New Ming Empire mixed in America

Since there are no problems within the National Defense Forces, things will be much easier to handle.

There are only a few departments where you can get a pistol, one is the factory responsible for production, and the other is the logistics department.

But the logistics department is supported by some retired veterans. It’s not that Li Mingqi is bragging, these veterans who have been on the battlefield definitely have integrity.

Just like the older generations of China in later generations, what are these people working so hard for?

They are all trying to make the motherland better. It can be said that the older generation has used their sweat and selfless dedication to allow Li Mingqi's generation to straighten their backs.

Soon, Lu Weiming reported to Li Mingqi the news found by Jin Yiwei.

This pistol came out of the factory's production floor.

And instead of bringing out the whole pistol, these people brought out the parts and then used these parts to assemble it themselves.

This report made Li Mingqi look very unhappy, because the factory that produces standard firearms had long been transferred from Foxconn to the Royal Factory.

Now, in addition to producing bullets, Foxconn is only responsible for producing weapons for foreign trade, that is, imitations of various old-fashioned rifles.

Now the problem arises inside the royal factory, which makes Li Mingqi's face feel a little hot.

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing has happened more than once. In addition to pistols, some rifles have also been found to be missing stock parts or missing scrap parts."

Lu Weiming continued to report all the information he had found, which made Li Mingqi frown more and more as he listened, and asked: "Can you find out the whereabouts of these firearms?"

Lu Weiming nodded and replied: "Pseudo-Qing."

Li Mingqi was stunned after hearing this. He had imagined that these firearms would appear in Europe or the United States. As for the counterfeit Qing Dynasty, he had never thought about it at all.

"The Puppet Qing Dynasty had an ordnance depot in Anqing, and these weapons were sent out with the immigration ships..."

After hearing about the Ordnance Depot in Anqing, Li Mingqi knew who was behind the scenes.

The famous Governor of Liangjiang once had his head shaved and was the leader of the Hunan Army!

Li Mingqi breathed a sigh of relief, at least the meat was rotten in the pot.

And given the strength of the ordnance station where I had my head shaved, it was simply impossible to imitate it.

Not to mention how to ensure the precision of the parts, they don't even have qualified steel.

Moreover, it was impossible for the puppet Qing court to equip the army with such wasteful firearms.

Metal bullets, even Li Mingqi felt a little painful, let alone the famous Lafayette.

No, Lafayette is still a young woman now, and it is not her who has the final say on the Qing Dynasty.

It was still early for her to take power, and the one who was claiming the truth now was Prince Gong. It would be 1865 before Lafayette stabbed him in the back and obtained some rights from Prince Gong.

And this right is shared by the two queen mothers.

Lafayette would have to wait until 1884 for his complete takeover of power.

Without mentioning the future, the Hunan Army now relies entirely on itself for military pay, pretending to be in a state of not being able to pay a penny.

The Anqing Ordnance Institute wants to produce weapons for the Xinming Empire. It is estimated that they will see some hope after the soldiers of the National Defense Force use smokeless powder rifles.

"Okay, catch those who deserve to be arrested, and kill those who deserve to be killed."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, he asked Lu Weiming to go do the work.

The workers in the royal factory worked for free, and Li Mingqi was not worried that they would cause trouble.

But many of the managers were selected from night schools, so these people had good intentions and Li Mingqi was not surprised.

Later, Li Mingqi approached Liu Youcai to discuss the issue of paying taxes on the royal family's property.

Now the tax revenue of the Xinming Empire is too low, and many profitable businesses are still in the hands of the royal family.

Therefore, Li Mingqi planned to set this tone. The money earned from the royal family's industry belongs to the royal family's internal funds, but taxes must also be paid, which belongs to the revenue of the national treasury.

Li Mingqi took the lead and set an example, and he was also preparing to reform the current industry.

In the past, he strongly supported his people in developing industry, which accelerated the industrial process of the Xinming Empire a lot.

But now problems have arisen. Businessmen who came from the Puppet Qing Dynasty can easily open factories to create trouble for Li Mingqi.

There is no way to prevent this, that is to ask Jin Yiwei to work overtime to review the backgrounds of these people.

But doing so would require a lot of manpower and material resources, so Li Mingqi decided to cut it across the board first.

If you want to open a factory in the future, you must live in the Xinming Empire for three years and undergo an asset review.

That is to examine whether this person has any other unknown financial problems in the past three years.

As for the standard of three years, it is because it has been exactly three years since the founding of the Xinming Empire.

The first batch of people were already accustomed to life in the Xinming Empire, and it was relatively easy to persuade them to open factories.

After all, they also know that industry makes money, and now the Xinming Empire is exporting various industrial products very well.

The last time the surrounding countries united to impose sanctions on the Xinming Empire, they only targeted the Xinming Empire's imported products, such as shipbuilding wood or natural rubber.

However, there are no restrictions on the various agricultural tools and small steam engines and other industrial products exported by the Xinming Empire.

Small steam engines have been used by the people of the New Ming Empire.

For example, the steam rollers currently used by the Xinming Empire when building roads were purchased from factories run by the people of the empire.

Steam engines are used to pump water in mines and to lift heavy objects on docks.

But what is sold more often are fishing boats or inland waterway transport ships made of cement boats with small steam engines and propellers.

Anyone who has played Big Cousin 2 knows that the steam engine used on the boat is about the same size as a stove and can be run by adding some coal.

Although the speed is a bit impressive, it is still much faster than paddling.

And the cement currently used by the Xinming Empire, except for special places, is all cement produced by the cement factories run by the people of the empire themselves.

This kind of cement is incomparable with later generations. It is an imitation of the Portland cement that appeared in Britain in 1824.

Of course, not a cent will be paid in patent fees.

Now Dai Ying has not publicly recognized the Xinming Empire as a country. What does patent fees have to do with the Xinming Empire?

As for neighboring countries wanting to produce Xinming cement...

Sorry, you have to pay patent fees.

As for some people saying that they produce cement authorized by Dai Ying...

Sorry, Xinming Empire says it is Xinming version cement, it is Xinming version cement, you have to pay patent fees!

The Xinming Empire also produced many industrial products, such as horse-drawn harvesters, which are very famous.

However, neighboring countries can only purchase from the Xinming Empire. If they want to produce their own, they must carefully consider the consequences.

The Xinming Empire's method of protecting its patents was not to litigate with the other party, but to send out troops to support its people.

Hearing that Li Mingqi wanted to make the royal family property pay taxes, Liu Youcai hurriedly agreed.

Although the treasury of the Xinming Empire has improved somewhat, it is still insufficient for national construction.

The national treasury still owes a lot of money to the Royal Bank, but Li Mingqi has no intention of collecting these debts now.

But it cannot be waived. It is also good to leave a backup plan for your descendants. One day, your descendants will not live up to expectations, resulting in empty internal funds.

He can also rely on the money his ancestor Li Mingqi lent to the national treasury to re-support the internal funds.

Even if you get into the situation of Emperor Chongzhen, if you need to pay first to mobilize the troops to defend the capital, then at least it can be offset from the debt, right?

And this kind of debt is a national debt, but interest must be calculated.

"Long live Lord, how should we collect this tax?"

Although Liu Youcai was happy about paying taxes on the royal family's property, he was not sure what percentage he would receive.

He feels bad if the money is collected too much, after all, it is Long Live Lord's internal funds. He feels sad if the money is collected less, because the national treasury is not rich now.

"It's normal. People pay as much as they pay for royal property. By the way, hugely profitable industries such as luxury goods are subject to heavy taxes."

Li Mingqi also wanted to set taxes on luxury goods by asking the royal family to pay taxes.

Li Mingqi will definitely charge more taxes for this kind of company that relies on its brand to cut leeks.

They charge IQ taxes from wealthy people, and the tax bureau charges them IQ taxes very reasonably.