Chapter 390: Comprehensive Governance

Tan Weixin complained: "Actually, I kind of admire those tax collectors who work in this place, as well as those soldiers who patrol ....... still feel a ...... in my nose I can't explain the taste. Spices are still sold there! God knows how those spices were identified. ”

It wasn't until midnight that Ye Tao and Tan Weixin returned to their comfortable residences. The Seven Seas Trading Company had vacated almost the entire castle to receive Ye Tao and them. The castle is on the side of the port area, and there is also a whole area of manicured and patchwork artificial trees around it. This boxy castle was built by Nanhai Trading Company as the headquarters of Nanhai Trading Company in Nanyang at the beginning of the development of Yokoba Port, and it can be regarded as the last fortress of Nanhai Trading Company members in Nanyang. The entire lower three floors of the castle are only narrow on the outside, which can double as a design entrance, and the design of the room and wall is integrated, so that everyone in each room can participate in the defense. The open space in the center of the castle is used to store various supplies. When Nanami Trading Company gained a foothold in Nanyang, and when the port of Yokoba quickly became too large for the castle to afford to allow all the important people to take refuge, Nanami Trading Company quickly rebuilt the clubhouse of Nanami Trading Company in the port area, and most of the people of Nanami Trading Company bought land and built houses in Yokoba Port on their own. The castle has been remodeled into what it is today, a halfway between the Nanhai Trading Company's Nanyang Development Museum, a star-rated hotel, and a three-dimensional garden.

The large open space in the center of the castle has now been turned into an exquisite garden, and although the climate is different, it is still possible to cultivate many plants unique to Dongping thanks to the excellent gardeners, although the flowering period may be different, but it can also give people a sense of home. The pond, which was used to store water for fire, is now part of the garden, with its boxy shape broken down, with pebbles or long stone strips at the edges to create walking paths, and fish in the pond.

The basement of the castle is now a warehouse and wine cellar, the first floor is the office area and the staff living area on the castle side, and the second floor has many rooms that have been opened up and placed with beautiful glass cabinets, displaying various important products of Nanhai Trading Company and souvenirs of Nanhai Trading Company's development of Nanyang. The other areas on the second and third floors, most of which were guest rooms, were now filled with the guards brought by Ye Tao's party.

The fourth and fifth floors are equipped with superior guest rooms, a library, a banquet hall and other facilities for maximum comfort and luxury. At the top, the ring of walls, which was originally used to place ballistas and other defensive equipment, has now become a good place to watch the scenery and rest. Most of the dense ballistae have been moved, leaving only a part of it, just in case, but it has also become quite a unique sight. Pergolas, parasols, and rattan deck chairs are laid out on the side with a view of the sea, making it look like an open-air café. And this place is indeed the place where you can drink the most authentic coffee in the whole of Nanyang. Even more than 100 years later, when Ye Tao brought the coffee culture of this time and space to the world, this open-air café is still famous and is a holy place for all coffee lovers.

Due to the distance from Dongping after all, it is relatively far away, and the castle's technology in life has not been able to synchronize with Yunzhou. But imagine that when you turn around, the whole castle is equipped with electric lights, ceiling fans are installed in the rooms, and floor fans are put in, and the communication between the upper and lower floors can be solved by a simple internal telegraph line. In fact, the communication inside the castle is now more like that of a large ship, with two communication rooms on each floor and in each direction, brass microphones connected up and down, and dials that can produce sounds of different rhythms. The simple internal telegram is enough to replace this part of the function, and as for the phone, Ye Tao didn't know how long it would take before it appeared. …… In any case, despite the lack of audio-visual and entertainment facilities, the whole castle looks like a modern hotel with all the facilities it should have, even in Yokoba Port, this castle is not for everyone to stay in now.

When you think of the rich social class of Yokoba Port, and the difference between the various plots of land that don't look like a city at all, this kind of luxury and comfort is even more uncomfortable. Ye Tao and Tan Weixin don't have that kind of puritanical simplicity, they like a comfortable life very much, but they are people from a relatively prosperous era, and they are not sensitive to terms such as "sweatshop".

"Let's deal with it...... I really didn't expect that I would come up with such a term in this time and space. Ye Tao spread out a map of Hengbo Port on his workbench, and a thick red line crossed the road between the main areas of Hengbo Port, which had a slight taste of the main road. After a whole day of planning, after a hard night's sleep, Ye Tao asked people to call Liu Yi.

"Old man Liu, you have to know a little, I got a rough plan for you. However, this is only a preliminary plan, and it is impossible to come up with detailed data without detailed geological exploration data and complete climatic and hydrological data. When I return to Yunzhou, I will send a team that has carried out the preliminary surveying and mapping work of Tiecheng and Gangduo and has just completed the expansion of Danyang to Nanyang to prepare and adjust the plan according to the situation. Ye Tao drank the thick tea and slowly explained to Liu Yi. However, the scale of the port is already large, and it is impossible to completely close the port for renovation and reconstruction. It turns out that the menu-style decoration you talked about, although it is still up to you to choose, but how to implement it is very particular. In my opinion, the first thing that can be implemented at present is the central road project with one vertical and two horizontal, and the foundation of the sewerage project for the Hengbo Port will be laid. Since Yokoba Port is located in the tropics, whether it is cement or asphalt, the loss looks quite severe as a road surface. It may be that we are not so precise about the formula of cement and asphalt blending construction now, for the time being, I think, is it not that the roads in Hengbo Port are specially fired large clay bricks? In the future, I will have people send samples to Nanyang for identification and testing. According to my estimates, if there is no financial problem and the manpower is in place, the road project can be completed in about a year. Then, with this vertical and horizontal road as the center, it radiates to the surrounding areas, and renovates it piece by piece, if it goes well, and the population of Hengbo Port has not increased much in the past few years, and the scale does not need to be further expanded, it may be able to take on a new look in five to six years. And considerable development potential is retained. In terms of urban appearance, it should be better than Yicheng a few years ago. ”

Liu Yi's eyes lit up when he heard it. He had already discussed it with many of the deacons in the Seven Seas Trading Company, and a large group of old men had undoubtedly checked the highest level of the menu-based urban renewal plan. In terms of spending, there is now a good local tax revenue, especially commercial tax and agricultural tax, which are completely developed by the Seven Seas Trading Company, and paying taxes to the Governor's Palace, which is still gradually taking over, is itself a statement of loyalty. In terms of local construction, the Governor's Office has an unshirkable responsibility, and the Governor of Yazhou has said that even if the Governor's Office is frugal, it must free up enough funds to operate this matter. And the auction of Gondor land plots began, and the initial concept of real estate speculation began to take shape in the minds of the most astute businessmen in this time and space. In the reconstruction of Yokoba Port, everyone is ready to invest a lot of money to carry out the operation. While making Yokoba Port look new, it can also benefit their respective families a lot.

But Ye Tao's next words made Liu Yi a little confused. Ye Tao actually let out a long sigh and said, "But...... Far water can't save the near fire...... I went out for a walk before, but I really didn't expect Yokoba Port to be like this. Fortunately, I went out for a walk, and I realized that this Hengbo Port would not work if it was not changed. When encountering a siege or other trouble, and it is such a hot weather, I am afraid that before others force it, Hengbo Port itself will have chaos first. And this problem cannot wait five or six years, it has to be solved now. Mr. Liu, as a shareholder of Seven Seas Trading Company, I will formally propose 2 million taels of silver as the cost of the comprehensive treatment project of Hengbo Port, and strive to solve many hidden dangers in Hengbo Port in a short time! ”

Liu Yi jumped up, he wanted Ye Tao to completely renovate Hengbo, and it was precisely because the current situation in Hengbo Port could not be changed. We will not give up on long-term business, but it is equally important to change the status quo and become cleaner in the short term. Liu Yi immediately said: "Virtuous nephew, it's up to you, if you move, I'll countersign." …… But what tricks do you have? Tell me about it? ”

How could it not be? Ye Tao smiled and said some of his thoughts one after another. Modern urban governance has long given Ye Tao too much ready-made experience, and as a person who has designed several cities before and after, he is able to deploy various functions of cities. Temporary open ditch sewers, scattered and classified markets, moving open-air shops into pre-built sheds, strict market entry management regulations and market management regulations...... Ye Tao smiled bitterly, and temporarily became a not-so-brilliant image of this kind of rectification work in his mind.