastructure.

You have money to burn, right?

The tax revenue of Lubin Prefecture may seem astonishing, but for such a large enterprise, that little money is just a drop in the bucket.

Liu Shenglin sneered three times, then continued reading and couldn't laugh anymore.

Attract investment?

Bid? Pay later?

It's just nonsense.

This means you have to owe the money first and then settle the bill after the work is done.

If we can’t pay the money by then, won’t Lubin Prefecture’s reputation be ruined?

The key point is that Liu Shenglin's family is rich, and after seeing the bidding, he really wanted to participate in several projects.

But when he considered that Lubin Prefecture had to advance money for the work and would only pay after the work was completed, Liu Shenglin was very unhappy.

It was as if he had already secured victory in the bid.

After all, he is in the Advisory Council, so he thinks this little matter should be easy to handle.

At worst, you can just spend money to build relationships.

However, he will have to raise an objection later.

Who told them that their duties as legislators are to promote benefits and eliminate malpractices, impeach officials, review government revenues and expenditures, propose bills, and discuss reforms...

According to the information, next are the proposals put forward by many members of parliament, almost 80 in total, including 12 industrial and commercial proposals, 3 education proposals, 17 public security proposals, 28 prison administration proposals, and more than 20 other proposals.

They are all brought to the table after passing the review.

Wait until they have seen enough.

Yao Jia tapped the microphone again.

dong dong.

Yao Jia held a cigarette between his legs and coughed, "Ahem, everyone, a lot of information should have been handed over to you for your review a long time ago. However, the Lubin Prefecture Advisory Council is newly established and is understaffed and underprepared. Please bear with me. In addition to the proposals in your hands, there are several proposals proposed by the prefect, which will be discussed first."

The guide distributed the information again.

This time, the information contains all the proposals put forward by Zhao Chuanxin.

The first thing is to abolish the flag-escape law in Lubin Prefecture.

The second thing was to abolish the princes and taijis in the Lubin Prefecture.

The third thing is to establish a technical school in Lubin Prefecture to cultivate employment skills for Han and Qi people who have no job opportunities.

At a glance, the crowd was in an uproar.

Yao Jia broke out in a cold sweat.

Although he agreed with Zhao Chuanxin's decision, he did not think that Zhao Chuanxin's proposal could be passed in the Advisory Council.

Yao Jia tapped the microphone and said, "I'll give you ten minutes to think about it. We'll start voting in ten minutes."

There was a large bell above the venue, and the bell tongue was swinging and ticking.

Suddenly, people felt the urgency of racing against time.

Ten minutes go by in a blink of an eye.

Yao Jia said, "Zhao Chuanxin, the prefect of Lubin Prefecture, the first motion is to abolish the flag-escape law in Lubin Prefecture. Those who agree please raise your hands."

The most primitive method is to vote by raising hands.

Yao Jia felt nervous, as if waiting for fate's decision.

I even feel a little afraid to look at it.

There was silence for two seconds, and then to Yao Jia's surprise, a lot of hands were raised.

There are vote counters in the field, counting from four directions. The votes must match for the vote to be considered passed.

But Yao Jia only needed a rough count to know that the proposal had been passed.

At least 2/3 of the people voted in favor.

Someone slammed the table in anger: "Why was it passed? Why? This is really outrageous..."

Yao Jia said coldly into the microphone: "You can question, but you can submit your questions after the parliament is over. If you are angry, please find someone to fight on the spot. I won't stop you, but you can't threaten me."

Yao Jia's words led to frequent fights and bloody battles among members of the Advisory Council.

That person was the first to stand out and was targeted by Yao Jia, so he immediately stopped.

Although Yao Jia is not as brutal as Zhao Chuanxin, he is not someone to be trifled with.

In theory, the financial power of Lubin Prefecture was in the hands of the foreign woman Rebecca Levy.

But in fact, Rebecca Levy is just a manager who does the accounting, and the person who really holds the financial power is Yao Jia.

In addition, this person had just experienced a life-and-death crisis, but he was presiding over the meeting as if nothing had happened. It was obvious that he was not an ordinary person.

Seeing that the crowd had quieted down, Yao Jia read out the votes and then announced: "The first motion is passed. The second is to abolish the princes and taijis in the Lubin Prefecture area."

Although they were mentally prepared, the crowd was still shocked.

Yao Jia once again felt the urge to turn her head away and not dare to look at the result.

However, the result surprised him again.

The number of votes in favor once again reached 2/3.

What the fuck is going on?

He was fully confident that this second proposal would fail.

It is unscientific, absolutely unscientific.

He looked at Tang Qunying, who was closest to him in the audience, with an inquiring look.

Tang Qunying was also confused and shook his head slightly to indicate that he didn't understand.

After the results came out, Yao Jia read out the votes again and said, "The second motion is passed. The third motion is to establish a technical school in Lubin Prefecture to train the employment skills of the Han and Qi people who have no job opportunities."

This time, more than 3/4 of the audience raised their hands.

Yao Jia smiled.

Now that the first two items have been passed, there is no reason to block the third one.

But he still waited for the counting results to come out, and read out the votes after the review of the governor in the civil election before announcing the results.

The process is very strict to reduce the possibility of cheating.

"Okay, I'll give you ten minutes to rest and then proceed to the next round of voting."

Yao Jia took advantage of this opportunity and ran out happily.