After the establishment of the Empire, the Empire did not give up its exploration work within the Empire. At the beginning of its establishment, the Empire's Economic Development Department introduced professional prospecting personnel from technology to leading the frontier countries. The chemical and physical prospecting methods they brought greatly improved the work efficiency of the Empire's prospecting department and also brought new technologies and methods to the Empire's prospecting department. In this regard, the Western Continent countries did not seem to have paid enough attention to this aspect, and did not show a special ban on the Empire's high-paying recruitment, which greatly improved the Empire's prospecting level in a short period of time.

A series of copper deposits were discovered in Myanmar and Zhongnan County, which made the two new governors of Myanmar and Zhongnan County overjoyed. Although the imperial currency reform made the financial aspects of copper mines no longer have a special status, copper already has an irreplaceable role in all aspects of national production. With the continuous expansion of the territory of the empire, the demand for copper is still increasing. However, before the transportation conditions are completely improved, it is obvious that it is not enough to develop on a large scale.

It is too realistic, so the local governments of the two counties fully cooperate with the construction of key roads carried out by the Imperial Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Construction in these two counties. The strategic highway construction from Hanzhong through Tiannan County, Myanmar County, and Zhongnan County to East Samoa was also listed as the No. 1 project by the Imperial Central and Local Governments. Only by thoroughly opening up and improving this road can the economy of the two counties, which have always been inland, develop. In this regard, the two governors who have been transferred from prefectures and counties in the wealthy areas of Jiangnan know this more clearly than anyone else.

The imperial exploration department also made great achievements in the Gerok County. The giant silver mine in Langshan Prefecture was discovered, which brought a good omen to the newly built Langshan Prefecture. The flat terrain of the Gerok area is also very conducive to the mining of silver mines. The issue of silver mine ownership is also the focus of the local government and the imperial central government. After a fierce debate, the local government finally won 30% of its equity for itself. The newly built Langshan Prefecture only sold 10% of its equity for exchange for a large amount of construction funds for Langshan Prefecture. The new city guard of Langshan Prefecture even said that he would build Langshan Prefecture into a city with the best conditions and the most beautiful environment in the northern part of the empire.

The empire still did not open up in the mining of two precious metals, gold and silver, but some workarounds were taken to deal with history. Given the historical evolution of the Indian and German regions, some original gold mines had been controlled in the hands of the nobles, which was also one of the most important economic sources of the Indian and German local nobles. In addition to some nobles who obviously participated in rebellion against the empire, the empire confirmed the mining rights of these gold mines.

However, the "Mineral Resources Law" promulgated by the Empire also clearly stipulates that from the date of the establishment of the Empire, all gold and silver deposits in the Empire's territory will belong to the central and local governments of the Empire and shall not be owned by private parties. The gold and silver deposits before the establishment of the Empire will be confirmed through flexible means to confirm their ownership for a certain period of time, and will be recovered by the Empire after the ownership expires, and will be given certain economic compensation to the original owner. However, during this period, the gold and silver deposits must be mined under the supervision of the Imperial Finance Ministry to prevent destructive mining. The introduction of this policy was unanimously welcomed by the gold mine owners in the Indian and German regions. They were overjoyed to be able to obtain mining rights for a certain period of time, and they could also receive certain economic compensation when the Imperial Government recovered them.

The nobles who participated in the rebellion and oppose the empire's entry into the Indian and German areas were naturally deprived of everything. While their property was confiscated, their gold mine shares were also charged into the State-owned Assets Division under the Imperial Ministry of Finance. The huge disparity in the treatment made the nobles in the Indian and German areas more closely attached to the imperial government.

In addition to precious metal mines, diamonds and jade non-metallic mines were not all included in the control of the imperial government as imagined. Whether it is diamonds, gems, jadeites, or white jade, nephrite in other areas of the Empire, the Empire did not intervene too much. Even the mining areas confiscated for other reasons were soon sold through public auctions, which also won high praise from merchants and media everywhere.

In addition to the rapid development of the mining and metallurgy industries, the Empire was also consciously considering the removal of industry barriers in tobacco and alcohol that were originally included in the monopoly sale. Alcohol was directly lifted from access and sales restrictions. Anyone who obtained the sanitation and safety permit issued by the Imperial Economic Development Department can enter the production and sales industry of alcohol. This has caused a lot of criticism in this regard, but in the end, the Imperial State Council agreed to the opinion of divesting alcohol from the monopoly sale industry.

The same is true for the tobacco industry. Tobacco cultivation has never been restricted, but is controlled in the field of deep processing. The Tanghe Empire and the original Western Xinjiang adopted a monopoly method to monopolize operations. However, now the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Education and Health has issued warnings and suggestions that transitional smoking of tobacco is harmful to the people's bodies and suggested that the empire take measures to prevent the further deterioration of this phenomenon. Although this warning was not approved in the Imperial Senate and the Citizen House, it still attracted media attention, which caused the owners of the Imperial tobacco industry, which originally hoped to completely lift the restrictions, to suffer heavy damage.

In addition to the empire's high tax policies in terms of planting, processing and sales, the empire also made exceptions to regulate and restrict the area of ​​tobacco cultivation. In addition to the areas of tobacco cultivation by Northern Luzon, Myanmar, Zhongnan County, Nanhai County, and South Indian De'an County and Binhai County, the area of ​​tobacco cultivation in other counties in the empire was strictly controlled, especially in several major grain-producing areas, the planting of tobacco is clearly prohibited, and the tobacco processing industry is also restricted, with a large number of small and medium-sized

Large-scale processing enterprises are required to merge or merge by large enterprises, and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Imperial Department and the Ministry of Commerce have also put forward strict requirements on these merged or merged large-scale processing enterprises, especially for each processing enterprise to put forward relatively strict export ratio requirements. The Imperial Economic Development of the Imperial Department has also taken various measures to ban smaller tobacco processing enterprises, forcing small-scale tobacco processing enterprises to merge with other tobacco giants or jointly form a large-scale processing consortium of joint-stock.

This is the first time that the empire has restricted and restricted the development of a certain industry, especially when the empire industry and commerce were fully revitalized, which has also caused widespread controversy in the empire industry and commerce community.

Critics believe that the Empire's restrictions on the tobacco industry are a fair treatment, especially when it is not recommended by the Imperial Senate and Citizens representatives. It is a huge blow to the imperial economic community. They initially did not dare to publicly question the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Education and Health's view that tobacco is harmful to health. After all, it was the result obtained by the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Education and Health's invitation to several experts and scholars after careful investigation and research. They are not clear about these, but they hope to make up for this through other means, such as strengthening investment in health care facilities and raising tax rates.

However, the supporters are also quite voiced. They mainly come from the voices of local gentry and officials, especially those in non-tobacco cultivation areas. They believe that the harm caused by tobacco will endanger people's health and lead to more civil issues. They unanimously support restricting the expansion of the tobacco industry and advocate maintaining the current status quo.

As the debate grew louder, representatives of the tobacco industry began to seek legal means to overturn the restrictive measures imposed by the Imperial Economic Development Department. In particular, representatives of the tobacco industry in Tiannan County and Pamzon County were not included in the non-restricted area for tobacco cultivation by the Imperial Economic Development Department, so tobacco cultivation was subject to considerable restrictions. The local governments of the two counties had to implement the policies of the Ministry of Economic Development Department, while secretly supporting the owners of the tobacco industry to solve this problem through legal means.

On July 22, 701, the mainland Gregorian calendar, 33 owner representatives from the Imperial Tobacco Industry Association jointly submitted a complaint to the Seventh Court of the Empire (mainly responsible for the trial of major criminal and civil cases in the jurisdiction of Tiannan County), demanding that the Seventh Court of the Empire rule that the Imperial Economic Development Department restricts the size of tobacco plantations in Tiannan County was invalid. Previously, they filed a lawsuit with the Third Circuit Trial Trial Division of the Imperial Seventh Court, but the Third Circuit Trial Division refused to accept the complaint on the grounds that the first-level agency of the State Administrative Organs had no right to accept the complaint, and the complaint was handed over to the Seventh Court by the owners.

This administrative complaint that demanded that the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire was invalid almost suddenly shocked the entire empire, suing the administrative power department at the level of the Empire. This was the first time. Although there was a precedent for the financial department to ban the opening of commercial banks in order to seek monopoly in the Western Xinjiang era, it was in a very narrow range after all, and it soon disappeared, far less than the momentum that affected the entire empire.
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