Zhu Jingyuan accompanied Zhu Zhongliang to chat about submarines 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, while Liu Zhixin, Pan Shien and other officials from the food country provided important suggestions.
The current urban area of Mengxian County is located on an island at the mouth of a river bend.
The entire island covers an area of less than fifteen square kilometers, which is very small in the municipal districts of later generations.
The original urban area was smaller, and only one-fifth of the fifteen square kilometers of the island was developed.
This still includes the newly built textile and clothing industrial zones after the arrival of Ming Dynasty.
The built-up areas are basically concentrated on the outermost edge of the island, and most of the interior areas are still wilderness, tidal flats, and farmland.
Now, due to the development of industrial zones, the urban population of Mengxian County is growing rapidly, and this momentum will be maintained for a long time.
Although the current growth is mainly from worker immigrants, most of them now live in factory dormitories.
But their assets are also rapidly accumulating. A large number of workers are getting married and having children. Soon there will be families hoping to purchase independent properties.
Most of the houses left by the original owners in the city have been allocated for use, and there are very few vacant houses left.
It’s time for the urban area of Mengxian County to expand further.
The target of this development plan is not limited to Mengxian Island, but the entire Mengxian River Bend area including Mengxian Island.
The long-term plan covers an area of fifteen kilometers horizontally and twenty kilometers vertically, totaling nearly three hundred square kilometers.
There are three peninsulas separated from the south, north and west of Mengxian Island by bifurcated river bays and the sea.
Therefore, the planning also takes advantage 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, cultural center, and technology center.
The plan that is ready to start directly in the near future is to clear and level the wasteland in all undeveloped areas of the island.
Build a high-standard ring-island highway, and build a "feng"-shaped main road with three vertical and one horizontal lines inside the ring-island highway.
The existing trees are retained according to the situation and used as an original green space park before being directly developed into a built-up area.
No farmland is retained on the island, and all land is listed as construction reserve land.
Continue to expand existing industrial areas and simultaneously build mid-range residential areas for existing working-class 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 official offices of the Grand Food State and the administrative office of Meng County will be built.
Simultaneously building new R&D and design centers nearby.
Apart from Mengxian Island, the plans for the three peninsulas are all short-term or 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 backup site for commercial construction.
The northern peninsula is used as a backup site for industrial construction, and the southern peninsula is temporarily used as an agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and sideline fishery development zone.
Different types of terminals will be constructed according to different actual development needs.
Where there is ample budget every year, infrastructure will be built in these areas.
Integrate the remaining indigenous Mo people around them into formations and send them to the inland areas as pawns to attack them.
After Zhu Jingyuan read it in general, he vaguely realized that some people intended to move the capital.
How could we give up on Liusha City!
Although the environment in Liusha City is a bit harsher, there are no green mountains and green waters at all, and the temperature in summer is 40 degrees Celsius, which is normal.
Although the environment in Meng County is a bit better than that in Liusha City.
The climate is warm and comfortable, the sunshine and moisture are sufficient, and the population carrying potential is great, making it very suitable for living and farming.
But the Gulf is the foundation of Big Food Country, the core gold mine of Big Food Country...
The key is what kind of royal city to build. The royal city must be built according to a standardized pattern. There are too many various restrictions.
If you want to build yourself a house that is also a training palace, or build a garden, you can do whatever you want.
The key is that he is going to Yinzhou soon. Even if the royal city and palace are repaired, no one will be able to live in them.
When Zhu Jingyuan saw this, he took a piece of paper and wrote down his request first:
Instead of building a formal palace on the island, you can expand the Bishui Garden and use it as a palace to receive members of the royal family.
While building a new urban area, you can choose a suitable location to build a new county government office.
A set of Mozhou area management offices can be built, and the standards will be based on the Central Office of the Dashi King's Capital.
Some yamen that are not directly related to the area where they are located can be moved to Meng County.
But the political capital must always be placed in Liusha City.
This is almost a dual-capital city system.
The nominal capital will always be Liusha City, but Meng County may become the de facto capital.
Zhu Jingyuan's train of thought was still the same as before.
The population carrying capacity of Liusha City is indeed too low, so its functions are reduced as much as possible.
Therefore, various industrial zones have been built outside before.
Liusha City only retains the oil mining industry.
Now it seems that the Royal Capital, as an administrative center, has nothing to do with oil exploration.
However, oil is the most important economic source of the Big Food Country, so the political status of Liusha City must always be maintained.
Especially when the local environment is harsh.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan appointed Liusha City as the capital forever.
However, the actual staff and capital functions can be allowed to gradually move to Meng County.
Zhu Jingyuan had just finished writing what he meant and put it aside when he realized 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?"
"Um."
Chunxiang directly explained the content of the report she wrote, which mainly summarized and conveyed the conversation with Aoxue last night.
The main thing is to ask Zhu Jingyuan for instructions on how to deal with Aoxue's fine.
After Zhu Jingyuan heard Chunxiang's explanation, he flipped through the report she had written and was a little surprised by Aoxue's actions:
"This girl is so capable of doing things, she did so many things in one afternoon!
"And then there's that fine...
"If you really accept death...this kind of thing cannot be offset. A violation is a violation...
"But considering human nature, she took the initiative to hand over the money this time. If she doesn't get any forgiveness, she may not hand it over next time a similar situation occurs.
“Anyone would have this mentality.
"So far, she has performed well. She can't just punish and hit her. She should also be rewarded.
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“So I’ll do as you wish.
"Change the fine to recovery of stolen goods, and change the amount to eighty-five silver notes.
"Assign a few servants to work as waiters in that shop to guard this tea shop that may have the opportunity to be used as fishing bait.
"If those smugglers appear again, we will inform them based on the situation and decide whether to arrest them."
Chunxiang took the order and recorded it, preparing to do it later.
Zhu Jingyuan read the documents for a while, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Zexu came over.
Lin Zexu also submitted a report to Zhu Jingyuan, and at the same time verbally explained the general situation of the report:
"Your Highness, the cleaning operation that lasted for most of the day from yesterday afternoon to this morning has come to an end for the time being.
"A total of 372 small-scale smuggling and reselling personnel have been arrested, and the punishment plan is currently being selected and determined.
“The biggest problem right now is that we still haven’t discovered how smugglers get out to sea.
"An and others who were suspected of serving smugglers in the Thai-Western channel lost their traces during the process of being tracked.
“The other party did not appear on any pier, nor on Mengxian Island and the surrounding beaches.
"They probably hid in a very secret hiding place. There are still many primitive jungles in the western part of Mengxian Island.
“Next, I plan to conduct a comprehensive search of undeveloped areas on the island.
“At the same time, we hope to start cleanup operations within the island immediately to eradicate the remaining jungle areas on the island.
"This is to prepare for comprehensive development and construction, and it will also give smugglers nowhere to hide in the future."
After Zhu Jingyuan heard these explanations, he picked up the development plan he had just approved and handed it to Lin Zexu opposite:
"I wrote some suggestions of my own, and then regarding 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 immediately. He first 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 from the corner of his eye he saw the submarine ideas he had written these days, and his brows jumped sharply:
"There are no boats on the sea? So is it possible that they escaped from under the water?"
Lin Zexu was obviously stunned:
"You mean to escape by diving? But the underwater lurking cannot be maintained for too long. It should be discovered by the patrol boat."
Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand and said:
“I mean, submersibles, small submarines, this thing is a smuggling artifact.
"Are there original mine protection and anti-submarine nets on Mengxian Island and the bay outlet?"
Lin Zexu also understood:
“After the war, the lightning protection net outside the Meng County port was removed, and we did not install it again after we took it over.
"So, we need to immediately re-deploy the anti-submarine mine protection network outside the port...or even around the entire island?"
Zhu Jingyuan directly ordered:
"Yes, deploy it as soon as possible. Don't worry about the cost. As long as the smuggler is found, you can make it back quickly.
“Furthermore, even if smugglers have not used submarines before, they will sooner or later think of using submarines for smuggling.
"Even if the anti-submarine and lightning protection net is not used now, it will still be effective in the future."
Lin Zexu immediately nodded in agreement:
"The students will start preparing immediately after they return."
Zhu Jingyuan continued to think and give instructions:
"If the other party used a submarine to escape, they might have escaped from Mengxian Island and reached the sea outside.
“But submarines can’t run fast, especially small or even human-driven submersibles, and ordinary merchant ships can’t run fast either.
"They have to hide and lurk out, let alone run away. Even if they go out, they probably haven't gone far yet.
"It is impossible for them to use a submarine to go all the way to the West. They will inevitably meet up with other merchant ships overseas.
“So if a ship cannot find any problems at the dock, it may not be OK if it is checked a second time at sea.
“So I immediately sent my order to have Meng County’s escort fleet go to sea and go to the open sea to check all the surrounding ships.
“Including sailing from Meng County, the ship has been inspected at the Meng County pier, looking for the submarine and a few people from the New Rome Tea Shop.
"All ships must undergo comprehensive inspections, and those that do not cooperate will be directly detained, and those that escape will be directly sunk."
"Inform the Right Army Governor's Office to block the Red Sea and West Sea Canal in Jizhou, and notify the Former Army Governor's Office to block the Nanmozhou Channel.
"Ask the two governors to pull out the training cruisers and check the ships around the entire west coast of Little Western Ocean for me!"
Zhu Jingyuan said the order, and Chunxiang was recording it next to him.
Lin Zexu hesitated for a few seconds, and finally tried to remind:
"Your Highness...this is really too much fanfare...
"Moreover, even if we conduct a grand investigation outside now, there is a high probability that we will not find anything.
"The open sea is so big and there are so many ships on the sea. The key is that it is too easy for a ship of tens of thousands of tons to hide several people and bags of clothes.
“Even if no one on the ship cooperates, and even if no one informs the investigators, it will be difficult to find out.
"Such large-scale, high-intensity, and even repetitive inspections on ships have seriously affected maritime trade.
“Even if a person is found in the open sea, it is difficult to determine whether the person actually dived off the island.
“Students suggested that we can check the waters off Mengxian County, and there is no need to block the West Sea Canal and Nanmozhou Channel.
“It is better to set up mine protection and anti-submarine nets around Mengxian County first, and continue to control all entry and exit channels in Mengxian County.
"At the same time, we will observe the reaction of the Thai and Western markets to determine whether this has cut off the smuggling channel in Tai and Western countries.
"We will also continue to observe whether the relevant personnel of the other party will appear again."
Zhu Jingyuan walked around the room, and then said quite seriously:
“I think it’s better to investigate in a big way. It’s better to have results, and it’s not in vain if there are no results.
"I'm leaving here soon. Without my suppression, people in all aspects may be bolder.
“Now that I’m going to work hard and hit hard, the subsequent situation should be able to remain stable for a longer period of time.
“Furthermore, I, the governor of Dashi, Daqinhai, and Mozhou, have to be relieved of their errands in military, political and foreign affairs.
"After I leave, no one here will be able to mobilize them to cooperate."
Lin Zexu knew that Zhu Jingyuan had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading him and responded directly as an aide:
"Student, please sort out your orders and send them to the headquarters of each governor's office."
After Zhu Jingyuan passed on these orders, he almost pressed the pause button for half of Xiaoxiang.
Zhu Jingyuan's identity is very special. He was the biggest contributor to the peace talks and even the world war.
Now there are already the duties and rights in charge of the Right Army Governor's Mansion and the Former Military Governor's Mansion.
The smuggling operations in Meng County are indeed rampant, and can even be regarded as repeated violations, so they can only ask the army for help.
After receiving the order, the headquarters of the two governor's offices took action without any hesitation.
The fleet located near Little Western Ocean quickly left the port and directly cut off the north and south routes in the western part of Little Western Ocean.
