"Zhoushan is more suitable for the navy than for large-scale port trade. After all, even the Yangtze River Bridge has not been built, and it is even impossible to build a cross-sea bridge.

So! You were wrong at the beginning, but look at it now. The goods carried by Huating Pier every day can no longer be described by the number of trucks, but can only be described by the number of wagons."

Li Xiao stood at Huating Wharf Railway Station for the convenience of transfer.

Huating's pier and train station are connected together. Things that get off the boat here will get on the boat there.

However, there was also a lot of cargo that was unloaded and put on motor boats. After all, not all towns are connected to trains.

There are not many fishing boats on the Huangpu River, all of them are motorized and sailing boats of various types.

"Zhoushan is indeed more suitable for the navy. It is an island. It is easy to keep the garrison secret. The Huangpu River is too crowded. If the warships are added, it will be even more crowded."

Li Hao also had to admit that Li Xiao was very far-sighted at the time. He originally wanted to build a dock in Zhoushan because the geographical environment there seemed to be more suitable.

Now that I think about it, it’s true that I didn’t think too much.

"In this world, trade is the king of wealth circulation. As long as there is such a dock, wealth will flow in continuously.

That Huating County...! Haha!" Li Xiao looked at Huating County in the distance, smiled and said nothing.

"Brother, what happened to this county?" Li Hao was a little confused.

"Chen Tingjing, the humble magistrate of Huating County, meets the governor, the commander-in-chief!" As he was speaking, a fair-skinned guy in his twenties wearing a seventh-grade official uniform came over and bowed to salute.

"Chen Tingjing!" Li Xiao felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

According to experience, the guy who sounds familiar to Li Xiao is either a treacherous or evil person, but must be a person who will leave his name in history.

"It's a humble position!" Chen Tingjing bowed deeply.

"How old is the county magistrate Chen?" Li Xiao glanced at Chen Tingjing and asked.

"Xiaguan is twenty-four this year."

"Twenty-four?" Li Xiao looked up and down. He had a beard and looked to be almost thirty.

This man, as long as he is unshaven, has no age.

"No! I am twenty-four years old in this humble position." Chen Tingjing was also a little confused as to why the marshal kept asking about his age.

"The twenty-four-year-old is already a seventh-grade county magistrate. He has the welfare of hundreds of thousands of people in his hands. You have a good future!" Li Xiao looked at the seventh-grade county magistrate in front of him with a smile.

To be precise, he is the seventh-grade Sesame Official!

In Li Xiao's eyes, this kind of official is a sesame official. Although, this is the county magistrate who controls the welfare of hundreds of thousands of people.

"I held my humble position three years ago when I won the top prize in the Shanxi High School Entrance Examination." Chen Tingjing answered respectfully and proudly.

"The top pick in the high school entrance examination seems to be a talent. Tell me, how do you plan to improve the welfare of these hundreds of thousands of people." Li Xiao looked at Chen Tingjing with a half-smile.

Li Hao also looked at Chen Tingjing. In his impression, the eldest brother rarely paid attention to such officials who looked like sesame seeds and mung beans. Not to mention in Li Xiao's eyes, even in Li Hao's eyes, such officials were minor roles.

The officials who lined up to meet Li Hao every day were all one level older than Chen Tingjing.

There must be some unknown reason why Big Brother is talking to such a small person.

"Huating County currently has a population of 984,815. I believe that Huating County guards the gateway to the Yangtze River.

The current prosperity is due to the Huating Pier that Marshal Lai decided to build ten years ago.

Beizhi feels that if we want Huating to become more prosperous, we must not only make good use of this terminal, but also make better use of Huating's status as a freight transfer center.

The commander-in-chief wants to sell goods all over the world, but the Yangtze River is in front of him. He wants cotton, wood, and various industrial products produced in the north. They all have to be transported through Huating!

As a freight transfer center, there must be a large amount of money to be delivered. Therefore, Huating State-owned Bank needs to expand its scale.

The railways to Fujian and Guangzhou also need to be expanded as soon as possible.

I will also build hotels and various entertainment facilities to allow businessmen from all over the country to come to Huating to eat, drink and have fun.

In this way, Huating will create more work opportunities. The people of Huating will become richer because they have jobs. At the same time, taxes will also increase significantly."

When it came to the last item, Chen Tingjing seemed a little embarrassed.

Talents! At this time, they know how to increase jobs and develop the tertiary industry. This guy’s economic acumen is great!

"Humble job! Humble job...!" Seemingly determined, Chen Tingjing took a deep breath: "Humble job, please demolish the city wall of Huating County. In order to connect the county seat with the dock, it will be convenient for merchants from the north and south."

Everyone took a breath. City walls have been a necessity for a city for thousands of years.

It is also the main facility for the city to resist foreign invasion and has not changed since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Now this guy actually needs to demolish the city wall, in case there is an invasion by foreign enemies. Then... the citizens will become lambs to be slaughtered.

You know, as a county with a population of one million, the security force here only has more than 400 people, and the weapons they are equipped with are only some pistols. There are only five rifles, two of which are just for sentries to carry.

If a foreign enemy invades, it will really have no defensive capabilities at all.

Today's commander-in-chief has a martial arts background, and everyone in the world knows that Li Xiao has great martial arts skills. Now you want to demolish the city wall in front of him? This county magistrate must have drunk too much...!

"Oh, demolish the city wall of Huating County. Tell me, what are the benefits?" Li Xiao was noncommittal, picked up a stone on the ground, and weighed it repeatedly in his hands.

Several of Chen Tingjing's subordinates were worried that the commander-in-chief would hit the county magistrate on the head with a stone when he was angry.

According to legend, this commander was famous for his cruelty.

"According to the Ming Dynasty Coast Guard Order, the city gates of Linhai County need to be closed after sunset. In this way, merchants cannot leave the city and come to the dock at night.

But at the pier, ships are arriving all day long. At the same time, trains are leaving and arriving at the train station all day long. The merchants who get off the train cannot enter the city, and the merchants who get on the train can only leave the city in advance.

Look over there, someone has already started building an inn.

Over time, the outside of the city will be more prosperous than the inside of the city. And people in the city will also move to live outside the city. It doesn't matter whether the city has walls or not.

Nowadays, this city wall has become an obstacle to the development of the city. I am willing to ask the commander-in-chief to order the demolition of the city wall of Huating County to facilitate the faster development of Huating."

After Chen Tingjing finished speaking, he lowered his head and listened to Li Xiao's verdict. The commander-in-chief could decide his life's fate with just one sentence.

"But, Huating Binhai. What to do with this coastal defense?" Li Xiao looked at Chen Tingjing with bright eyes.

"Commander Qi!

Huating Coastal Defense was established during the Jiajing period to deal with Japanese pirates at sea. It has been a hundred years ago. At that time, Japanese pirates were rampant at sea and often attacked the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang. Coastal defense was indeed the top priority of the country.

But today is different from the past. Today, the Ming Dynasty's commander-in-chief leads a sharp army. Millions of warriors are waiting at the ready, hoping that the commander-in-chief will order them to strike.

The question is, looking at the world, who dares to compete with me, the Ming Dynasty? Under the threat of the commander-in-chief, the Japanese have become the most humble and courteous gentlemen. In the Ming Dynasty, they did not even dare to touch the butt of a female donkey, for fear that their humble position would be regarded as

Punish them for indecent crimes.

Moreover, I also believe that the Ming Dynasty has such a long coastline, and it is far better to defend the enemy at sea than to foolishly close the sea and seal the country." After Chen Tingjing finished speaking, he lowered his head again.

Because he had already seen Li Xiao's sharp eyes!

After staring at Chen Tingjing for a long time, Li Xiao finally looked away.

"But...! Soon the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge will be connected. It is a bridge with roads and railways. In other words, Huating will soon not be the only transshipment channel for materials in the south of the Yangtze River. What will you do at that time?"

"My subordinates believe that this is not a problem. Jinling will surely prosper if it connects the train to the north of the Yangtze River. Beizhi can work with Jinling to bring Suzhou and Hangzhou together to build an economic belt along the Yangtze River.

As long as these cities develop, they can directly drive the economy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anhui, and even the entire Jiangnan. For example, if the two cities are connected to Fujian and Guangxi by railway.

Then the entire south will gradually become more developed."

"This is a humble opinion based on my humble position. Please give me some advice, Commander-in-Chief." After Chen Tingjing finished speaking, he modestly said that this was his humble opinion.

This has created an economic zone along the Yangtze River, but what the hell is a shallow view? To be honest, Li Xiao didn’t even think about it that completely! What a fucking shallow view, what the hell is a shallow view, what is a high view?

"It's true that Shanxi's top scorer in the high school entrance examination is good, and it's true that Shanxi people can do business. Defend the enemy on the sea, and defend the enemy on the sea!

If he, Li Xiu, really dares to put the enemy into the Ming Dynasty's inner sea, why should I cut off his head? That's right! Tomorrow you can arrange for people to demolish the Huating city wall.

At the same time, Huating County will be upgraded to a prefectural city. You, the magistrate of Huating County, will do the work. Starting tomorrow, you will be able to wear the uniform of a fifth-rank official." Li Xiao threw away the stone in his hand.

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"No!" Chen Tingjing couldn't believe this was true. He was promoted to two levels in a row.

"Do your business well and run this Huating Mansion. The chief minister will transfer you to Beijing to do business!" Li Xiao patted Chen Tingjing's shoulder affectionately, looking disgusting and approachable.

"Thank you for the promotion, Marshal. I will definitely work hard for my great Ming Dynasty and my Marshal...!"

"Yes! Now that I am the Ming Dynasty, I don't need you to die. Do your job well!"

We are all parents and officials of Mr. Qingtian. I think you all have to be good parents and officials. If the officials really treat the people with the care of parents for their children, then there will be no problem in handling this job.

Get up! I will stay in your Huating today and find a better place to settle down."

"No!" Chen Tingjing said excitedly. From now on, he would be an official personally promoted by the commander-in-chief.

Li Xiao is known as the commander-in-chief and has the Ming Dynasty army firmly in his hands. That is impossible, but Li Xiao also knows his shortcomings.

He is good at military affairs, but extremely bad at civil affairs.

Perhaps this is because he has been a soldier for two lifetimes. He has a military mindset and comes up with a new thing. The first thing Li Xiao thinks of is how to use it on the battlefield, and even everything is based on military standards.

Ask to study.

The few civilian products that have been tinkered with are actually by-products of military research institutes.

Therefore, Li Xiao rarely interfered in civil affairs, which was why the two chief ministers, Sun Chengzong and Zhang Huangyan, were able to serve for a long time.

Precisely because he rarely interfered in civil affairs, Zhang Huangyan generally would not refuse Li Xiao's interference in civil affairs.
To be continued...