In fact, according to the current plan, bus cards are not necessary, because Plandal does not have such developed card swiping capacity, and Star Diamond Bank's crystal cards can only be used in fixed shops with payment channels. Therefore, many people will get used to bringing money bags when going out, and will carry some copper coins, silver coins, and gold coins.

Even if the bus is priced, it will probably only use change such as copper coins or silver coins, so there is no need for bus cards.

But then again, it would be better if Ellington’s Identity Crystal Card currently provides bus card swiping payment services.

In this way, more people are willing to take the initiative to apply for identity cards and register identity information, which not only reduces the pressure on municipal governments to count residents' information, but also facilitates the intelligence departments in Ellington to screen and manage personnel.

Therefore, this aspect cannot be handed over to Star Diamond Bank.

Tang En said with a slight smile: "Thank you, but you can't use Star Diamond Bank's services in this regard."

"Are you sure? My friend, our technology can relieve you a lot of stress!"

Garian was a little anxious. Although he was not sure what Tang En was going to do, he had never done any loss-making business since he entered Ellington. Garian didn't want to miss this opportunity.

"I'm sure."

Tang En spread his hands and blocked his words.

The current common identity crystal card in Ellington is equivalent to the Chinese ID card on Earth. It records personal registration information, name, age, gender, birthplace, and even occupation information, and a unique number. The most important thing is that the crystal card also records the unique mental fluctuations of each person. Although it is not a big deal for the time being, after the scale is increased, mastering this information is equivalent to mastering the whereabouts of these people, which is very important.

Garyan was furious and left. Donn smiled faintly at Edrakkamanda and left straight away.

In fact, letting Xingdian Bank enter the bus system helps alleviate the economic pressure of the Datang Chamber of Commerce, because urban buses, as a kind of convenient welfare, are actually in a loss-making state most of the time.

On earth, since bus companies have to pay for urban elderly people to take buses for free, pay many employees’ wages, maintain cars, and fuel expenses, buses in big cities have even been renewed and replaced, and they have to maintain low fares, so most bus companies are in a loss-making state and need to rely on government subsidies to continue operating.

In Plandal, although the power used by the magic-modified buses created by Tangen is magic energy, and a standard magic crystal can support the exertion of thousands of kilometers, which is equivalent to working within the city for nearly a month, which looks very energy-saving, the price of standard magic crystals on the market has risen to 85 gold coins. If the ticket is set as a copper coin, at least 850,000 people will be transported every month to ensure that there is no loss. According to the current per capita density and travel needs of major cities in Plandal, this number is undoubtedly a fantasy. I am afraid that the newly established bus companies will enter a loss state.

But if the ticket price is set as one silver coin, residents may rather choose to walk or ride a bicycle when traveling.

Overall, it is a good idea to not make a pass and sell tickets based on the distance between the bus stops.

I found Fiona and mentioned the price of the bus to her. Fiona also agreed with Don En's proposal very much. No matter whether the price is too high or too low, it is not suitable for the price range to be the best choice. At the end, Fiona asked another question.

“If the urban bus system is launched, it means that road traffic reform has officially begun. When are you planning to bring private cars to the market?”

"It's not the time yet. Launching magic cars now will only cause chaos in the streets. It's more appropriate to launch them when people gradually get used to giving in to buses and know how to abide by traffic rules."

"Okay, you have the final say."

Fiona looked indifferent. Although she knew that magic cars would be very profitable, she was not determined when they would make money.

"By the way," Fiona knocked on the table and reminded Done: "The Ellington lighting project you mentioned in the past two days is about to start. Do you have anything to add?"

The Ellington Lighting Project was proposed by Donn after the completion of the Preston Glass Factory, aiming to replace the leather and cloth windows with glass windows.

Not only Ellington, but the windows in other areas of Plandal are basically covered by leather or cloth, but the thing is not light-transmitted on the one hand and air leakage on the other hand, which is very inconvenient.

Only a small number of wealthy nobles can afford crystal windows, so Donn proposed the Ellington lighting project, where the large-scale production of cheap glass can fully meet this demand.

And it is certain that as long as there is a trend of replacing windows in Ellington, those merchants who are staying here for business opportunities will immediately hear the news and bring this trend to other places, and the glass industry will immediately rise like mushrooms after a rain.

Of course, the glass industry is nothing, but what is important is the significance it represents. People here will notice for the first time how huge the impact of large-scale industrial production has on the market, and will also understand how many benefits leading technologies have for enhancing competitiveness.

People will gradually get used to this change, adapt to the change, and join in.

What Tang En wanted to see was a vibrant world, not a stagnant world.

With an order flying out of Yarrics a few days ago, the major cities of the Irrus Empire began a vigorous transformation. The scale was so large and the scope of influence was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. This was a transformation that affected the whole country, and the main cities of the Irrus Empire were all involved in this operation.

The only benefit of feudal society is that as a king, Tang En's people were obliged to pay for the king's orders. During the major transportation transformation, Tang En didn't even have to worry about their meals, and those laborers were free!

However, considering the long-term plan, Tang En took advantage of this opportunity to transform into a boy with money and began to spend a lot of money nationwide.

That's right, it's just spending money.

Tang En asked the heads of the Datang Chamber of Commerce in each city to supervise and count the list of those who participated in labor construction, and hired everyone at a daily salary of twenty silver coins.

What does it mean for a daily salary of twenty silver coins?

This means that as long as you work on the construction site for five days, you can earn one gold coin and a few more silver coins. If you can work for a month, you can earn six gold coins!

And he is also in charge of food!

This is net income!

This price made all the poor at the bottom rank jealous. For a moment, Tang En's decree actually made all the poor at the grassroots in the country take action and join this massive transformation.

"You're simply crazy!"

In the palace, Aurelia shouted at Tang En, "Do you know that this money can be saved? Now that you have this head, we must pay them no matter what you do in the future!"

It was originally a free labor force, but after Tang En did this, there would be no free labor force for the royal family to use in the future.

“They provide labor and we pay, it’s reasonable, isn’t it?”

"But this expenditure is too huge!"

Aurelia looked at the bill sent by Fiona and was furious: "In just five days, we burned more than 10 million gold coins! That was 10 million Irrus gold coins!"

"Don't be excited, these tens of millions of gold coins also contain traffic lights, sidewalks, fences and lunch costs, and manpower consumption accounts for about half."

"Half of that is five million gold coins!"

Aurelia was heartbroken: "You really don't know how difficult it is to make money!"

Tang En shrugged his shoulders and smiled at His Highness the furious princess, "For the first time, those poor people have experienced the happiness of using their labor to exchange for rich rewards. I think this is a good thing. They will work harder to face life in the future, rather than huddling next to the slough smoldering ditch, waiting for alms as they do now."

This sentence left Aurelia speechless.

"Oli, you are sitting in the position of the acting king now. Haven't you changed your mindset yet?"

Donn looked at Aurelia and said patiently: "As a king, what you should think about is how to make the people of this country rich and how to make the country strong, rather than thinking about how to hide wealth in your own vault. Do you understand?"

Aurelia was shocked and suddenly burst into cold sweat.

Only then did she suddenly realize that she had almost fallen into the trap of power without knowing it.

Throughout history, how many kings have become kings of a country that have become the king of a country because they are fascinated by power and their minds are blinded by their desire to possess?

The filling of the national treasury should never be achieved by plundering the wealth of the people.

Tang En smiled and took the hot tea brought by Olina, took a sip, and said leisurely: "You don't know how long I have been waiting for such a big project that can spread money... It's really not easy to get the money out of the Star Diamond Bank's big vault and circulate it in the market."

Those stingy people wished to stuff all the gold coins from all over the world into the vault. They were willing to become investors after several cooperations, probably just to prevent Tang En from taking out the gold coins.

"This kind of infrastructure construction project is the best opportunity for those in power to allocate wealth to the society. A large number of wage labor will give them generous rewards to make them rich, so that more people can consume and the market will gradually grow bigger. When more money is circulated in the market, the products produced by our Datang Chamber of Commerce will also be sold better."

Tang En knocked on the table and said, "The better our products are, the stronger our competitiveness will be, and it will stimulate other chambers of commerce to enter this market and compete with us. Only with competition will there be progress. At the same time, the money we earn will be paid again for the big taxes and return to the treasury."

"The gold coins walked around outside and finally returned to the treasury. Nothing seemed to have changed, but our orders were implemented, the country was developed, the people got gold coins, bought food and what they wanted with gold coins, and merchants made money... Do you understand the meaning of wealth to those in power?"

Aurelia looked at Tang En blankly, and lightning flashed in her mind.

She finally woke up. (To be continued.)

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