With such frequent business contacts, Yang Meng was full of expectations for Tiger City's income. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The income of Tiger City, Guangming City, and New City will all be put into Yang Meng's personal pocket, which will also maintain the future expenses of Yang Meng and his army.

You must know that when he left the capital, Yang Meng only took 100,000 taels of silver from the imperial court, and the subsequent series of expenses were basically maintained by Yang Meng himself.

Thinking about those guns and warships that will be built in the future, Yang Meng is an egg ache, if there is no income support, where to build it?

Zhu Yong said with a smile: "The general can relax, the income of Tiger City is very considerable, according to incomplete statistics, last month's income reached 54 million taels of silver. The subordinates levied a huge checkpoint tax on the merchants who came and went, plus the two tax policies of value-added tax and income tax that the general mentioned to his subordinates last time, and the subordinates used it on all the merchants in the city. Today, the city's permanent residents are able to provide for themselves through commerce, and many of them have settled down completely. By the way, General, last time the imperial court sent the fourth master to inspect, it seems that there is a meaning to include Tiger City in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. The subordinates asked Khazar to come forward, and in the name of the Great Horde Khan of the Kazakh Khanate, politely declined the court's intentions, I don't know if this matter was done properly? ”

Yang Meng has long been overjoyed, and his income of tens of millions of silver per month is much richer than Kang Mazi's.

When he left, Yang Meng mentioned value-added tax and income tax, two taxes in modern society, but he didn't expect Zhu Yong to implement them very well. This will maximize the protection of the tax revenue of Tiger City.

However, when he heard that someone from the imperial court was coming, Yang Meng immediately jumped up: "What? The idea that the imperial court wants to fight here? How can it be done, this is what General Ben has worked so hard to build! Besides, the moths in the imperial court, these tens of millions of taels are thrown in, and it is not enough to kill them? Lao Zhu, you are doing the right thing, this place is the private territory of this general, when he first set out on the expedition, Long live the lord allowed this general to act freely, and the court can't control you! If the court wants to come hard, you let Khazar fight back with someone! ”

Zhu Yong said happily: "That's good, General, my subordinates have purchased a large number of iron ore, copper ore and other materials in accordance with the General's arrangement, and sent them to Changbai Mountain in a steady stream." However, a lot of money was sent to those corrupt officials in the middle, and now the entire ore in the Northeast has basically been bought by us. But even so, there are still nearly 100 million taels of silver in our treasury, so what should the general do with it? ”

Copper ore and iron ore are naturally used to smelt copper and iron, and after processing, they are used to make guns and cannons, and now in the Qing Dynasty, the output of copper and iron is very pitiful, and the annual output will not exceed 200,000 tons.

The average price of a ton of ore is about 300 taels, which means that the ore in the Qing Dynasty is only worth 60 million taels a year.

At present, iron and copper mines are basically officially run mines, and these mines are strictly controlled by the government, and private mining is prohibited.

The output is so low and there are many constraints, which brings a lot of confusion to Zhu Yong's acquisition.

Fortunately, Zhu Yong used money to open up the joints, no matter in which dynasty, money can make ghosts grind, which was able to send a lot of resources to the military factory in Changbai Mountain.

Yang Meng said: "Damn, these dog officials, they know that they are greedy for ink, and the weapons they make are not used to defend the country and expand the territory?" Starting next year, don't buy ore anymore, find another place to build a military factory, and then mine iron ore and copper ore nearby, and completely dissociate yourself from these dog officials! ”

Zhu Yong hurriedly said: "The general wants to mine ore by himself, that is the best." My subordinates heard that Siberia is rich in minerals, and if we can take Siberia, then we will have no problem at all. ”

Yang Meng nodded, Siberia is indeed only attractive to minerals in addition to the cold.

Siberia is very large, and the climate there is very cold, even colder than Europe, due to the influence of the Arctic Ocean, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to survive.

Now Siberia is controlled by the evil state and the Dzungar Khanate, and if you want to take it, you have to face not only the opponent, but also the bad weather, which is a severe test.

"There are indeed minerals in Siberia, but the climatic conditions in this place are very harsh, and it is easy to take it, but it is not easy to gain a foothold. In this way, Lao Zhu, you go back and mobilize to see if anyone is willing to immigrate to Siberia, the conditions are more generous, if we can immigrate hundreds of thousands to Siberia, we can gain a foothold in Siberia. ”

Yang Meng said.

Zhu Yong nodded and said, "Don't worry, even if no one is willing to emigrate, his subordinates will recruit a group of die-hard people to serve the general!" ”

Yang Meng nodded with satisfaction: "This is the best, Tiger City has a population of 2 million, this is really my Yang Meng's blessing." With so many people helping me, why worry about something big going on? ”

After learning about Tiger City, Yang Meng immediately ordered Zhu Yong and Eda to form a police force to maintain law and order in Tiger City, and at the same time, this police force will become a reserve force for the future army.

Zhu Yong and E Da happily accepted the order, and at the same time accepted Yang Meng's ideological indoctrination, and had a clear idea of the formation of this police force.

Although Tiger City is comfortable for Yang Meng, Yang Meng is not nostalgic, there is still half a month away from the capital, if everything goes well, you can arrive in the capital before the New Year.

After purchasing some things in Tiger City, Yang Meng and his party continued to move towards the capital.

After crossing the Alashan Pass, you will enter the territory of the Junggar Special Zone.

The construction of the Junggar Special Zone is also going well, but compared with the Tiger City, it is worse. The arrival of merchants has also brought opportunities to the Dzungar Special Economic Zone, and with Li Guangdi's bold administration, the Junggar Special Economic Zone has formed a development entity with Urumqi as the core and the Ili River as the main artery.

Various ethnic groups have formed large mixed and small villages, scattered along the banks of the Ili River, and the system led by the chief executive, the prefect, the prefect, the county magistrate, the township head, and the security chief has also brought social stability to the Dzungar Special Economic Zone.

The chief executives are basically Han Chinese and Manchus, and although other ethnic groups are also involved in the officialdom, most of them hold deputy or idle positions.

Nevertheless, this also gives hope to people of all nationalities, and the development of the Dzungar Special Region is proceeding step by step.

When Yang Meng and his entourage were just passing through Urumqi, they entered the city and stayed for a day.

After meeting with Li Guangdi and Ortai, Yang Meng and his entourage immediately prepared to set off again and came to the capital.