My Daming New Empire

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What is even more embarrassing is that you cannot go to the toilet during the court meeting, otherwise you will be disrespectful.In order not to go to the toilet, the ministers had to not eat or drink water. Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable to stay like this?

Seeing that almost all the ministers rushed to the toilet at the Martial Arts Field in the Hall of Martial Arts as soon as they left the court, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help showing a smile.

He was thinking again, when the gymnasium was completed, whether to build another meeting hall in the future, so that all the ministers could sit there and discuss matters during the court meeting.

But that's another story...

When the dynasty dispersed, he left Chen Xuan, governor of the Daming Bank, and Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, to have lunch together.

Regarding the relief in the Northwest, both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the bank need to fully cooperate. Zhu Zhanji doesn't want to arouse public resentment because of which party is holding back.

What's more, if the Western Expedition is delayed because of this, it will be troublesome.

(Use a chapter of [-] words to write about the Great Court Meeting in detail. I won’t write more descriptions like this in the future, it’s too long-winded. And every time the Great Court Meeting has a lot of agenda items, it’s impossible to describe them one by one. It’s enough to get a general understanding of the process. Alright. I’ll just write about the matter in the future. Thank you for your congratulations, and I wish everyone’s mothers a long and healthy life)

Chapter 65 excited

Sophia married into Pengchengbo's Mansion. Not only was the Carl Soli family not unaccustomed, but because of the addition of a Japanese maid in the family, their life became more comfortable.

This Dongying maid was presented to the Calsorli family by Pengcheng Bofu. She has been in Daming for three years. Not only can she speak fluent Daming Mandarin, she is also familiar with various markets in Yingtianfu and is proficient in cooking.

Although Sophia is trying her best to adapt to Daming, in terms of various life skills, she is not 01:30 points worse than this Dongying maid.

Therefore, Carl Soli and his two sons quickly came out of the loss of Sophia, and they were even more grateful for Sophia's marriage, which allowed them to enjoy the real Ming food faster.

This also made the married Sophia quite disappointed. She always thought that she was an indispensable part of the family.

Seeing the three heartless guys having a good time, she couldn't help spitting in the Ming slang she had just learned: "Three heartless guys."

Because the marriage between Zhang Wu and Sophia was decided by the royal family, with the support of the Crown Princess, the two Mrs. Peng Chengbo were less critical of Sophia.

As the eldest daughter, Sophia has a gentle personality and is considerate to others. She is also full of hope for life today, and actively integrates into Daming.

Although Zhang Wu's grandmother and mother were somewhat reluctant at first, thinking that it would be too cheap for their grandson to marry a foreign woman, they gradually fell in love with Sophia when they saw that Sophia was different from ordinary Ming women.

Although Zhang Wu is considered a good boy, but in this era, of course, a kid from a rich family like him would not be so devoted.

Before Sophia, he was not without wandering, and experienced many women.But Sophia gave him a different feeling, and this feeling made him truly appreciate the beauty between men and women.

Since they got married, the two of them have mixed oils with each other, not to mention how enviable they are.

The daughter is doing well, and the two sons are also actively learning the culture of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Karl Soli puts all his energy on work.

Apart from the construction site of the gymnasium, what he likes most now is to go to some relatively large buildings in Daming to study and visit.

When he first arrived in Daming, he looked down on Daming's buildings, thinking that most of them were low and dilapidated.

But the more he saw, the more he felt the beauty of Daming's architectural style.

The majestic city walls, the Wengcheng that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Yuejiang Tower, and the Pagoda of Baoen Temple that can be seen as soon as you enter Yingtian Mansion.

When in Rome, Carsoli studied many magnificent buildings in Rome, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Baoen Temple Tower is taller, bigger and far more magnificent than the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Although the pagoda of Baoen Temple has not been successfully built, the main structure has been completely repaired.Carl Soli has been working here lately.

He asked for drawings from Wuzhong, and carefully studied the load-bearing structure design of the oriental style.

If he couldn't get away, he really wanted to go to Jingdezhen.Each of the exquisitely fired colored glazes is so beautiful and charming, and each of them is priceless in his opinion.

The color and composition of each glazed component are different, with figures, flowers and plants, lifelike.

However, these officials in the Ministry of Industry were seriously substandard products. In order to prevent the glaze that was specially fired for the royal family from spreading, all unqualified glaze components were smashed.

This made Karl Soli very distressed. If it was in Europe, any one of them could be replaced by an old castle!

But this also allowed him to see the prosperity of Ming Dynasty, which is the foundation of a truly powerful empire.

In addition to these colored glazes, what surprised Carl Soli even more is that the windows of this glazed pagoda are all polished from giant clam shells in the sea. This translucent clam shell can not only transmit light, but also block wind.

The whole tower has nine floors and eight sides, with a total of 72 corners, plus the 2000 taels of gold on the top of the tower. The spire of the tower has four corners, a total of 76 corners.

Each call hangs two wind chimes made of red copper, a total of 152 wind chimes.

The tower body has 72 sides, each side has two transparent windows, a total of 144 windows, and each window has an oil lamp, which is 140 four windproof oil lamps.

Each oil lamp on the glazed pagoda needs six taels of oil per night, and the entire glazed pagoda consumes a total of 1530 catties of lamp oil per month.

In addition, a hundred monks are required to maintain the entire tower, each of whom is well-trained.

Although the glazed components have not met the requirements, it is still far away from completion.

But this year's Lantern Festival, the pagoda was lit up once, attracting people from the entire Yingtian Mansion to watch.

The long night is deep, and the Buddha lamp is always bright.Under the bright moonlight, everyone seemed to see a fairyland in the sky.

In Carsoli's view, even heaven may not have such beauty.

On this day, the glazed guardrail in the tower was installed to the second floor, so he ran over again, wanting to see the complete scene.

The inner wall of the first floor is a complete apotheosis story. Although he doesn't know the history of the East, he can appreciate a complete apotheosis story through different scenes.

Pieces of exquisite glass can form a large-scale story with dozens of scenes and hundreds of characters, which is far more complex and perfect than what they just used oil paintings in Rome.

The second floor is said to be a Buddhist scripture story. He still can't read Chinese, and he doesn't know the story in the Buddhist scriptures.But he believes that he has read the story through the complete picture.

But when he came to Baoen Temple, he found that it had been blocked by guards.After asking, I found out that His Royal Highness Taisun came here today in interest, and when he came to visit, he was going to return and come back another day.

At this time, Liu Wan rode over and dismounted at the gate of the temple, just in time to see Karl Soli who was about to return.

"Old Ka, where is this going?"

Karsoli was used to calling him Lao Ka by the Ming people, and he said with a smile: "I met Liu Shaojian, and I heard that the second floor was completed today, so I wanted to come and have a look, but it's inconvenient for His Highness to be here, I'll come back another day .”

But Liu Wan said: "Your Highness mentioned you yesterday... Since you are already here, you can follow me in. I will tell His Highness that if I have time to see you, I will call you up."

Karl Soli now belongs to the high-income group. Originally, when he came to Daming, his monthly salary was one gold coin, which was equivalent to ten silver coins, much higher than the average county magistrate.

But whether it is the county magistrate or the officials, they don't care about salary from the moment they are admitted to Juren.

Once won the election, he will no longer serve in the military, no longer pay taxes, and all the villagers and neighbors will donate land as gifts, and even the whole family will take refuge directly.

With these lands alone, a wealthy life can be maintained.

Moreover, the salaries of officials are not only silver, but also free distribution of food, cloth, and salt.Therefore, in terms of family background, Carsoli is far inferior to ordinary officials.

However, he is now the chief designer of the arena. In addition to his original salary, he is also given a title in the Ministry of Industry. Although he is not yet an official official of the Ministry of Industry, he also enjoys the treatment of a sixth-rank director of the Ministry of Industry.