Han Xiang

Chapter 78
Long Xiang shrugged his nose, gently reminding Feng Zhong.

"Uncle Zhong, do you smell anything?"

"Uh, maybe Yunqi is standing in the air. If you don't like the smell, you can go back to the house. I'll let someone hold the lamp. That's it."

After Feng Zhong finished speaking, he was about to turn around, but Tang Yu didn't take it seriously.

"It should be the smell of feces and urine blown by the wind. Yunqi, don't forget that we have lived in a barn before, what's not familiar with it?"

"In Xu Village, there is no way, but Hefei is our homeland. Don't ordinary people have toilets in their homes?"

When Long Xiang spoke, he frowned, thinking that if the residents were allowed to mess around, would they be as clean and hygienic as Ah San?Can people still live in Hefei City in the future?
I don't want to imitate the Europeans in making high-heeled shoes, those things don't match the farming society at all.

If feces are not disposed of properly, it is also easy to cause the spread of disease.

There are no doctors or medicinal materials in the city of Hefei now. Once an epidemic plague breaks out, these thousands of people will almost be wiped out.

When Long Xiang first entered the construction site as a technician, the team first had to dig toilets when they entered the site, and then used soil for landfill before leaving the site.

Feng Zhong replied with a face of embarrassment: "Of course there are latrines, but some people just can't control them""

"Putting around is easy to breed diseases, don't the people need to keep them as fertilizer?" Long Xiang was puzzled.

Feng Zhong shook his head lightly, "That is to say, when the weather is better, some people will grow some melons, fruits and vegetables near their homes, but there are not many places where they can be used for fertilizer."

"That's not okay." Long Xiang frowned with a serious face.

Seeing this, Feng Zhong immediately added: "I will notify them tomorrow, and they are not allowed to roam around. If they don't listen to the call, they will be fined for food."

"It will be available for farming next year. You should ask people to give more notice to publicize it first. As for the deduction of food, don't worry about it. Wait for me to spend a few days and take a closer look before making any calculations."

"I can save it."

Long Xiang returned to the couch in the Hou Mansion after dinner, with endless thoughts intertwined in his mind, which made him unable to sleep for a long time.

Not because of moving into a big house, nor because there is no maid to serve.

Long Xiang couldn't sleep because he was worried about Hefei and how to build this empty city.

In the past, in the project department, there were chief engineers, construction, quality, safety, materials, etc. to assist me, but now the grass-roots team does not have many effective helpers.

After thinking about it all night, Long Xiang decided to find out first.

No matter how perfect the plan is, it must be realistic.

Early the next morning, Long Xiang and Tang Ju went to Feng's house for dinner again.

After dinner, Tang Yu went to familiarize himself with the city defense, while Long Xiang, accompanied by Feng Zhong, went to various places in the city to start inspections.

Because the feces problem was discovered yesterday, Longxiang wandered around the residential area at the first stop.

Hefei has not been inhabited for a long time, and the houses are quite dilapidated, and the houses that can live in are not concentrated, so nearly a thousand households live in a relatively large area.

Long Xiang randomly sampled and inspected a few households in the family's house that he moved in first, and found that the furniture and utensils of these households were very complete, and a lot of firewood was piled up outside the house, and the life looked decent.

After walking to the resettlement area of ​​yesterday's new residents, I found that the furnishings in the house were relatively simple.

Many roofs leaked rain and windows leaked wind. In a word, it can be summed up in four words: Barely able to live,

The entire residential area can also be described in two words: messy.

Leaving the residential area, Long Xiang stood by the side of the road with his head bowed in thought.

Feng Zhong was worried that Long Xiang would misunderstand the difference, so he went closer and explained: "Don't look at the shabby houses just now, it's not normal to live in and tidy them up. The utensils in the house need to be collected slowly. Anyway, the city is full of ownerless things. Pick it up yourself"

"Ah."

After hearing this, Long Xiang responded softly, saying in his heart that this was like a doomsday story, the surviving people were collecting supplies in the ruins of the city.

Feng Zhong asked again: "What is Yun Qi thinking?"

"Everyone lives too scattered, which is not conducive to management." Long Xiang frowned.

Feng Zhong looked helpless, "The original conditions are like this, the houses that can live in are not concentrated, unless they are all demolished and rebuilt."

Tear down and rebuild?Long Xiang was startled when he heard this, and thought, isn't this my specialty?

If you want to plan well, you need a pen and paper ruler without drawing software.

In addition, if he is also responsible for design, technology, construction, supervision, and quality, wouldn't he die earlier than Zhuge Liang?

"Ahem, let's talk about it later." Long Xiang dismissed the idea instantly.

In ancient times, it was no problem to build large-scale infrastructure. There was no machinery and equipment that could be assembled with human heads.

Hefei is in the early stage of land reclamation, and there is nothing to ask for. The existing two or three thousand dependents can only cultivate land for self-sufficiency, so it is imminent to increase the number of people to absorb.

"Let's go look elsewhere."

Long Xiang pointed forward, raised his whip and ran out.

Not long after, the two came to an uninhabited area with no buildings in the west of the city.

There are many dry weed piles in this area, as well as a few places where the ground is sunken.

Feng Zhong introduced: "Those depressions were originally earthen kilns. Because they were abandoned for too long, they were almost filled with sand. At first, the surrounding areas were covered with weeds taller than people, but they were cut down and used as kilns. The firewood burned."

"Kiln?"

Long Xiang frowned and said to himself, thinking that this is not a ready-made building material processing factory?
The houses in the city are all made of wood and reinforced soil walls. I directly used kiln-fired bricks instead of rammed earth, which is not only strong but also fast in construction.

"Have you never seen Yunqi? You can use a kiln to make pottery, bricks and tiles."

Feng Zhong thought that Long Xiang didn't know him, so he introduced him enthusiastically.

"I see, let's move on."

Long Xiang whipped his horse forward, he inspected from southwest to northwest, and finally arrived at the east gate counterclockwise.

Due to the small number of soldiers under Feng Zhong's command, he deliberately closed the three gates of Hefei, leaving only the east gate for entry and exit.

Due to floods and droughts one after another, the moat outside the city of Hefei was also filled with silt.

Looking at the moat, Long Xiang kept shaking his head, thinking that there was work to do everywhere he went.

The two rode out of Hefei, and Feng Zhong took Long Xiang to Shishui not far away.

Feng Zhong got off his horse and grabbed a handful of soil. He said with emotion: "The land on both sides of the river is fertile, and a little reclamation will result in a good field. It's just that there was a lot of rain in Huainan in the past few years, and the Chaohu Lake often swelled and flooded the fields, which seriously affected the harvest."

Long Xiang said optimistically: "We can't control natural disasters, but we can't stop growing food because of floods. I believe that as long as the rivers are dredged properly, there will be some benefits. It's better than sitting and eating mountains."

Feng Zhong nodded approvingly: "Yun Qi is right, the city of Hefei is empty, and floods only account for one of them. In fact, war and plague are the worst."

"Proper disposal of feces can effectively control the spread of disease, which is why I was so excited last night. Now there is no doctor or medicine in Hefei city. Once infected with the epidemic, it will be unimaginable."

"I will take this matter to heart. Do you have any plans for farming? The people in the city have nothing to do all day long, and instead they will have trouble."

It was past noon at this time, the warm winter sun rose directly above, and the warm sunlight shone on Long Xiang's face, making him unconsciously squint his eyes.

"The location of Hefei is complicated, and farming and farming must be managed in a unified manner. After Master Cao completes the personnel statistics, I will arrange personnel to reclaim the wasteland. I will definitely be able to sow seeds next spring."

"that would be great."

(End of this chapter)