Chapter 723: Qin's concession plan

Because of the relationship between science and technology. Many things are changing. More than just weapons. Even people's living habits are changing.

For example, in the more developed Guanzhong Xianyang area of ​​Qin State. Qin State established a complete tap water and sewer system in Xianyang. People no longer dig wells to collect water, nor do they need to pour used waste water into the sewer.

Not only has a perfect water supply and drainage system. Every household in Qin State also has a complete heating system. Even in winter, Qin people can take a bath every day. Keep it clean and tidy for the day.

The emergence of ceramic technology, especially a kind of glazing technology, allowed Qin to not only make white and clean porcelain and ceramic tiles, but also make another kind of cleaning products. Bathtub. The technology of drilling pipes has allowed Qin Guoji to apply it to bath products.

According to the survey, in Qin State Guanzhong, especially in Xianyang, every household can meet the daily bathing requirements. The cleanliness of the people of Qin suddenly became the country with the best personal hygiene treatment in the Warring States period.

To this end, South Korea is also actively establishing Xinzheng's tap water system and a relatively complete urban sewage system. It is water drainage, and the urban sewage is automatically released before it has been treated.

Taking a bath is just a small part of life. People's entertainment activities have also become diversified. In the past, people did nothing after dark. Nowadays, the large-scale popularization of electric lights has enriched people's nightlife.

The traditional system of curfew has been abolished in Xianyang of Qin State, but public security at night has been greatly strengthened. There are more than 10,000 new-style police officers in Xianyang. This figure is still not enough for Xianyang, a population of more than one million. In particular, the security situation in Xianyang Palace in the old city is still insufficient.

Qin's night security, especially Xianyang's security situation, does need to increase the proportion of investment. Qin's night life, especially alcohol consumption, is quite large. This has also resulted in frequent occurrences of security incidents caused by drinking. For this reason, Qin Guo specially set up a public telephone hall, and there is no charge for making calls. The phone number is 123. As long as you dial the first row of numbers quickly, you can call the police in time. Then, the police center will uniformly arrange personnel to be dispatched immediately.

Qin’s new-style police are equipped with complete police equipment. There are more than 120 police vehicles in Xianyang, of which 50 years have maintained uninterrupted patrols. There is also a mounted police unit with more than 500 people, who are dedicated to handling special situations. It can be said that Xianyang is close to modern city management. Although some infrastructure is not in place yet. But this is already pretty good.

At night, people of Qin people can drink, watch singing and dancing performances, and participate in some small gambling games. Qin State issued a legal document specifically stipulating gambling. Legal documents stipulate. In Xianyang of Qin State. The amount of gambling cannot accumulate more than one gold. This Yijin will have special police officers on site to investigate. The number of chips cannot be more than one gold chip. Violators will not only cancel their business qualifications. At the same time, a huge fine of more than 10,000 gold will be issued.

The promulgation of this legal document not only considered people's entertainment requirements. At the same time, the other side of gambling must be restricted. It is addictive that leads to bankruptcy. In fact, the main consideration is not to forget the work of Qin people. Work is the most important thing.

In addition to gambling, there are movies. But the movie time at this time is only short movies. Usually only half an hour. And it's a short story, with no sound, and only black and white colors. When playing, someone needs to dub it or use subtitles to explain the picture. Movies at this time are still very boring. The people watching are mainly young people. And more people still gather in singing and dancing places.

The habits of Qin people are compared to before. Many major changes have taken place. This change has made the most civilized gathering place of the Qin State Xianyang and the Warring States Period. And another gathering place is also rapidly forming. This gathering place. It's Xinzheng in South Korea. Xinzheng takes advantage of its advantageous geographical location close to the Qin State, especially the well-developed transportation area. Develop quickly.

Xinzheng not only has steam engines for power plants. There are also electric equipment and systems that have just been laid. The factory uses steam engines and electric motors as power drives. However, the industrial products processed by South Korea are still light industrial products. These light industrial products are sold in large quantities to Qi and Chu, or Qin Guo Trading Company for large-scale order manufacturing. And there is another huge source of orders. This is the Kingdom of Chu.

Merchants from the Chu state followed the northern passage opened by the Qin state to Xinzheng, Luoyang, and Xianyang. They came to Wan in a carriage or a motor vehicle loaded with goods. Then change the train from Wan to Xinzheng, Luoyang, Xianyang. Subsequently. Large-scale ordering, wholesale and other commercial activities are carried out there.

With the increasing frequency of business activities. Especially the issue of import and export between countries. The most important thing is the favorable Yangtze River waterway system in the south. The deadweight of Qin's ships is larger than that of Chu's merchant ships. At the same time, Chu's shipbuilding industry also began to develop rapidly. Throughout October. The number of ships launched by Chu was more than doubled. More and more ships are launching. Overwhelmed Chu's port and terminal facilities. Chu State’s wharves are all built on natural areas. Some of these sections are still shallow water areas, which have a greater impact on punts. These shallow waters can cause serious groundings for Qin State ships. Qin's merchant ships simply cannot call at these ports.

The Qin ships can only anchor at the center of the Yangtze River or near the shore. Then complete the unloading of the goods with the help of boat transportation. But such an approach is really unfavorable to Qin's commercial activities.

These small boats have a very high price for taking advantage of the local scent of local snakes. Such an asking price suddenly pushed up the finished logistics products of Qin State Commodities. If there were no Chu merchants in the local area, Qin merchants could pass on this logistics cost. But the reality is that as long as there is a place where Qin ships can be docked. There are usually Chu merchants. Although Chu merchants have less goods. But it can impact the goods of Qin merchants. In this way, the Qin merchants did not earn much profit value in their business activities.

in contrast. Because of the port and logistics supply problems. All armed merchant ships of the State of Qin are driven by steam engines. This requires a large amount of coal to provide. But Chu State does not provide coal at all. If wood is used, damage to the boiler equipment will be aggravated. In particular, soot will block the chimney and reduce the life of the equipment. Therefore, Qin State Merchant Ships must provide coal.

In desperation, Qin could only arrange a few specialized armed merchant ships to be loaded on coal to supply the entire armed merchant fleet for a round-trip commercial activity. Not only that. Officials of the State of Chu deliberately made things difficult for the ships of the State of Qin. Especially in terms of taxation. Chu State levied more than 60% of taxes on Qin State ships. This is very unreasonable.

The war between Qin and Chu had just ended, and the two sides barely ceased fire. Commercial activities. In particular, political exchanges involving commercial activities were not carried out.

The Qin government started promptly on issues such as taxation and port logistics. In fact, this cannot blame the Qin government, which is Shangwen's approach. Shangwen's cabinet transportation department has been actively seeking support from Chu State as early as the beginning of commercial activities.

Especially Qin State also sent special personnel. But these people are still doing another thing. That is to lay the telegraph line between Xianyang of Qin State and Shouyang of Chu State.

At the same time, Qin also dispatched special diplomats to coordinate special business activities. This coordination is Qin's usual tactic. Set up Qin Concession in Chu State.

The establishment of a concession area in the State of Qin did have great benefits. For example, in South Korea, the concession areas established by the Kingdom of Zhao and the Kingdom of Yan. Although the State of Qin used certain materials, money, or other diplomatic means to obtain it.

The state of Yan adopted a certain amount of military material assistance, while the state of Zhao provided diplomatic and military assistance through commercial contracts. South Korea is the treaty. At the same time, the other concession areas that Qin added began to establish concessions with certain technology exports.

After the concession was established. Qin State is equivalent to having its own management area in the local area. The ownership is still in these countries, but the management power is the Qin State. Qin people set up a large number of office and trade companies here, and actively carried out commercial activities. The taxation here is the same as that of Qin State. Management and parliament provide democratic management. This is equivalent to Qin State owning its own commercial base. The logistics system for commercial activities is built on this concession.

But Chu and Qin did not have such a commercial base. in contrast. Qin State lacks this kind of commercial logistics system. Therefore, the most important mission of the diplomats sent by the State of Qin is to establish their own concession area. These concessions were mainly established in the areas along the Yangtze River. Especially some deep-water ports. Then there, Qin State built some special terminal facilities.

The cement-faced wharf docks at the port. Large lifting equipment. And special storage equipment and so on. In addition, there is a certain area that is provided to Qin's businessmen for office use in order to carry out their business.

Qin's plan is good. But the problem is, Chu people still don't know whether to accept or not. Now even Chu people don't know what attitude they are. This made Qin State feel a little uneasy. Therefore, in the plan, Qin Guo proposed a more seductive plan. Those are the five trading ports in the Qin Concession. In terms of taxation, Qin State manages it himself. However, the State of Qin provided the State of Chu with an annual commercial rent of about 100,000 gold.

One hundred thousand gold includes real gold and silver of ten thousand gold. The rest will be settled in Qin's currency. Or other physical objects are converted. This is already pretty good for Chu State. The places selected by Qin State are all blank undeveloped areas.