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The consultation meeting has been open for more than half a month, the various charters have basically reached agreement, and the legal framework, political structure, and election mechanism have all formulated a model.

A "three-step plan" was also adopted, aiming to establish a country within three to five years.

What are the three steps?

The first step is to build momentum!

Through newspapers, magazines, high-end banquets, gossip, etc., carry out a large-scale high-intensity propaganda campaign, promote the benefits and advantages of building a country, attract people's attention, arouse people's interest, attract people with lofty ideals, and continue to join "Jianyuan Party".

The second step is part of the founding of the country.

In the Hundred Cities Alliance, first draw some of the most proactive city-states (not many, just 3,40 city-states), establish a prototype of a country, try to run some state functions, it is best to achieve immediate results, After bringing significant benefits, it will attract more city-states to join.

The third step is the comprehensive nation-building.

Seeing the results and the real benefits in front of you, although you will lose some things after joining the country, compared with the benefits you get, the lost ones are really not enough. The wise people will not refuse this opportunity.

Of course, there is a final step to eliminate stubbornness, which is not written on it, but everyone knows it well.

Zhou Ming also personally expects that there will be about 10% -20% of the city-states. No matter how great the benefits are, he is also reluctant to join the national system. No matter how he does the persuasion work, it will be useless.

These diehards will get the treatment they deserve.

So, in the next five years, the development of things basically followed the plan of "Three Steps" and gradually realized Zhou Ming's vision.

The momentum of the first step lasted for almost a year.

Due to the vigorous development of education and the improvement of people ’s literacy rate, the newspaper industry and the publication of novels and magazines within the Baicheng Alliance are extremely prosperous. Most of these industries are controlled by the Zhenlincheng Chamber of Commerce, and there are propaganda tools in the hand, and the effect is immediate. .

The most excited and active group of people, first and foremost are businessmen, who are in favor of the alliance of the 100 cities to be integrated into a country.

Even running around to tell each other, joint lobbying.

"The country is so good for us! In the future, when we pass through a city, the situation of paying a road tax is about to change. In the future, as long as you pay a tax, you will be able to trade the four parties without having to pay taxes multiple times."

"Multiple road tax abolition is only the second, and there is a national unified road network, rail network, and air transportation network, which will be adjusted and transformed, which is more convenient and faster, and the tolls are more reasonable."

"I also heard that after the establishment of the country, the army will carry out joint operations to eliminate all thieves and robbers in the country and go abroad to conduct business.

"What? There are such benefits, how is it possible?"

"It is true that the development of the Baicheng Business League has been stalled in these years. One is that there are thieves in the country and wantonly looting businessmen. The second is that the outside environment is bad, and all the forces regard me as a fat sheep. The countries are standing behind, and the situation will surely get better. "

"Support and support, I would like to come up with a support of one hundred thousand yuan! There is such a country, and my Lu's business firm can do more business."

"I also took out one hundred thousand coins, and hope that the country will be established soon!"

The businessmen were enthusiastic collectively. The city owners or the families controlled the privately and enthusiastically discussed this so-called "country". However, their opinions were different, their attitudes were complicated, and even serious disagreements and disputes occurred.

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A city.

The heads of several families, holding a variety of newspapers in their hands, studied while discussing.

"I think the concept of this country is very good. It can pool human, financial and material resources and do some big things that benefit everyone. For example, as the newspaper said, a big project can be built in Jingping Lake in Jinshui City. Reservoirs are not only adjustable for flood control, but also in the middle and lower reaches that are often flooded by floods, tens of millions of acres of Lingjing rice fields are cultivated. The prospect is very good ... But such a large project, a single city, there can be no Capacity building. "

"There is also a large-scale rail network. Most of the current rails are cheap rails built in the plains. The length is rarely more than a thousand miles. Once you reach a land with high mountains and high water, you ca n’t build it, or cut corners and change the gold rail to The quality of wooden rails and bridges is also poor, and heavy-duty locomotives cannot be used at all. Only horse-drawn wagons and cattle-drawn wagons can be run, and the transportation capacity is greatly weakened ... If the country has the financial resources to build an efficient and unified rail network, the economic vitality will be greatly improved. . "

"Yeah, the newspaper said that there is a city called Gaoling City, which has a very rich reserve of Lingshi mines, worth more than 10 billion spiritual coins, but because the mountains are high and far away, they are remote and poor, so they ca n’t afford the money to repair the track. In these years, Baoshan has been begging for beggars, and eagerly hopes that someone will provide them with funds to repair their way out of the mountain, so that they will have the ability to mine the spirit stone mine and make a fortune. "

"The country can only use this money to help them build the road to prosperity."

These family heads are all saying good things about the state system.

"No! I can't join the country. Joining is harmful to us!" Said a certain house owner with a sullen expression.

"What's the big deal?" Several people puzzled.

"Road tax, only road tax, we will lose more than millions of coins every year!"

"We can't bear this loss. Before joining the Baicheng Business League, we have agreed that the mirror road tax should not exceed the 5% limit. This time, they will be obeyed again. In the future, our rights will be taken up by them! "

Immediately someone explained: "You can't say that, the newspaper also explained that although the road tax has been reduced, but in the future, when the economic vitality is improved, it will make up for the commercial tax, and we can earn more. , Don't look at the benefits. "

He also emphasized: "The road tax has been cancelled. In the future, the sales and net profit of the goods of our city in other cities will also increase a lot, enough to offset the loss of road tax!"

The man didn't overdo it: "I know, but it is our own right to set more and less road taxes! They cancel if they ask for cancellation, what is our face?"

face?

This turned out to be the crux of the problem.

Many homeowners present were also contemplating tea, thinking about this issue:

Are some of the rights on hand important?

Or is it more important to get more economic benefits?

Some people choose rights and think that rights are more important. They cannot be lost at all, even if they earn less coins.

But most people still choose economic interests, thinking that they can come up with some unimportant rights in exchange for exciting interests.

As for facial expressions, when others are multi-millionaires and billionaires, and you are just a millionaire, compared with them, you, a millionaire, have a face?

For things like face, don't look at what you are insisting on, but look at what others love to compare?

If people are pursuing spiritual coins, and are competing for the amount of their fortune, if you hold on to the right in your hand, I am afraid someone will really call him a fool.

At this time, the man was even more faceless.

However, there are really many cities in the Hundred Cities Alliance. The rights in their hands are more important than the real benefits.

Even prefer not to make those money, rather than join the so-called "state".

A common feature of these non-cooperative cities is that there is only one family that rules that city.

That is to say, ~ www.readwn.com ~ The entire city is the "private property" of a certain family, not multiple governances.

Such a city, Zhou Ming called it "a city of one family".

Among the 110 cities in the 100-city business alliance, 43 cities belong to the "One Family City", and the proportion is not small.

Faced with the lively public opinion and discussion of establishing a country, most of these "one-city cities" responded coldly and lukewarmly, and only a few responded positively.

Several cities, even with sensitive attitudes and fierce reactions, strictly forbid people from discussing the establishment of the country, and also arrested those businessmen who jointly wrote to the country and asked to join the country, and jailed them!

The overreaction is like a bear child who is angry at others and afraid that the lollipop in his hand will be taken away.

Of course, Zhou Ming has a plan to deal with these stubborn cities, but he does not intend to solve them immediately.

Because after the campaign, the second step of the work went very smoothly. So far, 55 cities have agreed to join the "country" that he defined, structured, and created.