The next day, Xianyang South City Gate.

The defenders had cleared the perimeter, leaving only the east, west, and north gates to enter and exit.

Everyone climbed the south city wall and overlooked the Qinling Mountains.

I pointed to the land in front of me and said, "This land is forty miles long from east to west and twenty miles long from north to south. I want to build a new city here, what do you think? ”

Of course, this place is not what I came up with, the Xingle Palace, the Xin Palace, the Afang Palace of the Qin Dynasty, and the Weiyang Palace and Daming Palace after the Han Dynasty have all been transferred to the south of Weishui, and now Xi'an City is also south of Weishui, so it naturally has its advantages.

Everyone nodded, and Li Si said: "Your Majesty is wise, the emperor has a saying: Qin is the spine of the world, Nanshan is the back of Qin, this place is backed by Weishui, and the south is leaning on Nanshan, which is really a good place to build a city." ”

I laughed and said, "That's great." ”

Lin Zhiyuan, the Shou of Jibei County, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Xianyang Palace is located in the Guanzhong Plain, and the three palaces such as Xingong are already in the south, if it develops further south, will it affect Xianyang's luck?" ”

Jibei County governs Mount Tai, so Lin Zhiyuan attaches more importance to the five elements of feng shui.

"The new city no longer has a city wall, and the new houses are only used for living and trading. Since there is no city wall, there will naturally be no illusion that the south is heavy and the north is light. Moreover, the Temple of the Son of Heaven will be completed next year, and there is the Temple of the Son of Heaven in the south, which can suppress the luck. "The simultaneous development of metaphysics and science just explains why the city wall was not built, and it can't tell them that Great Qin already has hot weapons.

At that time, when the Temple of the Son of Heaven was built, I really didn't think that there was metaphysics in the dark, and it seems that it is not unreasonable for Ying Zheng to choose this place to build Afang Palace.

Lin Zhiyuan agreed, and Zhang Li was a little worried: "Your Majesty, the three palaces are guarded by palace walls, and Your Majesty rarely goes on weekdays. And it's not good for curfews. ”

Zhang Li's Huiji County can be described as a traitor, except for throwing in vain, no rebellion can run away from Huiji, and it is understandable that he is worried.

"Although there will be no city walls, they will be divided into squares like the city in the city. There is Shanglin Yuan in the south and Xianyang City in the north, all of which are garrisoned, so you don't have to worry. Besides, the three palaces are in the south, and the first emperor has never built a city wall, so why should I be afraid now. As for whether or not there will be a curfew, I haven't decided yet, and I'll talk about it then. ”

Zhao Tuo stood up: "Your Majesty, can the minister think that the new city is a layout similar to that of a village?" ”

My eyes lit up, Zhao Tuo's metaphor was really appropriate, and he praised: "Very right, Fang City can be regarded as each account, and the combination is really the same as the garrison." ”

Zhao Tuo suggested: "If this is the case, the minister thinks that four corner towers can be built in the four corners of the new city according to the layout of the arrow tower, which can be used for lookout, and can also be used as a fortress in wartime." In addition, although the city wall is not built, ditches can also be dug to connect the eight rivers for transportation and defense, and can separate the fang market and the three palaces. ”

"Wonderful!" I was impressed by Zhao Tuo, I didn't expect this, it seems that asking them to come together really worked, and I thought of more: "Not only that, but you can also store water on the tower, once a fire breaks out nearby, it can be used as a fire tower!" ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Tuo curiously, but they didn't expect him to be so delicate.

Zhao Tuo was a little embarrassed: "Chen has been in Lingnan for a long time, and he was also inspired by their native village. ”

Next, Shusun Tong suggested the construction of the school palace, at that time the county and county built the school palace, only Xianyang only has one hundred school palaces, the original plan was to use the hundred schools of the palace as the school palace of Xianyang, and later changed to a library, but Xianyang needs the school palace the most; Ge Yue suggested that two Daqin merchants should set up another square in Xincheng to help Xincheng develop rapidly......

I asked Bai Chong to record them one by one and take them into account when designing the new city.

After the end, I didn't ask the county officials and generals to return to the Sihai Hall with me, and directly ordered them to arrange their own itineraries, as long as they left Xianyang before tomorrow.

Generally, after the end of the small court meeting, according to the regulations, as long as it is not evening or there is an order from the imperial court, they must leave Xianyang immediately. One is worried that there will be problems with no governors in various places for a long time, and the other is that they are worried that they will move around each other in Xianyang, and then bribery, collusion and the like will emerge in an endless stream.

I took Li Si, Feng Zheng, Gong Jin, Bai Chong and others back to the Four Seas Hall to prepare for the new city.

After all, the human geography and social environment of the Qin Dynasty were different from those of later generations, and it was natural to listen to the suggestions of the "indigenous" for such a big thing as the construction of the city, and in the end it was necessary to focus on my advanced ideas.

After a few people sat down, I took the lead in looking at Li Si and Feng Zheng.

"Two prime ministers, since the land has been decided, I am ready to bid for it."

The two looked confused: "Your Majesty, what is the bidding?" ”

I wanted to lean on the couch and see if there were a lot of people, but I still sat up straight, but I always felt tired lately.

"The bidding includes the nature of the imperial court planning land, the issuance of bidding announcements, the bidding of interested builders, the evaluation of the imperial court, and the determination of the winning bidder. The reason why there is a tender is to sell the land and sell it at a good price. Do you remember my plan for the five counties of Hexi? ”

Li Si arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty asked the merchants to rent the land and then build their own shops, so that the imperial court can not only save money and food, but also avoid building houses that no one occupies." ”

I nodded: "The new city is also in this form, except for the central radius of two miles, the area around the three palaces, and the places on both sides of the road leading to Xianyang, other places are allowed to be built, but they can only choose the style of the house in the drawings provided by the imperial court, so that it will look neat and tidy." As for the central and Xianyang roads, I had to design them myself. ”

Then he began to assign tasks: "Li Si, you and Bai Chong will delineate the general plan of the new city together, and submit the map to me; Feng Zai, you are in charge of the bidding, after setting the price of the land, in the matter of Xianyang Guangbu New Town, anyone who is interested in obtaining land can come to the bidding, and let Bashi and Wushi take the lead in participating; Gong in, you will stay for a while, I have to think about the problem of improving efficiency; Bai Chong also stayed, you take out the green bricks separately for bidding, and the court will pay those merchants to let them burn the green bricks needed in the new city, as for the red bricks, I will think about it again. ”

Several people should go down and withdraw from the Four Seas Palace.

I looked at Gong Yi and said, "Do you remember the slow construction of the city that Meng Hanyu proposed?" ”

Gong Chuan arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, remember." ”

I waved my hand: "Go find a roll of bamboo slips, disassemble it and bring it over." "Now the court's recitals and the like have used paper, and bamboo slips are rare.

In a moment, Qi Wan held a pile of bamboo chips and presented them to me.

I picked up two pieces of bamboo and erected them into a bracket: "You all know the keel waterwheel, in fact, it is also the principle of the pulley, but the rope is omitted, and the fan blades around the pulley drive the water flow. What I have to do is very simple, that is, to enlarge the pulleys, load-bearing racks, and ropes that you are using now, instead of being driven by manpower, and instead of being dragged by livestock. ”