Rise of Australia

Chapter 488 New Government Building and Royal Palace

How difficult is it to build a capital from scratch?Arthur didn't have a definite answer before, but after seeing the construction process of St. Arthur's Fort with his own eyes, he had a preliminary and clear answer.

Not to mention the capital of a country, even if it is just an ordinary city, construction from scratch must go through strict site selection, planning, and design before construction can begin.

Even if it is to start construction, the city's drainage and other infrastructure must be designed first, and then the construction of high-rise buildings in the city can be started.

The construction period of Fort St. Arthur will take at least five years, and the relocation of the capital will have to wait until seven, eight or even ten years later.

After all, Fort St. Arthur must at least have complete administrative facilities in order to be the capital of a country.

At present, various constructions have only just started for more than a month, and most of the constructions have not even taken shape.

Arthur first visited the construction of the new Government Council.

To be precise, this is a large building integrating the Government Council, the House of Representatives and the National Court.

If you just look at the design drawings, this building is a bit similar to Hanzi Six, but the square in the middle is more like a square.

The Government Council, the House of Representatives and the State Court are three different institutions directly under them, which are respectively deployed in three points of the six.

The square building in the middle is where large conference rooms, reception rooms, and open areas are located.

Such a six-shaped building composed of four buildings, together with its attached building area and garden area, together constitute the new national government seat.

Compared with the State Council on the outskirts of Sydney, this new national government building is several times the size of the previous State Council, and it is more magnificent and gorgeous.

Of course, this is only the effect of the design drawing.The actual effect will not be seen until the complete building is completed, but it is definitely a huge building and one of the symbols of the country in the future.

The government's budget for this national government building is as high as 1200 million Australian dollars, which is considered quite important.

However, the national government will move along with Arthur, which also means that if Fort St. Arthur wants to become the capital of Australasia, it needs to wait until the construction of the new palace is completed.

In addition to this large-scale national government building, the second place Arthur visited was the location of his royal palace.

Same as the layout in Sydney, the location of the royal palace is not far from the location of the national government building, but the national building is closer to the urban planning, while the royal palace is closer to the nearby hills.

The new royal palace is larger than the Sydney Palace, and the budget is about four times higher than the previous Sydney Palace's £500 million.

The new palace is expected to cover an area of ​​up to 118 million square meters, more than twice the size of Sydney Palace.

Among them, the planned building area is about 25 square meters, the road area is 5 square meters, the hill covers an area of ​​20 square meters, the artificial lake and stream cover an area of ​​15 square meters, and there is a huge royal garden covering an area of ​​​​The area has reached a staggering 25 square meters.

In addition, there is a huge Royal Plaza as high as 28 square meters, which can accommodate up to 60 people.

From the area occupied by this square alone, you can see the biggest change in the new palace.

Sydney Palace Square can only accommodate more than [-] people at most, which greatly limits the number of people participating in National Day activities and other important festivals.

You know, the total number of people in Sydney has already exceeded 200 million, which is already moving towards 300 million.

This also means that every important festival, Sydney's population of more than 200 million will compete for more than [-] positions, and it will also face competition from other cities.

Among other things, this has caused serious congestion on the roads near Sydney Palace.After some people from outside Sydney came to Sydney, they could not grab a seat and could only gather on the nearby roads, causing serious traffic congestion in the vicinity.

Although it is a good thing that more people participate in important national activities, if it causes serious traffic congestion and even casualties, it will not be worth the candle.

The new square can accommodate 60 people, which is completely sufficient for the current Australasia.

After all, if the square is bigger, it will be difficult to ensure that all the people can participate in the activities comfortably.

Just imagine, the front row and the last row are separated by several kilometers. Is this to participate in activities or to exercise eyesight.

The construction area has been expanded by more than two times, so that the new palace can have more than 800 rooms at most, more than 30 meeting rooms of different sizes, more than 30 private restaurants and 15 medium-sized and large public restaurants for members of the royal family.

There are as many as 70 offices, 5 living rooms, as many as 40 sentry towers and hundreds of resting points for guards. There are so many rooms that you can even get lost.

The private rooms of members of the royal family even cover an area of ​​over a thousand square meters, and there are even oversized suites close to 3000 square meters to choose from.

Each room not only has an independent private meeting room, office, wine cabinet and bathroom, but also a cloakroom of more than 200 square meters, which can be used to store more clothes of the royal family members.

Like the previous Sydney Palace, the new palace has a large royal hospital, a huge church with complete facilities, a mausoleum area for royal family members, and several large private viewing spots for royal family members to watch Movies you want to watch.

The back mountain is specially used for exercise, not only to practice horseback riding, but also to practice marksmanship in a special shooting range.Different from the previous Sydney Palace, the new palace not only has a super-large man-made lake, but also relies on the Murray River to artificially build a river that runs through the entire palace, providing it to the future Palace of Nations area and building various water areas.

Because it is connected to the Murray River, there will be running water here, the water quality is relatively clean, and there is no need to worry about odors.

Of course, the safety of the water source connected to the outside world is a problem, so the new palace will also have more guards.

The number of guards in the new palace will just rise to 3000, and they will work in three shifts to guard the safety of the palace.

At the same time, the First Guard Division and the Second Guard Division will be stationed near the new palace, which is also the greatest guarantee for the safety of the palace and Arthur.

In addition to the guards of up to 3000 people and two guard divisions, Arthur also has a royal guard of thousands of people to protect all members of the royal family.

A considerable part of these people are made up of orphans previously rescued by Arthur, and some are selected from the Australasian army, and their loyalty is absolutely reliable.

With these three defensive forces, the defense of the new palace in the future is absolutely reliable, and there is no need to worry about any external threats.

In the future, the National Monument to Heroes on the Sydney Palace Square will also be made in equal proportions to the square of the New Palace.

The new monument will be larger, with more names of heroes to write.

Even according to the estimation of the chief designer of the palace, after the palace is completely completed in the future, the National Heroes Monument can be seen on the hill of the palace, and it will be more obvious on the square.

Queen Mary also saw the design drawings of the new palace, and even the area of ​​the royal garden in the new palace was increased after Queen Mary's strong request.

How exaggerated is the 25-square-meter royal garden?Equivalent to 0.25 square meters, 25 hectares, a full 375 acres of land.

Standing on a high place and looking around, the future royal garden is like a sea of ​​flowers, beautiful and beautiful, it is definitely the most attractive place for girls.

It is precisely because of the water source from the Murray River that the Royal Garden will have a complete irrigation system, which can irrigate the entire sea of ​​flowers with only human manipulation.

Of course, the management of Huahai still needs to be controlled by people.

To this end, the new palace will also prepare at least 500 maids and thousands of servants to take care of the entire palace, clean the rooms and do other things.

Although it seems that such a large number of servants is a bit too exaggerated and extravagant, it also has the meaning of a decadent feudal system.

If you really understand the treatment of these servants, you will be able to understand that they are not at a disadvantage compared to ordinary citizens, and their lives are even much better.

First of all, the annual salary of servants in Australasia is at least as high as 60 Australian dollars, and if various welfare policies are included, it has even exceeded 70 Australian dollars.

This salary level is already equivalent to the soldier class, far exceeding the current per capita income in Australasia.

Secondly, although a servant is a profession of serving people, he can also enjoy all kinds of delicious food with Arthur. The basic necessities of life are in the palace, and the palace guarantees the lives of these people.

Although Arthur also needs these servants to serve, Arthur's attitude towards servants is friendly.

After all, these servants who can often be close to members of the royal family can easily do things that are not conducive to members of the royal family.

Besides, it is not that simple to become a servant and maid of the royal palace.

The recruitment rules for servants in the royal palace are even stricter than soldiers. First, they must live in Australasia for 20 years. This is a mandatory rule.

Secondly, the three generations of relatives did not commit any illegal acts, and no one died due to government punishment.

In addition, the Security Intelligence Service will also conduct a fairly strict review of these applicants for servants. In addition to reviewing the background and previous words and deeds, they will also check whether there is any disease, whether the appearance is dignified, whether the officer is agile, whether Love the country, positive, cheerful and so on.

Servants and maids who pass all the conditions will be handed over to the Kent steward for two months of training before being assigned to various positions in the palace.

In the past, the number of servants in Sydney was about 500, and the number of maids was only about 200.

As a result, these two jobs are very popular in Australasia. Every time there is a recruitment message, there will be a large number of people rushing for it.

But it's clear that both jobs have strict hiring requirements and long tenures.

Generally speaking, the longer a person stays in the palace, the more loyal they will be, and they will feel more at ease when using it.

Except for the exception of building a new palace, the palace rarely conducts large-scale public recruitment.

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