Lu Renbing's method of persuading the people in the city is to change the house according to the area of one to two. The land area plus the living area are counted. Even if they built a messy utility room privately, Lu Renbing recognized it. For a while, the sea was boiling, and those residents who had already lived in bad houses still did not agree.

Lu Renbing ordered people to sign a formal agreement with them, and they were embarrassed if the conditions were good, and soon the demolition began.

Huhai Urban Construction Group was established on the basis of Lu's Real Estate Company, with advanced equipment and sufficient personnel. In a month, the entire Huhai City was bulldozed. Eight wide openings have been made in the city wall, and according to the two-way four-lane road plan, it will not fall behind for 70 years.

The divided city walls, which are connected by a sturdy overpass, are both convenient and stylish. All the ancestral halls, temples, churches, government offices, former residences of the people, large gardens and other monumental buildings in Huhai are all preserved as they are, and they are repaired and maintained.

The buildings are well preserved, and the old-fashioned buildings and alleys are also selectively retained, as the original appearance of the ancient town. The rest were demolished, rivers were dredged, bridges and parks were built, residential areas were built, and roads were built. Dredging the moat, taking the city wall as the center, building a ring road outward, planning the residential area, the industrial area, and the commercial area.

Anyway, the entire Huhai is a big construction site, and no matter how the outside world changes, Lu Renbing doesn't care. Focusing on the development of the Shanghai Sea.

It took three years for the renovation of Huhai City to be completed. The residents of Huhai who have relocated have become the demolition generation of this era. The worst family can also get seven or eight houses. Lived the 21st century early, chartering a public career. But what they got was all side dishes, and Lu Renbing and the others were the biggest winners. Lu Renbing became the largest landlord and landlord in Shanghai, the Jewish tycoon Hartung in the concession, and the Madison family was a piece of cake compared to him.

How much real estate there is, Lu Renbing himself is not clear. Anyway, this Huhai expansion project, the area of the new circle alone is the size of four concessions, and this does not include Lu Renbing's land in the Pudong area.

Alas, it's really sad, this money is really spending more and more, worrying about four people. The demand for tap water and electricity in the newly renovated Huhai City increased dramatically, and Lu Renbing, together with the gentry of Huhai, built six power plants and four waterworks in one go, and Huhaicheng also planned the most advanced sewer system in this era.

Anyway, just from the appearance, the appearance of Huhai City surpassed the concession in one fell swoop, and the people of the Chinese community no longer have to envy the modernization in the concession.

Most importantly, the architectural style of Huhai City, led by Lu Renbing, completely retains the essence of Chinese architecture. Pay attention to Feng Shui harmony. It is in stark contrast to the European-style architecture of the concession, each with its own merits and brilliance.

Because of the successful transformation of Huhai City, the morale of Huhai people has been greatly improved. Although the people of this era are poor, everyone has an unyielding heart in their hearts. Chinese people will be proud of anything that can be compared to foreigners.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Renbing, who presided over this work, has gained a high reputation. Because of Yuan Shikai's methods, the Huhai Autonomous Association has long been scattered. However, the Shanghai-Haihai renovation project was carried out smoothly. No matter who Yuan Shikai sent to be the guard of Huhai Town. He didn't have a problem with Lu Renbing.

Lu Renbing has become the biggest snake in Shanghai. With the completion of the Huhai renovation project, Lu Renbing not only became the largest landlord in Huhai. It also became the de facto controller of Huhai. No one can forget the artillery performance of Lu Renbing's guards next to the old city wall.

But fortunately, Lu Renbing was not interested in the struggle between Beiyang and the revolutionary party, and they wanted to come to Shanghai to raise funds or collect taxes, as long as Lu Renbing did not delay the collection of rent, Lu Renbing would not care.

In three years, Lu Renbing's manpower completely controlled the police system in Huhai, with police stations in each street and properties in each community all under Lu Renbing's manpower.

Lu Renbing also used physical persuasion to dissolve the Huhai Autonomous Association, the General Chamber of Commerce, and the armed forces of various associations, and annexed them all, forming a Huhai garrison of up to 120,000 people.

They were stationed in various important places around the Shanghai Sea, and by the way, they persuaded Qingpu, Jiading, Jinshan, Baoshan, Fengxian and other places to accept the protection of the garrison and develop together.

Well, in fact, it controls the scale of the future 21st century.

Elsewhere, Lu Renbing didn't care, he just stared at Huhai, the pearl of the Far East.

No matter which government wants to send an official, Lu Renbing is welcome, but not a single soldier wants to enter the circle he draws. If you enter his territory, you must follow the rules he has set. It's a pity that no one understands Lu Renbing's kindness. In just two years, the people of Huhai expelled four overseers for Lu.

President Yuan, who was also helpless, had to make him a patrol envoy to the Shanghai Sea, and clarified the de facto ruling power of Jia Fengxian, Jinbao, Qingfengpu, in exchange for his recognition of the Beiping government.

Lu Renbing also reluctantly accepted the appointment of President Yuan Da, officially became the king of the Shanghai Sea, and became the patron of all walks of life in the Shanghai Sea. In fact, he really wanted to keep a low profile, but he didn't allow it.

Well, the reason why the concession also accepted Lu Renbing was completely unavoidable. Lu Renbing didn't want to cause trouble either. It's just that I don't know why, in recent years, the public security situation in the Shanghai Concession has deteriorated sharply, and there have always been inexplicable violent incidents.

The patrols of the patrol room, those who dared to come out, were also hung on the pole for some reason. Inspector Huang, who had just become a big man, hid in his freshly repaired house and didn't dare to go out.

The public boards of the concessions have no solution to this situation at all. The smell of gunpowder smoke in the sky over Europe is clearly heard in this Far East, and who can take care of them, their garrison in Shanghai and Haihai is not a fart at all. Combat-ready warships have been redeployed back to Europe. The little gunboats that were left scared and scared the smuggling boats.

Lu Renbing was completely repaired and restored, and the fort strongholds in Huhai. The ordnance company he laid out in South Africa has been able to produce qualified coastal defense artillery, and Huhai is the company's largest customer.

Later, even the high-level officials of the public board of directors were constantly robbed and kidnapped, and the military supplies of the troops stationed in Shanghai and Haihai were robbed.

The notes sent to Peiping and various parts of Jiangsu were increasingly strongly worded. But there was no fart response at all. They can't control the affairs of Shanghai and Haihai.

The public board of directors had no choice but to send someone to contact Lu Renbing, who was working as a foreman at the construction site, and asked him to enter the concession to maintain law and order.

Lu Renbing, who is not good at all, is willing to accept the mess, shaking his head like a rattle, and resolutely refuses. He said that he must not destroy the traditional friendship between various countries and our country, and that he could not enter the concession even if he was killed, and that if it was leased to you, it would be under your own control.

Dead-eyed foreigners, they believed it at the time. On their way back, they were tied up by a group of people. is still a subordinate of the Board of Directors, risking his life to send someone to ask Lu Renbing to come forward and redeem them.

However, in view of the fact that the incident occurred in the concession, Lu Renbing just told everyone to pay more attention to safety. I went back to work as a construction worker.

The situation in the concession became worse and worse, and when the first shot was fired in Europe, these foreigners could no longer withstand it. Crying and shouting to seek, the freshly baked patrol made the adult, the largest landlord in Shanghai, and the landlord went to the concession to visit and guide. Be sure to keep them safe as tenants.

I was invited many times one after another, and finally I asked the commander of Beiping. Lu Renbing, who was helpless, accepted the request of various countries and officially took over the security issue of the Huhai Concession. And by the way, the treaty was amended, requiring all concessions to stop building roads across the border. Lu Renbing generously acknowledged the road boundary they had built, but the rent had to be paid again.

Well, the rent of the concession authorities was too low before, and the new leased land, of course, had to renegotiate the rent. Well, people are under the eaves, and the house in their hometown is on fire, and they have to beg the Chinese people not to fall into the opponent's camp. Still, the countries agreed to sign the agreement.

Well, the binding nature of this treaty applies to all concessions. Although it was not a resumption of the concession, it only recovered part of the rights and interests and prevented the expansion of foreigners, which was enough to inspire the hearts of the whole country.