In the cold Kislev Municipal Office, Alves sat on a high bench, examining the Kislev town map with his small eyes, and drew back and forth on the map with a quill.
"Renovating the old city is not that easy, Rhodes. My opinion is that it is better to build a new district and gradually separate the core city of Kislev than to renovate the old city."
Alves stopped the paintbrush in his hand and stared at Rhodes not far away.
After hearing this, Rhodes just nodded.
"The last construction of the Grand Theater required the demolition of thousands of people. The plan was reasonable and well-arranged. However, when the construction actually started, we encountered a lot of troubles and almost caused public outrage. So my suggestion is to build a new city and don't go there.
Move the old city.”
Alves leaned on the table, stared at Rhodes and spoke seriously.
After hearing this, Rhodes continued to nod his head. In fact, in his heart, Rhodes had already approved this plan. Renovation of the old city seems not difficult, but the problem of demolition and resettlement is really a headache. It would be okay if they were all civilians.
The key is that there are not only civilians in the old city, but also many nobles and knights. The residences of these people are not concentrated, but are scattered in various areas and corners of the city. It is difficult to deal with these people.
A tired word.
As for the construction of a new district, it is not about pursuing grand achievements and pursuing magnificence. After all, the city of Kislev is the capital of the entire kingdom. In the development stage after the civil war, many nobles from abroad returned to the city to develop. In addition, the original city planning was
It is unreasonable. The commercial street is close to the administrative district. During the peak work period every morning, the traffic outside the Bandhavgarh Palace is as noisy as a big market. The dense flow of people has also caused a lot of criticism. Almost every day, people are hit by speeding carriages.
They were injured or even killed. In addition, there were many thieves and hawkers, and the security team was helpless.
So, when everything was slowly on track, a new plan for Kislev City was also put on the agenda. Diversion and functional zoning were the main ideas.
After Alves conducted an on-the-spot investigation, he drew a rough sketch of the new area.
Rhodes held the messy sketch in his hand and carefully looked at the road network and markings on it.
"The overall look is good, but there are still many details that need to be improved."
Rhodes said, pointing to the hand-drawn map——
"The roads are regular and square. The main road runs through the entire new city, with commercial and administrative districts on both sides. It looks good, but there are several problems."
Rhodes laid the map flat on the table, pointed at the city avenue in the center of the map and said——
"The whole design looks ideal. It separates the market from the administrative area, and the roads are widened a lot, which avoids the embarrassment of the narrow alleys in the old city. However, there are too many vertical and horizontal intersections on the main roads. Once the flow of people increases, sooner or later it will cause congestion.
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"Traffic! Intersections and dredging. In fact, you may have no idea about this and have never paid attention to it. The traffic efficiency of horse-drawn carriages is not only related to road conditions, but also to intersections. The more intersections, the slower the traffic efficiency. This is easy to understand.
, suppose you are a carriage driver, and there is an intersection ahead. No matter whether there are other carriages approaching on both sides, you will subconsciously slow down and be ready to avoid it. This is the reason why the traffic speed decreases. You and a carriage slow down,
It will inevitably cause other carriages behind to slow down, but the total number of carriages remains unchanged. People behind you need to reach their destination and will not wait for you. They will come up to you, so congestion will occur."
After Rhodes finished speaking, Alves's eyes lit up and he patted his head to show that he understood.
It's just that Rhodes hasn't finished speaking yet...
"The administrative area is okay. There are not many horse-drawn carriages coming in and out. We must pay attention to the commercial area. Countless horse-drawn carriages and people flow in every day. Only by ensuring good transportation can the city center be smooth. The overall layout of this sketch is OK.
However, intersections must be reduced. On the main road, the fewer forks the better, and the straight road is conducive to the smooth flow of carriages. The traffic flow can be gathered on a branch road, and then merged into the main road. Just like a river, many creeks merge
The tributaries then merge into the main river. Nature has provided us with the best solution."
"Also, the original roads must be improved. In the dense commercial area outside the palace, people are knocked down or even killed by speeding carriages every day. In the construction of new areas, roads must be equipped with sidewalks and carriage lanes. Pedestrians and carriages must be separated.
, carriages walk in the middle, and pedestrians walk on both sides. There are zebra crossings at the intersection, which are pedestrian crossing lines. Horse-drawn carriages must give way to pedestrians in front of the zebra crossing. If necessary, let the security team send personnel to monitor and direct traffic. "
Rhodes said, This is roughly the prototype of modern transportation, but here, there is no such concept, and no one has thought about traffic police. In order to smooth the entire city, Rhodes threw out this idea in advance.
When Alves was full of praise, Rhodes thought of another concept, that is, the train... Although this transportation artifact has not been invented yet, with the current research and development capabilities of the Kislev National Heavy Industry Department, this thing
Sooner or later, it will be developed. One day, when the long iron-clad dragon is galloping through the city of Kislev, it will also need a transportation network. Rhodes asked Alves to modify the map plan so as not to fill every area.
Plan well, but leave a blank area. In the future, these open spaces will be built into railway stations, connecting all the important strongholds of Kislev. Products produced in the industrial zone will be transported directly to the commercial district by train.
The military camp can transport troops directly to the front line by train, avoiding all kinds of consumption on the road. Of course, only Rhodes can conceive the real blueprint of these big plans at present. Whether it is the intelligent multi-star Alves in front of him or his own baby
My daughter Dennis can’t really imagine the scene after industrialization is realized.
"High Lord, my lord, an urgent letter from Erengrad."
While Rhodes and Alves were constructing a blueprint for the future of Kislev, Guards Captain Virgil hurried out of the door with a thin roll of parchment in his hand.
Taking the letter from Virgil, Rhodes read it.
And Alves and Virgil were seeing the frowning side face of the great lord from the side.
"What's wrong?"
Alves asked curiously.
"Plague! Plague has broken out in Erlengrad. A large number of citizens in the city have been infected." Rhodes returned with the most solemn expression, "We must go back to Erlengrad. Now, immediately."