Zhu Jingyuan's river boat floated on the Milky Way for more than ten hours and arrived at Xintianfu Pier early the next morning.
Zhu Jingyuan and his family rested in the cabin all night, and now they all got up early to enjoy the scenery of Xintianfu.
Xintianfu City is theoretically a city along the river, but the river mouth is so wide that it is difficult to see the other side with a telescope.
Therefore, Xintianfu feels like a coastal city at the same time.
The official dock of Xintianfu is on the bank of the Milky Way, but Zhu Jingyuan's fleet did not dock here.
Instead, they turned south at a fork in the southeasternmost part of the pier and entered an inland man-made waterway with a width of more than 200 meters.
On both sides of this artificial waterway, there are green belts hundreds of meters wide.
To the east of the green belt on the east side of the waterway is a vast expanse of farmland.
In summer, rice is grown north of the Milky Way in Xintianfu, corn or soybeans are planted south of the Milky Way, and wheat is grown on both sides of the river in winter.
Now outside Xintianfu City, there are mature corn and soybean fields everywhere, and they are all ripe and burnt yellow as far as you can see.
To the west of the green belt on the west side of the waterway, there is a high-standard road capable of accommodating eight lanes.
There is another green belt on the west side of the highway, and further west of the green belt are equally mature soybean fields.
This strange artificial waterway located in the farmland is actually the moat of the outer city of Xintianfu.
That wide road was supposed to be the wall of the outer city.
The original plan of Xintianfu was a multi-layered nine-square structure.
The innermost part is the Forbidden City, which is one kilometer on a side. Outside the Forbidden City is the Imperial City, which is three kilometers on a side.
Outside the imperial city is the inner city with a side length of nine kilometers, and outside the inner city should have been the outer city with a side length of 27 kilometers.
A square with a side length of 27 kilometers is equivalent to the scope of the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing. This scale is really wrong.
Xintianfu's industry is underdeveloped, the agricultural population accounts for the vast majority, and the city has not expanded to this extent.
So far, the built-up area of New Tianfu City, except for the wharf on the edge of the Milky Way, is still in the inner city with a side length of nine kilometers.
Most of the land that should have been in the outer city area is currently farmland and pasture.
Only in a few places, there are cotton textile mills, canneries, flour mills, match factories, agricultural equipment factories and other factories related to agricultural product processing, daily necessities, and agricultural supplies.
At the same time, with the continuous improvement of military technology, the defensive role of city walls in war continues to decline.
The construction of the outer city wall of Xintianfu has never actually started, and the outer city still only exists in concept.
However, the early plans were still in place, and no one took the initiative to cancel them.
The land for the construction of the outer city walls and moat must still be retained.
In order to prevent these lands from being occupied, Huangzhuang built a road on the land where the city wall was built.
At the same time, water-related projects such as agricultural reservoirs, agricultural canals, water transport terminals, farmland irrigation and drainage systems are designed to be aligned with the moat planning route as much as possible.
Finally, through these practical functional projects, the construction of the moat body was completed.
This wide moat waterway, plus wide roads, and three green belts between and around the two, with an overall width of more than 600 meters and a total length of 81 kilometers, form a huge green space around the city. Waters Recreation Park.
When farming is busy, this is the most comfortable rest area and a good place to dry grain.
During the off-season, this is also a good place for outings, walks, fishing, cooling off and basking in the sun.
This strange product formed due to various reasons has unexpectedly become a special landscape of Xintianfu.
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Zhu Jingyuan naturally considered using this city wall and moat as the center line of industrial construction, and placing all factories beside the river and road in the future.
Or one side can be developed as an industrial area and the other side as a residential area.
This moat and the existing high-grade highway serve as an excellent channel for the exchange and transportation of materials in the industrial area.
The construction standards of the moat are very high, and like the dredged channel outside the dock, it can maintain a water depth of at least eight meters.
Therefore, a large number of small and medium-sized ships can directly enter the moat canal without docking at the official dock next to the Milky Way.
After Zhu Jingyuan's fleet sailed nine kilometers in the moat canal, they came to a river bifurcation point.
The fleet turned westward here and continued sailing along the river.
At this time, sparse factory buildings began to appear on both sides of the canal.
If you look up to the southwest from here, you can already see the towering inner city walls.
After sailing another nine kilometers, the fleet entered the moat canal surrounding the inner city under the inner city wall.
The inner city moat surrounds the inner city with a side length of nine kilometers. The width of the water surface has been reduced to one hundred meters, and the water depth is still eight meters.
Zhu Jingyuan's boat still didn't stop, and passed directly through the water gate and entered the inner city of Xintianfu.
Zhu Jingyuan finally saw the urban area with row upon row of buildings.
The streets in the inner city of Xintianfu are all horizontal and vertical hardened roads, and the dimensions of each block are exactly the same.
There are stretches of independent courtyards on both sides of the street. The layout of the courtyards is also highly similar. It is obvious that they were planned and constructed in a unified manner.
In each courtyard, there is a two-story main house, plus three single-story side rooms in the east, west and south.
In the morning light of the rising sun, smoke from birds and cooking fires rose in many yards.
Occasionally, children carrying schoolbags chase each other and play on the street.
A new day is coming in New Tianfu City.
Other accompanying ships in the fleet docked at public docks in the inner city.
The equipment and materials carried on the ship and sent to Xintianfu are all officially unloaded here.
Other personnel on the ship were also received by local docking personnel and went to temporary residential areas for resettlement.
The courtyards for ordinary families in Xintianfu City were built in batches by Huangzhuang according to unified specifications, and then gradually allocated to families in need.
There are a large number of vacant houses in the north of the city at any time, so there is no problem in accommodating workers from the big food countries and locals.
Zhu Jingyuan's ship continued forward, sailed along the waterway into the imperial city, and docked at the royal pier.
Xintianfu's organizational form is similar to a company, and each Huangzhuang can be regarded as a company.
Emperor Zhu Jianyan can be regarded as the chairman of the board, and Zhu Jingyuan was appointed governor of Xintianfu, which is equivalent to becoming the general manager.
Now Zhu Zhongliang, the retired old chairman, brings Zhu Jingyuan, his grandson and general manager, to take office.
This is the highest-level senior figure Xintianfu has ever received.
It is impossible for the shopkeepers of various imperial villages here not to pay attention to it.
The entire Forbidden City and the Imperial City have been tidied up, and all places that may be used by the royal family have been prepared to ensure that the two of them can move in and use them directly after arriving.
After confirming that Zhu Jingyuan and his grandson arrived today, the shopkeepers of Huangzhuang came over before dawn and waited.
Today is purely a welcoming event. According to the requirements of Zhu Zhongliang and his grandson, there is no big ostentation.
As for the formal visit, they have to wait until Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jingyuan have rested before making arrangements according to their ideas.
Zhu Jingyuan followed his grandfather off the boat and waved hello to the waiting shopkeepers, which was considered a meeting.
Then, without stopping at the pier, I followed my grandfather and took the bus directly into the Forbidden City.
The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty is a formal palace that symbolizes the status of the Ming Dynasty court and the royal family. There are currently three in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Yingtianfu, Shuntianfu, and Xintianfu.
Although the palace in the Western Cape is similar in layout to the Forbidden City, it does not have the same status.
The Forbidden City of Xintianfu clearly has the same status as Yingtianfu.
Moreover, the Forbidden City in Xintianfu is the largest and has the highest specifications among the three Forbidden Cities.
Xintianfu Forbidden City is one thousand meters long and wide.
Compared with the Forbidden City in the capital, it is much wider and covers an area of more than a quarter larger.
After the Renwu Dynasty, the coexistence of three elders, the Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, became the norm.
They must have a special place to live in the Forbidden City, and they must pay enough attention to it.
In the Forbidden City of the capital, three palaces, Renshou Palace, Cining Palace, and Ciqing Palace, have been renovated and used.
Because the building itself has not been rebuilt, the layout is not standardized enough. It is generally a bit scattered and has long been asymmetrical.
When the Forbidden City of Xintianfu was built, the layout of the palace was adjusted according to the current situation.
Ciqing Palace was moved from the left to the right and placed at the location of Cining Palace. Cining Palace was moved backwards and the two palaces were arranged front to back and placed behind the right side of the entire Forbidden City.
The original Yinghua Palace, Shou'an Palace, and Cining Palace were occupied, and the entire palace was moved outward while enlarging the size of the palace courtyard.
The specifications of these two palaces are exactly the same, and they are respectively used to live in the Queen Mother and the Emperor's biological mother.
The Renshou Palace was moved backward and placed behind the left side of the Forbidden City. It was also moved overall and enlarged to accommodate the Supreme Emperor.
At the same time, after the Renwu Dynasty, the prince disappeared from the concept.
In front of the Emperor's Renshou Palace, the place was first prepared for the prince, including the early Chunhe Palace and the later Ciqing Palace.
There will be no need to prepare an independent exclusive palace here in the future.
In order to make the layout of the New Tianfu Forbidden City symmetrical with the Queen Mother's Palace of the Two Palaces opposite, a group of new-style palaces were designed here for the specific residence of the underage princes.
Based on this overall layout change, all building dimensions of the new Tianfu Forbidden City have been enlarged compared to the original Forbidden City.
Not only were the main buildings taller, wider, and deeper, but the auxiliary rooms surrounding the formal palaces and even the rooms for servants were also enlarged and multiplied.
The internal space of the building has become much larger, and the external squares have become relatively smaller, shortening the distance within the palace.
At the same time, space has been specially designed and constructed to prepare and reserve space for new functions in the new era.
For example, boilers and heating supply systems, tap water and water purification systems, power supply and control systems, modern sanitary facilities and drainage systems, parking lots and underground storage rooms, etc.
Similar facilities in the Capital Forbidden City were gradually added later, while the new Tianfu Forbidden City existed in design.
The only drawback is that there is no air conditioning, but the summer temperature in Xintianfu basically does not exceed 30 degrees, and the electric fan is barely enough.
And the air conditioner can be reinstalled later.
Generally speaking, the New Tianfu Forbidden City is a more regular and modern palace complex redesigned in the new era.
There was no one else in the palace now. Zhu Zhongliang did not go to live in the Renshou Palace of the Supreme Emperor, but moved into Cining Palace with his wife.
Zhu Jingyuan did not go to live outside the palace, but lived directly in Ciqing Palace in front of Cining Palace.
In this way, the grandfather and grandson live in the front and backyard, and can drop by and chat at any time.
These most advanced palaces are not a courtyard in themselves, but large complexes of buildings guarded by multiple small courtyards.
Zhu Jingyuan's two concubines had their own separate courtyards, and their maids lived in their courtyards.
The maids who have been taken over and those who are about to be taken over also live in their own courtyards with the maids under their jurisdiction.
Other ordinary servants live in other rooms around.
As before, Zhu Jingyuan settled down at the place and went back to his room to rest.
Everything else will have to wait until we get used to the land again and get over the jet lag.
Everyone else was in a similar state, so on the first day, apart from eating and sleeping, I was paralyzed.
Zhu Jingyuan lay in the palace for two days and basically returned to normal.
Then he summoned two aides, took the special car he brought, and went to the agricultural machinery factory outside the city together.
Samples of tractors assembled locally by Daming have been sent over.
The craftsmen of the agricultural machinery factory, under the guidance of local craftsmen, tried to assemble a tractor using a diesel engine sent from the mainland and adding a new chassis and tires produced by Tianfu.
As soon as Zhu Jingyuan came in, the craftsmen here immediately stopped and stood up together to salute.
Zhu Jingyuan immediately smiled back and asked the craftsmen to continue their work.
Then he leaned over, looked at several half-cut tractors, and asked about the current situation:
"How is it? Can the assembled machine run?"
The craftsman responsible for assembling came and immediately replied:
"It can run, but there is a slight problem, and we still need to continue debugging..."
Zhu Jingyuan immediately continued to ask:
"Can we go directly to the fields to harvest and plow now?"
The craftsman here said casually:
"Yes, yes, but we have to follow on site and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time."
Niu Jian, who was following Zhu Jingyuan, seemed to have thought of something:
"Your Highness, if you want to go to the fields to show off the machine, it is best to wait until the debugging is basically gone, or use a debugged sample machine brought from the mainland.
"Otherwise, if problems occur frequently at the display site, it may leave a bad impression on the people."
Zhu Jingyuan really wants to go out and show off the new machine.
It is now the busy farming season in Xintianfu. Corn and then wheat are being plowed, which is suitable for display.
Niu Jian’s reminder does make sense.
Although Xintianfu is theoretically a corporate operation, all the people are employees of Huangzhuang.
Whether to switch to new machines or not is decided by Huangzhuang's management team, not by the people themselves.
But the users of the machine are still ordinary people. If they don't have a good impression of the machine, their enthusiasm for work may be affected.
Zhu Jingyuan nodded gently and said:
“Mr. Niu said it right, display and promotion should wait until the machine matures as much as possible.
"Then everyone will continue to debug and assemble the machine. I will practice with the sample machine first..."
Lin Zexu and Niu Jian were both surprised:
"Your Highness, you want to demonstrate the tractor yourself?"
Zhu Jingyuan said of course:
“I really want to show myself that agriculture is the foundation of the country and cannot be overemphasized.
"Emperors of all dynasties have to plow the fields themselves. It is normal for me, the prince, to plow the fields."
The two staff members suddenly realized that this was indeed the truth.
Even though the degree of industrialization in Ming Dynasty has become higher and higher, the emphasis on agriculture has not been reduced.
Ordinary people are accustomed to saying that they are farmers, no matter how high-ranking they are or how wealthy their families are.
Zhuge Liang also worked hard to cultivate Longmu, and being a farmer could be regarded as a reclusive life.
Every year on February 2nd, the emperor would take all the civil and military officials to plow the fields.
No one thinks that farming is a bad thing, and no one thinks that farmers are a humble profession.
In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, it was the impact of Western business culture that changed or even destroyed this understanding.
At present, this understanding is still taken for granted.
We are just starting to industrialize a little bit, and we are going to replace the cattle and horses with tractors. The essential purpose is still to cultivate the land.
Just like the film equipment that Zhu Jingyuan built, it was first used to record a segment of the Analects of Confucius spoken by the Minister of Rites.
