After nearly two months of development, Anyi is no longer what it used to be. Tian Feng came back first with Hua Ju and his group. Xu Huang was dragged by Zhang Fei to help out and said he would return in a few days.
"Military advisor, come to my house for dinner later. My sister must have cooked delicious food when she knew I was coming back today." Hua Cun invited.
When Tian Feng heard this, his wife and children in his hometown came to mind, and he wondered if it would be better to take them over and settle here.
"Brother Hua Cun is so kind, how dare Tian refuse? I will go to the young master to report my work first, and I will go to the house to chat later." Tian Feng did not decline Hua Cun's kindness. He also wanted to integrate into this group as soon as possible, so just go and have a meal. a good choice.
Hua Cun nodded cheerfully and ordered a deputy to follow Tian Feng and eat together at home later.
Hua Ji sent his family to Anyi a long time ago. As a coach, he had a courtyard with three entrances in Anyi County. It was very comfortable for the family to live together. His old father raised fish in the moat outside the city, and his sister went to school. Read and read.
The other members of the expeditionary force also went back to their respective homes to find their respective mothers. The celebration banquet would be held together when Xu Huang and Zhang Fei came back, as they had agreed before.
Tian Feng went straight to the Wei Mansion. Wei Cheng had already received news of the return of the expeditionary force and went to the door to greet them in person.
Seeing Tian Feng alone, Wei Cheng was stunned. Tian Feng explained the ins and outs, and Wei Cheng smiled and nodded to express his understanding.
They are all brothers. If someone is bullied, he will naturally have to find his way back. Regarding Xu Huang's decision, Wei Cheng expressed his 120,000-point support, but he was very curious as to who could make Zhang Fei feel so defeated.
Tian Feng is very reliable in his work. After debriefing with Wei Cheng, he immediately threw himself into his new job. This time, a large number of available talents were brought back from Jizhou. The arrangement of the personnel required Wei's assistance. The arrangement and whereabouts of the craftsmen also required him to implement them according to the plan provided by Wei Cheng.
With tens of thousands of people providing food, clothing, housing, and transportation, Tian Feng was very busy now. Wei Cheng felt bad, and the idea of deceiving a few counselors came to mind again.
That afternoon. Wei Cheng was reading ancient books in the yard. Second uncle Wei Min and Xu Ding walked in chatting and laughing, followed by two boys, holding rolls of drawings in their arms.
"Second uncle, Boyan, why are you so happy?" Wei Cheng said with a smile. Wei Min and Xu Ding looked at each other and took their seats one by one.
Wei Cheng put down his ancient books and made tea to entertain the guests. After Wei Min sat down, he said:
"The vegetable seeds in the thatched shed have sprouted. I didn't expect that we can see green sprouts in such late autumn." As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and said to Wei Cheng with emotion:
"I was skeptical at first, but now I feel ashamed when I think about it. How did Cheng'er come up with such a wonderful idea? It's simply miraculous." Wei Cheng chuckled and briefly popularized the principles of vegetable greenhouses.
Xu Ding also said:
"With the method of growing vegetables in thatched hut, this winter will definitely be much better. At least no one will starve to death." Wei Cheng said 'hmm'.
Xu Ding complimented a few words, took a roll of drawings from the hand of the boy behind him, and said:
"Sir, please look at this. This is a sketch drawn by craftsmen. I have screened out the more reasonable ones and summarized them. I feel that the design of Sanfenfang City is the most regular. Also, this is a drawing for the reconstruction of the inner city, as well as the expansion of the city wall and city defense. For deployment and control, I need Young Master to review them one by one." Wei Cheng took the drawings and glanced at them, nodded with satisfaction, and said:
"Okay, let's build the outer city according to these drawings, focusing on sewage drainage. Anyi's terrain is flat and the ditches don't have a certain curvature, so the sewage drainage effect may be greatly reduced. Xu Ding nodded slightly after hearing this.
"According to the suggestion of the young master, we dug three to five large septic tanks in each city. In addition, the ditches for sewage and drainage are strictly prohibited from dumping debris other than food waste. In this way, we can also breed some in the ditches. Scavenging trash fish.”
"Fixed garbage burning points are set up downwind of the city, and the old, weak, women and children are hired to regularly collect the garbage from each household. Although the expenditure is a bit more, as long as a few more houses are sold, it is not worth the effort. What kind of."
"Huh? Wait." Zhang Fei interrupted Wei Cheng and frowned:
"Why should we pay for the cost of hiring someone to clean it ourselves? Then we will set up a property fee and all households will share it equally."
"Property fee?" Wei Cheng was stunned. Xu Ding also looked surprised. When Zhang Fei saw this, he scratched his head in embarrassment. He didn't expect that he still had the potential to be a capitalist.
Immediately popularized the forms and charging standards of later generations of property, and what wool comes from the sheep. It makes no sense that the developer should pay for cleaning the house you live in.
Moreover, Gu He has enough confidence to charge the so-called property fees. You must know that although the entire Han Dynasty does not know it, Hedong is the most dangerous place. There are no bandits in the territory, let alone rebels.
If you buy my house and live here, I, the Wei family, can guarantee your obedience. It is a matter of mutual benefit, and there is no capital exploitation. I bought a house worth several thousand copper coins, and it is not less than a few dozen copper coins. The property fee of copper coins.
"Ah, this makes sense!" Wei Cheng woke up from a dream. Xu Ding also looked like what Luo'er said made sense, and nodded in agreement.
It's just that the two of them looked at Zhang Fei with strange expressions. Good guy, why do you feel that your property fee is a cleverly-named protection fee?
"By the way, Cheng'er asked people to mine so much lime, but what new uses are there?" When Xu Ding asked, Zhang Fei's eyes lit up, and he answered the question and said to Xu Ding:
"How much iron powder has been collected in the smelting plant?" Wei Cheng frowned slightly, thought for a while, and responded:
"It should be seven or eight hundred stones."
"So few?" Zhang Fei shook his head. Xu Ding and Wei Cheng looked at each other, what kind of trouble was this going on?
Zhang Fei took out a piece of paper from the book on the side, handed it to Xu Ding, and said:
"This is a strange material that I got by chance. It has the magical ability to turn into stone when exposed to water. I call this material cement. My second uncle followed the recipe above and found someone to try to bake a batch. Xu Ding took the paper , after browsing for a while, he nodded and said:
"The materials required are complicated, including lime, clay, and iron powder... But is this cement really so magical?" Zhang Fei nodded and said:
"That's right, Sanhe earth walls are getting old, and the cost of bricks is too high. This cement is the perfect compromise, low cost and durable. It can not only build bridges and pave roads, but also build hundreds of feet high buildings. My second uncle will know it after trying it. ." Xu Ding nodded doubtfully. Although he thought it was a fantasy, he didn't dare to question it face to face now. With the lessons of growing vegetables in the straw shed, his acceptance of some magical alchemy provided by Zhang Fei gradually increased.
Not to mention turning water into stone, if Wei Cheng told Xu Ding that he could turn stone into gold, Xu Ding probably wouldn't believe it.
"Brother Wei!"
"Xiaochan?" Wei Cheng looked up and saw Zhong Chan poking his head at the entrance of the courtyard, and Wei Cheng asked curiously:
"What's the matter? Did something happen?" Zhong Chan saw someone in the yard and shyly bowed to Wei Min and Wei Min.
When Xu Ding and Wei Cheng saw this, they stood up at the same time, laughed knowingly and left. Before Gu He left, he secretly gave Wei Cheng a thumbs up with an aunty smile on his face.
It's time for my Wei family Qilin'er to bloom and spread its leaves. I'm really happy. .
