Chapter 730 Rapids City in 1448 (Part 2)
After the opening of rivers such as the Arnode, the water level rose slightly, whether it was Fort Joan of Arc or Rapids City.
The wool trade on the northern line and the spice and sugar trade on the southern line have put the rapids market in greater transportation pressure than before.
So Moriati raised tens of thousands of pounds and dug out the old river road that was originally buried deep in the ground.
In this way, there are two parallel river tracks. If transported to the flange, go to the south river channel, go to the north river channel.
With this method, Catherine increased the annual shipping volume of 80,000 tons in Rapids to 130,000 tons last year, while 40,000 tons in just three months this year.
Some people even calculated the size of ships passing through the North and South rivers as a very important North and South shipping index, and updated weekly in the "Meigdi Business" newspaper.
As the largest waterway hub in the four plain counties, the increase in cargo volume in the rapids almost means a significant increase in the economy.
Most people, even a large number of Thousand River Valley people, believe that Rapids will decline for more than ten or twenty years.
But unexpectedly, with the support of Horn's policy, Catherine and the Megdi Chamber of Commerce built Rapids into the top three major cities in the economy.
In this process, Catherine and the Megdi Chamber of Commerce made an indelible contribution.
After the Battle of Rapids, 80% of the buildings in the port area were unusable, and nearly 10,000 people had to be moved to Fort Joan of Arc and the Court of the Holy Cult.
The damage rate of handicraft workshops reached nearly 50%, and the unemployment rate was close to 30%. We had to force military control to maintain order.
In the first year, Catherine and the Megdi Chamber of Commerce first promulgated the "Street-side Store Relocation Law", which vacated enough rivers and streets.
Horn's "Twenty-Four Times Act" was passed again and suppressed the strikes of a group of guild members.
Catherine even ordered the frontline to suppress soldiers and equip hand-cannons and fire live ammunitions at strikers if necessary.
In Horn's opinion, this is a wise move, because the gun only has the greatest deterrence when it is not fired, and if it sounds, there is no expected damage.
Then the strikers would be braver and even began to directly attack and suppress the soldiers, causing greater casualties.
The following year, Catherine raised funds many times to establish the "Rapid City Reconstruction Foundation" and issue urban construction bonds.
In the later period, we cooperated with the Black Hat Army to contract the reconstruction of most of the port areas, and began the expansion of the dual-track waterway with labor-for-relief, and carried out unified repairs to the infrastructure.
At this time, due to the various systems implemented by Horn after the war and the blockade, the economic level of the Rapids City plummeted.
In August last year, Rapids Reconstruction Foundation was on the verge of bankruptcy.
If it weren't for the old grandmother's Kush Foundation, and then there was war compensation from the Lilac Corridor, the Rapids City Hall would almost go bankrupt.
But Catherine drove all the best and kept going through this most difficult time and successfully completed most of the reconstruction plans.
Although many streets and industries have not been restored, from the perspective of economic level alone, it is higher than before the war.
Lost a dinar, Horn picked up a copy of the Megdi Business and two candies, sat on the edge of the flower bed and looked and asked, "Who is the Megdi Chamber of Commerce operating now?"
"In name, it is still His Excellency Catherine, but she only appeared in important meetings. The rest of the time, we discussed with the Megdi Chamber of Commerce Partners Committee." René replied.
"Has the negotiations on establishing the Father's Church within the Megdi Chamber of Commerce passed?"
"Not yet. They accepted the establishment of the Father's Church within the Chamber of Commerce, but they could only be an individual organization, not an official organization, and they were not allowed to have actual authority.
On the surface, they said that business needs professionals, but in private gatherings, they said that the opinions of the gangsters would seriously interfere with the normal progress of business.
The Crown Prince, do you need me to give them some undeniable conditions? "A trace of splendor flashed in the young Director Cheka's eyes. Horn shook his head, "Don't force it too tightly, just like fishing, loosen the line and tighten the line. It's not time to tighten the line yet. ”
”When will you be able to tighten the line? "Rene has always played the role of tight lines, or Chika can only play the role of tight lines.
"When necessary. "Horn opened the second page of "Megdi Business" and began to read the foreign news page, "When they missed it." ”
Compared with the daily selective news reports of "Lea is too bad" and "The Holy See is too bad", the "Megerdi Business" is more objective.
Moreover, in addition to foreign news, the "Meigdi Business Daily" has the most accurate interpretation of various business news and indicators.
But from this point, Horn could smell a little rotten smell.
Normally speaking, many industry news is random and cannot be so accurate.
The accuracy of "Megdi Business" is quite amazing. According to Cheka statistics, most of the mistakes are ultimately beneficial to the chamber of commerce itself.
Either the "Meigdi Business Daily" is completely unscrupulous, or the Meigdi Chamber of Commerce is both a player and a referee, and is also the referee of most games.
People of the same era may think it’s nothing, but from the later generations, this method can be seen many times.
He couldn't help but be unaware of it.
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
The Megdi Chamber of Commerce seems to be just a small chamber of dyes, but it is a monopoly organization covering all aspects.
It replaces the functions of the government in large quantities without changing its essential demand for profit.
Many times, many of the actions of the chamber of commerce are only for the personal interests of senior partners.
This does not mean that profits are not important, but that profits must have a bottom line.
It is currently working well and has helped Horn do a lot of things, such as bond sales, maintaining market stability, and ensuring freight waterways.
But this is only because Catherine, who cooperates with the army and Cheka, can suppress the instinct of senior partners to seek profit and short-sightedness.
When the economy develops rapidly, these senior partners continue to merge and hold other companies, and there is already a faint trend of transformation towards oligarchy.
And Horn already saw this, so he decided to put it out before the signs develop.
For development, the Sanctuary allowed the emergence of a trust system, but the Sanctuary wanted a controllable trust rather than an out-of-control oligarch.
So in the future, the Megdi Chamber of Commerce will be divided into single-industry peer guilds or multiple state-owned enterprises, and the workshops will be laid off and merged to improve efficiency.
At the same time, these state-owned enterprises and workshops will be managed by a special committee or monks.
And for the sake of these state-owned enterprises still under control, the first step Horn needs to do is to install the Father's Church in these state-owned enterprises.
In this way, when dismembering the Megdi Chamber of Commerce, it can be guaranteed to be dispersed and not fallen.
"This way, you can secretly monitor those dishonest ones first.
I will go to the Megdi Chamber of Commerce in two days, and then meet with several partners in the insurance and lottery industries to see if they know the general situation.
You collect evidence first, and when the time is right, I will let you start it." Horn opened another page of the newspaper in an understatement, "When I want to start it, I must be as fast and accurate as Jeanne's lightning, and not merciless as this chapter."
(End of this chapter)
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