Hearing Li Zhi's words, the people inside and outside the Guandi Temple were stunned.

Establishment of a special zone? Let outsiders go to the sea to build a new city?

Li Zhi nodded and said, "This new city of the Special Economic Zone was built on uninhabited saline-alkali land, and everyone moved in from other places, regardless of whether they were locals or outsiders. The slogan of this special zone is called 'Come to Beizhen people'! ”

Li Zhi's plan to build a new city in the Special Economic Zone actually came into being.

After Li Zhi's catalysis, one town and nine provinces have reached the beginning of the industrial era. Under the protection of strict laws and the patent system, the enthusiasm of craftsmen for technological innovation was high, and the whole society was on the eve of the industrial explosion. At this time, one town and nine provinces were very similar to China in the 80s, and were facing an epic industrial development.

The development of industry is inevitably accompanied by the development of urbanization. The experience of China and foreign countries in later generations has proved that in the next few decades, one town and nine provinces will rapidly enter the urban era, and the majority of the rural population will move from the countryside to the city and become citizens.

The problems of locals and outsiders in Jinghai County are actually problems that arise in the process of urbanization. The tens of thousands of people who came to Jinghai County from Shanxi and Beizhili to work were ostensibly outsiders, but in fact they were new citizens who had moved from agricultural areas to industrial areas.

But in this unprecedented process of population movement, various problems will inevitably arise. These problems have accumulated in various places and have become huge contradictions. In Jinghai, because of the huge contradiction between the locals and the outsiders over the distribution of benefits arising from the process of industrialization and urbanization, it finally intensified into a fight, and dozens of lives died at once.

However, Li Zhi knows that the urbanization of large industries in one town and nine provinces will be 100 times more powerful than the small industries that have appeared in Jinghai now, and the contradictions generated will be 100 times more intense. If Li Zhi fails to properly handle the contradictions, the whole society may experience a huge upheaval.

The fact that migrant workers in Jinghai County have vented their hatred on Li Zhi's ancestral hall because they have been discriminated against shows the destructive power of this contradiction. If the number of outsiders increases tenfold and the accumulation of discrimination and conflict increases by ten years, how will this hatred finally erupt?

The consequences will be dire.

Therefore, Li Zhi must guide the source of the contradiction and solve the root cause of this contradiction.

The establishment of a new city in the north of Dagu Port is not only in line with the development of the industrial era and the wave of urbanization, but also can solve the contradiction between locals and outsiders.

It was unrealistic to build new towns in overseas colonies. The development of a city requires a large number of workers, and the overseas colonies tens of thousands of miles away are sparsely populated, and it is impossible to form a large city. Moreover, overseas colonies are far away from densely populated areas, and the transportation cost of goods is also higher than that of Beizhen. It is not economical to transport raw materials overseas, and then transport them back to Daming, the main consumer of raw materials.

For example, the United States, a technologically advanced country, was founded for hundreds of years and was actually an agricultural country until its population reached a critical point.

A successful new city must be in Daming, which has convenient transportation.

Li Zhi looked at the stunned crowd and said loudly, "We want to build a big city." ”

"There is a good saying, a blank piece of paper is good for painting!"

"In the existing cities, although we have equalized the land endowment and declared the law, those Confucian scholars with high social status, those officials and businessmen who used to rely on their relationship background to operate and trade, and those clan groups that relied on private morality to maintain still exist. Although our culture of public morality is on the offensive, it is impossible to wipe out all these deep-rooted cultures and forces in one day. ”

"In the existing city, we have stepped into the industrial age, but it is actually full of difficulties. Although industry is also developing, it will still be subject to various constraints. ”

"But in the new city of the Special Administrative Region, we don't have these constraints. All the people in the SAR were newcomers, and those Confucian scholars who relied on their former social status to influence the people would no longer be respected without the network of acquaintances. Those profiteers who rely on connections to do business, play tricks and tricks to operate, and when they are all strangers, they can't play conspiracies at all. And those clan groups that rely on the maintenance of private morality will be completely disintegrated because the old people are unable to move to the special zone. ”

"Because the new city is new, all the backward factors that restrict local development do not exist in the new city."

When the workers in Shanxi heard Li Zhi's words, they became excited one by one.

And the officials behind Li Zhi were also thoughtful.

Li Zhi pointed to the map and said loudly: "We will establish a strict court in Beizhen to ensure that Beizhen has a good legal environment." We will plan a port on the coast of Beizhen and connect the railway network between Beizhen and Tianjin to ensure that Beizhen has a complete infrastructure. We will also vigorously cultivate the idea of public morality in Beizhen to ensure that we build a civilized new city and reduce the transaction costs of the entire city. ”

Hearing this, the workers in Shanxi rejoiced.

The most important thing for the development of one town and nine provinces is the catalysis of science and technology, the legal system and the ideology of public morality brought by Li Zhi. The Ming people of Shanxi and elsewhere were also Han Chinese, no worse than the natives of Jinghai County. Now Li Zhi has brought all the key elements to the new city of the Special Economic Zone. There is no suspense about the development of Beizhen.

Li Zhi said, "If you come, you are from Beizhen", and there is no difference between locals and outsiders. Outsiders go to Beizhen, they can be the masters with their chests upright, and they are no longer outsiders under the fence.

The more the workers in Shanxi thought about it, the happier they became, and they became excited one by one.

Qiu Kedu said loudly: "The prince is wise! As long as Beizhen City has the first road, I, Qiu Kedu, will buy him a patent production right with the prince! Go to Beizhen to set up a factory and start a business! ”

The rest of Shanxi people burst into tears one by one.

Some businessmen with small assets knelt on the ground, raised their heads and said, "Let's go!" Go to Beizhen to do business! ”

"We raised funds to set up a factory in Beizhen! Build an industry! ”

Those workers were even more excited, knowing that they were the most pitiful group of people under the Jinghai Fence. At this time, Li Zhi said that they could use their hands to build their own cities and be the masters, how could they not be excited? They had never read a book, and they didn't know how to express their gratitude, so they desperately kowtowed to the ground and shouted, "The prince is wise! ”

"Chitose Wangye!"

"The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

The shouts of gratitude converged into a torrent, resounding inside and outside the Guandi Temple.

And several local officials in Jinghai County also had nothing to say about it.

In fact, the Chinese have a very strong idea of defending their local territory, and the locals in Jinghai have a sense of crisis that their hometown is occupied by outsiders in the face of the surging tide of outsiders. And if outsiders can leave Jinghai to develop in the new city of the Special Economic Zone, the locals with a strong sense of defending the territory will also breathe a sigh of relief.

The officials in Tianjin looked at each other for a while, and they really admired Li Zhi's method, and they all knelt on the ground one by one.

"The prince is wise! Nothing! Admire and throw yourself to the ground! ”

"The prince is wise and martial, and the world is very lucky!"

"Big brother is really tall!"

Li Zhi secretly said that the knowledge of this traverser in the later generations is different, and he easily solved the problems that could not be solved in this era.

Looking at the local officials and outsiders who knelt inside and outside the Guandi Temple, and they were all happy, Li Zhi touched the beard on his chin and laughed.