"Mayor, it's the shareholders of the cement plant who came over, the local 'progressive' gentry Bai Shenming, next to Wu ......"

A young man with dark skin, wearing a plain cotton jacket and straight-leg pants, carrying a cowhide briefcase under his arm, and having a secretary's head, whispered in Ding Liqiu's ear and hurriedly introduced the visitor.

Ding Liqiu nodded slightly when he heard this, and interrupted the young man's words: "The one in the back doesn't need to be introduced, I know, shopkeeper Wu, a friendly person." ”

Speaking of this, Ding Liqiu had a professional leader-style cordial smile on his face, stepped forward and stretched out his hands.

Bai Juren, who was also smiling all over his face, hurriedly walked through the crowd, and stretched out his hands to shake Ding Liqiu a little clumsily and uncomfortably: "Oh, Mayor Ding is here, and the students are not far away!" ”

The word "city", before the Ming and Qing dynasties and even back to the Qin and Han dynasties, mainly refers to the commercial nature of the market, the fang market, and the rural regular market area, etc., there is no administrative attribute, the Ming Dynasty and the city similar administrative unit is "Fu".

The city was really used as a specific administrative area, and it was not until the Ming period after the Xinhai Revolution. In the ninth year of the Republic of China, the local autonomy movement was booming, and Chen Jiongming, a high-ranking official in Guangdong, wanted to make Guangzhou a city that was not subject to the jurisdiction of the old administrative divisions, so he entrusted Sun Ke to draft relevant regulations and organize a modern municipal system.

As a result, Sun Ke wrote the "Provisional Regulations of Guangzhou City", which was adopted by the provincial government in February of the tenth year of the Republic of China (1921). This is the first time in China that a city has been used as an administrative unit to enact a law, which goes beyond the scope of local autonomy.

Time and space turned, to the plane of traversing, perhaps it was the induction in the dark, the first Ming Dynasty municipal-level administrative district in the true sense of modernization, was also set up in Guangzhou, across the river from the old city. And Ding Liqiu, the first "mayor" of the Special Administrative Region, also brought a huge shock to the Ming people.

At the beginning, when I saw that someone was expropriating land outside the city, and the Ming people who had access to some inside information at that time, their most daring imagination was just a big bazaar, which was in line with the Ming people's perception of the "city".

However, today, with the rise of the modern new district at the speed of the natives, this title of "mayor", which was somehow spread at the beginning, and even had a bit of a mocking taste in the eyes of the Ming people, has become a real title, no less than the authoritative title of the prefect of Guangzhou.

Although Ding Liqiu is fundamentally just a private "counselor" of the general military palace who is not in the limelight, but now down to the gentry and the eunuchs, no one dares to take it in front of Mayor Ding. Even the authentic Guangzhou Futai Hongyun Steaming Hong, when he saw Ding Liqiu, he treated him politely in private.

"Haha, Bai Xiaolian is polite, I just came to the cement factory to see the construction progress temporarily. How about the local fathers and elders who are still satisfied with the construction? ”

"Satisfied, satisfied! Dagong not only does not disturb the people, but also gives the bitter haha the opportunity to make money, Mayor Ding is simply doing good deeds! ”

"Hehe, Bai Xiaolian is very knowledgeable, and he should know the truth that water can carry boats. If we are in turmoil today, we as courtiers can spend some money and food to stabilize the hearts of the people, and it can be regarded as doing some practical things for the court. ”

"Small words, small words."

Bai Juren looked appreciative at this time. He was deeply knowledgeable and well-read in history books, and after hearing these words that were difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, he nodded again and again, as if he didn't find out that the other party was a thief at all.

In this way, Bai Shareholder joined Mayor Ding's team, and the two sides inspected various construction sites in the barren beach under intense construction, during which they talked and investigated with project managers and front-line Ming workers.

Subsequently, accompanied by other local "fathers and elders" who rushed to hear the news, Mayor Ding also had lunch with everyone. During the lunch, Mayor Ding made an important announcement to the local leading party: early next month, there will be a Nanyang investment promotion conference in the Guangdong New Area, and everyone is welcome to participate at that time.

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Although the plan to cross the South Seas cannot be officially launched yet, the preliminary preparations, including the pioneer army, are already slowly underway. Among them, the organized participation of Ming investors is an important part.

It is impossible to take a group of poor ghosts to Nanyang to develop through the public, and there is an important link class lacking: investors.

As mentioned earlier, the current economy of the Ming Kingdom is in stagflation. On the one hand, the bottom is displaced, and on the other hand, the landlord class has buried precious metals in the cellar of their homes, which is a bit of an economic crisis in the future.

Therefore, the traversal not only had to divert a large number of low-level people to the vast New World in search of food and land, but also guided the landlord class of the Ming Kingdom to invest in the New World as much as possible, so as to loosen the stagnant water that had solidified...... There is no need to hire people to dig holes and fill them up, but only need to create a strong and fair investment environment, and then teach these ancient capitalists how to invest and make profits.

This was also mixed with the urging forces of the Pioneer Army Command, the Cabinet and the Parliament, so Ding Liqiu began to work on this matter after the current stage of work was a little behind. After meeting the landlords in Zengcheng today, he revealed the information about the establishment of the investment promotion association.

This news undoubtedly aroused the interest of everyone present. Now that these people have invested money in the cement plant comprehensive project, they have already relied on it, and naturally they are not resistant to the new way of making a fortune, but are very interested.

Mayor Ding also made it very clear here: "Maybe you guys have the intention of being close to my general Cao when they buy shares in the cement factory, we all understand this, and the general also knows it." However, this way of buying land and planting in Nanyang is the ancestral craftsmanship of our Ming gentry...... Heirloom ...... Four-hour ploughing...... Produced by the general underwriting ......"

Under Ding Liqiu's diligent introduction, the participating gentry quickly figured out the meaning of the so-called Nanyang: Isn't this the same as everyone going to the countryside to buy a grange, but the grange is a little farther away, in Nanyang, in addition, unlike Daming, Nanyang's land is undoubtedly dependent on General Cao.

After thinking about this, Bai Juren, who was quick in thinking and dared to bet, was the first to make a statement at the dinner table: General Cao plans to expand the territory, and he must help one or two! This time, regardless of the size, he said that he would also get a plantation and plant some rice!

Other rich landowners who reacted also expressed their intention to insert a lever at this time. Jokes, everyone can't touch the road in the cement factory, but when you open a grange, whether you are a rich man or a gentleman, all of them are experts...... Brought out in the bones.

Mayor Ding saw that the atmosphere was warmer, and he was in a good mood, he stretched out his hand and patted Master Bai's shoulder closely: "You don't have to plant rice. Come on, brew the coffee and cocoa brought by the Dutch, and bring the album, and I will invite the gentlemen to enjoy the paintings. ”

The next moment, after taking a sip of slightly bitter coffee, Master Bai didn't have time to complain, but he was attracted by a beautiful picture album spread out in front of him: "Master Bai, this kind of big wood is called a rubber tree, this is a treasure, the output of each year, the General's Mansion is purchased at a high price." ”

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