The traffic discussion of the Jiangnan delegation soon moved into the planning of the road construction. However, it is not very realistic to build roads, even if Jiangnan is immediately under their command, and all officials are under their command, according to the current strength of the Senate, it is not enough.

"Building a road in a place like Gangnam is a nightmare for us." "The earthwork is too much, and there are countless rivers and ponds along the way to build bridges. ”

"The labor force is okay, and the building materials are simply astronomical." Merlin sighed, "The gap between our productivity levels is too big. ”

Although Lingao's industrial capacity has begun to show its enormous power, it is a myth in this plane. However, in such a large environment as China, the production capacity of Lingao is simply insignificant. The Lingao industrial system, which the patriarchs talked about as "playing the overture to industrialization", was not as good as the "China" in 1949 in terms of production scale, let alone the heyday of the "movement" of the late Qing Dynasty.

Xu Xu said: "You don't have to keep your eyes on inland rivers and land, you can also take the sea route from Shanghai to Hangzhou."

Don't forget that Hangzhou is right on the Qiantang River. The sea ships go out to sea from Wusong and then enter the Qiantang River from Hangzhou Bay. As long as the hydrological conditions are clearly explored, it is not a problem for ships of several hundred tons to travel in the Qiantang River.

After all, sea freight is our forte. ”

Zhou Dongtian said: "The sea freight is too eye-catching. If the sea ship goes directly to the provincial capital, I am afraid that it will cause a storm, and I am afraid that it will also cause a whole province to shake. The sea boat to Zhapu is about the same. Anyway, it was supposed to be a harbor. ”

Along the way, everyone had a lively discussion on traffic issues, and time passed quickly when there was a topic. In a few days, the delegation arrived in Hangzhou, and got off the boat on the bank of Gongchen Bridge, which is the end point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a very famous location. However, at this time, the Gongchen Bridge was still under construction.

Bie Wangcai had already received a password order from the Shanghai sub-cabinet, and estimated that the shipping schedule should arrive on April 20, so starting from April 10, he sent people to the dock every day to probe the ships with lanterns hanging with the number of Wei near the Gongchenqiao wharf, and immediately reported to Zhao's house. Bei Wangcai immediately ordered Cai Shi to take the servant sedan chair to the riverside to greet him, and sent everyone and his luggage into Zhao Yinggong's mansion.

The population of the Zhao Mansion has swelled a lot these days. For the sake of prudence, the head of the Hangzhou intelligence station, Bei Wang, tightened the guards and separated the inner and outer houses. All newly recruited servants were not allowed to enter the inner house, and only those brought from Lingao and who had been identified by the General Security Bureau were allowed to enter the inner house.

The increase in population made the Zhao Mansion begin to become narrow. Even if you add in the area of abandoned gardens where houses have not yet been built, it is not enough. At this time, Cai Shi had already bought a large enough plot of land in Phoenix Mountain. Zhao Yingong was in a hurry to start building his manor there. He had already adjusted his strategy based on the telegrams received from the Foreign Intelligence Service.

According to the notice of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, Zhao Yingong decided to temporarily dress himself up as a gentry who was keen on agriculture. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was already common for landlords to operate, and many landlords no longer gave their land to tenants to collect rent, but hired long-term and short-term laborers, and took charge of specific agricultural affairs such as sowing, cultivation, and water conservancy, and directly operated land and agricultural products.

In Xinde Plan 1, he decided to build a farm villa in Phoenix Mountain, and moved Wang Siniang's family to be in charge of sericulture. First, a large number of mulberry trees were planted in the manor, and small-scale silkworm reeling was carried out. Lay a good foundation for personnel training for large-scale industrial silk reeling in the future. For this reason, he has sent a telegram to Wu Nanhai, requesting that the sericulture professionals in the Heaven and Earth Society be sent to Nanjing to bring silkworm seeds to serve.

In the future, Phoenix Mountain Villa will undertake a series of work such as personnel purification and transfer, which is the headquarters and core of Hangzhou Station. Zhao Yingong planned to wait for the construction to be completed, and then transport most of the core personnel, materials and equipment to Phoenix Mountain Villa. The Zhao Mansion in Qinghefang will serve as the "façade" of Hangzhou Station.

The façade is the cultural bookstore opened in Jihua1. Jihua used the abandoned garden land of Zhao's house to build a comprehensive building that combined a tea shop, a bookstore, a hua garden, and a printing office. In addition to selling tea and books in the bookstore, Zhao Yinggong also plans to sell and promote some "cultural products" with Australian characteristics in this cultural bookstore.

The initial idea is to have Western and Chinese ship models, and a variety of board games, including chess and cards. Zhao Yinggong also wants to introduce billiards: he still remembers the "billiards fever" in the decade. Jishu, who manufactures billiards equipment, can meet the needs of this time and space "During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Pearl River Delta was famous for producing ivory handicrafts, and many billiards used in Europe were made in Guangzhou and other places. However, he wasn't sure what the scholars would think about it, and billiards equipment manufacturing was not an overnight thing, so he decided not to introduce it for the time being. First, report the project to the Planning Institute and the Ministry of Light Industry for the record.

Since the 1st Planning Institute has equipped him with printing equipment, it seems that it would be a waste not to publish newspapers or magazines. At present, except for the "Lingao Times" in Lingao, there is no newspaper in the real sense. He can do some expansion in this regard, and build some newspapers and magazines, anyway, there is no "Publication Law" in Daming, and there is no need for issue numbers and book numbers for publication, let alone copyright. The role of the newspaper as a mouthpiece is very obvious. Zhao Yinggong prepared for the vacancy of traditional society in the news media to seize the commanding heights of propaganda. As for the magazine, he planned to use lithographic printing equipment to create a Ming edition of the "Dianshizhai Pictorial".

Of course, these things must have a material base, and it has been a long time since Zhao Yin and other inspection groups brought him materials and professional jishu personnel. Now that these people have finally arrived, he is overjoyed, and he is now holding a banquet in the mansion to "catch the wind and wash the dust" for a group of people.

At the banquet, everyone divided the work in Jiangnan recently. Zhou Dongtian will be accompanied by Bie Wangcai and others to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the engraving and publishing industry in Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Nanjing, while Mei Lin and Zhao Yinggong will be responsible for the construction of the Phoenix Villa and the bookstore, and Xu He and Lu Zhongxing will be accompanied by Qiwei's personnel to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the road traffic conditions in the southern and northern Zhejiang regions. The topography of the south of the Yangtze River has changed a lot in the past 100 years in the old time and space, especially the rivers and ponds, which are much more in this time and space than in the old time and space. In the future, once it is necessary to march and fight in the Jiangnan area, it is necessary to prepare in advance.

The next day, Zhao Yinggong and the delegation came to Phoenix Mountain. This is the "old nest" of the future Hangzhou station and is likely to be one of the centers of the entire Jiangnan activity, and everyone wants to express some opinions on this.

Phoenix Mountain is outside the Fengshan Gate, this city gate is quite a deserted place in the Ming Dynasty, because the exit is the Phoenix Mountain and the Qiantang River, there is no good land outside and it is not a transportation hub, ordinary people rarely come here.

The terrain of Phoenix Mountain is gentle, and most of it is a gentle slope. Those who have a little knowledge of vegetation can see that this is a typical secondary forest landform, and the original vegetation has long been destroyed, and in the spicy bushes, you can still see the remains of low broken walls from time to time. In some places, there are still stone piers and stone pillars that were used to support the pillars of the temple. If you look closely, you can see many traces of Buddhist temples.

"This is the remnants of five temples and one pagoda." Zhao Yinggong was tired of walking, sat down on a huge stone pier, and fanned the wind with a fan, "It is said that the five temples originally used a lot of building components of the Southern Song Dynasty palaces, and some of them were simply the palaces of the Southern Song Dynasty. It's a pity that I don't know about archaeology, otherwise I would have been able to dig and investigate here. ”

Five temples and one pagoda in the late Yuan Dynasty has been decayed, Zhang Shicheng built Hangzhou City and demolished the remaining buildings to use its building materials. For more than 270 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, people have been dismantling various building materials from here, except for the broken bricks and tiles all over the ground and some large components that are not easy to move.

"How big is the land you bought?" Merlin climbed a stone pier and looked out, estimating the size and size of the entire villa.

"Don't talk to me, the bigger the land, the better. Most of the official land in this area of Phoenix Mountain is ownerless, and it is not worth a few dollars. There are places where there are graveyards of the sī people. It is more troublesome to dispose of, you can buy it if you can, and you can't avoid it for a while. Zhao Yingong pointed: "Starting from the riverside at the foot of the mountain, all the way to here, this slope must be flattened, and I want to build a wharf." ”

"There is a problem with the construction of a mountain villa here, the water supply is not easy to solve." Merlin observed the place he had instructed: "Drawing water from the river, it is very convenient to solve the problem of lifting, and draining water. ”

"There is a spring in the mountain."

"We have to do a water harvesting project." Merlin looked at the terrain and landform, "In fact, it is not difficult to lift water, just get a Lanzhou waterwheel." The future is also a scene. ”

Zhao Yinggong nodded: "This is a good idea, because I am still preparing to farm in Phoenix Mountain Villa." He pointed out the country: "Fruit trees and tea are planted on the hillside, mulberry trees are planted on the land near the water, fish ponds are dug, and silkworms and fish farming are engaged." Then set up a tea workshop and a fruit processing factory.

"You're ready to play a game of digging vegetables in Hangzhou." Merlin laughed.

"You have to be self-sufficient, and it's a long way from Lingao, so you can't expect everything to be shipped from the Planning Institute." Zhao Yinggong pondered for a moment: "You help me design the design well." Don't act like a fortress. Just follow the level of the rich man of the plane and time. This is a provincial city after all, and it can't be eye-catching. ”

Merlin said, "You must first take out the clear boundaries of Zhuang Bei. I haven't gone yet,

Hurry up and ask him to survey and draw a topographic map, I am not good at this, it is easy to build a house, and you must have a detailed map to involve layout and planning. As for the manor building, I will first make a sketch according to your request, and I will start construction after you approve it. ”

"Okay," Zhao Yinggong nodded, "I still have a reluctant request." ”

"Say, you are a customer here, and everything is considered for the customer."

"Build me an ancestral hall in the villa." Zhao Yinggong said: "Be as grand as possible." ”a。