nownovels Chapter 818: Local Officials: Tap Water? Good Stuff, I’Ll Get One Too [Please Subscribe, Please Subs
Chapter 818: Local Officials: Tap Water? Good Stuff, I’Ll Get One Too [Please Subscribe, Please Subs
With the approval of all the civil and military officials of the capital and local officials, the chamberlain on the side also once again wrote "Reform the tenure of local officials and promote the "Local Five-Year Medium and Long-term Development Plan"" to the "Ming Dynasty's Second Five-Year Medium- and Long-term Development Plan" ] on top of the big blackboard.
And after "Reforming the term of office of local officials and promoting the "Five-year Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Local Governments"", write the word "Ministry of Staff", indicating that the specific regulations and details of the follow-up matter will be completed by the Ministry of Staff, and Promote and implement.
After King Zhu Fan of the Jin Dynasty decided to reform the terms of office of local officials and promote the policy of "Local Five-Year Medium and Long-term Development Plan", he also took a step back and retreated into the queue of princes.
Immediately, King Yan Zhu Di also took a step forward, stood out of the queue, glanced at the civil and military officials below, and then said:
"Next, the imperial court will vigorously promote the construction of national infrastructure, including but not limited to promoting the construction of tap water projects in various provinces, prefectures, states, and counties!"
Having said this, King Yan Zhu Di paused, his eyes fell on the local officials in the row of Chief Envoys of Guangdong Province and said:
"Where is the prefect of Guangzhou?!"
The prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture below heard King Yan Zhu Di mention the word "tap water", and then heard King Yan Zhu Di calling him again. He also had some guesses in his heart, and at the same time he stood up and answered:
"I'm here!"
King Yan Zhu Di looked at the prefect of Guangzhou below, nodded slightly and said:
"Nowadays, Guangzhou Prefecture is using tap water. Please explain to everyone what I mean by tap water."
The prefect of Guangzhou immediately took the order and said:
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Then, the prefect of Guangzhou told everything he knew about "tap water":
"In the past, a layman from Dongpo was banished to Huizhou. Later, he heard a letter from his friend Wang Minzhong, the governor of Guangzhou, saying: 'People in this city like to drink salty and bitter water, but during the spring and summer diseases, they will suffer a lot. Only officials and powerful people can drink Liu Wang's water. "How can you get water from a mountain well if you are poor?"
"After Dongpo layman heard about it, based on his own experience in governing Hangzhou, his friend Wang Zhong, the governor of Guangzhou, wrote:
"But there is Dishui Rock in Pujian Mountain. The water comes from a height that can be led into the city, covering a distance of twenty miles or less."
If a large stone trough is made under the rock, five tubes of large bamboo are placed in place, wrapped with hemp, painted with lacquer, and placed high and low on the ground, directly into the city.
A large stone trough was made to receive the water, and five pipes were used to divert the flow into the city. Small stone troughs were made for draining.
It can be done with more than ten thousand bamboo poles and twenty miles of sunflower thatch covering it, and it probably only costs a few hundred thousand.'
"Afterwards, Grand Administrator Wang followed the advice of layman Dongpo and built this water diversion project in Guangzhou, so that the people of Guangzhou no longer had to work hard to carry and fetch water.
"After the suggestion was adopted, layman Dongpo considered the follow-up maintenance work of the water supply project and made another suggestion:
‘I heard that I made a pipe to divert water from Pujian, which was very good. On each pole, a small hole, as big as a mung bean, must be drilled, and a small bamboo needle should be inserted into it to detect the blockage. The road is long and long, and there are always obstacles. If there is no way to test it, then one rod's blockage will easily lead to hundreds of rods~...
"In the end, Guangzhou residents are at home without leaving their homes, but as long as they turn on a switch, water will automatically flow out for their use."
“Because the water comes naturally, it is also called ‘tap water’.
To put it simply, due to the influence of the tide, the water in Guangzhou's rivers was brackish and salty, seriously endangering the health of the people, and plagues often occurred in the city.
Faced with such a thing, Wang Minzhong, as the governor of a place, naturally cannot accept it. After all, there are more plagues and more people have died. Doesn't this mean that he is not good at governing?!!
That will affect his political performance!!!
So when I heard that my good friend and unlucky guy Su Shi Su Dongpo had been demoted to Huizhou, adjacent to Guangzhou, and I also knew that in addition to being a foul-mouthed and delicious food, my friend was also an expert in water control, so I immediately wrote to him. Calling for help.
After Su Shi received the letter from his friend, he also very enthusiastically thought of a solution.
Then Su Shi remembered the Pujian Mountain (later known as Baiyun Mountain) that he had visited. The stream in the mountain was clear and sweet, and was also called "Ganxi", which was very suitable for drinking water.
However, although there are excellent water sources in the mountains, how to prevent pollution from flowing into thousands of households?
So Su Shi's idea was to dig a stone trough under the Dishui Rock in the mountain to store the spring water flowing down, and connect it with multiple hollowed-out bamboo tubes to serve as tap water pipes to directly introduce water into the city along the topography from high to low.
After the spring water is introduced into the city, it is stored in a large stone tank, and other bamboo pipes are used as water distribution pipes, and then distributed to small tanks throughout the city, so that people can enjoy fresh water at their doorsteps.
After the suggestion was adopted, Su Shi considered the follow-up maintenance work of the water supply project, so he proposed:
"Drill small holes in each bamboo pipe and plug them. With these small holes, if you find that the water pipe is blocked in the future, you only need to pull out the small bamboo needles in each section of the small hole and see which small hole does not let water out, and you can immediately identify the blockage. The existing bamboo pipes will be replaced, which will affect the garden and the entire water supply network.”
It can be said that, except for not being personally responsible, Su Shi thoughtfully considered all projects from theoretical implementation to follow-up maintenance.
It is precisely because of this that the residents of Guangzhou began to drink "tap water" more than 900 years ago, which can be regarded as a major innovation ahead of the world.
After listening to the Guangzhou magistrate's story, all the civil and military officials from the capital, as well as local officials from various places, looked at him in surprise.
Didn’t we say that we all live in a “feudal and backward” city in “1385”?!!
As a result, when we were all still using backward manual methods of fetching and transporting water, you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes who looked honest and honest, actually secretly used such an advanced project as "tap water for all residents of the city" behind our backs. facility!
No, with such a good thing, the local governments, states, and counties under my rule also need one!!!
If we can build and popularize water supply facilities for local governments, states, and counties under our jurisdiction, this can more or less be regarded as a good political achievement.
Anyway, after listening to the Guangzhou prefect's narration, they also understood the relevant principles of tap water supply.
It doesn't look difficult, and it doesn't cost much.
It's just more than ten thousand poles of bamboo and dozens of miles of sunflower thatch, so what does it cost?
Some officials have even begun to draw inferences and consider the possibility of using ceramics, concrete and cement to make water pipes.
After all, no matter how big the bamboo is, it is only one thing.
Small places may be able to supply it, but large places with large populations may not be able to supply it.
Just like Yan Changqing's previous life, the problem of "water inlet and drainage through large and small pipes in the pool" that made students feel very painful, if the water inlet pipe is not as efficient as the water outlet pipe.
Then sooner or later, the water inflow will not be able to keep up with the water delivery, causing the pool to be temporarily exhausted.
Zhu Di, King of Yan, who was on the imperial steps of the Dan Palace, saw that all the civil and military officials below him had almost understood what "tap water" meant, and then he looked at the Minister of Works and ordered:
"First call together officials from the Ministry of Industry, as well as a group of master craftsmen and craftsmen, to brainstorm and build the relevant water supply projects in Yingtianfu first."
"After the construction is completed, the process and experience of the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in constructing the Yingtianfu water supply project will be compiled into a book, and then distributed to officials in all provinces, prefectures, states, and counties around the world."
"After that, officials from all provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties around the world will start the construction of corresponding water supply projects based on the water supply project construction experience of Guangzhou Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture, combined with their own local specific conditions."
"If you encounter problems in the construction of water supply projects, you can write a memorial about the relevant problems and submit them to the Ministry of Industry."
"Then officials from the Ministry of Industry will either reply with relevant solutions in the memorial, or directly send corresponding master craftsmen and craftsmen to local provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties for specific guidance.
"In addition, the Ministry of Industry can also go to the Academy of Science and Technology to discuss with the Science Saint Ban Heng. He may have some relevant knowledge and may be able to teach you, (Liao Nuo Zhao), such as the principle of siphonage, the principle of spiral motion, and air pressure. principle."
"And some tools that may be useful for building tap water, such as the keel waterwheel mentioned before, which can transport water from low places to high places."
"But in some places, it does not have high mountains and flowing water like Guangzhou Prefecture. It can use the terrain to divert water from high places to low places."
"At this time, is it possible to use the keel waterwheel to transport the water source from the lower areas to a high reservoir, and then use this high reservoir to divert the water downwards?!!"
"Of course, whether it can be used and how it should be used needs to be weighed and considered by officials from the Ministry of Industry and relevant masters and craftsmen. After all, professional people do professional things."
"In short, the water supply project will also be included in the next [Daming Second Five-Year Medium and Long-term Development Plan]."
"Minister of Industry, do you understand?"
The Minister of Industry and Industry immediately took a step forward, cupped his hands and responded:
"My lord, I understand!"
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