Chapter 1: The Municipality of the Central Government

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Everything is modeled according to a modern city, so there are no walls.

Many Chinese immigrants, when they first arrived, still felt unaccustomed. After all, without the protection of the city wall, I always feel unsteady in my heart.

But stay longer and you'll see the benefits of this kind of city.

First of all, residential, industrial, and commercial areas are clearly distinguished.

It includes a variety of public facilities, including residential areas, streets, hospitals, schools, office buildings, commercial stores, squares, parks, and so on.

The grid-like layout network of the character "Tian" makes the traffic extend in all directions. Don't look at the lack of walls, but to enter the city, you have to walk from the main traffic artery.

In the eyes of the Ming Cabinet, the city wall was a newly built fortification passively built by the Chinese living in the plains in ancient times to prevent the robbery and plundering of the steppe people. Essentially, with a conservative, ostrich mentality.

Of course, in the era of cold weapons, the grassland people came and went like the wind. Many times, the people of the Central Plains are in a weak position. The existence of the city wall also played a certain protective role.

But now times have changed!

Since 1771, Wolfe in England synthesized picric acid and invented yellow powder. It quickly took the place of black powder. In the military, the role of gunpowder was greatly enhanced.

This also marks that cold weapons have become outdated, and hot weapons have become the mainstream of the times.

Therefore, no matter how tall the city wall is, it can't withstand the destruction of cannonballs!

Da Ming, just abandon it!

What's more, in the realm of the Ming Dynasty, there are no robbers and robbers who dare to take the lead. The entire Australian continent is the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the inland deserts and desert areas have not yet been fully controlled by the Ming Dynasty. But the living conditions in those places are poor, and there are not many people.

Anyway, it's all in the inland of Daming, and it doesn't matter if you don't control it.

Sitting in the smooth taxi, Wang Kai and Ou Ziwen were amazed.

I saw that the main road in Hai Phong City was wide and long, with steel rails, along the ground, straight into the distance. On both sides of the street, there are rows of shops. Colorful billboards, creative and chic.

Many times, just looking at the billboard makes me feel happy.

And the building, not only Chinese classical architecture, but also European classical architecture. This is also to reflect the harmony and difference of the Ming Dynasty and highlight the superiority of the immigrant country.

Of course, this is an official statement. In fact, that's a disguise!

If the Ming Dynasty really pursued differentness so much, they would not have banned other languages, and the Chinese dialect that was not dominant in the population was fluent.

When the carriage reached the provincial government, it took only twenty minutes. After paying the money, the coachman left with a very polite attitude. This is not only because of the requirements of the industry, but also because Ou Ziwen overpaid the car as a tip.

"This provincial government building is really not ordinary!" , Wang Kai looked at the twelve-storey provincial government building and said with emotion.

It is a new type of reinforced concrete building with a layer of bright glazed tiles on top. The Ming Dynasty is still red, respected as the color of the country, meaning auspicious, festive and hopeful.

Under this trend, the office buildings of various government units will be roof with red glazed tiles.

Then the exterior wall decoration is also biased towards Chinese style. It is painted with classical mythical beasts and colorful flowers. solemn and solemn, with a sense of pleasing to the eye.

Who remembers that just two years ago, it was just a small four-story wooden building.

Ou Ziwen had been to Mingjing City before and had seen the buildings there. Knowing that this twelve-story building is nothing. So he was not as shocked as Wang Kai.

At this time, Wang Kai also saw Ou Ziwen's unchanged expression, and suddenly felt like a countryman who had never seen the world. Quickly shut his mouth and took the lead and walked in.

"Hello sir, please show your valid ID." , The guard at the door stopped them and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Wang Kai immediately took out a small notebook, which recorded his personal information.

But that's not the most important thing.

Inside the small book, there is a card similar to a bus ticket.

As everyone knows, when you take the train, you can get on the train and pay the ticket. Therefore, there is a ticket machine on board. It's just that it's small and requires manual assistance.

That kind of paper, with the current level of technology of the Ming Dynasty, is difficult to forge.

And Daming also only issues such cards to people with status.

Like Wang Kai, when he came back this time, he was promoted. Originally, he was just an ordinary soldier, but because of his bravery and fierceness, he was promoted several levels and became a lieutenant company commander.

So he rightfully owns this kind of card.

The guards checked Ou Ziwen again and found that he also had it.

I said thank you for your cooperation and returned to my post.

When they were in the car, they knew that they were looking for the same person, the governor of Southern Province - Gu Liyang.

But they came a little unlucky, Gao Ming was in a meeting. So the secretary poured them a few glasses of boiled water and told them to wait a while.

After all, tea had to be imported from the Qing State, and the Ming Dynasty had never been recognized by the Qing State. Therefore, the trade between the two countries is basically in a state of underground smuggling.

Tea like this one is smuggled and resold by Macau merchants.

When you arrive in Daming, a pound of ordinary tea will cost you one Huayuan. This price can be regarded as a luxury.

Therefore, the tea trade in Daming is very hot. Many merchants saw that the distance between the Ming Dynasty and Europe was shorter, but the price was not much different. thought it was profitable and resold the tea to Daming.

Invisibly, there will be less tea imported into Europe!

As a result, the current price of tea in Europe has increased several times. It's almost time to catch up with gold.

Such sky-high prices of tea have caused a lot of complaints in Europe.

After about three hours, Wang Kai and Ou Ziwen also chatted without words. Boiled water was cup after cup, and the toilet was also used several times.

Finally, the door to the break room opened.

"Wang Kai? Ou Ziwen? What wind brought you both together? As soon as Gu Li Yang pushed the door open, he exclaimed ecstatically.

When he learned that Wang Kai and Ou Ziwen were on the same boat and became friends, Gu Liyang felt even more novel.

In this way, it also saves him from introducing.

After chatting carefully, Wang Kai saw that Ou Ziwen had important matters to discuss. He voluntarily withdrew and came back in later.

After the door closed, Ou Ziwen said his purpose.

It turned out that his task this time was to serve as the mayor of Guangfu City.

Guangfu City is the Sydney of later generations, which belongs to the municipality of the municipality. The scope is roughly the same as that of the former New South Wales, which is considered to be separated from the Southern Province.

He also carries a power of attorney.

Just wait for him to arrive in Guangfu City, and he can take office.

Gu Liyang also knows this.

This was at the beginning of the year. Due to the excellent climatic conditions of Gwangfu City, the geographical conditions are outstanding. Humid subtropical climate with year-round rainfall. The vegetation coverage rate is high, which is suitable for the development of agriculture.

From the establishment of the Ming Dynasty to the present, food is still not self-sufficient. It seriously threatens the security and stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty separated it separately because it wanted to build it into a large granary with a perennial harvest. In the southern provinces, rotational grazing is adopted. According to the division of seasons, the development of cropping and animal husbandry.

Efforts should be made to eliminate the hidden food danger at an early date.

Ou Ziwen came here to visit Gu Liyang, firstly, to visit him on the way, and secondly, to let him help him more. After all, Guangfu City has just been separated, and it is not as good as Haihe City. The so-called distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. If there is anything to help, Gu Li Yang near is the most convenient to shoot.