"Pudong New Area?" Lu Yan pondered for a moment and couldn't help but praise: "What a good name. 'Qu' means four directions and eight corners. 'New Area' means 'four directions and eight corners, all in harmony with the reform'. It is easy to remember and has a profound meaning. It is really catchy and appealing to both the elite and the masses!"

"Haha, you're too kind." Young Master Zhao couldn't help laughing. He liked this about scholars, that they could flatter in such a unique way, with various forms and without being clichés. It could be called rainbow fart.

In fact, Zhao Hao originally planned to take Xingang as an example and name it Pudong City. But firstly, he felt that the naming method of Shanghai County Pudong City was too Japanese and awkward. Secondly, the word "city" was too small in the eyes of people at that time, and it sounded like a market, which did not fit Mr. Zhao's positioning of Pudong.

So the name that would come four hundred years later was used in advance.

"Why not build a city wall?" Lu Yan was not excited by the term "world economic center". After all, he did not understand the meaning of "world" or "economy", and naturally could not appreciate the weight of these six words. Instead, he was entangled in the issue of the city wall.

"Since it's called the New District, it must look new." Zhao Hao smiled and got back to the point, "Besides, didn't Shanghai County originally have a city wall?"

"That's because this county was established too late, and it has never suffered from war before. Later, the Japanese invasion broke out. In just two months from April to June of the 32nd year of Jiajing, we suffered five Japanese invasions. The Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted, and burned down houses. The county was almost half-burned to ashes, and the losses were extremely heavy." Lu Yan advised solemnly:

"Only then did they learn from their mistakes, and the people contributed money and effort to build the current city wall. Not only did my stepmother, Madam Mei, donate land and silver, but later when there was not enough material for building the city, she also demolished thousands of rooms in my ancestral house of the Lu family to build the city."

"Well, the Lu family is really amazing." Zhao Hao smacked his lips and thought that these wealthy families were all Versailles writers.

"I am not saying this to show off, but to remind you, sir, of the necessity of city walls." Lu Yan said earnestly.

"Yes, I know what you said." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "But the city wall will limit the expansion of the city. When the city grows to the edge of the city wall, the high city wall blocks the traffic, and the original development order is bound to be blocked. If you want to continue to develop, you must jump out of the city wall and rebuild the center outside the city."

"Suzhou?" Lu Yan realized something.

"Yes, Suzhou is the best example. Where is its most prosperous place? Outside Changmen Gate and Loumen Gate. Only by jumping out of the city wall to form a closed space can the city develop freely." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "If that's the case, why should we do this again?"

"But Suzhou has city walls, so even if we develop outside the city, we will feel more at ease," said Lu Yan.

"Shanghai County also has a city wall." Zhao Hao smiled and pointed to the blue-gray city wall on the other side of the river.

"Well, that's true." After hearing this, Lu Yan was speechless.

In fact, there is one thing Zhao Hao didn't say. He spent so much effort building ships. If he can't repel the enemy at sea, what's the point of all that?

Just lie down and wait to die!

~~

"The newness of the new district is not only reflected in the city walls. From the perspective of urban planning, it must be innovative and unique." Zhao Hao pointed out Jiangshan Road while strolling on the embankment with Lu Yan.

"What is urban planning?" Lu Yan asked quickly.

"It's to draw up a blueprint for the city's development." Zhao Hao pointed to the large area of ​​land in Lujiazui and said, "This is a piece of white drawing paper. As a painter, you have to plan the layout before painting, right?"

"I understand." Lu Yan was excited. There was nothing more fun and fulfilling in the world. But he became a little worried and said, "But I'm afraid I haven't built a city before, so I'm not qualified."

"No one has any experience in this area. We have to figure it out on our own." The river breeze blew Zhao Hao's clothes, making him look even more high-spirited. "Why you? First, you are the general manager of Shangkai Company, so you don't need two people to do the same thing. Second, you supervised the construction of Korakuen, so you are not an amateur in civil engineering."

After a pause, he looked at Lu Yan deeply and said, "Third, and most importantly, this Lujiazui is named after your ancestor's surname. I believe you will be more responsible than anyone else."

"Yes." Lu Yan was excited and nodded heavily, "It is our duty. We must not bring shame to our ancestors!"

"Okay, very good. With this attitude, we are halfway to success." Zhao Hao laughed and said, "The rest is nothing more than listening more, watching more, spending more time, brainstorming, and slowly exploring."

"I understand." Lu Yan nodded again, suppressed his intense heartbeat, and said with a smile: "Then you have to point out a direction first, so that we can have a way to follow."

"Then I'll just say it casually, and you listen to my argument." Zhao Hao gave a fake smile. Pudong New Area, of course, had to be built according to his wishes.

The reason why I said that to Lu Yan was just to stimulate the subjective initiative of the people below. If Lu Yan took it seriously, he would lose.

Fortunately, Lu Yan was old and wise, so how could he commit such a childish mistake? He hurriedly took out a Huazi... Zhonghua brand pencil and a cowhide cover notebook issued by the group, and carefully wrote down every word of the young master as the highest spirit for future design.

"First, we need to clarify the city's position." Then Zhao Hao said, "The group has decided to move the starting point of the Royal Shipping to here. In the future, this will be the starting point of the grain shipping. Grain from Huguang and Jiangnan will be continuously transported here, and soon a new rice market will be formed outside the four major rice markets."

"And you also understand that the imperial grain only accounts for a small part of the Coast Guard's transportation capacity. Its real main business is still north-south freight and overseas trade. So this place will become a trade window for the entire Jiangnan region. In a short time, it will be filled with department stores and become a commercial center that is no less than Suzhou, or even surpass Suzhou in the future."

"Yes." After so much evidence, Lu Yan naturally believed in Zhao Hao's judgment and suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier.

"In addition, Pudong still has 1.2 million acres of land. The group has also reached an agreement with Jinshanwei in Benlin to include their 600,000 acres of land into the farm operation scope, so there are a total of 1.8 million acres of land available for development." Zhao Hao added.

"One million and eight hundred thousand acres, that's two Shanghai counties." Lu Yan exclaimed in amazement.

"Most of these 1.8 million mu will be used to grow cotton and mulberry trees." Zhao Hao continued, "So we still have the conditions to turn Pudong into a textile industry center."

"Then the population will really increase." Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh: "Fortunately, Daming has no shortage of people."

"That's right. We have a population of 200 to 300 million." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile. Jiangnan is densely populated and attracts refugees from all over the country like a magnet. There is only a surplus of population, not a shortage. This is the confidence for his grand plan.

If we change to a country with a population of several million and rashly create a new map, where can we find people to fill it out?

This is also the reason why it is difficult for European powers to territorialize their colonies. When the Ming Dynasty begins to colonize, Master Zhao will let them see what cruelty is.

~~

In fact, Mr. Zhao also planned to build Pudong into the financial center of the future Ming Dynasty... After it became a commercial and textile center, this was almost certain. However, given the misunderstanding of the people at that time, I will not discuss this.

"So we can plan different functional areas according to the future development direction." Zhao Hao bent his fingers and said, "It can be roughly divided into the riverside port area, Lujiazui commercial area, residential area, industrial area and agricultural area. The industrial area is best located in the suburbs, away from the commercial area, between the residential area and the agricultural area. This can reduce the cost of the factory and protect the land price in the commercial area. But how to divide it specifically depends on local conditions and what is appropriate."

"I see." Lu Yan was busy taking notes. After hearing what Master Zhao said, he felt much clearer.

"After the functional areas are determined, the next step is road design. Roads are to a city as blood vessels are to a person... Don't know what blood vessels are? Think of them as meridians. The city's roads should also be divided into five categories: main roads, secondary roads, boulevards, inner streets, and suburban roads, and built in different widths and forms. This is not difficult to understand, but the standard should be set as high as possible to prepare for future advance construction. For example, for main roads, I think it can be set at ten feet wide. Don't think it's a waste. It will be very damaging to demolish and widen them in the future."

Zhao Hao continued, "All roads must be built into cement roads, but before building roads and houses, we must first make great efforts to build underground pipe networks."

"Underground pipeline network?" Lu Yan didn't understand again.

"It's a sewer, similar in function to a manhole, but buried underground, not just in an open ditch or covered with stone slabs." Zhao Hao reminded him, "In fact, this is not a new thing. People did it in the Song Dynasty. As far as I know, there is a complete set of sewers in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. It is nearly two meters high and more than one meter wide, and people can walk in it. It is still functioning well after five hundred years. Moreover, the terrain of Ganzhou City is very close to that of Pudong, and it is also built by the river. It should be of great reference value. You should go and investigate it carefully, and then hire some local craftsmen to repair the sewers. It will definitely be helpful."

"Understood. I'll make arrangements and go right away." Lu Yan responded enthusiastically.

"Good, very spirited. We are not just copying Ganzhou, we have to surpass them, otherwise how can we call it a new district?" Zhao Hao challenged with a smile:

"I hope that our sewers can separate rainwater and sewage. That means building two sewer pipe networks, one to drain rainwater directly into the river. The other to send sewage to a treatment plant in the suburbs for sedimentation and composting." Young Master Zhao said with a smile:

"In addition, we need to install water supply pipes in the pipe network. In the future, we want every household to have access to clean tap water." Zhao Hao said with a smile, "We also want to allow rich people who don't want to use public toilets to use flush toilets at home!"

"Tap water, flush toilet?" Hearing these new words, Lu Yan felt like he was in a dream. Just listening to Master Zhao's words, he had an urge to live in such a city.

But I also feel that building such a dream city is extremely difficult.