Liu Yifeng was already certain that the so-called Tuoshan City was built in the area where Seattle was located, the northernmost city on the west coast of the United States.

He looked at the map of Tuoshan City in the guide's hand. This city is located on the east coast of the southern end of Tuoshan Bay. Like all the cities in Dongshan Prefecture, it has no city walls. Mainly, there are no enemies to defend.

The whole city runs north-south and is a very long and narrow city.

To the east of the city is a very large freshwater lake, which is the source of fresh water for Doshan City. In later generations, it was called Union Lake, and this place was naturally called Doucheng Lake.

Continuing eastward from Haocheng Lake is a plain, which is also the first plain reclaimed by Haoshan City. This plain is located at the junction of Haoshan Mountain and Zizhuangzhi Mountain. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. Now it has been retired from farming and has become Haoshan City.

Countryside resorts built by wealthy people.

Most of the cultivated land and pastures were transferred to the south of Doshan City.

Liu Yifeng knew that it was the estuary plain of Oregon in later generations, and that the climate and geographical environment there were very close to those of Qi Province.

"Sir, can the map be returned to the villain?"

The person who spoke was a professional guide in Dou Shan City. The moment Liu Yifeng and the others entered the inn, he locked onto this group of people and joined them decisively. He knew that this must be a group of people who had just arrived in Dongshan Prefecture, because

Some of them are still wearing civilian clothes. They should be explorers preparing to go south to Jinshan City to dig gold mines.

It is best for newcomers like this to make money by cheating.

Unexpectedly, before I sat down and talked for a few words, the hand-drawn animal skin map that I didn't know how to survive would be in Liu Yifeng's hands.

He looked at Liu Yifeng's greedy reading and was really afraid that this young man would eat up his map. He spent a year, asked countless people, and traveled to countless places to draw it.

Map!

Liu Yifeng put down the map, but had no intention of returning it to the other party. But the guide did not dare to take it back, because Feng Shuo next to him had a gangly look on his face, and even deliberately and unintentionally picked up the hem of his clothes, exposing

Half a gun.

"Did you draw this map?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Make a price."

The guide's face was as bitter as a bitter gourd, he was really afraid of what might happen: "Sir, this map is not for sale."

"ah!?"

Feng Shuo came up to him with a slumped face, and the guide was immediately very nervous. Among Liu Yifeng's team, he and Feng Shuo were the most gangsters. Liu Yifeng was because of his short hair and extraordinary height, and Feng Shuo was

It is an aura cultivated by many years of traveling in the world.

"My lord, my lord, I really can't sell it. It took me a year to draw this map. I rely on this to make a living. If you buy it, then I won't have anything to eat."

!”

Liu Yifeng comforted Feng Shuo and returned the map to the guide. He didn't want the map, he just said it casually.

After getting the map back, the guide quickly thanked him.

Liu Yifeng took out a bag, and the sound of metal colliding inside was the most beautiful sound of this era, commonly known as: money rings.

"I don't need a guide, but I have some questions. If you answer each question, you'll get 5 copper coins and leave."

The guide quickly agreed. Originally, he only earned 50 copper coins a day as a guide, and it would take him less than half an hour to answer 10 questions.

"The first question: Why is Dongshan Prefecture called Dongshan Prefecture?"

This question made Feng Shuo, Li Hongji and Zheng Zhilong all interested.

To be honest, they don’t know why Dongshan Prefecture is called Dongshan Prefecture. From the time they can remember, Dongshan Prefecture has been called Dongshan Prefecture. Just like many people don’t know why the place where they were born was named like that, even if the information of later generations is so

In today's developed world, information can be found on the Internet at the touch of a finger, but many people don't know the origin of the name of their hometown.

The same was true for the guide. He was stunned because he had known that Ming Dynasty had Dongshan Prefecture overseas since he could remember it.

Seeing that the guide was stunned, Liu Yifeng continued to ask: "Second question: Who gave these names to the Mountain, the Mountain, the Zhuzhuang Mountain, and the Girl's Mountain in Jinshan City, and on what basis?

Did you get up?"

There was silence again.

"The third question: Where is the black market in Tuoshan City?"

"I know this!" The guide finally knew a problem: "Both are in the warehouse area of ​​the port and the warehouse area of ​​the mall!"

Why are you in the warehouse district again?

But Liu Yifeng didn't ask this question. He vaguely came up with the answer himself:

The first things built in Xishan City and Xioshan City were always ports and warehouses. The warehouses built at that time basically did not have much planning and were mainly practical. Therefore, compared with the later planned urban areas, the warehouse area looked very messy, which is very suitable for

People from all walks of life hide here to establish a black market.

Liu Yifeng threw 5 copper coins to him and continued to ask: "How to get in?"

The guide taught Liu Yifeng a passage, but before Liu Yifeng could remember it, Feng Shuo, who had been traveling all year round, memorized it in one go. Liu Yifeng threw another five copper coins to him.

After that, he asked a lot of indirect questions, including about Tuoshan City, the Maritime Safety Administration, and the brown-skinned savage officials.

This guide can basically answer all the questions about Dou Shan City.

It has been 9 years since the city was built. It was built by the first batch of civilians and previous immigrants. Because there is no city wall, the city presents an urban district model that is rare in the Central Plains: the urban district system.

This is very similar to Xishan City. Xishan City is also divided into upper city area and lower city area, but the two urban areas are still connected together. Xishan City is a viral expansion in the true sense.

The urban area where Liu Yifeng and the others are located is the Tuoshan City that was built back then. The urban area is not large, and you can walk from north to south in one day.

Continuing to walk south for half a day, there is another urban area. It was built 7 years ago as a post station for the southward reclamation trading companies. Over time, it became an urban area that can accommodate 23,000 people.

This is not over yet. We continue to go south to the southernmost end of Xioshan Bay. There are three shipyards. Around these three shipyards, there is an urban area that can accommodate 23,000 people.

The three urban areas are collectively called Tushan City, but people living in Tushan City are accustomed to calling the northernmost one Tuocheng. The middle one is Shangcheng, because it is the headquarters of half of Dongshan Prefecture's commercial banks.

The southernmost one is called Fifty Cities.

It was the Navy that first built three shipyards there, and the Navy and the Southern Army stationed in Dongshan Prefecture were also stationed there.

Later, with the increase in immigrants, the Maritime Safety Administration moved its headquarters there five years ago and built a city. The city plan uses five vertical and seven horizontal roads as the main roads, dividing the city into 48 squares, including the Navy barracks and the Confederate Army.

The military camp has a total of 50 quarters, so it is called Fifty City.

"But I have never been to Fifty City. The people who live there are rich and noble. Many shopkeepers from the shopping mall have bought land and built villas there."

"Land in Fifty Cities is very expensive?"

The guide stretched out his hand to gesture to the inn where they were staying, and said: "It's such a big piece of land, and it costs 1,000 taels!"

Liu Yifeng raised his head and estimated the area of ​​the inn. Including the kitchen and warehouse in the backyard, it covers an area of ​​nearly 300 square meters and the usable area is about 250 square meters.

If you calculate it this way, 30-40 taels per square meter?

Liu Yifeng curled his lips. He already knew that many people in the Ming Dynasty only had an income of 30 to 40 taels a year. They had to go without food or drink for three years before they could buy a toilet. How come he had traveled to ancient times and still couldn't escape the ravages of housing prices?

ah.

Although Li Hongji and others did not have as strong an estimation ability as Liu Yifeng, they still roughly knew how terrible the price of 1,000 taels for a piece of land as big as an inn was, and they were shocked beyond measure.

"The most expensive land in Quanzhou doesn't even reach this price..."

Zheng Zhilong's old house was built in the most expensive area of ​​Quanzhou, and the average price was only 15 taels per square meter.

As for Feng Shuo and Li Hongji, they were both from the countryside and were completely shocked by the land prices in Fifty Cities.

"Don't talk about Quanzhou, I heard that the price is almost the same in the capital city." The guide also sighed: "So now, any shopkeeper who opens a business in Dongshan Prefecture is eager to have a villa in Fifty City. You are in Fifty City

If there were no other courtyards in the city, you would be embarrassed to meet people even if you went to a brothel."

The more Liu Yifeng listened, the more he felt something was wrong. It felt like real estate in later generations.

"Is the Maritime Safety Administration selling the land in Fifty City?"

"Yes, it must be the Maritime Safety Bureau. The imperial court of Dongshan Prefecture is the Maritime Safety Bureau."

"What about the land outside Xioshan City? Is it also being sold by the Maritime Safety Administration?"

"Those are not the ones that were reclaimed from the unclaimed land. The Maritime Safety Administration will only come to collect taxes. The taxes are very low, so people like us all live outside the city."

Thinking of saying this, he stretched out his hand, hinting at 10 copper coins.

Liu Yifeng threw a handful of copper coins on the table and motioned for him to take it himself, and then asked: "Where is the land in the mall?"

"Early on, the land in the mall was free of charge. Now that we have to pay for it this year, it's all Jinshan City's fault."

"Expand it."

"Since the beginning of the construction of Jinshan City, the Maritime Safety Administration has designated a large coastal area, saying that the land in this area will cost money, and illegal construction will be severely punished. By selling land in Jinshan City, the Maritime Safety Administration has made a profit

A lot of money. As a result, starting from this year, the Maritime Safety Administration began to enclose land in Xishan City, Tuoshan City and Jinshan City. Basically, all land within the urban area needs to be purchased from the Maritime Safety Administration, and the land outside the urban area can be reclaimed at will."

After that, Feng Shuo and the others also asked some questions, all of which were common knowledge to anyone who had lived in Tuoshan City for two or three years. In the blink of an eye, they had earned 125 copper coins, and his nose was filled with snot and bubbles.

When they were in Jianshan City before, because they didn't go too deep into Jianshan City, they didn't have a deep understanding of many places in Dongshan Prefecture that were fundamentally different from the Ming Dynasty. Only now did they realize that Dongshan Prefecture was really different from the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, I also understood the true meaning of the phrase "The Maritime Safety Administration is the imperial court overseas."

Liu Yifeng had no more questions to ask later, and most of his concerns had been satisfied.

I don't know why, but four words keep echoing in his mind: land finance.

This was a method used by later republics to solve the problem of insufficient national resources. The effect was great, but the sequelae were also huge.

However, he would not criticize land finance. It was indeed one of the few remaining methods of that era for the Republic to catch up with the world, and it was the one with relatively minimal sequelae.

Dongshan Prefecture has obviously started to play with land finance, and now the results are pretty good, but I don’t know whether this is a long-term policy or a short-term policy.
Chapter completed!