Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Then Yang Zhengshan asked some more questions, and Zhou Ren and Lu Wenhua both answered them one by one.

After the two left, Yang Zhengshan went to inspect the city wall again. The repair of the city wall of the Acropolis was in full swing, and a thousand construction workers from the engineering team were busy.

From the chaos and discomfort at the beginning, the engineering team gradually entered a step-by-step stage.

Although it seems that the engineering team currently has many flaws in both its management and construction process, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Yang Zhengshan moved some things from his previous life, but if the people below him want to understand his ideas, it will take a process to implement his ideas.

So far, overall it's pretty good.

After inspecting the city wall, Yang Zhengshan ran back to the Yamen and found an office of the Experience Department.

In addition to being responsible for the clerical work in the health center, the experience department is also involved in the daily management of the health center, such as participating in the management of money and food, military pay, farmland, justice, litigation, etc., and assisting the seal officer in daily government management.

In fact, the largest organization within the Wei Si Yamen is the Experience Department.

In order to facilitate management, Yang Zhengshan even divided the responsibilities of the Experience Department. Han Fei was appointed as the Experience Department, and Han Fei was divided into more than a dozen departments, including two clerical departments, the Money and Food Department, the Military Registration Department, the Ma Zheng Department, the Military Law Department, and the Engineering Department. Branch and so on.

The so-called clerk's room is the secretary's room, which is dedicated to assisting the two commanding colleagues Xie Yuan and Song Dashan.

As for Yang Zhengshan, the two governors, Lu Wenhua and Zhou Ren, are his assistants, and the entire experience department serves him, so there is no need to set up a separate document room.

The office that Yang Zhengshan came to at this time was the engineering department of the yamen. As the name suggests, the main responsibilities of the engineering department are to be responsible for Tenglongwei's engineering and construction matters, manage the engineering team, make architectural and construction plans, formulate construction plans, etc.

There are eight civil servants in the entire Ge Engineering Department, all of whom are former soldiers of the garrison camp.

To be honest, it is really embarrassing for these soldiers to do this. Let them go into battle to kill the enemy. They are definitely elites. Let them make construction plans and make construction plans. They have made a mess and are exhausted.

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming, the eight soldiers stood up quickly, "Sir!"

All of them looked extremely resentful, like little wives who had been wronged.

They were really troubled by all this mess.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but feel funny when he saw them like this.

However, he did not comfort these soldiers. There was no way, his comfort would have no effect. After all, he did not have anyone to replace them now.

In fact, he sent people to recruit civil servants in other places, such as those young students, scholars, and Tenglongwei who were all very welcome.

Unfortunately, few people are willing to come.

The reason is very simple. Tenglong Guard is a guard station. To scholars, the guard station is just a group of big-head soldiers. It is really degrading to be polite to hang out with a group of rough guys all day long.

"How are you doing with the city's planning?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Sir, this is the plan we made, please take a look!"

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward and looked at the planning drawings they made.

Tenglongwei is not big, just a small city with a circumference of less than ten miles.

The eastern half of the city was originally the residence of the Lan family, but now it was transformed by Yang Zhengshan into the Wei Si Yamen, many courtyards, and a large garden.

In the future, Dongcheng District will also serve as the residential area and office area for government officials, as for Xicheng District.

According to Yang Zhengshan's idea, there should be a market, a commercial street and a residential area.

The market was built to facilitate the purchase and sale of items by the surrounding military households. The commercial street was similar, but the main merchants in the commercial street were large merchants.

Such as cloth shops, inns, restaurants, gold and silver shops, etc.

Ordinary military households certainly cannot do such business, so they have to attract investment from outside.

More merchants will help the economy develop. Tenglongwei's market is not big, but Tenglongwei will develop many industries in the future, such as the current salt industry trading, and the maritime trade that Yang Zhengshan is about to put on the agenda.

Once the sea trade business starts, Tenglongwei will become the largest commercial center in the northern part of Liaodong region in the future.

By then, furs, herbs, dry goods and other goods from the Liaodong region can be transported by sea ship, while cloth, porcelain, tea, silk and other goods will be transported to Tenglongwei by sea ship.

As sea trade expands, the number of merchants coming and going from Tenglongwei will naturally increase, and a bustling commercial street is also indispensable.

There are all kinds of inns, restaurants, teahouses, etc., but we can't have a group of businessmen come and not even have a place to stay and treat guests to dinner.

As for the residential areas, they are also prepared for merchants.

Military households generally did not live in the city because they were responsible for farming.

In the future, there will be more merchants in the Acropolis. The shopkeepers and waiters in the stores will definitely need a place to stay. Also, when the boss comes, they can't always live in an inn. It is natural to buy a small courtyard and settle down in the city. matter.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the planning map carefully. In fact, the market and commercial street are not a big problem. The commercial street is divided into two parts, one part is from the South City Gate to the North City Gate, and the other part is from the West City Gate to the city center, because the other part is from the South City Gate to the North City Gate. On one side is the Wei Si Yamen, so things are blocked.

As for the market, it is placed in the southwest corner, which is more suitable for small businesses.

"How many houses have you planned in the residential area?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Eight hundred small courtyards!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was speechless. He knew he should come and see.

Who would live in the 800 courtyards?

The military households would not enter the city, and the officials of the government would live in Dongcheng District, so they did not need to buy additional properties.

It was a joke to rely on merchants from outside to fill these 800 courtyards.

"How big is the courtyard?"

"Uh, they are all courtyards with independent doors and households."

Yang Zhengshan understood that the courtyards they planned were the same as the courtyards planned for the military households in the garrison.

Most of the courtyards of the military households have three main rooms, two side rooms on the east and west sides, and other shacks. A courtyard covers an area of ​​about 150 square meters, which is enough for a family of eight to ten people.

"Change it. Build ten sets of three-entry large courtyards, thirty sets of three-entry small courtyards, and one hundred sets of independent courtyards. The rest of the area will be replaced with low-rent housing!" Yang Zhengshan said carefully.

"Low-rent housing?" The soldiers looked at each other, not understanding what this meant.

"Well, low-rent housing! No yard, no, that's not right, the yard should be smaller!"

Yang Zhengshan simply took the paper and started drawing.

The low-rent housing he thought of was rows of houses facing north and south, ten in a row, and a row of houses had a yard about ten feet wide, with a well and a clothes drying rack in the yard.

"These houses are for the merchants' employees to live in, and can also be used as guest rooms for the inn!"

"Look, the inn is here, and such low-rent housing can be built behind. If the inn's guest rooms are not enough, guests can live in these low-rent housing!"

"If a merchant has many employees, they can rent a row of low-rent housing!"

"Low-rent housing is only rented out, not sold, and the price can be lower, but it can also be regarded as an increase in income for the government!"

Yang Zhengshan briefly explained his ideas.

"But will there be so many people living there?" The soldiers also raised their questions.

Yang Zhengshan gave them a look of stupidity, "Since you doubt that there are not so many people, why have you planned so many small courtyards?"

"..."Everyone laughed awkwardly.

"There should be!"

Yang Zhengshan was not sure either. After all, it was just a plan now. The actual future would depend on the development of maritime trade. If maritime trade was to be developed in Tenglongwei, many problems had to be solved.

"Never mind. Let's plan according to my idea first. If it doesn't work, this area will be left empty. It won't be too late to build it later if there is any other need!"

...

In mid-July, the repair of the city wall was basically completed.

The wall of the Acropolis is 15 feet high and about 8 feet wide. There are no other facilities on the wall, only two battlements, and even no gate tower. It can be said to be quite simple, so it is easy to repair.

After the wall was repaired, the renovation plan in the city was put on the agenda.

On the other hand, Yang Zhengshan also put the maritime trade on the agenda.

If you want to develop maritime trade in Tenglongwei, there are many things that need to be prepared.

The first is the ship. How to go to sea without a ship? But the ship can be bought, which is actually easy to solve.

The second is manpower. Navigation, even if it is just sailing in the near sea, requires professional talents.

The maritime trade in Liaodong is not well developed, and it is not easy to find talents in this area. Yang Zhengshan has no choice but to ask Luo Shang to go to Jiangnan and the southeast to invite people.

The last and most troublesome one is how to get the court to agree to Tenglongwei to engage in maritime trade.

Although Darong has no sea ban, there are many restrictions on maritime trade. If you want to engage in maritime trade, you must go through the Shibosi, and the Shibosi collects extremely high taxes, which causes many sea merchants to engage in smuggling.

As the commander of Tenglongwei, Yang Zhengshan conducts maritime trade in the name of Tenglongwei, so he naturally cannot smuggle.

But if the Shibosi is allowed to collect taxes, he can't work for nothing!

In fact, it is not difficult to bypass the Shibosi. You can build a navy in the name of Tenglongwei.

It is legitimate for the navy to go to sea. Whether it is training or suppressing bandits, you can always find a reason. Well, it is okay to smuggle some private goods by the way.

In the southeast of Darong, many naval guards do this.

Yang Zhengshan can do the same.

However, if he wants to form a navy, he needs the approval from above.

The Central Military Governor's Office?

Forget it, the Central Military Governor's Office will definitely not agree to his navy.

He still has to ask the emperor for help.

After the last incident at the salt field, Yang Zhengshan quickly prepared a memorial and sent someone to Kyoto.

However, as soon as he sent the memorial, the punishment from the Central Military Governor's Office arrived.