The City of Manhattan

Since Quebec has been incorporated into the empire, Zhao Hongyu's territory has expanded a lot.

And the French living in Quebec began to pour into Manhattan. The reason for this is simple, because there are so many job opportunities here in Manhattan.

After a winter's rest, as soon as spring came, the city of Manhattan began to build vigorously again.

Roads, houses, facilities, and water conservancy ...... Before Zhao Hongyu left, the urban plan for the city of Manhattan had already been designed.

As the first city under Zhao Hongyu, it is also the most open city.

The construction of the city of Manhattan will certainly not be so simple.

At least in terms of planning, they think about different priorities.

For example, when building roads, they can't build that kind of narrow road, because it's predicted that there will be more and more horse-drawn carriages in Manhattan within a decade.

Therefore, in order not to have the brain-dead problem of urban planning in later generations, the highway should not be built for hundreds of years, and there will be no congestion.

Although the quality of the pavement may not be too good due to the problems of craftsmanship and technology.

But renovating the road is always better than replanning.

This is like the capital of China in later generations, the urban planning did not take into account many problems, which led to the road repair was too narrow and traffic jammed to make people crazy, and because of the early planning problems, they couldn't change it at that time.

Zhao Hongyu and the others thought of such a thing completely in advance and took precautions.

Another is the problem of drainage and sewage.

Although it seems that it is too early to consider this issue, for the sake of future generations, this issue should also be carefully planned, right?

As people who have lived in later generations, out of their understanding of the world of later generations, Zhao Hongyu does not want to make many mistakes.

So, as soon as spring arrives here in Manhattan, big construction begins.

Because of the relationship of construction. So the demand for manpower is very huge.

This attracted the British in Virginia and Pennsylvania, as well as the French in Quebec.

They came to Manhattan in large numbers, which was a little alleviating the labor shortage.

But that doesn't solve the problem.

Due to the lack of manpower, there are still many projects in Manhattan that have not yet started.

The same is true for Lake Ontario, as well as other cities.

Slightly better is Quebec, where there are tens of thousands of French.

And the European merchant ships that traded back and forth also brought back to the European continent the news that the Americas were full of opportunities.

This gave hope to the poor and bankrupt on the continent, who were already starving to death.

It's a pity that it's just a boat to the Americas. This requires a lot of money.

So, while they see hope, they don't touch the edge of hope.

I have to say, this is a very cruel thing.

The Manhattan City Pier is more lively than in winter because of the boom in trade.

The merchant ships that came from Europe were not only carrying sailors, but also many of the merchants' own families.

Because Manhattan is safe and secure, and the living environment is also very good. Therefore, many businessmen are planning to become naturalized and bring their families to live in the Americas.

A person with a vision and an active brain. In any decade.

Although they did not have the vision of the times like Zhao Hongyu, many of them still saw the strength of the Song Empire.

For such people, Zhao Hongyu and they have no objection, but they are not very welcome.

However, they were given a piece of land and built a house to rent out to the merchants.

Buying a house. That's impossible.

The city of Manhattan doesn't sell homes at all.

Those houses are only for sale to citizens, don't think about it if you're not a citizen.

But even so, many businessmen still flock to it.

Because a large number of European maritime merchants began to settle their industries in Manhattan, some European craftsmen began to appear here in Manhattan. and a number of shops.

Some small crafts in Europe, as well as food, began to appear in the city of Manhattan, enriching the recipes of the people of Manhattan.

Everything looks so good.

And at the same time. More and more European missionaries are coming to Manhattan to sow glory for their Lord.

Song Hu paid great attention to the arrival of these people.

That is to detain supervision and prevent them from coming into contact with ordinary people.

Even if the missionaries shouted and threatened Zhang Tie, they were unmoved, and in short, 'God' was not welcome here in Manhattan.

For these guys and their so-called 'masters', the 'high-level' of the empire is not cold.

Don't look like it's nice, but if you really want them to take root here, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

First of all, their faith is very xenophobic and does not allow other faiths to exist in the missionary area. This led to a conflict with the Manhattan Indians, who believed in animism, which meant that there were many gods born in nature.

And these missionaries are not good people, if they don't do it, they will encourage the European believers in Manhattan to have some kind of faith war in the Americas.

So, for them have to be guarded against.

At the same time, the church also believes that they themselves want to override the supremacy of imperial power, which is also something that Zhao Hongyu cannot tolerate, nor can Wang Shan, Song Hu, Zhang Tie and other genetic people recognize.

Therefore, of course, Zhang Tie will not have a good face for these guys.

If it weren't for Wang Shan's confession not to make too much of a difference, it would not have been impossible for Zhang Tie to send people to assassinate these missionaries.

Fortunately, the intelligence department under Wang Shan's command has achieved good results, and the faith plan is going very smoothly.

As long as the Song Empire has its own sect, then these missionaries can get out.

Hmph, Zhang Tie has this strong confidence in the 'faith' plan that Wang Shan is planning to advance and is currently underway.

If only they were given a little time to win over more believers, there would be no hope for the European missionaries.

America, there will be no place for them.

Manhattan City Center Fortress MII

Knock knock!

"Come in!"

After Song Hu went to Lake City, Ontario, Zhang Tie, who was already the top official in Manhattan, was sitting behind his desk, dealing with a large pile of papers.

In the spring, the city of Manhattan began major construction, and many construction projects had to be approved.

At the same time, he also served as the director of the umbrella company and the minister of economic policy of the empire, so the daily commodity trade had to be approved by him, so Zhang Tie's workload greatly increased.

"The hateful Wang Shan followed His Highness to Europe, but I was busy here in Manhattan alone."

Zhang Tie ignored the secretary who pushed the door in, but complained in a low voice while signing the documents.

"My lord, this is a document handed over by the intelligence department, and I need you to sign and approve it."

The male secretary put the document in his hand on the table, and then took a few steps back and said to Song Hu.

"Let's put it here for now, I'll deal with it later."

Zhang Tie glanced up, then pointed at the document with his finger and said to the secretary.

"My lord, the intelligence department said that this approval is very tight."

Seeing that Zhang Tie didn't care too much, the secretary had to remind him.

"Alright, I know the way."

Zhang Tie waved his hand, and the secretary withdrew from the office.

Hell, what kind of approval is it, it's so urgent.

With the secretary's reminder, Zhang Tie didn't dare to be careless.

God knows what the intelligence department is doing, if it is really a big thing that is delayed, then it is really impossible to escape the blame for it.

Therefore, after the secretary left, Zhang Tie picked up the document and read it very carefully.

Hehe, it turned out to be the set of equipment I asked for at a high price a few days ago.

After reading the contents of the document clearly, Zhang Tie laughed.

It seems that these guys in the intelligence department, their evolution is going well, and now they have begun to reach the 'shock' stage.

After muttering to himself, he took out a pen and signed his name and gave an approval, and then he took out a walkie-talkie, "Come in, I have approved the application of the intelligence department, now you can give this document to them." ”

Soon, the secretary walked in and took the papers.

Zhang Tie looked at the walkie-talkie in his hand with a smile and said to himself: "It's really easy to use, this thing is too expensive." Damn, that Chen Zhenbang is too dark, but it's just a walkie-talkie with a signal covering one kilometer, and he actually asked me for 10,000 yuan. Shit's space-time trader is also limited in number, otherwise this thing would be an artifact for the future naval fleet. ”

It turned out that this kind of walkie-talkie was purchased by Zhang Tie after contacting Chen Zhenbang as the 'township head'.

After all, they now have some access to buy goods from within the Space-Time Trader.

Although there are many goods in modern society, except for those that are not open, there are many goods that they can now buy.

Take this walkie-talkie, for example.

Unfortunately, because they did not invest in research on this product, they were able to buy it but there was a limit to the quantity.

Throughout the seventeenth century, the system allowed it to circulate no more than 100 copies.

In other words, before Zhao Hongyu did not invest in the development of walkie-talkies, he could only use 100 walkie-talkies.

This is somewhat regrettable.

As Zhang Tie said, although the signal coverage of this walkie-talkie is only three kilometers, it is a sharp weapon.

Not to mention the army, if it is used by the navy, it will have indescribable benefits for the command.

Putting the walkie-talkie into the drawer, Zhang Tie smiled bitterly.

Let's do things honestly, this month I also have to invest 100 million yuan in the copycat research institute, I hope to have some new products come out, but don't make carbonated drinks like last time...... (To be continued.) )