Chapter 451 A Brand-New Town
The warm wind heated by the sun blew on his face. Sharette couldn't help but squint his eyes, but the moment he opened them, a whole town came into view. .
Standing on the arched wooden bridge, the first thing he saw was a circular square covered with herringbone floor tiles.
There is also a construction site in the center of the circular square, which is now more than three meters high.
This construction site is to build one of the future landmark buildings of the town. According to Horn, it is named the Labor Bell.
This labor clock is driven by a star-cast gear and chimes on the hour every day. This is because workshop production requires accurate time within a day, and cannot be as casual as rural agricultural production.
In order to solve this problem, this bell tower was built.
Between the anti-fall fishing nets and ropes, there are rows of scaffolding more than three meters high. The workers climbed up and down, carried the mortar with ropes, and struggled to lift the building materials to the top through pulleys.
The lycanthropic laborers carrying wooden boards and buckets were shirtless under the scorching sun, and their thick arms were shiny and smooth.
If they hadn't been wearing bras, Charette wouldn't have been able to distinguish the female secondary sexual characteristics under the thick brown, red, yellow and white chest hair.
The square is about 150 meters long and wide, and is surrounded by a circular road about ten meters wide. Surrounding the circular square, there is also a circle of ginkgo tree saplings planted.
The extension line of the small bridge over the Para River just faces the center of the circular square. Push the straight line formed by the two forward again, and you can see a ten-meter-wide street covered by a row of The building is sandwiched in the middle.
"Here." Boritz pointed to the big street in front of him, "This is Central Street. At the end of the street is the Mansion Square."
The straight-line connection with the first two , this way extends forward.
Until a square appeared again not far away, Charette could vaguely see a two-story marble statue being built in the square.
What surprised him most was that there were two-story shops on both sides of the road and four-story apartments behind the shops.
Every shop and apartment seems to be copied and pasted, with the same height, the same shape, light orange walls, and dark gray roofs.
The eaves, wooden framed balconies, and road moldings of each building can be connected into a straight line. The intersection of countless straight lines is the statue in the square in the distance.
When Sharette looked back, he could just see the terrace of the Mechanical Palace in the distance, which was in a straight line with the bridge, the ring square, and the statue.
The visual impact brought by this kind of order and straight lines was something Charette had never thought of before.
Because people in this era rarely have the concept of urban planning, most cities develop freely and brutally, and the shaped buildings in the city look disgusting.
Even if some scholars and masons have already had the concept of urban planning, they have related prototypes in the territory of the Golden Land.
Even the well-planned Rapid City has various irregular shapes, with streets that are sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and the various blocks are intricately intertwined.
It is extremely rare to see a town as organized and clear as the one in front of you.
This is all thanks to the temporary mayor of Qiu Mu Island Town, Witte.
The "Ten Books on Architecture" that Horn gave to Witte is actually a lot of concepts that he got from the Internet. Some parts even only have outlines and concepts without examples.
Witt miraculously worked backwards from the fragments of the outline, and with reference to his own experience studying abroad in the Golden Land, as well as the ideas of the revivalist masons, he summarized a set of urban planning and architectural styles in early modern Europe. .
It requires both ancient Ayre-style retro order and imperial-style classical magnificence and decoration.
The brand-new town in front of you is a masterpiece designed by Werther.
The terrace of the Mechanical Palace, the clock tower of the Ring Square, and the statues of the Residence Square are in a straight line, symmetrical on both sides. If Horn lived in the Mechanical Palace, he would get up every morning and go to the terrace to have a panoramic view of the entire city, as if the city was raising its right hand to say hello:
"Good morning, Pope!"
I don’t know what Werther’s specific thoughts were when he designed this plan, but this flattering plan was unanimously approved by all the senators and Saint Shilov. .
However, at present, Witte's plan is only implemented in the two blocks in front of him and the official residence square.
The rest of the ruins on the periphery are still ruins and garbage dumps.
Just watching all the way, Sharette walked all the way west to the circular square.
Since it is afternoon time now, people are either working or doing housework.
There are many young people playing around on the streets of Central Street and shop assistants pouring water, but there are not many pedestrians in the circular square.
Under the shade of the scorching sun, only a few wilted male lycanthropes were left sitting on the ground.
They put a few rags on the ground and were setting up a stall to sell some exquisite handicrafts, vegetables and fruits.
"This place is called the Assembly Square. Notices are posted and prisoners are hanged. They are all here." Boritz pointed to the rows of simple sheds on the square. "There is a morning market every morning. It usually ends at nine o'clock. If you want to buy fresh food, Vegetables and fish, we have to go early.”
“Then if we come so late, won’t we be able to eat?” said a refugee from Rapids City worriedly.
"Don't worry, there is a ready-made tavern in the town, and it can still keep you hungry." Boritz rolled his eyes, "And the Holy Maiden of the Mechanical Palace has mercy on you, and she will put stuff in the cupboards in each of your houses. Full of bread, enough salt in the bottle."
"House?" The refugees opened their eyes. Is there a free house? They thought they were going to live in a tent or camp.
"In our Qiumu Island, after naturalization, as long as you work in a workshop under the Papal Palace or under a cooperative project of the city hall, you can be assigned housing." Another city hall clerk who led the way interjected. .
Boritz pointed to the Insura Apartment on the four floors behind the shop and said: "Depending on your income level, different proportions of rent or house purchase will be deducted from your salary.
Of course, you also You can rent or buy a house by yourself. Trust me, unless you are a rich man, you will never be able to afford or rent a better room.”
This is to ensure that people with different income levels can afford it. I can afford a similar house.
Currently, the town of Qiumu Island is still in a state of development. Witte's main energy is used to meet the most basic living needs, and he has no energy to build better houses.
There are not many ancient El noble courtyards that can be lived in after repair, and most of them have been bought by the war monks. The prices on the island are already expensive, and these refugees must not be able to afford them.
Is that where they will live in the future?
Looking at the neat Insula apartment, Sharette felt the urge to take a leap for the first time since arriving on the island.
Judging from the clean and tidy appearance of the town, he had to admit that although the scale was not as large as Rapids City, the prospects for future development were no smaller than Rapids City.
Standing in the center of the circular square, Boritz pointed forward like a pointer with his right index finger, pointing in circles: "Make a note of the road. Standing in the Bell Tower Square, facing west is At the end of Central Street is the Residence Square. Going north is the warehouse area, and going south is the ruins."
"What about going east?"
Boritz looked at the person who asked the question speechlessly: "Isn't that the place we just came from? Are you stupid?"
Silently writing down the road in front of him, Sharette remained silent. Followed behind Boritz.
Bolitz in front seemed to have remembered something. He patted his head and suddenly pulled out a small triangular flag from his robe and raised it: "Look at my flag, follow it, I will take you to the new Apartment.”
(End of this chapter)