Chapter 627 Road and Bridge Bonds and Voluntary Road Construction
The so-called road and bridge bonds are the bonds set by the Honorable Catherine at this financial meeting.
In this Thousand Valley, where land use rights were deprived by Horn, the nobles urgently needed a new and stable source of income to maintain their dignity.
So I took aim at the current bonds, bonds issued by the state. Isn’t the money spent collected from their territory?
Then buying bonds is equivalent to buying land. They are still nobles, but they are different from those mud-legged people.
Many nobles comforted themselves in this way, and Silvis also turned his attention to bonds.
What he is more interested in is the newly issued road and bridge bonds, which have an interest rate of 6%.
Although the interest rate is not as good as industrial bonds, the problem is that industry and commerce are unstable. What Silvis wants is an income that will last for decades.
Industry and commerce are not easy to mix. How many century-old stores are there in these years? How much is left after the big waves wash away the sand?
You can lose money in a fire, and buying industrial bonds is done only by gamblers who are desperate for money and not for their lives.
The road and bridge bonds are guaranteed by tariffs. No matter whether your workshop is doing well or not, there will always be a sale.
But what Silvis is afraid of is that the Roads and Bridges Bureau also has to manage infrastructure construction, even in rural areas.
Anyone who understands knows how deep the secrets are here!
The Silvis family once tried to build an aqueduct. He thought he was good enough for the residents, not only providing food and accommodation, but also a weekly subsidy of 3 dinars.
But this still couldn't stop the residents from being lazy and fleeing, so they just had to build an aqueduct for ten years.
According to the information he received, the Roads and Bridges Bureau seems to be cooperating with hundreds of households at all levels and letting farmers build it themselves.
There are supervisors to repair it, and it has been repaired for ten years. If there are no supervisors, what's the point?
Forget about building roads and bridges, after all, goods flow faster this way, as explained in Pravda.
But if all their money is given to farmers in vain, and there is still no supervisor, it will be a bottomless pit.
But Silvis couldn't bear to part with the road and bridge bonds, so he couldn't find Herman to ask for information.
Although he is the county chief, after all, he is still not as good as Herman who is always in the center and is much better informed.
This time Heman finally raised his head: "I thought you were coming to me to chat every day these days. Why is this all?"
Silvis rubbed his head and smiled.
"You can buy it with confidence, and you won't say anything once you buy it." Herman turned to the second page and shook the newspaper. "The money will be used to build large-scale agricultural facilities, including small canals, country roads, etc., to facilitate the transportation of agricultural products. For sale.
For the water conservancy facilities in the 100-household areas of the villages, you can at most buy some tools and building materials and let them repair them by themselves. ”
"Repair it yourself?" Silvis repeated, "You mean, they bring their own food and can repair the roads and irrigation canals themselves without being paid?"
Hermann flicked the Pravda in his hand: "On the second page, there is an article about the impact of permanent leasehold rights, the second paragraph."
Silvis quickly put down his teacup, picked up Pravda and started reading.
Under the article "Thousands of miles away, His Majesty the Holy Sun shot Prince Condai's horse to death with stones", Silvis quickly found this comment, but he read it again, but still didn't understand it, so he could only ask for help He looked at Heman.
Herman had no choice but to stop reading the newspaper again and said helplessly: "With the permanent lease, the more you sow, the more you will reap. With the 100-household district, you have more time to do side jobs.
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If there are water diversion canals, then the fields will be harvested more. If roads are built, then more businessmen will be able to process supplied materials.
Maybe even though they don't have money to hire people to do it, they can save some food themselves due to the rent and tax cuts.
The willingness to spend money is not there, but the willingness to spend some time and effort to build some water conservancy and roads is not only there, but also surprisingly great. Silvis suddenly realized it. Taking advantage of Herman's conversation, he struck while the iron was hot: "One last thing, this road is being built, and cards are not allowed to collect money. Isn't that road repaired in vain?" ”
"Of course not." Herman explained concisely and concisely. "The money for road construction will be deducted from the tariff. The better the road, the more merchants there will be, and the higher the tariff will be. We will definitely be able to get our money back."
"...I feel relieved now." Silvis finally let go of his worries for a month. He prepared 200 gold pounds to use all the bullets to shoot out the Stud Road and Bridge Bonds.
At this time, he could relax, shake out the newspaper, and start reading.
Horn's movable type printing technology was not mature enough. Although it was much better than the early days, the printing quality was still too poor compared to those exquisite letterpress plates.
After reading the Holy City Church jokes in the poetry joke section with great interest, Silvis put down the newspaper after grinning from ear to ear.
"How is it?" At this time, Herman had finished reading. He personally picked up the tin pot and poured a cup of black tea for Silvis. "Do you think people can voluntarily be slaves?"
"Huh?"
"Don't just read the announcements and poems, at least take a look at the theology popularization and comment sections." Looking at Silvis's cloudy eyes, Herman said helplessly, "You have a heavy responsibility now, so you have to learn more. Ah.”
"The affairs in the county are so busy that I don't have time to study." Silvis felt dizzy when he saw those densely packed small words.
Herman snorted disdainfully: "Do I want you to get a doctorate in theology? No matter how busy you are, can you be as busy as me?"
After coughing to hide his embarrassment and drinking some black tea to wake up, Silvis began to carefully read the article Herman reminded him to read.
The title is "On the Masonic Rebellion—Does the Holy Father Allow Man to Be a Slave voluntarily?" ", the author clearly writes "two-wheeled weirdo".
"Who would call this name?"
"This is a pen name. It must be an old theologian who has to use a wheelchair when he is old. He would use this pen name to laugh at himself."
As soon as he heard that it was written by an old theologian, Silvis remembered his experience of studying scriptures with the archbishop in a church school, and he was about to get into a fight before he saw it.
"Don't fall asleep. Why do you have to sleep after drinking black tea? This article is written in a very simple way, even you can understand it."
Silvis could only open his eyes wide and read the article carefully.
I have to say that Herman is right. Although this article belongs to the theological section, it is all written in colloquial language, mostly short sentences, without subject-subordinate structure and allusions, and is catchy.
The article begins with a first-person description of the rebellion in the Mason area. A group of farmers misunderstood the meaning of Saint Sun's crown and were unwilling to sign the perpetual lease that gave them freedom.
Then, the article takes this as a guide to explain to "dear readers" why the God the Father gives people freedom. This is because the God the Father creates people in his own likeness.
When God created human beings, he gave them rationality and free will. This free will enables humans to choose good and evil, and to know God through reason.
Therefore, humans are the primates of all things and should be distinguished from ordinary animals. Freedom is the embodiment of God’s gift and image.
After discussing the theological and practical significance of why people should have freedom, this "two-wheeled weirdo" asked a small question to all readers:
In this case, can the Holy Father allow people to voluntarily become slaves? In other words, can people freely give up freedom?
At the end of the article, the author invites everyone who has seen this newspaper to write a letter if they have any opinions on this matter.
If it is a useful or thought-provoking insight, it can be published in this Pravda.
Once published in the newspaper, you can get a full reward of 1 gold pound!
(End of chapter)