Under this situation, the government wanted to dredge the entrance to the town, either expand the size of the town, or deport the population. These refugees came to make a living, and it was almost impossible to demobilize them. The only feasible option was to expand and build the city.
At that time, Hanyang, Hankou, and Wuchang had been merged, and Hankou was divided into Yangbu and Chinatown. Due to the economic and trade development brought about by the demarcation of the Yangbu boundary, the land price here was particularly high. Most of the residences and properties of wealthy gentry and wealthy households were placed in the Chinatown boundary. , it is completely impossible to buy land in Hankou.
As for Wuchang, this is where the government is based, and most of the educational and cultural facilities are concentrated here. It is feasible to buy land here. However, there are many new factories established by Chinese businessmen in Hanyang. The river is a big problem, and the people may not be willing to move there. .
After much deliberation, the government had no choice but to expand the new land to the old Hanshui County south of Hanyang!
As early as in the reign of Zhu Ming Dynasty, the Han River passed through Hanshui County, dividing the county into two parts. Water transportation was prosperous in the middle, and both sides of the bank were full of water transportation industries, residences and residences.
Over the past hundreds of years, the old county seat has been completely abandoned and is just a dead city full of ruined walls. It is not difficult to build a new county seat, but it is completely different when it comes to the old Hanshui River.
In the old Han River, there have always been refugees living. If some villagers lost their fields and became homeless, they would often move to the river. There are neither government officials nor subordinate staff here, and even tax collectors are not here. As long as they can do If you can get food and drink, you can survive here. Relying on the water channel led from Mo Lake, many shabby settlements have gathered in the river, and villages have gradually formed here.
Over the past hundreds of years, some people have left the village due to their fortunes, and some have moved in due to their family fortunes. People come and go, but these villages have always been full of people.
Regardless of whether it was the previous dynasty or the Republic of China, the government believed that these villages were like swill buckets, just a place to harbor filth and evil. They were filled with shabby households who were too poor to even afford straw mats. They came and went without a permanent residence. After all, there was nothing to gain, so we continued to let these villages live.
If we don’t mention the expansion of the county seat, then the villages in the old river channel will definitely continue to exist peacefully. When it comes to the southward expansion of the county seat, these villages will become a thorn in the side. The old river channel passing through Hanshui County also means that the villages in these river channels will It also happens to be right in the middle of the county. Their geographical location is so special that it is difficult not to deal with it.
Especially in this kind of village where run-down households gather, it is even more difficult to deal with it.
If you want to move these people away, you have to prepare tickets and houses, build new houses for them in other areas, and give them enough money before they are willing to move.
There are so many houses, and it costs the government a lot of money. Even if they spend so much effort, some people refuse to move them.
For these refugee households, these places do not even have tax collectors, and of course no one comes to register them. It is naturally a free place that the government does not care about. They are happy to earn food and money, as long as the subordinate officials and the government are far away from them. A little bit, out of sight.
As soon as they heard about relocating, it meant that they had to be included in the household registration. From now on, anyone who pays taxes and donations will be asked according to the household registration. They can't even run away. With this concern, they will not be willing to leave no matter how much money is given, so as not to cause trouble. Shangguan Mansion is not allowed to escape.
Due to various factors, these shabby houses refused to be moved away. The government also thought of using force to move them away. In this case, they would have to use knives and guns. The expansion of Hanyang City has caused a storm in the city, let alone using knives at this time. , even if we send thugs to destroy these settlements, it will still be made a big fuss on the newsprint.
Let’s talk about the settlement itself. They know that this place is very special, and they are unwilling to move away. If anyone wants to force them, they will definitely break the pot and splash some blood.
At this point, this area has become a hot potato that cannot be beaten or destroyed. In order to consider the impact of Jianghan's expansion, the government decided to abandon this land and re-plan it.
In the original plan, as long as all these ruined houses were moved out of the old river, the area would be filled in directly and built into a new county together with the county towns on both sides.
Nowadays, the government has abandoned these places, and the old river channel remains the same, and only new towns are built on both sides of the river. In this case, it will take a lot of time to go around both sides of the river. In order to facilitate walking on both sides of the river, the government directly erected two bridges on both sides of the river. The arch bridge connects the county into a whole.
With these two arch bridges, Hanshui County can connect to the whole city without any more detours. At the same time, the railway can also be introduced into the county based on its geographical advantages.
After Hanshui City was built, hundreds of thousands of people in Hanyang were transferred to Hanshui County, which relieved a lot of urban pressure in Hanyang.
One man was able to ascend to heaven, and Hanshui County was once again transformed from a ruined and decaying wall into a new county. After the transformation, a large number of factories and houses were built, attracting many people to live there. The originally desolate and desolate county gradually became prosperous. , if you look down from the two steel arch bridges while driving, you can still see the messy mansions like building blocks and weeds in the broken river more than ten meters deep.
The first-come-first-served basis is those who are near the water. The old river channel of Hanshui River is certainly a nail-biter. With the development of Hanshui County, the meat you eat can at least be stained with a bit of meat. Some shabby settlements have widened the canals, which has led to a dense water network. Connecting Mo Lake and the river tidal flats, Wupeng fishing boats came and went frequently, and fish trading between the rivers began, and the river market officially appeared.
These fish products are not considered good goods. They are dead fish and crab dices that are not wanted by the big fishing boats. They buy them, pack them up and treat them as dead fish and shrimps, and sell them to the people in nearby factories. They are cheap and satisfying, and will not make the poor people miserable. There is no meat to eat, and even smarter people. It seems that more and more rent-seeking refugees are starting to build shacks and rent them out to outsiders.
This is indeed a big and profitable business!
Not everyone can afford the mansions and houses in Hanshui County. Farmers with abundant wealth often buy apartments and live in separate courtyards. Those who are not wealthy often rent in a certain street because they have a stable job. Further down the alley, there are the refugees who have neither money nor serious work.
These people are either households with five shortcomings and three shortcomings that no one can hire, or they are lazy street runners who work as monks for a day and work for a day. They have enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. If they have money today, they will eat meat, and tomorrow if they don’t have money, they will eat. Jianghan Baiye When they are ready, as long as they can contribute, even if it is not a stable job, they will never starve to death.
They don't have any savings in their pockets, and there are no serious leasing companies willing to rent good houses to them. These people just sleep on the street without paying attention to it. Wait until the patrol team comes to protect it at night. What's wrong? He was dragged into the bureau and served jail time.
They have no money to buy a house or rent a house, let alone live in a hotel. They are caught sleeping on the street and are imprisoned with no idea when they will be released. For them, a cheap and unfashionable place to sleep is better than anything else. Be good.
Some bosses have sharp eyes and noses. They can see that these lazy people have no savings, but they can work and like to spend money. As long as they can provide some cheap places and win by quantity, they can earn no less than serious hotels. They start to rent and buy land in the river and build Some simple and convenient brick-built shacks were rented to these people at a low price of ten coppers a day, which not only made money but also gave these people a place to stay at night.
A hotel in Jianghan City, even the lowest-end hotel, costs an ocean a night, and ten coppers is already considered a low price. Having a place for these refugees has solved the security problem in the new county, and the government has turned a blind eye. Look, if you collect less taxes, you won’t bother them.
There is no need to ask about making money, and it is publicized everywhere. Some poor people imitate these bosses and build shacks in their own homes. Although it is not as big as a serious shack, at least it can subsidize the family, and it can be regarded as a windfall. .
Although these businessmen and speculators only opened shacks and miscellaneous shops here, they could still be considered to have contributed to the river. Seeing that more and more shabby households and refugees gathered here, where the common people gathered, they could not avoid eating, drinking, having sex, and having fun. Shuijiudao has also transformed from a simple village into a department store and a place where inferior goods from nearby factories are sold at low prices.
Whenever any defective goods are delivered from nearby factories or businesses, they can be quickly digested by the nearby people. These people don't have much money and don't care whether the goods are good or not.
When it comes to sales, it will involve selling fakes. The vendors inside are a mixed bag, and the goods are mixed, good and bad. When buying, it all depends on the buyer's own judgment. If you are greedy for cheap, you have to do it yourself. Accept defeat.
The department stores in these places are all one-time purchases, and the purchased items are paid and delivered without leaving any receipts. After this juncture, you may not be able to find anyone at all, so there is no way to ask for payment.
It is also for this reason that most of the goods that are inconvenient to be disposed of in Jianghan Ocean Port and Chinatown will be disposed of through the old river. During this period, there are no records and cannot be found. Even Black Fire can be taken away through here. , running these businesses, the total number of dealers selling dead and injured fish on the street can't compare to the leaders who sell substandard and stolen goods.
The river is like a dragon in the Jiudao Bay, and the north and south groceries meet the river city. From the opening of Jianghan to the present, the Jianghan Old Road has always been responsible for such functions. To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to the sewer and swill bucket of Jianghan City.
To the Jianghu people, today's river markets are full of people selling stolen goods and counterfeits, as well as crooked ways, three religions and nine streams. The pedestrians and traders dealing here are like the fish in the Han River, a mixture of fish and dragons, mixed with mud and sand, whether they are reckless heroes or officials and scholars. You all have to abide by the rules here!
After Sun Daqiao introduced the background of Heshi, he continued: "These master craftsmen do this kind of thing, and it is normal to stay in Heshi."
"Then according to what you said, this river market has stopped doing fish business a long time ago?"
Yue Guanchao asked casually, even Black Fire dared to venture into this river market in Jianghan, so he was considered brave.
