Chapter Fifty-Nine: Performance

Ye Tao officially announced in the Ministry of Industry that Princess Zhaohua Tan Weixin has integrated many manpower, material and financial resources.

After Zuo Changming informed Ye Tao of the news leaked from Ye Tao, the Zuo family intentionally or unintentionally revealed the relevant information to the clans with better relations on some occasions, and then, when the official decree was announced, the words that Ye Tao said had been passed on to the whole country and became a secret known throughout the country. The big merchants and clans were also divided into very different types in this situation, and some were very keen to deal with people with the title of junior officials of the Ministry of Works, but in fact they were deacons and high-ranking subordinates of the princess's mansion, trying to form a win-win agreement. Led by the Zuo family, many very powerful merchants and clans were not too interested in obtaining a limited amount of compensation, and almost all of them chose to discount this part of the funds into shares in the entire Danyang City planning and reconstruction project.

What made these merchants and clans more and more satisfied was that after choosing this method, the people in the princess's mansion were not too harsh in their assessment of the cost of relocating their property. After all, it was a win-win situation, as the merchants and clans had the opportunity to reap considerable benefits from the huge project, and for the temporary coordination team consisting of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Households, and the Princess Zhaohua Mansion that ran the project, there was no doubt that such an approach would alleviate considerable financial pressure. Although the funds from the treasury that Tan Weixin can use should be sufficient for this project, sufficient does not mean sufficient. It couldn't be better to be able to rely on the money of these collaborators to do things better.

In just two or three days, a Danyang construction supervision yamen headed by Liu Yong, the head of Tan Weixin's mansion, with the participation of a number of officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and a considerable number of famous gentry from Danyang as advisors, had a rough framework. And after that, those things like demolition and resettlement. The design, construction and supporting facilities of those satellite towns, as well as more detailed details of the compensation for the demolition and resettlement of ordinary people's families, will be issued and carried out through this yamen.

And Ye Tao is actually the chief designer of this unprecedented Danyang reconstruction plan.

Whenever he thinks of this peculiar identity, Ye Tao feels a little funny. Indeed, he is a designer, a great industrial designer who is accustomed to all types of work, and he has a wealth of knowledge and experience in products and processes. But urban planning is a different story. It's one thing to come up with a theory. It's another thing to turn these theories into actionable project plans. At present, where are the three small towns attached to Danyang that have been decided to be established, how can they be organically combined with the surrounding natural conditions, and how far should they be from Danyang and from Tiecheng? How to solve the transportation between them, and after the residents are relocated, is it feasible to operate the logistics of various daily necessities and means of production? After the redemption of such a large piece of land in Danyang City was completed, how to carry out the work step by step, and how to demolish it. How to rebuild, how to rebuild, where did these construction teams come from, and what is the technical level and execution ability of each place? …… All kinds of questions piled up on Ye Tao's desk like this, making him a little tired and out of breath.

This situation can't help but make people accustomed to modern society for a long time. Ye Tao, who is in charge of a strong creative team and always tries to correct the tendency of his young designers to go their own way, is a little helpless. Now, he is the same as the rough sketch, and then the detailed design. Legends of engineering plans that required a variety of calculations and material surveys were given to the subordinate officials of the Ministry of Works, who were now nominally under his command. However, it wasn't long before he discovered that this back-and-forth process was more laborious than drawing all the drawings himself. However, in order to have a group of engineering and design talents who can recruit and fight in the future, Ye Tao had to frown and turn the design and planning work into a training in engineering technology and architectural design in this era. His training method is simple, that is, "frustration education". Drawings that did not meet the requirements were sent to him, and he always listed a large number of places that needed to be modified and then returned for rework. There is no such thing as CAD in this era. Even the technology of photographing has not yet been developed, and the incomparably complicated redoing of architectural design drawings can make people painfully hit the wall with their heads. On the contrary, those who were asked to redo it, although many of them were much higher than Ye Tao in terms of rank. Among them, the highest-ranking was even a fourth-grade editor in his fifties, but this fourth-grade editor resisted the officials below asking him to report Ye Tao's delay in work to his superiors, and instead seriously started from the basic concepts of legends and scales, holding the fine duckbill pen produced by Ye. Carefully draw different types of drawings such as perspective drawings and three-view drawings that meet the requirements.

Ye Tao is not indisobedient. Contrary. When they are discussing something, don't say it's the officials. Even the lowest-level officials who are responsible for running errands, as long as there is a reason, they can raise it with Ye Tao in person. But on many issues, Ye Tao never compromised, such as this kind of drawing specification that has been accepted by many people and began to understand its value. Gone are the days when designers drew drawings according to their own ideas, often differently from what others understood.

And at this time, Yi Zhanlou ran into a trouble. The first on-site explanation of the grand strategic battle was smashed. Suo Zheng talked about the method of explaining chess games in the past, but found that in the explanation hall, although there were many players, but with the holding of the marching chess open, a large number of curious marching chess who had never been in contact with it, and even the most basic explanations who had never been in contact with grand strategy gameplay poured into the venue. Marching chess is a game, but it is already a game with a lot of influence and a lot of attention. Suo Zheng tried to strike a balance between explaining the game professionally and popularizing marching chess to ordinary people and attracting them to become players, but he was a bit unflattering. What's even more troublesome is that unlike the two who can play many rounds a day, the grand strategy gameplay is a bit protracted. Although according to the rules, each game can only be played for a maximum of one day, which is four hours. How to attract everyone in such a long explanation is something that Suo Zheng has never considered.

The nervousness led to the dryness of the content of the explanation, and the dryness of the content led to the fact that from the beginning of the lecture to the end of the chess game, there were fewer and fewer people in the lecture hall, and in the end, in the lecture hall that could accommodate 500 people, only more than 100 people remained, and a third of them were dozing.

"Young Master...... I messed up this time. Punish me. Suo Zheng, the chief referee who has a high status in the hearts of players, stood in front of Ye Tao dejectedly, uneasy. He knew that this time the open tournament, although the tickets for the lecture hall were only a means to limit the number of people and not to cause trouble in the organizational work, and not a source of income, but it was responsible for the task of promoting marching chess, especially the grand strategy game, now. Looking at the number of bookings for the next few lectures, Suo Zheng's pressure is really not small.

"Why did you punish you?" Ye Tao knows that this kind of live chess is certainly a relatively new way in this era, but in modern society. Even the most famous commentator may make everyone want to sleep for various reasons. This kind of thing, how can you be demanding Suo Zheng, who has been working hard?

"Young Master...... This chess talk is really a bit confusing. Usually those guys fight so lively. But when it comes to this kind of competition, follow the rules everywhere and be cautious, which is a full hour from the discharge of troops to build the camp to the first battle. If it's all the usual players, casually teasing and chatting, or even laughing at the two sides of the battle, it's okay, but ...... What to do with so many people there who don't understand? ”

Suo Zheng heard that Ye Tao didn't blame him for messing up the explanation of the first game of the grand strategy gameplay. On the spur of the moment, he poured out the bitter water in his stomach.

"So, who's next?" Ye Tao asked.

"Chi Yun led the general of the forbidden army to embroider the princess's ...... Team. Suo Zheng said with some embarrassment: "Both sides are very troublesome, and they don't dare to talk nonsense." ”

Ye Tao smiled and said, "Then I'll talk about this." ”

Suo Zheng was stunned. Then he understood, indeed, the battle between these two teams did not dare to talk nonsense in his own capacity, but Ye Tao was different. Ye Tao didn't know how many times he said to the team of the embroidered princess Tan Wei Ying that it sounded too much to others. even made Tan Weiying cry a few times, and he was okay like this. And Chi Yun's team. I am also very convinced of Ye Tao's strategic and tactical ability reflected in the grand strategy gameplay. In any case, Ye Tao relies on his current identity, as well as Tan Weixin's clear support and protection, there will be no problems. At the same time, Ye Tao is also to teach Suo Zheng on the spot, how can this chess be said.

Suo Zheng nodded and said, "So...... So what do I need to prepare? ”

"The map they are playing on should have been drawn, right? Prepare the map, let Kassandra go to the explanation hall and wait for me, by the way, you can let people go to the princess's mansion and invite Liu Xiangyuan and Miss Liu here. Ye Tao nodded and said, "Talking about chess, as long as I feel like I'm talking about chess, just care about others." ”

I don't know if the news of Ye Tao's appearance on the stage to talk about chess spread overnight, or if the two teams themselves have more supporters, and the lineup that came to listen to the explanation was so luxurious that ordinary people and players who bought tickets early were a little afraid to step into the lecture hall easily. Sitting in the first row, there was the first family of Dongpingdi, the lord of the country Tan Xiaopei and Queen Zhuoxiu, as well as the prince Tan Weiming, Princess Zhaohua Tan Weixin, and the second son of the king Tan Weipeng were all present. The officials who came to watch the battle or just came to listen to Ye Tao's explanation, both civil and military, were neatly lined, as if they were preparing to carry out the early dynasty in the lecture hall. The presence of the general Zhuo Mang is something that everyone never expected, he is Tan Weiying's uncle, but he is also a general who is extremely supportive of young generals, "Commander-in-Chief of the Dongping Armed Forces", his presence shows more and more that everyone has a very high evaluation and attention to the realism of the grand strategy gameplay.

Judging from the timing, it is very likely that the lord of the country and the ministers present came directly after the morning court meeting, and the court clothes on their bodies seem to confirm this. Those who talked with Wei Ying or Chi Yun, or the people in Danyang City who had a good relationship with the people in the teams on both sides, were almost not pulled, and they were still the most inconspicuous people present, and when many parents were on the scene, they could only hide obediently in the corner.

Ye Tao saw the lord of the country, met the princes and princesses who were usually not big or small, met the ministers, and chatted with everyone for a while before stepping onto the podium with a calm face. Suo Zheng looked at the curtain behind the explanation platform in a cold sweat, he was glad that Ye Tao took over the work of explaining this game of chess, otherwise, even if half of these people were present, no, as long as a third appeared, he probably wouldn't even be able to speak. And Ye Tao didn't even have a little nervousness in his expression.

Just like the procedure agreed in advance, a soft music sound indicated the beginning of the game, and at the same time, the commentary led by Ye Tao also began.

Something different. It's not as ordinary as yesterday, everyone likes to see the silk and bamboo ensemble, but the horse-head qin with a strong grassland flavor. And when everyone in the explanation hall quieted down while listening to the melodious music, Ye Tao's explanation also began. also did not introduce the map decided by the draw between the two sides, and the lineups of the two sides, etc., Ye Tao started his own layout in an extremely alternative way:

"This is the pasture that the gods have given to the herdsmen

This is a workshop for the cultivation and training of life

This is, our hometown......

One day, torrential rains flooded the land

The cracked sand turned into mud

The dormant insects and grass seeds begin to grow

In the buds of the bushes, birds began to sing again

There will be herdsmen's lambs here

Chewing softly with a heart full of joy

This blue sky is our tent

The rainbow of the horizontal frame is our beam

Water and grass are all our hopes

It's so rich that you forget everything

Here we just remember, sing, sing

Never a paradise forever

When the lamb falls to the ground, we have to pack our bags

The sun we are in awe

and roast the earth to the bridle

Eagles at the top of the acacia tree will soar elsewhere

Groundhogs peer at the back of the line

Pick up some sorghum left along the way

There will only be a few ponds left in the land

All the weak can only hope

Pray that the strong will be able to leave a few mouthfuls of turbid soup after drinking

The children looked back frequently

Grown-ups will say, there's honey, there's milk, there's chirping bugs, there's colorful leopards, but there's also wolves!

We are to feed the cattle and sheep strong

Don't expect good times to be too long

We have to try to survive

The dead do not deserve to be honored

Here, life and hope grow

Here, suffering and blood never go away

This is our hometown."

With the music, Ye Tao slowly explained the characteristics of this map in a faint sad tone, as if singing an epic song. It's a very different map, the rainy and dry seasons make it almost a completely different world, and basically, this map is a combination of desert and grassland, a land that can only be fought theoretically. In reality, I am afraid that no general can guarantee that he will be able to survive on this land with his troops, let alone continue to win. It's also a theoretically good map for all kinds of cavalry tactics, with most of the plains and savannahs except for a few hills. And the irony is that when they drew this map, both Tan Weiying and Chi Yun secretly laughed for a while, and they all felt a sense of victory.

Ye Tao, on the other hand, used this narrative to explain the land, and he turned the explanation into a performance, and in a short period of time, he set a slow and sad tone for this simulated battle.