Chapter 441 Inauguration Ceremony (2)

For Ye Tao, Ye Tao is mainly responsible for the conceptual design and general appearance design of Gondor. Gondor's many unique urban functions, especially the fact that at the beginning of the design, there was room for the burial of various power pipelines now, which was naturally Ye Tao's idea, but these functional designs were ultimately completed by a large design team, including Guan Haishan. No one has really worked on such a complex project, especially the design of drainage pipes without detailed meteorological data, although there is a lot of margin, everyone is still a little bottomless.

Ye Tao is not from an urban planning background after all, although he knows that the bottom of the brick pipe with a cross-section like an upside-down egg has a relatively fast flow rate, which can partially solve the problem of pipeline siltation, although he has tried to get out all the good written materials of the documentaries about urban planning he has watched before, and chose the characteristics that may be used to add it to the design and construction of Gondor. The ornate Minas of The Lord of the Rings is naturally the first reference in terms of aesthetic design, but the ground section references more cities. The underground part is a great reference to the neat and orderly and aesthetic municipal engineering design of Paris. Since a city was built from scratch, Gondor had very few limitations, such as digging deep enough to complete all the underground works before starting construction on the ground. This part of the cost accounts for one-third of the entire construction cost. Ye Tao really didn't want the underground project that had taken a lot of effort to go wrong. If there is a problem, an imperfect Gondor is still a small matter, and importantly, it will seriously affect the ongoing survey and construction of the new capital, which will make everyone less convinced of this new urban planning system.

Gondor's performance, however, was extremely impressive. Gondor has a bell tower on the hill and a bell tower on each of the four directions of the city on the ground level, and every morning, the long-distance chiming of the punctual time replaces the daylight of the stormy season in the morning and dusk, and becomes the yardstick for the whole city to begin its activities. Most of the troops who had arrived at Gondor were stationed in the camp for as much indoor training as they could. And those troops who will participate in the parade will continue their training with their armor removed. Yunzhou is very wealthy, and the ginger soup is enough. These high-spirited battalions would never be weaker than anyone else in such a big scene.

Despite the heavy wind and rain, the entire city is still functioning normally and is still strong. By the third day of heavy rain, the streets were still dry and there was no standing water. On the stone slabs that have taken a lot of effort to carve out shallow non-slip grooves on the ground, everyone can run around, and although it will inevitably get wet, it will not be like some cities, and it will be muddy to go out on a rainy day.

Every day, wearing boots and raincoats made of natural rubber, the servants walk through the streets and alleys, asking residents about their lives and helping them fix leaks. The construction of the city is so complex, it is impossible to say that every building is perfect, not to mention that there are too many people and too many contractors involved in the construction of the entire city, which is not completely controlled by Ye Tao and Guan Haishan and others. Most of the areas where Jiang Yan and Zheng Zhe are located are built by wealthy families who buy land plots and find people to build them themselves, but it is this kind of area that has more problems. Many people always think that the arrangement of sewer pipes is a bit redundant and expensive, but at this time it suffers. Jiang Yan and Zheng Zhe couldn't help but snicker that there are always some people in every place and every country, but the heads of households in these places are in trouble, and those who haven't moved here are okay, and those who have moved here have to ask the government for help. The Doge's Mansion of Gondor, although it does not yet have a Governor, is already functioning well, and the buildings are temporarily uninhabited, but the well-equipped houses are being used to temporarily house these fallen guys. Of course, punitive rents are inevitable. And this caused another round of curiosity among many people who arrived in advance: When did the government start to do such intimate things?

There are also many parts that have been out of service, and the street lights on the main road, which used to be lit every night, have been temporarily suspended. Although Ye Tao has considered a certain degree of waterproof performance when developing electrical equipment, especially light bulbs and lamps, the practical time for electric lamps is too short, and due to the limited production, everyone feels that light bulbs are very expensive and are reluctant to toss around. Only the lights in the area around the Doge's Palace of Gondor remained lit as some kind of experiment. And this area has inadvertently become the hope of all the people of Gondor. When the whole city is in a dark situation, when all around is the sound of loud thunder and continuous heavy raindrops washing away everything, the people can always find a nearby high point, look from afar, and see the warm light in the center of the city. It's not surprising that everyone has such emotions.

The Doge's Palace was also the busiest place in the whole of Gondor, with a large number of staff members coming in and out. Those civil affairs officials still have such things as rubber raincoats, but the number of raincoats is limited after all, and those who travel to and fro and transmit all kinds of information and documents are not treated so well. But now in Gondor, there are many people who need to pass on information in this situation. After all, Gondor had only just been built, and there were still many details to be perfected or being put to the test. This situation also made Ye Tao determined, even if the phone system is not perfect, it can only be transmitted point-to-point for the time being

"It came from Dongcheng, and now there is a small area of the camp where the Tieyun Cavalry is stationed has a slight seepage, as if the tiles have been lifted by the wind. Is there a craftsman who can go and fix it? ”

"Everything is reported at the cargo terminal, and all the warehouses are ready for waterproofing."

"The ordnance warehouse reported that the lightning rods were all fine, and the dispersal of the fire oil bombs had been completed. Ensure that there are double guards on duty for twelve hours. All the fire-extinguishing equipment has been distributed. ”

"That part of the mountain is layered on top of each other, and this kind of weather is the most troublesome. Make sure there are enough people to respond to emergencies, remember to take the non-slip ramp, the stairs are like a small waterfall......"

"Let the brothers who patrol the mountain road be very careful and watch out for landslides and mudslides. Especially in the back mountain, if the brothers on duty at the Hall of Heroes at the top of the mountain have enough water and food, don't run around. The weather ......."

"The western part of the wall has been struck by thunder!" "Huh!? What? "There is no reaction, the craftsmen are checking, it seems that the lightning rod on a turret has not had time to be installed."

"Have all the families in Xicheng been resettled? …… Let Xiao Ding go back and stare at this matter, and remember that the house maintenance fee and pipe installation fee will be doubled. ”

In the busy governor's palace, all kinds of situations are being summarized, and the officials and soldiers who shuttle back and forth bring news and instructions with them. The army has never caused much trouble to Ye Tao, and due to the full preparation, nothing big happened in the entire Gondor. Nothing major happened except that someone had tilted a lot of debris into the sewer pipe, causing the drain to clog and a block to flood. In Gondor, the fines and dispositions for such things have always been severe.

After a few days, Ye Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that Gondor had withstood the test. Not only do drains quickly carry large amounts of rainwater off the ground, making the city look drier and even more productive. The load of the sewer pipes is about half of it in these days, and it is estimated that even if it encounters a heavy rainstorm that is rare in a century, it can be safely passed. Although the docks could not be loaded and unloaded normally in such weather, the management and transportation of supplies, especially the delivery of some stock of daily necessities to various parts of the city, was never interrupted. Naturally, this is only a special disposition at the beginning of the city's construction, and the dock can be regarded as a relatively weak link in the well-thought-out Gondor's city defense system. The dock area is even more outside the defensive circle, and after Gondor enters the smooth operation, a large number of necessities related to people's livelihood will definitely not be stored here for a long time. As for now, since the number of the people of Gondor is really small, and the city is not yet fully operational, it is much more convenient to manage a reservoir area than to manage a large number of scattered warehouses.

After the first few days of torrential rain, when the slope of the rain stabilized and the manic level was reduced, Gondor's popularity gradually returned. The clock tower was back on time, and after a few days of reliable lighting in the neighborhoods around the Doge's Palace, the docks, the high command, the avenues radiating from the central square to the edge of the city, and the market area began to be lit at night, and the merchants were relieved, especially the inns and restaurants, and business at night suddenly improved. Most of the people who stayed in Gondor in advance were people from some families, drinking and chatting in the teahouse and restaurant, and then going home with the lights on became a special fashion during this time. But the officials have reduced their travel to and from the city, and although the construction has not been completed and the inspection has not been accepted, the pipeline mail system has been put into trial operation. The high-pressure steam propelled metal mail boxes from department to department, and the petty officials quickly got used to judging whether the department was busy by the frequency of the pipes.

Everyone was looking forward to the sunny weather, so they were not afraid of the rainstorm at all, and they did not feel bored at all. Those soldiers and officials from the military army jokingly said that they were training with recruits, and they had good grades and could enter the main battle camp, but before they were officially assigned, the officers in charge of training would definitely give these top students a hard time, so that they would know that the sky was high and the earth was thick......