The structure of eight districts and eight counties has been built, and it rises from the altitude of Dashang, which is ten times larger than the original.

Of the eight districts now, there are only two districts, namely Huangpu and Xuhui, which are the original Shanghai urban districts, where the Manchu ruling institutions were stationed, and they also continued to be maintained in the structure of the new city.

The other six districts are all original concessions, of which two districts, Changning District and Jing'an District, belong to the French Concession, and four districts, including Putuo, Zhabei, Hongkou and Yangpu, belong to the Public Concession, that is, the territory of Britain and the United States.

Among them, Putuo and Zhabei are basically American concessions, while Hongkou and Yangpu belong to the British.

What's really interesting are the eight suburban counties.

These eight suburban counties belonged to Shanghai after a long time in real history, but now they have been put in place by Mai Ke.

The funniest thing is the excuse he makes.

After Mai Ke ate the eight battalions of Manchu reinforcements from other places who feinted to attack the four gates of Shanghai, he conspired with the former commander of the Qing army, Gil Hang'a, who worked for him, to trap the two provinces that sent troops to help, that is, Jiang Su and Zhejiang.

Gilhanga has now sold himself to Mai Ke for fifty years, and Mai Ke must do whatever he asks him to do!

Therefore, in the name of the commander of the Manchu army, he wrote letters to the military governors of the two provinces to convey the orders of the heavenly army.

The letter said that because you had sent troops to Shanghai very inappropriately at the beginning of the period when the Shanghai Rebels were in the world, you had caused severe losses to the Rebels, or you had to compensate the victorious Rebels!

There are two types of compensation that have been requested for a long time.

One of them is the loss of military spending. This is a short-term compensation, 500,000 taels of silver per family.

The other is that the two provinces each need to give the rebels a certain amount of land, and for the sake of convenience, they will give all the counties listed below, along with the land, population, buildings, etc., to the kingdom of heaven.

Among them, the counties that Jiang Su wanted to hand over to Shanghai were: Minhang County, Baoshan County, Jiading County, Jinshan County, Songjiang County, Qingpu County, Fengxian County, and Chongming County.

Later, after many rounds of bargaining, the two provinces gave in separately, but in compensation. Don't ask for less. Moreover, the method of compensation adopted this time is different.

Among them, Jiangsu Province does not lose money by ceding land, while Zhejiang Province does not lose money by ceding land.

In this way, the counties on the list of Mai Ke said that the lieshi, plus a large area of barren land in the east of the Huangpu River, covers an area of more than 100 square kilometers. and all were handed over to the Rebels of Heaven.

What about Tetsue. Because they focus on long-term benefits. resolutely refused to cut the land, but it was flexible and generous in giving money.

In the end, Mai Ke received 1.5 million taels of silver from them.

Of course, Mai Ke is not short of this money. However, it did loot out the fiscal surplus of Zhejiang Province.

What is even more tragic is that after spending so much money, the long-term peaceful coexistence they hoped for by the Yutian Army was not realized.

Because in less than half a year, the entire Zhejiang was captured by the Heavenly Army.

In fact, Jiang Su's county borders, ceded to the Kingdom of Heaven, are also a formality in a great way.

At the beginning of the negotiations, the Heavenly Army had already struck while the iron was hot and surrounded these county towns, if Jiang Su did not agree, these Heavenly Army soldiers could be defeated every second.

In this case, the official of Jiangsu Province in charge came to push the boat.

When the news of the cession reached this place, the vast majority of the Qing troops defending the territory took the opportunity to surrender to the Heavenly Army.

Only the southernmost and northernmost counties, Jinshan County and Chongming County, refused to surrender the defenders.

The heavenly army was not polite, and immediately launched an attack, and when the sky did not move, the battle was resolved, the county town was breached, and only a very small number of remnants of the army were defeated and fled.

In these battles, the new-type special forces of the Celestial Army played a great role, and Mai Ke also used these small-scale combat training to accumulate experience for large-scale operations in the future.

Now, the Heavenly Army already has three elemental special forces, they are water element, fire element, and wood element, each with an element battalion, each with 3,000 people.

Originally, Mai Ke was going to leave after the main battle, but the two major tasks facing Shanghai Hai kept him in his footsteps.

These two tasks are the establishment of political power and the construction of cities.

Eight districts and eight counties have been seized, and the territory and population are there, but what kind of form of government to establish has not yet been finalized.

The form of political power is directly related to what kind of city is established.

Do you want to tinker with an existing city, or do you want to build a completely new city out of the confines of the city?

To build a new city, to tear down the old city and rebuild on that land, or to keep the old city and build a new city on a newly developed piece of land?

Since he couldn't go, Mai Ke led Lin Zexu, Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiutian, and Liu Lichuan back to the air command post, and of course his newly recruited long-term follower, Gil Hang'a, also followed him.

There are three people who have seen this kind of air fortress for the first time, they are Yang Xiuqing, Liu Lichuan, and Gil Hang'a.

Mai Ke also ignored them, leaving them stunned, and then digested it himself.

The first thing Mai Ke did was to understand the situation on each battlefield first.

Knowing that the progress everywhere was basically in line with the pace of the original plan, and there were no major problems, Mai Ke breathed a sigh of relief, so he put these things behind him for the time being, and immediately sat down together and began to discuss the two major tasks facing Shang Hai.

"Brothers, Shanghai is the first central city we have taken since the uprising, how to establish political power, how to build the city, will have a relatively large impact on other cities in the future, so we held a meeting together to make a decision; after the decision is made, not only this Shanghai will be followed, but other cities also have rules to follow, who will talk about it first?"

"Shall we still build a holy city?" asked Zhang Yuan.

"Personally, I think it's better to build a holy city, which is a basic model; the three holy cities we originally established, the Holy Mountain, the Niangzishui, and the Geyue Mountain, are all like this; more of them are built in Southeast Asia and India; but you can also propose to build yì, can it be used in other forms, better meet our needs. Mai Ke repeated a principle that is still followed to this day.

"I agree to continue building a holy city. Zhang Yuan said.

"I agree!" said Ms. Yang, who had just gotten past the initial stage of surprise.

As for Lin Zexu, Liu Lichuan, and Gil Hang'a, the three of them did not know the history and roots of the holy city. There was no way to participate in the discussion, so the three of them remained silent.

After Yang Xiutian agreed, Mai Ke decided to establish a "Shanghai Shengcheng" on the following land.

"Here's a more specific question. Mai Ke said, "We are in the same place, the old county yamen is renovated, as an office building in Shanghai Shengshi, or a new one? These two methods may be able to meet the needs of pure office, but in terms of efficiency and effect, it is very different." ”

"It's all different. Who's to say, I haven't even thought about it. Zhang Yuan's loud voice.

"Brother Liuhua. Can you sum it up?" said Mai Ke.

"Okay, I'm not thinking about it maturely, but I can throw bricks and lead the way, and everyone will criticize and correct what is wrong. ”

Thereupon. Six strokes tell the story. The main benefits and disadvantages are listed in several articles.

"A variety of different options. There are advantages and disadvantages, all of which are relative, and none of them can support us to make a decision. I think the most important one. It depends on what our purpose is and which plan will best help us accomplish the task. The last six strokes turned sharply, especially emphasized.

"And what is the purpose of establishing a holy city here?" Liuhua continued, "I feel that the future status of Shanghai Holy City is not an administrative city, nor a regional city, or even a national city, but a world metropolis!"

"First of all, because of its geographical location, in the past few days in this air command center, while observing the progress elsewhere, I have thought comprehensively about the city that is being fought under my feet, its prospects, and its future role.

"Come and see, this place is right in the middle of China's long coast, and it is easy to go north and south, and secondly, it is also the outlet to the richest part of the interior, and behind this outlet is the Changjiang River, the longest river in China!

"In this way, whether it is export or import, whether it is trade or military, Shanghai has played a pivotal role.

"And that's just domestic;

"This is already a treaty port, and the major world powers, whether they have permanent offices here, or temporary commercial and trade activities, already have regular contacts, although such contacts are somewhat abnormal, and even humiliating the country, but at least they can be used as a basis, and then make a fuss on this basis.

"In the future, of course, the kingdom of heaven has the final say!

"Also, if we forge ahead, our governing body should also look at the world, and our central institutions should be in such open cities, not in inland cities!

"I haven't thought about whether to cut Shanghai into the capital of our new regime, but some of the principles are the same, that is, we must face the sea and the world!

"I don't know if you've ever thought about the location of the Chinese emperors, but they actually had a principle of putting things first, which is to be completely first.

"Safety first, of course, is fine, but how you get safe is very different. Don't you know that 'the best defense is offense'?

"Therefore, if you are enterprising, if you look at the world, if you don't want to be in a corner of peace, then build this Shanghai into the world's largest metropolis!

"In order to achieve this goal, I built yì, completely get rid of the old frame of the original small town, find a place without any restrictions, and rebuild a new city!"

"Another point is that there is a precedent for us to abandon the old city and rebuild the new city! This example is in India, in Old Delhi and New Delhi, similar to the situation we have here.

"Old Delhi remained there, and a new Delhi was built on its southern slopes.

"If those Indians can do it, we can't do it?"

Zhang Yuan, commander-in-chief of the Heavenly Army, first applauded, saying that as long as the military might be promoted, he would certainly support it, let alone anything that fundamentally improves the military strength.

"It's fun to listen to!Liuhua, with your words, you are my old Lin's forever friend!" Lin Zexu stood up and said loudly.

Then he said to Liuhua: "At first, I saw that you were quiet, with fine skin and tender meat. I thought you must be weak and incompetent, but I didn't expect you to be so tough! What's even more powerful is that you stand tall and see far away, and pull those famous military advisors and strategists out of a few streets! I unconditionally support the opinions of the six divisions, and I also hope to see you set up the center in this new type of city!"

"Thank you, old man, for your kind words!" Liuhua was also very happy to get the approval of Old Man Lin, but he added: "If my words are meaningful to everyone, they can be counted on Mai Ke's head, and I am also inspired by listening to her nagging often." ”

"I said, Sixth Brother, you are diverting your attention! Why don't I remember when I said it? However, I very much agree with Sixth Brother's idea. is also as Brother Zhang Yuan said. We are already number one in the world, and there is no need to go back. Mai Ke also agreed with the mention of the six strokes.

However, Mai Ke reminded everyone: "We will not touch on the address of the capital of the Kingdom of Heaven for the time being, because that matter needs to be discussed, demonstrated, and decided by more people and on a larger scale, and we will only decide one thing now." It is whether to establish Shanghai Shengshi at the new site. ”

It was discussed for a while. Mai Ke saw that everyone had spoken fully. Just say, "Let's raise our hands to vote!

After speaking, he raised his hand first.

Subsequently, Liu Zhuo, Zhang Yuan, Lin Zexu, Yang Xiuqing, and Yang Xiutian all raised their hands.

Gilhanga looked left and right, and raised his hand.

Mai Ke just wanted to say. What do you do without your business?

After thinking about it again, this was a bit of a discourager, so he still didn't say it, and no one objected anyway, so he directly announced the result.

"All agreed to choose a new site to build a new city, and no one objected!"

Then Mai Ke took out the globe, determined the area of Shanghai, and then went deep into the third layer, and the surrounding area was vividly visible.

There's a wasteland there!

Everyone focused on the east bank of the Huangpu River almost at the same time!

There are not only maps, but also some general information.

The area is bounded by the Changjiang River estuary to the east and the Huangpu River to the west, with a total area of about 1,500 square kilometers.

Historically, this area has been a salt-producing zone, which means that the water here is saltwater.

Because the water is salty, the nature of the land is saline, and there are no plants that are very luxuriant.

However, by the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the water quality here changed again, and the water was no longer salt water, so the salt industry came to an end.

Now only a few scattered farmers and fishermen live here, and there are almost no large villages, let alone larger cities.

It's great that there is such a large open space in this land and water transportation hub!

Not only is it vast enough to draw the best blueprints at will, but it also has better waterways than the old town.

From here, you can go directly to the wharf along the Changjiang River, without going through the Huangpu River.

The area is empty enough, the area is large enough, the geographical conditions are unique, and there are no man-made natural obstacles, there is no reason not to choose here.

As for the sporadic occupants and scattered industries, as long as they are properly compensated, it should be okay to get their cooperation.

As for some barren artemisia weeds, some places are damp and waterlogged, and for the Heavenly Army, which has the help of the six elements, it is not a problem.

By the way, these are not military operations, not the scope of work of the Celestial Army.

Mai Ke suddenly remembered at this time that these six elements seemed to be more suitable for civilian use!

At the very least, Mai Ke has never been seen anywhere, saying that they can only be used for military purposes.

In this case, I am going to build a new sea and use it vigorously!

This is not a war, it is not a killing, it must be strictly restricted!

Civilian, for the benefit of mankind, should be more and better!

However, he soon learned that this was far from the case.

Mai Ke suddenly felt that he was thinking too far, so he hurriedly came back and decided to establish the address of Xinshanghai.

This address is the east bank of the Huangpu River to the mouth of the Changjiang River, with a total area of 1,500 square kilometers.

Therefore, the official definition of the new area is the entire area from the east bank of the Huangpu River to the mouth of the Changjiang River, referred to as "Huangdong".

Then everyone spent a while talking about the projects they should have.

Everyone put forward five or six items each, that is, there was no unanimous idea, and there was no unanimous opinion. In the end, everyone asked Mai Ke to determine what he needed and what he didn't.

At the same time, how to design, how to build, and when to complete it were also handed over to Mai Ke, who became the general contractor of the construction of Da Shanghai.

Later, Mai Ke organized everyone to discuss the main leaders of Shanghai Shengcheng City and the organization here.

According to the current situation and future plans, Shanghai Shengshi City is divided into three major parts.

The first block is Huangdong New District. The city leadership is located there.

The second piece. It is the old town, which includes the eight suburbs there. This suburb is based on the old town, not the suburb of the new town.

The third piece is the eight counties in the suburbs that were robbed this time. They are all the original Jiang Su's territory.

The first and second of these. Under the direct leadership of the Holy City.

The third block is a suburb of eight counties. Then the corresponding holy town will be established, and the mayor of the town will be responsible for specific affairs.

They report directly to the Holy Mayor.

Then, we decided on the mayor, deputy mayor, and mayors of each town one by one. At the same time, it also determines the senior directors of the various levels of energy institutions in the Holy City.

Everyone also decided that at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, a celebration meeting for the establishment of the Holy City would be held, and the first official of the Holy City of Shanghai would be appointed on the spot.

At this point in the meeting, all the important issues were discussed.

Then, Mai Ke said that he was going to build the city, and if there was anyone who was not entangled in affairs, he also cited the process of observing its construction, and everyone was welcome to follow and see.

It doesn't matter what he says, everyone says they're free!

Needless to say, if you've never seen it, you still want to see it again!

Mai Ke smiled bitterly: "I said Brother Liuhua, and Brother Zhang, you two also said that you are free, a little embarrassed, right?

It turned out that the two of them were so happy that they forgot about it.

Six strokes hurriedly said sorry, and said;" Brother Zhang, go ahead, I'll be on duty. ”

Lin Zexu, Liu Lichuan, and Gil Hang'a have never seen Mai Ke's construction, and they just heard Mai Ke say that the construction will start tonight and promise to be completed before dawn tomorrow.

They all decided to stay with Mai Ke tonight, and they must find out whether Mai Ke is powerful or full of nonsense.

It was now nearly dusk, and Mai Ke went directly to Huangdong with a few people who insisted on watching the excitement.

The first item is infrastructure construction!

It is also a consistent hub project, including three major items: transportation lines, life rivers, power lines and communication lines, and four seasons of fruits!

This pivotal project, first of all, circled the Da Shang Sea, and then crossed horizontally and vertically into a network on this vast ground.

At the same time, all supporting works are in place, including all street lights and home lights.

After everything was completed, it was already night, and everything was already hidden in the thick of the night as usual.

Suddenly, electric lights were lit everywhere, and the 6,400 square kilometers of Dashang Sea, where there were people, every corner was brightly lit!

Such a light shines, not to mention the villagers in the poor counties and remote areas, who have never seen it, even those diplomats and merchants who come from the great powers, have never seen it in their lifetimes.

After all, Edison's invention of the electric light would not be officially used until forty years later.

When people walked out of their homes and enjoyed the night scene of the fire, Mai Ke had already arrived in Huangdong and started the construction of the new city.

Behind Mai Ke, followed by a few curious babies, kept asking this and that.

The first one is Lin Zexu, don't look at his age, his curiosity is stronger than anyone else, because he has the most questions!

Mai Ke was quite puzzled at first, why did he only listen to Old Man Lin ask and ask, and no one else was silent?

He hurriedly looked back, and just saw Liu Lichuan and Ji Hang'a nodding vigorously, only to know that the opportunity to ask questions was monopolized by Old Man Lin, and others had no chance to ask if they wanted to.

However, most of Mr. Lin's questions have commonalities, that is to say, they are also other people's questions, so others have benefited a lot from listening to Mai Ke's answers to the old man's questions.

What Mai Ke is now concentrating on building is the surface building of Huangdong - the Oriental Pearl Tower!

This building is definitely a multi-purpose building, the first to the twentieth floor, is a comprehensive service building, which is used by various businesses, or to sell goods, or to provide services, or for this office building.

From the 21st to the 40th floor, there is the office building of Shanghai Shengshi, where various functional departments are located.

The 41st to 50th floors are the management bodies or functional departments of the central departments stationed in Shanghai.

The 51st to 70th floors are Shanghai's scientific research departments, high-tech departments, education and research departments.

The 71st to 90th floors are the higher education departments and institutions in Shanghai, as well as the teaching and research departments, teaching rooms, and practical rooms.

Floors 90 to 110 are the military department, the public security and fire department, and the police department.

Floors 111 to 130 are home to radio stations, television stations, cable broadcasts, and newspaper distribution.

The 130th to 140th floors are the work of weather forecasting, atmospheric research, aerospace companies and other departments.

The 140th to 150th floors, sightseeing and entertainment.

Floors 151 to 160, lighthouses and buoys.

From the ground to the spire, a total of 1 kilometer.

At the top of the lighthouse, there is a huge sphere named the Pearl of the Orient, which glows red at night and green during the day.

(To be continued......)