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"In reply to your words, Hangzhou College had completed all the renovation and expansion work seven days ago, and can accommodate the children of all the people in Hangzhou to go to school."

Xiao Haiyang responded immediately.

During the time when Xia Yun was away, all infrastructure construction work in Hangzhou was supervised by him personally.

"You did very well."

Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction. Talent is the primary prerequisite for development.

With this Hangzhou College, from then on, all kinds of talents would be produced under his command in an endless stream.

"Wan'er, transfer another group of craftsmen from Dai County and have them serve as teachers at Hangzhou College."

Xia Yun thought about it and then looked at Xu Wan'er beside him.

"Yes, my lord."

Xu Wan'er responded in agreement.

"Master Xiao, how is the progress of the expansion of Hangzhou Wharf?"

Then, Xia Yun asked about the Hangzhou wharf.

Convenient transportation is also a primary prerequisite for economic development.

Although land transportation was relatively difficult in this era, Zhejiang has a superior geographical location, located on the southeast coast.

As long as he can make good use of maritime transportation, Xia Yun has great confidence that he can usher in a new era of prosperity for Hangzhou in the shortest time possible!

"In reply to your words, the expansion of the Hangzhou dock was completed yesterday. The overall dock area has been expanded by 3,000 square meters, and all kinds of dock facilities are available."

Xiao Haiyang also responded with confidence.

If it were any other governor, even if he did it himself, it would be difficult to expand a super-large dock in just twenty days.

But he is now under Xia Yun's command.

Xia Yun not only arranged a first-class construction team to start the expansion of the Hangzhou wharf, but also provided sufficient financial and food guarantees.

This is also the reason why the Hangzhou Port was completed so quickly!

"You did very well!"

Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction again. Originally, he still had many questions about the current situation in Hangzhou.

But at the moment he only asked the two questions that concerned him most, one was Hangzhou College and the other was Hangzhou Wharf.

As for the rest, Xia Yun had already learned about it from the letters sent from Hangzhou to the capital.

Just go back to the government office and find out the details.

As far as Xia Yun could see, the road reconstruction project in Hangzhou had basically been completed.

They walked all the way from the city gate, and the ground of Hangzhou City was already paved with a layer of cement.

Compared to the original mud ground, the style of painting is completely different.

Naturally, as the road repairs in Hangzhou were completed, shops in every household reopened.

Just on the way here, seven or eight out of ten shops Xia Yun saw were already open.

About half an hour later, Xia Yun and others walked all the way and finally returned to the governor's office.

At this time, Xia Yun was not in a hurry to do other things, but appeared in the lobby of the yamen to check the progress of various work in Hangzhou.

Xiao Haiyang immediately handed over various paper documents respectfully to Xia Yun.

Xu Wan'er and others stood on both sides, all with curiosity on their faces.

The process of checking the progress finally lasted a full quarter of an hour.

Xia Yun learned from it.

The three projects of Hangzhou road reconstruction, canal wharf expansion and Hangzhou College renovation have indeed been completed.

In addition, the team that had previously gone to Huguang provinces to purchase mulberry seedlings had already returned to Hangzhou City.

And under Xiao Haiyang's arrangement, all the mulberry seedlings were planted in the mulberry fields.

"Master Xiao, the total cost of purchasing the mulberry fields was only one million taels of silver?"

Xia Yun looked at the bill report, a hint of doubt showing on his face.

According to his previous estimate, if he wanted to buy enough mulberry fields from wealthy families in Hangzhou and Zhejiang, it would cost at least 1.8 million taels of silver.

After he left, Xiao Haiyang not only completed the task, but also saved nearly 800,000 taels!

How did he do that?

Feeling Xia Yun's puzzled gaze, Xiao Haiyang responded on the spot.

"Yes, sir, including all the expenses incurred in purchasing the land, the total cost is one million taels of silver."

Xiao Haiyang nodded respectfully.

"how did you do it?"

Xia Yun became suspicious, fearing that Xiao Haiyang had bought the mulberry fields from ordinary people.

In that case, the official uniforms will most likely be forced to lower their prices, and the common people will be forced to disobey under the pressure of government authority.

"Don't worry, sir. All the mulberry fields I purchased were purchased from large landowners in Zhejiang."

Xiao Haiyang seemed to see Xia Yun's worries and eliminated Xia Yun's worries first.

The next words that came out of his mouth made everyone present suddenly enlightened.

"As of now, there are still seven illegal merchants in the government dungeon who resisted the government's purchase of land. Please make your decision, sir."

Xiao Haiyang continued.

With just this one sentence, Xia Yun was stunned at first, then he reacted quickly and a smile appeared on his face.

It seems that Xiao Haiyang did indeed bargain for a lower price during the land purchase process.

However, he was not suppressing the prices of ordinary people, but the prices of those large landowners.

Seeing Xia Yun's worried expression relax, Xiao Haiyang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Based on his previous understanding of Xia Yun, he knew that if he dared to harm the people, Xia Yun would never forgive him.

But if it just harms those businessmen who have already made a lot of money, Xia Yun will not only not care, but will be very happy to see it happen.

Therefore, in the process of purchasing mulberry fields, he personally examined the origins of every acre of mulberry fields to ensure that all of them were purchased from large landowners.

Not only that, in order to save money, he directly cut the price of the land originally set by Xia Yun by half, causing a number of large landowners in Zhejiang to complain bitterly.

Of course, during this process, there were also large landowners who wanted to resist, but they were all ruthlessly suppressed by him.

Cool! Really cool!

This is Xiao Haiyang's true feeling. During the years he served as an official, he seemed to have long forgotten the teachings of the saints.

Although he did not participate in the corruption in Zhejiang officialdom, he could only choose to turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people.

After all, Chen Hanzhi had absolute power in the Zhejiang officialdom back then. Even if he wanted to do something for the people, he wouldn't be able to do it.

The situation is different now. With Xia Yun around, he can not only truly practice his ideal of seeking peace and prosperity for the people when he was studying.

We can also impose severe sanctions on those businessmen!

"Pass on this governor's order. All large landowners who resist the government's purchase of their mulberry fields will be charged with disrupting the market and hoarding goods."

"All the large landowners imprisoned in the dungeon will have their property confiscated. I will be exiled 3,000 miles to Lingnan. My children will be sent to Hangzhou Academy for education. The male members of my family will be incorporated into the Hangzhou Construction Bureau, and the female members of my family will be incorporated into the Washing and Weaving Bureau."

Xia Yun spoke one after another, and in just a few words, he directly sentenced the fate of the large landowners in the dungeon.

Since they don't want the wheat field, Xia Yun won't force them. He will just confiscate their property and exile them!