Rise of Australia

Chapter 169 Sydney Palace

Shortly after the end of this cabinet meeting, under Arthur's order, Butler Hunter began to invite various European architectural experts, and searched for a suitable place to build a new palace on the outskirts of Sydney.

The new palace will serve as the permanent residence and royal palace of the Australian royal family, and it will also represent the dignity and face of the royal family to the outside world.

Since a new palace is going to be built, Arthur will naturally not be stingy. The total budget for this construction is as high as 500 million pounds, and unlimited natives are allowed to be used.

The construction of the palace this time has one goal, that is, to be as low-key as possible on the basis of luxury, as novel as possible on the basis of solemnity, to be absolutely strict on the basis of hugeness, and to use a large number of indigenous people to speed up the construction cycle as much as possible on the basis of quality and quantity. , while not burdening Australia's various construction programs.

These requirements are actually quite high, but this time the construction of the palace hired a large number of architectural experts from Europe. Some of these people even built palaces and palaces for the European royal family, and they are also the most competent candidates.

After more than half a month of site selection, the construction team traveled almost all over the suburbs of Sydney, and finally found a very suitable construction site in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney.

This is a very vast plain, at the junction of mountains and lakes, to the east is a large plain area, to the west is a hill of more than 200 meters, and on the edge of the plain is a large lake.

According to this relatively special geographical environment, after a long period of research, the construction team finally determined the Australian royal palace, that is, the Sydney Palace, and officially confirmed the design plan.

The entire Australian royal palace forms a square shape without a horizontal line above. The core area of ​​the palace is a horizontal line below the square shape. The two vertical bars are the dining room, meeting room, entertainment room and the residence of the servants.

The two vertical bars each have a raised part below, and the left one is connected to the erected building, which is a place for royal medical treatment, education, and entertainment. Of course, a royal private hospital with complete functions will also be built inside.

On the right is a circular church, which will also be the place where members of the Australian royal family will hold baptisms, weddings, funerals and other important festivals in the future.

The building on the right extends out to a building, which will be the place where guests live, and it also includes small restaurants, meeting rooms, offices and other facilities.

In the middle of the palace building, that is, in the middle of the zigzag, is a large circular flower bed.

Statues of successive Australian rulers will be placed in the middle of the flower bed. The statues of Queen Victoria and Arthur are currently planned.

Queen Victoria was the ruler of Australia's colonial period and a key figure in the establishment of the Principality of Australia.

Queen Victoria has a high reputation in the hearts of the people of the British Empire and Australia. The statue of Queen Victoria can not only declare that the Australian royal family comes from the noble blood of the British Empire royal family, but also win the hearts of the British people and the British government. goodwill.

Australia is able to have all of the present, thanks to its origins in the British Empire.Australia may be separated from the British Empire in the future and become a completely independent and powerful country, but it will not be now.

At least in terms of blood, Australia will not refuse to admit that it is from the British Empire, because this will not only bring Australia the glory of noble blood, but also allow Australia to gain a lot of favor from the British and British immigrants.

This special blood relationship is definitely not comparable to allies united by interests.

In other words, if there is a conflict between the island countries, the allies of the British Empire, and Australia in the future, if the British government does not support Australia, it will face the dissatisfaction of the domestic people and the opposition parties.

But the same is true for Australia, the British and Australians will also be disappointed in the government if Australia is blatantly on the other side of the British Empire and for no reason.

On the periphery of the word "字" of the palace, or the line above the "字" shape, is a huge semicircular fountain.

Beyond the fountain is the vast garden outside the palace, where a large number of flowers and plants will soon be planted, becoming the largest garden in the palace.

On the right side of the garden is a huge natural lake.The water in the fountains, as well as the small lakes in the palace are connected to this huge natural lake.

Outside the lake and gardens, there is a larger square.The area of ​​this square is very huge, and it is definitely not comparable to the square opposite the previous government affairs building.

On the side of the square closest to the palace, a parade platform with a height of more than six meters has been built, which is specially prepared for future military parades in Australia.

Below the parade, located in front of the entire square, this will be the place where the national flag is raised every day. The Australian royal family coat of arms flag and the Australian principality flag will be raised here.

In front of the national flag, that is, at the back of the square, there will be a stone monument with a sword drawn, called the Australian Monument to Heroes.

This will be the place where any heroes who built Australia will be immortalized, for all Australians and visitors to see.

From the last side of the square to the Australian Heroes Monument to the national flag, the badge flag and then to the parade, it is connected by a very wide road with flowers and plants on both sides.
Below the parade, there is an equally wide but perpendicular road connected to this road, which divides the road on the square into a T-shape.

This horizontal road is the military parade road, and the troops to be reviewed in the future will pass by here and be seen by people in the square.

The huge square is divided into two parts by the road connecting the hero monument and the national flag. These two parts are the best places for people to enjoy the military parade during the military parade. This square can accommodate at least 6 people and will be the largest in Australia. square.

Finally, there is the hill behind the palace. This hill with a height of only 300 meters will be a place for members of the royal family to practice marksmanship and play.

All buildings, including hills, the main building of the palace, fountains, lakes, gardens and squares, constitute Australia's new huge palace.

The palace covers an area of ​​more than 40 square meters, which is a full forty hectares, or [-] square kilometers.

Among them, the garden lake and the hill behind cover an area of ​​up to 15 square meters, while the real main building area is less than [-] square meters.

If the palace is completed, it will have as many as [-] rooms, a complete private hospital, a church, a study area on the first floor for teaching knowledge to members of the royal family, and up to twenty meeting rooms of different sizes. Six restaurants, fifty offices, more than a dozen sentry towers and guard stations on the top floor and other facilities can be regarded as luxurious, extravagant and heavily guarded.

What's more worth mentioning is that when entering from the main entrance of the palace, there is a corridor more than 100 meters long on the left and right.

This corridor will hang literary works and precious treasures from all over the world, and it is the cultural corridor of the Australian royal family.

It's a pity that the main entrance is in the core area of ​​the royal palace, and there are not many people who can enter and exit through this gate. In Australia, there are only members of the royal family and the cabinet at present.

It is basically impossible for others to enter and visit this cultural corridor through the main entrance without Arthur's summoning.

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