Harun's question about the number of occupants in a building was a roundabout way of asking Alexander how many buildings would he have to build.
And this tactfulness was certainly noticed by Alexander, who internally evaluated Harun as a better statesman than his peers who were much more direct and blunt with their questions.
Then he did some simple internal maths.
'The current lodgings give each worker a space of just 4 square meters (4m2). So, dividing this by the building's new dimensions of fifty by twenty-four (50m x 24m) gets me a number close to 300.' Alexander concluded.
"Two hundred and fifty (250) men per floor, comes to a total of seven fifty (750)," Alexander answered, letting the workers have almost an extra square meter.
How generous he was!
'*Nod*' Harun nodded at this number as he then quietly started to calculate the required number of buildings.
