Daming 1805

Chapter 300 Press the pause button for half of Xiao Xiyang.

Zhu Jingyuan chatted with Zhu Zhongliang about the submarine in the morning, and returned to his office to handle official business in the afternoon.

The first thing I saw was a development plan for the next phase of Meng County and surrounding areas.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian presided over the production, and Liu Zhixin, Pan Shien and other officials from the Great Food Kingdom provided important suggestions.

The current urban area of ​​Meng County is located on an estuary island within a bend in a river.

The area of ​​the entire island is less than fifteen square kilometers, and it is very small in the municipal district of later generations.

The original urban area was even smaller, and only one-fifth of the [-]-square-kilometer island was developed.

This still includes the new textile and clothing industrial zone built after the arrival of Ming Dynasty.

The built-up areas are basically concentrated on the outermost end of the island, and most of the interior areas are still wilderness, tidal flats, and farmland.

Now, due to the development of the industrial zone, the urban population of Meng County is growing rapidly, and this momentum will continue for a long time.

Although the current increase is mainly worker immigrants, most of them now live in factory dormitories.

But their assets are also rapidly accumulating, a large number of workers are marrying and having offspring, and soon there will be families who want to buy independent real estate.

The houses left by the original owners in the urban area are basically allocated for use now, and there are very few existing vacant houses.

It's time for further expansion in Meng County.

The goal of this development plan is not limited to Mengxian Island, but the entire Mengxian River Bay area including Mengxian Island.

The long-term plan covers an area of ​​[-] kilometers horizontally and [-] kilometers vertically, totaling nearly [-] square kilometers.

On the south, north, and west sides of Mengxian Island, there are three peninsulas separated by bifurcated river bends and the sea.

Therefore, the planning also makes use of this natural boundary, and is clearly divided into three directions and four areas.

The core is of course Mengxian Island, and the long-term plan is to serve as an administrative center, a cultural center, and a technical center.

The plan to start right away in the near future is to clear and level the wasteland of all undeveloped areas on the island.

Build a high-standard road around the island, and build a main road in the shape of "Feng" with three vertical lines and one horizontal line inside the road around the island.

The existing trees are reserved according to the situation, and before being directly developed into a built-up area, they will be used as an original ecological green park.

No farmland is reserved on the island, and all land is listed as construction reserve land.

Continue to expand the existing industrial area, and simultaneously build a mid-range residential area for existing workers' families.

At the same time, a new palace was built for Zhu Jingyuan in the very center of the island.

On the street in front of the palace, a new set of Dashiguo official offices and the management yamen of Meng County will be built.

A new R&D and design center will be built around the same time.

Outside of Mengxian Island, the plans for the three peninsulas belong to the short-term and even long-term plans.

Currently there is only a relatively rough direction.

The western part of Mengxian Island, the peninsula inside the bay, is used as a spare place for commercial construction.

The northern peninsula is used as a reserve for industrial construction, and the southern peninsula is temporarily used as a development zone for agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fishery.

According to different actual development needs, build different types of wharves.

Where the budget is rich every year, infrastructure will be built in these areas.

Integrate the remaining indigenous Mo people around and send them to the inland area as pawns to attack them.

After Zhu Jingyuan finished reading the whole thing, he vaguely realized that some people wanted to move the capital.

How can you give up Quicksand City!
Although the environment in Quicksand City is a little bit more difficult, there are no green mountains and green waters at all, and the temperature of [-] degrees in summer is normal.

Although the environment of Meng County is a little bit better than that of Quicksand City.

The climate is warm and comfortable, with sufficient sunshine and water, and has a great population carrying potential, which is very suitable for living and farming.

But the Gulf is the foundation of the Great Food Kingdom, the core gold mine of the Great Food Kingdom...

The key is what kind of royal city to build. The royal city should be built according to the standardized pattern. There are too many restrictions.

If you want to build a house for yourself, it is also a practice palace, and you can build a garden, and you can do whatever you want.

The point is that I am going to Yinzhou soon, even if the royal city and palace are repaired, no one will go in and live there.

When Zhu Jingyuan saw this, he took a piece of paper and wrote down his request first:
Instead of a modified royal palace on the island, you can expand the base of the Bishui Garden and use it as a palace for receiving members of the royal family.

While building a new city, choose a suitable location to build a new county government.

It is possible to build a set of management yamen in the Mozhou area, and the standard is based on the central government office of the Dashi king's capital.

Some yamen that are not directly related to the area can be moved to Meng County.

But the political capital must always be placed in Quicksand City.

This is almost a dual-capital system.

The nominal capital will always be Quicksand, but Meng County may become the de facto capital.

Zhu Jingyuan's thinking was still the same as before.

The population carrying capacity of Quicksand City is indeed too low, so its functions should be reduced as much as possible.

Therefore, various industrial areas have been built outside.

Quicksand City only retains the oil mining industry.

Now it seems that Wangdu, as an administrative center, seems to have nothing to do with oil exploration.

But oil is the most important source of income for the Great Food Country, so the political status of Quicksand City must always be maintained.

Especially when the local environment is harsh.

Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan appointed Liusha City as the capital and will never waver.

However, the actual staff and the functions of the capital can allow a part of the gradual migration to Meng County.

Zhu Jingyuan had just finished writing his thoughts and put them aside, only to find that the next report was written by Chunxiang.

When Zhu Jingyuan opened it, he glanced at Chunxiang who was following him:
"Is it...about smuggling?"

"Ah."

Chunxiang directly explained the content of the report she wrote, mainly summarizing and conveying the conversation with Aoxue last night.

The main reason is to ask Zhu Jingyuan for instructions on how to deal with Aoxue's fine.

After hearing Chunxiang's explanation, Zhu Jingyuan looked through her report again, and was a little surprised by Aoxue's actions:

"This girl is too capable of messing things up, she has done so many things in one afternoon!

"And then there's the fine...

"If you really accept death completely... this kind of thing cannot be offset, and a violation is a violation...

"But considering human nature, she voluntarily handed over the money this time. If she doesn't get any forgiveness, she might not pay it the next time a similar situation occurs.

“Anyone will have this mentality.

"So far, she has performed well, and she should not just be punished and punished blindly, but should also be rewarded.

"So do what you want.

"Change the fine to recovery of stolen goods, and change the amount to 85 silver notes.

"Arrange a few servants to work as clerks in that shop, guarding this tea shop that may have a chance to be bait.

"If those smugglers reappear, we will report the situation and decide whether to arrest them."

Chunxiang took the order to record it, and was going to do it later.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the documents for a while, and at around three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Zexu came over.

Lin Zexu also delivered a report to Zhu Jingyuan, and at the same time explained the general situation of the report verbally:

"Your Highness, from yesterday afternoon to this morning, the cleaning operation that lasted for most of the day has come to an end for the time being.

"A total of 370 small-scale smugglers and resellers have been arrested, and the punishment plan is currently being reviewed and determined.

"The biggest problem right now is that we still haven't found a way to smuggle traders out to sea.

"An and others who are suspected of serving smugglers through the Thai-Western channel lost their tracks during the process of being tracked.

"The other party was not present at any of the piers, nor was he present on the sandy beaches in and around Mon County Island.

"They probably hid in a very secret hiding place, and there are still many primitive jungles in the western part of Meng County Island.

"Next, I plan to conduct a comprehensive search on the undeveloped areas of the island.

"At the same time, it is hoped that the clean-up operation inside the island will begin immediately to eradicate the remaining jungle areas on the island.

"This is to prepare for full-scale development and construction, and it will also give smugglers nowhere to hide in the future."

After hearing these explanations, Zhu Jingyuan picked up the development plan he had just approved and handed it to Lin Zexu who was opposite:
"I wrote a little bit of my own advice, and about those smugglers, does Mr. Lin think they are hiding in the jungle?"

Lin Zexu took the document with both hands, but did not open it right away. First, he answered Zhu Jingyuan's question:
"They were not found on the boat. The boats that appeared on the sea were carefully checked, and no relevant personnel were found."

Zhu Jingyuan frowned subconsciously, and then out of the corner of his eye, he saw the submarine concept he had written these days, and his brow twitched suddenly:
"There are no boats on the sea? Is it possible for them to escape from under the water?"

Lin Zexu was obviously taken aback:
"You mean to escape by diving? But the underwater lurking cannot last for too long, so it should be able to be spotted by patrol boats."

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand and said:

"I mean, the submersible, the mini-submarine, this thing is a smuggling artifact.

"Is there a lightning protection and anti-submarine net in the exit of Mengxian Island and the bay?"

Lin Zexu also understood:
"After the war ended, the lightning protection net outside the port of Meng County was removed, and we did not install it after we took over.

"So, it is necessary to immediately redeploy the anti-submarine mine protection net outside the port...even around the whole island?"

Zhu Jingyuan ordered directly:

"Yes, deploy as soon as possible, don't worry about the cost, as long as you find the smugglers, you can earn it back soon.

"Also, even if the smugglers didn't use submarines before, sooner or later they will think of using submarines to smuggle.

"Even if the anti-submarine lightning protection net is not available now, it will still be able to play a role in the future."

Lin Zexu immediately nodded and agreed:

"Students start preparing as soon as they go back."

Zhu Jingyuan continued to think and ordered:

"If the other party used a submersible to escape, they may have escaped from Mengxian Island and reached the sea outside.

"But submarines can't run fast, especially small or even human-powered submarines, and ordinary merchant ships can't run fast either.

"They want to hide and lurk out, let alone run away, even if they go out, they should not go far.

"It is impossible for them to travel all the way to Taixi with submersibles, and they will definitely join other merchant ships overseas.

"So if a ship that can't be found to have problems at the dock, it may not be all right to check it a second time at sea.

"So I immediately sent my order to let the escort fleet of Meng County go to sea and go to the open sea to check all the ships around.

"Including sailing from Meng County, the ship that has been inspected at the Meng County Wharf, looking for submarines and a few people from the New Roman Tea Shop.

"All ships are subject to a comprehensive inspection, those that do not cooperate are directly detained, and those that escape are directly sunk."

"Notify the right army governor's office to block the Red Sea Xihai Canal in Jizhou, and notify the former army governor's office to block the South Mozhou waterway.

"Let the two governor's mansions pull out all the cruisers for training, and turn over the ships around the entire West Bank of the Little Western Ocean!"

Zhu Jingyuan said the order, and Chunxiang took notes beside him.

Lin Zexu hesitated for a few seconds, and finally tried to remind:
"Your Highness... this is really too much fanfare...

"Besides, even if we search outside with great fanfare, there is a high probability that nothing will be found.

"The open sea is so big, and there are so many ships on the sea, the key point is that it is too easy to hide a few people and a few bags of clothes on a ship with tens of thousands of tons.

"Even if no one on board cooperated, even if the investigators didn't tip off the information, it would be difficult to find out.

"Such large-scale, high-intensity, and even repeated on-board inspections have seriously affected maritime trade.

"Even if the person is found in the open sea, it is difficult to determine whether the person really dived out of the island.

"Students suggest that you can check the waters off Mengxian County, there is no need to block the Xihai Canal and the South Mozhou waterway.

"It is better to deploy a mine protection and anti-submarine network around Meng County first, and continue to control all the passages in and out of Meng County.

"At the same time, observe the reaction of the Thai and Western markets, and judge whether this has cut off the smuggling channel of Taixi.

"Also continue to observe whether the relevant personnel of the other party will appear again."

Zhu Jingyuan walked around the room, then said quite seriously:

"I think it's still necessary to investigate with great fanfare. It's better if there is a result. If there is no result, it's not a waste of time.

"I'm leaving here soon, without my suppression, people in all aspects may be more daring.

"I'm going to hit hard now, and the subsequent situation should be able to last longer.

"Furthermore, my errands for military, political and foreign affairs in the Dashi, Daqinhai, and Mozhou regions as the governor are about to be relieved.

"After I leave, no one here will be able to mobilize them to cooperate with each other."

Lin Zexu knew that Zhu Jingyuan had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him and responded directly as an aide:
"Students, sort out your orders and send them to the headquarters of the capitals."

And after Zhu Jingyuan conveyed these orders, he almost pressed the pause button for half of Xiao Xiyang.

Zhu Jingyuan's identity is very special, he is the biggest contributor to the peace talks and even the world war.

Now he has the duties and rights to be in charge of the Youjun Dudufu and the former Jundudufu.

The smuggling operations in Meng County are indeed rampant, and it can even be regarded as repeated prohibitions, so they can only ask the army for help.

After receiving the order, the headquarters of the two Dudu Mansions acted without any hesitation.

The fleet located near Xiaoyangyang quickly left the port, directly cutting off the north-south routes in the west of Xiaoyangyang.

(End of this chapter)