What Luo Chong had them make was a model of a palace. The Han Tribe had now entered a phase of comprehensive strategic contraction, beginning to consolidate its position. The theme of this phase was stockpiling and construction.
Food had to be stored, coal and steel had to be stockpiled, railways had to be built, and naturally, the palace had to be built as well.
At present, aside from the Cannibal Tribe in the north, the Han Tribe had no enemies that absolutely had to be eliminated. The Tang Tribe across from Tohai Commandery now had a very good relationship with the Han Tribe, and the Tang Tribe had adopted a highly deferential attitude. In all likelihood, it would eventually be peacefully absorbed.
In other words, the Han Tribe was actually not far from founding a country. Wherever preparations were needed, they had to begin preparing.
Although starting construction immediately was somewhat unrealistic, they could first design the palace, then choose a site, select someone to take charge of overseeing its construction, and begin preparing the various building materials. Just completing all that would probably take several years.
Once those tasks were finished, they could gather workers and craftsmen to begin construction. By then, the building process would move very quickly.
"A palace? What's a palace? Some new kind of house?"
The craftsman who had just answered the question asked in confusion, then first looked over the blueprints Luo Chong had provided.
They were not plans for a single building, but a floor plan of a vast complex. The plan showed only a collection of square outlines, so naturally it was impossible to make out the buildings' forms. However, it did show the area occupied by each building, as well as the total area occupied by the entire complex.
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