Chapter 767 Mainland Merger
On a new day, after getting up, Zhou Xu practiced Tai Chi for a while as usual, then finished breakfast and started a new day's work in the 'Qinzheng Palace'.
Originally, he planned to make a living in the imperial study room.
But later with the arrival of Huo Qubing, the number of desks increased. During this period, relevant personnel transported documents and issued instructions. People often walked in and out during work, which made his imperial study room seem a bit small.
So after winter came, Zhou Xu ordered people to clean up another palace and named it 'Qinzheng Palace'.
Needless to say, its meaning is to remind ourselves to be diligent in government affairs and not to slack off.
After the internal space suddenly became spacious, it felt much better, and my mood became much more comfortable. At the same time, when staff walked in sometimes, they no longer had to worry about bumping into desks or stacks. The files are on the side.
At this moment, a soldier hurried in.
"Your Majesty, the flying pigeon over there in Huangsha City is sending a message."
Taking the small bamboo tube, Zhou Xu pulled out the stopper and poured out the letter inside.
The above content is very simple, just one sentence, that is, the two continents have officially merged.
Zhou Xu was not too surprised by this news. He estimated that the time would be around this winter.
Compared with before, the two continents are now completely merged into one, which naturally greatly facilitates their transportation.
But in contrast, some work after the merger will undoubtedly increase.
For this reason, he also planned to lead the team himself to explore.
"Qubing, I'm going to Huangsha City next. You can process the documents here slowly depending on the situation. If you encounter any important documents that cannot be processed, send a messenger to Huangsha City. "
"Wei Chen obeys."
After their majesty left, the work pressure on him must have become even greater.
But Huo Qubing had no complaints about His Majesty's arrangement.
This period of getting along has made Huo Qubing clearly realize that His Majesty is very diligent in government affairs. If he wants to go out now, there must be something important.
Here, by the way, it is worth mentioning that although they now have a more efficient communication method such as flying pigeons to pass messages, the profession of messenger has not been eliminated.
The fundamental reason is that the security of flying pigeons to pass messages is too poor.
The principle of flying pigeons to convey letters is to use the powerful homing ability of carrier pigeons to transport letters.
But the carrier pigeon itself is not a powerful bird. In the process of delivering letters, it is easy to encounter various accidents.
For example, weather, some severe and extreme weather can easily kill them.
Not to mention the aerial raptors that view them as prey.
In addition, some hunters and even enemies may shoot them down, which can be said to be full of unstable factors.
So flying pigeons are highly efficient in delivering messages, but they are absolutely unsafe. At most, they are only used to convey some less important information.
This is also the case in ancient China. Whenever there was important information to be delivered, they would use the 800-mile express and kill several horses along the way to deliver the information, instead of flying pigeons. This is the way to pass a letter.
After all, once the carrier pigeon fails to deliver the information in time due to unexpected circumstances, it will easily delay the important event. If it falls into the hands of the enemy, the consequences will be even more serious.
After simply arranging the affairs of the Qinzheng Palace, Zhou Xu directly led the guards and rode fast horses all the way to Huangsha City.
With the ability to take the shortest route directly through Xishan City, their overall movement efficiency is undoubtedly much faster. It has been almost a year since he last came to Huangsha City.
In this year, as one of the key cities for development in the New World, the entire factory area in Huangsha City has now taken shape, and you can see it at a glance , that is also quite spectacular.
Huangsha City, developed as an industrial city, is divided into three major areas according to Zhou Xu's development plan.
Its largest core area is the factory area where various factories gather.
In addition, the remaining two areas are the residential area for the people in the city and the commercial area where various shops are housed for commercial trade. For the residents in the city, it can also be regarded as half of the entertainment area.
Compared with factory areas, the construction of residential areas and commercial areas is actually simpler.
The internal construction of the residential area is mainly divided into two blocks, two-thirds of which are built into dormitories, which are rented to workers working here at relatively cheap prices.
The remaining one-third is used to build better single-family houses with more expensive rents, and is used to rent to people with more funds on hand and higher requirements for living comfort.
As for buying a house?
Does not exist.
To put it nicely, you can buy this house for thirty years, but in essence it is renting.
After all, according to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, the ownership of all houses and land belongs to Zhou Xu alone. The people in the country only have the right to rent, and there is no buying and selling at all.
As for the business district, it’s even simpler.
After dividing the internal streets, simple storefronts are built on both sides, and merchants can be arranged to move in. To put it bluntly, the main purpose is to satisfy the functionality, rather than pursue the beauty and exquisiteness of the building.
Let Huangsha City operate stably first. As for these problems, we can slowly rectify them in the future when the labor force and financial funds are freed up.
After briefly inspecting the situation in the city, Zhou Xu, who had also rested, quickly went straight to the junction of the two continents.
Needless to say, when the two continents were joined together, a large area of land was filled in between them, which expanded the area of the plain outside Huangsha City a lot.
Of course, the filled-in land is not all plains. After all, the Old Continent was originally connected to the top of the mountain.
If you just took it over like this, it would definitely be weird, or a little abnormal.
According to Zhou Xu’s idea, when the continents are joined together, part of the mountains should be filled in.
It turned out that his guess was correct.
Through the slightly desolate plain, they soon arrived at the foot of a large mountain.
Before Zhou Xu arrived here, the soldiers stationed at the military camp on the mountain had already come down to investigate.
According to their legs, it would only take two and a half hours to get from the garrison camp to the foot of the mountain. When they open a mountain road in the future, the efficiency will be even higher.
Listening to the report from his subordinates and looking at the mountain in front of him, Zhou Xu already had some ideas in his mind.
[A military fortress can be arranged here. The mountainous area is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a good place to deploy defenses. If a war breaks out in the future, even if all the cities in the New World fall, this fortress can still be defended. Take advantage of the mountainous terrain to contain the enemy's offensive! 】
【In addition, this is also a transportation artery connecting the two continents. Do you want to build a town at the foot of the mountain to facilitate the transportation of troops? 】
【Forget it. It’s better not to go here. It’s not far from Huangsha City. Building a town here is too cost-effective. It’s easier to build a post station at the foot of the mountain. 】
It's completely out of habit. Zhou Xu's thoughts have begun to drift away around the future development...
(End of this chapter)