First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 321 Regional Planning

For only two cents, one could take a carriage around the expanded new city. The carriage had been improved, with the floorboard lowered so that passengers could get on the front and get off the back. There were also two rows of wooden benches inside the carriage for passengers to sit on, but it was more than twice as long as an ordinary carriage, and could seat 25 to 30 people. The carriage stopped at fixed stations for passengers to get on and off.

Su Jixiang had estimated that according to the distance of a circle around the city, it would cost at least 15 to 20 coins for an ordinary family to find the simplest donkey cart or sedan chair. So these two coins were really cheap. And according to the calculation, the speed of a circle was not much slower than taking a donkey cart alone, and it was definitely much faster than taking a sedan chair.

The drivers were recruited by the Mangcheng government office, and the vehicles were built by the Black Tiger Army’s carpentry workshop.

Today's Black Tiger Army has set up a special division called the Black Tiger Army Technical Department.

The technical department is divided into two parts: engineering and gunpowder.

The carpentry workshop belongs to the engineering department.

According to the agreement between Su Jixiang and Xie Yingfeng, a total of six carriages were deployed in the early stage to circle the city in opposite directions, that is, two carriages were set off from the starting point at the same time, respectively, circling the new city of Mangcheng, and finally returning to the starting point. The six carriages were divided into three groups, with a quarter of an hour interval between each group.

In this way, each coachman can rest with the horses for quarter of an hour after arriving at the station.

There are eight stations around the city, two in each of the four directions of east, west, south and north.

If this type of public carriage operates well, the government will continue to add stops and trips, and extend it to the old city.

This will solve the travel problems of some Mangcheng residents.

So when Xie Yingfeng introduced these new things to the aristocratic families who came to the party, everyone's attention was immediately attracted.

Naturally, people would not care about the two cents of a public carriage, after all, people like them would go out in their own carriages and sedan chairs. But they saw that the appearance of such a public carriage would speed up the population flow in the new city area, and the people would be willing to go out. On weekdays, they would not be willing to go out unless there was something important. Now, they only need to spend two cents to go around the new city area, and it is convenient and simple to go anywhere.

Moreover, Xie Yingfeng and Su Jixiang had already made an agreement with the two largest and most famous medical clinics in Mangcheng. They had set aside two plots of land for them to build their clinics free of charge and promised not to collect rent from them for five years. They would start collecting rent after five years, and after twenty years, the land would be completely owned by the two medical clinics.

These two clinics were originally located in the old city, but have since been transformed and their facades are now very narrow.

People who come to the clinic every day to seek medical treatment and ask for medicine often block the road in front of the clinic, and often have various conflicts and rifts with people who live near the clinic.

The owners of these two clinics have long wanted to find another larger place, but the places they like often ask for exorbitant prices.

In theory, they don't think highly of this new urban area. After all, it is a newly built city with nothing in it.

But after Su Jixiang found someone to pave the way, the heads of the two clinics became interested.

The extremely spacious cement road was flat and clean. Their horse-drawn carriages carrying medicinal materials could go directly from the city gate to the new city. If they really built a clinic here, it would be well connected and could be said to be a great source of wealth.

Moreover, Xie Yingfeng was very generous. The land he granted them was very large. Not only was it enough for them to build a clinic, but it was also enough for a medicine warehouse and other supporting facilities! There was also enough space for patients to stay for observation!

Therefore, the heads of the two clinics agreed immediately and waived the rent for five years. After paying rent for another twenty years, the land would be completely theirs. Such a good thing would be hard to find even with a lantern!

In order to make it more convenient for the city dwellers to seek medical treatment, Xie Yingfeng arranged two clinics, one in the south and one in the north of the city respectively. On the one hand, their businesses would not interfere with each other, and on the other hand, the city dwellers could choose a clinic nearby for medical treatment.

Now that there are public carriages, it will be more convenient and faster to go to these two new clinics for medical treatment.

Moreover, these two clinics are already under construction and will be ready for opening in another six months.

As soon as the clan gentry of Mangcheng heard Xie Yingfeng's introduction, they immediately began to whisper to each other.

They are the ones who know best about the medical skills of these two clinics.

Mangcheng was originally a border town, and it had been at war with foreign tribes for many years, so these two clinics were the best at treating injuries and epidemics. After several generations, these two clinics were not only outstanding in Mangcheng, but also among the best in the entire North. They had long been famous, and people from many large cities and counties around would send people to Mangcheng to seek treatment from the two clinics when they encountered difficult-to-treat injuries or other illnesses.

If they open a business in the new city in the future, it is foreseeable that if hotels and restaurants can be opened near these two clinics, they will be able to make money without even shouting!

They carefully looked at the planning map of the new urban area and found that the street opposite the two clinics was planned to be a commercial street, which meant hotels, restaurants, shops, etc.!

Therefore, everyone already had an idea in their minds that they must take over the land around these two clinics soon.

As long as you get it, whether you open a hotel or tavern yourself or rent it out to others to run, you are guaranteed to make a profit!

Xie Yingfeng realized that he had whetted the appetite of everyone present by bringing up the two clinics, so he looked at Su Jixiang.

Su Jixiang nodded at him.

Xie Yingfeng smiled knowingly and prepared to drop the second bomb.

He then unfolded two pictures for everyone, which were two schools.

One of these two schools is used for enlightenment, and the other is used for advancing learning.

One is called Mangcheng Xincheng School, and the other is called Xincheng Academy.

Both schools were located in the west of the new urban area.

The scale of these two schools alone occupied one-third of the entire West City.

Mangcheng Xincheng School enrolls children from three years old and is divided into kindergarten, primary school and middle school.

The kindergarten class lasts for three years, and after graduation, you can enter the primary school department, which lasts for five years. After the same assessment, you can enter the middle school department, and then you can start to take the scientific examinations.

Xincheng Academy recruits young people who have already achieved the title of scholar. If they are admitted directly from Xincheng School, scholarships will be awarded on a merit basis.

Xie Yingfeng himself was the acting prefect of Mangcheng, so he announced that the new tribute academy of Mangcheng would also be built in the west of the new city area, adjacent to the two schools.

Gongyuan also occupied one-third of the land in Xicheng District, while the other one-third was planned for residential use.

When many clan gentry saw this layout, their eyes suddenly lit up!