Chapter 144 Life in Shouguang
Now that he is here, he has nothing to do, so Xie Yu started his first order as the city lord: "Develop real estate."
No, it’s about building roads. Build roads first.
Shouguang City is not too big, with a radius of only a few kilometers. The terrain is slightly higher in the northwest and lower in the southeast.
Because it is a small coastal town, the drinking water in the city is salty, so residents in the city generally get water from the "Zhang River" south of Shouguang.
Xie Yu is also considered a semi-expert when it comes to road construction. Although he has only built post roads, and in reality he has only moved bricks on construction sites for a few years, he probably still knows something about it.
Soon Xie Yu began to inspect and visit again, mainly visiting some old residents to see what their needs were, so as not to do well and be criticized again.
Of course, it won't satisfy everyone's needs, just satisfy most people.
In about half a month, Xie Yu drew most of the planning drawings, and the details will be known during the implementation process.
Xiaoqian and Ji Ruxian, who were on a business trip in Luocheng soon, had almost arrived from Luocheng. They had prepared 200,000 silver in advance for Xie Yu in Luocheng as a start-up capital.
The source of this fund is the "local specialties" that Xie Yu collected when he was on duty at Soujin Palace. Since he couldn't bring it to reality anyway, it would be considered a meritorious deed to simply stay here and start construction.
Xie Yu started recruiting workers when he had money. In ancient times, there were no various wages and benefits like in modern times. Ordinary people would work for you as long as they had enough food. Of course, Xie Yu was not that ruthless, and he would be subsidized to some extent.
Xie Yu soon recruited more than a thousand people, but it was just the beginning. Xie Yu trained them for a few days.
Then, Xie Yu started to do the first thing. "Water is the source of life." Human beings cannot live without water, so the first thing is to dig a well first.
Xie Yu had already detected this water vein map with small light spots these days. Xie Yu first guided the big households in the city and his workers to dig wells.
Of course, one of them will win, and the result will naturally be that the big families start donating money.
In fact, if Xie Yu uses force to coerce, the big households will naturally donate, but this is a last resort, and Xie Yu is not willing to do it until there is an emergency.
After the water came out of the well, Xie Yu raised the "monument of merit", and the big households really became "enthusiastic", and even the subsequent demolition and resettlement issues became easier to discuss.
Then Xie Yu transformed into a "Gundam", no, a "functional excavator", and started working amidst the incomprehension of many people.
The girls under Xie Yu's command were also innate masters, and they could logically help Xie Yu a lot. Unfortunately, they couldn't let go of their pride. Later, only those in their 20s and 30s who got close to Xie Yu were willing to work with Xie Yu.
Xie Yu will naturally not treat anyone who is willing to work with Xie Yu badly, and Xie Yu will naturally compensate him later.
Of course, Xie Yu knew that they were afraid of embarrassment and covered themselves with a big black robe, which Xie Yu could understand.
Soon the small town of Shouguang turned into a construction site, and "demolition and construction" began on a large scale.
Under the offensive of "silver bullets, money and food" from Xie Yu and the big families, it can be said that the vast majority of the residents in the city have been directly or indirectly "employed" by Xie Yu.
Originally, Xie Yu's estimated construction period was only two months. Later, Xie Yu "accidentally" heard that every three or four years, the "Zhang River" outside Shouguang Town would overflow and submerge half of Shouguang Town.
Xie Yu thought for a while, and suddenly thought that Xie Yu seemed to have seen an "ancient city moon dam" model in TV news reports.
A month-long dam can be set up between the sewers of Shouguang Town newly excavated by Xie Yu and connected to the "Zhang River".
Normally, sewer water first flows into the Yue Dam, then into the "Zhang River", and then into the sea.
But when the water level of the "Zhang River" is relatively high, the flap below the moon dam will automatically lift to prevent the water level from rising and pouring into the city.
Xie Yu wasted several months building the dam. In order to speed up the progress, all of Xie Yuqiang's "innate-level" subordinates worked hard to dig holes, pile up slopes, and stone, so that they could complete it at an extreme time.
Xie Yu is very satisfied with this. With just a few meals, he can do more work than those heavy excavators.
It's too fuel-efficient, no, it's too economical.
Of course, afterwards, nearly a hundred "innate realm" women under Xie Yu's command took refuge in the Goddess Luo Xian, looking for some kind of "fame".
Although Xie Yu didn't quite understand it, he didn't stop it. Everyone has his or her own ambitions!
Finally, half a year later, when Xie Yu had lost both his men and his money, the new Shouguang town was finally renovated.
Maybe there are some job opportunities. In the past six months, the population of Shouguang town has increased by nearly 10,000, and it has become a lot more prosperous.
The newly built Shouguangcheng is indeed much tidier, and it is no longer dirty and messy as the previous city. The newly built sewer public toilets here play a big role.
Of course, Xie Yu also had some private work involved. In each district, Xie Yu built a new chess hall, and Xie Yu arranged for his own masters who were proficient in chess skills to be the owners of the hall.
After all, "what goes well above others works best when you play below." As a "chess general", Xie Yu is proficient in chess skills, and his subordinates have also begun to learn. After all, you can only have the opportunity to meet Xie Yu if you know how to play chess.
Otherwise, with Xie Yu's otaku personality, he rarely takes the initiative to meet others, but if you ask Xie Yu for guidance on chess, Xie Yu will usually not refuse.
During this game of chess, Xie Yu will usually give you some pointers on martial arts issues.
So later Xie Yu got a little annoyed and decided to assign levels to those who studied Go under his command. From low to high, they were apprentices, entry level, low level, middle level, and top level.
As for Xie Yu, she is naturally a top-grade one. The five girls who often played music with Xie Yu at the earliest are considered mid-grade. The others are still a few low-grade ones, most of whom are in the entry-grade stage.
But there is no problem in letting them serve as curators and guide others to play chess. Although they are all women, they are good at martial arts and beautiful, so they should attract many people to come and play chess.
Xie Yu's guess was later confirmed, especially as the big families in the city sent their children to various chess halls to learn how to play chess.
Later, Xie Yu spent his own money to announce some benefits for learning to play chess. Many children from poor people came to learn to play chess, which made it even more lively.
Of course, Xie Yu also made some age restrictions, otherwise it would have some impact on people's lives. Of course, older people with good chess skills can come to be teachers, and Xie Yu is also treated as a civil servant.
Later, Xie Yu felt that it was not sensational enough, so he held the first chess competition half a year later. Although the students still played badly, Xie Yu still met in person and gave generous bonuses to the top three.
Then he clicked: These are the top ten in the chess game. You can enter the Chengqi Pavilion where Xie Yu is personally in charge and learn the art of chess together.
Seeing that Xie Yu "loved" playing chess so much, residents in the city even sent their children to visit the chess hall to learn how to play chess, hoping to gain Xie Yu's appreciation.
Xie Yu saw with his own eyes that he could actually lead a trend of chess. Maybe many years later, this small town of Shouguang will have a reputation as the "hometown of chess", so he was naturally very happy.
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