Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2117 Preliminary Preparations ([-])

"This is the development outline of our new land?" On December 1690, 12, in the administrative building of the Executive Committee of Dongfang County, the capital, Ma Wenqiang, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Eastern China Republic, put down his glasses and turned to look at Shao Yaoguang, the acting prime minister who reported to him and the former captain of the New China Pioneering Team, asked.

Shao Yaoguang had just taken over as the Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council, and the term had been less than a month.Because he has to wait until the by-election of the Founders Parliament at the end of January next year, he can only act as the prime minister at present.But no matter what, he is now the de facto owner of the Government Affairs Council, the second person in the entire east coast, with a high position and a lot of power.

As the leader of the New Capital Development Leading Group, Shao Yaoguang, who is also taking into account the planning of the newly acquired land of La Plata, recently finally, with the help of the secretary class, has a good idea of ​​this major plan related to the future development of the east coast. fully understand.In addition, according to his own understanding, he added some new things to make it more perfect, so when Ma Wenqiang called him to discuss this matter today, he was still confident.

As for Ma Wenqiang, as the chairman of the executive committee who has been in charge of the East Bank for many years, the relocation of the capital and the design and planning of La Plata are the last major events during his tenure.From his heart, this matter must be done no matter what, and no mistakes can be tolerated, so he has been very concerned about it recently, calling the team members to come to question him again and again to ensure that the work goes smoothly.

"Yes, Chairman Ma. The cadres of many ministries and commissions participated and spent a lot of effort." Shao Yaoguang said with a smile: "Of course, due to time constraints, many entries are still a bit rough and the content is not detailed enough. But this is understandable. I will spend more energy on this in the future and supervise it more. The new land of La Plata is related to the overall situation, and the century-old plan is all related to this. We will definitely do a good job in this plan If it is beautiful, it must also be beautiful."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Lao Shao. I believe in your professionalism, this matter can be done." Ma Wenqiang said approvingly, and then, as if he remembered something, he asked again: "By the way, Spain How do you deal with the original cities of the Spanish? I think the meaning of the outline is to preserve the original cities of the Spaniards. Will this have an impact on the future urban layout? Especially in terms of the use of urban space, according to my opinion Knowing that the Spaniards' cities were not planned from the very beginning, they were basically random."

"Chairman Ma, what you said is true." Shao Yaoguang nodded and said, "We will definitely not give up the old city where the Spaniards originally lived. Churches, other villas, castles, city halls, etc. are preserved, but if the road needs to be remodeled to widen the impact, it can also be demolished as appropriate, everything depends on the actual situation.”

In fact, as Shao Yaoguang said, the people on the east coast do not intend to demolish the Spanish old cities of Buenos Aires, Rosario, Santa Fe, Cordoba, etc., but to renovate them. , and at the same time re-plan the new urban area next to it, that is, the old and new urban areas are preserved and integrated.

As Sun Dapeng once suggested, buy and renovate the main buildings in the old urban area of ​​the Spaniards, widen the roads, install gas lamps, and water and sewage facilities, and then auction them off to domestic merchants. The funds raised are just invested in the construction of the new urban area to ease government financial pressure.In addition, he also proposed a second option, which is to convert some streets in the old city into pedestrian streets, restrict the entry of horse-drawn carriages and draft animals, and make it a purely commercial street to prosper the city's economy.To be honest, these are all good suggestions, and they have all been included in the planning outline for reference when encountering them in the future.

"Of course, the old city area is small and the population is not large, so it will certainly not be able to meet our future urban development. Therefore, while we retain and renovate the old city area, we will also build a new city area next to it to meet our various needs. Demand." Shao Yaoguang said: "The obvious difference between the new city and the old city is that the residential area in the center of the city has been greatly reduced, and it has been replaced by a tertiary industrial area dominated by business and service industries. This is the same as Dongfang County. There is a big difference. In our current capital, there are many problems left over from history. There are not only a large number of residential areas in the city center, but also factories. This is a problem that needs to be avoided in the construction of the new city of La Plata.”

According to the results of many discussions by the construction department, the new city of La Plata in the future will be roughly divided into four categories: commercial area, living area, office area and factory area.Among them, the commercial area is generally located in the very center of the city, and is composed of bulk commodity wholesale markets, department stores, individual retail stores, banks and other institutions. If there is no accident, the railway station is also located in the city center to drive the prosperity of the commercial area.

The living area is composed of theaters, Taoist temples, hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues, libraries, museums and residential buildings.Among them, Taoism is an indispensable part of people's daily life. Weddings and funerals are basically unavoidable, and they must be preserved.Theatres, libraries and museums are to meet the spiritual needs of the residents, so they must also be set up, and like Taoist temples, they must be located in the living area for everyone's convenience.

It should be mentioned here that in the future model city of La Plata, the residences of residents will appear more in the form of residential buildings.These residential buildings are generally about four floors, and according to regulations, each residential building must have at least 30 residential units to save urban land.At present, the residential buildings will be invested and constructed by the government, some of which will be sold to the outside world, and some will be used as public rental housing, mainly to meet the housing needs of the working class, which is commonly known as middle-class residential areas.

In order to meet the housing needs of urban residents with higher incomes, many communities with beautiful environments have been built on the edge of the living area and near the outskirts of the city.These communities are composed of two-story detached villas with gardens, which are specially provided for the high-income class, but the overall scale is not very large.

The office area is composed of government agencies, commercial office buildings, newspaper offices, publishing houses, corporate headquarters and various social organizations. The factory area is composed of various factories as the name implies.There is nothing to say about these two districts. They are both urban functional areas and are indispensable. In the future planning, the historical climate and wind direction will be fully considered and carefully designed.

"Okay, as long as you have an idea in your mind. I just need to grasp the general direction here. As for the specific implementation and operation, you have to worry more about it, Shao." Ma Wenqiang lit a cigarette and said solemnly: "Just don't worry about things. Do it, I will help you with the last effort. There are still nearly two months, don’t worry about funds, technology, and personnel, I will find a way to transfer them. Don’t worry, they are all elite soldiers and will not mess things up smashed."

"Well, I will keep an eye on this matter." Shao Shude nodded and replied.

"Don't worry about the Spaniards. They can't go on, and I won't allow them to go on! I will send a large number of people to La Plata this month, and some of the army will take off their uniforms and go to several key nodes. In several Spanish colonial towns, the scale of the existing working groups needs to be expanded, and the redemption work for the private real estate of Spanish merchants and people has to be started in advance. Anyway, everything is done according to the policy, and there is no need to be too restrained. The Spaniards cooperate. If you don’t cooperate, you will be exiled to build a wall on the yellow-black dividing line in South Africa." Ma Wenqiang said clearly: "Our country has developed so far, and our strength is clearly there, so there is no need to be too cautious about many things."

It is said that the Spanish negotiating team has been squeezed out by the East Coast recently.They have to ask Madrid for almost everything, and it takes several months to go back and forth even with a fast contact ship, which makes the people on the east coast wait so anxiously that the negotiators are questioning how much authority the Spanish negotiating team has received. , Why do I have to ask for instructions on everything, and dare not make any decisions.

Although Ma Wenqiang, chairman of the executive committee, did not personally participate in the negotiations, you can tell him about the progress of the negotiations in real time through the channel of Li Qing, the foreign affairs committee member. He is also quite angry at the inefficiency and incompetence of the Spanish negotiating team.No, after realizing that his time in office was short, Ma Wenqiang, who was very upset, decided to ignore the sovereignty of the Spaniards, no longer reserved their dignity, and directly dispatched a large number of construction teams, design teams, survey teams and crucial armed forces When troops enter La Plata, the first step is to take over several important node cities—especially the future capital of Cordoba—the second step is to build roads and docks to lay a solid foundation for the next large-scale construction.

In addition, the screening of local residents in La Plata will also be carried out slowly.Spaniards with Indian ancestry will not be allowed to stay in La Plata. They can get two options, one is to settle in an overseas colony on the east coast, and the other is to leave La Plata and continue to be his Spaniard.The above are the consistent policies of the East Coast Republic for decades. They are basically aimed at the aborigines. They have been implemented for several generations. There is no reason to give up now.La Plata is the most important area on the east coast in the future, and it is the core hinterland of the country. It is impossible to keep bombs like the aborigines. It must be resolved now!

Anyway, it does not mainly involve Paraguay, which is relatively densely populated. The total number of whites in La Plata is currently only 3 to 20, and the combined number of mixed-race whites and Indians under Spanish rule is only [-] (at least half of them It is only nominally obeying the rule of the Spaniards) up and down.It can be said that as long as you make up your mind, plan carefully, and handle it properly, the Spaniards will basically not make any big troubles, there is no doubt about this!

(End of this chapter)