Ye Yiwen nodded: "In addition to wealthy families, there are also official families. Li Yi, the first scholar in the Ming Dynasty, has his home and property over there. The Li family has already negotiated a deal to replace them with a piece of land in the southern suburbs. Those who were moved

Among the people in the southern suburbs, some moved to further villages for resettlement, and some were given houses if they were willing to go to the city."

The situation in Yangzhou is quite special.

Yangzhou City in the Northern Song Dynasty was smaller in area than Yangzhou City in the Tang Dynasty.

During the Five Dynasties, the city was massacred and looted several times, and even a large part of the city wall was torn down. It was destroyed again in the later Zhou Dynasty, and the area was not large when it was rebuilt and added.

As the population increased, the houses outside the city were scattered and unplanned. In the early years, there were even large areas of cultivated land.

Moreover, there are so many families of officials and wealthy businessmen that the demolition work is extremely difficult.

Not only that, there is also a military garrison outside Yangzhou City. If you want to demolish it, you must obtain approval from the Ministry of War.

Ye Yiwen said: "When I was building the city of Yangzhou, I planned to restore the area of ​​Luocheng in the Tang Dynasty and directly double the area of ​​Yangzhou city. Yangzhou has money and people, so we can definitely build the city like that."

Zhu Guoxiang smiled and nodded without saying anything more.

According to Ye Yiwen's method of additional construction, the urban area of ​​Yangzhou will exceed the provincial capital Chuzhou City.

Yangzhou at that time was a complete Yangzhou, not the crowded city it is now, with all kinds of filth and chaos inside and outside the city.

After walking around for a while, Zhu Guoxiang wanted to visit Slender West Lake.

As a result, there is no Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. There are only a few puddles in the northwest of the main city, and the puddles are not completely connected. As the number of residents in Fuguo increases, a large amount of domestic sewage is discharged into it, and the deterioration of the water quality can be smelled from a distance.

Stink.

Zhu Guoxiang stood next to the Slender West Lake that he had longed for, covering his nose and looking at the turbid puddles. His beautiful fantasy shattered to pieces like glass.

My Slender West Lake!

Zhu Guoxiang said to Ye Yiwen sadly: "It is indeed necessary to improve the city by building more cities. How can Yangzhou look like this? These puddles can also be connected into one, and some lotus roots can be planted to entertain the people.

.Hangzhou has the West Lake, and Yangzhou can also have the Slender West Lake.”

Ye Yiwen was so happy that he immediately asked the Emperor to write the three characters "Slender West Lake" with pen and paper.

With the Emperor's calligraphy, it would be safe for him to remain as the governor of Yangzhou, and all demolition work would go more smoothly, including convincing the Ministry of War to demolish the Yangzhou military camp!

Zhu Guoxiang asked again: "Where is the Twenty-Four Bridge?"

"Over there." Ye Yiwen pointed to the west.

The Twenty-Four Bridges of the Tang Dynasty were just outside the west city wall of Yangzhou, and are now almost transformed into suburbs.

Near the Twenty-Four Bridge, there are randomly built houses everywhere.

Is there any sense of poetry or painting in it?

The Emperor suddenly no longer wanted to visit Yangzhou.
Chapter completed!