Chapter 174, Population Production and Trade
Gu Hang nodded frequently after listening to Oceana's report.
The increase in population is something Gu Hang cares about very much.
According to the information she gave and the documents in hand, the total population currently directly controlled by the new alliance has reached 2.4 million.
Among them, the core ruling area is the Fuxing Twin Cities.
The population of Weixing City has reached 550,000, and its main industries are heavy industry and military industry.
A series of industries based on alloy plastic steel refine a large amount of raw materials into alloy metals, and then further process them into various industrial components; Wu Jiarong's research institute continuously develops new industrial lines (through black boxes), and then Send it to the Wastedong Industrial Zone to build a new factory or expand the size of the original factory.
The immigrants who enter the short-term high-intensity training courses held by various factories and enterprises will become unemployed workers after the short-term training. As long as the corresponding production lines are in place, new workers will be filled in immediately, and production will begin immediately.
There are now 930,000 people in Fuxing City, and urban construction is still continuing. The main industries are various light industries and the production of consumer goods to supply the needs of the population. Such as textile, food industry, various electrical appliances, furniture, construction industry... are the main production industries.
In addition, Fuxing City is also an administrative and trade center, with a large population engaged in clerical work.
A higher population size has also given rise to a relatively developed service industry. There are still few things like culture and entertainment, but a lot has been produced in the catering industry.
This is different from Wei Xingcheng. Wei Xingcheng solves the problem of eating. In addition to cooking at home, it mainly relies on the company canteen, which rations food according to rank.
Fuxing City does not have large, centralized factories like Weixing City, so the catering industry will become a supplementary solution to the problem of eating.
Here again I would like to mention a new policy implemented by Oceana in order to stimulate economic vitality.
In order to avoid the development of relatively fixed industries after the binding of ranks and positions, and to avoid the corresponding economic activities that only occur when the Ministry of Industry orders the construction of factories, stores, urban construction, etc., ordinary people are encouraged to use their own talents. Ingenious, Oceana introduced policies to encourage entrepreneurship.
It’s not about starting a big business, state-owned factories will take care of those big things.
And set up a small restaurant, a small convenience store, or even just a roadside stall; if you go one step further, if you have any special ideas, open a small factory, set up a private engineering team, and set up a logistics team to help various construction sites, Factory, store to deliver goods...anything.
The specific incentive measures are that people with corresponding ranks can use their rank as a guarantee to apply for a start-up capital, submit relevant entrepreneurial reports, and after approval, they can open their business.
The higher the rank, the more support funds can be obtained.
If the startup fails, the rank will be downgraded; if it succeeds, the rank will be increased accordingly according to the status of the manager of the new industry.
But similarly, the ownership of this industry, whether it is a restaurant, a small convenience store, or a factory, is state-owned, but a certain amount of dividends will be paid.
To put it bluntly, it is like being in a large company and thinking that there is a project that can be carried out, then submitting a project report to the boss and management, and starting work after it is approved. If you win, you will get a promotion, salary increase, and stock options; if you lose, the company will lose money and you will be demoted due to personal responsibility.
And if you just set up a stall, you don't need to be at a particularly high level to do it, and the penalty for failure won't be very big, just deduct the allowance and you will be defeated.
In addition, Oceana also made another comment: You can also use your own funds to start a business, so there is no need for guarantees. If you fail, you will not be demoted and lose your own money; if you succeed, your rank will be improved and you will make money. Also belongs to oneself.
This is equivalent to opening up a private economy in addition to the main public and planned economy to increase economic vitality.
At present, since it is an encouragement, the conditions for job guarantees and application for entrepreneurial funds are relatively loose. Those with lower ranks, who have good ideas, or who are in line with the industrial development direction set by the Ministry of Production, can more easily obtain entrepreneurial funds. Capital, if you lose, the downgrade will not be too big, and generally under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry, most of them will not lose money.
Generally speaking, you can't lose money by setting up a small restaurant or even a heating stall for synthetic starch blocks next to a factory or construction site.
In the future, when you feel that the development in a certain direction is enough, even overheated, or the losses are relatively large... In short, if something goes wrong, then you will tighten the application requirements, raise the threshold, and increase the guarantee penalty. In short, there is a means of control.
Generally speaking, in the twin cities, the collective state-owned economy is still the absolute main body, supplemented by the private economy to increase vitality and employment.
Currently, according to the statistics of "tax coins", the total monthly output value of the Shuangcheng City can reach approximately 80,000 tax coins. This is the absolute core area of the new alliance.
As for other areas, a total of five to six thousand tax coins is enough.
In addition to the Twin Cities, the remaining small settlements in the currently planned Central Central Province, North Central Province, and Gaota Province, including Garbage Town, are also being transformed into the Twin Cities system. The main production capacity also falls on consumer goods to ensure the basic needs of the population.
But in those small settlements, production efficiency cannot be guaranteed at all.
These places have a combined population of over one million. The population may be similar to that of the Twin Cities, but their total output value may only be about 7% of that of the Twin Cities.
In this regard, Oceana's follow-up plan is to continue to migrate people from these places into Weixing City and expand the industrial population.
In addition, various production machines will be put into use from some production material factories in Weixing City and Fuxing City. For example, the production of agricultural machinery, engineering machinery, trucks, textile machinery, food processing machinery... a series of gadgets will be able to improve the production efficiency of these small settlements.
Here, there will be a lot of room for growth.
After listening to her overall report, Gu Hang nodded with satisfaction.
He thought Oceana was doing a pretty good job.
He knew many things here before. Especially for some big directions, he simply gave Oceana relevant instructions before boarding the starship, and Oceana formulated policies and implemented them in the corresponding directions.
It is not easy to come up with a suitable policy; it is even harder to implement the policy.
But it seems that Oceana is doing well in both areas. It was no longer as simple as living up to his expectations, it was even exceeding them.
This can also be seen from the character cards.
While in the starry sky, Gu Hang saw the change in Oceana's character card from the character interface.
First of all, she was upgraded and became LV3; her 'rarity' was raised from N level to R level; [Excellent Administrative Officer] was upgraded to [Outstanding Administrative Officer], with a little more political attributes; additional He has a talent called [Overall Planning].
[Overall planning: She has gained some experience in the long-term planning of overall production and construction, which has made her even better in this regard. Politics +1】
The superposition of these characteristics brings her most important political attribute to 15 points.
Such a Oceana has become a very outstanding political officer, and Gu Hang can feel relieved.
In this regard, Gu Hang did not hesitate to praise: "I think Comrade Osena did a very good job."
After saying this, he clapped his hands.
Under his leadership, everyone also gave face and applauded.
The role of Oceana is very important. She is currently the number one person on the government affairs side, with civil affairs, commerce, finance, and production being all under her control, with extremely heavy powers and responsibilities.
Although she is still called a minister, in fact, the work she undertakes is very similar to that of the prime minister. Most of the government work is on her.
Even the military has to please her. After all, the production situation of Wei Xingcheng's military factory also needs her support to thrive. The military logistics equipment department that Thaddeus is in charge of must always communicate with her people to ensure that equipment, ammunition, and military supplies are sufficient.
Oceana was a little shy after receiving the compliment. She waved her hand and said quickly: "As for the report on business and trade, let Mr. Bradford do the reporting. He has performed very well in this month's work."
Bradford stood up slightly nervously, especially when Gu Hang looked at him, the nervousness became even stronger.
He still remembered that when he was captured by the governor's soldiers a few months ago, he was completely despairing; later, the conversation with the governor almost destroyed his mentality.
But he still survived through his 'ingenuity' and became a consultant to the New Alliance's Ministry of Commerce.
After Ossena took on multiple roles and essentially assumed the job of Prime Minister of the Alliance, she became very busy. In addition, there is now a serious shortage of clerical and administrative workers in the new alliance, especially the lack of talents who can take charge of their own affairs. People like Bradford have naturally taken advantage of the situation.
He has the ability, experience, and connections, and he is proactive in doing things. He has never made money for himself. Even if he had the intention, at least he did not dare to do so in the early stages of his career. He naturally stood out from the crowd. , stood out.
Although he still carries the title of consultant, he has actually begun to exercise the power of the head of the Alliance's Ministry of Commerce. Even within her own authority, Oceana raised Bradford's rank from E6 to D6.
This is still just the lower-middle class level, but it already has enough food and clothing, plus good subsidies.
What's more, after all, he is in the position of the person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce. Bradford is a smart man. He is not worried at all that he will have no room for development in the future.
And he never betrayed Oceana's trust.
Previously, he mobilized his own connections and management experience in business activities to organize a caravan, restored the blood supply of capillaries, and alleviated the food crisis in the twin cities; then, he restored the relationship with the Western Desert. Grain trade has further solved the food crisis.
As for the other main artery for grain input, the Qinggu region in the south, there has been little improvement. But that is not his responsibility. The main reason is that the Qinggu area is currently in war and there are major problems in food production, which cannot be solved by commercial means.
Just for the Western Desert leg, the food problem will still be very tense, especially after the expansion strategy began, and the areas around Fuxing City also fell into war, especially when two million people became enemies, and the capillaries were affected again.
This is also the reason why Gu Hang insists on Yan Fangxu speeding up his actions and investing more troops to solve this problem: if we delay for much longer, there will be a famine.
However, in order to solve this problem, Bradford personally took a trip to the Western Desert and just came back recently.
He brought back a new big order. The food trade between Western Desert and Fuxing City could be doubled in scale. The price Fuxing City has to pay for this is a large amount of consumer goods. The additional output of Fuxing City is enough to cover this part.
In addition, there is another big business, that is, Bradford has found a big order for Wei Xingcheng's automobile industry.
Tieniu RN-100 truck is favored by a large number of caravans. It has good load capacity, good off-road performance, durable leather, and can use any fuel... This kind of truck is very popular in the wasteland.
Bradford sold 500 Iron Ox trucks to Western Desert merchants in one go, paying for them in grain.
According to interstellar standards, the total value of this batch of food orders to be shipped is more than 20,000 tax coins, which can basically meet the needs of the new alliance's current population of 2.4 million people for one year; and 500 Iron Bull trucks are about the cost of satellites. Xingcheng's monthly output, if used to pay taxes, would only be worth about 5,000 tax coins in total - the Imperial Taxation Department may not necessarily require trucks with this level of technology.
They made four times the profit, but the Western Desert businessmen were still overjoyed.
This truck sells for much cheaper than the delivery vehicles produced by Blackbird Heavy Industries in the west.
This business is a win-win situation: the alliance has found a market for the automobile industry and bought back a large amount of grain; the Western Desert merchants who have obtained the trucks will use trucks to transport grain to the alliance, and the transportation efficiency will become higher.
Isn't this a win-win?
Winning twice is a huge win.
Of course, this business is not done in one go.
There is so much food in the Western Desert, but we cannot transport it all at once. We have to spend time collecting it from various planting bases, and we also have to spend time traveling thousands of kilometers.
The delivery of Tieniu trucks is not immediate. Although Weixing City's production capacity has exploded and can produce 500 trucks a month, Fuxing City also needs iron bulls for transportation and logistics; the military's logistics and transportation also need iron bulls; and the army's motorization also requires iron bulls.
Even if the production capacity of 500 vehicles is not enough, the subsequent production department may focus on the Tieniu truck as the next step to increase production capacity, striving to increase the monthly output of this important transport truck to 1,000 vehicles. degree.
In addition to grain trade, Bradford has recently solved another big problem: the import of industrial raw materials.
In terms of raw materials, the ore production capacity of the Wastedong Mine has long been unable to keep up.
Due to the shutdown of the war, Garbage Town has just recently resumed excavation of the ruined mines, and the output has not yet increased.
The shortage of raw materials has restricted production in industrial areas.
However, related business work is gradually expanding, and the source of raw materials is not limited to the surrounding areas.
To the east of the tower ruins and up to the sea, this area of approximately 6,000 kilometers was the main urban agglomeration area of the Raging Star before the war. Super cities like Tower Ruins are widely distributed in the eastern region.
But in this vast area, the surviving population may only be about five million. They were scattered among the ruins, struggling to survive in the mutant monsters and the waste energy storm. There is no industry, and they mainly rely on picking up garbage and exchanging it with caravans for food, daily necessities and the like.
In other words, the former urban agglomeration area, which is six thousand kilometers from east to west and three thousand kilometers from north to south, is a very large and extremely scattered garbage town.
But no matter what the ecology of that place is like, at least now the new alliance has opened up business ties with the eastern provinces.
The resale of various consumer goods and grains are traditional raw material trade items between Fuxing City and the eastern provinces. Now, some industrial products are being dumped.
Among them, the two most important products are Tieniu trucks; the second is arms.
The eastern provinces are very much like a very large garbage town. This is not just to say, but the overall ecology is also very similar. Grain production capacity is very low, mainly imported from the Qinggu area; the main output is raw materials obtained by digging out pre-war ruins and collecting garbage, as well as some primary processing and basic industries.
The main force of ‘trash picking’ is naturally many adventurers.
The individual equipment of the G9 series is much better than those ordinary guns.
And it just so happens that the current G9 production line has a lot of abundant production capacity, so just sell it to them.
As for these guns, will they become an obstacle to the new alliance's expansion into the eastern provinces in the future...
I have to admit that it is possible.
But there's not much of an obstacle.
If it is a large-scale battle, the value of individual soldier equipment is not that great. Tanks, artillery, and army aviation, these firepower are more critical.
When it comes to the arms trade, the current G9 individual equipment is not only sold to the east. The Qinggu area in the south is also an important selling point.
On the one hand, although the Qinggu area has suffered from war and serious reductions in grain production capacity, there is still some.
On the other hand, the reason why arms were exchanged for food was mainly because of the situation in the Qinggu area.
Disasters such as the tide of mutant monsters have almost subsided by this time in previous years in the Qinggu area, which has relatively good natural conditions, but this year it has become more and more serious.
The tragic death of Oceana's family has begun to become no longer a rare case in the Qinggu area.
Even the manor owners and planters couldn't bear it, let alone ordinary civilians.
Weapons and equipment were sold to the Qinggu area to help them better resist the tide of monsters.
Even more than just selling arms.
When he was in the sky, Gu Hang had heard reports about the Qinggu area, and he was also very worried about the situation in the Qinggu area.
The situation where the mutant tide is raging wildly is definitely intolerable.
The Qinggu area has a population of 10 million. It is a huge peninsula area, spanning more than 2,000 kilometers from east to west and more than 5,000 kilometers from north to south. It narrows as you go south. The overall terrain is a bit like the Indian peninsula in the world before Gu Hang traveled through it. The natural environment and geographical environment may even be better.
Vast and fertile land, sufficient population... This is one of the rare places on the Raging Owl planet.
Gu Hang could not tolerate the destruction of this land, and he also could not tolerate the excessive loss of the population of 10 million in this disaster.
Currently, the Alliance does not have enough strength to send enough troops to such a large Qinggu area to help them solve the mutant problem there.
But this does not prevent advance layout.
Arms/food exchange, or even directly sending military experts and diplomats to the Qinggu area.
Diplomats are helping the displaced survivors to gather together; allowing those plantations that are still resisting with difficulty to establish mutual aid organizations; convincing those plantations that have not yet suffered disasters to understand the meaning of death, and let them contribute money and efforts. Help other neighbors.
The military commissioners set out together with the traded arms to assist the local teams resisting the monster tide and build their army.
The local situation cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and the problem in Qinggu is not just the conflict between humans and monsters.
But let’s not mention the more complicated situation for now. At least for now, Gu Hang hopes that the manpower sent out can minimize the damage to the Qinggu area. One more person can survive, and one more grain can be saved. pellets.
When he has his hands free and can mobilize a real large force to go to the Qinggu area to regain the lost territory, it will be good to have a little more vitality there.
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There are relatively few important things in the subsequent reports.
Patel talked about the industrial situation in Weixing City;
Lambert talked about the construction of legal system in the Twin Cities area. The formulation of relevant legal provisions, court construction, law enforcement team construction, intelligence system construction, anti-corruption issues...
He has actually been appointed to the position of Alliance Justice. Under his management, there are three major committees: the Legislative Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Disciplinary Committee.
The minimum number of legislators is to establish legal regulations according to the wishes of the governor; execution mainly includes public security issues; discipline mainly focuses on anti-corruption.
Gu Hang attaches particular importance to the work of the disciplinary committee.
He knows very well that under the current highly centralized and planned economic system like the New Alliance, it is best to concentrate on doing big things. You can do things that have little short-term benefits but huge long-term benefits. However, the two problems of institutional rigidity and corruption have a fatal impact on the new alliance system.
The system is rigid, and Gu Hang has seen Oceana looking for solutions, encouraging some private and market-oriented economies to be the main players.
As for the problem of corruption, we have not yet seen any signs of it. After all, the new regime is only theoretically three or four months old, so there will be no major problems.
But this is a matter of caution. It won't be a painful thing to wait until corruption becomes a large-scale, systemic problem before solving it.
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Six thousand words.
Yesterday's promise was fulfilled.
(End of chapter)