Yi Zhi's contentment proposed to let various countries establish concessions in Shanghai, in order to quickly build Shanghai with the help of the funds of various countries, of course, he will not make a fuss about the land, in that case, it will definitely outweigh the losses, but the land in the northern suburbs of the county is purchased by Yuanqi, and he cannot do a loss-making business. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When Yang said with a smile: "The rental price is naturally based on the market price, but you have to pay a deposit, and the annual rent fluctuates with the market price, and the term is ......." After a deep sigh, he said: "It can be extended indefinitely, and whoever rents first will have priority under the same conditions, and at that time, we can sign a lease contract." ”

It was the first time that Garni and Zezile had heard of the concession, and they were so interested in seeing Yilu that Zezile hurriedly asked, "What is the situation in the concession?" ”

"It's similar to the merchant houses in Guangzhou." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "However, all countries have a high degree of autonomy over the concessions, and to put it simply, the internal self-management of the concessions of various countries -- such as municipal construction, taxation, police affairs, public works, transportation, health, public utilities, education, and other functions of the concessions -- are all decided by each country at its own discretion, and China will not interfere.

However, the countries are not allowed to station troops in the concessions, and they are not allowed to send officials to the concessions to manage them, and the management of the concessions can only be the establishment of institutions such as city halls within the concessions. ”

Gani and Zezile's eyes lit up, this is not the merchant district of Guangzhou can be compared, obviously, the concession and the merchant hall are not the same concept at all, after hesitating, Gani said: "It can't be limited to activities in the concession, right?" ”

"Of course not, the Jiangning Treaty is very clear that it will not restrict the freedom of movement of foreign businessmen in treaty ports." Yi Zhisuff said patiently: "The reason why I propose to establish a concession is because there are great differences between the religion, culture, language and customs of the East and the West, and if China and foreign people live together, it is easy to cause unnecessary disputes. ”

Yilu asked slowly, "Is there any restriction on the territory of the concession?" ”

"Of course, there must be." Yi Zhixiang said with a smile: "Your country has strong financial resources, I am worried that your country will divide all the outer vacant land into concessions, which is tentatively limited to 3,000 acres, if there are too many people who come to settle in Shanghai and there is a need for expansion, you can apply again." ”

Three thousand acres! This territory is not small, after all, Shanghai is only a small county town within a radius of nine miles, Yilu sighed for a while, and said: "Can you copy this map?" ”

Yi Zhishu smiled and said, "I will have people copy this map and give each of the three of them a copy." ”

In the next two days, Yilu enthusiastically surveyed along the Huangpu River and chose the location of the concession, for the potential of Shanghai, a treaty port, he was very clear, once the railway was built, it would definitely become the largest and most prosperous port in the Far East, even Guangzhou could not be compared, so he could not be cautious about the choice of concession.

Ghani and Zezile were also not far behind, surveying everywhere, both of them attended the signing ceremony of the "Jiangning Treaty", naturally knew that Shanghai was going to build a railway, knew Shanghai's development potential, and also knew that Yi Zhizu intended to attract businessmen from various European countries to come to Shanghai for business.

Yi Zhishu ignored the three of them, just arranged for the escort and translator to accompany him, he drew up the Jianghaiguan innovation plan and began to be busy with the overall planning of Shanghai, although he has never been in contact with the planning, but he has a vision beyond this era for more than a hundred years and the personal experience of the modern city, although it is impossible to perfect, but will definitely not take a big detour.

That afternoon, he was busy in the study, and Li Wang came in to report: "Young master, Yilu is here." ”

"Let him come now." Yi Zhi said without raising his head, and when he was waiting to hear the footsteps, he put down his pen and stepped forward, smiling and said, "Have eyebrows?" ”

"It has been preliminarily decided, but it can only be finalized after discussion." Yilu said unceremoniously: "The place is in the northern suburbs of the land south of Suzhou Creek, nearly 3,000 acres, as the largest commercial country in your country, I hope that Mr. Yi can give priority to us." ”

"No problem." Yi Zhizhi said that England was the largest, most industrialized, and most affluent, how could he not give priority to England. After a pause, he said: "Your country has established a concession in Shanghai, and there is something that your country needs to consider...... ”

"Mr. Yi, please speak."

Yi Zhizhi said unhurriedly: "The aftermath of the war, your country is because of the crow. The film trade provoked this war, and it has attacked and sacked Shanghai, Baoshan, Jiading, and Kunshan, and our country is vigorously banning smoking, and the gentry and merchants near Shanghai are extremely hostile to your country, and I hope that your country can consider reversing this impression, otherwise it will not be conducive to your country's establishment of concessions and the construction of railways in Shanghai. ”

England has a lot of overseas colonies, and Yilu naturally understands this, and he groaned slightly, before he said, "Does Mr. Yi have any good suggestions?" ”

"Relief for the victims." Yi Zhizhi said: "Your Excellency has also seen that tens of thousands of victims have gathered in Shanghai and Baoshan, and most of these victims will stay in Shanghai in the future. ”

Yilu frowned and said, "This can cost a lot of silver dollars." ”

"Didn't your fleet collect a lot of ransom money, Yangzhou alone is 500,000 silver dollars." Yi Zhizhi looked at him and said: "This is just one of my suggestions, Your Excellency may wish to suggest it after returning to China, I hope that your country can think about it in the long run." ”

Yilu felt as if he had fallen into another trap, and it was a big trap, and after meditating for a moment, he nodded and said, "I will seriously consider Mr. Yi's suggestion." ”

As soon as Yilu left, Bao Shichen hurried over and handed over a report from the palace: "Dong Weng, the emperor has appointed Qiying as the Minister of Nanyang Commerce, and he has just received an express report that Qiying has set off from Jiangning and will arrive in Shanghai in a few days." ”

"Minister of Commerce of the South Seas?" Yi Zhishu said and took the newspaper.

In addition to managing the affairs of treaty port negotiations, trade, and coastal defense, he also supervised coastal defense, trained the Nanyang Navy and Army, and organized industrial, mining, and transportation industries.

After reading this appointment, Yi Zhixiang frowned, "The imperial court wants to build a navy and a new army?" Where did the court get the money? ”

Bao Shichen laughed and said: "Needless to say, it is naturally the idea of beating Yuanqi, otherwise Qi Qincha would not have rushed to Shanghai." ”

Yi Zhisuff was a little puzzled and said, "What is the situation with this senior citizen?" How did the report arrive, and others have already arrived in Jiangning? ”

"Dong Weng may not have paid attention to ......" Bao Shichen said: "A few months ago, the Di newspaper had already published that General Shengjing Qiying was transferred to General Jiangning, and he should have just arrived in Jiangning a few days ago. ”

Yi Zhizu nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Qiying, it's the clan, right?" Zaiquan series? ”

"Qiying's full name - Aixin Jueluo Qiying, Zhenglan Banner, the sixth grandson of Dorayong Zhuang Bel Murhaqi, and his father is Shi Lukang of Jiaqing Chaodongge University." Bao Shichen said slowly: "He is a good clan, but he is a member of the Mu Party, and like Qi Shan, he belongs to the core of the Mu Party. ”

Another member of Mu Zhang'a's family? Yi Zhishu couldn't help but secretly slander himself, this Zaiquan and Pan Shien are really a wreck, and they didn't step on Mu Zhang'a with such a good opportunity in the Hubu Treasury case, and they actually let a member of the Mu Party serve as the minister of Nanyang! The governor of Liangguang is Qi Shan, the minister of Nanyang is Qiying, all of whom are from Mu Zhang'a's party, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang is Deng Tingzhen, and the governor of Liangjiang is Lin Zexu.

After ordering a cigar, Yi Zhizhi asked, "Qiying is in such a hurry to come to Shanghai, is it possible that he plans to set up his Qin mission in Shanghai?" ”

"There's a reason for that." Bao Shichen said: "However, there should also be an edict to reward Dong Weng and Yuan Qi's soldiers. ”

It seems that Daoguang also has a headache about how to reward him and Yuanqi for group training, and the edict to reward the civil and military officers who participated in the battle of Jiangning has long been issued, but he and Yuan Qi group practice is late, but fortunately, he is also used to it.

However, he was still a little interested, how would Daoguang reward him? The Battle of Jiangning, he should be the first meritorious, the Yuanqi regiment practiced successive battles, the results were brilliant, and the record was proud, but he finally led the Yuanqi regiment to evacuate Jiangning without authorization, and did not participate in the final peace talks and signing ceremony, Daoguang must have been a little annoyed in his heart.

Seeing that he was silent, Bao Shichen said softly: "Dong Weng has to be prepared, and the imperial court may include Yuanqi Tuanlian into the division of the economic system." ”

Yi Zhizu picked up the newspaper, and his eyes fell on the line of supervising coastal defense and training the Nanyang Navy and Army, since the imperial court set up the Minister of Nanyang Trade and Commerce, and clearly proposed to train the Nanyang Navy and Army, I am afraid that it is really possible to incorporate the Yuanqi regimental training into the official establishment, how should he deal with it?

After being silent for a long time, he sighed lightly: "If Yuanqi Tuanlian is included in the division of the imperial court, it will be ...... abolished." ”

Hearing this, Bao Shichen was a little puzzled, and said: "The imperial court's military expenditure is more than 10 million a year, and no matter how bad it is, it is no problem to allocate 1 or 2 million to raise Yuan Qi for group training." ”

"It's not a matter of silver...... Yi Zhixiang glanced at him, reluctant to say more.

Three naval warships, an official ship took the opportunity of the high tide to slowly sail into the Huangpu River, the bow of the official ship in the center, in his early fifties, the long-bearded Qiying looked at the direction of Shanghai County with a gloomy face, although the Minister of Nanyang Trade and Trade was far more powerful than General Jiangning, but he knew very well in his heart that this Nanyang Minister was not easy to be, although he said that he had been a servant of the Imperial Court and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, but he had never dealt with foreigners.

The negotiations, trade, and coastal defense of the commercial port, he can say that he has no experience at all, and the preparation for the construction of the Nanyang Navy is something that has never been done in the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court does not allocate a tael of silver, completely relying on Yuan Qi, to be precise, it refers to relying on Yi Zhi, but that guy is not a good master, if he is allowed to choose, he would rather be the idle Jiang Ning general.

"Lord Senior, are you almost in the county seat of Shanghai?" An old man who was nearly sixty years old, a little thin, and dressed in a dark blue robe walked over slowly and asked casually.

"It's still early, and it will be there in the second half of the morning." Qiying turned around as she spoke, and said, "Lord Zhuo also came out to breathe?" ”

Zhuo Bingtian smiled and said: "As the Minister of Nanyang, the Senior Citizen also has the responsibility of organizing the industrial, mining, transportation and industrial industry, and Yingyi is building the railway from Baoshan to Shanghai, what does the Senior think?" ”

It is indeed the duty of the Minister of Nanyang to hold the industrial, mining and transportation industry, and Daoguang wrote it clearly in the edict, but Qiying didn't take it seriously at all, and the court can now say that the poor can't open the pot, and it also holds the industrial, mining, and transportation industry, and I don't know what Daoguang thinks? He hadn't thought about it at all, anyway.

Hearing this, he shook his head slightly and said: "I can't figure it out, I don't know what that kid thinks, if it were me, I would let Yingyi build a railway from Shanghai to Suzhou, and there is no need for a railway in Baoshan." ”

Zhuo Bingtian looked at the riverbank, and said after a while: "Yi Zhixin was born in a merchant family, and he has a unique vision, so letting Yingyi build this railway for free must have a deep meaning." ”

For Yi Zhicontent, Qiying does not know, he was awarded the title of General Shengjing in the eighteenth year of Daoguang, and has been in Shengjing for several years, this time all the way south, but he has heard a lot of things about Yi Zhicontent, but it is all hearsay, however, he knows that Zhuo Bingtian has dealings with Yi Zhishu in Beijing, and even said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Zhuo knows a lot about Yi Zhicontent." ”

"I pondered that this railway should be built by Yuanqi." Zhuo Bingtian said slowly: "Yi Zhi's contentment abacus has always been fine, how can he not know the benefits of connecting Suzhou by railway?" ”

"Why did Yuanqi build the railway from Shanghai to Baoshan?" Qi Ying said puzzledly: "This doesn't mean anything at all. ”

Zhuo Bingtian couldn't figure it out, and immediately changed the topic, "How many days are you going to stay in Shanghai?" ”

Glancing at him in some surprise, Qi Yingcai said, "Lord Zhuo never thought that I would be stationed in Shanghai for a long time?" ”

Zhuo Bingtian said with a smile: "Shanghai is just a county seat, which can tolerate the Qin's errands." ”

This is obviously something in the words, Qi Ying immediately reacted, and said tentatively: "Lord Zhuo, what rumors did you hear in Jiangning?" ”

Zhuo Bingtian shook his head slowly, and said, "Yi Zhixiang can control Yuanqi at a young age, and dare to withdraw the army without authorization in Jiangning, if the elder is stationed in Shanghai for a long time, do you plan to obey your words?" ”

Hearing this, Qi Ying stroked his long beard under his chin, although he is a minister of Nanyang, but the imperial court does not allocate silver, almost everything has to rely on Yi Zhi, and that little guy is obviously assertive and very strong and bold corner, if he really wants to stay in Shanghai for a long time, if he doesn't want to be overheaded, the two will inevitably have a stiffen, this matter is really good to consider.

Seeing that he was silent, Zhuo Bingtian said unhurriedly: "The imperial court wants to build a navy, and Shanghai and Wusong are not suitable for military port ......." ”

Qiying glanced at him, Shanghai is not suitable, where is it suitable? Guangzhou or Xiamen? What does he mean by that? (To be continued.) )