Chapter 329 Culture and Art
"I don't care. I wish I could stay away from Langton's political games." Princess Anne looked indifferent and hugged Perfectcott before continuing: " Being able to rest here for a few days is considered a holiday, but some people are already impatient."
Perfect just raised the corner of his mouth and said disdainfully to what Princess Anne said." Really? That makes them anxious. Is there anyone else in the empire who deserves my special attention besides you?”
Although this is a bit crazy, it is true.
For today's Victoya Empire, even Princess Anne must give Perficott face.
Otherwise, she would not have made a special trip from Longton to Chernobog and waited for several days.
Although she said "it's time to take a holiday", in fact, being able to make an imperial princess wait for several days is a signal and attitude in itself.
So for Purficott, it is her privilege to let others wait.
As for whether there are people in this empire who can make her wait, of course there are, but unfortunately these people who are waiting for her are not among them.
“Although there is no one in particular who deserves your attention, you should still pay attention to one thing. I know you don’t care about your reputation and reputation, but don’t offend everyone, otherwise it will be very troublesome. "Yes." Princess Anne helped Purficott tidy up her clothes and warned her earnestly.
Although Purficott didn't care much about it, he still nodded to show that he understood.
Then the two left the airship berth and walked towards the main building complex of the Lord's Mansion.
Yes, the Lord's Mansion is not a house or other separate building, but a complex of buildings that are almost like a palace and a manor.
It is normal for an earl to own a manor. Brandlis Manor is actually of the same nature, but its scale is much smaller than the current Lord's Mansion in Perfectcourt.
Of course, the average earl does not have a lord's mansion as big as hers. This is a privilege that only a northern lord can have.
By the way, Purficott's Lord's Mansion did not require her to pay for it. This was all public accounts kept by the empire center and included in the city's construction costs.
As for the various materials and labor required to build the Lord's Mansion, they were squeezed out from the three countries of the old world.
In a sense, this can be regarded as the "blood and sweat of the working people".
"The decoration here is very luxurious." Purficott, who entered his lord's mansion for the first time, looked around with a little curiosity on his face.
“It was decorated according to the standards of the royal palace, and was designed by an architect from France. They are all the most popular decoration styles at the moment.” Princess Anne finally showed curiosity when she looked at Purficott. A loving smile suddenly appeared on her face. Purficott's expression finally made her feel like she was still a child.
Purficott was indeed very satisfied with the decoration style designed by these architects from France, and she noticed that all the windows were thick double-glazed, which was as good as possible in this era in terms of cold protection and warmth. the best results.
And not only that, all windows, walls and corners of buildings have well-hidden air outlets. "The brass heat sink has special ingredients added to increase the thermal conductivity, and it is integrated with the surrounding architectural decoration. It can be seen that the designer's level is very high." Perficott had a good evaluation of the architectural designer. , she even had the mood to make a joke: "Where is this person? If he is still in Frans, just bring him over. I can give him the status of my courtier and be my exclusive designer." ”
Although Purficott’s words were a joke, they were half-truths. After all, she did feel that the designer was of good quality and the artistic style was acceptable to her. of.
Such a person is of course not helpful to her research, but Purficott doesn’t mind giving her works to the other person to beautify and enhance the artistry.
Sounds outrageous? Do we still need to pay attention to art in the end? The answer is of course no.
To survive in the apocalypse, the first requirement should be practicality, and artistic processing and other things should be placed after meeting the necessary conditions for survival.
But Purficott actually has another consideration in doing this, which is to preserve culture and art.
It is true that the end is coming, and survival is the first priority. It is her own principle to keep everything practical, but this does not mean that humans should abandon culture and art.
You must know that with the advent of the industrial revolution, affluent life gave the soil for the development of culture, art and science and technology.
If there had not been this apocalypse, mankind would have ushered in a golden age of development during the Industrial Revolution, with development faster in just one hundred years than in the past thousand years.
The culture and art industry will give birth to many bright treasures.
At this time, although survival must be the first priority, industries such as art and culture will naturally be abandoned, but this does not mean to give up completely.
It would not be a big problem for a nobleman like Purficott to raise a small group of cultural people or artists.
These people may not be productive or good at labor, and they will be the most useless population in the apocalypse, but from another perspective, these people are also part of the precious wealth of human society, and they have inherited human civilization. The most valuable part is passed on to future generations.
So although Purficott was just a temporary idea, she was not completely joking. She planned to raise some people in the literary and artistic circles in Chernobog to avoid the end of the world in the future when mankind did not pass down even a single artistic treasure. It's such a pity.
When Princess Anne heard Purficott say this, she didn’t care at all. She just nodded and said: “It’s a small matter. The architect is in your Chernobog. Come back and let me know.” Just arrange it. If you need it, I can get you more people like this. They are all real people."
"Okay, I plan to recruit a group of such talents. In the apocalypse, they can't create much value, and the art can't be eaten, but after all, it is the splendid crystallization of human civilization, and we still need to let our descendants know the splendid culture we once had." Purficott also nodded, and then. Explained her intentions to Princess Anne.
While the two were talking, Purficott suddenly noticed that the wallpaper on the wall was green, which made her frown, as if she remembered something.
She came to the wall with a frown, stretched out her hand to clasp the wallpaper on the wall, and plucked off a small piece in the eyes of everyone who was puzzled. Then her expression changed: "All wallpapers of this color Take it all off for me!”
(End of this chapter)