Chapter II: The Model Governor—yen Hsi-Shan 49

Description of Taiyuanfu, the Capital—The Hall of Public
Worship—Girls’ Schools—Sports—New Institutions for Cattle
Breeding, Agriculture, Sericulture—Beggars removed into
Workhouses—Introduction of the New Script—Unification of the
Language—The Governor as Author—Famine Relief Works—Four
Hundred Miles of Road-making—The Model Gaol—Quick Methods of
Communication—Transport Lorries from England.