1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 824

At the beginning of the construction of the entire Chang'an City, detailed and careful planning was made in advance. After referring to the layout of Beijing City and Nanjing City respectively, and using the rivers and undulating mountains here, the entire city was scientifically and rationally planned. The layout of Chang'an City makes the layout of Chang'an City extremely neat and the regulations are very strict.The city takes Changxing River (now Gaoli River, Toowoomba, Australia) as the central axis, Xuanwu County in the west, which is the government office area, and Zhuque County in the east, which is the commercial area.

In the northwest, west and south of Chang'an City, there are also three counties in sequence: Longyuan County (now Charlton Town, Toowoomba City), Weiyang County (now Highfields Town, Toowoomba City) and Ba Bridge County (now Jinsdop, Toowoomba).

During the construction of Chang’an City, according to the characteristics of the local mountain and water flow, a large area of ​​garden areas and green belts were planned in the urban area and the edge of the city, which can not only beautify the environment, but also provide sightseeing places for urban residents.

According to the meridian orientation advocated by traditional Chinese Feng Shui in architecture, that is, sit north and face south, which was highly praised by emperors of all dynasties.The layout of the royal palace in Chang'an City is naturally planned to be in the north, and all the palace buildings also adopt this Feng Shui structure, and they all face the meridian direction facing south.

At present, Chang'an City is still a huge construction site, as many as 500 Nanyang natives and Hanzhou natives are working hard on each construction site.The hardest and most tiring earthwork excavation projects are basically all completed by them.In addition, there are more than [-] new immigrants. Under the guidance of Hanzhou No. [-] Construction Company, Hanzhou No. [-] Construction Company, Daxing Construction Company and many other craftsmen, they are doing a lot of auxiliary work. The ancient style of commercial facilities gradually turned into physical buildings from the blueprints in the plan.

Compared with the empty Xuanwu County, Zhuque County is the only place in Chang'an City that is full of human fireworks. Restaurants, restaurants, hotels, department stores, vegetable and non-staple food markets... are crowded with people, and it looks extremely lively.

The advance personnel sent by various departments of the cabinet government, the businessmen of real estate development, many master craftsmen and workers of construction companies, and the people from the surrounding areas of Daxing who came to visit the new capital city constituted an extremely strong market demand. Local residents and farmers, business-minded businessmen, and government-run department stores accordingly raised and organized various production and living materials to meet and meet this demand.All of these preliminarily constitute the simple and prosperous business atmosphere of Chang'an City.

"Chang'an City is the most beautiful, most orderly, and most majestic city I have ever seen!" Sitting in the carriage, Scott Moore looked at the row upon row of tall public buildings on both sides of the spacious street, and admired sincerely: "Although there are not many people in it now, it seems a little deserted. But as long as our country completes the work of moving the capital, it will inevitably attract countless people to live in this city."

"What's the matter, does Lao Mo already have a plan in his heart to move and settle here?" Huang Yuancai said with a smile: "Such a beautiful capital, the people who live here in the future may be either rich or expensive. We are low-level sailors. , I'm afraid there is no hope in this life!"

"No, I will definitely make a lot of money in the future." Scott Moore said firmly: "My children will definitely have the opportunity to settle in this beautiful city. Because, in Hanzhou, this country has given us The fairest opportunity to fight. I believe that through the efforts of me and the next generation, our descendants will surely live the happiest life."

"Old Mo, you, a barbarian, have more confidence in the future of this country than us Han people."

"Huang, I'm from Qi now. You can't always call me Yiren like that. I don't think this name is a kind of respect for me." Scott Moore shook his head and said: "In this country, no matter Is it me, a naturalized European, or you immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, or those native-born people in Hanzhou, all of them are working hard to change their lives. Our pursuit of a better life and our infinite future Vision will eventually make this country richer and stronger. And we, living in this increasingly powerful country, will all get the opportunity to change our own destiny.”

"Old Mo's words are very reasonable." Li Qingli nodded and said: "Ten years ago, I was a starving starving person on the verge of death in Daming. It has long been turned into a pile of loess in the wild. Now, in the trading company, we can get a salary of ten Hanzhou silver dollars a month. If we bring some private goods to a few overseas islands, we can exchange some valuables with those natives After a year, no matter what, you can earn one hundred and fifty-six. This would have been put aside more than ten years ago, and I dare not even think about it! When the next generation of Lao Tzu grows up, I don’t know how good this life will be. How does it look like?"

"Well, you guys say that, why do I feel that in a few days, I will become a rich man!" Huang Yuancai said with a smile: "Come on, let's go to the palace to have a look later, and get some royal clothes on us by the way." Extravagance. Maybe our descendants will become famous and rich because of this!"

"Brothers, if you want to visit the palace today, you have to be careful." A [-]-year-old passenger on the public carriage kindly reminded: "I heard that our Crown Prince of Qi has come to Chang'an City, maybe He has already entered the palace."

"His Royal Highness has come to Chang'an?" The passengers on the bus all showed curiosity when they heard this, "Does this mean that our country of Qi is about to start the work of moving the capital. Then, the king and many cabinet ministers will also Are you coming to Chang'an one after another?"

"It is estimated that some less important departments of the cabinet will be relocated to Chang'an City in advance. However, the king and cabinet ministers, as well as some key departments, may wait a little longer. After the main facilities and buildings of Chang'an City are generally completed, the I will leave for Chang'an to officially complete the work of moving the capital." The passenger said seriously, with a bit of mystery on his face, showing a slightly satisfied expression that he could grasp such important information about moving the capital.

"If I go to the palace at this time, I wonder if I can see His Royal Highness?" Scott Moore.

"Although the royal family has always been close and loving to the people, it's not something that ordinary people can see if they want to."

"It's as if you can see it!" Huang Yuancai was very displeased with that person's superior attitude.

"Yesterday afternoon, His Highness the Crown Prince arrived at Chang'an Railway Station, and I happened to be honored to go there with all the adults in the city to greet him, so I really saw His Highness the Crown Prince with my own eyes." The passenger said complacently.

"..." Huang Yuancai and the others were speechless.
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"Currently, although the industry and commerce in Chang'an City have a certain background, they are still inferior to several eastern cities such as Daxing, Yunyang (now Mackay City, Eastern Australia), Weihai (now Cairns City, Australia) and so on." Crown Prince Qi Zixing Looking at the dozen or so officials of the Chang'an Mansion in front of him, Wen Yan said: "We must pay attention to this. We need to know that no matter whether it is a country or a region, there is no stability without agriculture, wealth without work, and prosperity without business. Chang'an will be the future capital of Qi. Although the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce have never requested that it be built into an industrial city with a complete range of industries like Jianye and Montenegro, the necessary light industry and prosperous commerce still need to be built. vigorously introduced and developed."

"According to the planning of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the vast area west of Chang'an Prefecture has a warm to extremely hot climate, no frost all year round, and abundant heat resources, which are very suitable for the growth and development of cotton. Therefore, in the next few years, the Ministry of Immigration and Civil Affairs The ministry will set up a large number of settlements in the western part of Chang'an, prepare for large-scale development of these inland hinterlands, and start to establish several cotton planting bases. In this way, our Chang'an Prefecture must plan ahead, plan ahead, and introduce a series of cotton spinning related industries. "

"In addition, the establishment of a large number of resettlement sites will inevitably bring about a large demand for production and living materials. Is it possible that our Chang'an Prefecture will just watch Daxing Prefecture provide the materials needed by these immigrants, and then improve and promote them. Local industrial development? Ladies and gentlemen, although Chang'an gave it the primary function of being the future political center of Qi State, we, as the ruling parents, cannot ignore the future livelihood of the people under our jurisdiction."

Several local officials present were ashamed and ashamed after hearing this.Deep in their hearts, in Chang'an, the capital city, the primary focus is the construction progress of various government facilities and the local peace and appeasement.As for the development of people's livelihood in the future, it is not in their consideration plan.Most of the more than [-] people in Chang'an Mansion are new immigrants who have moved here in the past ten years.After completing the three-year project construction service period, they were successively resettled in several counties around Chang'an, allocated land, planted grains, vegetables, and fruits, and provided necessary food and non-staple food supplies for the follow-up immigrants in Chang'an.

Except for a few grain and oil processing workshops and leather goods factories in Chang'an City, there are almost no decent industries.The needs of tens of thousands of people's production and living materials all depend on the supply from Daxing Mansion.In order to seize the opportunity, some businessmen with a keen sense of smell invested a lot of money in the construction of those commercial and civil facilities, and started a vigorous "real estate development industry".

"What His Royal Highness said makes the humble official extremely ashamed!" Jiang Chengsong, the magistrate of Zhuque County, bowed his head and replied: "Next, the humble official will immediately send people to Daxing, Yunyang, Weihai and other places to invite manufacturers from all over the world to invest and set up factories in Chang'an Prefecture. "

"Jiangzhi County, invite manufacturers from all over the world to invest and set up factories in Chang'an Mansion. We can't just send a few subordinates to do these things." Qi Zixing shook his head and said, "We must first sort out the various advantages that Chang'an Mansion possesses. , and what kind of preferential policies our Chang'an government can give to manufacturers who come to invest and set up factories. Otherwise, if you send a few subordinates to invite others to invest, why would they dare to easily spend a large amount of money to invest in an unknown region? ?”

"In doing business and investing, the most important thing is to follow the laws of the economy, and let people get benefits. Of course, it is the best thing to drive the local economy and provide tax revenue. We can't simply rely on officials. Administrative order, casually attracting people to invest, it is a bit suspected of slaughtering fat sheep.”

"Also, in addition to introducing domestic manufacturers to invest and set up factories, we also need to base ourselves on the local area and fully tap the local economic potential." Qi Zixing thought for a while and continued: "If the local people start factories or set up commercial companies, there will be no necessary resources. When it comes to funding, your counties need to carefully evaluate this, and if there is indeed a future for development, you might as well use the tax revenue from the county as a guarantee, guarantee them in several banks, and lend some money to support their development."

"By the way, at various construction sites in the city, say hello to the craftsmen and supervisors of those construction companies. Those Nanyang natives and Hanzhou natives, don't squeeze too much. I heard that several people die every day on those construction sites. How can it be done? With such consumption, thousands of coolies will be ruined by them in a few years!"

"His Royal Highness is kind." Su Shijian, the county magistrate of Xuanwu County, praised him, "When I come down from my humble position, I immediately arrange personnel to inspect various construction sites, so as to prevent and prevent the supervisors from oppressing the coolies too much."

When Qi Zixing heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Su Shijian.What he said just now was not full of so-called sympathy for those native coolies.Instead, they plan to use them to build roads from Chang'an City to the counties after the coolies complete the construction of the construction site, so as to improve the traffic conditions in the area.

Father Wang has repeatedly emphasized such a sentence, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.In this regard, he is deeply convinced.If those native coolies are consumed in various construction sites, Chang'an Mansion will have to face a shortage of labor, and can only recruit people from various counties to do these hard and heavy jobs.

"What's the matter?" After many officials left, Qi Zixing was flipping through the latest issue of "Ta Kung Pao", when he saw his head of guards, Yuwu Xiaowei (Captain) walking in quietly.

"A few people came to visit the palace just now, but they were taken away by the guards on duty at the gate." Pan Shiliang said.

"They're just outside to see the architectural style of the palace, what's the purpose of taking them down?" Qi Zixing said disapprovingly: "Let them go, let them go. Remember to say something nice, so as not to defeat my royal family's love for the people." .”

"A few of them are from Handong Trading Company, and they just returned to the mainland from Gonggong Island." Pan Shiliang carefully reminded: "Didn't His Royal Highness want to know what happened to Gonggong Island recently?"

"Oh?" Qi Zixing put down the newspaper when he heard the words, "Bring them all in."

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Pan Shiliang saluted, then turned and left the room.

"What the hell is this Handong Trading Company doing? It recruited armed guards in prefectures and counties along the coast, and also purchased arms and gunpowder. Do they want to separate themselves?" Qi Zixing murmured to himself.

(End of this chapter)