Regardless of whether it is ahead of the curve or not, the "Safety and Health Law" of the New Holy Roman Empire was released and forced to be implemented nationwide in the form of laws.

The first thing to be affected is factories, and workers' living environment must be improved to meet the minimum standards in the safety and health laws.

At this time, the advantage of not placing factories in the city is reflected, and it is very easy to acquire land from the surrounding area.

Anyway, with the development of African colonies, a large amount of cheap wood has poured into the country, and the cost of building wooden houses is very low, and the problem can be solved in ten days and half a month.

This is naturally inconsistent with factories staying in the city, and the cost of acquiring land in big cities where every inch of land is much higher.

Franz doesn't care about these problems. The government has long ordered factories to be moved to the suburbs to reduce the burden on cities.

The relocation was earlier and the government issued relocation subsidies. Since I chose to be disobedient, I will take care of it now.

Safe water use in cities has also been put on the agenda. Once the reconstruction is completed, the water supply will be uniformly supplied by the tap water company, and messy groundwater wells can be eliminated.

In order to cultivate everyone's good habit of drinking boiled water, the government has forced the government agencies in factories, enterprises, and public places to provide all the drinking water must be boiled water.

The excuse is to prevent cholera. Two years ago, the British just confirmed that the spread of cholera is related to the safety and sanitation of drinking water, and the European continent launched a sanitation revolution.

Cholera has not disappeared and still appears in people's sight every now and then. It is the most terrifying and common plague of this era.

Those who dare to prevent the implementation of the Safety and Health Law are the crime of deliberately spreading the plague. No matter in any era, bureaucrats are best at it.

Trash cans that were common in later generations were also introduced into the streets and alleys of Vienna. If you catch littering, you will not be fined, and you will be punished to sweep the streets directly. This ensures that it is impressive and unforgettable for life.

New Brooke

The safety and hygiene rectification carried out in China is different when it comes to the colony. There are no factories and enterprises at all, and there are few small family-style workshops. If you insist on saying that there are, it is also a mine.

Capitalists abuse workers may still happen in China. Who dares to do this when they get here? They leave in minutes.

There are shortages of workers everywhere in the colonies, so who is willing to push their own workers out? The supply and demand relationship in the labor market determines the status of both labor and capital.

It is not difficult to implement safety and hygiene regulations in mines. People are afraid of death. The mortality rate on the African continent is so high. It is a small problem to take hot water and drink boiled water frequently to prevent infectious diseases.

Anyway, it will not increase much cost. If you build an employee dormitory, you can organize workers to log wood by yourself, and you can also organize workers to do it by yourself, and you don’t need to buy it.

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen said happily: "Everyone, the country has decided to officially upgrade the New Brook colonial stronghold to New Brook City. Congratulations to everyone for their promotion."

The Vienna government intends to focus on operating the African continent, and this "New Brook City" and domestic cities are in the same administrative level.

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen himself became the first mayor because of his contribution to the governance. As for the issue of officers becoming local officials, there are no obstacles in Austria.

It is impossible to turn from civil to military affairs, but military to civil affairs has always existed. The senior officials of the Vienna government basically have experience in joining the military.

It is not uncommon for active-duty officers to become local chief executives. This can be done in China, let alone colonies.

There are not as many messy relationships in China, and it is entirely a matter of political achievements. Lieutenant Colonel Stephen does not have very strong abilities. As a soldier, his biggest advantage is that he strictly implements domestic orders.

It can be said to be rigid or rigid. The Vienna government doesn't care about that much. The final result is: New Brook is well developed and the central government's orders are implemented.

With the high death rate of immigration in various colonial strongholds, New Brooke's situation was far ahead.

According to Franz's employment guidelines, they should be promoted, and they set up several surrounding strongholds to form Austria's first city on the African continent.

After a pause, Stephen continued: "But don't be happy too early, we will have a greater responsibility for promotion.

Next, our focus is to promote safety and health knowledge to reduce the mortality rate caused by disease, and we must also find ways to develop colonial economies, mainly farm and plantation economies."

Director of Mining Gold asked in confusion: "Mr. Mayor, why is it developing the farm and plantation economy instead of focusing on the mining industry?"

Lieutenant Colonel Stephen replied: "Mining is not a long-term solution. The gold mines we have discovered may be emptied in a few years, or more than ten years later. What should we do if the local economy is going to happen?

The domestic plan is to occupy Guinea for a long time, so it is very necessary to develop a sustainable farm and plantation economy.

Of course, the mining industry cannot be abandoned, this is the main source of wealth for the municipal government at present. In the short term, the colonial government wants to achieve balance between income and expenditure, so it is in the mining industry."

Tax Director Diego reminded: "Mr. Mayor, New Brooke's fiscal revenue and expenditure have been balanced without calculating immigration expenses.

With the influx of gold diggers, the business in our city is developing very fast. Commercial tax accounts for 7% of fiscal revenue, tariffs accounts for 1% of fiscal revenue, special industrial tax accounts for 6% of fiscal revenue, tobacco and alcohol monopoly revenue accounts for 8% of fiscal revenue, and mining tax accounts for 76% of fiscal revenue...

The total fiscal revenue in the third quarter of this year was 94,000, total expenditure was 96,000, and the fiscal deficit was 2,000, and it is expected that the balance of revenue and expenditure will be achieved in the fourth quarter."

This is his political achievement and cannot be ignored. Although the mining industry still occupies an absolute dominant position, the income brought by the development of other industries cannot be ignored.

The tax bureau’s credit is that industrial development is the development, and it can transform development into fiscal revenue. In many colonial strongholds, mining taxes directly account for more than 90% of fiscal revenue.

New Brooke was able to reduce this proportion to 76%, and also achieve a balance of fiscal revenue and expenditure, which is very difficult, especially since the colonial agriculture is still in the tax-free stage.

Mayor Stephen affirmed: "Yes, the Taxation Bureau has made great contributions to the current level of development in New Brooke, and they are all heroes in the seats."

"Next, I hope everyone will continue to work hard to take New Brooke to a step further. I think everyone is very clear about how great the development potential is here.

With rich and fertile land, as long as these places are developed, New Brook will be the richest region in Africa in the future, and it will not be worse than many cities in China.

If we can make this place more than Brooke in China and with the importance it attaches to here in China, we must be very likely to get a title in everyone."

It is not difficult to make a fortune in a colony, and a part of the colony's fiscal revenue will become their bonus. The higher the fiscal revenue, the higher their personal income will be.

It is not easy to get a title. Even if it is a lifelong noble, you must slowly accumulate merit. If you don’t have military achievements, you will basically have to endure for twenty or thirty years before you can accumulate enough merit.

Now that the development of the new Brooke is successful, everyone's contribution will be achieved in one step. With the real achievements in hand, maybe it is possible to get the hereditary title.

If everyone is willing to go to the colony, they are naturally ambitious. The matter of estranged territory may not be possible in other countries, but it is really not difficult in the new Holy Roman Empire.

If the great nobles in China were willing to replace their fiefdoms to the African continent, they could establish a fiefdom immediately. Franz didn't care about adding a few seats to the Imperial Parliament.

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After boosting morale, Mayor Stephen said seriously: "Silent! Now start discussing how to implement the Safety and Health Act to further reduce the deaths of immigrants caused by the disease."

Health Director Matt Damon said: "Mr. Mayor, we have done a good job in popularizing safety and health knowledge. Even if we compare with any city in China, it will not be much worse.

What can be further improved now is to kill insects and rats. Many diseases are transmitted through insects such as flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, and rats.

The specific measures are: clear the plants and trees around the settlements and establish an open isolation belt for one or two miles to effectively isolate the insects.

Incineration of urban garbage to prevent the living environment of insects and ants.

Residents are called on to kill rats manually, such as putting rat poison and raising cats, etc.

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Environmental protection? No need, at least not in African colonies. In order to prevent insects, there were no grass and trees in the city from the beginning.

Unfortunately, cement needs to be transported from the country, which causes the cost of concrete to be too high. Otherwise, the urban area will be hardened and the effect will be even better.

Mayor Stephen said with satisfaction: "As long as you make sure your method is effective, the city will allocate funds to implement it."

Health Director Matt Damon answered affirmatively: "We have done experiments, and after clearing the plants and incineration of the land, the number of insects will be greatly reduced.

If it is promoted throughout the city, then no foreign insects will enter. If we do a good job of sanitation within the city, the number of insects can be reduced."

Mayor Stephen made a decision without hesitation: "Since it is valid, then the budget will be approved immediately and the Finance Bureau will be funded."

The soldiers' decisive style is fully revealed.

"Okay, Mayor!" Matt Damon replied

Mayor Stephen continued: "There is a discussion of agricultural development. The central government requires that 50,000 hectares of farms or plantations be opened in the New Brook area within three years.

Theoretically, the terrain around New Brook is flat, so you can just clean up the trees and weeds on it.

Not to mention opening 50,000 hectares of land, even if it is opened 200,000 to 300,000 hectares of land, there is no problem. The only difficulty lies in the shortage of labor.

The country promises to provide us with another 20,000 immigrants next year, but how to get immigrants to open farms and plantations is our task.”

Agriculture Director Engelbert explained: "Mr. Mayor, our people are not unwilling to invest in farms, but more because they are short of funds and are unable to open farms or plantations.

The people have limited financial strength, so we should organize lumberjacks to cut down trees in a unified manner, sell valuable timber, and keep the rest for the people to make firewood.

After clearing these obstacles, the cost of developing these land in the later stage will be greatly reduced, which should increase everyone's enthusiasm."

Mining Director Gold thought for a while and said: "It is easy to deal with the lack of funds for the people. We can come forward to communicate with the banks and use these farms as collateral for loans.

The only problem is that the loan interest rate of the New Brook Region Bank is too high, exceeding the affordability of the people. If it can be reduced to the same level as the domestic one, then it will be feasible."

Engelbert explained: "There is no way, our Agriculture Bureau has communicated with the bank.

The New Brook area is much higher in both prices and labor costs than in China, and the accidental mortality rate of immigrants remains high. Not only does the operating costs be higher, the banks also bear greater risks.

If banks want to reduce interest, unless our city government comes forward to guarantee the loan and reduce the business risks they bear.

Unfortunately, there are regulations in China that government agencies are not allowed to provide guarantees for any individual or enterprise, let alone guarantee loans.”

Opening a farm is different from digging gold mines. Before the farm is developed, the so-called property rights are worthless; gold mines are different. Whether the property rights are developed or not, people will take over.

If a loan is made to the farmer, if an accident occurs, it will turn into a bad debt. The bank cannot take over the unfinished farm for development by itself.

The risk is high, and the interest rate is naturally impossible to be low. This is a normal commercial operation and the municipal government cannot intervene.

After a moment of silence, Mayor Stephen said: "This problem is not something we can solve. The city government's finances are not sufficient and cannot provide this funding.

We will first unify our position, and then report to the country in the name of the municipal government and apply for policy loans from the central bank. We comply with relevant regulations and should be approved."
Chapter completed!