In his final speech, Gao Junshan expressed his views: "This city should be built, not only to be built, but also to be built into an international metropolis, on a par with Shanghai, Hong Kong, Xichang, Vladivostok, Cam Ranh Bay, and Yangon. There are three reasons: first, from the geographical point of view, this place is our main export port to the Strait of Malacca, and it will undertake the important task of China's maritime trade and transportation to Africa and Europe together with the port of Yangon; Second, this is an important grain-producing area of our country, and we must quickly control the export trade of rice here, and we must not forget that in the Strait of Malacca there is also our enemy, the Dutch East India Company, and according to my investigation, a large part of the rice here has been purchased by the East India Company, and this kind of trade must not be carried on like this, and the best way to control it is to set up a high-level administrative area here; Thirdly, the capital of Siam, Ayutthaya, is less than 100 miles away from this place, and we must build a large city here because of our control over the southern part of Siam, so as to promote the development of this area, and attract the population of all ethnic groups in this area, so as to make it a densely populated and desirable economic town, so as to weaken the influence of Ayutthaya City on the people in this area, and for this purpose, we should build the city bigger and more beautiful. ”

Tian Qiliang asked: "To carry out large-scale urban construction, it is necessary to have a huge capital investment. ”

"Taxes." Gao Junshan said, "We don't need to mobilize the capital's treasury to be able to solve the funds for urban construction." After investigation, I found that the foreign trade here alone has six million taels of silver a year, which is 10 percent of my total income in China, and we allocate two million taels of silver every year for the construction of the city, which is more than enough, so the funds are not a problem. ”

Hui Yan was stunned when he heard this data, and he sighed: "My good man, no wonder this place is so prosperous, merchant ships come and go, there is an endless stream, there is such a large amount of silver income. At first, I didn't understand that after we occupied the Central Plains, we still had to come to these places, but now I understand that if we control these ports, we will have endless money. ”

Gao Junshan said: "We are not just for money, our entire nation must become rich and strong, only in this way will we not be bullied by Western countries." ”

Hui Yan looked incredulous, and said, "Bullying us? Who would dare? ”

Gao Junshan smiled: "You're right, no one is rushing to bully us now." ”

Marven said: "So everyone has no opinion on building a city here. ”

Tian Qiliang said: "My vision is not as long-term as the mountain chief, after listening to the mountain chief's words, I firmly support the construction of a big city here." ”

Hui Yan also said: "Yes, build a big city here, compare the city of Ayutthaya, and don't let the Siamese country benefit." ”

Gao Junshan said: "What Hui Yan said is extremely true. Our cities are larger than those of Siam, and their economic centers will naturally shift to our side, even if the city of Ayutthaya is their capital, and eventually they will become our vassals. ”

"So, what should the city be called?" Marven asked with concern.

Gao Junshan knew that this was the Bangkok of the later generations, but Bangkok was the capital of Thailand in the later generations, and now it belongs to China, so it can no longer be called Bangkok, there should be a new name, just like Xichang, Xichang is the Yekaterinburg of the later generations, because it is the territory of China, so the name of the city cannot be used.

So the question is, why didn't Yangon change its name? Isn't Yangon the former capital of Myanmar in later generations? Because Taungoo has become a province of China and Myanmar no longer exists, the name of Yangon can of course be retained.

Bangkok can no longer be called Bangkok, so it must be given a name, what is the name? Gao Junshan handed over this question to his senior staff.

Marven proposed: "This city is on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, how about calling it Mae Cheng?" ”

Hui Yan said: "Meicheng is not good, it should be better." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Huiyan is right, I think it will be called Manchester City, Man means extension, that is, this city is an extension of us, a city that extends here from the mainland." ”

"Manchester City is good, Manchester City is good." Marven clapped his hands.

Everyone said that Manchester City was better than Mae City.

Gao Junshan's efficiency is very high, since the name of the city has been decided, he glanced at everyone and asked, "Then who will be the mayor of this Manchester City?" ”

This question immediately knocked everyone down, and none of them had thought about it, so none of them could answer it.

Gao Junshan then said: "I decided that the candidate for this mayor is among you, and you will see who can be the mayor. ”

Six people, you look at me, I look at you, and still no one can answer.

"Marven." Gao Junshan named him, he valued Marven's talent the most, "I propose that Marven be the mayor of Manchester, do you have any objections?" ”

Who dared to have objections to the emperor's proposal, so they answered in unison, there was no objection, of course, only Marven did not answer.

How to build a new city, for Huaxia has a lot of experience, the construction of Shanghai, the construction of Xichang, the construction of Cam Ranh Bay, the construction of Hong Kong, the construction of Vladivostok, and now the construction of Yangon, after so many years of urban construction, Huaxia has trained a large number of urban construction engineers.

So Gao Junshan doesn't have to worry so much, he just needs to nominate someone to be the mayor, with the mayor, even if the city yamen is established, the following things will be left to Bailisha to do.

Gao Junshan sent a telegram to Bailisha, and all the Yamen institutions in Mancheng were handed over to Bailisha and Marven to set up.

Gao Junshan is in Manchester City, and it is indeed early to call it Manchester City now, that is, in this place, I stayed for one night, and the next day, I led Sun Dahai, Liu Wenxiu, Hong Pengju, Hui Yan, and Tian Qiliang back to Pattaya, leaving only Marven here, he is now the mayor of Manchester City, this is Gao Junshan's efficiency.

After Gao Junshan and the others returned to Pattaya in two speedboats, the female newspaper operator in the newspaper office took a telegram and handed it to Gao Junshan, who saw that it was sent by Hui Dengxiang, asking for the construction of a railway into Tibet.

Damn, did this Hui Dengxiang see that Lao Tzu is rich, and he also came to join in the fun? Gao Junshan was the first to suspect that it was Hui Yan or Tian Qiliang who sent a telegram to the Sixth Army, telling Hui Deng that the emperor had money, so Hui Deng Xiang wanted to build a railway.

Gao Junshan immediately sent a telegram back to Whitden: At present, the whole country is concentrating on the construction of eight railway lines, and you will build the roads first.