Daming 1805

On October 34th, Taiping [-], the fleet of the Ming mission headed by Zhu Jingyuan entered the Persian Gulf.

Zhu Jingyuan finally entered his own territory, and specially came out of the room to enjoy the surrounding scenery from the bow of the boat.

Although there was sand everywhere and nothing to see at all, Zhu Jingyuan seemed to see the future.

Oil is the blood of war and industry, and oil can sustain the financial hegemony of the empire.

The entire Persian Gulf is completely controlled by a big country, and only Zhu Jingyuan can understand the possible impact on the world.

Luo Feiya, who was following Zhu Jingyuan, looked at the distant coastline, and unconsciously pouted.

Now Zhu Jingyuan's followers already knew that Zhu Jingyuan was going to stay in Dashi Kingdom for a few months.

But they don't know that Dashi Kingdom is now digging for black gold, and Zhu Jingyuan will not be idle and introduce his family's financial income to the maids.

So Raphia has already recalled the distress she felt when she came here last time.

In the past three months, this cognition has been deeply ingrained in the desolate and poor territory.

Luo Feiya didn't dare to complain, but just prayed in her heart.

I hope that His Royal Highness, after seeing the situation in the territory, will soon get tired of the boredom here, change his mind as soon as possible, and go to the mainland of Daming.

The next morning, the passenger ship arrived at Liusha City, the capital of the Great Food Country.

Luo Feiya followed Zhu Jingyuan to the deck again, and when she looked at the nearby coastline again, she was completely stunned.

Where did that deserted, desolate, dilapidated town go?

Shi Liu Zhixin, the head of Dashi Kingdom, also stared at the coast for a long time in a daze.

The entire Quicksand City has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past three months.

The population has doubled several times and it has become a rather lively city.

The point is that now the city is full of construction sites and busy people everywhere.

The original narrow dilapidated pier has largely disappeared, replaced by a newly constructed concrete pier.

On the other side of the pier, there are several huge circular storage tanks, and more people are building more storage tanks.

What's even more outrageous is that many workers are repairing the city wall outside the city, using steel and concrete structures, but it is a classical city wall...

Seeing this scene, Zhu Jingyuan was also quite astonished. After realizing it, he asked Liu Zhixin beside him:
"Is that building the city wall? Why are you building the city wall now? Who gave the order?"

Liu Zhixin was also a little puzzled, and quickly realized:
"Your Majesty, it should be built in the palace. According to the specifications, it is not a city wall, but the outer wall of the palace.

"The matter of repairing the palace was reported by the minister, and the standard was given by the court. You are busy with everything, and you may have forgotten..."

Zhu Jingyuan finally realized that what he was reading was a telegram, and there were no blueprints on it, only a simple explanation.

After Dashiguo sold oil for the first time, and got some money, Liu Zhixin proposed to build the palace and applied to the court for the construction standards of the palace.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't think too much about it at the time, since Dashi Kingdom doesn't have a proper palace, then just build one.

Anyway, the Dashi Kingdom is rich now, and will be even richer in the future. How can the prince of the desert lose, so he can lose.

Zhu Jingyuan directly stated that he agreed at the time, and asked relevant personnel to deal with the court.

And the scale is required to be as large as possible. If the money is not enough now, you can plan the layout first, circle the area, and build slowly in the future.

Later, Zhu Jingyuan received a report saying that the court had finalized the specifications, and Zhu Jingyuan took a look at it at that time.

The Wangfu is 900 meters long from north to south and 720 meters wide from east to west, with a total area of ​​64 square meters, or about 970 three acres.

The palace outside the city, the palace of the vassal king, the palace of the king of the vassal state, and the palace in the capital city are not of the same nature.

Tens of thousands of square meters is the limit for the palace in the inner city of the capital. After all, the courtyard in the city cannot be too large.

There are not many palaces outside the city. The mansions of foreign princes and kings of vassal states are often 10,000+, or even hundreds of thousands of square meters.

In particular, the king's palace of the prince-level vassal state is basically a discount compared to the Forbidden City of the capital, and the length and width should not exceed it.

The Forbidden City is 72 square meters, and Zhu Jingyuan's Dashi Palace is 64 square meters. The court gave a [-]% discount.

Zhu Jingyuan recalled the information, and looked at the city wall under construction in the distance again:

"So this is estimated to be ten meters high, and the wall that seems to be able to run horses is actually my yard?"

Zhu Jingyuan sighed in his heart, and soon had new doubts:

"No, isn't the length of the palace 900 meters, the length of this wall is definitely more than 900 meters..."

Liu Zhixin clasped his hands again and explained:

"My lord, the 900-meter-long palace wall is equivalent to the Forbidden City.

"What the king sees now is the outer wall, which is 2000 meters long and wide.

"Qin Jinyan's Zhou Fan palace has two floors inside and outside.

"The imperial court obviously referred to this standard..."

Among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, Qin Jinyan's treatment on Thursday was significantly different from that of other feudal states.

It's not just the "Miyagi" where you live, but another layer of "Royal City" outside, and then outside is the city wall of the city where you live.

In particular, Zhou Wangfu, Miyagi and Wangcheng, the fifth Zhu's, are the most of all the vassal kings.

Now that Zhu Jingyuan is the highest-ranking vassal king, the standard of the palace has once again been greatly improved compared to King Zhou.

Zhu Jingyuan's memories related to the house in his previous life were mixed with his cognition in this life, and he subconsciously felt emotional:

"So the 68 square meters is actually a house, and the 400 million square meters is my yard?

"How to decorate such a big house and yard..."

But Zhu Jingyuan soon came to his senses, the biggest problem in building such a large palace in this kind of place was actually the water source.

Domestic water and greening are both big problems.

In this great desert, there is not much fresh water on the ground, and there may be more oil than water in the ground.

The groundwater is left over from the prehistoric glacial age, and there is basically no replenishment. Unrestricted pumping of groundwater may lead to land subsidence.

It can only desalinize sea water.

The abundant oil can be used as an energy source for desalination of seawater.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jingyuan regretted a little and chose the palace here.

The climate next to the Mediterranean Sea should be much more comfortable than here.

However, this Dashi Palace is actually a symbolic official ceremonial palace of the kingdom, so it needs to be approved and regulated by the imperial court.

The core of the current Dashi Kingdom is in the Persian Gulf, so it is indeed the most suitable place for the capital and the official palace to be here in Liusha City.

If you want to live comfortably, then save money for a few more years and find a place with a good environment to build a palace manor.

Zhu Jingyuan sorted out the meaning of this palace in his heart, and he relaxed again.

Zhu Jingyuan pointed to the big construction site, and looked around at his own courtiers, staff, guards, personal maids, business managers and craftsmen:
"From now on, this will be the palace of our Great Food Kingdom."

A group of people around, regardless of whether they understand architectural planning or not, were shocked by Liu Zhixin's introduction.

64 square meters of Miyagi, 400 million square meters of Wangcheng.

This scale is among the best in the world.

How much would it cost to build and decorate according to the standards of a royal palace?

Can this big food country have so much money?
At the same time, the pier has been emptied, leaving only the officials of the palace, the guards who maintain law and order, and the workers at the pier.

The passenger ship Zhoushan Island slowly docked at the pier under the guidance of workers.

The passenger liner is fixed and the gangway is lowered.

Guan Tianpei disembarked first with the guards, confirmed his identity with Da Shiguo, checked the situation around the pier, and set up defenses around the pier.

Only then did Zhu Jingyuan lead a group of people around him down the gangway.

Zhu Jianfeng, his wife and the guards followed closely behind.

After landing on the ground of the pier, Zhu Jianfeng looked around and said with emotion:

"It's the end of October, and it's still so warm here, the temperature must be twenty degrees..."

Not far away, Zhu Jingyuan heard the voice and looked at his Uncle Jiu strangely. Why did this guy get off the boat here?
Are you still planning to come to my palace as a guest?Shouldn't you go back to the capital directly?

Thinking about the situation in the capital, Zhu Jingyuan casually replied:
"According to the official introduction of the palace, only in the few days at the end of the year, the temperature may drop below ten degrees in the early morning.

"The rest of the winter, it's been in the teens to mid [-]s.

"Winter is the most comfortable time here, Uncle Jiu might as well spend the winter here."

Zhu Jianfeng was taken aback for a while, and then agreed directly with a smile:
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient. I just want to see how this big food country became rich..."

Now it was Zhu Jingyuan who was stunned:
"Eh... Uncle Jiu, as long as you are happy..."

The highest official left behind by the Great Food Kingdom, Xu Minghui, the judge of the Great Food Kingdom, brought the officials of the Great Food Kingdom to a formal meeting with Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan wanted to adjust the time difference and take a break, so after a brief greeting, he immediately sent Zhu Jingyuan and his entourage to the palace to rest.

For other salutes, servants will naturally clean up and carry them, so people like Zhu Jingyuan don't have to worry about them.

Even Zhu Jingyuan's personal maid didn't need to think about such things by herself.

It will take time to build the new Dashi King's Mansion, but the original County King's Mansion has been renovated.

The decoration level of the entire palace has directly changed from a dilapidated and improvised state to a refined and luxurious level.

Zhu Jingyuan has always lived in a house with a similar style, and he has never seen what the Dashi King's Mansion looked like before, so he doesn't have any special feelings.

Luo Feiya, who was following Zhu Jingyuan, felt a bit out of time and space now.

The little girl was immediately confused. Is this really the place where she came three months ago?

Why did that poor food country suddenly become so rich?
Even if it is entertaining your own prince, the treatment is different from entertaining guests. You can't even decorate the house at ordinary times.

So in the three months since I left, have I discovered any huge treasures here?
Or is it Prince Dashi himself who brought huge wealth here?