Chapter 618 Dream Castle
The main fortress of the castle is a large Roman palace-like dome building, and the castle dome is made of beautiful golden marble, so it becomes particularly magnificent under the blue sky and white clouds.
Especially in the evening
The beautiful sunset reflects on it, exuding a dazzling golden glow, and the towers soar into the sky, as if the kingdom of heaven is in the sky.
The Dream Castle is one of the most classic Renaissance palace buildings in the world, and the overall layout of the main castle and the eight sub-castles is symmetrical and harmonious, making this piece of architecture full of magnificent royal grandeur.
The main fort has the largest dome in the world, with a diameter of 47.6 meters. The span of this dome is the largest in the world, and the entire dome is placed on 18 columns, and its magnificence is called paradise on earth.
The main entrance of the main fort is a baroque main beam supported by four columns, and the upper end is engraved with 9 golden ancient seal characters: "Only dreams support human progress", revealing the vicissitudes of history.
Surrounding the outer wall of the main fort is a series of sculptures of green dragons, white tigers, vermilion birds, and basalt beasts, as well as epic murals of magnificent battles inside, adding an indescribable sacredness to the main fort and making the building more beautiful and historical.
According to the French architect Virebeb Duque, the design was inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, and the wood carving at the entrance to the cathedral depicts the scene of Jesus' deliverance after the crucifixion, and the solemnity of the martyrs is about to come out.
The most magnificent decoration is the splendid interior of the castle, surrounded by angels, flying fairies, doves, lilies, swans, harps and other gospel sculptures on the inner walls, and in the center hangs a diamond crystal chandelier with a dragon rising, using 780 small incandescent lamps, which are brilliant and brilliant when opened, and make people have to admire the miracle of the Creator.
This dragon ascending diamond crystal chandelier consumed several tons of diamonds, more than a dozen tons of gold, silver, crystal and other precious materials, with more than 30 tons of copper made of the main beam frame suspended, the height reached nearly 30 meters, the width of more than 17 meters, only the manual cost cost more than 17 million pounds.
This is the world's largest diamond crystal chandelier consumes countless precious materials, by more than 1,300 craftsmen took three years to make, each piece of golden dragon scales is made of copper hollow, then covered with gold, with cloisonné enamel process to outline the line, and then carefully inlaid with dozens of diamonds, the edge of the dragon scale is decorated with red, green, blue, white and purple crystal pieces, the process is extremely cumbersome.
When the lights bloomed, the hall was full of brilliance, and the brilliant colorful light shone in the pale golden hall, and the sacred feeling was really indescribable and shocking.
The main hall of the castle is in the form of a grand ballroom, where a 69-member symphony orchestra plays music on the orchestra pit, and the ladies and gentlemen of the upper class dance in the glittering palace for an unparalleled experience.
The suspended lobby on the second floor is divided into extravagant small halls, where the top nobles and diplomatic envoys from various European countries can be entertained, and young waiters will shuttle through the room, serving authentic champagne from France.
In the hanging hall on the third floor, there were only a few people, including King Li Fushou and His Royal Highness Nikolai Alexandrovich, the crown prince of Tsarist Russia, and close attendants.
"Dear Lee, I truly admire your unbridled imagination for being able to build such a beautiful treasure out of a few tons of diamonds, whose dazzling brilliance has eclipsed the Amber Room of Ekaterina's Palace, and to be honest, it is truly beautiful." At this moment, His Royal Highness Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov said with admiration.
He is the eldest son of the emperor born on May 18, 1868, and is exactly 22 years old this year, 8 years younger than Li Fushou.
Li Fushou smiled noncommittally, waved his hand to let the close servants step down, took a sip of the teacup and said; "Colonel Nikolai, this is just an interesting little thing, let's talk about your interesting itinerary."
His Royal Highness Nikolai Alexandrovich-Romanov was appointed colonel at the age of 20, which was his proudest status, and those close to him called him Colonel Nikolai instead of His Royal Highness.
At this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is traveling the world on his own in accordance with the Tsar's arrangement, visiting Greece, Egypt, India, Ceylon and many other countries one after another, and has been welcomed by a very high standard along the way. Everywhere Nicholas II went, he was greeted with a very high standard.
"After my trip to Australia, I plan to take a boat from here to Fuso, and after some sightseeing, continue north back to Vladivostok and return to St. Petersburg by land."
"Not going to the United States?"
"God testifies, I'm not interested in those dirty American cowboys, they're rude and rude, there's nothing appealing about it, and I'm not interested in being there."
"What about Australia, what do you think of it?"
"I like it very much, Your Majesty, I am so impressed by the vibrant city and the smoking factories, the clean and hygienic streets and the abundant output, which makes me wonder that this is the back garden of Christ, what a place of choice, to be honest I like it very much."
"Well, you can stay as long as you want, and you can see wherever you want, but I advise you not to go to Sydney, because war is about to break out there, and I don't want to see any danger."
"Can't you see it from afar? I'm really looking forward to witnessing a modern war, Your Majesty, and I'm a real soldier. ”
Lao Tzu believes in your evil?
Li Fushou rolled his eyes, but he felt embarrassed by the request of the young crown prince, who was the heir of the Tsarist Russian Empire, if history had not changed, he would sit on the Tsar's throne in 4 years, ruling over hundreds of millions of people and the world's largest imperial territory.
The Romanov dynasty has ruled Tsarist Russia for more than 270 years, and the most famous of this royal family is its aggressive nature, and the second is the difficulty of having children.
Since Peter I changed the name of the country to the Russian Empire in 1721, the Romanov dynasty has experienced four female tsars, Catherine I (1725-1727), Anna Ivanovna (1730-1740), Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1761), and Catherine II (1762-1796...... It is Catherine the Great, who shook the world and had a famous saying before she died; If I could live to be 200 years old, all of Europe would be prostrate at my feet.
As can be seen from the time window
Peter I died only 4 years after changing the name of the country to the Russian Empire, and the imperial power fell into the hands of Catherine I.
Pinch your fingers and do the math
Counting from 1721, when the Romanov Dynasty was established in Tsarist Russia, in the remaining 79 years of the 18th century, four female tsars ruled Tsarist Russia for 67 years, basically laying the vast territory of Tsarist Russia.
The Romanov dynasty was notoriously difficult to inherit, and if it weren't for the female tsar holding up most of the sky, the survival of the dynasty would have to be marked with a big question mark.
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Nikolai Alexandrovich-Romanov is the eldest son, his second brother Alexander died when he was a year old, and his third brother George died of illness last year.
Now the question is;
The young crown prince is very willful, he must do what he wants to do, and he must see the excitement he wants to see, otherwise he will sneak out.
I thought about it for a while
Knowing that he couldn't stop this young master, Li Fushou said with a wry smile; "Dear Colonel Nikolai, I can promise to make arrangements for you as much as possible, but only if you seek the approval of the Kremlin, and you must obey the arrangements of our security officials and do not act on your own."
"Ula, you're such a good man, I swear in the name of a soldier that I'll never cause trouble."
"I am sure that a telegram will be sent to the Kremlin as soon as possible."
"Then we'll talk about it." Nikolai drank a glass of whiskey with great interest, he did not like to drink bland and tasteless tea, but preferred spirits, and drank it one sip after another, as if it were water.
Li Fushou looked at his young face full of collagen and said with a smile; "Colonel Nikolai, if you want to have a good time, I can see that Prince Sydos is inviting a beautiful young lady to dance, and he looks very happy."
"Uh...... Then I'll have to miss it. ”
"Go ahead, have fun, I'm even crazier at your age, there's endless energy in my body to vent,"
Nikolai finally couldn't resist the temptation of the lavish banquet and the beautiful women, stood up and performed a knightly courtesy politely, and then hurried downstairs.
Looking at the back of his departure, Li Fushou really felt a lot of emotion.
Perhaps inheriting the aggressive bloodline gene of the Romanov dynasty, it will not take long for this seemingly enthusiastic and innocent young man in front of him to reveal his insatiable aggressiveness and put forward the "Yellow Russia Plan" with an astonishing appetite, intending to occupy the vast areas including the three eastern provinces, Inner and Outer Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang, and directly swallow more than half of the Chinese territory.
During his reign in Tsarist Russia, he participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression, the extremely tragic Russo-Japanese War, and led the Russian Empire into the First World War without hesitation, which eventually led to the collapse of the dynasty.
From this point of view
Li Fushou should kick him off the third floor and fall to his death, so as not to harm the Oriental homeland.
But he could not do this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov had all the virtues of a last tsar, a love of vanity, a great joy of success and a hollow-eyed personality, a pompous and willful personality, with a mouthful of cavities and a mouthful of teeth at the sumptuous table to eat everything, and an appetite that was simply so good!
In fact, all that is woven is a false illusion, and when the dynasty ends, everything will come to naught.
During the occupation of the three eastern provinces, Tsarist Russia spent a lot of money on the construction of cities, railways, roads and public facilities, and began large-scale migration......
Such a foolish man sitting on the throne is always much better than other aggressive heirs of the Romanov dynasty.