African Nationhood

Chapter 243 Third Line Construction
  It was already May when we returned to Southwest Africa. Kelly, Ye Rong, and Jin Xiyue, as well as civil and military officials, all went to Walvis Bay Port to greet Boss Shi.

After returning to his own territory, Shi Jintang finally felt at ease.

He hugged Kelly and Ye Rong successively, then exchanged greetings with civil and military officials for a while, and then he was surrounded by people and returned to his two-story building in Walvis Bay Port.

……

Everyone sat down. Now that the four women have children, Shi Jintang is naturally the happiest.

So Shi Jintang stepped forward first and picked up Jin Xiyue's daughter. The third daughter looked like her mother and had a round face. Her eyebrows were very similar to Shi Jintang's. She had a pair of dark eyes. She grinned when she saw Shi Jintang.

This made Shi Jintang grin and kiss his daughter.

His daughter refused to recognize her as a child and loved to smile at others, so Shi Jintang named her Shi Han.

Jin Xiyue muttered a few words, looked at her daughter with a smile, and called softly, "Han'er, you have a name, let's call her Shi Han."

Shi Jintang played with his daughter for a while, and then handed her daughter to Jin Xiyue.

He walked up to Ye Rong and took his son from her arms. The child was still too young, so he held the little man in his palm.

The little guy is still very weak, his mouth is pouted, his eyes are a bit like Ye Rong, but his nose is like him.

He reached out and grabbed his son's little hand, and found that his son was holding his fingers tightly, which made Shi Jintang feel a wonderful feeling of blood connection in his heart.

He wanted to kiss his son, but the little guy was very strange to him. He was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and his dark pupils were filled with fear.

Shi Jintang smiled, touched his son's face with his chin, and then lifted his son up, trying to lift him up.

Unexpectedly, the little guy was so frightened that he burst into tears, which embarrassed Shi Jintang.

Ye Rong was heartbroken when she heard her son cry. She hurriedly stepped forward and patted her son with her hand, "Be good, don't cry. Daddy is here to play with you."

She didn't care whether the child understood or not, but these few casual pats she made actually stopped her son from crying.

This made Shi Jintang even more embarrassed, and he tried to save his dignity and said: "This guy is a bit timid. He is neither like his father nor his mother."

Ye Rong glared at Mr. Shi, remembering how she pretended to be calm when she first met him. At that time, she was really scared to death.

She refused to listen when her husband said bad things about her son, "You are so young, how can you tell how courageous you are?
  It's not just because it's the first time I see you. If I see you every day, I won't be afraid. "

After listening to Ye Rong's words, Shi Jintang felt that he was too arbitrary, "Okay, I'll give him a name first. Boys should have a grand name."

Ye Rong welcomed this. She took her son in her arms and lowered her head to kiss his face. While kissing him, she chuckled and said, "Dad is going to give the baby a name. The baby told dad that we need to give him a good name." , we will be happy when we have a good name, right?"

The little guy smiled under his mother's teasing.

Shi Jintang looked at his son's smiling face, and a domineering name came directly to his mind.

"Well, let's call him Shi Hao. My son Shi Hao has the appearance of an emperor!"

Ye Rong felt even happier after listening to Master Shi's words and repeating them twice.

……

Shi Jintang played with his son for a while, then walked towards Kelly again and picked up his second daughter Shi Xin.

The little girl is a few months old and has gained weight. Like her sister Shi Xi, she has also learned to bab.

Shi Jintang kissed his second daughter and held her up high. The girl was very happy and screamed.

It made everyone happy.

Next, Alice followed tradition and served tea to Kelly and Ye Rong in turn, calling them sisters.

Kelly and Ye Rong gave Alice gifts respectively. Kelly gave her a pair of diamond earrings, and Ye Rong gave her a gold hairpin.

Kelly was a little curious about this Eastern tradition. Before she and Henry got married, first Ye Rong served her tea and called her sister, and then Jin Xiyue.

Finally, Jin Xiyue served tea to Ye Rong and called her sister. Although Jin Xiyue was obviously older than Ye Rong, she was a head shorter in terms of seniority.

She also asked her husband privately, and Henry told her that this was an oriental rule, and the royal wife, like the master, could do whatever he wanted with his concubines.

Kelly is very resistant to this and would rather coexist peacefully with others.

Therefore, after she came to Southwest Africa, her relationship with Ye Rong and Jin Xiyue was very harmonious.

……

After welcoming them at the pier, Shi Jintang issued a "proposal to promote the construction level of inland central cities" to several officials.

The main purpose of this bill is to imitate the "Third Front Construction" strategy of later generations of China.

With the size of Nanhua Company, it is impossible to resist the enemy at sea, so "national defense construction" must be carried out in inland central cities. This meeting is to allow local officials and central officials to discuss the construction and upgrading plans of the central city.

After this meeting, it will become a regular joint meeting.

Used to coordinate various aspects of people, money, materials and other factors.

Anyway, it is to follow Boss Shi's advice to carry out the construction and development of the central city as quickly as possible.

……

After several days of preparation, Shi Jintang held the first meeting on "Accelerating the Construction of Inland Central Cities" at the Anhai Town Conference Center.

The key company officials who participated in the meeting were: James Lister of the Transportation Bureau, Fu Tong of the Immigration Bureau, Sansa Bruce of the Finance Bureau, Cai Jinzhang of the Construction Bureau, and Shi Jinyong of the Commercial Bureau.

The local officials are: Tang Yan, mayor of Tongcheng Region, Deng Shicong, mayor of Zhongyuan Region, Cheng Daye, commissioner of Matabeleland Administrative Office, and Lu Yongquan, acting mayor of Dongjin Region and Fugu Region.

Among the several senior officials here, Deng Shicong is 25 years old this year. He has a square appearance, is down-to-earth in work, and has a background in science and engineering. He is a good prospect.

He previously served as the district chief of Shapu Region and South Kara Region, and he managed the two regions fairly well.

However, the natural foundation of the two regions was too poor to fully utilize his expertise, so he was assigned to the position of district chief of the Central Plains Region.

The former district chief was transferred to the Immigration Bureau and worked with his old boss Fu Tong.

Lu Yongquan placed the responsibility of Fucrocodile District on Lu Yongquan because Dongjin District was too barren and Fucrocodile District had a large number of immigrants. Tian Liang was the mayor of the district but was not in the area.

Judging from his governance over the past year or so, he has done a pretty good job.

“The construction of inland central cities is a major event to promote inland economic development and improve people’s quality of life.

Therefore, the company plans to promote the construction and development of five cities in the first batch, namely: Meibu City in Tongcheng Region (today's Chumebu, Nagoya), Hot Spring City in Central Plains Region (Windhoek, the capital of Nagoya);
  Hacheng (now Harobone, the capital of Botswana) in the Focrocos region, and Bulawayo (now Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) and Jianye City (now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe) in the Kingdom of Matabeleland. "

After listening to Boss Shi's words, several local governors had smiles on their faces.

The company's promotion of the development of these five central cities means financial support and various materials.

“Meibu City and Hot Spring City are large-scale settlements that have invested a lot of resources in development and construction since the company was founded. The construction in recent years is also the best, and there are also trains.

This is both an opportunity and a driving force for you to come to these two regions. I hope that your two regions will make good plans for the upgrading and transformation of central cities within the territory, try to improve urban capacity and urban construction levels, and set a good example for other regions. "

Tang Yan from the Tongcheng Region and Deng Shicong from the Central Plains Region nodded in unison: "Okay, Mr. Shi."

The duo's joy was only temporary, as both cities lacked a key ingredient for development - water.

The construction of these two central cities is mainly to boost the economic development of the Namib region.

What he really wants to make great efforts to build are the two big cities in Matabeleland Administration.

One is that the two cities have sufficient water resources, and the other is that the Kingdom of Matabeleland has adequate soil and water, rich mineral resources, and sufficient human resources.

Shi Jintang looked at Lu Yongquan, "Harbin will undertake the implementation of some chemical and military industries. What your region needs to do is to do a good job of supporting work so that the new industries can develop smoothly."

Lu Yongquan nodded and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shi, our Fugu District will definitely not miss the company's development plan."

The conditions in Harbin are not very good, because its geographical location is too close to the Cape Colony, but in order to be able to take advantage of the early location factors, we have to make do with it first.

Shi Jintang finally looked at Cheng Daye, "The old town of Bulawayo is narrow and cramped and not suitable for long-term development, so I decided to abandon the old town.

The new city is being re-planned, and Jianye City is also a new city. The two cities combined will have a relatively heavy workload. You must be mentally prepared.

But this also has an advantage, that is, it is a blank paper for drawing. "

Cheng Daye nodded and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shi, I will definitely make a good plan and will never hold back the company."

The local officials expressed their stance, and Shi Jintang looked at several officials.

Futong was the first to express his position, "Our Immigration Bureau will do a good job in transferring immigrants to central cities. Please rest assured, Mr. Shi."

Futong spoke, and James Lister, Sansa Bruce and Cai Jinzhang also expressed their opinions.

Shi Jintang nodded, "From now on, this joint meeting will be chaired by Cai Jinzhang. You all should coordinate with each other and the work of each department cannot be slackened. I hope to see results within three years."

"Yes, Mr. Shi, please rest assured."

Shi Jintang nodded and said to Fu Tong: "Director Fu, come with me."

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