Siheyuan: I decide the fate of the world with my medical skills

He got up a little later in the morning, and after having a meal, he began to learn how to boil salt. At noon, he met with General Ren Xiao, and almost let himself fall into a trap. After that, he lobbied the nobles to discuss the development project in Lingnan.

Therefore, today's entire bag of memorials weighing 120 kilograms was not read at all.

Damn, being an emperor is so tiring!

Before dawn the next morning, Fusu, with bags under his eyes, went to the toilet behind the curtains to relieve himself from the stuffiness he had felt all night.

The bright sunlight shines through the curtains and slants into the Hanzhang Palace.

On a soft couch inside the hall, there lay a girl who seemed to be sleeping. Her black hair fluttered gently as if it was wrapped, and her fair and slender neck and smooth skin looked like a perfect jade under the light.

"I am grateful to Your Majesty..." Tian Ji said with a smile, thinking that I was able to gain Your Majesty's favor and have a good name. I will tell Zhao Ji in detail when I meet her later, so that she will be angry!

"Then you can continue to sleep. I still have things to do. You don't have to wait for me to eat with you..."

After Fusu finished speaking, he glanced at Tian Ji's scattered clothes and said, "I want you to ask the people in the inner court to make some underwear and distribute it..." Unfortunately, there is no cotton cloth available here. But in his memory, subtropical cotton had been introduced from India to the southern part of my country in the early Western Han Dynasty. He planned to have someone search the Nanhai County carefully.

Before he traveled through time, he happened to see a certain Western country with budding capitalism making trouble, so he knew why cotton was precious.

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After noon, most of the laborers were still resting, but some of them continued to work on the construction site due to the task, including some agile men. They were climbing up the steep terrain, carrying huge stones with all their strength. These stones would become the cornerstones of the building in the tomb of the First Emperor. Fusu was riding in the carriage that belonged to the Supreme Being, followed by hundreds of guards wearing heavy armor.

He was not in a good mood because the construction site in front of him was in a mess. Especially after he found an "Oli Gei" hidden in the grass, he couldn't help but frowned.

After listening to the complete project report from Zhang Han, the Shaofu who was in charge of the project construction, Fusu immediately returned to his palace after receiving the information.

There he met with important officials, such as Zheng Guo, the internal historian in charge of grain reserves, Meng Tian, ​​the master of carriages and horse training, and Wang He, the internal historian (a descendant of Wang Jian), and after he asked them about the sewer system in the capital city of Xianyang, he became very worried.

When Xianyang was first built, a series of sewage pipes made of clay were installed underground. Rainwater and sewage were discharged directly into the river through these pipes. Residents were prohibited from digging wells in the sewage channels to obtain water, and special personnel were assigned to supervise them.

However, as time went by, the city's size far exceeded expectations and gradually grew into one of the largest cities in the world. The spaces originally used for drainage gradually became palaces, government offices, and residences for important figures.

The residential areas of the wealthy businessmen and residents who subsequently moved away did not have supporting underground sewage network facilities. Where would their domestic sewage go?

The answer is obvious. A crude toilet facility is built on top of the pigsty in front of the house, and human waste is used as feed for livestock. The feces will be dumped into the farmland and then eaten by people again, thus forming a closed food cycle.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the scholar-official class showed hesitation or aversion to pork consumption. Of course, this also brought other problems. The roads during this period were still made of dirt rather than concrete or asphalt roads. When it rained lightly, the feces gradually seeped into the ground with the running water. In case of heavy rain, feces might even mix into the drinking water system.

This situation poses a risk of gradual pollution of the groundwater layer, eventually making the water quality deteriorate and unsuitable for drinking. This also explains why the construction of Xi'an, Luoyang and Chang'an during the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties was not rebuilt on the original site - pollution factors made the old city unsuitable as a location for the new capital.

The latter is really powerful, because it can not only carry bacteria into the water source, but also cause the outbreak of diseases, thus forming a large-scale epidemic. For example, the cholera epidemic that ravaged London that year was caused by mixed infection of humans and animals caused by contaminated water sources.

Thinking of this, Fusu recalled the knowledge base he had browsed when he was playing against others as a top online player. Even if you don't want to accept it, Oli's likes do have their value. For example, during the Tang Dynasty, Pei Shu, as the Shaofu Supervisor, once made a proposal and submitted a memorial to the court: it was suggested to sell horse manure to earn income, which was said to bring in an astonishing 200,000 strings of cash a year.

...If possible, I would consider setting up a special agency to collect the feces in Chang'an and transport it to the outskirts of the city for composting. It will first be used to fertilize the government-run fields. Once the villagers see the actual results, we can then provide it at an affordable price to farmers in need for purchase and use.

Such a plan does not seek any benefits, its only purpose is to increase food production so that people can have enough food to eat. Considering historical events, there is less than a year left before the Dazexiang incident!

In the Xuanzheng Hall in the official residence in Xianyang, Fusu recalled the past and explained to Zheng Guo and others the importance of using manure for crop growth.

Although this statement was based on his experience as a military supply supervisor in the Beihe area, it actually came from a scholar who passed by a farmer's house. The social atmosphere at that time was like this, and many intellectuals were forced to wander around. Behind the nominal travel, they were actually looking for opportunities to survive and information.

Afterwards, Fusu and Zheng Guo and others reached a tacit consensus.

15. Select young people with good moral character in Xianyang City to form a team. They need to get up early every day to collect cattle and sheep dung in the city. They will be led by the pavilion fathers according to the jurisdiction of each pavilion in Xianyang. The daily wage is copper coins, and each individual needs to provide their own transportation.

2. The manure is distributed to the village chiefs at a price of one cent per truck, and the ratio is determined according to the population of each household.

19. Use the slave labor team under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture to build 6 manure dumping sites in the suburbs of Xianyang, with funds provided and coins of food per person per day.

4. All the required funds will be directly allocated from the financial fund of Tiance Pavilion and will not impose a burden on the national treasury. Only the economic resources within Tiance Pavilion will be used for funding.

...Ha. Old wily fellow, you are so clever! ... Fusu stared at the frail and stumbling Zheng Guo. When Zheng Guo proposed to pay cash for livestock manure for fertilizer, he had already hinted at something about the country's financial emptiness. It was obvious that Zheng Guo did not want to use the reserve resources of the treasury to support the source of the method mentioned by Fusu.

Although the blame cannot be entirely placed on Zheng Guo alone, after all, in China, the use of animal manure as fertilizer has been around since the Shang Dynasty, but from a broad perspective, it is still a relatively rare habit to use human excrement as fertilizer. The use of manure as fertilizer is relatively simple and crude, which is also in line with the simple application characteristics of manure in ancient agricultural society.

This is a method of applying it directly in the fields. This method is simple and crude, with average effects. Large-scale use may also cause side effects (unfermented feces will decompose again in the fields, and the increase in soil temperature will cause crop roots to wither).

From this we can see that the yield per acre of land during this period was quite low. Even in the Guanzhong Plain, known as the Land of Abundance, the yield per acre was only about half a stone.

During the Song Dynasty, when people learned to mix manure with water to solve the problem of root damage caused by fertilizer decomposition in the soil, the yield per mu gradually reached the level of 2 to 3 shi.

Fusu knew very well that it was not easy to persuade this veteran official to change his mind in the short term at this moment!

Therefore, his goal is to speak with actual actions and results, and to disprove doubts with final facts.

“I decided to work hard secretly and surprise everyone.” When preparing compost, I did it before the winter wheat was planted… A few months later in the winter, all the counties had built water wheels for grinding, and promoted the transformation of “hard grains” into “noodle products” that were more conducive to human digestion and absorption among the “common people” in this history - the “Qian Shou”.

"Your Majesty, Wang Li sent a report saying that the Great Wall in the north is about to be closed..." After Meng Tian and others left, he added: "He suggested whether to suspend it for a while until October."

This could not help but make Fusu wonder: why should we take action after October? He suddenly remembered that the October of the Qin calendar was the starting point of the new year.

In other words, we are still in the 37th year of the First Emperor, and there is still a whole autumn to wait after officially entering the first year of the Second Emperor of Qin.

If it is completed at the end of ten months, it will be marked in the history books as being completed by the Second Emperor.

I never get tired of spectacular buildings, but I don't know if the neighboring Great Wall can get the "cultural gain of wealth". After thinking for a long time, Fusu realized that he did not execute Wang Li but promoted him to temporarily command the Jiuyuan troops. So at this time, was Wang Li's behavior a repayment for his previous help? Or is it another form of "letter of surrender" or "confession"?

After thinking about this, Fusu nodded gently to show his agreement. "Okay."

Then he reminded Meng Tian: "Grandmaster, please consider how to arrange the daily life of the 'common people' and prisoners who worked for the construction of the Great Wall, and arrange for you to participate in the grand celebration of the completion of the Great Wall on my behalf..."

"I understand!" Meng Tian saluted and stepped back.

…………In the meeting room of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, sitting opposite were four people: Feng Quji, an important official of the generation; Feng Jie, the eldest son of the Censor; Yao Jia, a legal official and the Chief Justice; and Zheng Guo, a senior official in charge of the national treasury's finances.

Zheng Guo reported in detail the situation of Fusu he had just met.

Hearing this, Feng Jie sighed deeply: "The monarch is deeply immersed in the mysterious way and ignores the way of governing with justice. The future of this country is worrying..."

Yao Jia looked up at Feng Quji and asked, "It is said that the monarch has re-read the files on the Dongfang meteorite case and intends to investigate again."

Feng Quji's breath froze and his eyes quickly swept across Feng Jie's face.