The upper reaches of Gaoguo Township are relatively docile, not as beautiful as the downstream. The only disadvantage is that the debris and silt in the river channel are roughly the same as the silt conditions, making the navigation conditions not so good.

In such a remote place, it is naturally impossible to drive a dredger for you to clean up the dredging. At least for a long time, everyone can only dig the river manually during the dry season in winter. There is no doubt that this is a difficult task, and with the relatively sparse population in Gaoguo Township, it is not known that such a difficult project can be completed in the year of the monkey and horse month. However, the old saying goes that those who have ambition can accomplish the task. Under the leadership of cadres, the residents along the east bank of the river will climb the river almost every winter and spring. The silt at the bottom of the river can almost pile up into a small hill (basically, the fat fields have been pulled away), and at least slightly improved the width and depth of the river on the east bank.

Therefore, when Xu Yu and others arrived at the river bank, they saw that everyone was busy rebuilding the river port wharf. In the past, they could only walk here with some black-sailed boats, rowing boats, small boats, and 72-ton small steamer, to drive very carefully to avoid stranding (and there are waterfalls and shallows in the middle, and they must sail in sections, and loading and unloading goods back and forth is very troublesome). Therefore, generally speaking, if you go from Nansheng Port here, if necessary, you will rely on the above small boats to transport materials back and forth.

Don’t underestimate these small wooden boats. If the number is too large to a certain extent, the transportation volume will be quite large, and the cost is much cheaper than the transportation of land carriages, especially when the roads are not visible. Therefore, after a little spare time, Gaoguo Township plans to expand the original simple river port terminal so that more ships can dock and speed up the efficiency of cargo. Now this construction site is here.

"Even if this wharf is built, it can only transport important materials such as grain, machinery, daily necessities, etc. As for other materials such as construction materials, we can only find a way on the spot." Xu Yu, a specialist at the Beining Regional Administration, walked around the lush river bank for a while before sighing and saying, "Xiao Lu, tell me, is it necessary to build this brick and tile wheel kiln, cement kiln, and lime kiln?"

"Specialist Xu, of course, this construction is to be built, otherwise it will take only the transfer from Iguazu County in the south to the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Moreover, there are probably not so many ships in the south to transport us, right?" Lu Xiaofeng, the former county magistrate of Jingsai County, who was summoned by Xu Yu yesterday, replied: "But, building materials companies cannot avoid building these kilns. At present, only they have the strength to build. If we want to launch a project, not to mention the lack of technical talents, just the funds and materials are insufficient, and it is very difficult."

What Lu Xiaofeng said is the truth. As a super trust enterprise in the construction industry in the East Coast, it is also one of the most profitable enterprises in the East Coast. Dongfang Building Materials Company has branches in many counties and townships across the country, producing many building materials including standard wood, bricks, tiles, cement, lime, gravel, yellow sand, marble, etc. It has a strong wealth and a large number of employees, and is much more advanced in technology than those private small earth kilns. Considering that building materials have always been one of the most anticipated materials by local governments, this company is very popular in the East Coast. Almost every county that has not yet opened a branch is strongly invited to enter, especially in inland areas with inconvenient transportation.

Currently, there is only one branch in Beining County that is operating, and there is a branch in Rongcheng County that is being built. Apart from that, there is no third one. This is undoubtedly a very insufficient one. It is because now, whether it is residential, warehouse, barracks, reservoirs, ditches, river embankments, barns or other facilities, the supply of such materials is urgently needed.

This is the case in the relatively developed areas in the east. The sparse settlements on the west are definitely not a good idea. However, who has let Xu, a specialist in the region, have a relationship with the central government? As the saying goes, as an official, he, has benefited the people. Since Xu Yu has become a specialist in the Beining region, he, naturally, has to consider the overall development of the region. Therefore, it is natural to go to the central government to find relations and go to some projects through the back door. In order to balance regional development, Xu Yu still plans to settle the third building materials branch in the region that he has won in the west to accelerate the development of the place. After all, the transportation here is more convenient than the east, although it is far inferior to Beining County, whether it is soil, environment or anything else.

However, although Dongban Building Materials Company agreed to set up a branch in Gaoguo Township because of Xu Yu's old face, they also put forward a condition that their funds were temporarily insufficient (they were drawn by the Ministry of Finance for many years, so they had no money to update technology and equipment. In addition, they expanded everywhere, and the capital chain was quite tight...). They hoped that the local government in Beining would also participate, and the two sides would jointly contribute funds and share the shares to alleviate the financial pressure of Dongjian Company.

To be honest, this requirement is actually quite reasonable, and it is not the first time that people have cooperated with local governments like this. However, considering the embarrassing financial situation in the Beining region, this is quite a bit hindered. You should know that the finances of the local governments on the east coast are all "land finance", that is, the main fiscal revenue of local governments comes from land sales income, one acre of ten yuan (previously seven yuan), and selling ten thousand acres is 100,000 yuan. It sounds like a lot, but the problem is that the expenditure of local governments is also large, which is a bit similar to the later Celestial Empire. Local roads, docks, warehouses, water supply and drainage facilities, militia training, medical services, etc., all need to share capital with the central government. For example, a river port terminal is usually allocated some money, and a state-owned inland transport company is paid for some money, and the local government also needs to pay for money. After a bunch of projects, the expenses are very huge.

It can be said that the finances of the local governments on the east coast are quite insufficient. Take the Beining region for example. If the existing fiscal revenues on the east coast are classified, their main fiscal revenue comes from non-rental tax revenue. To put it bluntly, they are land transfer fees, fines, fees, public output rental, etc. The majority of them are land transfer fees (in the latest tax reform, the central and local governments have 30% of the accounts, and this amount depends on the common land index approved by the Government Council every year. If you do not sell land privately according to the indicators to alleviate financial difficulties, you have been fed home and farmed). However, this part of the income is also useful and is extremely tight every year, so many government offices in the regional administration do not receive enough funds at present, and can only rely on fines and fee income (such as litigation fees, execution fees, transcription fees, management fees, registration fees, inspection fees, certification fees, registration fees, etc.) to maintain operation, which is also very difficult.

The situation is clear after this. The finances in Beining are not abundant. Every cent collected has been divided up long ago and there is a place to go. Now they are asked to take out at least 10,000 yuan in cash at once. Although they can earn more than 200,000 yuan in sales of land every year, it will be a bit difficult for a while. So Xu Yu is quite hesitant now, thinking about which money to embezzle, and it is best not to create too much resistance. After thinking about it, he still feels that all expenses are compressed a little. Everyone is patient and puts it a little bit to put it aside.

Some people may ask, since local governments are so difficult, can industrial investments like this be able to ask the central government to bleeding? The answer is naturally not possible. Do you think the central government's oil is so easy to take advantage of? According to the ability of the East Coast government to spend every penny of annual income, do you think it is very difficult to compete for a budget? Although you may only need a few thousand yuan in funding, the procedural issues involved are not that simple.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the current fiscal revenue of the East Coast government. In the last fiscal year (1669-1670), the total fiscal revenue of the East Coast Republic of China (tax income + non-tax income) was 10,000 yuan. Due to the abolition of movable property tax, the tax rate of real estate tax was reduced and the increasing land sales income, the non-tax income of the East Coast government once again exceeded the tax revenue, accounting for 52.2%, which was 5.4792 million yuan. The profits paid by Chinese companies and land transfer fees were the big ones. Other incomes such as franchise licenses, farm and ranch rentals can only be said to be drizzling and not worth mentioning.

However, although non-tax revenue has once again "spent" in this fiscal year, the growth potential is actually that way, not as good as tax revenue. The reason is very simple, because with the development of the domestic economy in the East Coast, the profit margins of many state-owned enterprises have begun to decline, and even in some industries, even the absolute value of the total profit has dropped. In addition, the central government has drawn too much blood on these enterprises in the past years, and at the same time, it has made them undertake many non-making and non-essential scientific research tasks. Therefore, the superiors also intend to let them "rest and recuperate" for a few years, thus reducing the profit ratio paid by many enterprises so that they can take a breath. Of course, the tax they should pay honestly, which is not negotiable.

Among the rental tax revenues with a total amount of 4.779 million yuan, the highest total amount is still real estate tax, which is 1.805 million yuan; followed by the sudden consumption tax in recent years, which is 1.012 million yuan; the remaining ones are less than one million, namely 863,000 yuan in tariffs and 679,000 yuan in personal income tax (the provision for exemption for tax payments has been added in the latest tax reform), and 390,000 yuan in business tax (in the latest third tax reform, business tax began to be divided into national tax and local tax, with the tax rate of some Chinese tax enterprises being 3.6% and 2.8% in individuals), stamp duty of 237,000 yuan (it is a surprise that this tax can collect so much, and the later growth potential is not small), and deed tax of 30,000 yuan.

Another point to be noted is that the 679,000 yuan personal income tax actually includes the total amount of personal income tax and land tax. A considerable part of it is not cash, but the statistics of the grain discount after the discount. That is to say, after the movable property tax was abolished, the central national tax of the East Coast Republic of China is still among the eight major taxes, namely real estate tax, consumption tax, personal income tax, land tax, tariff, business tax, stamp tax and deed tax. A total of four or five million yuan was collected throughout the year. On average, a national was less than two yuan, which was considered good.

Rent tax revenue, non-rental tax revenue, plus more than 10 million yuan (this is an ideal situation where tax arrears cannot be collected), it seems to be quite a lot, with one-quarter of France's annual fiscal revenue, but there are too many places to use money. Just paying the principal and interest of the government bonds every year will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, not to mention the money holes. The investment in military, education, scientific research, medical care, health, and infrastructure is generally overspent in many years, and a bond has to be issued to block the holes. This also shows how powerful the East Coast government uses money.

Therefore, the Beining region asks for money from the central government, and the amount is not very large. It is not impossible, but the problem is still in line with the rules. You should know that almost every district in the country is short of money. If everyone asks for money from the central government on the budget, what is the point of making a budget? It’s just a mess! Therefore, even if the central government has a tendency to backward areas such as Beining, everything still has to follow the rules. If you want to develop an extraordinary and leapfrog development, you can! The central government does not interfere, but it will not invest anything extra. It all depends on your own ability!

It is precisely because he is very clear about the principles within the system that after listening to Lu Xiaofeng's words for a long time, Xu Yu sighed and said, "It seems that he has to find a way to get money from another place. So, wasn't the water supply and drainage facilities renovation project in the second county of Changshun and Beining just approved by the Ministry of Health? Just think of a solution from here! Haha, Xiao Lu, don't look at me with that look. The funds allocated by the Ministry of Health are special funds with a hat. My old Xu also understands the rules and will not move around. What do you think is the funds provided by our regional administrative office. Don't invest this part of the money first. What do you think?"

"I think it's OK." Lu Xiaofeng replied vaguely.

"Haha, look at you guys," Xu Yu laughed and said, "It's okay, I can still cover this matter. I will send my money to the special account of the Brazilian Rural Financial Cooperative tomorrow, and then contact Dongjian Company and the Parana River Basin. It's time to clean up."
Chapter completed!