Chapter 389: Chaos

"Renovating Yokoba Port?" Ye Tao frowned.

Old Man Qi has not yet arrived at Hengbo Port, and the deacon meeting naturally cannot be held, but Mr. Liu Yi has already come. Liu Yi's son, Liu Qing, is already an important member of the Northern Xinjiang Economic Strategy, and according to the rank of the Dongping Imperial Court, it is about the status of less than three grades and four grades. And Liu Yi doesn't worry about the Liu family's business at all now, but conscientiously serves as the chief steward of the entire Nanyang region, responsible for overseeing all the planning and construction business. Ye Tao was taken aback when he heard the design request for the renovation of Hengbo Port from Liu Yi.

"Hengbo Port is such a new city, and now it is going to be rebuilt? What a waste. Ye Tao said.

Liu Yi sighed: "When we first came here, it was the size of a town at most, even if it was a lively season, there were only 10,000 people. All Seven Seas needed was a cargo stack and a place to replenish water and food, that is, to open up the harbor and add a few shelters to the port area. Later, as the business grew, so did the port area, and the surrounding buildings gradually increased. I demolished the original building again and again and built a new one, but later, I felt that it would not be possible, and all the buildings of my Nanami Trading Company could be repurposed, and those that could be rebuilt were rebuilt...... Now, although Hengbo Port is the size of a city, the foundation has not been laid at the beginning, how can the roads and houses be described in a garbled word? Many indigenous tribes here in Nanyang do not have good living habits, and open defecation is a trivial matter. What if there is a plague? But what if you don't defecate in the open? In addition to private homes, the public health facilities of this transverse wave are equivalent to non-...... This tropical city does not need to deliberately store water, there has never been a shortage of fresh water, but it can rain, especially in the past summer storm season, the whole city seems to be soaked in mud, the high ground is fine, the ground is relatively low, especially those slums and those barracks of the indigenous army, not to mention how miserable. The entire Hengbo port does not even have a set of criss-crossing main roads, and even if it does not meet the army in the city, the whole city is in a mess, and the roads are all crammed. Horse-drawn carts, ox carts, rickshaws...... And the defecation of horses and cows, you don't know what it is. Now that the port is still small, it can be changed, and in a few years, more than ten years, it will be a big problem to renovate it. …… The old man pondered, it is better to toss now, and expand the city step by step in the future, this is the way. ”

Ye Tao nodded and said, "Reasonable." I haven't been walking around Yokoba Port much these days, but I haven't noticed any of this, but I just see that Yokoba Port and the surrounding villages and towns are very well organized. It should be, it's also Mr. Liu's handiwork, right? ”

Ye Tao's compliment made Liu Yihe laugh and said, "These things are not difficult. There are not many people in a village, and there are many people in the indigenous army and local villages, helping the villagers to build houses, and all the displaced people who cost the Seven Seas Trading Company half of it, and the displaced people who do not have a house only need to sign a tax agreement, still build a house and grant land, and then pay it back with annual rent and labor...... These villages and towns don't cost much, but the results are good. I said, Ye Jingluo, do you think Yokobo Port can be tossed? I don't dare to expect Yokoba Port to compare with Gondor, Wind Castle, and Iron City, but at least it has to look a little bit like it, right? The old man's demolition of the east wall and the repair of the west wall has been reconditioned by this stinky city, but if you want to make this city remodeled and reborn, it depends on Ye Jingluo's handwriting. ”

Liu Yi said sincerely, and Ye Tao listened carefully. He thought for a moment and asked, "So, Old Man Liu, how much can this matter cost?" Old man Liu, don't talk about Gondor, the budget is enough, the time is enough, Hengbo Port can't become a pearl in the South Seas, and you don't have to take Gondor in your eyes at all. Gondor borrows the mountain to become its majesty, but Yokoba Port is a different flavor. Looking at the situation around Yokoba Port, the ocean currents in the harbor, the climate, and so on, this is really a good place. Also, Mr. Liu, renovating Hengbo, I'm afraid that the delay will be quite long, what about the business that will be affected? Yokoba Port is an important port for the Seven Seas Trading Company, and Dongping has built the South Seas and integrated the Middle East and Western countries, so it can't be closed for a year or two, right? …… In addition, Mr. Liu, you should also have a piece of Chen in your heart, how to change this horizontal wave. ”

Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, and said a little embarrassed: "This...... This one...... I haven't really thought about it in detail. Originally, I was busy renovating the city walls on the outer periphery of Hengbo, and you didn't say hello in advance when you came to Nanyang, but I didn't prepare at all, old man. ”

Ye Tao smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm familiar with the various projects in the city. I'll list them one by one, Liu Lao, you can see what you need and which ones you don't, and then we'll think about it again. It depends on how much you need to change and how quickly you have to finish it before you can estimate the cost. ”

Liu Yi nodded and said, "Isn't this an order...... One by one, the more dishes will naturally take a long time and cost a lot. ”

Ye Tao nodded in response: "That's really the truth." ”

Ye Tao unhurriedly listed a series of projects on paper, and some projects also gave several options. For example, the castle tower and watchtower are made of stone and a mixture of steel, wood, and cement, and the prices are very different. The cost of using stone is more than five times higher. Another example is the access road in the city, the use of cement pavement and asphalt pavement, the price difference is not so great, but the durability maintenance of the pavement is scratching people's heads...... Ye Tao listed them one by one, but he really had some flavor of the menu. But after the entire "menu" was written, Ye Tao drew a correlation map according to the relationship between these contents, which is a technology tree system for urban construction...... It's just that in this technology tree system, many projects can be directly promoted to the top, ignoring the transition projects in the middle. He has participated in the planning and construction of so many cities, and now, for urban construction and reconstruction, it can be said that there is no one in the world who is more professional and comprehensive than Ye Tao. And Liu also imagined what it would be like if all the ports were built to the highest standards.

Liu Yi took the menu and went back to study with the old guys, but Ye Tao was aroused by Liu Yi's interest and began to conduct field trips and geographical data research on Hengbo Port. Nanhai Trading Co., Ltd.'s work in Nanyang is meticulous, with data on the entire Yokoba port, detailed topography materials, and a complete record of major expansions and renovations. Looking at the data, it may not be intuitive, but Ye Tao and Tan Weixin Weifu went around Hengbo Port for a day, but they felt extremely profound. The port area of Yokoba Port, the Governor's Mansion of Yazhou, and the Seven Seas Merchants Society are located are relatively well-organized, both in terms of architectural form and management, although most of the roads are gravel and cement flattened pavement, and the sewers are only porous cement slabs on open ditches, but at least the roads are relatively tidy. If you ignore the shortcomings of these entire cities that cannot be exempted, those areas look similar to Yicheng and Danyang, and purely in terms of order and cleanliness, they are even better than cities like Ningyuan and Suiyuan.

But when Ye Tao and Tan Weixin stepped into the bazaar, where the largest number of small traders and bustling crowds gathered, with their usual love for the market and their passion for the market trade, they felt that they were in another world. There are only two markets in Yokoba Port, one is located in the port area, where bulk trade and more expensive, high-end goods and manpower are traded. On a street less than 800 paces long, there are two restaurants, a professional auction house, offices of two accounting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte, a trade contract laboratory, and a tavern that is actually used as a talent center. This short road has a lot of flavor to the central business district of Yokoba Port.

However, the market that allowed ordinary people and small traders to conduct all kinds of transactions discouraged Ye Tao and Tan Weixin. The whole bazaar is actually a whole empty space between several blocks, with a two-storey building in the middle for the registration of vendors and small tax payments, and the side of the deal with disputes that arise in the course of transactions. But the rest of the clearing, however, is a flat area, where vendors are free to set up tents and sell them. If you are particular, use wood and linoleum cloth, and if you are not very particular, a few pieces of wood or bamboo, you can just top a tattered cloth. There are also a lot of small vendors, countless small vendors set up stalls in the open air, and there is no fixed location at all. Many of the small vendors live in the market, and at night, the rolling stalls burrow under the shops and go to sleep. Eat and drink Lazar here. And among the bustling people who are looking for their needs, there are also many people who are very immoral, and when they encounter an internal emergency, they can find a corner that no one pays attention to and solve it on the spot. There are no fixed roads here, usually they are still roads today, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow they will be occupied by small vendors. Sometimes, one or more businessmen have lost their business or lost their gambling money, and they have removed their shops and a new path has emerged...... It's impossible to describe what the hell is going on in this place. There is only one very modern word, if it is barely described: chaos......

Ye Tao and Tan Weixin didn't dare to go in at all. Before they could get close to the market, they had just stepped out of the carriage when they were struck by the indescribable smell of the market in all directions. Only then did they understand why Liu Yi wanted to rectify the city's public health. They can't stand it for a moment......