Li Shimin just wanted to take a look casually, but he didn't think about it, he looked at it for a day, he underestimated the construction ability of Zhang Chun's gang, they could use a year to build more than 10,000 villas in Dingxiang City, more than 100,000 people have been building around the Taiye Pond for almost two years, and it has completely changed this place, no wonder Li Yuan can't help but want to live first.

Overall, the entire complex of villas used for living reveals a fine taste, and on the outside, there are neatly manicured flowers and trees, and there are concrete roads for rickshaws to ride through, which is very fast.

In the house, all the floors are fired with exquisite large tiles, the windows are all made of transparent glass, and the roof is covered with a layer of beautiful glazed tiles on top of the thick green tiles, which not only prevents rainwater leakage, but also beautiful and bright, and is warm in winter and cool in summer, and even the handrails of the stairs are made of hollow carved mahogany.

However, these villas have a characteristic, that is, they are not big, the largest, covering an area of only two or three hundred square meters, the height of three floors, up and down, more than ten rooms, compared with the original palace-like buildings, the size is many times smaller.

"This is my abode?" Li Shimin walked to the gate of one of the villas with the highest position, the best view, and the largest area, and asked Wang Deyong in some surprise.

There was a slight look of displeasure on his face, because, in his opinion, it was a little small, and it didn't have the feeling of an atmospheric palace that he wanted, and compared with his thousand-square-meter imperial study, they were simply two very different styles.

Seeing his expression, Wang Deyong did not answer immediately, but gave a look, and asked Yan Lide, who was in charge of construction, to explain, and Yan Lide was actually not the designer of the entire harem, to say that the main designer of this Daming Palace was actually Sun Xiangfu, and the one who turned him into a physical object was Zhang Chun, who was originally in charge of real estate under Sun Xiangfu, and now he was the right attendant in the Ministry of Industry, and now he was also present, so Yan Lide looked at him again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this villa is the highest position in the entire harem complex, with the best viewing angle, three floors up and down, three hundred square meters each, nine bedrooms, a large study, three living rooms, a dozens of square meters, connecting indoor and outdoor, a landscape swimming pool that can control the water temperature, and an independent large kitchen, usually, there will be nine people, here at any time to serve His Majesty's life, don't look at him small, but more homely, after you go in, you know that there is no hole in it." Zhang Chun was not as timid as Yan Lide, and took the lead and led Li Shimin and others into the middle of the courtyard.

This villa for the emperor to live in, which brings together the wisdom of him and all the designers under his subordinates, as well as many suggestions from Sun Xiangfu, in his opinion, is almost the most perfect house in the world, and he is very confident in his work.

However, Li Shimin hadn't finished reading the inside of the house, and his brows were first raised, his dignified emperor's bedroom actually only had nine rooms, and nine people were waiting?

"There are only nine people, how can you arrange my daily life?" Li Shimin was not interested in watching the scenery in the courtyard, and asked in an even more unhappy tone.

"According to the design and planning, the entire palace, and only you and the queen's villa, is served by nine people, only seven concubines, only five concubines, and then Zhaoyi, beauty, talent and the like, there are only three people, and the underage prince and princess will only send two or three extra people to take care of it, as for whether you can take care of it, you can go in and try to live to know, if it is really not enough, you can add it."

Li Shimin knew that Sun Xiangfu's castle-like mansion was convenient for everything, and all the servants who were responsible for serving life and living together were no more than a hundred, Shanyang, Dingxiang's courtyard, and even only about a dozen people all year round.

This made Li Shimin rise up to try the mind, in a burst of outward exuding the scent of rosewood double-framed wooden door was pushed open, Li Shimin was suddenly shocked by the exquisite furniture design in the house, more than 100 square meters of living room, those who know at a glance that it is very comfortable to sit on the sofa, around a pure transparent glass coffee table, and, even on the first floor, this living room does not need to be lit at all, because, the back, that is, the wall of the Taiye Pool, is composed of a whole piece of floor-to-ceiling transparent glass windows, The windows, all set in movable mahogany frames with pulleys on top and bottom, now look like there are no walls on either side.

Moreover, under these glass windows, there is a swimming pool directly, from the hall to this direction, looking into the distance, as if the entire swimming pool is connected to the liquid pool, in fact, Li Shimin knows that there is at least one or twenty meters away from the water surface of the liquid pool.

This design alone made Li Shimin feel bright, and then, Zhang Chun quickly let him see why this villa, as long as nine people serve his daily life, because, from bathing and dressing, to meal supply, and then to cleaning and hygiene, there is a whole set of team to follow up and supplement, so that residents can easily live a very comfortable life, such as eating, big scenes, there is a large kitchen with the imperial dining room for special supply, as small as the daily diet of a few people, two or three maids can be directly in the kitchen outside the villa, Help him make it fast.

Similar to the toilet, bathing, trivial things, the toilet that flushes when there is a button, the faucet that can come out of the water with a twist, and other designs, not to mention the nine people who revolve around Li Shimin alone, even the concubines who stay overnight, or even multiple concubines, are served together, and there is no problem at all.

"Your Majesty, people's basic living needs are actually not complicated, with these convenient designs, in fact, there is no need for so many people to take care of the big situation, the palace director, there will be a special set of teams to deal with, on call at any time, ordinary daily life, not to mention nine people, is one or two people, specially to help one person take care of it, in fact, it is also busy, if there are nobles who do not like to serve, and even can live alone willfully, they will not waste too much time in life. The key is that after adopting this design, the entire harem, the palace people who need to stay, are less than three thousand. ”

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

He knows too well the meaning behind this data, an emperor like him who is equipped with the most internal servants is only nine people to serve, so the other people who can be called masters, on average, are at most three or four people per person to serve, and how many masters are there in the harem? Counting Li Yuan's harem group, plus all the underage princes and princesses of Li Yuan and Li Shimin, there are only more than 100 people, Zhang Chun said that there are 3,000 people, or because the palace director has prepared a whole set of teams to do various affairs, which can be organically integrated, such as pruning flowers and plants and gardeners who are responsible for sprinkling and sweeping, and some eunuchs who are responsible for moving and lifting the scene, etc., there are not many fixed jobs, and they can help each other to deal with some various needs in the harem.

In the case that all the enjoyment is basically not discounted, directly reduce almost ninety percent of the miscellaneous servants in the harem, this is definitely a great achievement, this saving is all reflected in the funds, that may be hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, millions of dollars a year, after years of calculation, there is no bottom at all, it seems that Sun Xiangfu has already taken this into account when he made this design, it is really well-intentioned.

After going to the second floor, Li Shimin realized the best meaning of Zhang Chun's perspective, on the wide balcony, Li Shimin is condescending, can sweep all the villas on both sides at a glance, and the balcony directly sets up a telescope, in addition to his son Li Yuan, in this palace lives an adult man, he can almost use a telescope to see some of the situation in each villa, especially the swimming pool and the pure transparent glass living room.

The study and master bedroom on the third floor did not disappoint him, the kind of oversized spring mattress, with a large bookshelf with thousands of exquisite paper-printed books, and next to the bookshelf, there are more than a dozen kinds of equipment for exercise, Zhang Chundu roughly explained to Li Shimin, Li Shimin, who loves sports and has good martial arts, tried it on the spot, and felt very good.

"Your Majesty, the entire harem villa complex of buildings, all have been decorated and equipped with all the utensils, you and the harem nobles, the prince and the princess, as long as you bring your daily necessities, you can move in at any time, as for the original palace utensils, many large pieces, can be directly put together, in the future placed in the imperial city park, for the people to visit, small pieces, valuable, the minister also suggests, do not collect in the treasury dust.

According to the renovation design plan of the old palace, it is necessary to build a super-large museum, the museum can put the treasures in the palace, all in it, open to the people to visit, and even, many of His Majesty, the queen, the old things used by the concubine, can also be placed in it for the people to visit, there are many things with a sense of age, can record the changes and progress of this era.

For example, the kneeling cushion you used before, the Hu bed and the imperial 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 copper mirror, the silver foil mirror, the glass mirror you used before, and the glass mirror you use now······"

Originally, Li Shimin didn't think this proposal was very good, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was of great significance, the emperor accepted these rare treasures, did not hide them, and kept them private, but opened them to all the people to enjoy, and if they had conditions, they could even play with them, so they would look at these treasures more rationally. Things outside the body, at the same time, can also look at the emperor who is rich in the world more rationally.

As for the record of the changes of the times, Li Shimin also understood it in his own way, and felt that Sun Xiangfu's original intention of designing it was to let people see the benefits of progress, stimulate people, and actively strive for progress.

However, if the living environment is very superior, it can't 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 landscape gardens, playgrounds, health gardens, theater gardens, activity squares and other facilities, of course, there are more other facilities, which are under construction, and here are much more colorful and interesting than the original palaces like cages.

Li Shimin also decided that the harem will start to move immediately from now on, anyway, the part that has been built there is enough for everyone living in the harem to live, and as soon as possible, those who have been trapped within the palace walls since childhood will be put into society, so that they can better adapt to life outside.