Chapter 217: Differences in Philosophy

Seeing that Ye Tao was interested, Guan Haishan sold Guan Zi instead, and he suddenly said, "Do you know what tricks I used to pass the technician assessment?" ”

Ye Tao saw that the senior brother actually changed the topic, and he was not annoyed, and asked with a smile: "If the expectation is correct, it should be something like an architectural model, right?" ”

Guan Haishan nodded, patted Ye Tao on the shoulder, and said, "You guy, I took a piece of wood, made the frame of a dougong-type hall building, and then put stones on that model. In the end, the frame model was only three catties and seven taels, but the stone was built until one thousand one hundred and fifty catties, and the model collapsed. Hehe, you didn't look at the expressions of the people around you at that time. ”

It turned out that the senior brother had seen so many big scenes, and he still had this kind of childlike innocence, Ye Tao was stunned for a moment and then laughed, and said, "This ratio is indeed amazing." However, only models can be used, and no matter how good a real building is, it cannot achieve this load-bearing ratio, and of course, there is no way to test it. ”

Guan Haishan thought so deeply and said, "Yes." But it's still a lot of fun. According to what the two friends I heard in Yuhang describe, I made a rough structural model of the bell tower in Chunnan. It may not be entirely accurate, but according to them, it should be pretty much the same. You can see it when you look at that frame, alas, Chunnan people can really waste money. ”

Guan Haishan raised his hand, and an entourage immediately brought the big wooden box he brought and put it on the workbench where Ye Tao and Guan Haishan were chatting and drinking tea. Guan Haishan removed the lid of the box, and the structural model of the entire tower building was presented in front of Ye Tao's eyes.

Unlike the Seven Seas Tower and the Danyang Bell Tower, which have begun to use the latest building materials and construction methods, the bell tower that the Chunnan people themselves want to build actually uses extremely traditional oriental tower building techniques. In the center are two giant logs forming the central axis, and there is a gap between the floor and the central axis on each floor around it. The whole tower body is like a huge thick sleeve, set outside the central axis, this structure can allow the tower to have a certain swing amplitude in the event of an earthquake or typhoon, so as to avoid damage to the building structure under special weather conditions. This structure. It can be said that it is very advanced. Ye Tao knew that many tower buildings have adopted this structure to achieve excellent results, and even some towers have gone through hundreds of years, and finally half of the tower body collapsed, but the other half is still standing. And what surprised Ye Tao the most was that at the top of the huge central axis column, there was actually a small counterweight like something. Is there already an awareness of the use of such horizontal damping devices to reduce the oscillation of buildings?

After carefully observing for a while, Ye Tao asked, "Senior brother, you came from this model according to the drawings. Or have you redesigned it based on your own experience? ”

Guan Haishan smiled slyly and said, "Someone helped me get the drawings." ”

Ye Tao frowned and asked, "Traditional tower architecture, especially this central axis approach, is too limited by natural materials. No matter what, it can't exceed 150 feet in height, right? Isn't it a little shorter for the bell tower? ”

Guan Haishan nodded approvingly and said, "Chunnan's side first determined the wood of the central axis, and then designed it according to the length of the wood. The height of the tower was only one hundred and twenty feet. But. The Chunnan people are really willing to throw money, they flatten the entire top of the Danxia Mountain on the edge of the port, which originally had a good view, and paved a whole step-type stone platform about 15 feet high with stones, and then built this tower in the center of the stone platform. Whether it's the view, or the place where you can see the bell tower. It's a lot better than the Seven Seas Tower. The only trouble is the installation of the bell, which seems to have nowhere to install a large enough hanging bell. When the hour was announced, the sound could not travel far. ”

Ye Tao nodded. He said, "If you have gain, you will have to lose." I've seen the map of Yuhang, and the port and Danxia Mountain are not in the middle of the city, unlike the port-centric layout of Yicheng, maybe they didn't expect the bell to cover the entire city. It can only be said that everyone's design concept, as well as the design of the purpose of the bell tower, is different. However, you say that Chunnan people are extravagant, and it is true, such a bell tower. More than half of the cost is in materials. And the daily maintenance is much more troublesome than the Seven Seas Tower and the Danyang Bell Tower. Just so much wood material mothproofing, what a lot of money every year. …… When will this guy be built? I kind of wanted to check it out. ”

"Showing the carriage or a private visit?" Guan Haishan didn't think it was strange, he asked with a smile: "They have been working for a while, but it is estimated that it will be completed for at least one and a half years or two years, and this is still a good guarantee in all aspects." Will you be able to go then? ”

Ye Tao shrugged noncommittally and said, "Let's talk about it then, I really want to go." There will be time. Big Brother...... This time you came but you couldn't show up at the wedding. It's ......."

Guan Haishan tilted his head and looked at Ye Tao, and said indifferently: "It's also fun to go to Xiling to make something." Brothers, everyone. Don't say anything so outward. During this time, my wife and children were in Yunzhou, and I helped arrange them. ”

After a slight pause, Guan Haishan asked again: "Didn't you say that you would build a city in Yunzhou?" When I come back from Xiling, can you determine the location? ”

Ye Tao shook his head and said, "The positioning of this city is not clear, I really don't know how to choose a location." His Majesty meant that the city might as well be farther south and easter, which is now the northeast side of Snow Wolf Lake. This new city is not only the future central city of Yunzhou, but also the central city of the entire future north of Dongping. If I can get the city to meet these two requirements, both the treasury and the government will allocate funds to finance the construction of the city. Naturally, the requirements are very high, and the city must be able to accommodate 500,000 residents, and at the same time, it must be able to accommodate more than 100,000 troops, have various facilities suitable for residents' lives, complete water supply and drainage, transportation, and disaster prevention systems, and have a thorough and strong defense force. Moreover, the city must be able to integrate with the landscape, to have beautiful views, and even the design of the entire city must be able to withstand decades or even centuries...... Because, many technologies and means that will be used in this city will become the standard and reference for the new national capital in the future. Big brother, how long do you think it will take to design and build a city that can meet such requirements? ”

Guan Haishan frowned and asked hesitantly, "Are you going to get all those sewers and other facilities into this city?" ”

Ye Tao nodded and said: "Yes, when Danyang rebuilt the new city, it was because the original facilities were really a little old, and the amount of work was too huge if they were all rebuilt, so those designs were abandoned." Moreover, it doesn't make much sense to just have a new town to get a sewer or something. But now that we want to rebuild a city, the most convenient thing is to do these things from the beginning, after all, it is more convenient to do it directly now than to dig roads to bury pipelines later. ”

Guan Haishan nodded. It was hard for him to imagine what a city with such high requirements in all aspects would look like, and it was also difficult to imagine how Ye Tao would decide on the function and appearance of the city at that time, but he knew very well that this must be a big project that could become the focus of attention of the entire continent. It is impossible for Ye Tao to devote all his energy to this city, and he will be the most suitable candidate for the chief engineer of this city.

He smiled lightly, shook his head helplessly, and said, "But, that's interesting, isn't it." You should take care of the site selection of the city first, and when I come back from Xiling, it will almost be in time for the design stage. ”

Ye Tao took Guan Haishan's hand and said, "Senior brother, although there are thorough guards in Xiling this time, after all, it is an enemy territory, you must be careful." ”

If you want to go to Xiling, you naturally have to preside over the construction project, and you have to manage it from design to later decoration. And this project is also a part of Ye Tao and Dongping's important layout: the Thunder Yin Demon Sect General Altar Complex. Compared with the various construction projects that Guan Haishan has handled in the past, this building complex can only be regarded as a piece of cake, but in Xiling to carry out this project, without the construction team composed of skilled workers and experienced foremen, technicians, and technicians that has been used very well, Guan Haishan is really needed to solve all kinds of construction problems.

In any case, Guan Haishan will complete the general construction of the entire temple complex by June next year, without leaving any troublesome technical problems, and then Guan Haishan will become the chief engineer of the new city in Yunzhou, and work with Ye Tao to complete the design of the entire city, and oversee the construction of the entire city. In the construction projects of this city, he will have almost unlimited powers: personnel rights, financial powers. His goal is to work with Ye Tao to make this city an insurmountable classic for future generations, and how much it costs is not a matter for him to consider at all, in fact, he has unlimited funds. These are the exact opposite of the temple complex. The entire temple complex only had a total budget of 370,000 taels of silver, so he had to work backwards from the budget to work backwards from the design of the entire temple complex. The contradiction between functionality and budget is one of the most interesting problems that every architect encounters.