Since Wu Yong thought that such a house could withstand the winter in Liaodong, Han Du felt relieved.
"Then if houses like this are built for you, will you continue to build roads?"
"Yes, I am willing." Wu Yong nodded quickly, and others also agreed.
Han Du wanted to do more than that. He walked into the house and waved to everyone, "Come here, come here."
Then, Han Du directed several masons to put the kang on the plate.
Wu Yong watched from beginning to end, looked at Han Du doubtfully and asked: "Master Marquis, what are you doing?"
Han Du glanced at him and explained: "Didn't you also notice that there is no bed in this room? Well, this is the bed for sleeping. I call it Huokang."
"Fire kang?" Wu Yong turned around and glanced at the fire kang, which was less than three feet high. It was a little bigger than a bed. His face twitched and he asked: "Master Hou, how do you sleep here? It's all mud and mud. Damn it..."
Han Du smiled mysteriously and asked people to light a fire below. As temperatures rise, soil dries out quickly. I stretched out my hand and tried it. It was slightly hot to the touch. But it doesn't matter, it should be much better if it is spread with hay.
Wu Yong looked at it for a long time, but still didn't understand. He asked Han Du flatteringly: "Master Hou, are you going to put people on the fire?"
"What to bake?" Han Du glanced at Wu Yong with some blame, waved his hand and said: "Go get some hay and spread it thicker, then sit on it and try it."
Faced with Han Du's order, Wu Yong had no room to refute, so he spread hay and sat on it with hesitation.
"How do you feel?" Han Dubian asked as soon as Wu Yong sat on it.
Wu Yong smiled flatteringly and replied honestly: "Master Hou, I don't feel anything."
"It's okay, just wait." Han Du folded his hands on his chest and waited patiently.
After a while, Wu Yong's eyes suddenly bulged and he said in surprise, "Ah! Mr. Hou, I feel hot."
As he spoke, he kept pressing his hands on the hay beside him, and he did feel a warmth coming from him.
"Come here, bring two quilts." Han Du shouted quickly.
Soon, someone brought the quilt.
Wu Yong immediately knew what the Marquis wanted to do, so he took the initiative to cover himself with the quilt without asking, and felt it carefully. I just felt a rush of heat coming from the fire bed under my body, and I no longer felt the slightest bit of coldness all over my body. It was simply more comfortable than sleeping in spring.
After a while, sweat broke out on Wu Yong's back.
"It seems the fire was too strong." Wu Yong lifted the quilt and sat up. When he came into contact with the cold air, his back suddenly felt cool, and the sweat dried quickly on its own.
"It doesn't matter if the fire is big. Just burn it down a little bit when necessary." Han Du explained with a smile.
When other people saw it, they were also eager to try it out on the fire bed themselves.
Han Du saw the eager expressions on their faces and nodded in agreement to let them all feel it.
After everyone tried it, they were all very satisfied with the fire kang and praised it full of praise.
Seeing that everyone was happy, Han Du waved to them again. Take everyone to the back of the house. This is also a house made of wood and mud, but unlike the front, this is a livestock shed.
"I understand that you used to live by grazing, and every household has livestock. In winter, not only people are sad, but the animals are also sad. If an animal is frozen to death by the wind and snow, it will be a great disaster for you. Big loss." Han Du first made an opening statement.
"What the Marquis said is true. I didn't expect that the Marquis, with his rich body, has such a thorough understanding of the lives of ordinary people." Wu Yong bowed to Han Du and sighed.
Han Du pointed around and explained: "This is the place where I have prepared for you to keep the animals. In front of it is the fire kang. Dig a tunnel through the wall through the ground and cover it with bricks. Wait for the fire kang. When a fire is burning inside, the heat will come into the house along the tunnel. Although it is not a lot, it is enough for the animals."
As he said that, Han Du squatted down, touched the ground, and said with a smile: "Try it, the heat is really quite big."
After everyone had tried it and it was confirmed, Chao Handu said: "The Marquis has thought carefully, and the villain admires it."
Seeing that everyone had no doubts, Han Du ordered: "From tomorrow onwards, half of the people will continue to build the road, and the remaining people will work hard to build such a house. Try to let everyone live in the house before the wind and snow come. in."
"Obey the order." The guard had no doubts about this and immediately agreed to follow Han Du's instructions.
Just as the guard agreed, he suddenly asked: "Master Marquis, do you know where this house is built?"
Since you want to build a house, you have to find a place.
Han Du pondered for a moment and said directly: "Just build it on both sides of the road so that it will be convenient for everyone to go out in the future."
"Yes." The guard just wanted Han Du to designate a place for him to arrange easily. He didn't care at all whether it was built on flat ground or on a hillside.
Since the Marquis of Zhenhai now said to build it on the roadside, he will build it on the roadside.
Wu Yong and others had no objections. The house was close to the roadside, which was indeed convenient for them to travel in the future, so they naturally would not disagree.
But in this idea, Han Du had far-sightedness.
Although these people are Han, they do not even cultivate the land and are completely semi-nomadic. Liaodong has a vast territory and is sparsely populated. If they wander around, it will be difficult for the court to control them. Moreover, since they have no fixed place to live, it will be difficult for them to have an emotional connection with the land under their feet. If something goes wrong in the future, he might turn his back on Ming Dynasty again.
After all, although they are no match for the Ming army, can't they afford to hide if they can't offend them? As soon as they led the horses and drove the cattle into the wilderness, the court had nothing to do with them.
Now building their houses on both sides of the straight road is equivalent to giving them this place. Moreover, the future mobilization of the Ming army will definitely proceed along a straight path. If they wanted to break away from the Ming Dynasty, they had to consider whether the Ming army would come directly along the straight road.
Han Du never thought of controlling these people so tightly that they couldn't even breathe. But they are not willing to let it go, otherwise as time goes by, they will really become strangers, and they will no longer have a sense of belonging to Ming Dynasty.
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Following Han Du's order, houses and kangs began to be built on both sides of the straight roads. Building your own house takes more care than building roads. Many people even continue to build their own houses while it is still dark after finishing a day's hard work, hoping to finish the house earlier.
Such a big movement naturally cannot be hidden from Fu Youde.
The old general felt a little shocked after hearing about Han Du's actions.
