Chapter 311 Construction and Planning of the Acropolis
Then Yang Zhengshan asked some more questions, and Zhou Ren and Lu Wenhua answered them one by one.

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

From the initial chaos and discomfort, the engineering team gradually entered a stage of gradual progress.

Although there are many defects in the engineering team's management and construction process at present, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Yang Zhengshan moved some things from his previous life over, but it would take some time for his subordinates to understand and implement his ideas.

So far, it is still very good overall.

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

In addition to being responsible for clerical work within the garrison, the Lijingsi also participated in many of the daily management duties within the garrison, such as managing money, military pay, military farms, judicial affairs, litigation, etc., and assisting the seal-holding officer in daily government management.

In fact, the largest institution in the Weisi Yamen is the Experience Department.

In order to facilitate management, Yang Zhengshan divided the responsibilities of the Experience Department. Han Fei was in charge of the experience, and under Han Fei were more than a dozen departments, including two secretarial rooms, a finance department, a military registration department, a horse administration department, a military law department, an engineering department, and so on.

The so-called secretarial office is a secretarial office that specifically assists the two commanders, Xie Yuan and Song Dashan.

As for Yang Zhengshan, the two governors Lu Wenhua and Zhou Ren are his assistants. The entire experience department is at his service, so there is no need to set up a separate secretariat.

The office that Yang Zhengshan came to at this time was the engineering department of the yamen. The main responsibilities of the engineering department, as the name suggests, were to be responsible for the engineering and construction matters of Tenglongwei, manage the engineering team, make building and construction plans, formulate construction plans, and so on.

There are eight clerks in the entire engineering department, all of whom are former soldiers from the garrison camp.

To be honest, it is really difficult for these soldiers to do this kind of thing. If they are asked to fight in the battlefield, they are absolutely elite. But if they are asked to make construction plans and formulate construction plans, they will make a mess and be overwhelmed.

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

Each of them looks extremely resentful, just like a young wife who has been wronged.

They were really troubled by all this mess.

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

However, he did not comfort these soldiers. There was no way. His comfort would be of no use. After all, he had no manpower to replace them.

In fact, he did send people to other places to recruit clerks, such as Tongsheng, Xiucai, and Tenglongwei, who were all very welcome.

Unfortunately, few people are willing to come.

The reason is very simple. Tenglongwei is a garrison. To scholars, a garrison is just a group of soldiers. It is really an insult to the culture to hang out with a bunch of rough guys all day long.

"How's your progress on the city planning?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

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

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward and looked at the plan they had made.

Tenglongwei is not big, it is just a small city with a circumference of no more than ten miles.

The eastern half of the city was originally the Lan family's mansion, but it has now been 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 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 surrounding military households to purchase and sell items. The commercial street was similar, but the main merchants in the commercial street were big businessmen.

Like cloth shops, inns, restaurants, gold and silver shops, etc.

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

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

Once the maritime trade business is launched, Tenglongwei will become the largest commercial center in the northern part of Liaodong region in the future.

At that time, furs, herbs, dry goods and other goods in Liaodong area can be shipped out by sea, while cloth, porcelain, tea, silk and other goods will be transported to Tenglongwei by sea.

As maritime trade develops, the number of merchants coming and going in Tenglongwei will naturally increase, and a prosperous commercial street will become indispensable.

We need inns, restaurants, teahouses and the like. We can't have a group of businessmen coming here and not even have a place to stay or have a meal.

As for the residential area, it is also prepared for merchants.

Military households generally do not live in the city because they are responsible for farming.

In the future, there will be more merchants in the Acropolis, and the shop owners and clerks will definitely need a place to live. Also, when the boss comes, they can't always live in the inn, so it is natural to buy a small courtyard and settle down in the city.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the plan carefully. There was actually no problem with the market and the commercial street. The commercial street was divided into two parts. One part was from the South Gate to the North Gate, and the other part was from the West Gate to the city center. Because the other side was the Wei Si Yamen, the east and west were not accessible.

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

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

"Eight hundred courtyards!"

"..." Yang Zhengshan was speechless. He knew he should come over and take a look.
Who will live in the 800 courtyards?
The military households would not enter the city, and the officials of the yamen would live in Dongcheng District, so they did not need to purchase separate properties for residence.

It is simply a joke to try to fill these 800 courtyards with only outside merchants.

"How big is the courtyard?"

"Well, they are all small courtyards with separate entrances and separate houses."

Yang Zhengshan understood that the courtyard they planned was the same as the courtyard planned for the military households in the garrison.

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

"Let's make some changes. Build ten houses in the large courtyard with three entrances, thirty houses in the small courtyard with three entrances, and one hundred houses in the small courtyard with an independent entrance. The rest of the area will all be replaced with low-rent housing!" Yang Zhengshan said carefully.

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

"Yeah, low-rent housing! Just don't want a yard. No, that's not right. Make the yard smaller!"

Yang Zhengshan simply took some paper and started drawing himself.

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

"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 we can build low-rent housing like this in the back. If the inn doesn't have enough rooms, we can let the guests live in these low-rent housing!"

"If a business has a lot of employees, they can rent a row of low-rent housing!"

"Low-rent housing is only for rent, not for sale. The price can be lower, but it also adds income to the government!"

Yang Zhengshan briefly explained his ideas.

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

Yang Zhengshan gave them a look of looking at them as if they were fools. "Since you suspect that there are not so many people, why did you plan so many small courtyards?"

"..."Everyone laughed awkwardly.

"There should be!"

Yang Zhengshan was not sure either. After all, it was just a plan now. What the actual future would look like would depend on the development of maritime trade. If he wanted to develop maritime trade in Tenglongwei, he had to solve many problems.

"Never mind, let's plan it according to my idea first. If it doesn't work, this area will be left empty for now. It won't be too late to build it later if there are other needs!"

……

By 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 not even a gate tower. It can be said to be quite simple, so it is easy to repair.

After the repair of the city wall was completed, the renovation plan for the city was put on the agenda.

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

If you want to conduct maritime trade in Tenglongwei, there are many things you need to prepare.

First of all, how can you go out to sea without a boat? However, you can buy a boat, which is actually easy to solve.

The second is manpower. Sailing, even if it is just sailing near the coast, requires professional talents.

The maritime trade in Liaodong area is not well developed, so it is not easy to find talents in this area. Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to ask Luo Shang to invite people from Jiangnan and Southeast.

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

Although Dayong did not ban maritime trade, it imposed many restrictions on maritime trade. If one wanted to engage in maritime trade, one had to go through the Maritime Customs, and the Maritime Customs levied extremely high taxes, which caused many maritime merchants to engage in smuggling.

As Yang Zhengshan was the commander of Tenglong Guard, and he conducted maritime trade in the name of Tenglong Guard, he naturally could not engage in smuggling.

But if the Maritime Customs is allowed to collect taxes, he can't work for nothing!
In fact, it is not difficult to bypass the Maritime Customs. You can just build a navy in the name of Tenglongwei.

The navy has every right to go out to sea, whether it's for training or to suppress bandits, there's always a reason. Well, it's also okay to smuggle some contraband.

In the southeast of Dayong, many naval garrisons did this.

Yang Zhengshan can do the same.

However, if you want to form a navy, you still need approval from above.

Central Military Governor's Office?
Come on, the Central Military Governor's Office will definitely not agree to him setting up a navy.

We have to ask the emperor about this matter.

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. After the last incident at the salt field, Yang Zhengshan quickly compiled a memorial and sent someone to deliver it to Kyoto.

However, as soon as he sent out the memorial, the punishment from the Central Army Commandery arrived.

(End of this chapter)