Chapter 588: Fortress Palace
As soon as he entered the rivers and lakes, he couldn't help himself, although Zhao Hao claimed that he wanted to leave forcibly, but he knew that he was just talking, and he was just throwing a temper. In the end, www.biquge.info the two sides compromised, and the Zhongzai agreed that His Majesty would go to the Wenchang Palace for summer vacation, and that the Zhongshu Province would compile and inform the emperor of general matters every day, and important matters would be submitted to him for approval. This condition is already very broad, and Zhao Hao nodded in agreement.
Although Zhao Hao wanted to leave earlier, it was very cumbersome to move. Of course, safety comes first, first of all, Ni Liang and Liu Ling were ordered to lead three battalions of guards and more than 20 chamberlains to the palace to fight the front station, arrange guards, and tidy up the houses. At the same time, the right army was ordered to send troops to Wenchang to be responsible for the perimeter guard, and the Baisha Navy sent ships to inspect the surrounding waters, while the family was busy packing up.
Since Zhao Yu still has to deal with official business, the staff team cannot be missing, so Ying Jieyan led the team to go with him. After five days of preparation, an auspicious day was chosen, and the team was able to make the trip. The capital city of Qiongzhou is more than 200 miles away from Wenchang County by land, and it will take seven days according to the normal marching speed. So it was decided that it would be convenient to take the sea route, so that a few boats would solve all the problems, and the boat would only arrive in a day and night, and he would not have to suffer from fatigue.
On the sixth day of the first month of August, Zhao Yu bid farewell to the Queen Mother and boarded the Sheji at the wharf outside the city, accompanied by only two baggage boats and five dragon boats. After crossing the river to Haikou along the south, the Baisha Navy sent 20 warships to escort the escort, and after a day and a night of sailing, they arrived at Boao the next day and docked at the wharf in the south of the island. Speaking of which, this is also the second time he has been here, but he did not go to the island last time, and there are only a few dozen families living on the island, but this time it is much more lively.
However, it was not Zhao Yu's idea to build the summer palace here, but it was his order to develop Boao. Since entering Qiong, there have been several major battles, and after each battle, there will be a large number of wounded soldiers. Considering that most of these injuries and illnesses were left alone, and that many of them would be disabled and difficult to re-enlist, he decided to choose a scenic place outside Qiongzhou to establish a military sanatorium, where the wounded and sick could recuperate, and officers and soldiers could also take turns to relax and recuperate, so he chose Boao.
When Zhao Yu went to Yashan, he mobilized the baggage army to go to the island to repair houses and build houses. He didn't know how famous Boao was in later generations, but when he chose the site of the island, he found that this place was at the confluence of the Baiquan River and the South China Sea, which was not only rich in aquatic products, but also had a beautiful scenery that integrates mountains, rivers, lakes, seas and islands, and integrates forests, beaches, hot springs, strange stones and pastorals; There are also more than ten miles of beaches, many magical islands and rivers. So he was also attracted by the scenery, thinking that as long as his precious apprentice did not die, the small palace in Fucheng would definitely not be able to hold him, so he took the initiative to build a summer palace.
Zhao Yu saw his palace before he went to the island, and he was happy! The old man is also too capable, this is probably the most unique palace in the world, it is clearly an earthen building, like a giant bunker standing on the coast. He is obviously fooling himself as a city baby, he has no knowledge, and he is proud of himself on the boat, saying how peculiar the construction of the palace is, and how complete the functions are!
However, the old man was not wrong, after landing on the shore, he walked only two hundred steps to the gate of the palace, and from the appearance the whole building looked like a large round grain hoard, covering an area of about twenty acres. Facing south and back to north, built on a high ground, following the door to meet the eye, the first is a half-moon-shaped pond, which is stocked with fish and turtles, the ingenious is that the pond is built on a spring, without another diversion of water to get sufficient water sources, you can put fish and shrimp, water flowers and plants, can also store water to prevent drought, set fires, and gather rainwater.
The other half of the pond is the building of the house, the junction of the two halves is separated by a rectangular open space, and is paved with triple soil tamping, which can be used as a martial arts field for the guards, and the square main building is in the middle, which is the place where Zhao Yu lives. Ying Jieyan said that this was the meaning of taking the sky and the round place, but he looked like a huge copper coin, and he was drilled in the eye of the money.
While walking, as Zhao Yu knew in his previous life, the whole tulou adopts the architectural model of three buildings with two horizontal dragon houses, with upper, middle and lower three halls, and there is a patio between each hall, which is separated by a wooden screen, which can be opened and closed as needed. There are north and south halls, upper and lower corridors, toilets, flower halls, wing rooms, study, living rooms, living rooms, etc., which are scattered and scattered, and the main and secondary are distinct. The building structure is low in the front and high in the back, which is conducive to lighting, ventilation, drainage and sewage.
The outer layer of the horizontal house is a half-moon-shaped enclosure layer, with a height of four floors, which guards the main hall and forms a defensive barrier. There are hundreds of rooms in the curved enclosure, which can be used for people and storage of supplies. There are no outward-facing windows on the first and second floors of the enclosed house, and there are large outward-facing windows on the third and fourth floors and in each room, which is not only conducive to lighting and air circulation, but also becomes a gun hole for looking at the enemy situation and shooting outward. The windows are generally not large, and can be used as lookout holes and shooting holes to resist incoming enemies. In addition, there are corner towers built on top of the enclosure house to guard and look.
Zhao Yu knocked down the wall, his hand smashed very painfully but there was no response, he estimated that the wall was at least five or six feet, from the exposed wall, the foundation part was built with a stone base, and the top was rammed with raw soil. Such a thick wall greatly enhances the heat insulation, so that it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and can also resist enemy attacks. And he felt that when Ying Jieyan built the palace, he must have thought that this place was close to the sea and was vulnerable to attacks by enemies at sea, so he also made a lot of considerations in defense. Such a large building had only one main entrance, and when the enemy attacked, the gate became a strong fortress.
The door frame and threshold of the gate are all stones, and the door panel is about a foot thick and covered with iron sheets. Several holes with bamboo tubes embedded in the gate were dug diagonally on the gate, and if the enemy attacked the door, it could shoot down and pour boiling water. In order to prevent the enemy from setting fire, a fireproof water tank and a sink are also installed above the gate, as long as the switch is pressed, the water will go down the door to extinguish the fire and protect the door. In addition, the outer enclosure is also rammed with a sandwich wall, in case the outer wall is blasted open by a stone-throwing machine, there is still a sandwich wall in the building, but it can be safely and unharmed.
After turning around, Zhao Hao secretly smiled bitterly, this palace is too tight, and while it can defend against foreign invasions, he has also become a closed prison from an open prison, if you want to sneak out, it is much more difficult than the palace in Qiongzhou! Look at the smug old man smiling with his beard, he regrets coming here a little......