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Chapter 761 Building a City That Never Sleeps
"The Lord of the Army is discussing matters with the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials." When Aila came to find Chu Yun with people from the Intelligence Department, the guards outside said to her.

Behind her were a few people from the Intelligence Department, holding a bunch of files.

"No need to report, I'll wait outside." Ella said.

After waiting for about an hour, the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials came out.

"Hi, my lords." Ella smiled at them.

"I've met Master Aila." Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials said one after another.

Although the Intelligence Department is not as large as the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials, many officials from the Ministry of Accountancy and the Ministry of Officials have been arrested by the Intelligence Department in the past three years, especially civil officials who are corrupt and oppose land nationalization.Chu Yun had just confirmed the impact of land nationalization with them inside, and now they met the top chief of the intelligence department here.

"Did the military master talk about the land annexation with the adults? I know that there are policies and countermeasures. In some places, officials try to use the name of other people in the family to buy excess houses. Our intelligence department and the monitoring If officials are found to be trying to take advantage of loopholes, not only will they lose their official positions, but they will also be dispatched to Nanyang,” Ella said.

"Our six ministries will definitely punish the officials of our own departments strictly." The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that some people were going to be unlucky.

"Thank you, my lords." After Ella finished speaking, she led a few people from the Intelligence Department into the backyard of the Suzhou government office.

The officials of the Ministry of Households said to the Ministry of Officials: "The New Deal is at a critical time, which idiot is taking advantage of the loophole?"

The official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs shook his head: "The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds. It may be because of the habit of doing this in the previous dynasty."

"Our six departments should conduct a self-inspection from top to bottom, so as not to get involved too much."

Officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Officials discussed it in private, and were targeted by the intelligence department. If they were not stopped in time, it might lead to a major case involving the six ministries.

Aila came in with the staff from the intelligence department, and saw Chu Yun dozing off on the table.

"Put down the files, go down first." Ella said softly to her subordinates.

Several people from the intelligence department put down the files and left.

When Chu Yun woke up, he found that the afterglow of the setting sun had already entered the hall.Ella was sitting aside, flipping through a book.

"Master, are you awake?" Ella folded the pages and closed them.

"I'm stuck, I have to worry about this and that, it's not as easy as when I was in Liaonan." Chu Yun stretched his waist, "If you want to be relaxed, you have to delegate power, but these people don't make people worry, they The understanding of the New Deal may be somewhat biased, and it needs to be whipped at all times."

"I thought that when the military leader arrived in Nanjing, the six officials would not be able to find them for the time being. I didn't expect them to send people here." Aila said, "This is the file of the 'Assassination of the Envoy Case', and all the prisoners have signed it. Draw a note, and the military leader can file it into the book after looking at it."

Chu Yun got up and only took one of the volumes to read, then closed it with a cursory glance: "Let's deal with it like this."

He didn't know that the charges he arbitrarily arranged for these people who intended to rebel have become a more controversial topic for later generations to study this short period of history, and many historical mysteries have also been left in this way.

"Then I'll go down and arrange meals," Ella said.

"There is no need to prepare tonight. Let's find a restaurant in Suzhou City." Chu Yun said.

"Yes, I'll arrange the guards." Aila worked part-time as the captain of Chu Yun's guard after Yu Cheng protected Xiao Xiu'er and Goya went to Hangzhou.

"There's no need to arrange for guards, just the two of us pretend to go out." After Chu Yun arrived in Taihu Lake, he realized the value of freedom more and more.

"But this is too unsafe. After all, we have only arrested a group of people. I don't know if there are others who have not been arrested..." Ella hesitated.

"You also quickly change into casual clothes, this is an order, you understand?" Chu Yun said irrefutably.

"Yes, this subordinate obeys." Ella said helplessly.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a night ban. Traveling was prohibited when the evening drum was rung at [-]:[-] a.m., and the ban was lifted after the morning bell was rung at [-]:[-] a.m. during the five o'clock shift. Walking on the street during this period was punished with flogging.

Many systems of the Ming Dynasty were inherited from the Yuan Dynasty, and night bans were strictly enforced.Later, Chuyun changed it to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, opening night bans in economically prosperous cities, while other cities and towns without conditions remained night bans.As a wealthy city, Suzhou City has already opened the night ban.

On both sides of the main road in Suzhou City, there is a wooden pillar every ten meters.The people in Suzhou City were very puzzled by these wooden pillars, and did not know what they were used for.

When Chu Yun saw these wooden pillars, he knew what they were used for.This is a utility pole. The wires are still being produced, and the thermal power plant outside Suzhou is also preparing.

"When the thermal power plant is officially in operation and the main roads of Suzhou City are electrified, the night market in Suzhou City will definitely be more prosperous." Chu Yun is very pleased to see that the fruits of the second industrial revolution are gradually appearing in the south of the Yangtze River.

Electric lights have already appeared in Beijing and Liaodong, and Jiangnan, where the economy is more prosperous, was controlled relatively late by Chu Yun. On the contrary, it spread relatively late.

"All of this is due to the new policy of the military lord," Ella said.

"Jiangnan is a good place, and there is the entire Yangtze River Basin as its hinterland. In the Yuan Dynasty, a Shanghai County was established here. When there are more factories here, I plan to build a new city by the Huangpu River and turn Shanghai County into a city that never sleeps. " Chu Yun thought that because of the frequent sea bans in the Ming Dynasty, Shanghai at this time was still a little-known small county in Songjiang Prefecture.

After the sea ban is abolished, the mouth of the Yangtze River is likely to become an important place for overseas colonies and other countries to trade with China.

"The city that never sleeps?" Ella looked at Chu Yun suspiciously.

"Yes, the Yangtze River Estuary in the future will be the most prosperous city group in the world, and businessmen from countless countries will come here to trade. Even in the middle of the night, the lights are still bright, and the dance pavilions and songs are crowded with people, which is extremely lively." Chu Yun thought of the "Ten Miles Foreign Market" in Shanghai in the past.

It's just that in this time and space, the city that never sleeps will be built by him, a Han, not a foreigner, and it is very likely to become the financial and economic center of the world.

Thinking of this, Chu Yun couldn't help but look forward to it.He cleaned up the landlord class, and tried to bring the Jiangnan merchants under the jurisdiction of the Far East Trading Company, just to be able to let go of his hands and feet to realize some of his regrets—Chu Yun wanted to turn this place into the economic center of the world, and even wanted to The world's first stock exchange is to be established here to control the economic lifeline of the entire world.

　I was too tired and overslept when I came back. There are only two shifts today.Thanks to the happy Totoro, Chinese scholars, AK56 and all book friends.

　　
　
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