Didn’t that Shuozhou become the prosperous prefecture of the Tang Dynasty by planting cotton?

Many places in Lingnan also rely on planting sugar cane to develop the sugar industry, and the economy has developed rapidly.

We have vast grasslands here to breed large amounts of cattle and sheep, endless seas to catch sea fish, and endless land to grow barley and ordinary people.

At that time, our Port-au-Prince will definitely become a prosperous city far away from the Tang Dynasty.

Maybe in the future, the nobles in Chang'an City will envy our lives here."

Although Li Jue seems to be eating, drinking and having fun every year, he does not do serious business.

But obviously, he is not really the kind of playboy.

He still has a lot of ideas.

He also hopes that Port-au-Prince can achieve some results.

Only in this way can they have the opportunity to return to Chang'an City again in their lifetime to take a look.

"Forget it, you are always smart, and black can be said to be white in your place.

Anyway, I just remind you not to be in a regular job all day.

There are still many things in Port-au-Prince that need to be handled.

If you really want to do something, you can actually have many choices.”

Although the big cake painted by Li Jue seems to be very likely to be realized.

However, Li Xiang, the eldest son, was cultivated as the emperor of the future Tang Dynasty.

And it is also the more traditional cultivation method I accept.

Their acceptance of business is still relatively limited.

Even though Port-au-Prince is essentially a commercial city, they are still reluctant to participate in commercial activities in person.

It seems that as managers, they are much more noble than these businessmen and are not infected with the smell of money.

“I hate those things that are most in a row.

Brother, if you tell me these things again, I won’t roast rabbit meat for you tonight.”

Although Li Jue respects his elder brother very much, he is obviously not the kind of person who obeys the rules.

The two brothers communicated for a while, but in the end they were the same as before, with no good results.

Fortunately, this did not affect their brotherly relationship much.

Li Chengqian is now a commoner, although they have the power of life and death in the princelings.

However, there was no place in the organizational structure of the Tang Dynasty.

There is nothing worth fighting for at home, and the relationship between brothers will naturally improve.

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"Langjun, the tax revenue in Port-au-Prince is expected to reach one million trump cards this year.

Although our expenses are very large, the results we have achieved are also very satisfactory.

The permanent population of Port-au-Prince now exceeds 200,000.

If we add those natives who have been conquered and ruled by us, the number will almost double.

Even if it is located in the Tang Dynasty, we are a top-ranked prefecture."

Changsun Jiaqing is now Li Chengqian’s housekeeper.

He is responsible for many things in Port-au-Prince.

In recent years, thanks to the rapid increase in the number of cattle and sheep in Port-au-Prince and the rapid development of the whaling industry, merchant ships from Pulu Zhonghe Yongping Port to Port-au-Prince are almost every day.

There are some goods that each other needs between the localities, and this demand has led to the development of commerce entering a virtuous cycle.

Whether it is the largest city in Puluo, the largest city in Nanyang, or the port of Yongping Port, the first port built in Australia by the Tang Dynasty, it has developed very quickly.

This also further enhanced the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the entire Nanyang.

The various waterways are becoming more and more busy.

This indirectly promoted the development of Datang shipbuilding industry.

Today, there are at least fifty large-scale shipbuilding workshops in the Tang Dynasty that are producing sea ships.

If those small workshops were counted, the number of workshops that made ships would have exceeded 100.

This is also very obvious in the economic driving effect of the prefectures and counties along the coast of the Tang Dynasty.

"Is it a million so quickly?

Could it be that the tax collection ratio is set too high?”

Li Chengqian obviously didn't want to do the kind of thing that kills chickens and retrieves eggs.

His demand for money is now very weak.

Most of the time, he just wants to make Port-au-Prince a good job.

Whether or not money is secondary.

"Our tax collection ratio is larger, and it is the same in the Tang Dynasty.

Every time there are reports or updates related to commercial tax and agricultural tax in the Datang Daily, we will adjust the relevant policies in a timely manner.

Even in many cases, we have a lot more subsidies than the local area of ​​Datang.

If we really want to say it, the taxes we collect here are lower than those in the Tang Dynasty.”

Changsun Jiaqing naturally understood Li Chengqian's thoughts very well.

So he will not step on the red line when doing things.

He can also find a very reasonable explanation for Li Chengqian's concerns.

"Then why can it increase so quickly?"

"Mr. Lang, this question is actually easy to understand.

As long as you sort out the data related to the development of various industries this year, you will see a lot of things.

For example, the scale of cattle and sheep breeding has increased significantly in recent years.

Now our Port-au-Prince has become the main wool supply site in the southern part of Datang.

If we continue to develop according to this trend, we can even surpass Liangzhou in the future and become the largest wool production area in the Tang Dynasty.

With the increase in wool production, our lamb and beef supply is also increasing simultaneously.

These have attracted many businesses to come to our Port-au-Prince to do business.

When they come here, they will naturally not come empty-handed.

The goods that come off the ship will increase the market tax once, and the goods that are transported there after they are purchased again will also be subject to a market tax once.

In this way, the market tax alone has accounted for more than 30% of our tax revenue.

If business becomes more prosperous in the future, this number will increase even more exaggeratedly.

In addition, many workshops have been built one after another in the past two years, and these workshops have now begun to produce all kinds of things.

This has also contributed a lot to our tax revenue.

This is how we have the figure of one million tax revenue.”

Changsun Jiaqing is obviously very familiar with the business he is responsible for.

All kinds of data can be basically done casually.

"Since tax revenues are increasing so quickly this year, investment in education will also increase simultaneously next year.

We must find ways to give children in Port-au-Prince a chance to read and write.

Especially the children of the Tang people, they must do this.

Otherwise, if we compete in the human sea tactics, we will have no advantage at all."

Li Chengqian and Li Kuan have the same attitude towards education.

Of course, this is also a conclusion that Li Chengqian got after studying Li Kuan for a long time.

All investments in education can ultimately be rewarded.

Although this return cycle may be very long, it is worth spending a lot.

Think about the influence of Shishan Academy in the Tang Dynasty today. How many benefits did they bring to the Tang Dynasty?

Many things have reached the point where they cannot be measured by numbers.

"Well, there is no problem, we can further expand the scale of Confucius Institute.

At the same time, we can also imitate Guanshishan Academy and build academy belonging to our Port-au-Prince.

Although many things in Chang'an City do not want to be transmitted to foreign countries, if we only limit the source of students, we should still find ways to teach some content.
To be continued...