Chapter 392: Division of Counties (Please vote and subscribe)
If we talk about what kind of building looks majestic and can be built in this era, then Luo Chong’s first choice must be the traditional Chinese wooden structure, like the palace with raised eaves.
As for other things, stone castles are definitely not good. It’s not that they are not strong and majestic, but they are too difficult to build. They are far less fast and convenient than wooden structures. If you use traditional mortise and tenon structures, you don’t even need a nail. You can build tall buildings just like playing with building blocks.
So in summary, Luo Chong quickly determined the shape of the target building and directly built a "convex" shaped wooden structure podium. The meaning of the podium is also easy to understand. It looks like wearing a skirt, that is, it gradually shrinks from bottom to top, forming layers of raised eaves, like a multi-layer cake.
The plane shape of the building is an inverted "convex" character, mainly composed of the rectangular office building at the back and the smaller reception hall at the front. The hall is the protruding part. There are stone elephants on the left and right of the entrance of the hall, which looks more majestic. Because there is no such thing as a lion for the time being, Luo Chong thinks it is better to put two elephants that the tribesmen know.
In addition, Luo Chong plans to put a bronze tripod in front of the gate. The tripod body is a regular octagon, with four legs and two ears, and then put the eight paintings about Luo Chong's prophecy on it, so that everyone can see it, which will help to improve Luo Chong's prestige and play a propaganda role for those newcomers.
Finally, a tower is built on each side of the protruding hall. The area does not need to be too large. It can be built as a simple four-corner tower. The height is flush with the building at the back, and then two sky bridges are built at the middle height to connect with the building at the back, which looks more distinctive.
The two towers are a bell tower and a drum tower. Their purpose is just as the name implies, they are used to tell time. In the morning, they ring the bell to wake up, and in the evening, they ring the drum to close the door and impose curfew. In order to save materials, Luo Chong did not plan to make a large bell like the ones in the temple . A one-meter diameter will do. The more he can save, the better. He plans to use the remaining bronze to cast coins.
In this way, the entire government office consists of an office building, a civil reception hall, two towers, two elephant sculptures, and an eight-sided bronze tripod.
Further ahead is the flagpole and the square, and then in front of the two sides are four teaching buildings, which together form the political and cultural center of Hanyang County. As expected, the government and the school are next to each other. It is really a political and cultural center.
Of course, it may be a bit small as a county management unit at present, but it cannot be made too big with the current scale. It is not impossible to expand it. When there are more people in the future, the current Hanyang City can be directly turned into an inner city, and then expanded outward.
City walls, city walls, if there is a city, there must be a city wall. As the saying goes, a city of three miles
has a city wall of seven miles. There is no city wall outside now because there are not many people. After making Hanyang City an administrative unit at the county level, Luo Chong plans to demarcate county-level administrative units around it within a few years. The first county is Fumaguan, which has a population of 4,000 in the north. After that is the flat land south of Tuoguling, which is the battlefield where the Huo tribe was ambushed.
It is close to the forest and there is no shortage of wood and fuel for construction. There are also large areas of flat land around it that can be used for farming. Although the water source is a bit far away, the Han tribe has crops such as wheat, corn, and soybeans that can be grown in dry land, so they don’t need to rely so much on rivers. They can just dig wells for daily drinking. Of course, it is not impossible to divert water here. If the artificial river is not too large, it will only take about two days of walking from the lower reaches of the small river to Tuoguling. It is not difficult to dig a canal. If it doesn’t work, there are still explosives.
It is also beneficial to put a county town under Tuogu Ridge, so that the salt mine can be sandwiched between Hanyang City and Tuogu Ridge, and it can be included in the territory of the empire. Whether it is mining or control, it is very beneficial to the Han tribe.
After the construction of Tuogu Ridge and Fuma Pass is completed, it can continue to develop to the southwest, and find a place near the water source around the former residence of the Bian Tribe and the Snake Tribe to set up a county town, so that the thousands of acres of hemp fields and a large number of wild medicinal materials can be included in the jurisdiction of Hanyang County.
In this way, the entire Hanyang County will have at least four county towns under its jurisdiction, Fuma Pass, Tuogu Ridge, the former residence of the Snake Tribe, and the current Hanyang City. The entire county is bounded by the river, and most of the land on the west bank will be included in the jurisdiction of Hanyang County.
In addition, another county can be set up on the east bank of the stream. First, a county town can be set up in the former residence of the Li Tribe. The two major resources there, tung oil and chestnuts, are worth developing. Setting up a county town can also occupy this resource point. Moreover, it is close to the river, so there is no problem with farming, and water transportation is also convenient. It is a good place for survival.
Another place is the east of Hanyang City, between the former Black Rat Tribe and the Han Tribe. A county town can also be set up, mainly for farming and timber.
This place is also very good. It is backed by the Dark Forest in the north. The black iron tree there is originally a resource. After several years of exploration, Luo Chong has discovered many characteristics of black iron wood, such as the wood is strong and corrosion-resistant, and it is also very resistant to burning. The combustion efficiency of charcoal is higher than that of other woods. Therefore, guarding this forest, whether it is used to make furniture, building materials, wooden floors, or burning and selling charcoal, it is a good income.
Moreover, this place is to the south of the former Li Tribe, and to the west is close to the river. It is only one river away from Hanyang City. It is right between Hanyang County and the current new city. It can be said to be an important transportation line. There will be no shortage of transport teams traveling between the two places. Just developing the service industry is a big income, and there is no worry about not being able to develop.
Well, of course, it's not that kind of special service, but a resting place for supplies such as a restaurant, a hotel, or an inn . You can also run a carriage business, a blacksmith shop, change horseshoes, rent vehicles, etc. As long as you have brains, you will have no worries about making money.
A day or two to the northeast is the location of Babaoshan. You can also set up a county town there, which is mainly responsible for the development of copper mines and their associated minerals, and incorporate this important metal mineral resource into the territory of the Han tribe.
In this way, there will be three county towns, which may be a little small to be used as a county. Well, Luo Chong thought about it carefully and decided to push further north, go upstream along the stream, and build another county town near the river in the north of the Dark Forest. In this way, fuel, land, water, and building materials will be available.
In the early stage, farming and breeding can be the main focus. The specific direction of development still needs to be explored later to see if there are any special resources that can be used.
(End of this chapter)
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