In the past three years, the road construction in Guangdong has been very fast, because the land in Guangdong is relatively poor, the population is far less than that in the Central Plains, and the population is mainly concentrated in the towns and surrounding areas, so the work of land acquisition is not very difficult. [No pop-up novel network]

And Liang Pengfei is in the dark, jointly funded by the thirteen merchants in Guangdong, to build the roads from Guangzhou to the prefectures and counties, because it is not an official construction, private charity, so it is a form of employment, not the official servitude, plus in the past two or three years, a large number of displaced people have poured into the relatively calm Liangguang area, so that there is no shortage of laborers.

Due to the cement, coupled with the explosives surnamed Lie, and the non-human mechanical gravel such as the steam engine, in less than two years, the waterway avenue from Guangzhou to Shaozhou Mansion in the north, Chaozhou Mansion in the east, Leizhou Mansion in the west, and Liuzhou in Guangxi Province in the northwest has been built and formed.

And these projects, enough to mobilize more than 200,000 migrant workers, because most of them are homeless, not only do not affect local production, but also allow those homeless people to rely on their own strength and technology to make money to support their families, so whether it is the gentry or officials, they are all good, and even to the court to make a statement, commending the charity of the thirteen lines.

After that, with the strong support of the government, as well as the increasingly serious turmoil in the Central Plains, and the influx of displaced people, the Thirteen Lines became more and more unscrupulous about the construction of roads. This kind of great leap forward, no cost, no return on investment, so that almost all counties in Guangdong have cement roads, and it has also begun to radiate to the surrounding provinces.

When the roads were built, the journey would be faster and more convenient, and the circulation of people and goods would naturally be faster, and people would find that it was not only much easier to travel, but also seemed to be more profitable to do business, and of course, they counted all these benefits on the heads of the thirteen merchants.

Originally, in the eyes of the gentry and those landlords, these merchants who made a fortune by selling goods were very unpopular with them, but the changes in the past few years, such as wantonly uniting with the local gentry and landlord merchants, and investing in the construction of factories together, the wealth in hand has risen.

In addition, a series of measures such as the construction of righteousness, the construction of roads, and the opening of Jimin pharmacies in the Thirteen Lines have greatly improved their image in the eyes of the people of Liangguang.

And all this also made the thirteen lines of those who only knew how to buy land as soon as they made money, and worked hard to build a big house in the hope of gaining the attention of others, but in the end, the businessmen who couldn't even get out of the liquidity gradually found that it turned out that through this method, the effect would be better.

At the beginning, the main investor was Liang Pengfei, and the merchants of the Thirteen Lines were just covering up, but later, after they gradually discovered the benefits, the main investors became them, and even some businessmen engaged in other industries also invested in these things to gain fame.

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Just when the Manchus were scratching their heads like flea-infested dysentery, the New World, the middle of the west coast of North America, at the tip of a narrow peninsula, was being established.

Liang Wengeng stood on the high platform on the fourth floor of the San Francisco state capital, which had just been built not long ago, looking down at everything around, in the distance, was the blue and deep sea level, the deep blue of the sky was dotted with a trace of white clouds, and those unknown seabirds were shuttling and singing among them, as if this was their paradise, and on the silver-white coastline, there were rows of tall trees with strong bodies, facing the sea breeze, like dark green suits that flew up the corners of their robes.

On the surface of the sea, a little bit of white ripples in it, and closer to it, you can see that it is a beautiful and beautiful sail leaf stretching. All around, patches of different shades of green were mixed with the yellow earth, and strange tall plants stood tall, with their sharp needles and thick main stems, proving that they were different from ordinary plants, and the galloping horses in the distance galloped merrily, and the strange cries of the knights with feathers on their heads on horseback, with these beautiful scenes, a foreign scenery.

With the state capital under him as the central axis, on the east side of the town, many concrete masonry rooms are being built rapidly with the efforts of a large number of workers, and brand new three-story buildings are rising from the ground.

On the west side of the state capital, there are nearly a thousand beautiful buildings that have been completed, and the windowsills are either lined with flowers and bonsai, or those clothes with fresh colors. The wide, neat and clean road was crowded with people who had come to the market, some of them on foot, some of them in four-wheeled carriages, which were already full of goods and supplies, but they could not withstand the pleas of their children, and the temptations of the merchants, and again and again they took off their money bags and counted out one coin after another, in exchange for some snacks or goods.

At the end of the avenue, the seaside wharf, less than a mile from the town, was bustling with activity, with a large number of ships docked to load and unload goods, and some of them were loaded not with goods, but with groups of ragged, slightly malnourished, but in good spirits.

When they stepped on the land, the expressions on their faces were relieved, looking at everything around them, looking at the noisy town not far away, which made their faces more curious than a trace of wariness of this unknown continent.

Because, whether it is on the docks, or those crew members, or the people living in that town, it seems that except for the Chinese or the Chinese, although the dialects are different, but after slowing down the speed of speech, they can probably still understand each other's meaning.

"This official, this is the New World you are talking about?" A big plagiaristic man with a Shandong accent, although his clothes were shabby, could not hide his sturdy and oily body, reached out and pulled the guide who was dredged the order, and asked loudly.

When the guide heard the word official, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he didn't let these people call himself an official, it was because he was not an official in the first place, not to mention, Young Master Liang said, they are just civil servants, not officials, who should treat these compatriots with the condescending mentality of old-fashioned officials, because these people are their compatriots, their fathers and brothers, this guide thought of the scene when he was in Hong Kong when he was inspected by the young master Liang and their guide team, His chest couldn't help but rise a little higher.

"Don't call me official, just call me a guide, I am the guide who is responsible for your group of people to develop their homes from Shandong to this new continent."

"It's all the same, hehe, okay, this guide brother, why are all our people here?" The Shandong man pointed to the people around him and asked the guide.

"This is our town, of course we are all Chinese. You don't know that more than a year ago, our first pioneers, along with our fleet of General Liang, found this land and began to build towns here, so that we could live and work here in peace and contentment. ”

While guiding the displaced people who had been extradited from Shandong and lost their homes and lands due to the White Lotus Rebellion, the guide continued to move forward, and explained the origin of this place to this curious Shandong man.

"Actually, there are some Westerners in the town, those who are white-skinned and green-eyed, but there are very few, no more than a hundred households in this area, and they originally lived scattered around here, and they were very curious and hostile to our arrival, and even thought of trouble with us. It's a pity that the trouble didn't work out, and they were directly sent to meet their God. But then, when they saw the arrival of a large number of our immigrants and the establishment of towns here, they also knew that they were no match for us at all, and in the end, they simply moved here and became our residents......"

"And over there, have you seen it, there is a military camp over there, there are three thousand elite soldiers of the Liang family army stationed in it, which is enough to deal with any invading enemy around us, and near the dock, there are dozens of giant shore guns, don't look at the city, although there is no city wall, but, on the periphery of the city, although there are many military buildings, ......"

Not only the big man, but also the surrounding homeless people also slowed down and listened intently.

"Well, Brother Guide, can we really get a share of the land here?" An old farmer in his sixties and seventies, with a white beard, leaned over and asked timidly.

"Of course, we will definitely do what we say, not only will you have your own land, we will even provide a lot of farming tools and seeds, and your sons and daughters will receive a free and good education. If you have any difficulties, we will find a way to help you solve them, no matter what the difficulties. The guide nodded affirmatively, and spoke loudly to the outcasts who had gathered around him.

"As long as man lives, everything will be there, whether it be land or wealth. As long as you are diligent, you will have it! Believe me, the future and hope are in your hands. ”

The crowd around them seemed so quiet, as if they were all holding their breath and listening at the moment, so as not to miss a single important word. There was a light in their eyes that had never been seen before, was it hope? Still looking forward to the good things he said.

"Do you know why it's called San Francisco? We, the adults, have said that we have left all the old, tragic past behind. This is the New World, this dock is new, this town is new, and here is our new hope. With our diligence and sweat, with our wisdom and bravery, to obtain wealth like a mountain of gold......"

(To be continued)