The big man has a living father

Chapter 75 Black-hearted Developer ( chapters on the first day)

Huo Hai was really happy at this time. He didn't know that his elder brother had spread rumors that he had spent all his money to pursue the princess.

What they don’t know is that these refugees said these words in order to find a place to live.

He also felt that they were a perfect match, recognized as a talented man and a beautiful woman.

But how could he not know that Liu Che didn't know?

damn thing!
Princess Wei Chang also didn't know about this matter. Although the rumor spread throughout Chang'an, no one dared to talk about it in front of her.

At this time Princess Wei Chang was also shocked and puzzled.

However, Princess Wei Chang was not a fool and immediately thought that it was arranged by Huo Hai.

But after seeing Huo Hai so happy, Princess Wei Chang felt something was wrong.

……

In the parade ground, Zhao Polu: "My Lord, you said that the second young master is pursuing the princess. Now everyone in Chang'an knows about it. Isn't this a bad idea?"

Huo Qubing checked the soldiers' test scores and said, "What's wrong with that?"

Zhao Polu: "It's just a rumor!"

Huo Qubing: "In a word, in exchange for the nobles of Chang'an not to pursue the second brother's monopoly, it's quite a profit."

Zhao Polu: "But it's embarrassing!"

Huo Qubing laughed: "What a joke! Go ask him if he has any shame. If he knew, he would make the same choice."

"After all, when he was killing the escaped prisoners, he said, 'When the water is too clear, there will be no fish; when the people are too cheap, they will be invincible.'"

Zhao Polu scratched his head: "Such an invincible method?"

Huo Qubing closed his report and said: "In the desert, I am invincible. In the officialdom, I will still be invincible. Since a person is invincible when he is humble, then I must learn how to be humble."

"Luckily I have my second brother. He is responsible for being mean, and I am responsible for being invincible."

……

Surrounded by a group of Xiongnu children, the three of them and the Yulin Guards walked towards the more central area.

Not only do a large number of people live here, but there is also a large ranch in the back.

Although Liu Che was in a bad mood, something immediately attracted his attention.

"Huh?" Liu Che looked at the stone slabs covering the ground. "Such fine stone, cut into slabs and laid on the ground? Is this a path?"

"Why is the middle of the road made of dirt, but the sides of the road are made of stone slabs? The road left for me is made of inferior materials, while the sides are made of superior materials?"

A Xiongnu woman hesitated and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, this is not a road. There is a sewer under the stone slab."

Liu Che looked at the Xiongnu woman and said, "I remember you. You were the salesperson that day. What's your name?"

The woman bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am very happy."

Liu Che nodded: "What do you think is under the stone slab?"

Woman: "Down here is the sewer, also known as the stinking ditch. All the dirty water will pour into it and flow away."

Liu Che was a little confused: "Oh? This direction... leads to the Wei River? Is this how sewage is treated on the grassland? In Chang'an, they would dig sewage wells to drain the water."

There is a so-called dirty well in every neighborhood.

After the sewage well is dug, a garbage pool will be built next to it.

Residents would dump their garbage in it, and water would flow out and into the lowest place, which was the sewage well.

With sewage wells, sewage will not be retained for a long time, thus reducing the outbreak rate of infectious diseases.

But the downside is that sewage pollutes the ground from sewage wells all year round. You should know that these so-called sewage are also called brine (not the brine for making salt, but polluted salt water).

Not to mention the dirty water, even if the clean river water is used for long-term irrigation, the salt left behind after the water evaporates will accumulate little by little, which will eventually cause salinization of the land. Not to mention the year-round soaking in brine.

In about a hundred years, the underground of big cities will become salinized.

Underground salinization means that the water pumped from local wells is all saline and alkali water and cannot be drunk.

In this way, the land is rotten.

It is also for this reason that the specific addresses of Chang'an and Luoyang have been moving.

It just so happened that among all the big cities in the Han Dynasty, there was one city that was not salinized, and that was Chengdu. Because Chengdu was a southern city with heavy rainfall, the sewage was diluted and washed away even underground.

This is why Chengdu is the only city that has not changed its name or location in the past three thousand years.

Liu Che didn't understand these things, so he was very confused. Why was such a good stone slab used for this?

An Xi: "Your Majesty, this is the creation of the Second Young Master. The Second Young Master is worried that too many of us living here will pollute the water source and cause the cattle and sheep on the ranch to get sick, so he built a sewer."

"In fact, the construction of sewers only requires twice as much stone as the construction of garbage pits and sewage wells."

You know, the garbage pool, the sewage well, the hardened ground, the manhole cover and so on are all made of stone, and they are large stones.

Liu Che looked at Huo Hai: "Pollution of water sources?"

Huo Hai nodded: "Your Majesty, we all know that only living water can be drunk, and dead water cannot be drunk. In this case, won't the sewage we pour on the ground slowly seep into the clean water sources nearby?"

"A pool becomes living water because water is poured into it. This is what distinguishes it from dead water. But if what is poured into it is not only clean living water, but also dirty water that is dirtier than dead water, then wouldn't the living water also be dead?"

Liu Che: "Isn't it the same if the water is drained into the Wei River?"

Huo Hai shook his head and said: "The Wei River has a large flow, so this amount of sewage will not be a big deal if it enters the Wei River. It will not affect the Wei River. Of course, if the sewage increases hundreds or thousands of times in the future, we will have to consider treating the sewage before discharging it, otherwise the people downstream will suffer."

Liu Che thought for a moment: "What about the toilet?"

Generally, if people raise pigs at home, they will set up a toilet above the pigpen. Pigs, like dogs, will eat their poop when they go to the toilet, so the poop will be gone.

But there are obviously no pigs raised here.

Huo Hai: "That's another use. Your Majesty, have you forgotten the experiment of fertilization?"

Liu Che reacted: "Yes!"

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, that thing can be sold for money in the future."

Liu Che poked his head in: "Hmm?"

Soon, without Huo Hai's explanation, Liu Che also figured out the key to the problem.

If manure can increase the fertility of the soil, then the barren lower fields would be equal to the upper fields in the past. The upper fields in the past were directly better than heaven.

This is not just manure, it's a panacea for farmland!
In this case, wouldn't the manure have to be collected? If the amount is large, wouldn't it really cost money?

The land and pigs compete for food.

Looking at Liu Che's expression, Huo Hai knew what he was thinking. After all, this question was not easy to ask.

Huo Hai took the initiative: "Pig manure can still be used as fertilizer. In the future, all house structures must be changed. There should be a manure pit under the pig pen. People and pigs should use the same manure pit."

Princess Wei Chang couldn't listen any more: "Can we talk about something else?"

Is it appropriate for two people to keep talking about poop?

Liu Che: "It's useless to say so. Let's experiment in Chang'an County."

A man is a man, he has an experimental spirit, whoever proposes something will realize it. Huo Hai proposed a lot, so he will realize them all.

Huo Hai had already prepared to publicize this set of ideas.

The main thing is that, except for the pigs eaten by the royal family, all the other pigs on the market eat feces, and Huo Hai really doesn't want to eat these pigs.

Once this method is promoted, feces will become a treasure and pigs will no longer eat feces. Then we can eat pigs that are safe and reliable.

Speaking of this, Liu Che became happier: "How is the layout of your government office going?"

Faced with this question, Huo Hai laughed awkwardly.

Liu Che: "You don't go there often, so you don't know how the decoration is going?"

Huo Hai continued to laugh awkwardly.

Liu Che knew it at a glance: "Never been there once?"

Huo Hai nodded awkwardly.

Liu Che finally got his chance: "Bring me my sword! I'll chop this 'dog official' off!"

Which official doesn't know what his government office looks like? Huo Hai didn't even know which direction his government office door faced!
The Yulin Guards were so obedient that they actually brought the sword.

Princess Wei Chang glared at the Imperial Guards and said, "Back off."

Then he asked a Xiongnu child for a small straight wooden stick: "Father."

Liu Che took the small wooden stick with a complicated expression.

She hasn't even gotten married yet, but she's already turned her back on others.

When he thought of this, he became even angrier and picked up the small wooden stick and looked at Huo Hai.

Huo Hai? He ran away when Liu Che asked for the sword.

Liu Che, wearing a black dragon robe, lifted up his skirt and chased Huo Hai with a wooden stick.

A group of people were left looking at each other.

Princess Wei Chang: "Let's all go."

She followed on horseback with the Imperial Guards.

At the edge of the pasture, although there were not many people, the sunshine, grassland and wind were just right.

Huo Hai supported himself on his knees and gasped for breath.

Liu Che waved the stick and supported his waist while panting: "If it was…if it was three years earlier, I…I would have run your legs off."

Huo Hai panted heavily, "A good man never talks about his past... courage... After three years, Your Majesty will not be able to catch up with me."

Hearing this, Liu Che fell silent.

Every emperor with great talent and strategy wanted to live forever, except Liu Bang.

Liu Che was of course no exception. He did not have the open-mindedness and carefreeness of Emperor Gaozu, and he also wanted to live forever.

However, Liu Che did not discuss this topic with Huo Hai. Instead, he looked into the distance. Although he was slightly nearsighted and could not see clearly, he still looked at the Wei River in the distance: "What do you think, in the future, will Chang'an's sewage be so much that the Wei River cannot hold it?"

Huo Hai: "In the future, Chang'an will have so many people that the south bank of the Wei River will not be able to accommodate them."

Liu Che thought about it and felt that this was too outrageous. Wouldn’t that mean a population of three million?

Huo Hai pointed at the Wei River and said, "The Wei River keeps bringing loess, which stays on the south bank. As long as there is a flood, it will definitely change its course to the north."

"We changed our route again and again, and finally stopped at the foot of the mountain in the north."

"Even if such a wide distance were to be given to Chang'an, it would still not be able to accommodate so many people in Chang'an."

"The current Chang'an city wall extends twenty miles to the east, south, west and north, and that is the real Chang'an."

Liu Che was not interested in Huo Hai's description of Chang'an after an unknown period of time. Liu Che asked, "You mean the Wei River has changed its course?"

Liu Che didn't know that the Wei River changed its course, but he knew that the Yellow River changed its course.

This has happened more than once in history.

Huo Hai nodded: "Yes."

Liu Che's eyes lit up: "Do you know the price of the land across the river?"

Huo Hai shook his head suspiciously.

Liu Che: "The land across the river is only one-fifth the price of land here."

"The money I used to buy Shanglin Garden is enough to buy the entire northern bank of the Wei River. In fact, the northeastern side of the Wei River originally belonged to me."

Huo Hai: "Hiss~ Your Majesty, are you thinking... too much?"

Liu Che: "The Xiongnu people don't give birth to children? Have the Xiongnu people always been alone on the north bank?"

"The income of Chang'an's labor force has tripled thanks to you. From now on, there will be two days off every seven days. If I'm not mistaken, this is to give them time to spend the money they earn, right?"

"In this way, people from around Chang'an, the entire Heluo, and even the whole country who want to make money and live a good life will come to Chang'an."

"In the future, Chang'an will need to accommodate more people. Can the current South Bank accommodate them? Besides, the South Bank is a pasture and my Shanglinyuan Palace."

Huo Hai still felt that this was too outrageous: "Your Majesty, can you think of something more reliable?"

Liu Che: "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. Buy the land on the north bank!"

As he spoke, Liu Che made a gesture of digging the soil.

After buying the land, the Wei River was artificially diverted!

As long as you don’t need to cross the river, from Chang’an to the future south bank of the Wei River, it will be a rich land, and the price will skyrocket five times!
If you use the money to renovate a house and sell it, the price will skyrocket dozens of times!
When Liu Che first heard Cao Xiang convey Huo Hai's Xiongnu policy, he remembered nothing else but one thing: "When they come back from Australia, they will have enough money to buy my house."

Liu Che didn't know what a building was and what Australia was, but he knew what a coal mine was and what a house was.

Recently, Liu Che has been thinking about how to spend the dividends from the money earned from the coal mine.

Now, after being reminded by Huohai and learning about the northward movement of the Wei River, he figured it out!

Liu Che drew a picture on the ground with a small wooden stick. After he finished drawing, he drew a new Wei River. That was the location of a small tributary to the north of the Wei River: "Here."

Huo Hai looked at Liu Che and thought that although Liu Che was greedy, he was still quite law-abiding. He did not directly forcibly expropriate the land, but actually gave money.

Then he took the stick and drew a line further north: "Here."

This location is the real more stable river route.

Liu Che looked up in astonishment: "You plan to build houses on such a large area? Aren't you too cruel?"

Huo Hai said sternly: "I am afraid that the river you planned will change its course naturally in a short time. It is better to find a more stable route in one go. After all, our main purpose is to control the water!"

Liu Che: "Nonsense, don't you know the main purpose?"

Behind him, Princess Wei Chang asked: "Father, why are you suddenly drawing a map of Chang'an on the ground?"

Liu Che stood up straight, his figure was tall and majestic under the sun, and his shoulders were covered with the sun's rays: "I... uh... I am discussing flood control with Huo Hai."

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