Lady of the Lord From the East

Pierre had already taken over the design of the city from Felix. Although Felix had to re-investigate the site because Felix changed the original city area, it was generally smooth.

And so far, he is still trying to build a sewer system. In the urban design drawing of the new city, he only draws some lines to represent the route of the sewer, and intends to use these lines to circle various areas that a city should have, such as the City Lord's Mansion. , commercial area, residential area, etc., but he did not draw any specific content.

So when Felix called him, the architect started by talking about the sewer system he was working on recently.

"After the model was made, we carried out many tests to rule out the possibility of sewer blockage and overflow caused by hiding. After adding and deleting some parts, according to this model, we can refine the route of the sewer on its basis. "

The sewer system that Pierre has been working on recently is not just a drawing and design drawing on paper. He got a point when discussing with Wei Wei before. After surveying the terrain, he made a ground model after scaling down according to the actual terrain. Looking for a potter to burn a lot of miniature pottery pipes, I patched up a sewer system on this model, and I crouched there every day to play with water and I was going to go crazy. I thought that the little old man suddenly became stupid after being stimulated.

Of course, this sewer system is only a rough roadmap. When the urban design drawing is drawn, the sewer system will be refined and extended to each household, so the subsequent model will become more complicated than it is now, and he cannot completely guarantee that there will be no new ones at all. Problems will occur.

But as a brand new attempt, Pierre still has great confidence in his research results.

Of course, this has to be determined that the city will plan according to this set of sewer roadmaps. If even the basic plan is changed, the sewer system will naturally have to be rebuilt.

Seeing that the sewer system is working normally on the model and is basically ready for use, Pierre will of course inform the employer that he can carry out the next design, and by the way, he will make sure that he will not ask him to re-modify the layout of the new city.

So even if Felix didn't summon him, Pierre would ask for an interview.

Felix really didn't mean to modify the basic layout. In general, he was very satisfied with the simple drawing that only had a few lines and then marked the area names with text, because Pierre was very able to grasp Wei Wei's preferences. He arranged these lines representing the sewers combined with the actual terrain to be close to square, and the roads in the city built on this basis can be said to be not complicated at all.

And since Wei Wei planned the slave's house neatly and orderly, she knew her preference in this regard.

And as long as Wei Wei likes it, Felix won't have much dissatisfaction.

In particular, Pierre also told him: "After the design is drawn, you can make it on the model to see the actual effect, and if you are not satisfied with it, you can also modify it."

This is much more convenient than half of the repairs where the employer suddenly feels that something is not good and asks for a design change. Pierre has often encountered this kind of thing before. Now he can build a model in advance, and if he is dissatisfied, he can directly change it to his satisfaction and then start the construction.

So this time, he mainly wanted to ask Felix what style of urban architecture he wanted, and if there were any special buildings that he needed to add.

Of course there is, and it's important.

"City Hall." Felix pointed to the central area on the nearly blank blueprint and said, "There is a city hall to be added here."

Wei Wei has mentioned this several times, and Felix will naturally not forget it.

Pierre heard him say what the purpose of the city hall is, and looked at the location he ordered, feeling a little helpless: "Are you sure you want to choose this location?"

Generally speaking, the center of the city will be the mansion of the city lord, which means that the place on Felix's point is the place where the city lord's mansion was originally intended to be built.

Willix nodded: "I'm sure."

As the mansion of the most powerful man in a city, the City Lord's Mansion occupies a very large area. It is no problem to rebuild the City Hall, but where should he put the original City Lord's Mansion?

"Just put it here." Felix moved his finger and designated the City Lord's Mansion in the noble residential area planned by Pierre.

"The City Hall can be used for the office of officials instead of the City Lord's Mansion, then my City Lord's Mansion can be built into an ordinary noble residence without using such a large area."

Of course, ordinary is not ordinary. Even if the area is reduced, it must be at least twice the size of other noble houses.

As for the style of the building, Felix specified a house like Wei Wei's villa.

Simple yet sophisticated, with large windows.

It would be great if the buildings in the whole city were like this.

Wei Wei will definitely like it.

Pierre interrupted his whims: "Sir Count, that's too expensive. The future residents of this city are not just nobles, and the commoners cannot afford to live in such a good house."

After working together for so long, he has a good understanding of the earl. Although his ability as a lord is getting more and more qualified, he can even be called excellent, but as long as he encounters things related to Wei Wei, he often Will make some incomprehensible, and even doubt whether his brain has been eaten, more absurd than those prodigal nobles.

In his own words, this is romance, but even the person who is being romanticized occasionally has a feeling of being unable to express himself.

as it is now.

Wei Wei's villa is beautiful and very practical, but the cost she spent to build that villa can almost make a pre-development Dingle.

Using this standard to build all the houses in the city, even if the houses of civilians can be reduced a lot, it is definitely an astronomical number.

Putting all the money that Sardinson County has now, I'm afraid it won't be enough.

Pierre felt that the count was probably only concerned with the so-called romance and surprises, and completely forgot about the cost of building the city.

He sighed and finally said to Felix: "Lord Count, I think you should have a good discussion with Mrs. Vivi, since you are going to build a city for her, shouldn't she decide what the city will look like in the end? ?"

He believed that the lady would be much more reliable than the current Count. Obviously, in Pierre's eyes, the Count was probably fascinated by the wealth he had earned over the past year and felt that money was easy to come by. , so no matter how much you spend.

Of course Willix didn't think so, he just tentatively discussed with Wei Wei about the city, and got a lot of inspiration from her.

Although he doesn't know much about the specific operation, he knows that if the city is built well, it can be built in real estate, and the better the house is built, the more attractive it will be to move in. If the operation is done properly, the investment will be doubled.

Although Wei Wei didn't say it very clearly, Felix was keenly aware of the business opportunities, and not only business opportunities, but with proper operation, he could attract more people to live in Sardinson, greatly increasing the number of Sardinson County. s population.

That's why he changed the original location from Sardinson to the intersection of Sardinson and Thrott, a city spanning two counties and not too far from another county adjacent to them, And Sloth will build a seaport in the future. With convenient sea transportation, it will definitely become the most prosperous trading city in the east of Pros in the future.

Such a city full of business opportunities, if it is built beautifully and distinctively, let alone commoners and businessmen, he can attract even nobles to settle here, why can't he sell his house!

It's a pity that Pierre didn't understand his ambition, so he moved out of Wei Wei directly after knowing that he couldn't persuade Felix.

Felix frowned and said, "This is a surprise I gave her, it's too early to reveal it now."

Pierre did not flinch because of the count's frown, he still said: "If this surprise is not so to her liking, it is not a surprise."

"If you find that the lady doesn't like it after it's built, will it be revised?"

Of course, no matter how he prepares a gift, the recipient must like it.

"Then Mrs. Weiwei will probably be dissatisfied with your waste." Pierre said: "You know, Mrs. Weiwei is not as romantic as you are, she is more pragmatic."

At this time, he couldn't help thinking that if he could change the characters of the earl and his wife, he wouldn't need to persuade the earl here.

But if it is replaced, probably the city cannot be built, right? At least not now.

Felix felt that what he said was not without reason.

He struggled a bit, and finally agreed with Pierre's suggestion.

"Okay, I'll go find her."

Wei Wei really did not expect that Felix was planning to build the city in private. She originally thought that the city was really going to be built, but it would have to be a few years later. After all, there is a shortage of people everywhere in Sardinson County, and the roads have not been repaired. The wharf has not been built, and the city has to be built. Is it too urgent?

When Felix sent someone to look for Wei Wei, she was leading someone to dig bamboo shoots in the yard.

There are various types of bamboo in the garden, mostly cold-resistant species such as purple bamboo, yellow slot bamboo, Zaoyuan bamboo, and Gangzhu bamboo. These bamboos are clustered, scattered, and mixed. It is very popular, but without exception, bamboo shoots taste good, and bamboo is also widely used. It can be seen that the system was careful when helping her get seeds.

These cold-resistant varieties of bamboo are very suitable for growing in Sardinson County. They grew very well when they were planted last year, and a lot of bamboo shoots have grown this year at the beginning of spring (usually February 3-5 in the Gregorian calendar). At that time, Wei Wei was still in the king and didn't come back, so he couldn't take care of them. The gardeners in charge of taking care of them had never seen bamboo shoots before. They didn't know they were edible. They just watched them grow by themselves. The large bamboo forests spread rapidly, occupying the surrounding open space, and they will continue to expand outwards.

The growth of the normal columns may not be so terrifying, but these mother plants have been systematically optimized and have extremely strong vitality.

Bamboo shoots grow throughout the year, and leaving it alone can bring disaster to the entire garden, so after returning from the capital, Wei Wei prevented people from transplanting most of the bamboo while the month was right. Going to other places, only a part of the bamboo is left in the garden for ornamental purposes. These remaining bamboos still have new bamboo shoots emerging every day. When Wei Wei wants to relax, she will take a small **** to dig the bamboo shoots here. When you exercise in moderation, you can add a dish to the table by the way.

Of course, she basically only digs those varieties that are not too precious and grow faster, and those that are precious and slow to grow should continue to grow.

Hearing Felix ask her to come over, Wei Wei put down her **** and handed over the basket containing a few bamboo shoots to the maid. After washing her hands with clean water from the bucket, she went to the study.

When she knew what Felix had called her for, Wei Wei's eyes widened.

Knowing that Felix was secretly preparing to build a city in order to surprise herself, Wei Wei was of course moved, but she was really helpless after being moved.

"I liked the surprise, but like Pierre said, I really wanted to be a part of it myself."

That is to build a city that completely obeys its own wishes. Who has not had such expectations? Are the games like city construction in later generations that many players love because of this?

"You wait."

Wei Wei walked to her desk, took out a notebook from the drawer, and turned to one of the pages, which wrote her expectations for the future city.

"This should be of some use."

When Wei Wei had the idea of ​​building a city, she couldn't help but take some notes, and as time went by, the content of this note continued to increase, and finally became the notebook in her hand that seemed to be cluttered, but in fact it was full of thoughts. text records.

Unlike Felix's general idea of ​​the future city, she only wants it to be beautiful enough to attract people. She thinks in more detail and naturally requires more.

Whether it is Felix or Pierre's point of view, no matter what the characteristics of a city are, its structure and components are actually similar, and the best look they can think of is that of the royal capital.

But the scale and appearance of the city in their eyes is obviously unqualified for Wei Wei.

The population density of Europe is not as high as that of Asia, and the population of this period is not enough to see. Comparing the capital of ancient China with the capital of Prady, the former's population exceeded one million at its highest, while the latter's highest record was 30. 10,000, now there are about 260,000 people.

According to Wei Wei's survey, the population of Prady's eastern cities is within 100,000, and a large part of them are within 50,000.

This number sounds pitiful, and at the same time leads her to hope that the new city is like the sparrow, although not big, but full of internal organs.

She flipped through her notes and told them: "First of all, regarding the size of the city, we didn't need to fix the whole city in one go at first, in fact, I think we only need to fix the central area and some supporting facilities to make this place look like It’s enough to have a certain scale and be attractive enough.”

She pointed to the center part of the drawing and said: "City Hall, this will be the landmark building of our city, it must not only be large enough, but also impressive, like a work of art, so it is best It is a multi-storey building, the more magnificent it looks, the better. Of course, as a public building for the office of the city management agency and for civic activities, the basic supporting facilities are also indispensable, so we can build a central square in front of the city hall. It can also be used to hold celebrations during events and important festivals, and we can even allow merchants to set up stalls here on specific days of each month to make it more versatile.”

"I think in a city, schools, shopping malls, hospitals, banks, police stations are all indispensable buildings, and there can't be just one, it's better to build multiple such buildings according to the size of the area - of course, at the beginning we As long as there is one building, these are also the first things we need to build, and then we will use these buildings as the center to build residential areas around them. In that case, the value of the house will be further improved. Just imagine, if it is replaced by you , would you not want to live in a city where there is a mall for shopping, a hospital for treatment when you are sick, your children at home can be sent to school, and security is guaranteed?"

Of course, it sounds like this will be a very convenient and safe city.

Pierre was writing and drawing with a pen and paper in his hand, and he recorded it very carefully.

But at the same time he did not forget to remind her: "What you said is really good, but they are also very expensive."

"What if we only need to build some of the public buildings?" Wei Wei said in a relaxed manner: "This city has convenient transportation and complete internal facilities, which will inevitably attract many outsiders. In densely populated areas, the price of houses will continue to rise. , if we lease and sell part of the land to businessmen, so that they can build houses and shops on it for sale, do you think anyone would be willing to pay for us to build houses for us?"

"For example, we hand over the construction project on a commercial street near the bank to a businessman, he has to buy the right to use this piece of land at a suitable price, and then promise to repair it within the specified time, then we will Allow him to sell the shops on this commercial street in the future, or we will hand over an area next to the school to another businessman to build houses and sell them to civilians. Do you think they are willing to buy the construction rights of these lands?"

"I think so!" Felix had heard Wei Wei say something similar before, so his mind turned quickly: "If the land use rights are auctioned in the form of auctions, we will get more gold coins, and Just selling the rights to use it won't reduce my territory either."

Whether it is a noble or a commoner, they all think that selling their own land represents their failure. The Williams family once sold the land because of their ancestors and the other fiefs shrunk. It was Felix's father who worked hard to restore it to the past. He has always warned his children that they must not sell their land at will. Felix has always kept in mind that when he wanted to sell the land to Wei Wei, he also changed his own fief to Sardin in advance. The land in Sen County was replaced by a fief of the same size to ensure that the size of the family's territory did not change before selling the land to Wei Wei.

If Wei Wei was talking about selling the land in the new city directly to the businessman, he would not agree, but it would be different if it was just the term of use.

Pierre didn't realize the business opportunity, but he somehow heard that it was probably a very good idea, but these were not things that he, an architect, needed to worry about.

What he needs to worry about now is that Wei Wei wants the city hall to have enough features, and other public buildings also have different styles and requirements. How to design it becomes his problem.

"Everything else is fine. It's the first time I've heard of the concept of a hospital. For a long time, only churches and monasteries treat patients."

After listening to Wei Wei talking so much, Pierre found that she had completely forgotten the church, but how can a city have no church?

Wei Wei really forgot about this. After all, she is not a believer. She subconsciously thinks that the church is not necessary. Naturally, she did not think of this.

"It seems that the churches are donated by believers? I don't think this is within our scope of construction. If someone wants to build a church, let them rent a piece of land and build it themselves. Anyway, the church has money."

Pierre would like to say that the land of the church is bought, not rented, but it is true that the church is built by the church itself after asking for donations. At least it will not force others to pay the bill. Yes, the church is indeed very rich.

So he just remembered in his mind that when he started to draw the design, he remembered to reserve an open space for the church, and he didn't speak any further.

Soon, Pierre prepared to leave with a pile of materials he had written down. He said that he would first determine the style of the city hall and other buildings according to their requirements, and then proceed to the next part of the work after they were satisfied.

Wei Wei thought for a while and said, "Why don't I draw the internal structure diagrams of public buildings such as schools, shopping malls, hospitals, etc. How about you match the appearance when I'm done?"

If it weren't for the fact that this city was not big in Wei Wei's opinion, she would never have handed over the workload of designing and building an entire city to one person, and she would have to find a few more architects to share it.

Pierre said with a smile: "Madame is willing to share the work for me, of course I am very happy."

"Then I'll find you when I'm done drawing."

"OK."

Waiting for Pierre to leave, Wei Wei gave Felix the concept of bidding again.

"If it's an auction, it must be the highest bidder in the end, but we can't just consider how much money we can get. This is contracting the city that belongs to us to others to build. We have to make sure that the person who buys the land use right builds the We want the building, not to use it for other purposes, and the quality of the house also needs to be guaranteed.”

Felix nodded: "We can write these in the contract. If someone does not follow the agreement, we can ask him to pay liquidated damages or even take back the land."

"After a while, when the drawings come out, you can consider revealing this news a little bit. I think many people will be interested."

Felix said confidently that he believes that as long as there is a bright light, people will see that the development of this future city is promising.

In the following period of time, Wei Wei’s work included the drawing of the internal structure of public buildings. She had learned painting before, and most of the building structures had their own impressions. Thinking back to the buildings she had seen, the blueprints appeared smoothly in her writing.

At the same time, the capital of the Prady Empire also received a visit from Pope John.