The strength of Taoqiu Dongcheng District lies not only in the order and appearance, but also in the atmosphere of wealth and nobility. Such an atmosphere can be reflected through the crowd walking on the street, the bustle of the lanes, and the hustle and bustle of the places of sound and color.

The king of Wei and the nobles who followed him to Taoqiu were all born with a golden spoon in their mouths, and their understanding of wealth and nobility was deeper than others. Of course, they will not be deceived by superficial things, so that they can have a deeper understanding of the prosperity and wealth of the whole Taoqiu.

After a long journey, King Wei and his party were placed in a specific palace on the shore of Heze.

In fact, such a palace cannot really be called a palace. Because it was not specially built by Dai Yan for his own pleasure or to receive the princes of other countries, it was actually a guest house built by the merchants of Taoqiu for the activities of the Heze Club in the entire vicinity of Taoqiu.

With the wealth of the Taoqiu merchants, and in order to build themselves and their lords as residences, in order to curry favor with their lords, they spent extremely great money. Dai Yan was also a knowledgeable person in later generations, not to mention going south and north, but he had seen a lot of modern hotels and guest houses. In the past, in Fengyi or Linzi, his financial ability was not enough, and he did not have time to be busy with these things to improve his living conditions. Now that he has reached the position of Taoqiu, of course he wants to make himself better.

After the renovation of the Taoqiu Eup, many modern designs were added, and those unique designs were also appreciated by the merchants of Taoqiu. The merchants referred to the design style of Taoqiuyi Mansion and relied on the aesthetic concepts developed by Taoqiu University and benefited from the ideas of Zhuangzi, so they built this kind of guest house that could be used as a palace.

In Zhuangzi's thoughts, the idea of "the unity of heaven and man" has had a great influence on the literature and art of the entire Taoqiu, and the design of architecture has also been obviously influenced by this thought!

Take the palace where the King of Wei lives today, it is close to Heze, but the merchants still bring a part of the water from Heze to this palace, thus forming a pond with living water. On top of this pond, many wooden covered bridges and resting pavilions were built. In the pond, a lot of lotus flowers are planted, and a lot of carp are stocked, making the whole pond look full of life.

And this kind of design that directly transforms nature is also found throughout the palace, but it is not the mainstream. On the shore of Heze, there were originally many tall trees, which were cut down a lot because of the development of the shipbuilding industry, and later Dai Yan also thought of protecting the vegetation at the water's edge to avoid soil erosion, and these trees were protected.

These trees that have grown for decades or even hundreds of years, when building the palace, the designer followed the concept of the unity of nature and man, so that the entire building in the palace and these trees became one. Countless buildings are hidden behind these tall trees, and some even refer directly to the way birds nest, directly between two trees, thus forming a unique style of wooden house.

In such an environment surrounded by a "primeval forest", the designer has stocked some specific creatures, such as elk, swans and even cranes, etc., making the whole palace look like a "fairy aura"!

Later, even Dai Yan arrived here and was amazed by such a design! A garden like this really absorbs the Taoist ideas in art, and living here, although it is close to the most noisy city in the world, Taoqiu, can give people the illusion that they are in the mountains!

This is not a realm, but a fact!

King Wei, who arrived at this palace, was also extremely satisfied with such a quiet palace. Although he couldn't say why, he just felt that such a palace was extremely comfortable!

When Gongsun Yan also followed him into this palace, King Wei asked him directly: "What does Xiangguo think of this palace?" ”

After hearing this, Gongsun Yan immediately replied respectfully: "King Qiyu, this palace is very good, it is very suitable for hiding troops and defense!" ”

After hearing this, King Wei was immediately speechless. What he wanted to ask wasn't this at all, why didn't this Gongsun Yan understand the mood between nobles at all? However, thinking that although today's Xiangguo is a famous man in the world, but from a humble background, King Wei has not done too much entanglement in this. Then he asked him again: "I know that Xiangguo is not only full of wisdom in planning state affairs, but also has unique insights in military affairs!" So Xiangguo thinks that if my Wei State sends troops to attack Taoqiu, can I be sure that such a city will be captured? ”

When Gongsun Yan heard King Wei's words, he saw that his face did not change, his tone did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he didn't know what his true intentions were. Therefore, he replied purely from a military point of view: "Your Majesty, although your subordinates have not been in this Taoqiu city for a long time, they also know that this city is no longer as easy to capture as it was when it was under the jurisdiction of Song Jun before.

This Tao Qiu Jun has made the scale of this city larger, and it seems that the outer part of the city has no walls, and it is easier to attack from the outside, but in fact, it is not. The brick houses outside the city of Taoqiuxi, regardless of their sturdiness, made several bends after we waited for the convoy to enter, apparently for defensive purposes, to prevent the military carts from rushing directly to the city. And those houses outside the West City, once they encounter a war, can not only be used as watchtowers, but also can be directly used as a condescending city wall!

The height of such a tall house has already exceeded the height of the girder city wall. The Taoqiu people are even more through these houses, Jishui and even Heshui are included in it, there are only two places that can attack directly from the land, and there are many fewer positions they need to defend, in terms of geography, Taoqiu City has an absolute advantage!

And today, when his subordinates followed the king through Taoqiu City, they can also see that Taoqiu is now rich, which is absolutely extraordinary. And the Taoqiu people have also become orderly under the management of Taoqiu Jun's strict punishment and strict law. His Majesty saw more smiles and hope on the faces of ordinary people in Taoqiu, but not anger and complaints, which is the proof that Taoqiu Jun won the peace!

And the Taoqiu gentleman has a favorable location and people, and his external assistance should not be underestimated in the slightest. Zhao Hou married him, and personally married the princess of Zhao to him, if we attack Taoqiu without authorization, Zhao will definitely not sit idly by. ”

Hearing this, King Wei directly interrupted Gongsun Yan's words and said to him: "What you said, I understand. I didn't want to capture Taoqiu, after all, when my father was still there, my Wei State signed a contract with Qi State and Zhao State to jointly determine Taoqiu's neutral status, and we will not break the contract without permission. ”

However, although King Wei said so, Gongsun Yan could still see the deep-hidden greed from King Wei's face! Truth be told, if you can get such a rich city without too much cost, what king wouldn't want to?

Subsequently, when King Wei officially lived inside the palace and arrived at the resting place, I don't know if there was an illusion, he suddenly felt that his surroundings had changed, and it seemed that the weather had suddenly become cold!

At this time, the weather is already more than April, and it has entered early summer, although there is no clear thermometer, but in terms of the climate that is far warmer than later generations, the outdoor temperature is more than 20 degrees.

When King Wei entered the room, he suddenly felt cold, in fact, this was not his delusion, but thanks to a unique device invented by Taoqiuyi Mansion: air conditioning!

Modern air conditioners were invented by the American imperialist scientist Carrier in the 20th century, and it is absolutely impossible for the current technical level of Taoqiu to reach the level of the American imperialists in the early 20th century.

But that doesn't mean Dai Yan can't make air conditioners. After all, even the most advanced air conditioner in later generations is a continuous circulation of refrigerant, when the refrigerant flows into the room, the indoor temperature is too high, the temperature of the refrigerant is low, the refrigerant will evaporate, and the evaporation will inevitably absorb heat, so that the indoor temperature will be reduced. When the indoor temperature is too low, the temperature of the refrigerant is higher than that of the room, it will liquefy, and when it is liquefied, it will release heat, thus increasing the temperature in the room.

Modern air conditioning, the use of refrigerants, and the high standards of the compressor for the industry are not necessarily possible for the entire Taoqiu to continue to develop for a hundred years.

Therefore, Dai Yan had to choose a refrigerant that could maintain a fixed temperature. And such a refrigerant, which really exists in large quantities in nature, is groundwater.

Humans generally have access to groundwater that is only about 5 to 10 meters below the surface, and the temperature of such groundwater is between 15 and 18 degrees Celsius all year round. If you want to make an air conditioner, you only need to draw this groundwater through a pump, and then let it pass through a specific metal pipe to connect it to the room where the temperature needs to be controlled, and after a long period of operation, the temperature in the room can be controlled to a similar point to the temperature of the groundwater.

In later generations, this kind of earthen air conditioner, also known as water-cooled air conditioner, was once promoted by the government as a green and environmentally friendly means of energy saving. However, although this kind of air conditioner has many advantages, but it consumes too much groundwater, and when the population is large in later generations, the unscrupulous use of this air conditioner will cause the groundwater level to drop, which will cause land subsidence, and the consequences are very serious, so later such earth air conditioners gradually disappeared, that is, there are still people in rural areas who occasionally use them.

Of course, such an earth air conditioner not only takes a long time to control, but it can only control the temperature within a general range, and cannot control the temperature in the range of 0.5 °C like the air conditioners of Gree and Midea in later generations, and realize remote control operation. And it doesn't increase the humidity in the room, but it keeps lowering the humidity in the room, making the whole room dry.

Moreover, its consumption is not without cost. In order for groundwater to be pumped up from the ground and continuously circulated, a power similar to that of a compressor in later generations is still needed. Dai Yan directly chose a mule as a driving force.

This kind of earth air conditioner, because the pumping is based on the principle of piston pumping, its requirements for power are very low, and the power provided by a mule is actually enough to regulate a house.

With a city backed by a grassland and even a deep trade with a powerful livestock country, does Taoqiu need to worry about mules?

Air conditioning appeared in this era, although it is only a very simple principle, the equipment is also very simple, but it is also a kind of "power to seize the world" thing, this kind of thing that can directly improve the comfort of things, but it is far from how much gold is inlaid on the house building, how much jade can be compared!