Chapter 295 Market (Please vote and subscribe)
The little leader took the hunting team and the prey back, thinking about this matter all the way. The tribesmen behind him were also discussing it non-stop. There were too many good things in the Han tribe. Now they could get them by working, so they were quite willing to go.
On the other side, You Ye was also making preparations. He first wrote a letter with animal skins, reporting the current progress to Luo Chong, and then asked Luo Chong to transport more tools and food, and asked Luo Chong to come in person to plan the specific address of the new city. Finally, he sent the letter back to Hanyang City by flying eagle. The journey of more than 100 kilometers would reach Luo Chong in more than an hour at most. The message was transmitted very quickly.
After writing the letter, You Ye discussed with Shu Da again and sent a small flag of cavalry and two small flags of spearmen to escort the convoy back. The vehicles were loaded with sword grass collected from Beishan, ready to be taken back to weave straw mats, and then when the convoy returned, new supplies would be brought back.
The convoy left like this. Luo Chong, who was far away in Hanyang City, also received the letter soon. Seeing what You Ye wrote on it, hoping that he could go over to plan the site of the new city, he nodded secretly. It was still necessary for Luo Chong to plan it himself, so he was ready to wait to go with the next batch of materials.
The new city area is located on a small plain with an area of 800,000 acres. If only a small city of the same level as Hanyang City is built, it would be a waste. Without a population of hundreds of thousands, it is simply not enough to cultivate such a large area of land. So Luo Chong plans to build a large city with a population capacity of about 400,000 this time. Yes, it is a city, not a city.
The plan for the new city is a city 5 kilometers long from north to south and 4 kilometers wide from east to west. It is half the size of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty and about the same size as Bianliang in the Song Dynasty. In modern times, it is equivalent to the size of a county town.
The layout of the city was based on the planning of Chang'an City. A 100-meter-wide road in the middle was the central axis, connecting the city gates in the north and south directions. There were four districts on each side of the central axis, so the east-west direction was divided into 8 equal parts, each of which was about 500 meters long.
Then it was divided into 12 equal parts from south to north, and the width of each part was about 400 meters excluding the road. In this way, the entire city was divided into neat grids, and each grid was designated as a Fang. A Fang was 500 meters long from east to west and 400 meters wide from north to south, which was larger than the current Hanyang City. There were 96 such Fangs in the entire city area. Of course, it was impossible for all of them to be used for living, otherwise 500,000 or 600,000 people could be easily accommodated.
Of the 12 districts in the north-south direction, the two districts in the north could be designated as palaces and aristocratic districts, and there was also the Imperial College. The remaining ten districts were 80 Fangshi, equivalent to 80 Hanyang cities, used to house civilians or build factories. There were also N schools, namely, Yuxue, Shaoxue, Qingxue, and Taixue, which corresponded to modern primary, middle, and high schools.
There was only one Imperial College left, which was built next to the palace. Luo Chong was in charge of teaching the top students who had passed the exams from the lower classes, and then selecting officials or military generals from these top students, and also specially training some scientific and technological talents to plan for the future of the Han tribe.
In addition, let's talk about the Fangshi where civilians live. Due to the size of the city, the civilians' houses were uniformly divided into an area of 16.6 meters square, which was almost doubled compared to the houses in Hanyang City. More houses could be built inside. If only the main house was built, five rooms could be built, so that more people could live in it.
The remaining space could also be used to build a pigpen, raise livestock, have a separate kitchen and toilet, and even dig a well and a cellar in your own home. If these were not used and only used for living, the south room, east and west wing rooms could be built to form a small courtyard, and one house could accommodate 20 to 30 people without any problem.
Of course, the Han tribe was only responsible for building five main rooms and a kitchen for each household. The rest of the house was up to you to build, and the tribe would not send anyone to help.
There will be no less than 500 such houses in a market town, so the population capacity of this market town is at least 5,000 people, and it may reach 7,000 or 8,000 people.
There are 80 such market towns. Even if 30 of them are subtracted to build schools and factories, the total population of this city can reach 250,000.
With such a large population base and a large area of farmland to supply food, the population will definitely increase sharply. Luo Chong will definitely encourage childbirth through policies. In a safe and stable living environment, if Luo Chong issues an edict to reward childbirth, such as rewarding two pigs or sheep as private property for one child, and rewarding a cow or horse for three children, you can see that the tribe will not be crazy about having children.
Not to mention one child a year, even if it is two children in three years, this speed is very exaggerated, and the population growth rate is not wow.
What is the most important thing in this era is population. Population is the primary productive force and a symbol of strength.
After talking about the planning, let's talk about the construction steps. It must be built in stages. First, build the Fangshi where ordinary residents live. When there are more people in the future, then build the city walls, palaces and Taixue. Anyway, it will take more than ten years from elementary school to university. There is no rush now. If there are hundreds of thousands of people, the palaces and city walls can be built and completed in a year at most.
Since there is no urgent need for population residence in the new city, the construction of the new city can first build the side walls, that is, the gate walls of the Fangshi. The 108 Fangs in the Tang Chang'an City also have Fang walls and gates. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City has a curfew system. Street drums will be beaten every evening, and they will be beaten hundreds of times. When the people hear the street drums, they will hurry home, and then the Fang officials will close the Fang gates. After that, there will be several shifts of soldiers patrolling all night.
During the curfew, if you see someone on the street, unless you are on duty, you will be punished with a light punishment or even beheaded directly, which is quite severe.
However, it remains to be seen whether there will be a curfew in the city of the Han tribe. In fact, Luo Chong also hopes to have some entertainment activities. It is impossible to work all day, go home after dinner and then make people. That kind of life is too boring.
Let's talk about the construction of the new city. In the first phase, a market town will be built. The wall of the market town will be built directly with rammed earth structure. The bottom width is 1.5 meters, the top width is 1.2 meters, and the height is 5 meters. It is considered the wall of the inner city. Such specifications are sufficient. It is also faster to build it entirely with rammed earth. One hundred and eighty people can pull up the wall in one month, and then start to build the houses inside.
Since the rammed earth wall must be built first this time, Luo Chong also asked Hanyang City to prepare a large number of wooden boards to be used as molds, ready to be taken directly over when transporting materials this time.
(End of this chapter)
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