rise of empire total war

Chapter 220 Gothic Church

A few days later, the court meeting was held as usual.

At the beginning of the meeting, the cardinal and court priest Peter Scanrel stood up and said to Richard who was sitting on the main seat: "Your Majesty Caesar, the site selection and design of the cathedral have been prepared. After my on-the-spot inspection, I decided to build the cathedral next to the Ippolito Palace, that is, that part of the aristocratic area that is temporarily uninhabited. If you agree, we will expropriate that piece of land and demolish the buildings above."

"Since it is uninhabited, let's set it there." Richard had no objection to where the cathedral should be built, so he agreed directly, but he was a little interested in the design of the cathedral, and then said : "Bishop Peter, can you show me your design plan?"

"It is our honor, Your Majesty Caesar." Peter Scanrel said, then picked up the scroll that was placed aside, spread it out on the table, and said, "Your Majesty, please have a look."

Several people's eyes immediately turned to the scroll. Looking at the design sketch, Richard frowned, a little dissatisfied. How should I put it? The design style of this church is the most common Romanesque style in the Middle Ages. The so-called The Romanesque construction style is similar to the thick stone walls and vaults of the ancient Roman period. In order to increase lighting, the original barrel vaults were changed to cross vaults, but they are still semicircular.

What Richard wants more is the Gothic churches that are often seen in later generations of film and television dramas, such as the Gothic style of the Notre Dame Cathedral that was destroyed by fire, which is in line with the aesthetics of his modern soul. .

After pondering for a moment, Richard asked: "Bishop Peter, I think the design of the cathedral can be improved, for example, on the basis of this semi-circular vault, it can be improved into a pointed arch, ribbed vault or buttress arch. , so that the church is tall and thin, straight into the sky, majestic and mysterious, and it is best to match it with glass windows, which can give people a hallucinatory version of a dream.”

"This..." Bishop Peter was a little confused by Richard's request. He thought for a while, grasped the key words in Richard's sentence, and asked, "Is the church you are talking about similar to Paris?" The Abbey of Saint-Denis to the north?"

This time it was Richard's turn to be confused. How did he know the style of the Saint-Denis Abbey in the north of Paris, but he couldn't give an answer all at once.It’s no wonder he doesn’t know about it anymore, because unless someone is interested in this kind of history, they basically don’t know about it. In history, it is generally believed that the first true Gothic church was the Saint-Denis Church in the suburbs of Paris.The four pointed coupons of this church cleverly solved the problem of the ribbed vault structure between the arches, and it has a large area of ​​stained glass windows, which was followed by many churches in the future.

In Germany, the Cologne Cathedral, one of the earliest Gothic churches, was built in 1248. It was designed by the French who built the Amiens Cathedral. It has the style of the Gothic church in the heyday of France. Amiens Church is similar.Its nave interior is as high as 46 meters, second only to the French Beauvais Cathedral.The twin towers in the west are 152 meters high, which is extremely spectacular.

The science popularization is over, and the eyes return to the meeting site.

Although he didn't know what the architectural style of the Saint-Denis Abbey was, but seeing that Bishop Peter could say it directly, there must not be much deviation, so Richard nodded and followed his words, saying: "Yes, it is so."

"That's easy." Hearing this, Bishop Peter nodded. He took back the sketch and said, "I went to Saint-Denis Monastery with other bishops many years ago. I was concerned about the building that is different from the German area. I have paid attention to the style, and I still understand it.”

"Then you go back and improve it with the designer. I hope that the sketch submitted for the second time will be better than this time."

"As you command, Your Majesty Caesar." Bishop Peter promised.

Next, it is time to discuss the marriage plan between the soldiers of the First Legion and the Nord locals.After Bishop Peter took back the sketch, the other three people came up with their own plans. Onus von Frank, the diplomatic chief, stood up first and explained his ideas.

"I think that directly letting the soldiers marry the locals may cause resistance from the soldiers. Not everyone is willing to marry women of different races. Therefore, we can first arrange some people as an experiment to see how this group of soldiers React and then make a decision."

Onus's method was quite satisfactory. He couldn't say it was good or bad, so Richard motioned for the next person to speak.

"Your Majesty Caesar." Financial Controller Volkomar stood up and said: "I do think that the soldiers of the First Legion can be given marriages on the grounds of military merit rewards, and there is also an additional condition, as long as they can marry When the local natives get married, they can allocate a piece of fertile land for farming in the country. As you know, the continuous wars have left a lot of unclaimed wasteland in the kingdom. We can take this opportunity to solve this problem together."

Hearing Walcoma's words, Richard's eyes lit up, he nodded, and said approvingly: "Your plan is very good." But then he thought of one thing, and said: "However, domestic marriageable women and The number of legionnaires is still too small in comparison, and I am afraid that the soldiers will conflict with their comrades in order to get a piece of land that belongs to them.”

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this issue at all." Spy Chief Reinardo took over the conversation and said, "We can distribute them according to meritorious service. Soldiers who performed outstandingly in the war can choose a larger one after marrying the locals." Land, through this, can also stimulate other soldiers to fight bravely for Your Majesty and gain greater merit."

Richard thought for a while, although this method is a bit contrary to the original intention, but it is still more suitable for the current situation, he nodded and said: "That's it, Chief Financial Officer of Walcom, you go back and summarize this plan Get up and hand it over to me for review."

"Yes, Your Majesty Caesar."

……

After the palace meeting was over, Richard was accompanied by the guards and walked to the bedroom. After everything was dealt with, he was going to spend a little more time with his foreign mistress with negative buffs.

However, just as he walked into the corridor, he saw Raphne strolling in the garden. This beautiful exotic princess was excitedly holding a small yellow flower under her nose, squinting her eyes and sniffing the flower deeply. Fragrance, and not far away from her, two maids watched her quietly.

Watching this scene, Richard stopped, and the two early general guard knights who followed behind him also stopped, looking at the girl standing among the flowers.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Richard said suddenly.

"..." The two guard knights were silent for a while, and then one of the knights replied: "Yes, Your Majesty Caesar."

"Unfortunately, she can only be mine." Richard said again.

"..."

For some reason, the two guard knights always felt that their lord had an inexplicable embarrassment?

(End of this chapter)