Some tax revenue must be left from local construction to support infrastructure iteration; it's impossible to let factories take all the profits and squeeze the scarce resources of the satellite towns.
However, there is one most important guess that he didn't voice out:
Ultimately, the self-sustaining economic cycle will have an end. Once the population dividend of a million people is exhausted, the next step in development must expand outward.
By then, the heavy responsibility of expansion will fall on the Inspector.
Every satellite town seems like a contract system, but it actually allows the Inspector to run their own force.
Not only must they review project admissions, oversee fund usage, but also handle product sales because sales stability is essential to stabilize factory income and local tax revenue.
But saying these things now to Liu Bi and Matthew Lee would indeed be too complex.
