Sophia married into Pengchengbo's mansion, and the Carloli family not only did not get used to it, but because there was an extra maid in the family, they lived a more comfortable life.

This Dongying maid was gifted to the Carloli family by Peng Chengbofu, she has been in Daming for three years, not only can she speak fluent Daming official dialect, but also familiar with the various markets of Yingtianfu and is proficient in cooking.

Although Sophia is trying to adapt to Daming, in terms of various life skills, she is not a little worse than this Dongying maid.

Therefore, Karlsoli and his two sons quickly came out of the loss of Sophia, but they were even more glad that Sophia got married, so that they could enjoy the real Ming food faster.

This also made Sophia, who was married, quite disappointed, and she always thought that she was an indispensable part of the family.

Seeing that the three heartless guys were having a good time, she couldn't help but spit hatefully in the Daming slang she had just learned: "Three without conscience." ”

Because Zhang Wu and Sophia's marriage is the royal family's decision, with the crown princess behind her back, the two Mrs. Peng Chengbo before and after are a little less picky about Sophia.

As the eldest daughter, Sophia has a gentle personality, considerate of others, and is full of hope for today's life, and is very active in integrating into Daming.

Although Zhang Wu's grandmother and mother were a little reluctant at first, thinking that it was too cheap for their grandson to marry a woman of different races, they gradually liked it when they saw that Sophia was different from ordinary Daming women.

Although Zhang Wu is a good boy, of course a rich kid like him will not be very attentive in this era.

Before Sophia, he was not without prodigal and experienced many women. But Sophia gave him a different feeling, and this feeling made him truly appreciate the beauty of men and women.

Since they got married, the two have been blending oil in honey, not to mention how enviable.

The daughter is doing well, and the two sons are also actively learning the culture of the Ming Dynasty, so Carloli's energy is naturally all focused on work.

In addition to the construction site of the gymnasium, his favorite thing now is to go to some of the larger buildings in Daming to study and visit.

When he first arrived in Daming, he was a little disdainful of Daming's buildings, and felt that most of the buildings were low and dilapidated.

But the more he saw, the more he could feel the beauty of the Ming architectural style.

The majestic city wall, the urn city that can accommodate thousands of people, the bell and drum tower, the Yuejiang Tower, and the Bao'en Temple Tower that can be seen as soon as you enter the Ying Tianfu.

While in Rome, Calsoli studied some of Rome's magnificent buildings, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The tower is taller and larger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and far more magnificent than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Although the pagoda of Bao'en Temple has not been successfully built, the main structure has been repaired. Karlsoli has been researching here lately.

He asked for drawings from Wu Zhong and carefully studied the design of oriental-style load-bearing structures.

If he couldn't leave, he would have liked to go to Jingdezhen. Each of the exquisite glasses that was fired was so beautiful and charming, and each one was priceless in his opinion.

The color and composition of each glazed component are different, with figures, flowers and plants, lifelike.

However, these officials in the Ministry of Industry were seriously substandard products, and in order to prevent the spread of the glaze specially fired for the royal family, all the unqualified glazed components were all smashed.

This made Carloli feel very distressed, if this was in Europe, anything could be exchanged for an ancient castle!

However, this also made him see the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, which is the foundation of a truly powerful empire.

In addition to these glasses, what shocked Carloli even more was that the windows of this glazed pagoda were all polished from the giant mussel shells in the sea, which not only allowed light to pass through, but also kept out the wind.

The whole tower has nine floors and eight sides, a total of seventy-two corners, plus two thousand taels of hollow gold beads cast from the top of the tower, and the spire of the tower has four corners, a total of seventy-six corners.

Each is called two wind chimes made of red copper, a total of 152 wind chimes.

The tower has seventy-two sides, and there are two transparent windows on each side, making a total of 144 windows, and there is an oil lamp in each window, which is one hundred and forty-four windproof oil lamps.

The lamp oil required for each oil lamp on the glazed tower is six taels or four dollars per night, and the total amount of lamp oil consumed by the entire glazed tower per month is 1530 catties.

In addition, a hundred monks are required to maintain the entire tower, each of whom is well-trained.

Although the glazed components have not met the requirements, they are still far from completion.

But this year's Lantern Festival, this pagoda was lit up once, and it attracted the entire Yingtianfu to watch at that time.

The night is deep, and the Buddha lamp is forever bright. Under the bright moonlight, everyone seems to see a fairyland in the sky.

In Carlsoli's opinion, even paradise may not have such a beauty.

On this day, the glass guardrail in the tower was installed on the second floor, and he ran over again, wanting to see the complete scene.

The inner wall of the first floor is a complete story of apotheosis, although he does not know the history of the East, but through different scenes, he can appreciate a complete story of apotheosis.

Pieces of exquisite glaze can form a large-scale story of dozens of scenes and hundreds of characters, which is far more complex and perfect than their Rome is only shown by oil paintings.

The second floor is said to be a Buddhist scripture story, and he still can't read Chinese and doesn't know the story in the Buddhist scripture. But he thinks that he reads the story through the full picture.

But when he came to Bao'en Temple, he found that it had been sealed off by guards. As soon as I asked, I learned that His Royal Highness Taisun was interested in coming today, and when he came to visit, he was ready to return and come back another day.

At this time, Liu Wan rode over and dismounted at the gate of the temple, just in time to see Karsoli who was about to return.

"Old Ka, where is this going?"

Karlsoli was accustomed to the Ming people calling him Lao Ka, and said with a smile: "I've seen Young Eunuch Liu, I heard that the second floor was completed today, and I wanted to come and have a look, but His Royal Highness is here, so it's a little inconvenient, I'll come back another day." ”

Liu Wan said: "Your Highness also mentioned your ...... yesterday, since you have already come, you will go in with me, I will tell Your Highness, if I have time to see you, I will call you up." ”

Karsoli now belongs to the high-income group, originally he came to Daming, a month's salary is a gold coin, which is equivalent to ten silver coins, much higher than the average county order.

But whether it is a county order or an official, from the beginning of their examination, they don't care about Yulu.

Once they are promoted, they will no longer serve, no longer pay taxes, and the villagers and neighbors will all give away the land, or even directly join the family.

With this land alone, a prosperous life can be maintained.

Moreover, the officials' salaries were not only silver, but also grain, cloth, salt, etc., which were distributed free of charge. Therefore, in terms of family background, Karlsoli is far inferior to ordinary officials.

However, he is now the chief designer of the arena, in addition to the original Yu Lu, in the Ministry of Industry, he has also been named, although he is not yet an official official of the Ministry of Industry, but he also enjoys the treatment of the Ministry of Industry.

In recent years, the Ministry of Industry has been rich for a long time because of the way to make money with some new technologies such as patents, cement, bearings, and horse-drawn carriages.

According to the laws of the imperial court, the sum of the silver money and grain per month is almost ten silver coins.

But when the Ministry of Industry is rich, it cannot subsidize the officials of the Ministry of Industry in terms of income, and they will pay benefits.

Karsoli is now a double salary, and there are many benefits, but after all, he has only been in Daming for four months, and he has worked for less than three months, and he can't afford to buy a horse now.

He usually rents a horse-drawn carriage or simply walks. When he came to Bao'en Temple outside Jubao Gate, it took him half an hour, and he didn't want to run in vain, so he entered the temple with Liu Wan.

Entering the inner courtyard of the temple, Karsoli also found several acquaintances of the Ministry of Works, who were too low in rank to have the honor of going upstairs with His Royal Highness, and at this time, their eyes were all fixed on the outer wall or the bare pagoda.

Seeing Karsoli, they all nodded slightly, as a sign of greeting, and did not dare to make any sound.

It has been almost four months since he came to Daming, and in Karlsoli's view, the biggest difference between the East and the West is the difference in the whole system.

In the West, the nobility will always be the nobility, the commoner will always be the commoner, and everyone has their own upper and lower limits.

But Da Ming is different, here is not entirely based on blood, but more on ability.

As long as he has the ability, a commoner can become the biggest nobleman and become the top minister in the country.

And he also knew through historical study that the current Ming Dynasty has only been founded for fifty-two years, and His Majesty the Emperor, who founded this empire, was just a cowherd with no permanent production at the beginning.

This is simply impossible in Europe, and it is impossible for a commoner not to be a king, not to mention a high-ranking general.

For an ordinary soldier, it is already the upper limit that he can become a low-level officer, and it is already the upper limit that he can become a low-level knight without land.

As for the commoners, they can only serve as civil officials of one village at most, and perhaps in old age, they can be mixed into a lord.

If you want to change the fate of the family, it will take the disdainful efforts of several generations to change it.

The Western system seems to be less binding on the lower levels, but it is actually more stringent. Da Ming seems to be able to do whatever the upper class can do to the lower class, but in fact, as long as you have the ability, you can quickly come out.

He likes the freedom of the Great Ming, but at the same time he fears the harshness of the place, because it all requires him to readjust.

In Rome, even when the Pope is coming, everyone is free to move around and talk after the welcoming ceremony.

But in Daming, even if His Royal Highness the Taisun was not in front of him, no one dared to speak casually, for fear of losing his temper.

Liu Wan entered the pagoda and saw the exquisite porcelain inside the pagoda, and his footsteps couldn't help but relax a lot.

When going up the stairs, he couldn't help but touch the railing of the glazed splicing with his hand, feeling the slippery under his fingers.

It's so beautiful that when you come in, your eyes won't be able to see enough.

At the staircase on the second floor, Yang Zhangde saw Liu Wan coming up, nodded slightly, and stood up straight again.

Beside him, there were several chamberlains and guards, including several Shangshu and squires from the Ministry of Works, all of whom stood cautiously against the wall, not daring to block Zhu Zhanji's view.

The floor, walls, and roofs are all made of firing patterned glass. There are as few as four pieces and as many as sixteen pieces of glazed glass to form a complete picture.

And the pictures in each different place, in order, arrange a complete story.

The color, pattern, and lines of each piece of glass have strict requirements, which is also the main reason for the difficulty of firing.

Zhu Zhanji was sighing at this time: "It's really extravagant, but it's really a miracle!" ”

Wu Zhong said with a smile: "Now that my Daming is thriving, these expenses are nothing." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and looked at Liu Wan who was walking up the stairs.

Liu Wan said with a long sigh: "Your Highness, Ningbo Emergency, Your Majesty changed his mind, did not stay in Ningbo, and went south directly on the first day of April. This road is smooth, and now I am afraid that it has passed Quanzhou. ”

Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment and said, "Even if you arrive in Star City, you will have to wait for the south wind to rise in May before you can go to the northwest,...... Do you know why the emperor's grandfather changed his mind? ”

"It is said that His Majesty was a little seasick after going to sea and vomited for two days. By the time I arrived in Ningbo, it had improved......"

There were some things that Liu Wan didn't dare to say, let alone guess, but Zhu Zhanji understood what the reason was.

He smiled and shook his head, feeling relieved. Zhu Di's departure did not make him feel frightened, afraid, only relaxed.

Because of his departure, there is no one left to restrain him.

Moreover, as soon as he goes to sea, even if Zhu Gaochi is really not good now, the army will not retreat.

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Even if the imperial grandfather didn't get off the ship, he should have met with the Ningbo officials and sorted out the information reported by each of them, and I will go back to see it." ”

Liu Wan said yes loudly, and then said: "The slave maid met Karsoli outside the temple, and His Highness mentioned yesterday that he had a meritorious role in designing the arena, so the slave maid brought him in. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Since you have met, let him come up, I just have something to ask him." ”

After a while, Karsoli was brought up, he lowered his head all the way, waited to see Zhu Zhanji, and quickly knelt down after standing firm on the second floor. "The little minister Presa Kalsoli has seen His Royal Highness."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Carl Soli, when you come to Daming, you have also learned to follow the local customs." However, you haven't learned yet, only on formal occasions, when ceremonies are held, you need to kneel, and you usually only need to bow for a long time. Get up......"

Calsoli, of course, knew that there was no need to bow down at ordinary times, but in the face of this future emperor, he didn't mind currying favor more.

His fate is tied to him, glory and wealth or family ruin, all in his thoughts.

Now that he has lived the life he thinks is happy and has obtained it, he doesn't want to lose it.

After Calsoli stood still, Zhu Zhanji asked again: "Karlsoli, as an architect, you are now looking at all kinds of different buildings, can you analyze with me the fundamental differences between Eastern and Western architecture?" ”

Zhu Zhanji's words Karlsoli didn't fully understand, but it didn't prevent him from guessing the meaning, because he understood several key words.

When asked about his old profession, of course he didn't panic at all, sorted out his thoughts and said: "Your Highness, the ministers followed His Highness from west to east, and found a very obvious difference. In the West, whether it is Europe, Egypt, or even the Indian peninsula, all use stone as the main building material. But it was only when I came to Daming that I found that Daming mainly used wood as a building material.

The difference in building materials also caused the difference in architectural styles and formed their own architectural art. Different building materials and different social functions make the Ming Dynasty and Western architecture have a different "artistic language"

Different languages express different thoughts and emotions; Different buildings carry different cultures and embody different beliefs.

Stone buildings in the West generally develop vertically, pointing straight to the sky. In this way, the ability to lift the high-density stone roof into the sky is the key to the architectural art, and the pillars that carry out this task are also the key to the key.

Unlike Western stone buildings, ancient Chinese wooden buildings were dominated by dougongs. The overlapping bent wood that holds up the eaves can expand the longitudinal force to the horizontal, thus constructing a variety of cornices.

The fundamental difference between the two architectural styles is that one is a vertical development and the other is a horizontal development. ”

Zhu Zhanji asked with a smile: "What is the similarity between Eastern and Western architecture?" ”

Karlsoli thought for a moment and said: "Actually, there are quite a lot of similarities, both of them have a lot in common in terms of architecture, but if I could only choose the same, I would say symmetry." ”

Zhu Zhanji asked again: "You have an echo in the west, and we in the east will amplify the sound through the water tank and the echo brick, can these three be combined to form a better amplification effect?" ”

This time, Calsoli said with some embarrassment: "Your Highness, the arena is too big, and now the use of brass to amplify sound is the best way we can think of. I've been to various theaters, and they can amplify the sound by installing water tanks under the stage, and they can also amplify the sound by using green glazed bricks and arched wood, but they don't need the arena here. ”

In Daming, in fact, people already know that sound transmission is carried out through resonance, but the sound amplification effect is indeed limited. The stage uses a water tank, and a good theater will also use green glazed bricks to build a house, and then add a concave wooden groove above the head of the auditorium to echo, but these techniques are really not suitable for the arena.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "It's not a gymnasium, I want to build a big hall, this hall needs to be able to seat one or two thousand people, and let the voice of the person who speaks be heard by everyone clearly." ”

A building that only needs to accommodate one or two thousand people, Karlsoli looked at Wu Zhong, who was frowning, and replied: "Can Your Highness give the minister some time, there are many questions, I need to verify with Wu Shangshu before I can give His Highness a satisfactory result." ”

"This matter is not in a hurry, you go down and study it carefully, if you have any needs, just ask the Ministry of Works, as long as the result is left. Wu Shangshu, the Ministry of Industry must cooperate well with Karsoli. ”

Wu Zhong bowed down, but said: "Your Highness, the largest theater in Ying Tianfu can accommodate seven or eight hundred people, and it is enough to squeeze a thousand people." If it is only a large hall of 2,000 people, there is no need to use Xiyi's set at all, and the ministers can build it. ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "It's not a theater that needs to be built, and there is no need for the messy things in the theater. The purpose of building this hall alone is to serve as a place for future court meetings, so that you ministers can also sit and deliberate. So, the building had to be grandiose, sturdy, and royal ......"

Wu Zhong froze, and then his nose trembled a few times, and tears actually flowed out.

He knelt on the hard glass ground with an ordinary sound, bowed his head and cried: "Your Highness will ...... His Royal Highness is merciful and loves the people like a son, and the old minister...... The old minister must do his best and die. ”

His sudden crying suddenly confused Zhu Zhanji, and then saw several ministers kneeling down, all of them praised Zhu Zhanji's kindness, and they were all extremely moved, and he seemed to understand a little.

Since ancient times, in order to show the superiority of the royal family, the emperor has been quite strict in the rules of court discussions.

Especially since the Tang and Song dynasties, the power of Confucianism has gradually become huge, in the Tang Dynasty, the ministers still knelt and sat in the court, and in the Song Dynasty, with chairs, they all became standing.

The Manchu Qing of later generations smeared the Ming Dynasty and said that the Ming Dynasty was kneeling on the court, which was purely slander.

If you let a minister in his sixties or seventies kneel for a few hours and try it, can you still have legs?

Before the Tang Dynasty, there were no chairs, and the ministers all knelt and sat in the court, and kneeling and kneeling were not the same thing at all.

However, Zhu Zhanji proposed to build a special hall for the ministers, so that everyone could sit and deliberate. This concept is completely different, it puts ministers on an equal footing.

That's why Wu Zhong, a somewhat rigid old minister, was moved and felt that Zhu Zhanji was really good.

At this time, of course, Zhu Zhanji would not let go of the opportunity to win people's hearts, and stepped forward to help up several old ministers one by one.

"Although the Fengtian Temple is magnificent, the place is limited. During the court meeting, those ministers below the fourth grade could only be exposed to the wind and sun outside the main hall, and it was even more difficult to endure when it was windy and rainy.

Lonely wants to build a large hall so that all the Beijing officials can sit there comfortably and deliberate, which is also to improve work efficiency. Lone is also preparing to build a water tower above the main hall and a thatched house below, so that even the thatched house will not be allowed to go up for the sake of deliberations. ”

Wu Zhong was a little silent, and kept his head down to prevent Zhu Zhanji from seeing his tears. "Your Highness, this is a benevolent government, a holy act, and the old minister is grateful."

Zhu Zhanji laughed secretly in his heart. In fact, although he was considerate of the ministers standing and deliberating, the main reason was to implement his rules of deliberation.

In today's court, there are still many unsatisfactory places in the implementation of the rules of procedure. For example, many people habitually stand up to refute the minister's opinion.

As the Speaker, he often forgot his responsibility to preside over and debated with others in person.

To build such a large hall, in addition to the emperor, only the speaker and the person in charge of a certain matter can come to the stage to speak, and the order of the speech will not be disturbed.

As for who is making trouble in the audience, there will naturally be Jinyi Wei to deal with him at that time.

There should be rules in everything, but rules are not built in a day. Only with such hardware conditions can everyone know what kind of procedure to follow.

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