Whose mansion walls are as tall as the walls of the city?

As for the master and the subordinates and slaves in the family, they all live in that "castle", which is even more inconsistent with the living culture of Great Xia.

Regarding Gu Bei's whimsy, Li Laosan could only shake his head.

Gu Bei didn't care so much, anyway, he paid for it himself, so he didn't care whether he violated the system or not.

What's more, his mansion was built in the fiefdom of Luobeigang, not in Yingtianfu, even if it violates the system, it is inconspicuous, who will care about him?

So, with Gu Bei's nod, he was ready to break ground.

First of all, the mansion selected by Gu Bei, Li Laosan took his apprentice to measure the entity, and after the inspection, there was no problem with the site selection.

The craftsmen who built Luobei Port before were all transferred by Chen Jinwang.

But how to build his uncle's castle, Li Laosan was blind.

Building a house is not the same as building a high-rise building, it is not that he pats his head to figure out how to build it, but also has to have detailed design and construction drawings.

There are detailed regulations on various design standards and specifications for buildings, relevant materials, construction quotas, indicators, clear hierarchy of housing construction, and art forms of architecture.

Therefore, before the start of the project, Li Laosan will draw detailed construction drawings as needed, which are as detailed and cumbersome as the construction drawings of later generations.

The small castle that Gu Bei wanted to build in this manor, even Li Laosan, who was the oldest, couldn't figure out how to build it.

It gives the craftsmen a headache.

So Li Laosan, leading a few skilled craftsmen, found Gu Bei again.

"Uncle, we really haven't seen the building you drew called the castle, I wonder if you can draw a more detailed architectural sketch for us?" Li Laosan asked directly to Roll.

Gu Bei naturally had no problem, he had already drawn many sketches because of how the castle should be built.

Seeing Li Laisan say this, he got up and went to the study to take out a stack of sketches, which he drew with the sketch perspective method, which was very intuitive and clear at a glance.

After looking at the detailed drawings of the castle painted by Gu Bei, Li Laosan and the technical craftsmen he brought with him were silent again.

This kind of construction method is unheard of in Great Xia, but not to mention whether this castle is illegal or not, the key is that in the eyes of the craftsmen, how does this castle look a bit like a small military fortress?

Uncle is repairing this thing near Ying Tianfu, what does he want to do?

Li Laosan still has a good vision, the castle is not a military fortress built by Western nobles in order to protect their land, food, livestock, and population, and is used to protect their territory.

First and foremost, it is for military defense.

Of course, Gu Bei didn't think about it that much, he just felt that building a castle was powerful and domineering, and it was different in this world.

Li Laosan's group of craftsmen ran to Baifu many times, but they still didn't dare to make a claim, and finally asked his uncle to go to the Yingtianfu Ministry of Industry by himself.

Gu Bei was also communicated with the Ministry of Industry back and forth several times, and he was a little depressed, wouldn't he just build a castle? Why is it so troublesome?

Looking at the stack of sketches in his hand, Gu Bei was worried that the group of officials in the Ministry of Industry couldn't understand it. This is the result of so many days.

Just when he was a little depressed, Gu Bei suddenly thought of something, and his eyes couldn't help but light up......

A few days later, the Ministry of Industry was in the yamen.

Shi Laiyun, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, looked at the things that Gu Bei asked the generals to move in carefully, and his face was puzzled.

The tabletop is the size of the object, boxy, and covered with a piece of red silk, which covers the object below so tightly that it is impossible to see what it is.

"Gu Xiannan, what is this?" Shi Shilang looked left and right, and asked curiously.

Gu Bei hehehe: "Shi Shilang, this is a newly built mansion." ”

Shi Shilang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Gu Xiannan, what nonsense are you talking about?" Can your mansion be so small? Are you going to be a mouse? Haha......"

Without waiting for Shi Shilang to finish laughing, Gu Bei stretched out his hand and pulled away the red silk, revealing the objects under the red silk, but he saw Shi Shilang standing on the spot, and the laughter was also held in his throat.

Under the red silk, there is a delicate sand table, which is the model of the manor that Gu Bei wants to build.

The sand table model was the method that Gu Bei suddenly thought of that day.

For fear that these officials would not understand, Gu Bei simply made a model.

The sand table model, which is a common method used by developers in the 21st century.

With the sand table model, it is clear at a glance, and there is no need to talk too much.

That's right, that's it! Although the building sand tables of real estate developers in the 21st century are made of plastic, in fact, there have been similar architectural models since ancient times, but no one has made them in Xia Guo.

Gu Bei remembered that he had watched a variety show called "National Treasure".

One of them, the precious cultural relics collected by the Palace Museum, is an architectural model of ancient buildings.

The so-called "hot sample" refers to the model that is reduced according to the proportion of the real thing, processed and made of materials such as straw cardboard, oil wax and wood.

Gu Bei naturally doesn't know how to make hot samples, but he doesn't need to make them so finely, as long as he can give Shi Shilang an intuitive impression.

And his own house sand table is done, and he can also let the lady and Qing'er in advance to see what the future home will look like.

Thinking of this, Gu Bei also became excited, and immediately asked people to invite Carpenter Wang to visit.

Making a sand table is something that can't be done without the help of carpenter Wang, a skilled craftsman, and relying on Gu Bei alone.

After Carpenter Wang arrived, Gu Bei told him his thoughts, which made Carpenter Wang also very interested. Although he had never made such an elaborate object, he was willing to try it.

So Carpenter Wang found his son and cooperated with Gu Bei, and everyone was busy.

It took several days to finally make the architectural sand table of this manor, and Gu Bei was careful to transport the sand table to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry in a four-wheeled carriage, and asked Shi Shilang to preview it.

Looking at Shi Shilang's surprised look, Gu Bei was also secretly proud in his heart.

Hehe, you dirt bun, you've never seen anything like this, have you?

didn't wait for Gu Bei to finish his heart, but there was a sudden pain in his head, and a loud voice sounded in his ears:

"Bastard boy!"

When Gu Beizheng was proud, he was stunned, and when he looked back, he saw a big mountain standing next to him, it was not Cheng Wushu or anyone.

What's going on? I took the sand table of the manor mansion and came to the Ministry of Industry, why did I still run into this old goods, is he now in the department?

It turned out that Cheng Wudi had just come out of the yamen, and when he saw Gu Bei in the distance, he took a group of people to the Ministry of Industry, and he followed him when he happened to have nothing to do. After talking to Gu Bei for so long, knowing that this kid is not profitable, he can't afford to be early, and there is nothing beneficial, he would rather stay in the one acre and three points of land in Baifu than come out.

Without waiting for Gu Bei to figure out what was going on, he heard Cheng Wudi turn around and shout to his relatives: "Go and invite the old man......"

Gu Bei is still ignorant, what does this old guy want to do? Why did you invite the old man?

Could it be that he is really in charge of the Ministry of Works, and he is not allowed to build a mansion by himself, and he can't invite the old man to come over and beat him?

After Cheng Wushu gave the order to follow him, he didn't pay attention to Shi Yunlai and Gu Bei on the side, and looked at the "construction sand table" in front of him, so that Gu Bei was not embarrassed.

Gu Bei coughed lightly: "Cough, Uncle Cheng, this sand table made by the little nephew, but what's the problem?" ”

"Hmph, tyrannical creatures! You bastard, you have such good things, why didn't you offer them sooner? It's really time to fight! Cheng Wudi glared at Gu Bei angrily.

Good stuff? What does it mean?

Gu Bei is still very confused, won't this old man also take a fancy to his manor and want to repair one? But what does it mean to call the old man?

Seeing Gu Bei's dazed look, Cheng Wushu didn't want to pay attention to him, looking at the sand table in front of him, he kept gesturing in his hands, muttering something silently in his mouth.

The old man happened to be in the Governor's Mansion, not far from the Ministry of Works, so he didn't wait much time before he walked in.

"Cheng boy, you asked the old man to come over...... Why is Gu Boy here! The old man asked.

After Cheng Wushu saw the salute, he pointed to the sand table brought by Gu Bei: "Old man, please look at what this kid makes, well, Gu kid calls it a sand table." ”

It is the manor mansion building sand table, the turtle! Gu Bei silently complained in his heart.

The old man's gaze followed Cheng Wuving's fingers and landed on the sand table.

In order to be more intuitive, he not only made an architectural model of the castle with Carpenter Wang, but also made a terrain model on the sand table according to the topography of Xiangyang Mountainside.

The undulating hillside was built by Gu Bei with yellow mud, and in order to look realistic, he also covered it with green malachite powder, which looked lush and green, like a hillside overgrown with trees.

Gu Bei's manor mansion, when the site was selected, only occupied part of the sunny slope for the construction of the castle. The European-style gardens, ponds and lakes are built on flat ground under the hillside.

When making the sand table model, Gu Bei and Carpenter Wang used gelatin and blue dye to make the appearance of a lake.

Coupled with the exquisite craftsmanship of Carpenter Wang, the castle model made of wood, the entire sand table looks very realistic at a glance, and completely expresses the surrounding terrain of the manor mansion imagined by Gu Bei.

Such a realistic sand table appeared for the first time in Great Xia, and as soon as the old man of the military boss set his eyes on it, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Cheng boy, this thing called sand table was made by Gu boy? Good stuff, good stuff! The old man took a few glances and immediately praised it.

Cheng Wushu shook his head: "Straight thief, this battlefield is too small, at most it can only be used to command the battle of a thousand people, it's really a waste!"

Gu Bei couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, Nima, what is this old bastard talking about? His own manor building sand table, he, he actually said that the battlefield was set up too small......

The old man also commented on Gu Bei's sand table one after another, and finally let Gu Bei, who had been confused, figure out what was going on.

The two military bigwigs are treating his construction sand table as a military sand table used to command operations!

He turned his head to look at his proud work, his manor mansion sand table, uh, it seems that it can really be used as a military sand table.

He hadn't thought about this stubble before, and the key was that he was not a military fan, and he didn't realize the military significance of the appearance of the sand table at all.

As a matter of fact, the sand table has a wide range of military uses, and can vividly display the terrain of the combat area, and indicate the composition of the enemy's and our positions, the deployment of troops, and the disposition of weapons.

In the 21 st century, the armed forces are commonly used to study the terrain, enemy situation, and combat plans, organize coordinated actions, carry out tactical drills, study combat examples, and sum up combat experience.

The current Great Xia, even if it is a map for operational command, is quite rough and rudimentary.

The vast majority of these maps are indicative in nature and far from being precise.

This was actually quite unfavorable for operational command, but the level of technological development at that time was such that it was too difficult to draw an accurate map.

At this time, the sand table presented in front of the two military bigwigs seemed to open up a new world for everyone.

For a commander like the old man, the first time he saw the sand table, he saw the military use of this thing.

The appearance of the sand table made the old man and Cheng Wudi interested, surrounded the sand table, and looked at it with interest.

Even on a whim, he actually planned to conduct a war game on this sand table.

Seeing the two bigwigs gearing up, Gu Bei was very congested, and wanted to cry without tears, his own manor mansion! It's not for you to play like this!

"Lao Tzu blocked the gate of the manor with a brigade of swordsmen, and harassed behind him with two brigades of archers, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that you can attack it!"

"Cheng boy, phew, what's it called? Why does the old man have to go through the gate? Where can't the walls of this manor be breached? A single charge of cavalry can break into the manor, and you can only retreat to the castle for defense."

"Old ...... Is it a retreat to the castle, and you are afraid that you will not be able to withstand ten days and a half months? How many times more troops are you? Don't forget, you're all cavalry, what do you use to attack the castle? ”

“......”

In the main hall of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the two quarreled together, attracting some officials of the Ministry of Industry to come and watch.

The old man and Cheng Wushu were on the sand table of Gu Bei's manor mansion building, playing war games.

Wargame deduction has existed long before the Xia Dynasty, when the Shang Dynasty had begun to use stones and wooden bars to demonstrate formations and study warfare by playing games on the ground.

The most famous war chess deduction in history is the story of Mozi's desire to prevent Chu from attacking Song during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The public loss squad built a cloud ladder for the state of Chu, and wanted to use it to attack the state of Song. Mozi and the two of them, in front of the king of Chu, on the top of the main hall, used the clothes bag as the city wall, and the wood chips as the equipment to defend the city, and carried out war games.

The public loss squad used a variety of ingenious tactics to siege the city, all of which were resolved by Mozi one by one. Until the siege methods of the Gong Brigade's siege were exhausted, and Mozi's defense equipment to defend the city was more than enough.

The king of Chu finally gave up attacking the Song state because of this deduction.

By the time of the Great Xia, the rules of wargame deduction in the military were more perfect, with detailed rules and deduction methods.

The two bigwigs in the army, who used to do war games, could only do it on a map that was not very detailed, which was very unpleasant.

And seeing Gu Bei's sand table today, this kind of wargame deduction method that seems to have opened the "God's perspective" made the two bigwigs addicted.

had a good time, and even beckoned Shi Shilang to fetch the drink, and continued to "fight" while drinking.

Shi Shilang obediently cooperated, looked at the two big guys, and laughed happily.

Gu Bei was completely speechless, if it weren't for the fact that he really couldn't touch it, he and the two old guys who ruined the sand table of his manor mansion building would have a hard heart.

It's just too much.

This is not a military sand table!

It felt so strange that the two of them were trying to destroy his small castle that had not yet started construction.

However, he is a little son-in-law, and in front of his old man, he really has no right to speak, so he can only grit his teeth and endure it!

finally endured until the two of them were too addicted, and even drank several jars of wine, and this military flag deduction was finally over.

Cheng Wushu was satisfied with the big slap of the pu fan, and began to ravage Gu Bei's little shoulder again.

"Virtuous nephew, yes, this sand table is a good thing! You bastard, you've finally made something interesting. It's a waste of time to get some waterwheels and horse-drawn carriages all the time!"

Cheng Wuxian's words made the old man want to beat people.

The importance of waterwheels and four-wheeled vehicles to Great Xia can make Emperor Xia willing to knight Gu Bei, but this kid actually said that it was a waste of time!

The old man didn't bother to pay attention to Cheng Wuving, and stretched out his hand to recruit Gu Bei to his side.

"Gu boy, you will teach the Ministry of Industry how to make this sand table. You see how rough you do, it's really too much to use. "The old man dislikes that the sand table made by Gu Bei is not exquisite.

Gu Bei had to listen obediently, nodding from time to time.

After enduring the old man's teachings, Gu Bei looked at Shi Shilang and asked, "Shi Shilang, look at my mansion, can it be built like this!" ”

He made a sand table, the main purpose was to get the Ministry of Industry to agree, and finally the old man and Cheng Wushu finished the battle, so he had to ask quickly.

Shi Shilang set his eyes on the sand table, and said after a long while: "Gu Xiannan, your castle costs a lot of money, I'm afraid the Ministry of Industry can't agree to you build it like this." ”

Hearing what he said, Gu Bei was anxious, why couldn't he build it at a huge cost?

"Shi Shilang, I'm afraid you're mistaken! According to some calculations, the manor does not cost much. ”

Although his manor occupies a large area, it does not cost much to build because it does not have the complex structure of traditional buildings.

The labor cost of traditional ancient wooden buildings is quite huge.

I don't know how many skilled craftsmen it will take to build the mortise and tenon joints that are not fixed with iron nails and only with a mortise and tenon structure.

In the 21st century, the cost of restoring ancient buildings is far more than that of cement buildings, mainly in labor costs.

And Gu Bei felt that his manor mansion didn't need so many skilled craftsmen to carve those complex patterns or something, why did Shi Shilang still say that it cost a lot of money?

Wait a minute...... Did he mean that the mansion was built at the expense of the Ministry of Works?