Road improvements, wells, water and sewage systems, toilets, public baths, bakeries, expanded residential districts. Just looking at Leonardo's plans, it amounted to razing the village and building a new city from scratch.
"I need a bigger budget! Give me at least five hundred more gold coins!"
The harbor and Britz were already being built with five hundred gold coins, and of course that budget was insufficient, so I gladly provided another five hundred. Beort reportedly nearly fainted at the sight of such an enormous sum.
"Oh! My lord spares no expense!"
"What on earth are you doing?"
"Dancing for joy! Oh, saltarello!"
It was a famous Italian folk dance, very lively and fast, with lots of hopping and skipping. It looked something like lightly kicking a ball. Passersby stopped to watch Leonardo dance and, finding it amusing, began to copy him.
