"The mayor, the one who came here was the shareholder of the cement factory. The local 'progress' gentry Bai Shenming, next to it was Wu..."

A young man with dark skin, wearing a plain cotton jacket, straight-leg pants, a cowhide briefcase under his arms, and a secretary-head with Sanqi's head whispered and quickly introduced the visitor in Ding Liqiu's ear.

Ding Liqiu nodded slightly when he heard this and interrupted the young man: "No need to introduce this later, I know Manager Wu, a friendly person."

Speaking of this, Ding Liqiu had a professional and friendly smile on his face, and he greeted him and stretched out his hands.

Bai Juren, who was also smiling, walked quickly and walked through the crowd, stretched out his hands a little clumsy and discomfortably, holding and shaking Ding Liqiu: "Oh, Mayor Ding is here, the students are missing!"

The word "shi" was traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties before the Ming and Qing dynasties and even to the Qin and Han dynasties. It mainly refers to markets, markets, and rural regular market areas, etc. It has no administrative attributes. Administrative units similar to cities in the Ming Dynasty were "built".

As a specific administrative region, the city had to wait until the Ming Dynasty after the Xinhai Revolution. In the ninth year of the Republic of China, the local autonomy movement flourished. Chen Jiongming, a senior official from Guangdong, wanted to make Guangzhou a city without the jurisdiction of the old administrative divisions, so he entrusted Sun Ke to draft relevant regulations and organize a modern municipal system.

So Sun Ke wrote the "Interim Regulations on Guangzhou City" and was approved by the provincial administration in February 1921. This is the first time that my country has enacted regulations with a city as an administrative unit, which is beyond the scope of local autonomy.

Time and space are rotated, and when it reaches the plane of the time travelers, it may be a sensation in the dark. The first Ming Dynasty municipal administrative district in the true modern sense was also set up by the time travelers in Guangzhou, across the river from the old city. Ding Liqiu, the first "mayor" of the special zone, also brought great shock to the Ming people.

At the beginning, when I saw someone seeking land outside the city, Ming people who could get some inside information at that time had the boldest imagination was just a big market, which was in line with Ming people's perception of "city".

However, today, with the modern new district rising at the speed of the indigenous people's mouths, this title of "mayor" that was spread at the beginning and even had a bit of ridiculousness in the eyes of Ming people has become a real and authoritative title of Guangzhou prefect.

Although Ding Liqiu is fundamentally just a "counselor" in the private office of the General Office, now no one knows the inside story, from the gentry, people, and officials, no one dares to gain anything in front of Mayor Ding. Even the genuine Guangzhou Prefecture Master Hong Yunzhenghong treated Ding Liqiu privately.

"Haha, Bai Xiaolian, you are polite. I just came to the cement factory to check the construction progress. How about it? Are the local elders still satisfied with the construction?"

"Satisfied, satisfied! The great work does not disturb the people, and it gives the hardships the opportunity to make money. Mayor Ding is simply doing good deeds!"

"Haha, Bai Xiaolian is very knowledgeable and should know the principle that water can carry a boat. If we are turbulent today, we are ministers, spending some money and food to stabilize the hearts of the people can also be considered as doing some practical things for the court."

"Slightly speak great meaning, smallly speak great meaning."

Bai Juren looked admiring at this time. He was well-educated and well-read in history books. After hearing these words of loyalty and treacherous, he nodded repeatedly, as if he had not found out that the other party was a thief.

In this way, shareholder Bai joined Mayor Ding's team, and both parties inspected various construction sites in the wastelands under intense construction. During this period, they talked and investigated with project managers and front-line workers.

Then, accompanied by other local "herds" who rushed over and heard the news, Mayor Ding also had lunch with everyone. During the lunch period, Mayor Ding announced an important news to these local leaders: At the beginning of next month, there will be a Nanyang Investment Promotion Conference in Guangdong New District, and you are welcome to attend at that time.

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Although the plan to travel through the crowd to layout the Nanyang area cannot be officially launched yet, the preliminary preparations, including the pioneering army, are already in progress. Among them, the organized recruitment of Ming Dynasty investors to participate in the plan was originally an important part.

It is impossible for people traveling through time to take a group of poor people to go to Southeast Asia to develop development. There is a lack of an important link/class: investors.

As mentioned earlier, the current economy of Ming Dynasty is in stagflation. On the one hand, the bottom is displaced without enough food, while on the other hand, the landlord class buried precious metals in the cellar at home, which felt like an economic crisis in the later generations.

Therefore, the travelers not only need to attract a large number of people from the bottom to search for food and land in the broad new world, but also guide the landlords of Ming Kingdom to invest in the new world as much as possible, loosening the solidified stagnant water... There is no need to hire people to dig holes and fill them in. The travelers only need to create a strong and fair investment environment and teach these ancient capitalists how to invest and make profits.

This was also mixed with the driving force of the Development Army Command, the cabinet and parliament. So Ding Liqiu got off his current work and started to handle this matter. After meeting the local rich people in Zengcheng area today, he revealed the information about the establishment of the investment promotion meeting.

This news undoubtedly aroused the interest of everyone who is living there. Since these people have invested money in the comprehensive cement factory project, they have already relied on it and are naturally not resistant to the new way of making a fortune, but are very interested.

Mayor Ding also made it clear here: "Maybe all the men have the intention of getting close to General Cao, our family, we all know this, and the general knows it. However, the way to buy land in Nanyang is the ancestral craft of our Ming gentry...... The family property is passed down from generation to generation...... Farming in all seasons... Production general underwriting..."

With Ding Liqiu's hard introduction, the gentry attending the meeting quickly understood the so-called meaning of going to Southeast Asia: Isn't this the same as everyone going to the countryside to buy a farm, but the farm is a little far away. In Southeast Asia, unlike the Ming Dynasty, the farmland in Southeast Asia undoubtedly relies on General Cao.

After understanding this, Bai Juren, who was quick-thinking and dared to place bets, was the first to make a statement on the dining table: General Cao planned to expand his territory, and he said that he would definitely help! This time, no matter how big or small he said, he would set up a plantation to plant some rice and work hard for the army!

The other local rich men who reacted also expressed their intention to make a fuss. Joke, everyone could not find a way to find a way in the cement factory, but when they opened a farm, the Ming Dynasty, whether it was a local rich man or a gentry, they were all experts.........

Mayor Ding saw the atmosphere was quite warm, and he was in a good mood and stretched out his hand and patted Mr. Bai on the shoulder: "It's not necessary to plant rice. Come on, soak the coffee and cocoa sent by the Dutch, and then take the picture album over. I'll ask the masters to appreciate the paintings."

The next moment, after taking a sip of slightly bitter coffee, Mr. Bai was attracted by a beautiful picture album in front of him: "Mr. Bai, this kind of big tree is called a rubber tree. This is a treasure. The annual output is purchased by the General's Mansion at a high price."
Chapter completed!