Chapter 37: The Sky Garden is Complete!
Chapter 37: The Sky Garden is Complete!
New year, new beginning.
On the seventh day after the New Year's party, Bruno finally came to the construction site of the Sky Garden again.
With the help of the extraordinary power of the levitation array, Bruno's first wonder built in Idar Territory - the Hanging Gardens, finally arrived at the day of completion.
Except for Bruno, almost all the officials in Idar who were temporarily idle, such as Old Ford, Shabi, and others, came.
Old Ford stared at the building in front of him with wide eyes, feeling both excited and aggrieved.
He was excited because the sky garden was finally completed, and Lord Idar no longer had to spend the huge amount of nearly a thousand gold coins every month. Therefore, he estimated that next month Idar's treasury would finally receive a large sum of gold coins.
As for the grievance, thousands of lovely gold coins turned into a flashy sky garden in the blink of an eye, and old Ford felt extremely heartbroken.
Bruno, led by White Barrell, visited the hanging garden with great interest.
Although Bruno had seen the blueprints before, he did not study architecture before traveling through time. The dense lines made him feel dizzy and unable to tell the directions.
But the sky garden before him was beyond his expectations.
The main structure of the wonder is supported by dozens of 25-meter-high light white marble columns. It has four floors from top to bottom and stands quietly among the mountains and forests at the foot of Mount Almis.
The Sky Gardens are leaning against a steep cliff, with a waterfall cascading down one side. The rushing river water pours down, forming a vast lake in the northeast of the Sky Gardens.
The huge difference in terrain filled the gap in the water supply system. Craftsmen and serfs could directly draw water for irrigation at the top of the waterfall, thus saving a lot of energy and time.
The serfs also dug an artificial river around the Hanging Gardens. The clear lake water flows at the bottom of the Hanging Gardens, which looks quite charming.
The widest part of the artificial river is dozens of meters, and the narrowest part is only three meters. Light wooden sailboats can slowly sail on the river.
The unnamed lake next to the Hanging Gardens was originally connected to the river that flowed through the city of Idar downstream. That is to say, if you take a sailboat in the Hanging Gardens, you can go downstream and reach the city of Idar directly.
Most of the plants in the garden were transplanted directly from the Almis Mountains, but a small number of them were purchased by Bruno from the western and central parts of the empire on the request of the salt merchant Kallio.
This winter, Kallio came to Idar twice again. He not only bought a large amount of sugar and sea salt, but also brought flowers and plants from the western part of the empire specifically for Bruno.
Issues such as the invasion of alien species and different water and soil conditions are not within Bruno's consideration for the time being. After all, building the sky gardens and enhancing their grandeur as much as possible are Bruno's primary considerations.
The sale of large amounts of sea salt and sugar greatly alleviated the tense financial situation in Idar County, allowing the construction of the Sky Garden to proceed normally.
The decoration of the Hanging Gardens is mostly in the style of ancient Babylon. Although it is different from the traditional medieval architectural style of the Norman Empire, it is also unique.
All the carvings and decorations in the Hanging Gardens were created by Master Andy and his seven apprentices.
Although Andy originally wanted to complete the entire project by himself, the building area of the Sky Garden was too large. Even if Master Andy worked day and night, it would be impossible to complete the carving on schedule.
Therefore, in addition to the main part of the Hanging Gardens, some of the courtyards and statues in the corners were completed by several carving apprentices.
However, although these people are just apprentices, their carvings are better than many master sculptors.
The main entrance of the garden is carved with the eagle emblem of the Norman Empire. Purple satin, symbolizing the authority of the nobility, is hung on both sides of the emblem. Set against the light green flowers and plants all around, it feels like a fairyland on earth.
The lifelike statues, colorful flowers and plants, tall marble columns, as well as the fountains, pools, flower beds and many other exquisite objects make the Hanging Gardens seem like a miracle descended upon the earth, and it is worthy of the name of a wonder.
[Task 1: Build a sky garden (Task progress: 100%)]
[The sky garden has been completed. Do you want to confirm that it is completed? If it still needs (expansion\renovation), please select No; if it has been completed, please select Yes. 】
Just as Bruno finished visiting the Hanging Gardens and was stunned by this magnificent wonder, a familiar light golden dialog box suddenly jumped into Bruno's field of vision.
After thinking for a moment, Bruno decided to just go ahead and complete it.
Because the current appearance of the sky garden has actually exceeded Bruno's expectations, and now he really does not have the spare energy to build the sky garden better than this.
[Wonder recording——]
[The wonder modeling has been completed and the system has started the rating mechanism]
While the system was calculating, Bruno walked to a platform on the fourth floor of the sky garden. He leaned on the railing and looked out into the distance. The outline of Idar City was faintly visible in the distance.
I just hope that the system’s rewards won’t disappoint me!
During this time, Bruno had taken almost every step forward to build the Sky Garden. If the rewards from the wonder construction system were not good enough, it would be too bad...
Finally, the wonder construction system has completed the identification of the Sky Garden...
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[Wonder name: Hanging Gardens of Babylon (or "Hanging Gardens")]
[Wonder Completion Level: SSS]
[Wonder coordinates: Northwest of Idar Territory, Exeter Province, Norman Empire]
[Wonder Introduction: It is said that the Hanging Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar II of the Babylonian Kingdom for his homesick queen Amytis...]
[Wonder Features: The work efficiency of serfs and civilians in all areas ruled by the Stuart family is increased by 15%, and grain harvest is increased by 15%]
…
What followed was a series of dialog boxes one after another...
[Mission Reward: 150 Brilliance Points]
【Hard Work Award: '10 points' of Brilliance Points】
[The wonders illustration has been generated——]
[System Mall has been unlocked——]
Not to mention the newly unlocked system mall and the brilliant points obtained, the spectacular features of the sky garden alone almost made Bruno cheer out loud!
The work efficiency of serfs and civilians increased by 15%, and the grain output increased by 15%. Who said that the Sky Gardens were useless? This is simply the gospel of the farming party! Who said that wonders ruin the country? This is clearly a wonder that makes the country prosperous! Wonders make the country strong!
…
I saw some book friends mentioned that the conjunctions in some chapters of this book were used in a rather messy way, so I have been working hard to overcome this problem after the book was put on the shelves.
However, due to the tight update schedule and VIP chapter modification permission issues, many of the previous chapters cannot be modified for the time being. I hope readers will forgive me~ (End of this chapter)
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