Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 820 Manila's new look

  His Royal Highness lowered his head and walked without speaking, Brigadier General Geng Chengen gave Major General Jason Ardenne anxiously, followed quickly, and walked towards the convoy parked not far away.

  The accompanying adjutant opened the door, and His Highness Li Siyuan sat in without saying a word. Major General Jason Ardenne hurriedly walked a few times, opened the rear door on the other side and sat in.

  Brigadier General Geng Chengen stayed for a while and waved to the adjutant to sit in the back car. He himself sat in the front passenger seat.

  The convoy composed of four black "Crown-Yu Tianxia" cars left the parking lot and drove all the way towards the direction of Intramuros.

   "Your Highness, you..."

  Brigadier General Geng Chengen turned around and he was stuck in his throat before he finished speaking.

  I saw Li Siyuan sitting in the back seat with a relaxed expression and an unconcealable smile on his face. At this time, Brigadier General Geng Chengen understood everything;

  OK, pass the level smoothly.

At this time, Brigadier General Geng Chengen felt relieved and said with a long sigh of relief; "Oh, my lord, you are so scared that I am always worried that this matter will be presented to the imperial court. Now it’s alright... Our Royal Navy still has a role to play. Lord He has always taken care of his nephews and his nephews, and he will never act recklessly."

   "Huh, you are now fighting back, and you have the same difficulties. When you went to the headquarters for training, why didn't you two go?"

   "Hey hey... Your Majesty forgive me." Brigadier General Geng Chengen had a smile on his face. If they followed suit, then the anger of Admiral Zhang Daoru, the commander of the fleet, would inevitably pour on him, that's for sure.

  Don't look at Admiral Zhang Daoru's severe reprimand. Alas, to be honest, most of them are aimed at other officers of the ship formation. They are trained as dog-blood sprinklers. When your Highness is here, they will only lick the water and wipe a little bit.

   mainly conveys the attitude of the Pacific Fleet that will never tolerate, but not to really reprimand His Royal Highness.

  For such a major violation of the superior order, the Pacific Fleet must take an attitude to deal with it, otherwise there will be a way of learning, wouldn’t it be a mess?

"Don't talk to me about those useless, I'm annoying." Li Siyuan took the red wine handed over by Major General Jason Ardenne, took a sip in his hand, and said in a dull tone; "Basically, it's a pass. But the "Samalinda" has also been suspended. I don't know when this golden hoop spell is solved. You two unscrupulous guys, tell me what to do?"

what to do? Cold dressing.

  Brigadier General Geng Chengen had a thoughtful look on his face, and he shrank his neck and sat back.

Major General Jason Adenauer has the rigor and frankness of the Germanic nation, and then said; "His Royal Highness, since the ship has been suspended, the summit must make me wait and reflect on this. I can't cause any trouble on this cusp. You have to be cautious in your words and deeds, and think over the wall."

"Hmph, standing and talking can’t hurt your back. Now the situation in Northeast Asia is raging, and the war is raging. The "Songjiang" and "Melbourne" were ordered to launch an expedition. North patrol the surrounding waters of the Ryukyu. Tsarist Russia formed a large-scale expeditionary fleet. We also have to watch the once-in-a-lifetime good show, how can I sit still at this critical moment?"

  Li Siyuan loves the navy from the bottom of his heart, and when he is young and vigorous, he wants to make some noise when he is young. How can he stand loneliness?

  The current sage is at its peak in the spring and autumn, according to the old fortune-telling fairy;

  The sage is in the ninth layer and manages thousands of miles, the purple qi rushes into the sky, the momentum of the great journey, the evil is not invaded, the gods and ghosts are protected from the changes, when there is more than one qi of the country, the dragon and the imperial qi will cover the ages and the emperor!

  Ocean Empire has been built for 14 years, that is to say, there are at least 46 years of luck in the present sage. As for the above, there is no count.

  It is said that when the old **** counts here, he spouts three mouthfuls of blood, and his energy is wilted all of a sudden, and he said with a wry smile;

  A mere mortal will be condemned by the heavens if he tries to detect the secrets of heaven. My life will be soon.

  Sure enough, he smiled and died the following year.

  Li Siyuan is naturally convinced. He doesn't care about the identity of the crown prince. The day when Long Deng Dabao is just an extremely distant luxury for him, he can't even think about it.

  He only hopes to follow in the footsteps of the adventurers of the great nautical era, leading the fleet across the world, making contributions to the empire, opening up territories and expanding territories, and he is full of enthusiasm.

  The greatest wish in his heart is that his father is proud of himself.

The "Samarinda" ship formation is a temporary task formation. After the cruise mission is completed, it will naturally return to the original structure. The battleship "Linda" is suspended and will soon enter the dock for annual maintenance.

With so many ships in the Pacific Fleet, when there are no combat missions, basically 1/3 of the force is used for daily cruises, 1/3 of the force is stationed on standby, and the remaining 1/3 of the ships are either for actual combat training or for combat. Overhaul, ship overhaul has various subjects, such as daily maintenance and overhaul, monthly overhaul, annual overhaul, dock overhaul every 3 to 4 years, mid-life upgrade and overhaul of ships, etc.

  Generally speaking, you have to wait in line to enter the dock, at least 7-8 months to get out, and it may take more than a year.

The “Samarinda” has just been launched for two and a half years. Normally, it is not the turn of the ship to be docked for overhaul. Generally, it is a ship of three to four years. It needs to enter the dock to remove the marine attachments such as vine gourds at the bottom of the ship. The focus is on everything. Coated with anti-rust paint and thick asphalt paint on the bottom of the ship. This paint should be brushed back and forth 5-6 times to avoid severe seawater corrosion.

The problem is that the dock has never been readily available. The ships scheduled for inspection have formed a long queue. There is no doubt that capital ships such as the "Samarinda" have priority. They will not wait too long, but they also have to be old. Line up honestly.

  You can't drag out the ship that has been overhauled in half in the dock. Let the "Samarinda" go in first, right?

  After a brief period of relaxation, Li Siyuan lost his emotions. He cast his gaze out of the car boredly, looking at the bustling scenes on the street with a little ecstasy.

  Major General Jason Ardenne wanted to persuade something, seeing Brigadier General Geng Chengen silently shaking his head in the front seat, so he closed his mouth tightly.

  Out of the car window

Although a line of 4 black Crown Imperial Sedan cars proceeded silently, the royal emblem and flag flying on the front of the car were extremely dazzling. The police on the street blew sharp police whistles to shield vehicles and pedestrians passing by at the intersection, and then stood at attention and saluted respectfully. .

  Pedestrians passing by were all standing aside, with their right hands on their chests, bowed slightly to salute, and watched a group of four cars leave quickly, their eyes full of admiration.

  At this time, Manila is completely different from six years ago. The low and messy wooden buildings in the city, the narrow streets and all kinds of shabby shacks have all disappeared.

  Instead, there are wide and clean streets, complete sewer facilities, neat rows of street lights, and the bushes on the green belt are colorful and full of bright flowers.

After 6 years of continuous municipal construction, after preserving historic temples, churches, and various celebrity buildings and private estates, the original environment was dirty and chaotic. The old city was covered with mud and sewage on sunny days and was covered with mud and sewage on rainy days. Toppled and rebuilt.

The developed main sewer roads and branch lines that connect the entire city are all constructed in accordance with the standards of first-class cities. After heavy rains, there is no accumulation of water or large areas of exposed soil. The main urban roads have separated green belts, street lights, and motorized lanes and sidewalks. .

  There are parks, green spaces, and historical relics surrounded by mountains and rivers in the city. Public toilets can be seen every 5 to 800 meters. The streets and lanes are clean and sanitary. No spitting or casual defecation is allowed.

  Care for the environment publicity signs in both Chinese and English, and large public ethics propaganda slogans can be seen on the wall;

  A beautiful city is my home, everyone comes to love her.

  Social morality is reflected in the subtleties, and the random disposal of garbage is strictly controlled and severely punished.

  It is shameful to defecate at will, and it is honorable to actively report.

  It is everyone's responsibility to maintain city safety. Please find the patrolling militia and the Royal Police in case of police.

  The transformed city is reasonably divided into commercial blocks, residential blocks, office blocks for administrative, judicial police and financial institutions, leisure and cultural blocks, etc., and real estate companies are introduced to construct them separately.

  According to the plan

Any real estate company that obtains land of varying sizes through auctions must pay a land transfer fee and public construction fee. The land transfer fee is used for urban civil and public welfare municipal construction, and public buildings are used to build public houses and resettle the shanty households that were originally demolished. resident.

  Public buildings are generally 6-storey, and there are also three- and 4-storey buildings. Most of them are located in suburban areas. They are constructed by construction companies bidding by the government and allocated according to actual conditions.

The heads of the demolished households can use their ID documents to shake their numbers to decide how to live in rows, buildings, buildings, and rooms. Generally, the area of ​​public housing is not large, divided into four types: A, B, C, D, the smallest is 42 square meters, and the largest is 68. Square small three-bedroom.

  Specifically, which type of public housing can be classified depends on whether the shack or the wooden shack, the tiled house or the houseboat are to be demolished, and there are corresponding standards for reference.

  It cannot be said that it is absolutely fair, and the demolished households are generally satisfied.

  The quality of life of reinforced concrete buildings and shacks leaking on all sides is completely different. Due to the low value of land in Manila, the government still has a lot of subsidies for construction, but this is only limited to residents who have obtained official ID cards.

  Aboriginal people who have not obtained an official ID card will be demolished when the house is demolished, and the shack will be demolished when the shack is demolished. There is no compensation, not to mention the allocation of public housing.

When the city was renovated and expanded, there were also many Chinese tribalists and elders. Some did not want to be demolished, some made conditions, and some simply splashed and rolled. As a result, they were directly surrounded by armed militias, and they were all packed in prison vehicles and sent away. .

  The charge was for violating wartime military governance regulations, gathering all living beings, with unruly intentions. It should be noted that military control is still in force in the Luzon Islands, and the state of war has not been lifted. These troubled Chinese happened to hit the gun.

  It is said that these arrested people are participating in collective labor reform. First of all, they must reform their minds and conduct deep soul-searching. After a few years, no one has come back.

Many family members from the city visited. They were on a farm in a col, more than 30 kilometers north of Quezon City. They were tanned and thin, and they were very energetic. When they saw their family members, their tears were like springs. Can't stop it.

  This person is afraid of comparison, and this sense of happiness comes out.

  The government invested a huge amount of money to transform the city of Manila, almost all of which was overthrown and restarted. This created a huge number of jobs. Hundreds of thousands of people joined the boom in urban construction and attracted a large amount of capital from the empire.

  Outskirts of the city

More than a dozen cement plants and hundreds of brick kilns have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain. The demand for transportation, steel, textiles, furniture, and daily necessities has risen sharply. People have money in their pockets, and with the support of banks, they have higher requirements for improving their housing. .

  The environment in the city is good, and the well-equipped commercial housing and western-style buildings are sold out as soon as they are launched. This has further encouraged the enthusiasm of other real estate companies to acquire land and pushed up the auction price of land.

  Higher land auction prices mean that the government has more funds for municipal construction, maintenance, laying of water and electricity pipelines, increasing cultural and educational facilities, and more abundant public housing funds, forming a virtuous circle.

  Nowadays, a modern and brand-new Manila is in front of the world. This bay city is clean and tidy, with high construction standards, coconut trees on the beach, blue sea and white sand, and a beautiful subtropical region.

  What needs to be pointed out is;

  In the entire Luzon Islands region, it is only one case that the entire city has been overthrown and rebuilt with such great effort, only Manila.

  Other secondary cities, due to the limited funds allocated, basically the main street reconstruction and the sewage network reconstruction of varying degrees, using good steel on the edge, there are still slums in the suburbs.

The most gratifying thing is the demographic change. In 1903, the Luzon Islands had a population of more than 6.7 million people. More than 4.7 million people were of Chinese descent. The remaining more than 1.7 million indigenous people, hundreds of thousands of whites, and 200,000 Indians, Malaysia Come to Asia, Indochina and Pacific Islands ethnicity.

  On the surface

  Before the war of 1898, the population of the Luzon Islands was close to more than 8.7 million. After several years of war, plague and social unrest, there are still more than 6.7 million people left, which seems to be the same.

actually not

  In just 6 years, the Chinese population has soared from less than one million to more than 4.7 million, achieving structural changes in the mainstream of the society. Today, tens of thousands of northern Chinese immigrants still arrive every month, bringing fresh blood to the entire society.

  During this period, the Luzon Islands have achieved great results in the organized export of labor to South America. Every month, several immigrant ships full of indigenous labor leave the port and sail towards South America on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

  Their destinations are farms, mines, and forest farms in Chile, Brazil and Argentina, and contribute to the economic construction of South American countries.

  In the indigenous population of the Luzon Islands, the middle-aged and elderly people over the age of 40 account for more than 80%. They are older, which is a burden that South American countries are unwilling to take.

  In this era, the average age of aboriginals is 41 to 43 years old. Due to poor living conditions and sanitary conditions, very few people can live to be over 60 years old.

  When the immigration ship returns, it will bring back the whole ship of wool, cowhide, saltpeter and refined copper ore. The cabins are piled up in packs. This is the kindness of the South American country's gratitude.

  South American countries generally lack deep processing capabilities and cash payment capabilities. They can only export these primary resources in exchange for valuable human resources.

  Both parties take what they need, cooperate happily, and have a closer relationship with each other.

these years

  Along with the surging wave of Chinese immigration, many Chinese are willing to go to North or South American countries to seek opportunities. There are many Chinese families who immigrate at their own expense on the immigration ship across the East Pacific.

  At any time, the Chinese are not lacking in adventurous spirit.

  (End of this chapter)