November 13, 1641

Not long after the end of the founding ceremony, Anlan, who has always wanted to build a landmark building in Australia, was invited to Hong Kong by He Yu to give a specific plan for Hong Kong's urbanization.

According to the decision of the Parliament, Hong Kong Island is temporarily an overseas concession area, and in view of the fact that the situation in the Ming Dynasty is about to enter a period of turmoil, all affairs in all concession areas are temporarily managed by the supreme governor of the station, that is, military control.

The Military Management Committee of the Hong Kong Concession Area has been established, and He Yu should be responsible for the military in the region and also take into account the economic development of the garrison.

For this reason, he specially invited Anlan, who had been trying to persuade parliamentarians to build a landmark building, to Hong Kong.

Hearing that He Yu wanted to ask himself to draw a design plan for the construction of Hong Kong, An Lan was a little excited in his heart, it was the Pearl of the Orient Hong Kong, if people mentioned the urban planning and architectural style of this place in a few hundred years, they would definitely think of themselves.

Without refusing, with his bags on his back and his own tools for mapping and drawing, An Lan got on the boat.

After arriving in Hong Kong, he learned that this is indeed a small fishing village, the whole island is at most a few dozen households, basically relying on fishing for a living, the island's buildings are relatively simple, are some thatched and mud structure of the main houses, except for a few Australian military camps under construction, the island is basically in a primitive state in the 17th century.

Anlan, who already has some experience in urban planning and design, first investigated the geographical environment, and then planned according to what he knew before on the map.

He didn't intend to change how much Hong Kong had changed in his mind before he traveled, at least it was an extremely honorable thing to be able to restore the city in his mind with his own memories.

He Yu told him that the land used in the Hong Kong concession was not too legal, and that everything would not be settled until two years later, and that the shops and streets that were being built now should be combined with defensive functions, that is, the streets and houses could form a trench and a bunker.

This kind of requirement is actually not difficult, the building at the end of the street is built into a round tower shape, but what makes An Lan a little disappointed is that he still can't play his dream here, and originally wanted to build a representative building in Hong Kong, but He Yu clearly told him that the funds are not supported, and if he can ask for the funds, there is absolutely no problem.

The construction of the entire Hong Kong concession, whether it is a commercial area or a military area, is currently funded by the government, and except for Yang Wenwen's clothing company, which is currently breaking ground to build a factory on the east side of the island, other domestic enterprises are not planning to set up a business here.

Although He Yu wants to play all kinds of attractive preferential policies for various enterprises in China, those domestic enterprises want to come either because of insufficient capital or because of various reasons, and those who have the ability to refuse, but they think that Hong Kong's investment environment is not safe enough and need to be observed.

In the end, only such a Yang Wenwen clothing company that is not afraid of death invested a sum of money to build the factory here because Zhao Shijie found a partner for her.

In the end, Shi Muqun still did not get a loan from the Bank of Manchester City, but Zhao Shijie brought him another investment, and the Blackwater Investment Company, founded by Tang Wei and Jiang Junbo, has been officially approved by the new government.

Originally, Blackwater, which was used as an agent for local wars and security tasks, not only had a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and other loot, but also had a lot of spare money that had no place to invest. Moreover, these domestic entrepreneurs seem to be wary of the two of them, and they dare not let two people who have mastered a mercenary company become their partners, after all, no one knows what will happen in the future.

This makes them have to sleep in the bank for a large amount of money they earn, and the two of them are particularly troubled by this.

It wasn't until after the end of the founding ceremony that Zhao Shijie found them and told them about the financial company, and the eyes of the two lit up at that time, why didn't they think that there should be a lot of people in Batavia who need to borrow money, and the reputation of Heishui is already outside, and I am not afraid that these people will not pay back.

So after Zhao Shijie ghostwrote, the two wrote a report, and Blackwater Investment was officially established, and the first loan was Shi Muqun's textile factory.

When Shi Muqun sat at home and received a letter from Zhao Shijie asking him to go to Guangzhou to handle the loan, he couldn't believe that these old Australians believed in themselves so much, and were they really afraid that they would not pay back the money to themselves?

After signing, Tang Wei, as a representative, gave the funds invested by Blackwater to Shi Muqun, and Shi Muqun handed over a sum of money to order Australian machinery and equipment to the staff of the Guangzhou Office on the spot.

This in and out, although the money did not reach his own hands, but the contract was really written with his name, and it was not fake at all, even if he was cheated, he would not lose anything.

Under the supervision of the staff of the Guangzhou Office, Shi Muqun signed a contract agreement with Yang Wenwen Garment Company, which clarified the responsibilities of both parties, the method of capital contribution and the proportion of shares.

The day after the contract was signed, Shi Muqun got up and went to Hong Kong, he was very curious about the way the Australians produced cloth, although the factory has not been built now, and he can't see it, but this does not hinder his curiosity, he has long heard that the Australians can produce a kind of large stone blocks that crush stones and then form them into a thousand gold.

It is said that this kind of thing is used to build houses, and it was only after arriving in Hong Kong that he found out that this was the case, so he wandered around the construction site for a few days to find out, but finally gave up after being puzzled.

It wasn't until An Lan's arrival that he basically knew what it was called, this engineer who was said to be from Australia, who was responsible for building the pavement of the house, and told him a lot about construction. The two seem to have a lot of sympathy for each other.

An Lan knew that this person was a partner of Yang Wenwen's clothing company, and it was said that he was still cooperating with the money borrowed by Heishui to run the factory, such a person should have no money, in his heart.

However, after listening to the modern buildings introduced by An Lan, Shi Muqun was quite yearning, and asked him to help him design a villa in Hong Kong, and it should be combined with the scenery by the sea.

According to his requirements, it is the rhythm of a modern seaside villa, and he doesn't know which tendon of this old stone is wrong, but it really needs to be built, and Anlan calculates how much the construction cost is.

Shi Muqun's decision gave An Lan a surprise, and he decided to design this villa as his classic.