The first courtyard is the hall and east and west wing rooms for external use.
In the second courtyard, behind the hanging flower gate is the courtyard where the principal house and wing rooms are located, which is the main courtyard of the palace.
The third courtyard is where the main house and wing rooms are located, where the lady or old lady of the mansion lives.
Next is the fourth courtyard, which is also the main house and courtyard.
The fifth courtyard is the back room.
The layout of the five-courtyard house is basically a front hall and a rear bedroom.
As long as the gates of each adjacent courtyard are closed, it becomes each courtyard's private space and the courtyards do not affect each other.
Each courtyard has pavilions and landscapes, and the environment is quite beautiful.
The palace, which was already not small, expanded outward by 20 miles on three sides.
Once it is fully built, the scale will look even more magnificent.
Shen Yong looked at the busy people in the palace with a worried look, and his eyes fell on a group of carpenters.
"What are those carpenters working on?"
Deng Yushan followed Shen Yong's gaze and looked over.
"Reporting to King Qianhuang, the carpenters are making furniture and window frames for the expanded courtyard."
"These are all fine red sandalwood and huanghuali wood."
"The blueprints for expanding the yard are already in place, and the wood is readily available, so we'll let the carpenter start work first."
If he didn't speed up the construction in all aspects, wouldn't the palace be the slowest to be built in the end?
Fortunately, King Qianhuang arranged Xu Kailiang, one of the Six Tiger Generals, to help him manage the construction of the palace.
It really saved him a lot of trouble. Xu Kailiang worked as a carpenter for several years before he joined the army, so he knew a lot about these things.
Therefore, Xu Kailiang was in charge of selecting the carpenters and supervising their work.
Chen Yong nodded and said, "Tell the carpenters to replace all the windows in the palace with glass-glazed windows."
The windows in the prefectural yamen were all paper-covered. If you wanted to see what was happening outside, you had to open the window, which was very troublesome.
He had to install one-way glass in the windows of the study and bedroom in the main courtyard, so that people from inside could see outside but people from outside could not see inside.
For other yards, just use transparent glass.
"Glass---glass window!?"
Deng Yushan's eyes widened in shock. "That's not the case."
Colored glaze is such a precious material, Qianhuang City doesn't have enough of it to make windows.
There was only one glass cup in his house, which was given to him as a gift by the imperial merchant when he passed through Qianhuang City.
He usually doesn't want to use it.
"If the king wants it, it will be there naturally."
Shen Yong looked at the busy carpenters with a smile on his face.
"Go ask the carpenters to sort out the dimensions of the windows and bring them here now."
"Also, please measure the dimensions of all the windows in the palace's courtyards and report them to me."
"Mark which window leads to which courtyard, don't get it wrong."
Get the size right and customize it directly from the takeaway mall, it’s very fast.
Deng Yushan's eyes lit up. "Okay, I'll go get the measurements registered myself."
Liuli is such a precious thing, there can't be any mistakes.
He had to ask someone to check the size several times to make sure there were no mistakes.
Ji Guangda looked at Deng Yushan running away excitedly with a face full of envy.
He didn't really feel anything for glass cups and the like. He just thought they looked nice, but they were too fragile. They could be sold for a bit of money, but it was absolutely impossible for him to buy them to use.
But as for colored glass, he had never seen anyone use colored glass to make glass.
If the roof has a few glazed tiles to let in light, it means the family is very wealthy.
This old fellow Deng Yushan was able to personally supervise the replacement of the entire palace with glazed glass, which was enough for him to keep blowing for the rest of his life.
"King Qianhuang, that road surface..."
Ji Guangda was very anxious when he saw the workers in the palace working in full swing.
"What? The road surface is also paved with glazed tiles!?" Chen Yong turned his head and looked at Ji Guangda jokingly.
"No, no, no..." Ji Guangda was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly.
"How can something as delicate and fragile as glass be used to pave a road?"
Who would dare to imagine that the road is paved with glass?
Who would dare to take that road? Soldiers must be stationed there to guard it every day to prevent anyone from stealing the glass.
Ji Guangda chuckled dryly, his mouth twitching. "King Qianhuang, you're joking. This is absolutely unacceptable."
"I just want to say that the people working on the road are already in place, and we can start work as soon as the materials arrive."
The workers in the palace had blue bricks, tools, and materials to build the walls, and they could also do the carpentry work in advance.
Those of his subordinates who were responsible for road construction could only wait.
The roads that need to be rebuilt have been prepared, and we cannot start construction without materials.
Shen Yong looked at Ji Guangda's panic and smiled.
It’s not like we haven’t seen glass plank roads before, and it’s possible to build roads with glass, but there’s no need to do so.
Now he only needs to build the roads inside and outside the city like the Qin Straight Road to facilitate the passage of vehicles and horses.
Shen Yong chuckled and walked downstairs.
Ji Guangda's eyes lit up and he quickly followed.
Oh, it’s finally his turn. All the flowers have wilted while he’s been waiting.
Chen Yong got off the pavilion, turned on his toes, and walked directly to the open space expanded by the palace.
Ji Guangda, who was following behind him, froze in expression.
Hey~
Ji Guangda sighed, but still followed.
He was also anxious and confused. Since he had already come to the palace, how could King Qianhuang not put away the materials for expanding the palace?
The palace is the future new imperial palace and a key landmark building in Qianhuang City. Naturally, it is more important than building roads.
We can still travel even if the road is repaired later, but if the palace is not built, King Qianhuang and his family will not be able to move in.
The prefectural yamen is such a simple place, we can’t let King Qianhuang live there forever.
After Ji Guangda figured it out, he was not so anxious anymore. As long as he could start work today, it would be fine.
It doesn't make a big difference whether it's earlier or later.
Deng Yushan, who was instructing Xu Kailiang to supervise the carpenters to carefully measure the dimensions, saw Chen Yong and Ji Guangda walking towards the open space, and his eyes rolled.
"Old Xu, please keep a close eye on this side. Don't make any mistakes."
"I'm going to see if King Qianhuang is ready to send in construction materials."
"Every window in each courtyard and room must be clearly marked. There can be no mistakes. The glass is so expensive, we can't waste it..."
Deng Yushan worriedly instructed Xu Kailiang, his eyes fixed on King Qianhuang.
"Don't worry." Xu Kailiang patted his chest and assured, "With me here, I guarantee nothing will go wrong."
"Okay, okay..." Deng Yushan nodded and started chasing after Chen Yong.
He had to go and see for himself in order to ask the gods for materials.
"Deng..." Xu Kailiang opened his mouth and was about to ask a few more questions about the colored glass, but he saw that Deng Yushan had already run away.
Xu Kailiang stretched his neck and looked towards Shen Yong.
Seeing the group walking further and further away, he took two steps forward, wanting to follow and see what was going on.
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