Chapter 826: Four Steps

Patent application fees?

Patent transfer processing fees?

Once this thing came out, the whole place exploded.

To apply for a patent, one needs to pay money.

Examination fees, re-examination fees, maintenance fees, change of procedure fees, request for restoration fees, request for invalidation declaration fees.

All sorts of fees appeared all at once.

These people were stunned on the spot.

Several locals who had come running with bottles and jars had their faces turn black.

Good grief.

They had wanted to come and pass off their shoddy work as genuine, thinking it was a zero-cost operation; who would have thought that applying for a patent would also start charging fees?

"Pah! What is the meaning of this?"

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"This Vice Minister Liu is too black-hearted, isn't he? To apply for one patent, it costs two taels of silver?"

"This—this is just being crazy for money, right?"

A scam!

This Liaodong Economic Special Zone is just a scam!

Liu Zheng, naturally, just laughed it off.

"How black-hearted!"

A group of people started cursing on the spot.

Quite a few people had already run to the streets and started spreading the word. Saying that Vice Minister Liu was going to eat people, that this guy looked like he had come to Liaodong to swindle money! On one hand, swindling the commoners, and on the other, swindling those wealthy merchants.

Not here to collect scrap.

With this, the fact that patent applications required fees immediately made many people retreat.

Because they knew in their own hearts that they were just trying to fool people, and their own things were simply not worth showing.

Because the wealthy merchants were relatively in favor of this policy. Why? These days, there were too many people passing off shoddy work as genuine; all sorts of "inventions and creations" that cost nothing made people dizzy and overwhelmed.

Not only were the staff members having a headache, but these wealthy tycoons were also having a headache.

I am here to find opportunities to make money.

The Patent Department has actually started making money too.

"Hahahaha, this has brought everything to life, brought it to life!"

Relatively speaking.

For those patents and Intellectual Property Rights that are truly useful and have a market, who would care about these two taels of silver? Not only would they not care, but if you bring out something with real substance, perhaps some tycoon will buy it from you directly, or even help you apply for it!

All of a sudden, the market became regulated, and there were fewer people passing off fish eyes as pearls.

"Huh?"

Liu Zheng also gave a bitter smile.

It is true, sixty million taels of silver is enough to hollow out a Chamber of Commerce.

While eating, Prince Yong laughed so hard he couldn't stop at all.

Liu Zheng shook his head with a smile: "This is just the beginning, it's still early. By the way, that Tang Feng, why is there no movement from him at all? Supposedly, this weather shouldn't affect the production of Coal Ball Stoves."

Prince Yong was taken aback: "You don't know yet? Heh, that guy probably doesn't have a single tael of silver left in his hands now! Hahahaha!"

"A Bank?"

Prince Yong's eyes lit up.

Liu Zheng nodded with a smile.

He chuckled: "How much silver do we have in our accounts now?"

The accountant beside him replied immediately: "Thirty-two million taels."

Liu Zheng smiled: "That's enough. Mr. Cao, after a few days, when the people from Liangzhou arrive, post the announcement. Our second step can also begin!"

The third step, industrial development, especially the development of handicrafts.

The fourth step, naturally, is still developing the Great Northern Wilderness; agriculture cannot be left behind either.

Now.

In Liu Zheng's vision for managing the Liaodong region, it is divided into four steps.

The first step, the protection of Patent Rights and Intellectual Property Rights; this is the magic weapon to stir up the emotions of the local people in Liaodong and attract talent from all over the country to Liaodong.

The second step, the Bank, starting the first bank in the Longyan Dynasty that can provide loans, greatly increasing the flow of capital in Liaodong.

Especially in this era, credit assessment for a person or an institution is the most difficult thing.

Therefore, this requires a massive amount of calculation. Liu Zheng's idea is to take the Big Data Center from Liangzhou and set up another one in Liaodong. This naturally requires some talent; Liangzhou is already sending people, and they should arrive in a few days.

A credit system must be established.

In this freezing cold, at least these first two steps should be set in motion. By the time spring arrives next year, it will be time for Liaodong to take a major leap forward.

Wanting to run a bank.

Is not a simple matter.

It is also the most difficult link to operate. In this era, Knights-errant are prevalent, and there is even a widespread "chivalrous" concept among the people of robbing the rich to help the poor. As long as someone dives into the deep mountains and old forests, you probably won't be able to find them for years or even decades.

This must be guarded against.

But the bank must be established.

Although at the beginning, Liu Zheng's idea is still to start with collateral loans.

But collateral also involves credit.

This is the most important of all.

Liu Zheng is very busy.

So busy that he cannot even return to Liaodong Palace.

In the blink of an eye.

This is the grand trend.

Likewise, it is also the key to truly activating the investment enthusiasm of these wealthy people in Liaodong.

Therefore.

In Central Asia.

On a small hill.

A group of soldiers wearing desert camouflage are lying in ambush.

The New Year is already approaching.

At this moment.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan is no longer the rash young man he was before.

He has matured a lot.

His gaze is firm, his face is sharp and angular, and his lips are parched, yet he remains completely motionless.

If one is not careful, one would not be able to see that there are people here at all; their concealment skills have almost reached perfection.

That is correct.

This is the Dark Night Special Forces from Liangzhou, led by Jiang Xuan!

Often, after a fierce battle and the disappearance of a force, many wandering troops appear. Although these wandering troops are not large in scale, they bring burning, killing, and looting to the local people. Furthermore, they come and go like the wind, and their high mobility makes them very difficult to catch.

Along with the sound of hooves, there are also the screams and shrieks of some people.

It seems this group of wandering troops has just ravaged another village.

Very quickly.

The sound of hooves ahead is getting closer and closer.

This is a gang of former Mughal wandering troops active on the Indian Continent!

That young girl already has blood at the corner of her mouth and a numb expression on her face.

Only her family members are still screaming and crying in pain.

In the past.

"Hahahaha, this one is really tender, here, you guys play with her!"

A bearded guy throws the girl he just ravaged on his horse to his subordinates.

Those subordinates also follow with lewd laughter.

Of course.

This group of wandering troops has become the best enemies for Jiang Xuan's Special Forces to practice on.

Five hundred meters.

They are the soldiers who protect this land!

But now, they have changed from dragon-slaying Warriors into evil dragons!

The transformation of human nature is just that fast.

Those wandering troops still have not discovered the people hiding here.

This goes to show that their concealment skills have reached their peak.

But this time

Three hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

When they reached a distance of one hundred meters.

Fifty meters.

Thirty meters.

The ferocious and terrifying faces of those people slowly become clear.

Jiang Xuan still wants to challenge himself.

A little closer.

A little closer.

On Jiang Xuan's side, eighty men are prepared.

Eighty men against two hundred.

The losses must be kept under ten.

Hold your breath.

Do not move.

The wandering troops, about two hundred people.

Following that, eighty special forces members appearing like ghosts brandish the sharpest weapons in their hands.

Kill.

Jiang Xuan is the first to erupt into action.

It is time.

Kill!

A bloodbath arrives, inevitably.