Time passed day by day, and the construction of the infrastructure in each city was in full swing. The Datang Chamber of Commerce, which was responsible for the reconstruction, hired almost all the poor people that could be hired and spent large amounts of money.
Although it was said that the Datang Chamber of Commerce was spending money, everyone knew that the Datang Chamber of Commerce was the property of the Tang En Majesty. This was no different from the Tang En Majesty spending money.
More importantly, the merchants in the various cities suddenly realized that even though the cities had become chaotic and chaotic during the renovation, the number of people who came to buy things had increased!
It was not a small increase, but a multifold increase!
Some bosses even realized that some of the customers were trash who used to lie in the slums and wait for death.
The poor people who used to be poorly dressed and smelly had now changed into neat clothes. Although they were still covered in dust, at least they could cover their bodies. Moreover, their faces were much less sickly, and they had become healthier.
They even had money to go to the tavern for a drink. This was simply unbelievable!
In the Alinx Civilian District, the workers who had worked hard for a day in the hot summer were covered in the stench of sweat, but they did not care about the smell. They walked into a tavern with their arms around each other's shoulders and laughed. Feeling the cold air from the magic air conditioner, the workers shouted loudly for the boss to serve wine and food.
The boss of the tavern, who used to abandon these people, did not drive them away. Instead, he smiled and served them beer full of foam. The beer was not even mixed with water.
This kind of treatment was unimaginable in the past, but people had become used to it in the past few days.
"To the Tang En Majesty, cheers!"
"To the Tang En Majesty, cheers!"
With happy smiles on their faces, the workers raised their glasses to each other and shouted out their gratitude. The customers next to them were also affected by their emotions and raised their glasses to toast together.
Although Victor had been trying to improve the situation in the Irus Empire over the years, he had never been able to break free from the shackles of the aristocrats. He could not even effectively convey his orders, let alone solve the problem of the slums.
Twain, on the other hand, was different. Ever since he assumed the role of Regent, he had taken over Alleria's original intelligence network and appointed a large number of dark elves as his employees. He had reorganized them into an organization that combined intelligence and assassination, called "Ghost Agents." Anyone who tried to form a group of rebels, whether on the surface or behind the scenes, was secretly eliminated by the dark elves who fanatically followed him. Under the surveillance of the Ghost Agents, no one could oppose Twain's rule.
It was not that he was too cold-blooded, but in order to complete his ultimate mission, to ensure that he had power in his hands, to ensure the steady development of the country, and even to ensure that he could eventually control the entire Prandal.
The smooth passage of government orders, coupled with Tang En's understanding of the economy and society, ultimately led to the current situation.
The large amount of wealth accumulated by the aristocrats was earned by the Datang Chamber of Commerce. Part of it went into the national treasury through taxes, while the other part was taken out by the Star Diamond Bank and redistributed to society in the form of hiring workers. The originally huge income gap was slightly balanced.
Although it was just a little bit of balance, it had made a very obvious change in the society. The most obvious point was that the number of people who had money to drink in pubs had more than doubled. The income of those street girls had also increased significantly — these were the most obvious data that reflected the per capita income of the society.
If the per capita income could be further balanced, the overall strength of the Irus Empire would be greatly improved, and it would not be a dream for it to even surpass the Solant Kingdom.
Another manifestation of the large increase in per capita income was that people's interest in consumer goods had increased. The focus of their conversations had also shifted from whether or not they had enough to eat to the main focus of the current mainstream society.
This was very normal. When people who had been in deep despair could one day not only eat to their hearts' content, wear new clothes, and even have a large amount of savings, they could see the hope of survival. Of course, they would want to live a better life, and the things that the rich aristocrats pursued would naturally be their goal.
Therefore, the recently launched Harley motorcycles became a hot topic in the streets. Many people who had the ability to buy Harley motorcycles but did not originally want to, under the impetus of this wave of craze, joined the flow of people buying Harley motorcycles. The income of the Datang Chamber of Commerce had increased significantly once again.
In addition, people were very interested in the erected traffic lights on the modified roads, especially when they heard that they were used to adjust traffic. They were even more interested in it.
Because people in Prandal had never had the concept of "traffic jams" …
Those people could not even understand why people and carriages had to be separated. Why people had to walk on the sidewalk and let the carriages walk in the middle alone? Even if people were walking together, no one would be stupid enough to squeeze in front of the carriages. That's right, they thought that the separation of people and carriages referred to the carriages.
Perhaps sometimes, such as during the Glorious Festival, the carriages would be blocked by people, but most of the aristocrats would never have the patience to wait for the crowd to disperse. What their coachmen would do was very simple — they would whip the untouchables hard, and the crowd would naturally disperse.
When buses and Harley motorcycles appeared, they would probably understand how annoying traffic jams were.
It was worth mentioning that the traffic lights that Tang En planned to build were all manually controlled, which meant that as many traffic lights as there were, there would be as many traffic police as there were.
It was not that technology could not achieve centralized control. In fact, relying on the programmable artificial soul and the information communication technology of the Magic Wave Theory, Tang En could totally build a magically modified dispatching center.
Through the feedback of detection and Arcana Eyes, the dispatching center could control the traffic situation by controlling the traffic lights in real time.
Even if it was simpler, it would not be a problem to pre-program artificial souls according to the flow of people at each intersection.
But why did he choose to do it manually when technology could do it?
It was also the reason mentioned before — because it could provide a lot of jobs and bring more wealth back to the people.
"You keep throwing money out. I feel that what you're doing is similar to a sage."
Fiona could not help but complain about Tang En. Because of the huge amount of money, the capital in the account had plummeted this month, which made Fiona, who had been used to the increase of capital, quite worried.
"You should know what my goal is. It's not strange that I'm throwing money out."
Tang En held the teacup and said casually, "As long as I can achieve my goal, I'm willing to spend more money."
Fiona complained helplessly, "As long as you're happy."
Tang En had told her the significance of wealth for a ruler before, so Fiona could still understand his idea. However, she felt sorry to see so many gold coins slip away from her hands.
Tang En asked casually, "How much has the sales of Harley motorcycles increased in the past few days?"
"According to the data sent back every day, the average sales growth rate these days is 55.3%, which is 35% more than before."
Fiona looked up at him and said with admiration, "The appropriate guidance of public opinion has played an unimaginable role. Many potential consumers who were wavering have walked into our shops and taken out their gold coins."
"This is normal. As long as we use the Tang Daily and gossip channels to promote something that is highly praised by the great nobles, under the bombardment of news, their hidden sense of comparison will urge them to buy the same thing as the nobles when their financial strength allows it to show their identity."
Tang En spread his hands and said, "This is a very simple psychological knowledge."
That's right. There was suddenly a lot more talk about Harley motorcycles. It was not only because people were full and warm, but more importantly, Tang En used the Tang Daily as a weapon of public opinion.
As the only newspaper that could be sold nationwide every day, it was now the spiritual food of many people. It was also an important source of information for many great nobles, mercenary groups, adventurers, and even city lords. In this case, the influence of the reports published in the Tang Daily could be imagined.
It was also because of the Tang Daily that people barely understood the purpose of this large-scale urban renovation, so they did not slack off.
In such an era where the means of information transmission were backward, controlling the mouthpiece of public opinion meant controlling everything. The Tang Daily finally began to show its sharp fangs to the world.
It was worth mentioning that the Tang Daily had begun to publish advertisements, and after those Chambers of Commerce enjoyed the profits brought by the advertisements, they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to compete for a good advertisement space. The weekly advertising revenue alone was quite amazing — this was a method that Tang En learned from a certain Internet company in China.
It was precisely because they saw the astonishing profits of the newspapers that, after Tang En opened up the patents for the printing press and cheap paper, many chambers of commerce and organizations bought the rights to use the patents, attempting to imitate the model of Tang Daily News and set up new newspapers to take a share of the profits.
Unfortunately, except for the first wave of people who had good foresight and could follow behind the Tang Daily, those who entered the market later were basically half-dead.
In terms of influence, all the newspapers combined could not compare to the Tang Daily. In terms of the power behind the newspaper, they could not even catch up. In terms of professionalism, the reporters who were personally trained by Tang En could be called the first paparazzi in Prandal. After Karl and Marlene finished their training, they even dared to fabricate gossip about Tang En.
Let those amateur paparazzi stand out, Marlene said that she could beat them all!
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