Chapter 93: The difference between starting from scratch and occupying

Newgate hadn't expected that Jack was planning to make money by selling houses in the community, but at fifty gold royals per house, he could indeed make a lot of money.

At this moment, Newgate suddenly remembered an order Jack had given before.

That is, all the land in the Atlantis Empire belongs to the state, and citizens only have the right to use it.

And the citizens of Atlantis didn't care about this order because all the land was cultivated by Jack.

Jack paid the money and provided food. After all, the land belonged to Jack, so they didn't think too much about it.

After all, the king still has to find people to cultivate the reclaimed land, and people have already been hired to cultivate the reclaimed land.

You only need to complete a not-so-complicated planting test and obtain a planting certificate to become a cultivator. It is said that a cultivator's job is very easy.

Not only are the farmers provided with three meals a day, they also receive a monthly salary of 5,000 copper coins.

Isn't this much more comfortable than farming on your own?

The only pity is that the number of farmers recruited is a bit small.

So now the Atlanteans are not obsessed with the ownership of the land. According to the reclamation plan of Neptune Island, they all have the opportunity to become farmers.

Therefore, they feel that even if they have no land to grow crops, they will not lack food to eat, let alone money to spend.

What's more, it is no secret that a large number of factories were built on Crescent Island, and they even speculated that the treatment in the factories might be better.

"It's okay. We have established the Imperial Bank and can lend them money, interest-free.

This way, even if they only save 0.5 gold dragons per month, that would be six gold dragons per year.

If it's an interest-free loan, it can be paid off in less than ten years."

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Newgate keenly sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"Your Majesty, why do you have to control their housing?"

Newgate was somewhat puzzled as to why the citizens of the empire only had the right to use the land but were not allowed to build their own houses on the land.

"Because the population will continue to grow, if we allow them to build their own houses, the entire Sea King Island will be filled with all kinds of self-built houses.

Building residential communities not only makes rational use of land to allow more people to have houses to live in, but also allows them to use the money they save to build more residential communities."

"As for the issue of land ownership you mentioned, only giving them the right to use the land is to prevent land annexation.

If the ownership of land is given to individuals, the rich will find ways to annex other people's land.

In the long run, the empire will have less and less land, while individuals will have more and more private land.

In the end, the country will not be able to collect taxes, but some people will become extremely wealthy. "

Land is wealth, especially before industrialization. Even after industrialization, land is still valuable.

Although all the land on Neptune Island belongs to Jack now, as more and more people come in the future, more and more archipelagos and coastal lands will be occupied.

If the land was still privately owned at that time, the first batch of rich people would definitely not let go of the newly occupied land.

Plus, Atlantis will be made up of islands and coastal areas around the world, which would be no different from a feudal system.

Everywhere there would be landlords of all sizes who were no different from local tyrants, and the empire that Jack had built from scratch would be meaningless.

Therefore, Jack must not implement private land ownership now that Atlantis has just been established and no nobles have yet been born, when the resistance is the least.

This is one of the reasons why Jack chose to find an archipelago and build his territory from scratch.

If Jack had chosen to occupy a piece of territory in Essos or Westeros.

Then it would be basically impossible for Jack to implement these "deviant" systems.

Because the nobles would unite to rebel against Jack, whose land system shook the foundations of their rule.

In the eyes of the nobles, nationalization was just a scam, and Jack's move was to confiscate their land.

Unless Jack asks Poseidon to purge all the local nobles.

Otherwise, Jack would never be able to be as relaxed as he is now and implement whatever system he wants.

Newgate also understood Jack's idea. Building residential areas could indeed provide housing for more people and make it more convenient to manage the population.

"Then we can directly manage it according to the community, and it will be convenient to count and register the population."

"That's right. It seems that you are not so old that your brain is rusty. You can continue to work for me for a few more years. I will train Asidov as soon as possible. He is a good young man."

"." Newgate was speechless. It seems you still want to continue exploiting me.

To be honest, Newgate really wanted to retire and return home.

He has promoted all the new people who should be promoted, and he has also arranged the honest people who should be arranged. Now after he retires, Asidol can take over his position.

He can receive a pension and live in a house allocated by the empire to enjoy his old age.

When Viteli gives birth to another big fat boy for him to take care of, his life will be worth it if he can enjoy the happiness of family.

As for the power of the Prime Minister, Newgate really doesn't care. As an old slave, being saved by the Sea King and enjoying his old age is the greatest happiness.

Let the Game of Thrones be left to the young people. Most of the people in Atlantis are young people in their 20s. In addition, there is a big power vacancy now, and the struggle is fierce.

At night, the moon was dark and the stars were sparse, which seemed to indicate that it might rain in the next few days.

At this time, Jack's decree had been announced to everyone.

The citizens of Atlantis did not protest as Jack had imagined. Instead, they asked when they could get loans to buy houses.

Except for the initial 5,000 high-level slaves, the rest of the people on Neptune Island are ordinary people working at the lowest level.

For them, isn't the interest-free loan a housing subsidy?

After all, they were slaves before, and they were fine with a doghouse. Now they can get a cement house. Even if the property rights are only for 80 years and cannot be renewed, they will accept it.

What's more, it can be renewed after expiration.

According to the loan policy given by His Majesty the Sea King, fifty gold dragons can be repaid in twenty years. With the average monthly salary promised by His Majesty, there is no pressure at all.

Jack was also very satisfied with their reactions. This group of people had not been enlightened and their lives had just started to improve, so they agreed with Jack's words 100%.

In their eyes, Jack is the incarnation of the god of the sea. Even the present Godzilla obeys Jack's orders and becomes the patron saint of Atlantis.

This blind worship and belief in the sea god will influence the next generation of Atlantis people.

When they entered the Imperial College to study, they became a generation with both ideological enlightenment and faith.

As the saying goes, the army is divided into three categories: ancient army, modern army and contemporary army.

The division is not based on the generation difference of weapons.

Like many armies in the Middle East in Jack's previous life, even though they were equipped with modern weapons, they were still at the level of ancient armies.

The most obvious characteristic of ancient armies was that they did not know why they were fighting and had no desire to fight.

It can only improve the combat level of its leaders, and it is an armed force that is designed to satisfy the selfish desires of those in control.

Many times, a 10% casualty rate will result in a rout.

Modern armies are based on a small core of officers and a large number of expendable soldiers.

Know what you are fighting for and act on that belief.

This belief can be animal desire, religious belief or nationalism.

Its disadvantages are rigidity and dogmatism.

The modern army has strengthened the basic combat skills of soldiers on the basis of modern armies.

What is more important is to have judgment and unshakable faith.

The simplest source of judgment is reading and literacy.

But it is usually difficult to have a firm belief after learning to read and write.

If an army has judgment and firm beliefs, its combat effectiveness, subjective initiative and fighting will be unparalleled.

The most intuitive manifestation is the army's flexible combat operations, and it is common for them to hold their positions until the last man standing.

It's clear that Jack's goal is to build a modern army.

The two conditions of building an empire from scratch and Godzilla gave Jack the foundation to build a modern army.

In just twenty years, the army of Atlantis will be stronger than ever before.