African Entrepreneurship Record

"Father, it would be best if you can adapt. I was worried that you would feel uncomfortable during this long journey."

It is indeed a torture to take a long train ride. Just like the little ones behind Ernst, they all look listless. Ernst and Karina are the same. After all, Ernst and his wife have been in the First Town all year round and never go out, so they are not used to it.

Constantine smiled and said to his son: "Don't stay in the palace all the time. Just go out more. You see, I am this age. Why am I in good health? It's because of years of exercise and travel."

Since entering old age, Constantine has been traveling around East Africa. Of course, for the sake of the king's health, Constantine usually travels along the railway. Therefore, with frequent train rides, it is not difficult for Constantine to go from the First Town to Rhine City this time.

"Okay, father, let's go to our new home now! We have a lot of tasks when we first arrive." Ernst said.

During these three days, many government affairs have not been handled, and we are also busy moving, so Ernst's first task is to complete the work at hand.

Constantine said: "I have been to the Rhine Palace. The environment is very good, and the architecture and garden design are also very novel. It is much larger than the Sweet Palace. At least it is in line with the status of the royal family of a world power like our East Africa."

He is quite satisfied with the construction of the Rhine Palace, especially compared with the "sloppy" Sweet Palace. In Constantine's opinion, the living experience of the Sweet Palace is no different from his original residence in Hohenzollernburg. Those who don't know would think that East Africa is a small country palace like the former Principality of Hechingen!

Ernst is also full of curiosity about the Rhine Palace. Although he has seen the drawings a long time ago, the specific effect can only be more intuitively felt after a field investigation.

Soon, Ernst and his party took a car to the direction of the Rhine Palace. The Rhine Palace is in the northeast corner of Rhine City, and the railway station is in the northwest of Rhine City, so along the road, you can see the construction of the northern part of Rhine City.

This also aroused the interest of several little guys. They are full of curiosity about Rhine City. Of course, it is just curiosity. After all, there is still some gap between the prosperity of Rhine City and Dar es Salaam.

Soon, Ernst and his party finally arrived at the location of the Rhine Palace, and what caught their eyes were a large number of artificial gardens.

Ernst was quite satisfied with the garden design of the Rhine Palace. At the beginning, the use of the Eastern and Western design forms did not make Ernst completely at ease, for he was afraid that it would be out of place. However, when he really saw the garden scene of the Rhine Palace, Ernst's hanging heart could be put down.

The garden design outside the Rhine Palace is mainly based on grasslands and gardens, with a certain amount of woodland. The planning is staggered, and bluestone slabs and gravel islands extend along the asphalt road to it, making full use of the "water source" to create various fountains, pools and artificial streams.

Among them, the fountains are obviously different from those in Europe. Instead, they use the rockery and rocks of the Far East Empire to create a natural and harmonious "mountain and water" scenery.

The garden design of the Rhine Palace also has distinct tropical characteristics, such as many tropical plants can be seen everywhere here, creating a different artistic conception.

Therefore, the Rhine Palace Garden has three different styles: European, Far Eastern, and tropical. With the cooperation of designers, the three styles are mixed together, which does not seem abrupt, but gives people a special feeling of freshness and refinement.

Among them, Ernst is also very interested in "pavilion" buildings. In Ernst's impression, the Far Eastern Empire Garden must not lack "pavilion" buildings.

The Rhine Palace Garden also adopts this architectural form, and is matched with Western-style outdoor corridors, vines and various plants, which are naturally integrated into the garden terrain.

Anyway, Ernst is very satisfied with the design of the Rhine Palace, which conforms to his own aesthetics. Of course, Ernst still asked his family members for their opinions: "What do you think of the garden of the Rhine Palace?"

"Anyway, I am quite satisfied. Although it is not as regular as the traditional European gardens, it is orderly in chaos and well-arranged, and it will not be aesthetically fatigued." Constantine said frankly.

And several little guys also said: "Dad, it's beautiful here."

For beautiful things, these children's attitude is more real. If it looks good, it looks good. If it passes the children's level, it means that there is no problem with the design of the Rhine Palace Garden.

Ernst said to Karina, "Dear, what do you think?"

Karina nodded and said, "I think it has its own merits compared to the gardens in Vienna! Although I prefer European gardens, the construction of the Rhine Palace garden is also eye-catching, and it also integrates the characteristics of European gardens, which can be regarded as a combination of the best of all schools."

Karina's artistic vision is the highest in the family. After all, Karina was born in the Austrian court and received formal education since childhood.

Unlike Ernst and Constantine, Constantine used to be a warrior among the Junker nobles and was naturally insensitive to art, and Ernst was even less likely to inherit any artistic cells from his father.

So Ernst was quite happy about Karina's affirmation. He said to Karina, "In order to build the Rhine Palace Garden, I borrowed people from the Far East Empire Royal Family. The most powerful thing about their court garden designers is that they can design the garden to be low-key, luxurious, and culturally rich, while European garden designers are more flamboyant. The combination of the two produces a unique chemical reaction, which has given rise to the charm of the Rhine Palace Garden today."

Of course, Ernst didn't think so before seeing the actual effect. He was afraid that the two could not be effectively combined and something out of place would be created.

This is not Ernst's worry, but his experience in his previous life. As a civil engineer in his previous life, Ernst had seen many antique buildings in China, which could only be described as eye-catching, especially the ancient towers, and the antique or restoration of palaces, which had no ancient charm at all and were full of a sense of 21st century building garbage.

This is also the reason why Ernst only asked Far Eastern designers to participate in the garden design of the Rhine Palace, and the main building of the Rhine Palace was completely designed by local and European designers.

Ernst was afraid of creating something out of place, and compared with architecture, garden design is simpler. After all, the garden is mainly based on vegetation, and it will not be out of place no matter how it is done, and even if there is a problem, it is convenient to demolish and rebuild.

After browsing the garden, the final destination is the Rhine Palace. The Rhine Palace adopts a combination of classical and modernist techniques, which is absolutely unique among the palace buildings in various countries in the world.

Because of the modern industrial style, Ernst feels that the architectural design of the Rhine Palace will not be outdated in the 21st century. Of course, another reason for adopting the modernist style is to install various modern furniture and facilitate circuit design.

Therefore, the Rhine Palace is destined to have the highest degree of modernization and the strongest living experience among palaces in various countries. At the same time, it is also relatively practical and convenient for future maintenance. For example, most of the windows of the Rhine Palace are transparent windows, rather than the expensive and complex colored glass in Europe.

Of course, the glass of the Rhine Palace looks ordinary, but it has actually been specially treated and made more solid by adding glue. Of course, when the technology matures, it must be replaced with more solid bulletproof glass.