Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 402

Chapter 401: Koroja pays taxes

The changes in the Green Bee District made Shang Yanwen feel unreal.

He hasn’t been back for four years, why does it feel like a different world?

Not to mention four years, even in the past forty years, the Green Bee District has not changed so much. In the past era, the faces of people in the lower hive of the hive city changed one by one, but apart from the people, those buildings, those streets, the ceilings full of pipes above… all seemed to be imprisoned by time and never changed.

Before going to Feiyixing to study, Shang Yanwen personally experienced the reform policies brought by Mayor Ispsi, which allowed the people in their neighborhood to have enough food, jobs, and a future; when he was studying on Feiyixing, he also read in some newspapers that the reform of the alliance was still deepening, and the major hives on Koroja had changed a lot.

However, compared with what I saw through the text and photos in the newspapers and the big changes in my hometown with my own eyes, can the impact be the same?

My hometown has changed a lot and is no longer the way I remember it. But Shang Yanwen was not sad at all, only happy and excited.

He only hoped that such changes would come faster and more!

He regretted that he had not been able to witness the changes in the past four years; he was excited that he would not miss them again.

To cheer up, he went back home first and met his parents and brothers and sisters.

Needless to say, his family was surprised, and he was even more moved.

Originally, his family had seven people. Except for one brother who died young, the remaining four children, including him, were raised by their parents with difficulty.

But now, everyone is doing well.

His father and mother both work in the supply and marketing mall opened in the neighborhood five years ago. His father is a cargo loader and unloader, and his mother is responsible for the shopping guide work in the mall.

In the early years, the two elders were rated E5 at the beginning, and now they have risen to E8. The benefits of food and daily necessities, plus the allowance, are enough to support the family. The family also moved into the newly built collective apartment. In addition to him, the four people in the family were allocated a 60-square-meter apartment.

There are three rooms in the house, a bathroom, and an open kitchen that can be used as a small dining room.

The parents live in the master bedroom, and the two small secondary bedrooms are enough for the younger brother and sister to live separately.

The whole environment is still a little small and a little cramped, and there is no decoration to speak of, just some simple furniture and cabinets. But at least, each family member has a place to sleep and their own space. They can cook for themselves, have a table to eat together, and have a set of kitchen utensils and tableware.

This is much better than the “home” he grew up with in his memory.

His sister used to work in a textile factory. With literacy, certain knowledge of mathematics and accounting, she worked as a clerk in the textile factory. Two years ago, she married a young man and moved out to live with her husband.

The brother-in-law came from another place. He is a clerk in the neighborhood and is currently in charge of the construction of a new supply and marketing mall. The two already have a child and have been allocated a 60-square-meter house. The little niece is now over one year old and healthy. The young couple can see that the future will be very prosperous.

My sister and brother are studying. Although my sister’s grades are not as good as his, she is now a good student in the neighborhood middle school and has a chance to get a place in the community high school. Although it is a bit difficult to get a scholarship, as long as she is ranked E4 or E5, the benefits can guarantee her living, the allowance can supplement part of the burden, and the tuition can probably be solved by the education loan, which can be repaid after she gets a job.

Generally speaking, as long as she is ranked E8 or above, she can pay off the tuition loan after two or three years of work. And the E8 grade is not difficult for graduates of community high schools. Moreover, with her grades, it is not impossible for her to apply for a local university in Korojia after graduating from high school. Although the tuition pressure is quite high, Shang Yanwen is back and he can help support her.

My brother is not doing well. The young man is not focused on studying. It seems that he can’t even go to middle school. It is estimated that after two years of elementary school, he will have to find something to do at the age of fourteen.

Although there were some worries – such as his younger brother’s study and future problems – but overall, Shang Yanwen was pleased to see that the family situation was getting better and better in the past few years when he was away.

He chatted a lot with his parents at home, and they were busy preparing a table of meals together. At dinner time, his sister, who got the news, also rushed back and brought her husband and daughter to spend a lively family reunion dinner.

He spent the night in his younger brother’s room. The single bed was a bit crowded, but it was not a big problem.

Before going to bed, the two brothers talked a lot. His younger brother was named Shang Yanwu. You can tell from the name that there are two brothers.

Shang Yanwu was encouraged by his brother.

Shang Yanwen’s description of Feiyixing University life was okay, but especially the description of the sea of stars, which really made Shang Yanwu feel yearning.

But he was a little frustrated. He thought he was not good at studying, unlike his brother, or even his second sister, who could concentrate on studying and even feel the joy of knowledge. He felt sleepy when he read, and he was energetic when he put down the book.

By the middle of the night, the topic had ended. In the darkness, Shang Yanwu suddenly asked a question:

“Brother, what do you think about me joining the army?”

“Join the army?”

“Yes, it’s best to be in the navy!”

“That’s good too.” Shang Yanwen said, “But you can’t be anything like this now. The selection of the Alliance Army is getting more and more strict now. I’m afraid you won’t even be able to enter the Planetary Defense Force… You still have to work hard, it’s best to be admitted to the Naval Academy.”

“But it’s too difficult!” Shang Yanwu became frustrated again, “The Naval Academy is the best even on Feiyi Star, right? I can’t get in no matter what… Is there any way to become a naval sailor? This is much easier than getting into the Naval Academy, right?”

Shang Yanwen felt that his brother was right.

Even if his grades back then were invincible, it would actually be difficult to apply for the Feiyi Naval Academy.

Not to mention his brother’s situation.

However, applying to the Naval Academy is a way to become a naval officer. If you just want to be a navy soldier, navy sailor, or even a marine, then the difficulty is completely different from being a naval officer.

It is very difficult to join the Pegasus Fleet, as their size is relatively fixed. Although the Governor’s fiancée is a general of the Pegasus Fleet and is fighting on the front line, the naval forces fighting on the front line do not receive reinforcements from the Pegasus Star Region in the rear.

Moreover, there is a special feature of naval operations. Generally speaking, the loss of personnel is not large, but once a loss occurs, a whole ship of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people will be wiped out. To replenish, new ships must be built and then replenished.

However, if the Pegasus Fleet cannot enter, the Alliance Navy should have a chance. According to the information Shang Yanwen currently has, the Alliance Navy will face increasingly serious pirate challenges in the future, and the production capacity of the two major shipyards of the Alliance is also sufficient. In addition to the part of paying the imperial tax, there is still a lot of surplus production capacity.

These production capacities will never be wasted.

It can be predicted that the subsequent Alliance Navy fleet will continue to expand.

My brother really has a chance to get in.

As for the dangers of joining the army, Shang Yanwen also knows it.

If possible, he also hopes that his younger brother will always be with his parents, even if he is just an ordinary worker or finds an ordinary job. Under the current alliance system, as long as he works, he will definitely not worry about his future life.

However, since his younger brother has ambitions, Shang Yanwen thinks that it is not a bad thing to become a navy. It is dangerous, but it is definitely not a bad thing for a good man to have the dream of the stars and the sea.

It is still early, and the younger brother is just twelve years old. There are at least five or six years left. He will help to pay attention.

But at the moment, he still warned: “Even if you are just a sailor, you have to work harder to learn something now. If you can’t even go to middle school, everything will be in vain.”

…

The next day, Shang Yanwen said goodbye to his parents and went to the government of the Green Bee District to report.

His commissioned unit is Promise City. He has already reported to Promise City, and they arranged for him to come to the office in his hometown.

As soon as he entered the door, he was warmly welcomed.

The head of the government of the Green Bee District is a Korojia, but not a Promise City. He came from Mingyan City, where he had also worked on deepening reforms in a community. Recently, he was transferred here to be in charge of a larger block.

The man named Moody is a middle-aged man with a bald head.

“Comrade Shang, you came at the right time! We are in great need of top talents like you now!”

“I won’t say more to you if you are polite. Now is the busiest time. I am sorry that I didn’t have time to welcome you. You will need to take up your responsibilities immediately.”

“That is why I came here. Please give me your instructions.”

“Okay!”

After Moody’s explanation, Shang Yanwen quickly understood what the first major task he had to do when he came to his hometown was:

the imperial tax.

Hearing these three words, Shang Yanwen could only feel nervous.

The imperial tax was quite profound in his past memories.

Every time the imperial tax came, with a cycle of two years, it was the time when the people in the Lower Nest District of Korojia suffered.

Various materials would begin to be tightened before the imperial tax was due. Food would become insufficient, various living materials would become tight, and every family would be required to pay the population.

His grandfather, his uncle, and his uncle were all taxed as population taxes, and they never came back.

His family was lucky. But if Governor Gu hadn’t led the Alliance to save Koroja, in six years, his family might have to pay personal taxes again, either his father, him, or his sister.

After the Alliance took over, Koroja became a war zone, and there was no need to pay taxes for six years.

Now, six years have passed, and Koroja will once again return to the normal situation of paying imperial taxes.

However, under the rule of the Alliance, the payment of imperial taxes should not be a hurdle that cannot be overcome like in the past, right?

Indeed.

Now, imperial taxes have nothing to do with civilians, and have completely evolved into the obligations of the government and enterprises-except for those places that have not yet completed the reform. But even in the forty hives of Koroja, there should not be many such places now.

In the places where the reform has been completed, the people have been assigned ranks, arranged jobs, and enjoy benefits and allowances. Of course, with Shang Yanwen’s current knowledge, he understands that these benefits and allowances are not as much as the wealth created by the people.

But he still clearly understands that the opportunity to create wealth itself is given by the Union Government.

What’s more, the general public who created wealth only have the obligation to work, the obligation to abide by the law, and enjoy benefits and allowances, but no obligation to pay taxes. The extra value they created was taken away by the Union Government, so the Union Government should guarantee the people a peaceful and stable life, guarantee that they can have a channel for upward mobility through hard work, and guarantee that they will no longer go bankrupt and suffer because of undue taxes.

In the Green Bee Block, where the reform has been initially completed, this concept is fully implemented.

The government personnel of the block should carefully count all the production conditions in the block, connect various enterprises, factories, soilless plantations and other production institutions, and complete a series of tasks such as inventory, warehousing and transportation of all the production income.

This is indeed a big project.

Shang Yanwen immediately plunged into the busyness.

And all of this can be regarded as a certain experience summary in the block government. Although it was the first time to pay the imperial tax, the alliance system itself was still functioning even though they had not paid taxes for the past four years. The production situation and material operation within the enterprise were the responsibility of the government, and these work processes were ready-made.

It was nothing more than that, during the tax season, this part of the work would become more onerous.

And Shang Yanwen really played his role in this process.

After the initial period of inexperience, his processing speed for various documents and affairs became extremely fast. Moreover, he was able to use the management knowledge he had learned to detect that there were some inefficient and time-wasting parts in their current work processes, and he was able to propose practical and feasible modification plans through participating in practice.

Although it was just some changes in the working methods in some details, and did not involve major changes, it did make the operation of the entire organization smoother and more efficient.

This was also praised by Moody.

“Top students are different!”

Shang Yanwen was very humble about this: “I still have a lot to learn, and there are many places where I can contribute to the alliance.”

(End of this chapter)