Take the mall to Datang

"Let's take a look first, you can't convict Yuanshan just because of a house." Qin Qiong said.

Changsun Wuji didn't say much, he knew that all the people who came here today had a good relationship with Yuan Shan, even if they saw these strange things, they wouldn't make a fuss about it.

The only difference is that most of the princes are idle at home, and there are really few people who can talk to the court, and he is the most important one.

As soon as I arrived on the second floor, I saw a group of people very busy, and several businessmen were waiting for them.

"Why are you here?" Cheng Zhijie asked a group of businessmen.

"The leased store number is waiting for the contract to be approved." The businessman said casually.

Changsun Wuji smiled and asked again: "Are you so sure that renting shops in Lanzhou can make money?"

A businessman immediately said: "Of course, don't you know that the construction of Lanzhou requires a lot of materials, especially the demand for food, especially the price of pork transported from Luoyang and sold at a higher price than Chang'an pork."

Changsun Wuji knew immediately that this was a pork merchant from Luoyang.

Chapter 702

It is well known in Chang'an that Luoyang pork is expensive, but in fact only Luoyang pork shipped to Lanzhou is expensive.

No one said anything about the increased travel expenses. Chang'an has a train station to facilitate transportation.

The princes paid attention to the businessmen from various prefectures that Lanzhou had recruited, and another person came from Suzhou, so far away that it almost spanned half the distance of the Tang Dynasty.

The receptionists came over before the dukes had time to go inside.

Cheng Zhijie asked the reception staff directly: "Where is Yuan Shan, we want to see him."

The receptionist smiled and pointed to the humanity waiting on the other side.

"There are too many people meeting Yuan Pushe, there are all over there, line up first." The receptionist said.

"Know who we are and dare to be so unreasonable." Cheng Zhijie said loudly at the beginning of class with a fiery temper.

The receptionist said calmly: "No matter who you are, you are not allowed to jump in the queue. Please queue up for official or private matters. If you are a relative, the official will go directly to the state government office to wait."

"The Yamen of the state government?" Cheng Zhijie was a little unhappy, although Yuan Shan was there, but it was such a troublesome face.

Changsun Wuji saw some clues. If the officials go through the formal reception process, the reception staff don't know the officials in the capital, but there will be no problem if the governor of Lanzhou comes forward.

And it can also prevent fraudulent behavior. In addition, the reception of the governor of Lanzhou is normal.

"Changsun Wuji, why are you still approving?" Cheng Zhijie, who had returned to the lobby on the first floor, said to Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji was helpless but still explained: "Didn't you notice that although the yamen has changed their appearance, they have become more than capable in dealing with Shi Qingshan. Even if the Ministry of Economic Development is so busy, even if officials visit them, they still have to be received by the yamen. , so let's go see the governor of Lanzhou with peace of mind."

In the end, he revealed his identity to the reception staff, and Zhang Wenyi came out to receive them in person.

Zhang Wenyi led everyone into the new office, and introduced: "The yamen now has three areas, the office area, the hearing room, and the meeting room. The three areas have been carefully arranged. The second to third floors on the right side of the office are all , the third floor is a meeting room, and the first floor is a hearing room, which is big enough to accommodate 500 people for hearings at the same time."

Changsun Wuji said: "Is there no cell?"

Everyone is also curious.

Zhang Wenyi continued: "There are only these three areas in the office area. The prison cells and the arresting officers are all together in the arresting office across the street. If a prisoner is caught, he will be detained in the arresting office's cell. Hurry up together, if the felony is tried, he will be escorted to the Lanzhou Prison on the outskirts of Daocheng."

Zhang Wenyi told Changsun Wuji and others about the current situation in Lanzhou Yamen.

The eyes of the princes were brightened. It is a good idea to separate the arresters from the yamen and perform their duties. Gao Shilian was very interested, so he asked Zhang Wenyi to take them to see the arrester yamen, and went in to see that there was an independent The corner of the cell is made of a fence, and the prisoners are directly isolated, and the situation of the prisoners can be checked at any time.

Moreover, there are no weeds in the cell, and there is no humid and cold environment. It is just a concrete wall and iron fence, and there are benches fixed in the cell. The bench is enough for the prisoner to rest.

There is an independent small hall outside the cell, and there are guards in shifts every day. The police need to open the second iron fence door to get out of the cell.

The management system is very strict, and this is only a place for temporary detention of prisoners. As for the Lanzhou prison cell, this is a completely new concept. The princes who can make the cell independent still look at each other in blank dismay, thinking of Turkic and Turkic prisoners of war. Given the situation, I thought that this separate cell should be similar to a place where prisoners were confined.

After I saw the Lanzhou Yamen, the princes didn’t know what to say. The internal things basically didn’t change much, and it became just the architectural style of the Yamen. They thought it was a new building and others couldn’t explain why.

Zhang Wenyi sent someone to notify Li Yuanshan that after coming out of the arrest office on the opposite street, he came directly to a big hotel next to the office building.

The new style of "big hotel" is very curious to the French public. Zhang Wenyi can only explain some of the current situation of inns and restaurants in Lanzhou.

Just listen to Zhang Wenyi said: "The commercial street inn industry built in Lanzhou is very developed. There are currently three types of inns. The first is a comprehensive inn called a big hotel. It includes food and lodging. It is the most advanced inn in Lanzhou. It is very large and occupies at least one building. The second type is a medium-sized inn. For example, the Tongfu Inn in Zhongxin Street is a medium-sized inn. Both food and accommodation include a good environment and the price is relatively acceptable to most people. In terms of decoration and food It’s not comparable to big hotels. The third category is small inns, which in Lanzhou are called hotels, and usually the upper and lower beds are rented out according to the beds, the accommodation is cheap, and the meals are also very cheap.”

Zhang Wenyi introduced as he walked, after entering the Lanzhou Hotel, everyone's eyes lit up, the decoration is very luxurious, solid wood edging, all kinds of decorations are comparable to the first floor of Chang'an.

Seeing that everyone seems to be very interested in these things, Zhang Wenyi continued to introduce: "Besides, there are three kinds of restaurants in Lanzhou. The most luxurious one is the big restaurant, which can accommodate five or six hundred people at one time. The second type of medium-sized restaurant can serve Accommodating a hundred or ten people, the small restaurants are all kinds of snacks, hot pot, fast food, bakery, bun shop, etc. on the street, and the business is very good."

Gao Shilian suddenly asked: "I heard that Lanzhou has built a cement factory, is there such a thing?"

Zhang Wenyi immediately said: "Most of the cement used in the urban area of ​​Lanzhou now comes from the Lanzhou Cement Factory. Twenty stones only cost one hundred yuan. Even so, the supply of cement is in short supply."

"You can buy [-] shi of cement for [-] Wen, and you can buy [-] shi of cement in Chang'an. This price is not so low." Changsun Wuji said.

Cheng Zhijie is more concerned about this. After all, they all paid for it. If it goes on like this, when will they be able to earn dividends? This is completely selling at cost price.

"Didn't Yuan Shan always ask for money? Why is the price of cement so generous?" Cheng Zhijie muttered.

Zhang Wenyi immediately responded: "That's because there are Tuhun people working, and it is enough to provide enough food every day, which saves a lot of cost."

Changsun Wuji didn't care, Lanzhou was able to be built like this, basically all of them were built with bricks and cement. If the cement price in Chang'an was used, not to mention one economic and development department, even ten economic and development departments would not be able to afford such expenses.

Moreover, he heard that Yuanshan basically didn't pay much for the cement used in the cement kiln of the Lanzhou Ministry of Industry. After all, Lanzhou was an important place in Datang, and His Majesty valued this very much, so he acquiesced.

Even when everyone was deep in thought, Zhang Wenyi began to follow the topic and said: "The scale of the Lanzhou Cement Factory is very large, it is said to be five times that of the Chang'an Building Materials Chamber of Commerce Cement Workshop, but even so, the cement needed in Lanzhou alone needs A lot, Yuan Pushe means to pave all the roads in Lanzhou into concrete roads."

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"It's a very big investment to build all the cement roads. The money for road construction may be able to build another state capital." Gao Shilian said in surprise.

Mentioning this, Zhang Wenyi complained psychologically, because Yuanshan also assigned him the task of raising money. Although he didn't have to pay, he could find some rich people to raise donations, and all the money raised would be used for the construction of cement roads in Lanzhou.

In addition, he has a lot of things to do now, such as counting shops and preparing to collect commercial taxes, developing agriculture and rationally allocating land to encourage farmers to cultivate, and organizing manpower to reclaim wasteland and level roads.

Cement roads need to be built not only in the urban area of ​​Lanzhou, but also in the outskirts of the city. There are also road sections leading to various state capitals that need to be planned, and all these things need to be handled by the Yamen.

But right now, although he is busy with work, his current task is to accompany these dukes from Chang'an.

When the dishes were almost ready, Yuan Shan, Yu Jingming, Hao Dayi, Liu Tong, Qin Yu and others all came. There was nothing to say. Borrowing the Lord's light, I can have a good meal.

After the few people met, they exchanged a few pleasantries and then began to eat. In the past, the food was shared. In the big hotel, there was an oversized table with a round glass on it.

After the dishes were served, Yuan Shan and others only needed to turn the glass plate if they wanted to eat different dishes, which was very convenient.

In the eyes of several princes, this is a very extravagant thing.

"Why don't the uncles eat it? These are the chef's signature dishes." Yuan Shan said.