The investment in the flour mill made many people clap their hands and praise it. In addition, Yang Xinxin bought flour at twice the market price, which improved the living standards of the people.
The first thing a rich person would do was to renovate their house, especially if they had a son. They wanted to build a few new houses, then marry a wife and have children.
Some wanted to improve their living conditions, so they bought pots, pans, utensils, furniture, and so on. For a time, the entire Dragon Head Town's economy was very prosperous, and many traveling merchants rushed over when they heard the news.
Yang Xin welcomed the arrival of these merchants. He was also tax-free and was praised by the merchants.
At present, Yang Xin's territory was too small, and the taxes that merchants could bring in were too little. It could be said to be insignificant. A few thousand dollars a year was already considered exorbitant.
Besides, this little bit of money wouldn't change anything. It was better to eliminate bandits than to earn money. Therefore, he didn't mind. When his territory grew bigger in the future, he would definitely collect business taxes.
The territory's economy was booming, and Yang Xin was worried about electricity.
At this moment, the dawn of electricity had already illuminated the entire world. In the west, electricity had gradually entered the homes of thousands of households.
In this era, China also had electricity. Decades ago, Shanghai already had neon lights, which brought prosperity to Shanghai's nightlife.
Of course, compared to later generations, direct current was still the mainstream of this era. Although alternating current had been invented long ago, it was difficult to promote alternating current in the face of the direct current's beneficial owner, Eddie. It was even suppressed and threatened.
At this time, Tesla was still alive, but he was not young anymore. His days were also very hard. Yang Xin frowned. If it was possible to invite this stubborn old man to the territory, he would be more than enough to teach students.
Currently, the entire Huaxia was lagging behind this era, especially in terms of technological development.
To put it simply, there was almost no heavy industry. The only ones left were those left behind by the previous dynasty. They had been used for decades, and the production was even rarer. The cannons were all imported.
Yang Xin came from the future and understood the direction of technological development. However, China was weak and could not even research the most basic technology. It had to be imported from abroad.
However, Chahar did not have any irrigation facilities, so it could not use water power to generate electricity. It could only rely on thermal power, and thermal power required a large amount of coal. Fortunately, coal was the most abundant in this area. Currently, the maximum annual power generation of the power plant was only 50,000 megavolts, which was already the maximum power generation.
If he increased it further, he would only be able to increase his technology level, but that would take a long time.
Fortunately, the 50,000-kilogram-worth of electricity was enough to supply the entire Duolun County. However, if the industry was to scale up, one power plant was far from enough.
Later on, Yang Xin would build a large-scale factory, and he would also buy machines from abroad to build a factory. It was impossible to build a complete industrial system just by relying on the factories given by the system.
"What a headache. We still have to train a large number of workers.”Yang Xin scratched his head and said helplessly.
At this time, the illiterate rate in China had reached 97%. There were too few literate people. Basically, they were all children of rich families or the landlord class who had the financial resources to support their studies.
Fortunately, the various experiences in the future gave Yang Xin a lot of confidence. The literacy class, within a month, all the people in the territory would be literate. They didn't need to be very knowledgeable, but at least they would be able to write their names.
This move made Yang Xin's reputation rise in Duolun County. Among all the lower classes, only education was the highest. It had been passed down for thousands of years and was deeply rooted in the minds of the people. If it wasn't for the fact that their family was poor, who would be willing to let their children farm for the rest of their lives? Everyone knew that education was the only way to make a difference.
Due to the need to make a living, the children had to bear the burden of farm work, and it was even more extravagant for them to be literate.
Now that there were literacy classes, many people were very happy. Some people even cried bitterly.
It was this batch of literacy classes that laid the foundation for Yang Xin's recruitment. Although these people could only do some basic work, it also greatly increased the speed of industrial development.
For half a month, Yang Xin was so busy that he was dizzy. Fortunately, most of the government affairs were handed over to the key Yang Song.
It had to be said that Yang Song was very competent as a butler. He asked Yang Xin about major matters and solved small matters by himself. This made Yang Xin much more relaxed.
"It's only a county and you're already so tired. If it were a province, I'd be exhausted.”Lying on the chair, Yang Xin sighed.
"Young Master, we need to recruit a group of talents. There are too few people handling government affairs now.”Yang Song held a report and said helplessly.
"I know. You can choose them first. We'll talk about it after you find the right person.”As he spoke, Yang Xin rubbed his head and thought about how to solve the problem of lack of talent. Suddenly, he thought of a way, which was to hold a training class.
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