When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Peking, construction site.

Before entering the core area, one can see the slaves of Yan State busy at work just by looking at the clusters of rivers and lakes in the outer circle.

There were many, many, so many that Xixun couldn't see the end.

The first phase of the Yan State's Beiping project, or the total area of ​​the capital, reached 35.57 million square meters. At present, there are only fences or lakes, and no city walls.

The main construction goals of the first phase were to level the land, dig ditches, design zoning, and build the palace and imperial city.

Among them, the imperial city covers an area of ​​12.5 million square meters.

It is definitely the most terrifying capital city of this era.

So, when you first come in, you can only see a lot of shanties standing in the area where rivers, ditches and lakes are located within the fence.

The slaves mainly lived in shanties here, going in to work every day and returning when they rested.

Relying on the shanties, you can often see tribal women who trade in flesh soliciting customers.

When I see them, I wink at them from time to time.

These tribal women were all savages, or they were from border tribes that were close to the State of Yan and migrated inland and came here to do business.

In the future, most of these people will be the first batch of slum dwellers.

They will also be the main force for farming in the outer city of Yan and the reproduction of their family in the future.

After all, the slave regulations designed by Xin Qu were for screening and elimination, not for killing all slaves.

Slaves who do not work well will be eliminated after rounds of screening. Slaves who finally complete the project will most likely be rewarded and become naturalized citizens.

These naturalized people will be the ancestors of the first generation of mud, tile, wood and other craftsmen in the Yan State's Beiping City.

Therefore, there is a different kind of peace here, which even Xixun finds incredible.

The slaves in his subconscious mind were all dirty, rude, and barbaric, while the slaves in Yan State had a much higher status than those from foreign tribes.

What a strange situation.

Of course, Xixun didn't know that the slaves of Yan State who worked hard also had hope, and the food here could still satisfy their basic needs of food and clothing.

Not to mention, there will still be room for a comeback in the future, so there won't be any need to clamor for rebellion.

This is much safer than going out to hunt or farm.

"This...you guys are spending too much time and energy to build the capital!"

Even someone like Weishan Zhou, who often traveled to Dayi Shangdu City, could not help but feel fear for the Kingdom of Yan.

In short, Yao Ce led them on a tour. After hearing Wei Shanzhou's words, Yao Ce simply said, "The city cannot be built in one day. Many of what you see now are just empty frames, and they will be renovated and expanded in the future.

However, the layout and planning of the capital must be determined, otherwise a large number of problems may arise in the future.

Let’s go and see how magnificent our city of Peking is.

To be honest, we have put all our time and energy into improving our own settlements. We don’t care about the swamps and wastelands in the south. "

Following Xin Qu's instructions, Yao Ce occasionally despised the living environment in the south, and then introduced his own development prospects.

On the way, Xixun and his companions could see the open bluestone road, the imperial road separating the middle of the road, and the flower beds on both sides of the imperial road.

The road was arranged strictly by Xinqu according to the layout of imperial road - left and right flower beds - left and right four lanes - left and right roadside trees - left and right drainage ditches - left and right sidewalks, which is roughly the scale of ten lanes in both directions in later generations.

Of course, this is the main road, a roundabout-type main road that wraps around the entire imperial city area, forming a roundabout-like structure.

Of course, behind the roundabout main road are areas of military camps, official residences, factories, embassies, granaries, temples, lakes, and houses granted to nobles, which will serve as supplements to the political facilities outside the imperial city in the future.

The military camp is naturally where the core troops are stationed, and the official residence is also used to accommodate some young people so that they will not have trouble finding a place to live after moving in, which would affect administrative efficiency.

The factories produce some special supplies or necessities, such as the Armory Bureau, which are neither suitable to be placed inside the imperial city nor in the outer city. Therefore, areas close to the imperial palace are suitable. After they are built, they can be directly stored in the imperial city’s arsenal to reduce the occurrence of unrest.

As for the embassy district, it is to increase external exchanges and control in the future.

The subsequent granaries, lakes, temples, and granted houses were specifically used to control the food, water sources, and religion in the city, as well as to keep a close eye on the interactions between the powerful and noble and the outside world.

Basically, all the eight directions of the imperial city were occupied.

The main road surrounds the entire imperial city outside this area.

After reading the general introduction of the district, Xixun sighed: "It's really hard to describe the design plan. When it is completed in the future, it will be so magnificent! This imperial city alone can accommodate at least 200,000 people!"

Weishan Zhou also nodded continuously.

According to the design drawings, it would not be a problem for 200,000 Chinese people to move in.

"That's right. The scale of Beiping's inner city was planned from the beginning to accommodate 300,000 people." Yao Ce raised his head and pointed to the other side of the main road around the inner city. "Look at the houses over there. According to the regulations, they are divided into one city and two counties. The east is called Daxing and the west is called Wanping.

The counties are called wards and districts.

Four districts make up one block.

A district includes: main area, commercial area, civilian area and official area.

With the development of Yan State and the refinement of administrative functions, it was impossible to pile everything into the imperial city.

Therefore, each district in the inner city will take over relevant office buildings, military affairs, residences, etc.

The main area is where the nobles who moved in from other places live. They can build a large house with more than three entrances, pavilions, towers, lakes and rockery before they can be used as a business.

The commercial district is the place where all commercial activities take place in the town. Post stations are set up, shops are built, warehouses are opened, and there is a mayor to supervise it to facilitate taxation.

The civilian area is where the common people live. There are separate houses and doors, neat alleys, and ditches running through them. There are mulberry and jujube trees in the front yard and chickens and ducks in the backyard.

As for the official district, it is the seat of each government office and will undertake various functions, including temples, ancestral halls, and places for gods, crows, and drums. "

"If it is divided like this, how do we arrange the middle part?"

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "The lake in the middle is divided into two parts. The southwest is for boats, and the northeast is for gardens. It is for public use and is called a park.

Firstly, the trees planted in the park can be used as logs and bows in the future war. Secondly, it can allow merchants and civilians to walk and relax.

Thirdly, sailing through the southern part of the park can reduce freight costs. Water conservancy also needs to be paid attention to within each capital city, otherwise it will seriously affect the problem of poor material transportation in the area. "

After hearing this, both of them seemed to be thinking about something.

In fact, the arrangement of one block, four districts and one park took Xin Qu a long time to decide.

The purpose is very simple: to save administrative costs.

At the same time, strengthen supervision over the Lord.

Every era has its own drawbacks. After the State of Yan developed the military merit system, Xin Qu did not increase the punishment for the crimes of the nobles.

After all, at that time, in order to unite the people, he couldn't kill them.

Therefore, problems such as the rich being unkind, the nouveau riche causing trouble, and the uneducated lords committing crimes remained.

Then how can we solve it?

We can only rely on the class concept that has not yet been completely differentiated, and use the fearless courage of the people and the common people to supervise the lords' illegality.

Except for the top-ranking officials who lived near the imperial city, the rest all lived in the same neighborhood with the people and common people.

Whenever a lord caused trouble and completely angered the people and the common people, they would dare to pick up knives and kill them as long as their weapons were not removed.

This era is still wild and the law is not necessarily more useful than force.

So, pass the conflict on to others. Before you want to bully others, consider whether you are afraid of death.

As long as a few similar cases occur and the time is ripe, Xin Qu will be able to take the opportunity to reprimand and restrain the lower level.

It's all game.

However, Yao Ce did not see the problem with the arrangement of one block, four districts and one park. Instead, he thought that this arrangement was very good. Maybe after the construction was completed, he could move all his clansmen to live in one block!

Otherwise, the official area designed by Xin Qu would not only have schools and government offices, but also temples, monasteries, and ancestral halls, which clearly provided them with places to worship their ancestors.

But he didn't expect that the ability to set up a clan temple in the official district would require his grace.

As Xin Qu's uncle, Yao Ce can only stay at the foot of the imperial city.

In short, after looking at some of the inner city divisions, Yao Ce led them to continue walking. The imperial city was built strictly according to the number of sevens, seven miles from east to west and seven miles from north to south.

One mile is about 500 meters.

The reason why it was built according to the number of 77 is because the Forbidden City designed by Xin Qu was arranged towards the North Star, which is also called Ziwei Star.

Cities built based on Beidou positioning must naturally be arranged according to the numbers of the Big Dipper.

The number seventy-seven is also a common or frequently mentioned noun, so Xinqu directly used it.

Then, the city gates were arranged downwards aiming at the North Star. From south to north, there are: Qixingmen, Tiananmen, Kaitaimen, Duanmen, Wumen, Xuanwumen, and Di'anmen.

At the same time, Wencheng Gate and Wude Gate were added to the palace area, which is the layout of Xihua Gate and Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City in later generations.

It implies the Zuo Fu You Bi pattern of the Big Dipper.

A closer look reveals that the layout of the Yan State's palace was basically modeled after the Forbidden City of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and then modified according to current conditions.

Of course, this is just the layout of the imperial city.

Because the imperial city needs to host a large number of political activities, it also needs to serve as a place for the Xinqu family in the inner court to work and live.

So it doesn't look small.

But the palace is much smaller.

The palace covers an area of ​​only 450,000 square meters, which is the number 95, 900 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west.

Compared with the 720,000 square meters of the Forbidden City in later generations, it is really much smaller.

However, although it is small, it has everything it needs.

Moreover, Xin Qu also planned to build the periphery of the capital city according to the ring line plan, so the waterways and roads were arranged in a ring-like manner.

If the development of iron continued as it did, and with the smooth flow of the canal, it would have been no problem for Peking's population to exceed one million two hundred years later.

When they arrived at the place where the palace was being built, Xixun and Weishanzhou looked at each other, both of them with shock in their eyes.

They saw the mountain-like rammed earth wall being covered with bricks.

Walking through the corridor and entering the imperial city, one can immediately see the platforms that are rising in rank.

That is the base of the three main halls!
Of course, further behind the base is a mountain of accumulated earth. The earth excavated from the imperial city is piled here, and it will surely become a nice mountain in the future.

Even though there were only the base and the outline, when facing the base, Xixun swallowed his saliva, constantly searching his brain for the landscape he could imagine, and finally smiled stiffly: "This is too big!"

He felt like his brain was going to shut down! He had never imagined that a palace city could be built so big!

"So, we haven't finished building what we should be building yet! We really don't want to send our troops out to mess around."

Yao Ce said cheerfully: "To be honest, instead of going on expeditions to other places, it is better to spend more time working on our capital. When this city is built in the future, it will definitely be the absolute center of the north.

Xin Qu likes the title of Beibo very much.

As long as we stay here, we can definitely guarantee that the northern countries will not dare to go south to invade Dayi Shang.

We all thought so, and we don’t know why Dayi Shang is always worried about us.”

Wei Shanzhou's face twitched slightly. The more he saw the platform and the outer city walls in front of him, the more he couldn't feel at ease as long as he brought the southern Shang clan's perspective into his life.

Once you finish building this city, you will have the confidence to defend the entire Youzhou.

It's impossible for ordinary people to get in!
If you really are indifferent and don't send troops to cooperate with the Shang clan in conquering other races, then ten years later, when the rear is stable and the four fields are united, can you not go south?
Who can defeat you then?
Thinking of this, Weishan Zhou could only smile, but he made up his mind to report immediately after returning that Yan State must be persuaded to send troops, otherwise it would be too risky to give them time to develop! (End of this chapter)