Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 642 Relocation of Harem
Li Shimin just wanted to walk around and take a look at it, but he didn't think about it. He just looked at it for a day. He underestimated the construction ability of Zhang Chun and his gang. They could build a building in Dingxiang City in a year. Thousands of villas, 10,000+ people have been repairing the Taiye Pond for almost two years, and have completely changed the place. It is no wonder that Li Yuan couldn't help but want to live first.

Generally speaking, the entire villa group used for living reveals a refined taste. Outside, there are neatly manicured flowers, plants and strange trees of various colors, and there are cement roads for rickshaws to ride. It is very fast to walk through it.

In the house, all the floors are made of beautifully fired large ceramic tiles, the windows are all made of transparent glass, and the roof is covered with thick blue tiles and a layer of beautiful glazed tiles, which prevents rainwater from leaking. It is beautiful and bright, warm in winter and cool in summer. Even the handrails of the stairs are made of hollowed out mahogany.

However, these villas all have one characteristic, that is, they are not big. The largest one covers an area of ​​only two to three hundred square meters. Buildings, many times smaller in size.

"Is this my residence?" Li Shimin walked to the gate of one of the villas with the highest position, the best viewing angle and the largest area, and asked Wang Deyong in surprise.

There was a slight displeasure on his face, because, in his opinion, it was a bit small, and it didn't have the grand palace feeling he wanted at all, compared with his thousand-square-meter imperial study. , are simply two completely different styles.

Seeing his expression, Wang Deyong did not answer immediately, but gave him a look, asking Yan Lide, who was in charge of the construction, to come up and explain, and Yan Lide was not actually the designer of the entire harem. In other words, the main designer of the Daming Palace, In fact, it was Sun Xiangfu, and the person who turned him into a real thing was Zhang Chun, who was in charge of real estate under Sun Xiangfu, and is now the right servant in the Ministry of Industry. Now he is also present, so Yan Lide looked at him again. over him.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this villa has the highest position and the best view in the entire harem complex. It has three upper and lower floors, each with an area of ​​[-] square meters. It has nine bedrooms, a large study, three living rooms, and a Tens of square meters, connected indoors and outdoors, landscape swimming pool with temperature control, and an independent large kitchen. Usually, there will be nine people here to serve His Majesty's daily life at any time. Don't look at him as small, but he is more homely. Taste, after you go in, you will know that there is a hole in the sky." Zhang Chun did not show timidity like Yan Lide, and took the lead, leading Li Shimin and others into the middle of the courtyard.

This villa for the emperor gathered the wisdom of him and all the designers under him, as well as many suggestions from Sun Xiangfu. In his opinion, it was almost the most perfect house in the world. , very confident.

However, Li Shimin hadn't looked inside the house before, his brows furrowed at first. His majestic emperor's bedroom actually only had nine rooms, and nine people waited on him?
"There are only nine people, how can we arrange to come over to my daily life?" Li Shimin asked in an even more displeased tone as he was not interested in watching the scenery in the courtyard.

"According to the design plan, the entire palace, and only you and the empress's villa, are served by nine people, the imperial concubine only has seven people, the concubine has only five people, and Zhaoyi, beauties, talented people, etc. There are only three people, and the underage princes and princesses will only be sent two or three extra people to take care of them. As for whether they can take care of them, you will know after you go in and try them out. If they are really not enough, you can send them more."

Li Shimin knew that in Sun Xiangfu's castle-like house, everything was convenient, and all the servants in charge of daily life were only a hundred. Shanyang, Dingxiang's other courtyard, even had only a dozen or so people all year round. Presumably, they should have used all the convenient facilities in this villa to make it more convenient for users.

This made Li Shimin want to give it a try. After a burst of double-opening framed wooden doors exuding the fragrance of rosewood were pushed open, Li Shimin was immediately shocked by the exquisite furniture design in the house. In the living room of more than 100 square meters , Those sofas that you know are very comfortable to sit on at a glance are placed around tea tables of pure transparent glass. Moreover, even if it is on the first floor, this living room does not need to be lit at all, because, against the back, even The wall of Taiye Pool is composed of a whole piece of floor-to-ceiling transparent glass windows. Those glass windows are all inlaid on movable mahogany frames with pulleys up and down. Now, after pulling them to both sides, this side seems to be completely No wall is the same.

Moreover, directly under these glass windows is the swimming pool. Looking from the hall in this direction, it seems that the entire swimming pool is connected to the Taiye Pool. In fact, Li Shimin knows that it is at least 20 meters away from the water surface of the Taiye Pool. meter drop.

This design alone made Li Shimin's eyes bright, and then, Zhang Chun quickly let him see why this villa only needs nine people to take care of his daily life, because, from bathing and changing clothes to food supply, After that, there is a whole set of team to follow up and supplement the cleaning and sanitation, so that the residents can easily live a very comfortable life, such as eating. For large scenes, there is a large kitchen in the imperial dining room for special supplies, as small as a few people. Two or three maids can directly help him prepare his daily meals in the kitchen outside the villa.

Small things like going to the toilet, taking a bath, such as a toilet that flushes when you press it, and a faucet that can discharge water when you twist it, the nine people let alone circle around Li Shimin alone, even the concubine who stayed overnight, or even several people. Concubine, I have served together, and there is no problem at all.

"Your Majesty, people's basic living needs are actually not complicated. With these convenient designs, there is actually no need for so many people to take care of them. In a big situation, the director of the palace will have a whole set of special teams to deal with them at any time. Standby, in daily life, not to mention nine people, but one or two people, who are dedicated to help one person take care of, in fact, they are also busy. If there are nobles who don’t like to serve, they can even live alone willfully. In terms of life, they waste too much time. The key point is that after adopting this design, the entire harem needs to stay with less than [-] palace people."

"Less than three thousand?" Li Shimin was taken aback when he heard this.

He knows the meaning behind this data too well. The emperor with the most servants like him has only nine people to serve him. Then, the other people who can be called masters, on average, are at most three or four people each. Wait, how many masters are there in total in the harem?Counting Li Yuan's harem group, plus all the underage princes and daughters of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, there are only more than 100 people. Zhang Chun said that 3000 people are because the director of the palace has prepared a whole set of teams to do various affairs , can be organically integrated, such as gardeners who trim flowers and plants and are responsible for sweeping, eunuchs who are responsible for moving and arranging scenes, etc. There are not many fixed jobs, and they can help each other to meet various needs in the harem.

It is definitely a great achievement to directly reduce almost [-]% of the handyman servants in the harem without compromising all the enjoyment. This saving is all reflected in the funds, which may be hundreds of thousands per month. , The expenditure of millions of pens a year, calculated over the years, has no bottom at all. It seems that when Sun Xiangfu made this design, he had already considered this point, and it was really well-intentioned.

After going to the second floor, Li Shimin realized what Zhang Chun said had the best viewing angle. On the large balcony, Li Shimin’s residence was condescending, and he could glance at all the villas on both sides. There were binoculars directly on the balcony. Apart from his old man, Li Yuan, he is an adult man living there. He can almost use a telescope to see some situations in each villa, especially the swimming pool and the living room made of pure transparent glass.

The study room and the master bedroom on the third floor did not disappoint him even more. The oversized spring mattress, the large bookshelf with thousands of exquisite printed books, and beside the bookshelf, there are more than a dozen kinds of exercises available for exercise. Zhang Chun gave Li Shimin a general explanation of the equipment. Li Shimin, who loves sports and is good at martial arts, tried it on the spot and felt very good.

"Your Majesty, all the buildings in the harem villa complex have been decorated and equipped with all the utensils. You and the nobles in the harem, princes and princesses, can move in at any time as long as you bring your daily necessities. As for the original palace The utensils, many The large ones can be grouped together and placed in the Imperial City Park in the future for the common people to visit. The small and valuable ones are also suggested by the minister not to be stored in the warehouse to collect dust.

According to the renovation plan of the old palace, a super-large museum is to be built. The museum can put all the treasures in the palace inside and open them up for the people to visit. Even, many majesty, empresses, and concubines have used it. The old things can also be placed inside for people to visit. There are many things with a sense of age, which can record the changes and progress of this era.

For example, the kneeling mat you used before, the bed and chair you used later, the sofa you used now, the wooden carriage you used before, the steel bearing carriage you used later, the four-wheeled carriage, the five-wheeled bicycle, the bronze mirror and silver used before. Foil mirrors, glazed mirrors, glass mirrors now used..."

Originally, Li Shimin didn't think this proposal was so good, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was of great significance. The emperor took these rare treasures and didn't hide them for private use, but opened them up for all the people to appreciate. , conditional, and even play with them, then they will look at these rare treasures more rationally.At the same time, the emperor who is rich in the world can treat it more rationally.

As for the recording of the changes of the times, Li Shimin also understood it in his own way. He thinks that the original intention of Sun Xiangfu's design is to let people see the benefits of progress, stimulate people, and actively strive for progress.

However, if only a living environment is very superior, it will not be able to attract an old emperor like Li Yuan who has enjoyed it for more than ten years, because in the entire harem, the villas used for living are only a small part, and it also has a landscape garden. , amusement park, health care park, play garden, event plaza and other facilities. Of course, there are more other facilities under construction. This place is much more colorful and interesting than the original cage-like palace.

It was precisely because Li Shimin wandered around inside that he decided that the harem will be relocated immediately. Anyway, the part that has been built over there is enough for all the people living in the harem. People who were trapped within the palace walls since childhood were released into society so that they could better adapt to life outside.

(End of this chapter)