Zhang Zhansheng, the crown prince of the Federal Empire and a second lieutenant in the navy, arrived at the port of Hangzhou on the afternoon of December 29, 1289, on a five-masted passenger ship.

Hangzhou Port is the largest passenger ship port along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty, where after more than 20 years of development and construction, it has been completely possible to allow five-masted large passenger ships to dock smoothly.

In fact, taking a three-masted sailing ship, the route from the Yellow River to New Bianjing is faster and less labor-saving...... However, Navy Second Lieutenant Zhang Zhansheng still had the task of observing the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, the Hangzhou area has been developed and constructed for more than 20 years, coupled with the borrowing of cement and reinforced concrete technology, as well as learning the construction methods of the federal empire, and has already built traffic roads in all directions.

In some hilly areas, the craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty also used a large number of black fire and medicine as engineering explosives, which greatly reduced and reduced the construction time and engineering intensity, so the traffic situation in the Great Song Dynasty was much better than before.

Lang Fashan, the secretary of the official position of the Great Song Dynasty, accompanied by the magistrate of Hangzhou, warmly welcomed the condolence delegation of the Federal Empire at the wharf.

Don't think that Shanshan is just a secretary who can't be smaller, but the magistrates in Hangzhou are lined up around Fashan like stars holding the moon.

If someone doesn't know the official uniform of the Great Song Dynasty, they will definitely think that Fashan is the highest official here.

The status of a person in the eyes of others sometimes depends on who their friends are.

What kind of people you mix with, what kind of level you have.

Everyone in the Great Song Dynasty knew that Fashan was the best friend of the official family, and it was said that he played from childhood to adulthood.

Second Lieutenant Zhang Zhansheng of the Imperial Navy of the Federation and Lang Fashan, Secretary of the Great Song Dynasty, met happily on the dock.

The two didn't say too much to each other, and got into the light open-top four-wheeled carriage.

Fashan was a little uncomfortable sitting next to Zhang Zhansheng, this guy was standing a head taller than himself, and he was sitting a head taller than himself!

The navy uniform he wore was very powerful, and the brass epaulettes on his shoulders were a bit dazzling.

Fashan felt that the official uniform on his body was a little funny...... What age is this, and you still have to wear this fat green robe?

In the early years of the Great Song Dynasty, the color system of official uniforms was the same as that of the Tang Dynasty.

Purple robe above three grades, goldfish bag; Scarlet robes of five grades or above, wearing whitebait bags; Green robe below six grades, no fish bag.

When the Divine Sect was reformed, it was changed to nine grades and eighteen levels.

The color of the official uniform has also been changed to purple for more than four grades, scarlet for more than six grades, and green for more than nine grades.

There are no fish charms in the costumes of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, but there are fish bags, which are decorated with gold and silver fish shapes, tied on the belt, and hung down behind them, which can show the nobility of the official product.

Well, Fashan felt that his official robe was much worse than the uniform on Zhang Zhansheng...... But he struggled to straighten his chest.

My Great Song Dynasty has a population of 160 million, which is the first in the world!

My annual income of Da Song exceeded 800 million yuan, and it is still the first in the world!

The urbanization of our Great Song Dynasty has reached 30%, and there are more than 10 cities with a population of one million!

Secretary Lang Fashan smiled and said to Crown Prince Zhang Zhansheng: "Your Highness, what do you think of my Hangzhou City now?" ”

After the Great Song government moved back to its original capital, Hangzhou and Zhizhou took the opportunity to re-plan it.

More than 20 years ago, the population of Hangzhou was as high as 2.5 million, and its suburbs far exceeded the area of the city, and the number of residents was also higher than that of the city.

There are nearly one million households in the household registration, and the three places in the south and northwest of the city are dozens of miles each, and the people are gathered, the market is full of people, and the people are inexhaustible for several days.

It has an area of 200 square kilometres, but it is full of people, often ten or twelve in a house, and the suburbs have more people than the city.

There are a total of twelve gates in the whole city, and there are many large and small towns more than ten kilometers away from each gate.

That is to say, within dozens of miles around, people gather, all over the market, even if you walk for a few days, you can't get out.

The prosperity of these suburban towns is not inferior to that of ordinary prefectures and counties in other places, which shows how prosperous the capital was back then.

However, compared to the Badaohe area, the residential buildings were too cluttered and the sanitary conditions were even more worrisome.

It is often only after walking for miles that you see that there is a public toilet, and the cleanliness is not as clean as that of the Badaohe area; The main street is ok, but in some places there are still piles of garbage and too many open channel-style sewers...... And it's not like there are special personnel to clean up like in the Badaohe area!

Many Song officials who had been to the Badaohe area complained about the traffic conditions in Hangzhou, especially after heavy rains, and the stagnant water in the Badaohe area was quickly discharged...... The Hangzhou area has become a land of water, and it takes more than ten days to remove large and small puddles.

Of course, many of the complaining officials also understood that the Badaohe area was built later, and they could have designed it first and then built it, so of course the living conditions were better than those in the Hangzhou area.

When the prefect of Hangzhou heard the complaint, he was immediately under great pressure.

Pay attention to the hygienic situation, this is easy to do, he has far more funds in his hands than before, and he hires more personnel to clean regularly.

So-called public toilets and improved transportation can be troublesome...... It is extremely difficult to find a suitable place to build a public toilet in Hangzhou, and even if it is easy to find, the people or shops around the public toilet are also strongly opposed!

Widening or straightening the road?

This is even more capable, of course Hangzhou Zhizhou knows that it is difficult to build and demolish!

At that time, even the Great Song Dynasty officials wanted to expand the palace and carry out a little bit of forced demolition, but they were strongly opposed...... Don't say he's just a Zhizhou.

However, the relocation of the capital by the Great Song Dynasty government gave him the opportunity to redesign and renovate!

Many of the officials moved back to the newly built capital, and they did not move out alone, along with the entire family and their servants and their families, and as soon as they moved out, a large number of people moved away.

Jia Pingzhang Jia Rudao took the lead in relocation, and his big family alone moved away 1,500 people!

Even if the other officials are not as large as him, there are more or less hundreds of people...... After the central officials of the entire Great Song Dynasty government moved away with their family members, the crowded situation in Hangzhou suddenly changed greatly!

The Great Song Dynasty government built new houses for the officials in Xinbianjing, and their original residences in Hangzhou were handed over again, and some of the private houses were directly exchanged with the residences in Xinbianjing, and the Great Song Dynasty government also appropriately gave some compensation, all as relocation subsidies for the officials.

At this moment, the prefect of Hangzhou was very happy, and he could completely let go of his hands and feet to run the city.

In fact, sewers, garbage disposal sites and even public toilets were built in the city as early as 1,800 years ago, and if you look at the construction methods in the Badaohe area...... These are all things that can be understood at a glance.

They have also expanded roads in a number of key locations and, in some places, straightened and straightened to improve traffic.

The use of cement paving has greatly increased the speed of building new roads.

In view of the characteristics of many rivers in Hangzhou, the use of reinforced concrete prefabricated slab technology also improves the speed and quality of bridge construction, and is conducive to the walking of four-wheeled carriages.

The Hangzhou area has also learned to build parks and zoos, and has also built small parks and green spaces in the center of the street, so that people can take a rest.

Therefore, Hangzhou is no longer the cramped city it used to be...... This makes Fashan very proud.

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