Chapter 35 Luoyang Mansion (9)
On December 10, 1699, in the northern city of Luoyang Prefecture, drizzled continuously.
Jin Zhennan and his party passed by the North City District of Luoyang Prefecture in a low-key manner. While staying in Shendu District, they found a market, took a shower, got their hair done, and bought two new sets of clothes by themselves. Therefore, one of them looked like a decent person, although the unruly banditry on their faces could not be hidden.
When they were about to enter the North City District, they were stopped by the police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Two agents from the Statistical Investigation Bureau of Syphilis Patients stood beside them. They looked at the guys who were not good people with cold eyes, carefully checked their documents, and then confiscated the guns.
Jin Zhennan and her group were a little embarrassed. They were used to it and were used to the dangerous environment. It was so panicked that they didn't have a gun on hand. However, the police who took their guns didn't care about this. They said that no one could bring guns into the North City and South City, except for soldiers, police and spies. Then they didn't listen to their explanations at all. They gave a document to confiscate guns (the guns could be taken away when they left), and asked them to get out quickly.
Everyone has countless criminal records of these lawless guys, and the police have long disliked them!
Jin Zhennan and others were helpless. However, since they had decided to be good people, they could no longer act according to their previous temper. Therefore, they cooperated to hand over the guns and ammunition, and then entered the Beicheng District with their horses and luggage, a county-level administrative district that had already settled in many government departments.
They were heading along the west of Beicheng District. When they passed a building that was rising from the ground, drizzled in the sky. Jin Zhennan was a little shocked by the building. He counted and looked about a dozen floors, with large red glazed tiles covering the top and gray-white wall paint on the walls. Due to the improvement of the glass production process, glass is used in each floor, so the room is extremely bright, and it is very comfortable to work or live inside.
Jin Zhennan learned from passers-by that this was the Capitol, the highest authority of the East Coast Republic of China. He stared at the magnificent building, the green grassland in front of the door and the beautiful fountain, and the group of colorful reliefs carved at the bottom of the building, Jin Zhennan sighed secretly, "It's not like, the capital of the East Coast Kingdom is much stronger than that of Hanyang City, North Korea, and it is worthy of being the motherland of Tian.
It’s a pity that I can’t visit the inside of the Capitol. It should be more magnificent and more magnificent! Kim Jin-na shook her head and left with her subordinates. The police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs guarding the entrance of the building have noticed these people. If they don’t leave, they will be arrested and interrogated. They don’t want to cause trouble.
Keep walking along the wide asphalt road. Perhaps because this is not a commercial area, there are not many pedestrians on the road. Occasionally, a few are also in a hurry. Judging from their whereabouts, it should be the Capitol. It is the end of the year, and the Founder Parliament is in the meeting. More than 500 members of parliament, their assistants, entourages, etc., have indeed added a lot of popularity to the place.
Of course, the Capitol is not only used for the Founder Parliament. In fact, the National Association of Journalists has temporarily rented local offices here to make full use of the highest-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The asphalt road is very wide, and four large carriages can be used in parallel, without any effort. There are standard drainage ditches on both sides of the road, and next to the ditches are street trees. The trees are jacaranda transplanted from the Hejian area, but unfortunately they are too small to bloom. If it takes time to grow, this road to the Capitol will surely become a grand scene, as beautiful as a fairyland on earth.
After walking about five or six hundred meters along the main road, a large lake appeared on the right side of the road. This lake is quite famous, and even Jin Zhennan, who was "hunting" far away in the Chako Plain, has heard of it. It is said that it was built by Shao Yaoguang, the former leader of the Executive Committee. There are three artificial islands in the lake, named "Penglai", "Yingzhou" and "Boxing". Although Shao said that it was a transport ship that made great contributions to the early days of the founding of the East Coast, the people have their own opinions on the facts. It is said that Shao, who is old, has the luxury of immortality.
Opposite the lake, the building on the left side of the road is even more famous. It is the place where the East Coast government issued orders on weekdays: the Standing Executive Committee of the Founder Parliament, commonly known as the "Executive Committee". This building is a traditional Chinese-style building, facing south and north, with garden layout. There is a wall outside, with white gray walls, deep winding paths inside the wall, ponds, woods, pavilions, and carved railings, painted buildings, pink walls and black tiles, full of the unique charm of the Jiangnan water town.
The Executive Committee covers a large area and has many rooms. In addition to the places where the executive committee works, rests and meets, there are also guard rooms, kitchen rooms, information rooms, medical rooms, entertainment rooms, liaison rooms, telegraph rooms, distribution rooms, as well as places where the attendants and secretaries rest. In short, it occupies a lot and does not have many spare rooms.
Kim Jin-nam stretched her head outside and looked at it. He saw nothing except a few big trees that stretched out from the wall. However, this building was far less shocking to him than the Capitol. Because North Korea also has a large number of similar buildings, but the scale and model are somewhat different from the East Coast, but in essence they are the same.
A team of police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were armed with live ammunition came over. This was a routine patrol team. Kim Jinna did not dare to stay any longer and whispered to his brothers to rush forward. The official power of the North City District is too heavy. Even a person like Kim Jinna, who is used to lawlessness, was invisibly shocked. He subconsciously put away many of his bad habits in the past, and was as obedient as a middle school student who had just graduated from school. But in Hanyang City, Kim Jinna could not feel such majestic pressure. It may be related to national strength. North Korea is a small vassal country with weak people. How can it compare with the East Coast of the Tianma Country, the strongest in this world?
There are many buildings ahead, including government agencies, schools, hospitals, libraries, theaters, shopping malls and other places. However, according to Kim Jinna's observations along the way, the flow of people was not very sufficient. Maybe it was because the government had not moved all of them. But he also highly doubted that even if the central government of Dongfang Port moved here, would it bring enough popularity to completely fill the various commercial institutions in the North City? Kim Jinna is not very sure.
However, he didn't plan to settle here, so he was too lazy to worry about it. Compared with the solemn Beicheng District, Jin Zhennan still prefers the Nancheng District, which has a strong commercial atmosphere and a strong popularity. The population there is several times that of here, and there are more fun places, so it is not too comfortable to live. Furthermore, it is easier to buy a house in Nancheng District. The Beicheng District has released too few houses and the prices are very high, so it is not easy to buy. Although the government has built many apartment buildings in Beicheng District, most of them are for rent and are not for sale. Moreover, the rental targets are mostly civil servants of various government agencies in Beicheng District.
Most of these people's homes have been built in Dongfanggang, the old capital, and they will not be able to buy property in Beicheng District for a while. Therefore, it is a benefit to rent the government-provided apartment building with a symbolic low rent. This is also a benefit. Because of this, the real estate prices in Nancheng District and even Yuquan District, Luoyi District soared, and a large number of non-governmental civil servants could only buy houses here. Although Jin Zhennan and others made a lot of money when they were hunters, they did not dare to promise that they could buy a good house in Nancheng District.
It’s not easy to live in Luoyang!
Jin Zhennan and others stayed in a hotel in Beicheng District at night. It was amazing. The popular Beicheng District also opened a hotel. The boss was also very determined and was not afraid of losing money. The hotel layout and decoration were very good, and the houses were also very spacious, at least much better than the hotels that Jin Zhennan always lives in Xingren Town. After all, it is the capital, and at the foot of the emperor, it is estimated that the relevant departments have requirements for the number, model, service and price of hotels. We must not be able to do whatever we want.
Early in the morning on December 11, the drizzle that had been drizzling all day finally stopped. After having a pretty good breakfast in the hotel restaurant, the group set off again. The intersection of the street where the hotel is located is the Joint Staff Headquarters, with a lot of staff, and even at night, it was brightly lit.
Jin Zhennan observed this place last night and found that it was still a traditional Chinese building, but it was different from the Jiangnan water town where the Executive Committee was located. The Joint Staff Headquarters is more like an ancient building in northern China. There is a high wall and deep courtyard here, with a gate tower on the opening. A bright gas lamp hanging on the left and right of the gate tower, and a team of stone lions are symmetrically placed below, which is very grand. The whole building's brackets and eaves and bricks are running in, giving people a deep, heavy and serious feeling.
The gate of the Joint Staff Headquarters is a traditional large iron-packed wooden door, unlike many places where there are iron fence gates. There are roadblocks and gateways at the door, and at least one platoon of soldiers is stationed here, and every vehicle and personnel entering and leaving the gate is strictly inspected. From the small point of view, there should be more soldiers in the courtyard to ensure that there are no suspicious elements in the total room to be mixed in.
In fact, the Army and the Navy originally planned to build offices separately and work separately. However, after the Executive Committee members held a meeting to discuss, they decided to merge them into offices, that is, the compound of the Joint Staff Headquarters was divided into three, 50% of the rooms belonged to the Navy, 30% of the area belonged to the Army, and the remaining 20% belonged to the personnel of the Joint Staff Headquarters. This not only saved funds but also improved efficiency, and even the Navy and the Army were not necessarily satisfied.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jin Zhennan and her group passed the newly built Luoshui Bridge, officially left the North City District, and entered the prosperous South City District. At this time, Jin Zhennan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The power of the North City District was so powerful that it really made people feel heavy.
Chapter completed!