Lu Ming

Chapter 490 Situation in the Special Zone ([-])
After discussing with Mu Longcheng, Master Ding Liqiu drank another glass of wine and left.He is now the official mayor of the special zone, known as the prefect of the imperial capital in ancient times, and the overall planning work here, he is so busy every day that he doesn't touch the ground, he doesn't have so much time to chat with people.

After leaving Huangpu Port, take a boat and walk westward along the broad Pearl River, passing Changzhou Island. At this time, Changzhou Island is just a few small sand dunes, and Sun Yat-sen University Town has not yet been seen.

After 50 miles to the west, there is a noisy construction site on the south bank of the Pearl River, which is the planned special zone.

The land of the Special Economic Zone is actually separated from the city of Guangzhou in the north by the later Haizhu District.The Haizhu District of later generations is a sandbar formed by siltation, which did not exist in this era. Now there is a vast river surface between the two sides, with a width of more than 20 miles, which can be regarded as facing each other across the sea.

There is a neat row of temporary wooden pile trestles on the shore, and now almost every trestle is lined with ships of all kinds.

Of course, even if it was a temporary trestle, it was built by the traverser engineers using a pile smasher. The strength must exceed the one built by Ming people privately, and there is no problem in loading and unloading goods manually.

At the same time as Ding Liqiu disembarked, small trolleys had lined up on each trestle, loading and unloading building materials such as stones, cement bricks.

Passing through the busy pier and dismissing all kinds of businessmen and housekeepers who came to pay their respects, it took District Chief Ding half an hour to pass through the pier and walk onto No. [-] Avenue.

Avenue [-] is the main road of the Special Economic Zone. It has not yet been named, but it will most likely be called Royal Street.In the future, when the special zone is completed and the bosses settle in, they will cut the ribbon and name it.

As the most important positioning and landmark of the new district, No. 50 Avenue has a high construction standard.Considering the needs of large-scale events and various celebrations in the future, the average width of No. 60 Avenue light has reached more than [-] meters, and the sidewalks on both sides are more than [-] meters.

Speaking of this, experienced people have already seen that, yes, No. [-] Avenue is modeled after Chang'an Avenue.But there are differences.Due to the small size of the special zone at the moment, the whole avenue is divided into two sections, one half of which is a large square, which is the dividing point between the administrative area and the commercial area.

After passing the square, there are future government offices on the left and right.Those in charge of traffic, those in charge of civil affairs, etc. each have an area for building office buildings.After the general government office area, there is a large building: on the left is the Zhongtang official residence, on the right is the parliament hall, at the end of the road, after a small square is the imperial palace.

After getting off the boat with Ding Liqiu, he didn't directly get into his special car, but let the carriage follow behind him, and he himself walked along the avenue under construction, patrolling along the way.

After half a year of hard work by 1500 people, the avenue built with the standard road construction procedures of later generations has now completed the processes of raising the foundation, compacting it, and laying the base and cushion.

Although the No. 3 Avenue, which runs from east to west and has a total length of [-] kilometers, has not yet been paved with cement, it is already ready for use.

Now Ding Liqiu is stepping on the surface of the cinder layer.

It is also impossible to temporarily replace the cement layer with the cinder layer.The several old-fashioned craft cement kilns in Taiwan were already overwhelmed to supply the whole country and the colonists, and now they have added the special zone, which is a big cement eater, and they can't produce at all.

Fortunately, Ding Liqiu also has a plan: a set of the most advanced (later county-level) rotary kiln cement production line has begun to be difficult in public relations in the kiln area. Once the first set of equipment is successfully shipped, more sets will be produced continuously in the future. shipped to Guangdong.

Cement is difficult, and steel is also difficult.The previous small electric furnaces can be maintained when the plates are not large, but in the next stage when a large number of regular factories are launched according to the standards of later generations, it will definitely not be enough.

So first of all, we need to build a blast furnace in Guangdong and repair a regular steel mill.

Thinking of these troublesome jobs, and thinking of the current situation of bandits everywhere, Ding Liqiu couldn't help shaking his head and sighing secretly: "There is a long way to go!"

On both sides of the No. [-] Avenue business district, in some squares drawn with white lime lines, many buildings built by Ming people have already sprung up.

Of course, it is said that the natives repaired it themselves, but the blueprints, construction plans, building materials, and project supervision are all provided by the crossing people, and the fees are not high.

To put it bluntly, Mingren's boss was only responsible for paying the money and hiring construction workers, and the rest of the work was crowdsourced by Transit.As a result, a large number of imitation Chinese-style buildings with the same style were erected, following the pedestrian street route of later generations.

The main body of these buildings is red brick, and the exterior walls are painted white. They are usually two or three floors, and they are all equipped with glass windows and Chinese-style hanging corner cornices.There are shops on the side facing the street, and courtyards on the back, which is in line with the habits of Ming people.

Most of the business contents of the shops are industrial products and traditional luxury goods. To put it bluntly, it is the Champs Elysees in the seventeenth century.

Anyone who can own a store in such an expensive location is undoubtedly a big businessman or rich man.These people have all contributed to General Cao's entry into Guangdong before, and now they have been rewarded.

After Ding Liqiu patrolled for about one kilometer, he got into the carriage and drove towards the imperial palace at the end of the road.

During this period, he passed by the flat large square, as well as the government offices of various departments under construction, and finally, he came to the three buildings at the core of the empire, which stood in a zigzag shape.

Blocking the boulevard, the only thing facing the long street is naturally the imperial palace.

The imperial palace here is very simple, and it may look a little imposing to the Ming people, but in the eyes of the people who travel through, it is nothing more than a three-story shopping mall, and the blueprints are probably copied from the one of the big officials.

In addition, only a part of the palace is currently completed, and the rest is still under construction.

The reason for this is simple.

First, Emperor Cao, who is elusive and elusive, is basically traveling to this plane now, so he never cares about what the hotel looks like.

Second, Guangdong is currently only a temporary capital, and it will definitely be relocated in the future, so there is no need for any majestic large-scale buildings.

Third: Building materials are in short supply, and the emperor has to save money to support construction, right? Didn’t you see that the sleeves of Chongzhen’s dragon robe are all worn out?People are model workers.

In short, after adding up all kinds of reasons, this place has become a three-story shopping mall again, which is one floor higher than Dayuan's, which is not bad.

On the right hand side of the palace, there is a pure white building with a bit of western style, which seems to have a round or oval office.Travelers from later generations can probably tell at a glance that this thing has a three-point white house taste.

The prime minister's residence was the first to be completed, and all the steel and concrete were first used here. Even the garden behind has been planted with ornamental plants, and the old Zhongtang will give orders in it after he moves in.

There's no way, Mr. Zhongtang's house must not be sloppy, after all, this person is in charge, if the flattery is not good, there will be little shoes flying around.

The prime minister is on the right hand, so the parliament hall is naturally on the left.

Since the council hall is the place where all the crossing people fulfill their rights, it can't be sloppy either. The huge circular Colosseum-style building is the most eye-catching building in the entire special zone, and it is also the only completed building.

When Ding Liqiu's carriage arrived at the mansion, it was already nightfall.Then when he came to the circular office, he found that several people from the building entrance were here: Chen Dong, Feng Guanjie, Zheng Yangyang.

These three, together with a group of bright apprentices who usually surround them, are the technical core for designing and guiding the construction of the special zone.

In fact, while Xia Xianze was still in Taiwan, the cross-travelers who were currently staying in the special zone had already requisitioned this official residence.

After the District Chief Ding Liqiu came back, he sat at the main seat and ate a bowl of claypot rice with fish balls, then opened a bottle of aerated soda and took a few sips before chatting with several architects.

While chatting, District Chief Ding suddenly felt that something was wrong, and then he slapped his head and remembered: "I said, where did Li Dazui go? Wasn't he still there before? Why did he go in this dark day?" ?”

"It's going to be demolished."

Feng Guanjie, who was discussing with a pair of architectural drawings on the coffee table, said without raising his head.Immediately afterwards, he added with a mysterious smile: "Demolition."

(End of this chapter)