"Ancestral hall? Merlin was a bit confused, and there were many architectural fantasies among the senators, some of whom wanted to build the Palace of Soviets, some of whom wanted to build the Reichstag, and some of whom had to build their own holiday villas, manors, castles, museums, and palaces

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But no one wants to build an ancestral hall. The senators were not interested in such symbols of patriarchal society. Some of the elders may want to be "gods", but just being an "ancestor" is not attractive to everyone.

"This, what is the ancestral hall for?"

Zhao Yinggong said with a solemn expression: "Of course, it is dedicated to the ancestors of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

"I see." Merlin understood that Zhao Yinggong was preparing to confirm his identity as a descendant of the Zhao Song clan.

This ancestral hall dedicated to the "ancestors and ancestors" was originally planned to be built by the West Lake, but later because of the land price and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau's disapproval, such a swagger was not realized.

I don't know much about ancient buildings, and the ancestral hall must be built according to the ancient system, otherwise it will not be solemn and there will be a problem of over-system, and the Phoenix Villa must be built with local craftsmen, don't report it to you. Merlin was a little worried.

Zhao Yinggong said: "I have already begged someone to draw the design drawing, you can rest assured, it will definitely not exceed the system, I have looked for the people in the historical research room of the big library, as well as Master Wang, they have all seen it." ”

Merlin agreed, and he just built the house anyway. However, he immediately put forward a counter-condition: he asked Zhao Yinggong to come forward to keep Zhou Dongtian for a while, and then set off after he finished dealing with the matter at hand, and he wanted to go to Nanjing with Zhou Dongtian.

"It's all in the south of the Yangtze River, it's a pity not to go to Nanjing, I must go to observe how Nanjing is a "dragon and tiger tiptoe, law ......"

Of course, Zhao Yingong knew Hua's thoughts, and said with a subtle smile: "I must persuade Lou Zhou." ”

Zhou Dongtian was absolutely indispensable for taking Merlin to Nanjing, and Hangzhou was also very comfortable here, staying for a few more days, eating, sleeping and sleeping, and by the way, doing some internal political trial work. The population of Hangzhou Station has increased considerably, and in addition to children, there are many slaves, all of whom are subject to proper secret vetting and evaluation.

In the case of the other party's unknowing, it is obvious that the interrogation of Jiashi cannot be posed, otherwise there are a few strange people in Zhao's house, and the matter will definitely spread. The delegation stayed in the name of Zhao Yinggong's friend, and it could not act beyond the scope of friends. Zhou Dongtian has been trained in body language, as long as he says a few words casually, he can see the general clues by observing the expressions and movements of the other party.

As an "advisor" to the General Administration of Political Security, he came into contact with and observed each of the slaves, especially to see if they had any special behaviors: a jiān was fine, and as long as he carried out his activities, he would inevitably show different clues.

A few days later, he confirmed that none of the indigenous personnel recruited by the entire Hangzhou station were jiān. As for the reliability of indigenous personnel, it is impossible to judge in a short time. However, except for the sedan chair man, most of the servants are loyal and honest people. It is relatively easy to form a common chain of interests with Hangzhou Station. As for how reliable they can develop in the future, it depends on Zhao Yinggong's own ability to take them down.

But loyalty must first form a community of interests. Zhou Dongtian believes that no matter how strong a person's ability to take down is, he will never be able to become the "queen" or "mastermind" of the Zerg, whether it is real interests or illusory interests, loyalty must be built on the basis of common interests.

Zhao Yinggong's main technique is to start with children. In addition to the orphans who were taken in from the streets and markets, he also organized all the children of the slaves.

These children ranged from five or six years old to thirteen or fourteen years old, Zhao Yinggong took care of Sun Wangcai to give pocket money to all the slave children, went to the family school in the abandoned garden, and after the completion of the Phoenix Villa, he let all the children live in a centralized accommodation and live a complete collective life: eating and living together, studying and working together, and thoroughly educating them on culture and outlook on life.

It is not easy to change adults, but children are blank sheets of paper, and how to draw are under the control of Zhao Yinggong. Start by mastering the child's mind, and their parents will not be able to escape.

Their parents, who were slaves, were basically uneducated and could not have had any influence on their children, they would only have zero feelings about the behavior of their masters.

About half of the slaves that Zhao Yinggong took in were children, and he preferred the whole family to vote for them than single slaves. People with children have greater pressure to survive and greater concerns, and this kind of people will not have too many other ideas when they have a safe and stable environment, and a little favor can make them die. And children are the most effective hostages for most people.

The land preparation for Phoenix Mountain Villa was quickly completed, and Sun Wangcai and Cai Shi bought more than 2,000 acres of land in Phoenix Mountain: the price was not large. Most of the land is barren mountainous land, and the land by the river below the mountain is sandy and loam, and sometimes there is a danger of waterlogging, and the value of the official land is not great. All the land was bought, and the deed was completed, and the cost was less than five hundred taels of silver, and Zhao Yinggong hired a wooden cabinet, the so-called wooden cabinet, which was an ancient construction company that specialized in undertaking construction projects. The head of the wooden cabinet is a Dongyang carpenter. He didn't understand the architectural drawings that Merlin had brought out: it wasn't that the ancients didn't have architectural drawings, but that they were rarely used by ordinary house builders.

Moreover, the buildings designed by Merlin were "illegal" in their opinion. To build a house, the carpenter is based on the "Construction Method", how the structure of the various types of houses is, how many sizes are there, and how many looks are the appearance...... Almost all of them have a certain routine, and the carpenter looked at Merlin's paper for a long time, and then said: "It's not difficult to build a house, but it's strange that a house is built like this." Is there such a house built in Guangli? ”

Merlin himself felt that the house he designed was still in the "ancient building style", but the structure and space treatment of the house were designed according to modern architectural principles, but he didn't expect the other party to think it was strange. Wouldn't that be even more bizarre than the bastion-style architecture?

He said cautiously: "That's how we built houses in Sanshui, and I heard that some styles came from overseas. ”

"It's an eye-opener." The carpenter watched and muttered, "Guest! I advise you to do it according to the French style, I am afraid that others will laugh at such a house......"

There was a small argument between the two sides on this issue. The carpenter felt that building such a unique "Guangli style" house would make people laugh, and Merlin of course insisted on his own architectural philosophy, after all, the house of the mountain villa should serve the practicality, and could not accommodate the so-called "French style". Of course, the buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties are very beautiful and tasteful, but they are very poor in terms of comfort and space utilization.

When he arrives in this plane, of course, he will adhere to the direction of advanced architecture.

In the end, it was built according to Merlin's drawings... The construction project of Phoenix Villa is not small, and it is a big deal for wooden cabinets. No matter how persistent the old carpenter is about "Building French Style", he will not be able to get along with money.

What made the old carpenter feel the most strange was the culvert and water supply system on the design drawing, of course, he didn't know about this thing, many Jiangnan towns, and even villages have a complete and reliable drainage system, but he has never seen such a "luxury" design. According to his idea, since it is just a mountain village, there is no need for too complicated drainage at all, as long as there is a stone slab yīn ditch in the courtyard of the mansion for drainage, there is no need to dig such a large ditch that can almost allow a person to walk in it. As for the water supply, a few wells dug in the courtyard of the villa are enough, there are a number of mountain springs on the foundation, and after dredging, a well circle is a ready-made well, the water quality is good, and the water is enough.

Why build such a complicated drainage ditch and pond on the hillside?

Bricks and lime are supplied by local kilns, and timber is transported from Dongyang, Quzhou and other places. Phoenix Mountain is full of broken walls and ruins, and it also provides a considerable part of the building materials. Especially stone.

When cleaning up the broken bricks and tiles, a large number of Song Dynasty tiles and glazed tiles were cleaned up, and Zhao Yinggong took care of all the people gathered together and piled up He was ready to use these materials to build the ancestral hall of the Zhao and Song Dynasty royal families.

The progress of the project is not fast, and the gap between Merlin's architectural concept and method and this time and space is too large.

It takes a lot of time to communicate with the people in the wooden cabinet every day. The procurement and delivery of building materials is very slow.

Seeing that it has been two weeks since the start of work, there is still no stroke. Merlin was accustomed to high efficiency and was unhappy with the slow pace of the locality. Afraid that he would be delayed in the project for too long, Zhou Dongtian couldn't wait to leave himself down and set off, "I must bring my own engineering team to work in the future, and the natives can only be laborers." Merlin would come down from the construction site every day and complain: "They always think we're doing too weird." He kept telling me that it was a waste of money to do this. Someone just took me for a fool! ”

Zhao Yinggong comforted him: "This is the generation gap of the times. Wasn't it the same when you built a house with naturalized migrant workers? ”

In addition to these, in general, the layout of the Phoenix Villa designed by Merlin is still in a traditional style. The main residential building of the villa is located at the foot of Phoenix Mountain, facing Moss Broom Bay and backed by Wansong Ridge. The villa itself is built in the style of a country fort that is common in this time and space, and has a certain defensive power.

The villa itself is enclosed by a wall, and the building covers an area of 8 acres, with multiple courtyards distributed. Including the headquarters of Hangzhou Station, Zhao Yinggong's residence, Hangzhou Station Guest House, Hangzhou Station staff, the residential settlement of slaves, schools and dormitories, warehouses and so on.

In addition to the residence, a number of acres of land for building reserve were enclosed, which was to be used later for the construction of quarantine camps, factories and several settlements to house workers on farms and factories. They are located at a distance from the lodge but are connected by roads to each other and share a drainage and water supply system. @。