Another year had passed.
In the past year, the People's Army had fought a few major battles, and each time, they had won a complete victory. Their scale had also become larger and larger, and their territory had also become larger and larger. There was a need for manpower everywhere. Jin Province did not have many changes in personnel, but Suiyuan needed to be transferred from Jin Province and Shaanxi Province, and the governor of Suiyuan was directly taken over by Zhao Daiwen. Zhao Daiwen was a politician who had done a lot of practical things for the people. He was also very capable.
The people under the rule of the People's Army felt particularly happy about this year's New Year. In addition to the large tax reduction in Shaanxi Province, Nie Wenzhou had exempted Suiyuan and Jin Province from a year's agricultural tax. In the future, it would be reduced to half of the previous level. Of course, he did not rule out the possibility of further reduction. The commercial tax would be reduced by half next year, and then it would be reduced to 70% of the previous level.
The moment the policy was announced, all the people were elated. As for the ordinary people, their income would increase greatly because of the large amount of tax reduction and the factories that had been built and opened in various places. Merchants, on the other hand, had more opportunities to trade and make money because of the lower taxes and the new factories and commercial system of the People's Army.
The only thing that made people unhappy was that Nie Wenzhou had forcefully set the scale of investment and construction. For example, cross-industry investments would be limited to no more than five. If the scale of the company exceeded a certain level, there would be a national audit and supervision department that would conduct regular or irregular inspections and reviews. The merchants were very dissatisfied with this problem and went to the government to argue. However, Nie Wenzhou forcefully made a decision and remained unmoved.
Other than abroad, no one knew the dangers of big companies better than Nie Wenzhou. Not to mention how great the contribution of big companies to society was, they were also harmful. There was a saying called " too big to fail." This meant that the company was big enough to the point where it was impossible to close down even if it wanted to.
Why? Because once it went bankrupt, too many things would be involved, and it might even lead to national and social unrest. Once these companies reached such a stage, they began to act without any scruples because he was not worried that he would go bankrupt!
Although Nie Wenzhou wanted to eliminate the opportunities for these companies, he knew that it was impossible. They would try all kinds of loopholes to avoid the law. However, no matter what happened in the future, he had to start from now and increase their costs bit by bit.
The whole society was also developing towards a good shape. The local bandits, except for Suiyuan and Jin Province, had almost disappeared after more than half a year of encirclement and suppression.
After a long report by the newly established China Daily, people of insight in the country had realized that if the rule of the People's Army was really as the newspaper said, then there were already signs of prosperity. This also caused many people to flock to the People's Army, or they yearned for it.
It was precisely because Beiyang saw this situation that they felt that their status was at stake, so they tightened their military preparations. In fact, they had all walked into a misunderstanding. They felt that the reason why their place had not developed well was because the place was not peaceful. They felt that it was precisely because of the unrest in the local area that the government had no money to develop because of the increased military investment.
Although their thoughts were reasonable, they were not completely right. They knew but did not do anything, and then pushed all the responsibility to others. In fact, if they could produce some decent results, the world might choose to believe them.
The new year was coming to an end, and Nie Wenzhou had to listen to reports from all sides. This year, the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Army had developed very quickly. Due to the production of the fertilizer plant, the farmers had begun to use chemical fertilizers. It was estimated that during the summer harvest season next year, the production should be able to increase.
Financially, they could only maintain a balance of income and expenditure because military expenditures were not included. Otherwise, there would be a financial deficit. However, after obtaining the resources of these two provinces, his assets should be able to increase next year.
On the military side, a new round of reorganization had just been completed last month. There were a total of 450,000 regular soldiers and 150,000 local garrisons. There were a total of five divisions and one guard. Each army had three divisions, and the military had a guard brigade and other direct troops, totaling 80,000 people. The number of guards was a little small, only about 30,000 people. However, Nie Wenzhou wanted to turn them into mechanized infantry, so it was fine to have fewer people.
Among them, the commanders of the five divisions were Zhang Liang, Guan Donglai, Li Ruhai, Li Lin, and Shang Zhen. Shang Zhen was originally the main general of the Jin army. However, Nie Wenzhou made an exception and promoted him to the rank of commander because Nie Wenzhou remembered that he was a military and political talent in the Jin Suijun.
What the People's Army lacked now was such a person, and he could also be a model for the incorporated Jin army. The rest of the Jin army was split into a few divisions, but the generals were all sent to the military academy to study, so this was also a measure to appease the morale of the army.
In terms of military, there were already nearly 10,000 scientists and technicians from Germany who had come here. After they arrived, Nie Wenzhou had almost sent them to various military factories to teach disciples. The workers who had been taught by them had improved their production skills very quickly, and the quality and output of production had also increased by a lot.
More importantly, the technology had improved. It turned out that Nie Wenzhou's information was more advanced, so these people couldn't accept it for a while. It was as if they had broken a layer. This was also Nie Wenzhou's negligence. Later, he regretted it. Under the guidance of the experts from Germany, they quickly fixed their shortcomings and integrated what they had learned before. Many of their techniques improved rapidly.
The successful development of the 155mm howitzer and cannon was another important leverage for Nie Wenzhou. If necessary, he would be able to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy. However, in the current country, other than attacking the city, there was no other use for it.
Nie Wenzhou still didn't think it was enough, so he let them continue to develop the 200mm large caliber cannon. Such cannons were considered strategic weapons on land. Even if they were placed on warships, they could also be used as cannons for heavy cruisers.
The manufacturing of planes and tanks, which were related to the future, was placed in Baotou of Suiyuan by Nie Wenzhou. This was the grassland area, which was vast and sparsely populated, so it was easy to keep it a secret.
After seeing that Nie Wenzhou's machinery and equipment were advanced enough, the French side readily handed over the technology they had mastered to the People's Army. A large number of technical experts and skilled workers who had no use in the country came here to continue their research.
Now that the People's Army and Dé Country were already very close partners, Dé Country could not help but support the idea of roping them in when they saw that the People's Army had expanded several times in just a few months. He hoped that he could use the territory and power of the People's Army to help them tide over this post-war crisis.
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