After Yuan Shuzhi was admitted to the environmental sanitation management position, after a period of training, he joined the Municipal Comprehensive Management Bureau.
This Municipal Comprehensive Management Bureau is roughly a collection of many aspects such as sanitation, greening, municipal administration, transportation, etc. in the old time and space. During the Republic of China, it was mostly called the Ministry of Industry Bureau. In this time and space, the Guangzhou Municipal Government came up with such a name in order to avoid confusion with the "Ministry of Industry" of the Ming Dynasty.
The immediate boss of the Municipal Comprehensive Management Bureau was Lin Baiguang. Yuan Shuzhi had been an intern at the Municipal Comprehensive Management Bureau for three months and performed well, so Lin Baiguang gave him the first task.
Yuan Shuzhi's first task was the renovation of urban public toilets.
This project was designated by Liu Xiang and Liu Dafu as the No. 1 livelihood project in the new year. In medieval cities in the 17th century, public toilets either did not exist or existed in extremely crude forms. In Guangzhou, there are two types of public toilet facilities. One is a urinal on the street for men to relieve themselves; the other is a little more sophisticated, with a semi-buried toilet in a back alley. The manure tank is placed on the ground, and there is a footboard on the tank for people to defecate.
This kind of simple "public toilet" is not covered. Generally speaking, the urine bucket is covered with a bamboo hat and the cesspool is covered with a reed mat. The purpose is not to provide privacy, but mainly to prevent rainwater from flowing in and affecting the quality of farmyard fertilizer. Harm the interests of the owner of the dung section.
It is conceivable that basically only men can use such crude facilities. Liu Dafu believes that in order for women to work, it is essential to provide necessary public toilets separated by men and women.
Of course, from a health perspective, adequate public toilets are also crucial. Because there are not many toilets even in such a crude way. Therefore, as long as you go to remote places, you can see traces of defecation everywhere, especially in remote back streets, where there is even more urine and feces on the ground.
Not only is it dirty, but it also pollutes water sources and becomes the source of various infectious diseases. Therefore, after Liu Xiang completed the two major municipal projects of demolishing illegal buildings and dredging the Liumai Canal, he began to build "public toilets" throughout the city.
In addition to hygienic considerations, building public toilets is also a way to eradicate evil forces in the city. Because in the past, Guangzhou's Dung Section was like a vassal town. Not only were they intertwined, but there were also clear barriers between each section and each had its own deed. In order to compete for the right to collect excrement in the dung section, there are often various overt and covert fights among the owners of the dung section. And this also involves the people of Guandi Temple. Often leads to bloodshed.
It was originally free for the owners of the dung section to clean up the excrement, because the income from the sale of the excrement was their profit. But as time went by, the residents were threatened with clearing excrement. The Bishop of the Dung Section instigated the workers to demand cleaning fees on the grounds of "labor money," "tea money," and "washing money." If they refused to pay, he would threaten to stop dumping the excrement. Residents had to endure its exploitation. There was considerable public dissatisfaction.
Therefore, although building public toilets is expensive and cumbersome, it is of great benefit to urban governance. Therefore, it became an important part of Liu Xiang's "New Life Movement".
Although Guangzhou City has an underground drainage system called Liumai Canal, due to hygiene and fertilizer considerations, it is obviously not appropriate for public toilets to discharge urine directly into Liumai Canal. Therefore, the construction company designed the septic tank model.
Public restrooms are separate for men and women. There is a "dung dumping station" attached, which is regularly flushed and cleaned by sanitation workers every day. The flushed fecal water flows into the septic tank. After sedimentation and fermentation in the three-stage septic tank, the upper layer of clean water is discharged into the sewer channel. After the fecal residue has accumulated to a certain extent, it is manually dug out and loaded into trucks and transported to several "fertilizer stations" in the surrounding suburbs. ". The city's feces and household waste will be sold here to farmers in the suburbs.
The construction standards of this type of toilet are roughly the same as those of public toilets before the 1980s. Overall, they are very crude and the sanitary conditions are unsatisfactory. However, it is already an extremely advanced concept in this time and space. The only regret for the designers of Lingao Construction Company is that there is no tap water system in Guangzhou, so there is a huge shortage in providing flushing water. Sanitation workers had to drag water trucks to flush toilets.
Even so, these public toilets built in the streets and alleys according to population density have also greatly played a role in improving the urban sanitary environment.
Yuan Shu is responsible for the construction of three public toilets.
Yuan Shuzhi has completed the first one and is now on the second one. He was now leading candidates to see where the toilets in the neighborhood would be more suitable. He used the location knowledge he learned when taking the civil service exam to discuss with several young people who were newly admitted: "Everyone, look at this How about a few points? This toilet cannot be built at a wind outlet, otherwise the fragrance will spread thousands of miles away, but it cannot be too far away from the people, otherwise they will not like to use it. I think these points are acceptable, close to residential areas, but not so bad Affecting people’s lives.”
"Lao Yuan, I'm afraid what you said is not very good. Judging from the location, this point is the best at the moment." said a young man who had just graduated from Lingao Fangcaodi and was assigned through administrative training. Yuan Shuzhi rolled his eyes at him and thought to himself: This doll is just a doll. Although he is an Australian student, he is a deadbeat. He doesn't even look at how close he is to Liu Dafu's official residence. Isn't building here a suicide plan? .
Yuan Shuzhi said: "You, you are still too young. I am a few years older than you. I have to say to you: This, don't keep silent. Look at the location of this point and the wind direction in Guangzhou all year round. You Don’t you have eyes and a nose? There are many elders living around here. Do the elders need a large toilet?! Building toilets must be based on the needs of the people."
The young man immediately lost his voice, but still felt unwilling.
Yuan Shuzhi had no choice but to say: "There is nothing wrong with wanting to do a good job, but there is also a mistake in just doing the work. It depends on whether you know it or not?!"
The tea guests in the tea house across the street watched their exploration, and one guest smiled and said:
"I said that the Australians are in charge of the world and the earth, and they control people's shit and farts too much. What a big deal. It turns out that Wang Shitou's time was much better than it is now. Why do you treat people so well? Wang Shitou was arrested and slapped, saying that he was some kind of evil force. Now the excrement in the house has to accumulate for several days before anyone comes to collect it."
"I said Lao Wang, sooner or later you will die because of your mouth. Who doesn't know that this Wang Shitou is your distant nephew, and he pays you a few filial piety every year. As a person, he is a bad person! This shit has taken him away He wants us to pay him money for selling! He also asks for rewards during festivals and festivals. Last time, my brother-in-law’s family slightly neglected his people, so they didn’t collect manure from his family for a month!”
But someone here is worried about the boss: "Boss, your teahouse is in danger! Once the big toilet is built, the fragrance of your place will spread thousands of miles away."
The owner of the tea house turned blue at this moment. No matter how "clean and hygienic" the Australians claim the large flush toilet is, no one likes to drink tea opposite the toilet. Once completed, his tea house will have no choice but to close down! I was thinking about how to save it.
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Yuan Shuzhi was exploring the site, but the city government suddenly sent a traffic officer to deliver an emergency notice. He opened it and saw that he was asked to report to a certain room in the big world tomorrow to an Elder Zheng. Temporarily seconded her to work.
Although Yuan Shuzhi didn't know why he was suddenly seconded, he thought it was because the Senate wanted to reuse him, and he was happy.
When he returned to the bureau, he handed over the urban area at hand to others, and reported to the big world early the next morning.
This was the first time Zheng Mingjiang saw Yuan Shuzhi, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: not only was this man very old and old-fashioned, but he also had a sour smell all over his body. How come we have such a number of people in our civil service?
She was used to seeing young naturalized cadres who came from school. Although they looked handsome and ugly, most of them had a clean appearance and spoke sharply. In comparison, Yuan Shuzhi really couldn't tell how "competent" they were.
However, the identification materials in his file are excellent, and he ranked first in the sanitation post in the civil service examination. Moreover, all the entrance training examinations were ranked among the best, especially hygiene and epidemic prevention. Zheng Mingjiang knew how valuable this was for a man in his fifties who came from an old literati background.
Zheng Mingjiang looked at it carefully and felt that as long as he put on a wig and a long gown, he would look like a "Ming Dynasty survivor". There is no Australian vibe at all, so it would be most appropriate to conduct a secret visit to get information. .
She briefly chatted with him for a few words, and felt that this man was sophisticated and well-organized, so he should be qualified for investigation work.
She immediately told him about the content and focus of her work, and said: "This matter is currently highly confidential. No matter before or after, it cannot be leaked - can you do it?"
"The chief has an order, but I dare not obey it." Yuan Shuzhi said with emotion.
"You are responsible for undercover investigation, and you may also deal with criminals. There will be certain risks. Think about it, do you think you can bear it?"
"Before the chiefs came to the city, a person was alive, but he was no different from a dead person. He just breathed more. Only when he was admitted to the civil service was he reincarnated as a human being. His new life was given by the chief. If the chief is Yes, I will never be vague!"
Yuan Shuzhi's confession made Zheng Mingjiang a little embarrassed. She smiled and said: "You don't have to be so nervous! Huizhou is our world, and I will send people to protect you secretly. I won't ask you to do dangerous things. You just need to find out the information secretly. In this case, you can go back and clean up. , set out with the investigation team tomorrow..."
Yuan Shuzhi had been thinking about it for a few minutes, and he said, "I think it's better for me to go alone."
"Oh why."
"Since the chief wants someone to conduct a secret investigation, how can he go with the investigation team?" He thought that if he went to Huizhou with the investigation team, he would be more likely to be seen on the way. Once someone finds out, his "secret investigation" mission will no longer be possible.
(End of chapter)
