The inclination angle of the underground entrance was not large. The advantage was naturally that it made the passage much easier, but there was also a disadvantage. That was, the area it occupied was relatively high. The length of the entrance was a little longer. Fortunately, the road here was relatively wide. Otherwise, they wouldn't know where to extend from.
In addition, the depth of the underground passage was not too large. Otherwise, the extension of the entrance would also increase, resulting in a large area of consumption. It was obviously very unfavorable for the passage of the road.
Of course, the necessary angle design was also necessary. The extension road of the entrance was designed into a semicircular curve, so that the passage could use a smaller area to achieve a smaller angle. Moreover, the curved road made driving slightly obstructed. As a result, the vehicles entering and leaving the underground passage had to reduce their speed, so that they could better ensure safety.
"Not bad, the wall is painted very clean!"
Ang Lee saw the lime walls on both sides of the entrance road and said with a smile, then stepped down.
Because this was only a temporary parking place, the underground transportation network of Beijing had not yet been formed, so there were not many vehicles in and out, and the traffic at the entrance was not congested. The situation was not bad.
It was a sunny day outside. After entering the underground passage, one could immediately feel a chill coming toward them. Due to the lack of sunlight, the temperature of the underground passage was much lower than the temperature of the outside world. There was at least a difference of seven or eight degrees. Otherwise, it was impossible to feel it immediately.
In addition to the lower temperature, the light in the underground passage was also relatively dim. Although there were some ventilated patios at intervals, the light entering the underground passage from the patios was very little. It could only meet the minimum lighting of the underground passage. It was impossible to make the underground passage bright.
According to Ang Lee's design, the walls and top of the underground passage were all smeared with white lime. In this way, the very little light entering the passage could be constantly reflected inside the passage, so that the entire passage was filled with reflected weak light. It was enough for people who entered the passage to see the road and vehicles in the passage, so that they would not become blind.
The ventilation effect was also good. The air in the passage was not suffocating, which was enough, but the quality of the air was naturally not as good as the outside. There was a slight damp smell, and the smell of lime and cement. Of course, there was also the smell of soil. In short, although the air was not suffocating, there was still a lot of smell. If one stayed in such an environment for a long time, it was definitely not good for one's health. Therefore, as long as there was no need, it was best not to play in the underground passage. Playing in a place with bad air was quite detrimental to one's health.
Casually walking forward a few steps, Ang Lee smelled the smell of the smelly ditch. This smell was not good. It was too strong and unbearable.
Taking a closer look, a piece of the cover of the smelly ditch was missing. This was to allow the sewage above to flow in better. As a result, the stench in this area was very obvious. The smell was very strong and pungent.
In the parking spaces on both sides, there were a lot of vehicles parked. Some of them were luxurious cars, and the owners of the cars obviously went to Ping Kang Fang to seek pleasure, leaving the cars and servants here.
There were a lot of vehicles parked in the passage, but there were not many pedestrians. Basically, they were the servants who drove the vehicles, and the servants who ran in to convey orders. People with noble status were generally unwilling to enter the underground passage. They were not willing to endure the bad smell here. The smell here was indeed not very good. In winter, it was relatively cold, and it was uncomfortable to stay in the underground passage. If it was hot in summer, it was a good choice to cool off in the underground passage. Unfortunately, the underground smell was too strong. Perhaps only ordinary people were willing to endure the stench and cool off in the underground passage.
"Good, good, really good. Although the smell is not very good, it can only be like this. With this underground passage, the road congestion problem in Ping Kang Fang is much better! In the past, it was blocked in the daytime, and it was even worse at night. Now, it is completely blocked in the daytime, and the congestion at night has also been greatly improved. The congestion is not as bad as before. I heard that it is only blocked occasionally. Most of the time, it is not blocked. "
Ang Lee said with satisfaction.
The existence of the underground passage in Ping Kang Fang greatly alleviated the traffic congestion in this bustling area, solved the big problem of traffic congestion, and also greatly increased the prosperity of this place. It made Ping Kang Fang, which was already prosperous, even more prosperous. The business of every family was booming. Whether it was restaurants, brothels, brothels, or brothels, the business was better than before. The people who opened the shops earned more money, and more nobles enjoyed a more convenient life. In short, everyone was capable and happy, especially those who came to Ping Kang Fang to have fun. They no longer had to worry about not finding a good place to park their cars, let alone be anxious about being blocked on the road. Everyone approved of this underground parking lot very much. They felt that the imperial court had done a great thing for the people. It was a real practical project for the people.
The reason why the imperial court boldly continued to build more underground passages was that they saw the great effect of the underground parking lot in Ping Kang Fang. Thus, they strengthened their confidence in building more underground parking lots. At the same time, if these parking lots were connected, it would not only have a single function as a parking lot, but also a fully functional underground passage, which could play a greater role. This project had been handed over to Li Yu to complete. First, they chose the most congested and the most important road to construct. Then, step by step, they would build an underground passage under all the surface roads in the capital. In this way, the capital's traffic carrying capacity would be doubled, and the possibility of congestion would be greatly reduced.
In addition, Ang Lee was also persuading the imperial court to open a few more city gates on the city wall. After all, there were too few city gates, and all the vehicles and people had to pass through the city gates. As a result, the congestion at the city gates had always been serious. After all, the number and size of the city gates were far less than the roads inside and outside the city. The city gates had become the bottleneck of the capital's traffic. If they wanted to improve the traffic situation in the capital, the expansion of the city gates was imperative.
In the later generations, the city gates and city walls were basically demolished. Very few cities still had city walls and city gates. The few remaining city walls and city gates were used to preserve some cultural heritage. The main reason for doing so was to solve the traffic bottleneck and make the traffic situation smoother. After all, in the later generations, the city walls had completely lost their role in defense. There was no point in keeping the city walls. Except for cultural heritage, there was no other practical use for the city walls.
Ang Lee had also thought about demolishing the city walls of the capital, but in the end, he didn't even dare to mention it, mainly because this request was impossible to pass. In the current Tang Dynasty, the city walls were still very useful. The defensive ability of the city walls was still very strong. Without the protection of the city walls, the city would become easier to attack. Therefore, the act of demolishing the city walls would be opposed by everyone. Although the Tang Dynasty had almost no enemies now, and no enemies could attack the capital, it was necessary to be vigilant. The imperial court was still worried that demolishing the city walls would reduce the defensive ability of the capital, so they would not agree. Even if some new city gates were added, many people would oppose it, because the more city gates there were, the more weak spots needed to be defended. Naturally, there was no benefit to the defense.
Not only could the existing city walls of the capital not be demolished, but many people even considered building a bigger city wall to include the area outside the city. After all, there were many more residents outside the capital than inside the city. In case the enemy attacked, the residents outside the city would pour into the city. However, the space and resources inside the city were limited. If the residents outside the city all poured into the city, the interior of the capital would be completely chaotic. The city would fall into endless chaos without the enemy attacking. For this reason, many ministers proposed to build a bigger city wall. The original city wall was naturally the inner city, and the new city wall was called the outer city.
However, because the existing inner city was already very large, and the outer city that was about to be built was even larger, it was really hard to say how much defensive power such a huge wall would have. Just the soldiers on the wall alone were many times more than the inner city. Moreover, the longer the wall was, the harder it would be to defend. Building a new huge wall would obviously be a big problem in terms of defense. Therefore, even after the proposal was made, it still didn't get any support. Moreover, building a wall required funds. The bigger the wall, the higher the amount of funds needed. This wasn't a small amount! Even though the imperial court was very rich now, it was still very cautious when it came to spending money. The investment and return had to be appropriate. If the investment and return were not proportional, then it would not be very interesting.
After inspecting the underground parking lot of Ping Kang Square, Ang Lee and Li Yu left separately. In the afternoon, they still had to enter the palace to discuss the housing shortage in the capital.
Ang Lee returned to the research and development center and continued to work. Li Yu did not have anything to do, so he went to a nearby hotel in Ping Kang Square. He planned to have a good rest after eating and drinking, and then go to the palace in the afternoon for a meeting.
Ang Lee took three mobile homes to the palace early in the morning. On the way, too many people saw him. Even the Tang dynasty newspaper immediately wrote this news on the front page.
It should be known that with the great increase in sales, the Tang dynasty newspaper had already been divided into many editions, and there were also many subordinate organizations. The subordinate organizations in the capital were the Capital Morning Post and the Capital Evening Post. The distribution of this Morning and Evening Post was specifically targeted at the people in the capital and would not be sold to other cities. Therefore, it was most appropriate to call it the Capital Morning and Evening Post.
After all, there were too many people in the capital. There were countless news that happened every day, and there were countless poems and essays that were submitted. The previous Tang dynasty newspaper was definitely not enough. Otherwise, who could stand a newspaper with hundreds of pages? After the division of subordinate organizations, the content could be separated. In addition, the previous Tang dynasty newspaper would not only report what happened in the capital, but also what happened all over the country.
It was just that telegrams and telephones were too popular, so at least important events that happened in a few places could appear in the Tang dynasty newspaper in a timely manner. However, events that happened in more cities would take three to five days, or even longer, to appear in the Tang dynasty newspaper, so there was a certain lag.
Because telegrams had already been sent to some important cities not too far away from Luoyang, branches of the Tang dynasty newspaper had already been set up in these cities. If there was any news, it would be directly sent there, and then it would be printed and sold locally. In this way, it would save the transportation of a large number of newspapers from the capital to Luoyang and other cities. Not only was it slow, but it also consumed too many transportation resources. The loss outweighed the gain.
As telegrams were sent to more and more cities, the branches of the Tang dynasty newspaper also entered various cities. In this way, they could timely gather all kinds of news from all over the country to the headquarters in the capital through these telegrams. Then, after confirming the content, they would immediately distribute the news and let the branches immediately start printing the Tang dynasty newspaper. Thus, the Tang dynasty newspaper, which had a dominant position, became a household name in the Tang dynasty.
Although it was very expensive to use telegrams, and the cost was relatively high, most of the content of the Tang dynasty newspaper served the rule of the imperial court. It played a great role in the stability of the Tang Empire. Therefore, even if the cost was higher, it did not matter. After all, compared with the stability of the empire, spending a little more money was nothing at all.
The Beijing Morning Post generally started selling in the morning. Basically, it was after the afternoon of the day before. The Beijing Evening Post, on the other hand, was about the things that happened on the same day. Most of them happened in the morning and noon of the day. The time of publication was usually in the afternoon. Of course, it could also be published in advance. The time of publication was not too fixed and had a certain degree of flexibility.
But in any case, a lot of content was prepared in advance. For example, the news that Ang Lee brought three mobile homes to the Daming Palace had been set as the front page by the Beijing Evening Post. It was just that the time of publication had not yet arrived, so it had not been printed for the time being. Some of the staff began to inquire about the news in order to figure out this matter. This way, when they wrote the news, they could be more specific. Otherwise, it would be boring if they could not even understand the things they wrote.
To inquire about the news, they naturally had to start with the passersby. However, the passersby did not have any further information except for seeing the three mobile homes. Therefore, the next step was to start with the people who transported the three mobile homes in order to get some information.
Therefore, the staff of the Beijing Evening Post came to the R&D center and found the craftsmen who were resting. They asked about the mobile homes in order to learn the ins and outs of the whole matter.
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