Chapter 794 Cerela, this is the dragon nest I built for you
Holding Grete's request in hand, the old man returned crying and went to communicate with his archmage.
He can be considered an architectural designer, well, the kind who is not that proficient. He can mentally calculate common requirements, estimate a rough quotation, and then go back to the superiors for approval. However, this is only limited to common design methods.
Eucalyptus.
Master Nordmark’s plan is too much!
A mage tower, split into two buildings! Make a hall on top of the two buildings!
Oh, the latest requirement is that there can be no pillars in the hall...
"Do you know how much this will cost?"
he asked tremblingly. Grete shrugged:
"I don't know... Anyway, you should make a quotation first. If I can afford the quotation, I will build it. If I can't, I will change the plan. Anyway, I just want a hall like this!"
I am Party A!
Party A is responsible for making demands!
I don’t know anything about architectural design. I don’t know how to calculate structural mechanics or material mechanics. I don’t know how far magic can strengthen buildings and what magical structures they can create...
I give the plan, you give the quotation, and then everyone goes back and forth. This is the correct posture, isn't it?
As for how difficult this plan is... In his previous life, Grete, who was used to seeing all kinds of weird buildings, didn't find it difficult at all. Every facet is curved, twisting upward like a snake, like the Kuwait Cobra Tower.
Wasn't it created?
Wasn't the Zayed National Museum in the United Arab Emirates built like a hard curved silver shield, inserted into the ground at an angle of 30 degrees?
Wasn't the Sydney Opera House with its spire like a sail built?
If that doesn't work, why don't we make two CCTV pants that are spliced together in an inverted "L" shape?
The building is still slightly tilted, and the two suspended pieces are connected at right angles. It is many times more difficult than the hall he wants!
The old man sighed and cried. Several archmage members of the Change Department Construction Committee looked at the request he brought back, and all of them turned pale:
"Building a hall with a height of 15 meters on top of a seven-story... 30-meter-high building? What did he think?"
"This thing is top-heavy! If something goes wrong, it will fall up very fast!"
"And there can't be any columns in the center of the hall... If there are solid walls underneath, it wouldn't be difficult to build a dome on top. The problem is, it's hollow underneath! What is the support for this roof?"
"The two sides of the mage tower are so far apart... Do you know how much effort it takes to modify the magic circle to evenly cover it without wasting the power in the central open space?"
Design, design, design.
Calculate, calculate, calculate.
After wasting countless scraps of paper and building more than ten models, the archmage's eyes turned red and their hairline receded another five millimeters. In the end, they even asked a prophecy magician to make a prediction.
This is necessary. According to the regulations of the parliament, for unprecedented and difficult buildings, a prophecy magician must be invited to take a look. Otherwise, no one can be sure whether it will collapse...
What Gretel wanted, the plan for a hall on the top of the twin towers of the Mage Tower, was finally made.
"This plan can be done, but it requires an additional 5,000 contribution points for construction costs." The old man spread the drawing in front of Grete and pointed to the markings on it to explain to him:
"1,000 contribution points are used to transform the magic circle so that its power can be transmitted evenly to the two buildings;"
"1,000 contribution points are used to deepen the foundation and thicken the walls to make the building more stable;"
"3000 contribution points are used to build this hall"
He observed Grete's expression carefully:
"You wouldn't mind if the roof was made into a vault, right? It's really impossible to make a flat roof without columns, and it will collapse. If it's a vault, it'll be fine. Triangular spires and curved vaults are both fine, it depends on which one you want.
A sort of."
Grete was stunned. That's right! Why did he forget the vault! If there are no columns on a long-span roof, the vault is the most fragrant!
If you are relatively poor, you can use triangular spires. The factory buildings he has seen in his previous life are all done this way; if you are relatively wealthy, curved vaults are the standard feature of buildings such as cathedrals!
"And the vault has the advantage of effectively preventing water leakage and snow accumulation. It will not collapse the roof due to heavy snow accumulation." The old man smiled and tried his best to sell:
"With so many benefits, for only 3,000 contribution points, we also come with two automatically opening and closing doors, 14 meters high and 10 meters wide. I think if you want to build such a large hall, you should need matching doors, right?"
Gretel was greatly moved. The gate is definitely needed so that Serira can use her dragon form to fly directly in and out of the dragon's nest. How convenient!
The only problem is that he has seen a real dragon's nest, and he heard Cerira say that she likes the platform on top of the dragon's nest. It's very comfortable to watch the stars there when the weather is nice. So...
"By the way, is this roof also vaulted on the outside? Can it be made into a flat roof?"
The little old man inhaled and exhaled. Fortunately, this madman then turned another page of the album to reveal a new design:
"You can add a flat roof above the dome for extra money. Plus 2,000 contribution points."
"So expensive?"
"The weight! Adding a flat roof requires very high load-bearing requirements for the vault! The foundation must be deepened and the walls must be thickened in order to be able to bear the increased weight!"
Grete calculated, 5,000 points, 2,000 points, plus the additional expenses such as libraries and soundproofing panels, it was almost 8,000 contribution points. It felt a bit unbearable to add so much debt all at once...
…
"Can I stay and study this quotation?"
"Okay, okay, please..." God bless, I hope that after your research, you can cut off some unnecessary ideas, and never make any mistakes again!
Grete returned to the Mage Tower with the design drawing and quotation. That night, the core members of the Mage Tower gathered around the design drawing and looked at each other.
"It's a bit expensive, but it's not impossible to get it..." Master Norwood calculated the recent income of the Mage Tower and said hesitantly:
"Recently, penicillin, rubber and other items have been selling well, and the pain relief seal is said to have been sold to the mainland. The Alchemy Guild has given a large share. In addition to daily expenses, the Mage Tower account can now use 3,000 contribution points.
"
"The medical center is about the same." Carlos followed up. As the executive vice president of the hospital, he has a better understanding of the hospital's financial situation than Grete:
"Recently, high-income pregnant women have had cesarean sections, and the medical income of wealthy businessmen has been pretty good. After deducting the hospital's emergency food storage needs, and using 3,000 contribution points, it shouldn't be a problem."
Then there were only two thousand contribution points left. Grete was slightly relieved. Two thousand contribution points were not difficult to obtain, whether it was borrowing money from relatives and friends, borrowing money from the parliament, or writing papers overnight.
In fact, with his position in the parliament, Grete believes that it should not be a problem for him to obtain a credit limit of less than 5,000 contribution points.
"Then...that's it?"
"Not so good?"
Annevia had been silent before, but now she raised her head and asked cautiously:
"Building a dragon's nest on top of the medical center? When Ms. Cerira moved around with her human body, everyone really didn't feel anything. However, if she returns to her dragon form, won't the dragon's power cause oppression to the surroundings?"
Grete hesitated for a moment. The dragon's power was so oppressive that ordinary people couldn't stand it. Bernard couldn't even get close to him at first. What if Cerela accidentally exuded a bit of dragon's power in her dragon form...
…
Gretel could almost imagine that the patients in the hospital were mostly stiff, falling, unconscious, short of breath, blood pressure soaring, the wounds were open, the last one could be crossed out, but the wounds collapsed and a lot of blood oozed from the skin, what a scene it would be.
"Besides, the medical center is noisy and noisy with people coming and going. Miss Serira, shouldn't she be willing to build a dragon's nest there?"
Gretel was silent. Currently, there are not many patients in Oak Grove Hospital. There are less than 100 inpatients on a daily basis. But what if the scale expands in the future?
Not to mention expanding to the level of the largest hospital in the universe, but expanding to the level of the top three hospitals in the previous life?
Just thinking about looking down from the dragon's lair made Grete feel like his ears were ringing, his head felt dizzy, he felt nauseous, and he felt like vomiting...
In the end, it was Aurora who gave him the decisive blow. This follower, who was born in a wealthy family and had hardly experienced hardship since childhood, stared at the spread out design drawings and hesitated in his tone:
"Grete, why do you want to build a big bench?"
Katcha!
Grete is broken.
bench...
bench...
bench...
Two 30-meter bench legs, with a 15-meter-high bench surface on top...
This is so ugly!
No!
This is not the dragon nest he wants to build for Cerela!
"I...I will revise the plan again!"
Then, the fat old man heard a question that almost made him collapse on the spot.
"Change the mage tower back to its original plan, which is the simplest basic plan. Do not split it into two pieces, and do not need a hall on the top. Then..."
Master Nordmark looked over sincerely:
"Is there any way to build a 40*60 hall on my existing mage tower? Or buy a nearby hillside full of magic elements and dig it out?"
Old man: "..."
Fortunately, when he went back to the construction committee to communicate, he heard some gossip and learned a lot of inside information. He had a guess that was quite close to the truth as to why Master Nordmark wanted to build such a hall.
Almost without thinking, he smiled and recommended:
"It's not difficult to add another layer on top of your existing mage tower. As for the diameter of the mage tower being insufficient, that's not difficult either. We have a mature expansion plan for the mage tower. You just need to add money."
There are always some magicians. As their strength increases and the number of their disciples expands, the original mage tower is not enough. The construction committee is very skilled in doing this job.
So, after paying an extra 3,000 contribution points, Gretel finally got his wish and made his high-level mage tower thicker and built a hall on top. It can be used to hold events, dances, and concerts. It's not a problem.
, and when Serira needs it
Pulling Serira, who had just returned to the mage tower after finishing her slumber, Gretel stepped into the hall and proudly introduced:
"Serila, this is the dragon's nest I built for you!"
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