Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 38 Health Systems Matter

Li Fei looked at his Hou's mansion after a month of painting and renovation, it was almost completely new, and he was in a good mood.

The door plaque is installed, 'Jingyang Houfu'!
During this period of time, Li Fei had known for a long time that Jingyang County was located about two hundred miles north of Chang'an City.Since he was enfeoffed as Marquis of Jingyang, the [-] mu of Yongye farmland and the [-] households of food towns that are equal to the title of the title are located in Jingyang County.

By the way, Tang Xuanzong is actually quite interesting. Although Yang Guifei did not directly give him the title of Duke of the county as he thought, Jingyang County and Xunyang County are generally upper counties with more than 1000 households, and the total number of households is even higher than that of Xunyang County. There are a few hundred more households in Yang County, with a population of nearly [-] households, only a little over [-] households away from being upgraded to a 'state', that is to say, he is much more 'noble' than the average county lord in name.

The most important thing is that it is close to Chang'an City, and the rewarded land is easy to manage!And the annual tax collection of the [-] food towns is also easy to send!

There is also a difference between Hou Ye and Hou Ye. Some Hou Ye obviously live in Chang'an City, but the granted Yongyetian and Shiyi are located in the Lingnan area thousands of miles away. Management is difficult. There is no big difference between yes and no!
Of course, getting the title of Lord Marquis is enough to burn incense. Who cares where Yongyetian and Shiyi are given, after all, Yongyetian is still useful. The so-called Shiyi is generally not enough for households. In the first year, Hou Ye had a thousand households in Shiyi in name, but it would be good to have a hundred households in real seals.Wu Zetian reformed the system and reduced the number of households from [-] to [-]. The number of households in name is less, but there are generally about [-] households in real seals.

For two hundred households in Shiyi, the annual tax is about 20 shi of grain, and each household has [-] days of corvee per year, which is equivalent to the value of several hundred taels of silver per year.

In general, relying on the income from Yongyetian and Shiyi, no matter how inferior Hou Ye is, he can enjoy life without worrying about food and clothing.

"Why does my brother have been this Marquis for a month, but still feel that it is not real? It seems that this Marquis is not good enough!" Li Fei sighed a little, maybe there are too many princes in Datang, It is not as rare as the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties of later generations.

In fact, Li Fei was wrong. He felt that Lord Hou didn’t seem to be honorable at all. In Jingyang County, let alone the county magistrate, all the gentry and powerful men in Jingyang County have to come to pay homage to him, the Lord Marquis.

"A Niu!" Li Fei shouted to Zeng A Niu who was directing the work of the craftsmen.

"Master Hou, you're here!" Zeng A Niu immediately ran over, and Li Fei came here every now and then this month.

Basically, all the places that should be painted in the Hou Mansion were painted again, the rotten wooden strips were replaced, and the worn-out window paper was replaced with new ones.The leaves and sundries on the roof were all cleaned up and the cracked tiles were replaced with new ones. The trees, flowers and plants were restored to standard, and the stone slabs in the walkway were scrubbed and cleaned.

"A Niu, you have contributed a lot to the Hou Mansion being able to take on a new look so quickly!" Li Fei praised.

"Master Hou, this is what the little ones should do, and you are too embarrassed to praise it." Zeng Aniu still smiled honestly on the surface, but Li Fei knew very well in his heart that Ah Niu's heart was actually dark and he was very smart. , he was never worried that Ah Niu would mess things up.

Thanks to the fact that it used to be the mansion of the state, no matter which state it is, it was inherited from the era of Gaozong and Wu Zetian, and it may even be passed down from the founding of the Tang Dynasty. At least it has dozens of hundreds of years of glory. , plum trees, apricot trees and other high-quality trees have grown for decades and hundreds of years. They are big enough, and they are very beautiful after a little rest. The shade of the trees is like a forest. Shoes do not get muddy.

Brick and stone drainage system, lotus ponds, waterways.

What surprised Li Fei the most was that there was an underground spring hidden beside a rockery on the east side of the mansion, and it was because of this underground spring water source that the waterways and lotus ponds in the mansion were all very clear.

It is worthy of being the glorious Duke's Mansion in Wu Zetian's era, it is really--too surprising!Li Fei sighed again, and at the same time felt even more proud. Such a good place did not expect to fall on him in the end.

To say that the only thing that makes Li Fei dissatisfied is the sanitation system, that is, toilets and other places where excrement is disposed of.

Although it has been almost half a year since I came to Datang, and the toilet has become numb, but I am still not used to it.After all, the toilet is made of wood. Although there is a cover, it is absolutely impossible to cover it so tightly. As long as there is a slight gap, some peculiar smell will always leak out. When the wind blows, the smell is really sour, isn't it!
He used to be in the Lin family, but he was just the son-in-law of the Lin family. He didn't have much autonomy, so he was not in the mood, so he could make do with everything, and didn't really want to change.Now that he finally has his own home and is completely independent, he wants to make his home comfortable enough, and he wants to use many modern things if possible.

For example, the modern sanitation system, from the construction of toilets to the disposal of waste and so on.

"A good sanitation system can make life more comfortable, and it must be developed!" Li Fei thought firmly.

The various decorations of the Hou Mansion are basically coming to an end, it is best to decide what changes to make immediately, otherwise it will be a lot of trouble to wait until the decoration is completed.

Li Fei plans to build some modern toilets and a septic tank for sewage treatment in the mansion.

Do it as soon as you think of it, anyway, the principle is very simple, as long as you have money, it should not be difficult to make it.

Immediately found a pen and paper to write pictures and so on.Toilets are mainly squatting pits and flushing channels.As for the septic tank, it is planned to build three decaying decomposition tanks in a row with the biogas tank as the core, and the sewage from the last decomposition is almost odorless.

The reason for digging three ponds is not only because the sewage that is repeatedly transformed is cleaner, but also because the Hou Mansion is large enough, and there are plenty of places to dig ponds anyway.Besides, after the pond is covered, horses can be raised on it, which is not a waste of space.

The main means of transportation in the Tang Dynasty was horses, and raising horses was a must.

In this way, the septic tank not only facilitates the treatment of human waste, but also handles horse waste by the way.At the same time, among the three pools of the septic tank, the first pool is to be built similar to a biogas pool, and the biogas produced can also be used for fire, which saves firewood and reduces smoke, which serves multiple purposes.

Li Fei became more and more excited when he painted, and a completed sanitation system came out, and the next step was just construction.

It has been almost three months since I left Xunyang County. Li Fei misses his lovely wife Lin Shiyue a little bit, and can't wait to go back to Xunyang County to pick up Lin Shiyue after the Hou Mansion is completed.
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