Day 2.

When he learned the news that the new transfer envoy was riding the Shenzhou that landed on the Huangpu River in Songjiang Prefecture, Liu Daoquan, the prefect of Songjiang, was shocked when he heard the news, immediately put down all government affairs, and hurried over overnight.

"Humble duty, see the transfer envoy!" Liu Daoquan said respectfully.

As officials, they are not afraid of inspections by their superiors, but what they are most afraid of is surprise inspections by their superiors, and once they find problems, there is no chance of remedy.

"Lord Liu doesn't need to be polite, this official is here to inspect the site of Shanghai City." Fan Zheng waved his hand.

Liu Daoquan, the prefect of Songjiang, was able to come in the shortest possible time, and his attitude has already explained everything, and Fan Zheng will naturally treat him with courtesy.

"Shanghai City?" Liu Daoquan couldn't help but be stunned.

Bao Kang, who was on the side, immediately stepped forward to explain to him.

Liu Daoquan said excitedly: "The idea proposed by Lord Fan to build Songjiang Mansion into the world's water transportation center is simply a stroke of genius, Songjiang Mansion is the intersection of shipping and river transportation, once Shanghai City is completed, it will definitely amaze the world." ”

For Liu Daoquan, he and Fan Zheng have the same position, once Songjiang Mansion becomes the world's water transportation center, he, the prefect with the lowest ranking, will become the first of the two Zhejiang, and there is no need to look at the faces of Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Bao Kang on the side saw that Liu Daoquan's performance was exactly what he expected, and nodded proudly at the moment, and immediately brought Fan Zheng's plan for building a nest to attract phoenixes.

"Build a nest to attract phoenixes!"

"Five million dollars?"

When Liu Daoquan heard the news, he couldn't help but breathe, with such a huge fortune, Songjiang Mansion will definitely soar into the sky, and he will also rise.

"Although Songjiang Mansion is not as good as Suzhou and Huzhou and Hangzhou, it is also a land of fish and rice, and the land on both sides of the Huangpu River has its owner, so I am afraid it will be ............." Liu Daoquan suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help frowning.

If you want to build a city next to the Huangpu River, you need not a small amount of land, not to mention that these lands are owned land, and it is not easy to expropriate such a large amount of land.

Fan Zheng thought for a while and said: "Now that the court implements the maintenance of incorruptible silver, the original public land of the officials is no longer needed, you are responsible for finding the owners of these lands, if they want the land, then use the public land of the imperial court to replace it, if you want money, the official can buy it at a price fifty percent higher than the market price." ”

"The prefect is benevolent!"

Liu Daoquan breathed a sigh of relief and said, he was afraid that Fan Zheng would insist on going his own way and want to forcibly expropriate the land of the villagers and cause a civil uprising, but Fan Zheng's two choices were very fair, but they were also a good choice.

As a prefect, his incorruptible silver is quite rich, so he naturally does not look down on the cumbersome public land income, and most of the officials' public land is fertile land, and it must be extremely smooth to use these public fields to replace the landlords, not to mention the option of money replacement, which must be very smooth. ”

"This is the blueprint of Shanghai City, first according to the first phase of the scope of the land acquisition, this matter must be accelerated!" Fan Zheng handed over a drawing to Liu Daoquan.

This is Fan Zheng's plan according to the general memory of Shanghai in later generations, although there are some discrepancies, but there is not much difference.

Liu Daoquan saw the city drawings in his hand, and couldn't help nodding slightly, the layout of this city was quite reasonable, which made his eyes light up.

"This city is exquisitely designed, why doesn't it have walls?"

Liu Daoquan looked at the drawings and was puzzled, you must know that every city in the Great Song Dynasty is protected by a city wall, and Shanghai City will become the center of water transportation in the world, and its status is extremely important, how can it not be protected by the city wall. ”

Fan Zheng explained: "Although this official has five million yuan of flying money, it takes a lot of money to build a city out of thin air, so naturally good steel is used on the blade, giving priority to the construction of docks and streets, and not taking care of the city wall at all. ”

"But every time a new city is built in the world, isn't it always the city wall first?" Liu Daoquan smiled bitterly.

Fan Zhengdao: "Most of the city has no city wall, the future of Shanghai City is to gather the world's business travel and water transportation, its population and scale will be expanding day by day, over time, it will be the Song Dynasty's premier city, building the city wall in advance is a kind of constraint, the harm outweighs the good, so the official decided that Shanghai City does not build the city wall." ”

"Don't build walls?" Liu Daoquan opened his mouth and stammered, even a village in the world will be built into a wall, and Shanghai City will be built into a big city second to none in the world, which will be able to surpass Suzhou and Hangzhou, comparable to Bianjing, and it is the first city in the world that does not build a city wall.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but be persuaded by Fan Zheng, after all, as Fan Zheng said, although five million guan is much, it is still not enough compared to building a new city, not to mention, this city needs to continue to expand in the future, and it is indeed the best choice not to build the city wall.

"The transfer makes the lord wise, and building the city wall in advance is like a cocoon, and it will also waste the people's financial resources in vain." Bao Kang exclaimed.

The city wall is bigger, it costs too much, and if it is small, it will be demolished in the future, and it is a waste of money, so it is better to invest the limited financial resources into the construction of the city.

When Shanghai City falls into a bottleneck or has money in the future, it is not too late to repair it.

"Shanghai City is adjacent to the sea, and my Great Song Naval Division is invincible in the world, Shanghai is not any threat, and it is not a big problem if you don't build the city wall!" Fan Zhengdao.

"Xia Guan understands! Let's do it! At that moment, Liu Daoquan took a deep breath and turned around and left.

He understood that Fan Zheng would not be able to stay in Songjiang Mansion for many days, and he had to make some achievements as soon as possible to prove his worth.

However, Liu Daoquan left confidently, but soon returned.

"What, no one wants to trade or sell land!" Fan Zheng said incredulously.

Whether it was the replacement of the public land of the imperial court, or the purchase price exceeding 50% of the market price, it was a fair price, and it was all gone.

Liu Daoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Qiqi Fan, I don't know what's going on, the news that my lord is going to build Shanghai City here has come, and many people think that the land in their hands will skyrocket, and they are not willing to give up this good thing of pie in the sky." ”

"Humph! There must be a villain in the way! Bao Kang sneered.

Their prices are very fair, and the news that the land is about to skyrocket has already spread as soon as they arrive here, which is obviously secretly provoking.

Fan Zheng frowned, he knew that the officials in the Liangzhejiang area were dissatisfied with his position as a transfer envoy, and he didn't expect that he would come so soon.

"I'm waiting to see the Transit Envoy!"

At this moment, there was a sudden shout from the shore!

"This group of Diao people!" Liu Daoquan's face changed, and he knew in his heart that it must be the people on both sides of the strait who were making trouble.

"It's that the lower officials have no way to discipline them, and please wait for the adults, and the lower officials will send someone to drive them away!"

Liu Daoquan got up immediately and prepared to send someone to drive these Diao people away.

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, since they ask to see the official, then the official will see them and see what conditions they have?" ”

Fan Zheng signaled slightly, and immediately sent a boat to dock and take these people to the dragon boat.

"I'll see the Transporter!"

In front of the village chief at the head, a group of people saluted tremblingly.

"Excuse me!" Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "This official thinks that whether it is in exchange for official land or buying land at a high price, he has not treated you badly, I don't know why you refuse?" ”

The village chief smiled bitterly: "The conditions of the transfer make the adults extremely favorable, but although the official fields are good, they are scattered everywhere, once replaced, our villagers will be scattered, and we will not be able to leave our homeland?" Please also make the adult understand! ”

"If we take the money, we will lose our land, and we will be empty, and I am afraid that we will be miserable in the future." The other clan elder shook his head and said.

Bao Kang sneered: "What homeland is difficult to leave, what is sitting and eating empty, it's just an excuse, you must be provoked by others, and you know that Lord Fan wants to build Shanghai City, and you want to sit on the ground and raise the price!" ”

The villagers were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly bowed their heads and denied: "My lord has wronged, I have been here for the rest of my life, and it is really difficult to leave my homeland, and I rely on the land to make a living, and please transfer it to make my lord merciful!" ”

"A group of Diao people, the construction of Shanghai City is the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty, how can it be obstructed because of others? Do you think that this official can't help you? Liu Daoquan said coldly.

The villagers couldn't help but tremble, but they still gritted their teeth and held on, after all, people die for money, birds die for food, if they can hold on to the land, the wealth they can get is too great.

Fan Zheng got up and looked at the villagers and said: "The construction of Shanghai City is related to the water transportation of the world, and it is related to the rise and fall of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The faces of the villagers suddenly changed.

"But you are also lucky, you were born in this blessed place, this place was chosen by this official, you and I are destined, and besides, you have lived here for generations, if you move away because of this, it is really unreasonable." Fan Zheng changed his words.

"Please also transfer your lordship's mercy!" The village chief hurriedly saluted.

Fan Zheng thought for a while and said: "In this case, the official will change the way of expropriation, the official will expropriate all the fields, and keep the villages of yours, and when Shanghai City develops in the future, the value of your homestead land will skyrocket, whether it is rented or sold, it will be a huge amount of money!" ”

"But we lost our land.................. A young man still wants to hold on.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "If you lose your land, you will receive a lot of compensation, and from now on, a large number of docks, warehouses, and houses will be built here, and a new city will rise, and a lot of labor will be required. ”

The young villagers wanted to fight again, but they were glared back by the village chief, and immediately bowed down and said, "Thank you for making the adults merciful, we will definitely abide by it!" ”

As the head of the village, he naturally knew how much power the transfer envoy had, and Fan Zheng's concession had already made him overjoyed.

Not to mention that a house in Kaifeng City is worth thousands of dollars, and the price of a house in Hangzhou and Suzhou is even more expensive.

Not to mention that there are so many jobs to do, and their village's income will be greatly improved.

In addition, the Great Song Dynasty has changed the law in recent years and implemented the apportionment into the mu, which also caused the tax on the field to increase and the price of the field to fall, which also made Fan Zheng's policy smoothly implemented.

"Your Excellency is clever, and your subordinates admire it!"

After the villagers left, Liu Daoquan complimented.

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "The Shanghai city designed by Fan is naturally like the sea, tolerant and large, not only to attract the world's merchant ships to come and go, but also to accommodate the locals, plus the current Shanghai city is still a barren place, these people are willing to contribute, this official is naturally welcome." ”

"Wise adults!" Liu Daoquan admired.

Fan Zheng said: "In the future, the land acquisition of Shanghai City will be carried out according to this model, and in the near future, labor and materials will enter this place, and this official will leave a master to be responsible for the construction of Shanghai City." ”

Liu Daoquan's face couldn't help but darken, the evil doctor Fan Zheng still used his own people to build Shanghai City.

Fan Zheng continued: "In addition to your assistance, this official has an important matter entrusted to you!" ”

Liu Daoquan's heart perked, and he hurriedly said, "Please also ask Master Fan to command!" ”

"Shanghai City is a new city, and its potential in the future is unlimited, and Songjiang Mansion has a very serious potbelly disease, and this matter must be prevented, and another important task for this official to come this time is to control the threat of potbelly disease." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Potbelly!"

Liu Daoquan's heart sank, potbelly disease is indeed a major threat to Songjiang Mansion, and even villages in many places have suffered heavy deaths and injuries because of potbelly disease.

"This official has transferred a large number of doctors from all over the world to be responsible for examining and treating the potbelly disease, but the most important thing is to eliminate the host of the potbelly disease, the snail!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Snails!"

Liu Daoquan sighed and said: "Snails are everywhere, how can they be wiped out." ”

The information that snails can be infected with potbelly disease has long been transmitted from doctors, but snails are extremely small and everywhere, and they cannot be extinct at all.

Fan Zheng said coldly: "Although there are many snails, they are not without weaknesses, that is, their movement speed is slow!" It only takes a lot of manpower, or pesticides, to find the snails and eliminate them! ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be a lot of money!" Liu Daoquan said shockedly.

He understood that this could indeed eliminate the snails, but there were so many snails in the entire Songjiang Prefecture, which would not only cost a lot of manpower and financial resources, but also take a long time.

Fan Zheng said firmly: "Don't worry about money, you just need to requisition the masses, a river, a rice field can't be spared, the exemption money in Songjiang Mansion is not enough, and the official will also give you financial support, and strive to control the big belly disease within three years, and completely eliminate the snail in Songjiang Mansion after ten years." ”

Liu Daoquan saluted solemnly and said: "My lord loves the people of Songjiang Mansion so much, and Xia Guan, as the prefect of Songjiang, really admires it." ”

Yu Gong is the prefect of Songjiang, and he should eliminate the snail and completely solve the big belly disease, not to mention Fan Zheng's strong support. For private reasons, once he eliminates the nail snail and controls the potbelly disease, it will definitely be a great achievement, and his promotion in the future is also a great qualification.

"Do a good job in this matter, and the official will not hesitate to ask the official family for credit for you!" Fan Zheng promised.

"The lower officials must live up to the high expectations of the adults." Liu Daoquan said solemnly.

After arranging the affairs of Songjiang Mansion, Fan Zheng landed directly from the Huangpu River, took a carriage, went all the way south, passed through Jiaxing, and went directly to Hangzhou, officially taking up the post of transfer envoy of the two Zhejiang. (End of chapter)