The area of the northern capital is very large, twelve kilometers long and eight kilometers wide, surpassing the Tang Chang'an City and the Northern Wei Luoyang City in the previous life in terms of scale.

But in terms of the overall design layout, it is unique, surpassing the cities of any ancient dynasty.

This city was designed by Wen Yi himself, and it already has the prototype of a modern city.

There are dedicated sewers, there are garbage stations...... Modeled after the Tang Chang'an City, a waterway extending in all directions was designed for the residents of the city to use water.

In consideration of cleanliness, numerous wells were dug in the city for the people to drink.

The road is divided into one, two, three and four levels, and the first-class main road is extremely wide, with a balance of several meters in eight lanes. The side roads have been much smaller than they are, but they are spacious enough for this era.

The most important thing is that the first, second and third main branch roads are all paved with cement, and the fourth-level roads are paved with blue brick pavement.

It has to be said here that the practical steam engine played a crucial role.

The steam engine + crusher made the cement output of the Tang Kingdom soar, and it was Wenyi's 'luxury' move that followed.

Even so, the construction period was very slow, only a third of the work was completed in a full year, and the Sui Dynasty only took half a year to build Chang'an City.

In consideration of the relocation of the capital, the first thing to do was to repair the palace and the area around it.

Well, the Imperial City is not in the very center of the Northern Capital, but in the Eastern Corner. The reason why it is placed here is to facilitate travel and avoid harassing the people.

Another reason is to facilitate future expansion.

In the future, when the population increases, the new city can be expanded to the northeast with the imperial city as the center, and the imperial city will be in the center at that time.

As for the Imperial City...... It covers a large area, very large, about 5,000 acres.

However, this includes the internal and external courts, the yamen of the central ministries, etc., 890% of which are the office land of the imperial court, and the scope of the real palace is only 200 acres.

For ordinary people, this area is not small, but it is too shabby for the palace, and it is Wen Yi's insistence that it has become like this.

Some people may ask, how to protect the emperor's safety if it is done like this? What should I do if someone reverses?

Just kidding, if you have all the artillery, if you let the rebels storm the imperial city, what's the use of relying on the palace guards?

It's better to be realistic and think more about how to govern the country well. The ring of walls outside the palace is more to protect the emperor's privacy.

The architecture of the palace is also out of place with the surroundings, if it is a person from the 21st century, you must be surprised, this four-storey duplex villa is the palace?

Yes, the architecture of the palace was also designed by Wen Yi himself, and it was built according to the specifications of the duplex villa, with floors inside and tiles on the exterior walls.

A concubine lives in a building, older princes and princesses also have special living areas, and palace maids and kitchens also have separate living places.

However, there are also small gardens, ponds, pavilions, etc., and skilled craftsmen have also spent a great deal of effort here to make the palace look less shabby.

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On this day, the northern capital is about to usher in its master, and before Wen Yi arrives, the Praetorian Guard and the people of the Guard Division will arrive first, and check and defend the imperial city to ensure that there will be no problems.

The third astronomical Yi Cai led the crowd to the wharf outside the city, and the officials and people of the Northern Capital Construction Division came to greet them. When he appeared, the people let out a shout of long live the tsunami.

This is a sincere cry, not for anything else, but for the person in front of them to let them get the land.

The process was skipped, only said that Wen Yi breathed a sigh of relief all the way to the palace, and then walked around here.

This is the first time he has seen his future home, and he is generally quite satisfied. What intrigued him the most was the pond in the palace, which contained many koi fish.

He asked, "Were these koi fish brought back from Dongning?" ”

Ma Yibai replied: "Back to Your Majesty, not all. Some of them are fry from Dongning, and 10 are koi fish that are born in the north. ”

Wen Yi asked: "The climate and water quality of Dongning and Beidu are very different, and the fish fry transported have not died less, right?" ”

Ma Yibai didn't dare to answer.

Wen Yi said: "It's just a few fish, what's not to say?" Can I kill you for a few animals or what? ”

Ma Yibai smiled and said, "Hehe...... Your Majesty is wise, and there are indeed many people who are not convinced of the water and soil, and even counting the losses on the road, about two-thirds of them have been lost. ”

Wen Yi nodded and said, "It's not bad, it's not easy to transport fish from Dongning alive under such conditions." ”

Ma Yibai was sure that Wen Yi was not angry, so he put down the stone in his heart, and then said: "It's just that the loss rate is too high, and everyone doesn't dare to touch that royal fish." ”

Wen Yi is also helpless in his heart, although he doesn't believe in any luck, and has always emphasized that he will not engage in these things, but many things are really out of his control.

For example, the koi fish that was first discovered has grown to a meter away and is regarded as a lucky kingfish by the world.

The person who attaches the most importance to this fish is none other than Xie Daoyun.

There is no way, the fish she caught on the day she was diagnosed with pregnancy, and her son's nickname is still Xiao Carp, which says it all.

The queen took the lead in superstition, let alone others.

The ministers were proud to have an heir, and many of the ministers preferred not to reward them for their merits, as long as they were allowed to go to the palace pond and catch a few koi.

This can be regarded as an alternative, and it must be very good at the top.

However, this time when he moved to the Northern Capital, there was a high probability that the royal fish would be left in the local area - Wen Yi still underestimated the woman's ability to 'study', and Xie Daoyun was already preparing for the transfer of the royal fish at this time.

The specific process is to transport water from the north to the south by boat, so that the royal fish can adapt to the water quality of the north, and then send the fish to the north.

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In the next few days, the various yamen were in a state of confusion—busy cleaning and arranging the new yamen, busy putting official documents and the like in a categorical manner.

Wen Yi was the most relaxed, he changed into civilian clothes and walked around the city to check the appearance of the new capital, which was generally not bad.

At least you don't have to worry about turning into a 'dung capital', and you don't have to worry about the muddy water that fills the city when it rains.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that this city was still a little ahead of its time, and the cost of building it was a bit high.

But under his leadership, the world will inevitably enter a leapfrog development stage, and if you don't plan ahead now, maybe you won't be able to keep up with the times in ten or twenty years.

Renovation at that time will only cost more.

Moreover, this city is also a model, and the new city can be designed based on it in the future, so as not to create a bunch of backward and unsuitable cities.

In short, everything is looking forward.