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Seven hundred and sixtieth chapters to build a city that never sleeps

"The military leader is discussing matters with the Ministry of Revenue and the officials of the Ministry of Personnel." When Ella brought the people from the Intelligence Department to find Chu Yun, the guards outside said to her.

Behind her were several people from the intelligence department holding a bunch of scrolls.

"No need to inform, I'm waiting outside," said Ella.

It took about an hour before officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel came out.

"Hello sirs," Ella smiled at them.

"I've met Lord Ella." The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel officials said one after another.

Although the Intelligence Department is not as good as the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel, in the past three years, many officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel have been arrested by the Intelligence Department, especially civil officials who embezzled and opposed the nationalization of land. Chu Yun had just confirmed the impact of the nationalization of land with them. They now meet the highest officer of the Intelligence Department here.

"Did the military leader talk to you about land annexation? I know there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Some officials in some places try to buy excess houses in the name of others in the family. Our Intelligence Department and the Supervision Department will strictly investigate this matter. If officials are found to try to drill for loopholes, they will not only lose their official positions, but will also be sent to Nanyang." Ella said.

"Our six ministries will definitely strictly rectify the officials of their own departments." The officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that some people were in trouble.

"I'm here to help you all," Ella said, and took a few people from the Intelligence Department into the backyard of Suzhou Prefecture.

An official from the Ministry of Revenue said to the Ministry of Personnel: "The new policy is at a critical moment. Which idiot is drilling for loopholes?"

The official of the Ministry of Personnel shook his head: "There are all kinds of birds in the forest. Maybe it was because I was used to doing this in the previous dynasty."

"Our six departments should check it out from top to bottom, so as not to be involved in this way."

The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel officials discussed it privately, but were targeted by the Intelligence Department. If it was not restrained in time, it would probably lead to a major case involving the six ministries.

Ella came in with the intelligence department staff and saw Chu Yun dozing off on the table.

"You put down the file and go down first." Ella said softly to his subordinates.

Several people from the intelligence department put down the case file and left.

When Chu Yun woke up, he found that the setting sun had already shined into the hall. Ella was sitting aside, reading a book with a book.

"Mr. Marshal, are you awake?" Ella folded the pages and closed them.

"I'm so sleepy. I have to worry about this and that. It's better to be relaxed when I'm in southern Liaoning." Chu Yun stretched, "If you want to be relaxed, you have to delegate power, but these people don't worry. Their understanding of the new policy may be somewhat deviant and needs to be criticized at all times."

"I thought the six ministers would not be found for the time being when the military commander arrived in Nanjing. Unexpectedly, they sent personnel to come." Ella said, "This is the file of the 'assassination envoy case'. All prisoners have signed and escorted. The military commander can file it in the book after the exam."

Chu Yun got up and took only one of the volumes to look through, glanced at it briefly and closed: "Let's deal with it like this."

He didn't know that the charges he arranged for these people who intended to rebel at will have become a more controversial topic in later generations to study this small piece of history, and many historical puzzles were also left behind in this way.

"Then I'll go down and arrange meals," Ella said.

"I don't need to prepare tonight. Let's find a restaurant in Suzhou City." Chu Yun said.

"Yes, I'll arrange the guards." After Yu Cheng protected Xiao Xiu'er and Goya went to Hangzhou, Aila served as Chu Yun's guard captain.

"There is no need to arrange guards, we are just disguised." After Chu Yun arrived in Taihu Lake, he realized the value of freedom more and more.

"But this is too unsafe. After all, we have only arrested a group of people. I wonder if there are any other people who have not been arrested..." Ella hesitated.

"You should also change into casual clothes as well. This is an order, do you know?" Chu Yun said undeniably.

"Yes, my subordinates obey the order." Ella said helplessly.

There was a night ban in the Ming Dynasty. The evening drum was ringing at the first and third o'clock, and travel was prohibited. The morning bell was ringing at the fifth o'clock, and the passage was not allowed. During this period, walking on the street would be beaten.

Many systems in the Ming Dynasty inherited the Yuan Dynasty and implemented strict night bans. Later, Chu Yun changed the rules of the Song Dynasty to open the night ban in economically prosperous cities, while other towns without conditions remained closed to the night ban. As a wealthy city, Suzhou City has already opened the night ban.

On both sides of the main road of Suzhou City, there is a wooden pillar every ten meters. The people in Suzhou City are very puzzled by these wooden pillars and do not know what they are used for.

When Chu Yun saw these wooden pillars, he knew what to use. These are telephone poles, wires are still being produced, and the thermal power plants outside Suzhou City are also preparing.

"When the thermal power plant is officially opened and the main roads of Suzhou City are powered on, the night market in Suzhou City will definitely be more prosperous." Chu Yun was very pleased to see the results of the Second Industrial Revolution gradually appearing in Jiangnan.

In the capital, electric lights have appeared in Liaodong. Jiangnan, which has a more prosperous economy, was under control of Chu Yun relatively late. In the past few years, the main goal was to crack down on the large landlords and civil servants in the Jiangnan region and clear obstacles for the industrial revolution here, so it became popularized relatively late.

"All this is attributed to the new policy of the military leader," said Ella.

"The south of the Yangtze River is a good place, and the entire Yangtze River Basin is the hinterland. During the Yuan Dynasty, a Shanghai county was established here. When there were more factories here, I planned to set up a new city on the bank of the Huangpu River and turn Shanghai into a city that never sleeps." Chu Yun thought that due to frequent sea bans in the Ming Dynasty, Shanghai was still an unknown small county in Songjiang Prefecture at this time.

After the sea ban is abolished, the estuary of the Yangtze River is likely to become an overseas colony and an important place for other countries to trade with China.

"City never sleeps?" Ella looked at Chu Yun in confusion.

"Yes, the future estuary of the Yangtze River will be the most prosperous urban agglomeration in the world, and there will be merchants from countless countries coming here to trade. Even in the middle of the night, the lights are still bright, the dance halls and singing platforms are crowded, and it is extremely lively." Chu Yun thought of the "Ten Miles of Foreign Field" in Shanghai before.

However, in this time and space, the city that never sleeps will be established by him, the Han people rather than foreigners, and it is very likely to become the financial and economic center of the world.
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