Chapter 1116 The Difficulty of Building a Palace
When Luo Chong heard You Zhi's complaint, he immediately felt very embarrassed. After all, he was building a house for his family, but he said that the house was too big and could not be built in this lifetime. Doesn't this mean that he is greedy for enjoyment and a face project?
Although in fact, this is a face project, but such an architectural wonder can also unite the hearts of the people of the world.
As long as this building is placed there, it is a real achievement. You see, this is something that our Han tribe and our Han Empire can build. Do other tribes have that ability?
In addition, such a magnificent building also symbolizes the supreme power of the emperor, which is conducive to Luo Chong's rule, can make the world more stable, and can also create good credibility for the court. These are all real benefits!
So Luo Chong had to comfort You Zhi, and he must not let this kid give up and run away.
"It will never be built in a lifetime? How is that possible! The previous slow progress of construction was due to insufficient support, but you should also know that this support does not come all the time, so all aspects must go hand in hand!
"Look, isn't it getting better this year? You are short of people, so I sent you 5,000 young slaves. You are short of building materials, so I asked people to build a railway from Takumi County. You are short of equipment, so I asked people to send tractors and construction machinery. Isn't the support getting stronger and stronger? How could it be built badly? !
"You say, what else do you need? As long as our Han tribe has it and I can get it, I will find a way to get it for you. Even if our Han tribe doesn't have it, as long as it exists in this world, I will find a way to send someone to get it for you!"
When You Zhi heard what Luo Chong said, he couldn't complain anymore. It was naturally hard to say that he would give up. However, since Luo Chong promised to give him whatever he wanted, he really needed Luo Chong to get him a lot of things, so he said it immediately.
"Chief, I don't lack anything except building materials."
As if afraid that everyone would not believe him, he said again, "Chief, there is no point in saying this. Why don't you come with me to the construction site and then to the engineering command center so that I can report my work. In addition, I need building materials."
Luo Chong smiled when he heard this and naturally agreed. So the group changed horses and walked along the road in front of the station towards the palace city of the imperial palace.
Everyone rode on the road. There were horse-drawn carriages transporting earthwork and building materials everywhere on the road, as well as tractors and even supply trucks that transported soup for the workers.
On the road, every few meters, there was a deep dark well on the ground. You Zhi followed Luo Chong and Da Shu and pointed at those wells and said.
"Chief, this is the sewer system of the capital. We use the method of segmented excavation. First, we plan the road surface on the ground, then determine a sewer well at a certain distance, and then dig from top to bottom. After digging deep enough, we dig towards both ends.
"The main passages in the sewer are all two meters high, allowing people to walk upright in them, and even use a wheelbarrow. The ground inside is first compacted, then paved with cement, and waterproofed. The walls on both sides and the arched dome are built with bricks and cement.
"In order to prevent the accumulation of methane in the sewer and explosion, we have also set up ventilation holes in some places. In the future, we can find a windward position and build a special air supply device to blow away all the odor and methane in it."
Methane in the sewer is a big hazard. Even in modern times, it is common for naughty children to set off firecrackers and throw them into the sewer, or adults to throw unextinguished cigarette butts into the sewer, which eventually causes the sewer to explode and then blow themselves up.
In addition, methane can also poison people. People walking on the ground may not be in trouble, but for those who need to clean the sewers, it is really dangerous. Therefore, Luo Chong once specifically explained the ventilation system of the sewers in the letter.
Luo Chong nodded with satisfaction, but Dashu asked in confusion.
"Commander You said that people can walk and push carts down there, but the sewers are connected in all directions, and there are so many manhole covers along the way that lead to the ground. Will this be detrimental to future public security?
"If a criminal sneaks into this sewer, can't he reach various parts of the capital without anyone noticing? Even let the army march in it? "
You Zhi was stunned when he heard this, but he explained immediately.
"Uncle Lin, as for the public security, I have discussed this with those craftsmen. Their method is that after the sewer is built, iron fence doors can be installed at various nodes of the sewer, and then locks can be installed. This will not hinder the flow of sewage and can also stop people and beasts. As for the workers who clean the sewers, they naturally have keys.
"As for whether there are troops marching in it, well, to be honest, this is the responsibility of the garrison. If the enemy's army can sneak into the sewer and let them march, then what's the point of raising a garrison? We don't even know that the enemy has sneaked into the capital."
Dashu nodded speechlessly. What this kid said makes a lot of sense, and he was speechless.
Everyone continued to move forward, and You Zhi pointed around and continued to introduce.
"Chief, our capital will be divided into roads of different levels in the future. The main streets will be named after the existing counties, the auxiliary streets will be named after the counties, and the streets of the next level can be named after towns. As for the streets in front of the palace, they will be named by the chief himself.
"There is also the land around here. Some of it can be used as residences, shops, schools, museums, guesthouses, and hotels in the future. According to the chief, some open space should be reserved for piling and mining soil. When there is a need to dig soil in the future, or when there is no place to pile up soil, soil can be taken from these places and piled up, and finally transformed into parks for people to relax and entertain."
Dashu was listening to the scene with a confused look on his face. He joined the Han tribe when they lived in caves. He was one of the earliest elders. He also witnessed the construction of Hanyang City and Liuyang County with his own eyes. After that, he has been managing the local area. He knows all the functional buildings in the city, but has never heard of what a park is? What is a museum?
If you don't understand, just ask, so he asked immediately.
"Chief, what is this park for, and what about that museum? "
Luo Chong smiled and said, "Park, you can think of it as a public garden, a garden, which can have fitness facilities, leisure pavilions, rockery, ponds, flowers and trees, where people living nearby can do fitness, leisure and entertainment.
"In addition, these parks can also become patches in the city.
"Our Han tribe has never built such a huge city in the past. Those in the past could only be called cities, but now it is different. The construction of a city cannot be achieved overnight.
"If we need earthwork when we build other buildings and there is no place to dig, we can take earth from the park and dig it into an artificial lake to build a water park. If there is no place to pile the extra earth, we can also pile it in the park and transform it into a hill or a unique landscape building.
"As for the museum, it is a place to exhibit things, but the exhibits are all items of special significance for the public to see, but you have to buy a ticket to enter."
Dashu understood instantly. It turns out that the park is a place to process earthwork. Aren’t these the moats in the past? In the past, when the Han tribe needed to dig earth to build a new city, they took earth from the moat. Now the capital is too big and there is no moat, so the place where earth is collected and piled has been turned into a park. The leader is really amazing.
When everyone walked forward, they came to the palace. However, the palace at this time did not have a city wall or a city gate. The Jinshui River inside the city gate had not been excavated, not to mention the dismounting bridge above.
The current palace has three main halls along the central axis. The main building in the front is the Hanyuan Hall in the middle and the Que Towers on both sides of the main hall.
Now, after two years of excavation and compaction, the foundations of the three main halls have been piled up, and the foundations of the Hanyuan Hall and Quelou in the front have also been built. Because the foundation is very high, the outside of the foundation also needs to be built with bricks and stones. After the masonry is completed, cement is applied, and then plaster is used to whitewash, and finally the wall is painted with red lacquer.
However, there are no steps or guardrails on the foundation. On the huge foundation platform, the wooden pillars of the main hall of the Hanyuan Hall, the main structure of the main hall, and even the double-layer glazed tile dome on it, and even the tiles and wooden floors on the floor of the hall are now completed.
However, those walls, doors and windows are now empty, just temporarily covered with wooden boards or straw curtains.
Because most of the walls of the Hanyuan Hall will be equipped with glass floor-to-ceiling windows in the future, and they are all specially made large glass curtain walls, but because the glass factory in the south has not been built yet, there is no glass to be inlaid on them for the time being.
There were some wooden doors and windows left, all of which were extremely valuable wood, and they needed exquisite wood carvings on them. Because of the limited number of craftsmen, wooden doors and windows were not available for the time being and could not be installed.
After getting off the horse, You Zhi led Luo Chong and
the others to the main hall from the earthen steps on the side, complaining to Luo Chong as they walked. "Look, Chief, the foundation has been completed, but there is no way to lay the steps and guardrails, and the platform above the main hall is currently rammed earth and has not been hardened. This is all due to the insufficient supply of building materials!"
Luo Chong was embarrassed when he heard this. When designing these palaces, he drew the blueprints at home and gave suggestions, but it was difficult for the actual builders to do it.
Da Shu asked curiously, "Why is there a shortage of building materials? To lay the steps, guardrails, and the platform in front of us, aren't wood and bricks needed?
"It's not difficult to transport wood. I see there are wood processing plants here, and even brick kilns and porcelain kilns. Look, since the glazed tiles on the roof of this hall and the tiles in this hall can be fired, why can't they be used for building materials outside? !"
You Zhi couldn't help complaining when he heard it.
"Because the leader said that the handrails and railings of the entire palace complex, as well as the steps, all need to be carved with white marble, and even the Danbi stone in front of the hall. The leader also said that it would be best to find a whole piece of natural boulder, and after simple carving, it would be made into a roughcast and then dragged here, and finally carved in detail.
"I don't know how many tons this Danbi stone alone weighs, and this stone called white marble is only available in the Panshi County of the Tang tribe. It is already difficult to mine such a huge stone from the deep mountains, and it is simply an impossible task to send it here.
"So because of these stones, many projects have not been completed so far.
"Just take the steps and handrails. The drawings say that they are all white marble stone carvings, and the platform under our feet needs to be cut into gray-white bricks from natural limestone and then paved here.
"Stone bricks like this are not only used to pave the platform above the hall, but also the pavilions and towers in various parts of the palace, such as the long corridors behind the Hanyuan Hall. They all need such stone bricks to pave. The required stone bricks, white marble steps and railings, I am afraid that tens of thousands of cubic meters of stone are not enough.
"The most important thing is how to transport these stones."
Luo Chong was embarrassed to listen to You Zhi's complaints. Finally, he waited until he finished complaining before speaking immediately.
"Isn't it just stone? I'll find a way for you. You should also understand that I didn't just arrive in the south at the end of September. After I came to the south, I immediately asked the Tang tribe to hold a referendum, which allowed the Tang tribe to be completely incorporated into the Han tribe.
"In the past, it was not legitimate to mine the stone of the Tang tribe
. Even if we could mine it, we couldn't transport it out because we had no status. But now it's different. "Now the Tang tribe has become a part of our Han tribe. We can mine the mines there at will and lay railways at will. We can dig however we want and transport it wherever we want.
"You wait, when I come back from my inspection this time, I will immediately start to have people build a railway from Panshi County to Tangcheng County, and then send engineering machinery and craftsmen there to mine stone. At the latest by the beginning of next spring, I will be able to send a steady stream of stone to the capital. "
Only after hearing this did Dashu understand that it was not that there was a lack of building materials, but that the building materials the chief wanted were so special!
If it was artificial wood and porcelain, then of course there would be as many as he wanted, but the steps and railings the chief wanted were actually made of white marble, which was the white marble he had seen in the previous resource survey of the Tang tribe, and the platform was also paved with stone bricks.
Using such stone materials to build a palace, just thinking about it can make you feel the magnificent and majestic scene.
He is worthy of being the chief, just on the building materials of this palace, he actually spent so much money
(end of this chapter)
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