Chapter 67 Youzhou pacifies the Tang envoy in the grassland
Everything went smoothly for the imperial court, and the war in Youzhou went very smoothly.
On February 17, the news from Youzhou arrived in Chang'an.
Xie Shufang led his army to break through Xinchang and Xincheng, annihilated 20,000 rebels within three days, beheaded the rebel general Luo Shou and Luo Yi's son Luo Cheng, and advanced directly to Jixian.
Duan Zhixuan led his cavalry to attack Jimen and took the road to Changping, which cut off Luo Yi's retreat.
At this point, Ji County was besieged.
After reading the victory report, Li Zhiyun ordered the Zhengshitang to issue an edict to commend them, and hoped that they could continue their efforts and capture Youzhou as soon as possible.
Luo Yi's defeat did not surprise Li Zhiyun. It is simply a fool's dream to use Youzhou as a place to compete with a country.
Li Zhiyun has hundreds of thousands of Tang Dynasty elites. If he can't win a single Youzhou, it will be a big joke. He might as well kill him with a piece of tofu and reincarnate directly.
Political Hall.
Li Zhiyun looked at the document and finally put pen to paper, and Chong Hong agreed.
These are two appointment documents, one is to transfer Du Ruhui to be the governor of Liangzhou, and the other is to transfer Xue Shou to be the governor of Jinzhou.
Although he really didn't want to let these two people serve as local officials, for the sake of the future, he had no choice but to do so.
Now that he is in control of the imperial court, there is no harm in letting Du Ruhui and Xue Shou temporarily serve as local officials.
After two or three years, they can be transferred back to the court and into the center.
Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun closed the document.
At this time, Li Zhen came to report, and Yuwen Rutong asked to see him.
"What is he here for?" Li Zhiyun was a little surprised.
Since Li Zhiyun came to power, Yuwen Rutong has been completely busy, expanding his workshop, building waterwheels, building blast furnaces, and training craftsmen. The series of things has almost made him dizzy.
"Supervisor Yuwen said that the soil and fertilizer stored in the cellar can be opened."
Damn it!
Li Zhiyun slapped his head and almost forgot about this incident.
"Let's go and have a look."
"yes."
People regard food as their first priority, and if they have food in their hands, they will not panic in their hearts.
This will still be the case a thousand years later, let alone the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago.
Food always comes first.
In order to obtain more food, Li Zhiyun not only started to plant winter wheat and promoted the curved shaft plow, but also naturally had to start with the land.
Soil fertilizer is one of Li Zhiyun's methods.
Half an hour later, Li Zhiyun hurried to the Weihe Workshop on horseback. Under the guidance of Yu Wen, a scholar, he came to the garden where soil and fertilizers were buried.
At this time, the craftsmen had already dug out a jar of soil and fertilizer stored in the ground.
"Open the altar." Li Zhiyun looked at the pot expectantly.
Yu Wen, a scholar, took the order and led people to open the jar.
In an instant, an indescribable smell spurted out. This smell was not just a stench, but a smell that was mixed with odor, but extremely pungent and disgusting.
In Li Zhiyun's words, the smell can be compared to the smell of feces and urine when having diarrhea.
"vomit......."
Several craftsmen did not hold back, covering their mouths and retching.
Yu Wen, a scholar, also pinched his nose and said to Li Zhiyun: "Your Highness, would you like me to have the jar taken away?"
"No need."
Li Zhiyun waved his hand, endured the stench and walked forward to observe the quality of the soil fertilizer.
The appearance of soil fertilizer is very different from what he made during experiments in his previous life, but considering that there are no additives, he can understand it.
"I don't know how effective it will be." He murmured.
Seeing that His Highness the Prince could endure it, others naturally had to endure it as well. After Yuwen Rutong barely got used to the smell, he came over and said: "According to His Highness's instructions, I used cow dung, sheep dung, chicken dung and human dung respectively.
One hundred kilograms each, mixed with plant ash, plaster of paris powder, and water to make these five jars of soil fertilizers. Since they have not been used yet, I don’t know how effective they will be."
To be honest, he still doesn't understand what chemical fertilizer is. He only knows that His Highness the Prince told him that this kind of thing can increase crop yields.
Li Zhiyun ordered: "We will know the effect after a while. In the Wannian area, there are ten hectares of upper fields, ten hectares of middle fields, and ten hectares of lower fields. Find a few experienced farmers and ask them to follow the instructions I give.
Your method is to cultivate and fertilize, and you will naturally know how effective it is during the harvest season."
"I obey."
After reading it, Li Zhiyun hurried back to Chang'an.
Along the way, he was thinking about a problem. In the future, soil fertilizer will definitely be promoted all over the world, so the raw materials of soil fertilizer must be sufficient.
Chicken dung is easy to say, but cow dung and sheep dung are a big question mark.
Not long after the founding of the world, not every household could afford to raise cattle and sheep.
Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun only had one choice left, a choice that killed two birds with one stone.
That is inexhaustible human waste!
Wude Hall.
Jingzhao Yin Dugu Huaien and Chang'an ordered Pei Xuanji and the two princes to summon him and hurried over.
"I am grateful to you, Du Gu, to pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Your Majesty, Pei Xuanji, pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Zhiyun put down the memorial, looked up, and said, "My dear friends, please excuse me."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Zhiyun said: "I summoned my dear friends here because I have something to entrust to you."
"Your Majesty, you are here to listen." The two of them bowed slightly.
Li Zhiyun said: "My father-in-law has said that Chang'an is the best place in the world, a thousand-year-old capital, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the foundation of the country. Therefore, the customs of Chang'an can be used to get a glimpse of the customs of the world. One city
How can you govern the world if you don't govern? How can you govern ten thousand clans if you ignore one family?
I have summoned the two ministers to give them the heavy responsibility of rectifying Chang'an. I hope that the two ministers will work hard and not let me down."
Dugu Huaien cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your instructions, Your Highness the Crown Prince. I will do my best."
Li Zhiyun said: "There is no other word, only the word neat. Looking at the people of Chang'an, if they need to change clothes in a hurry, there will be changing rooms all over the place, which is not advisable. Han Feizi said that he knows the subtleties. It is okay for one person to change clothes in a hurry.
If ten thousand people are in a hurry to change their clothes, Chang'an will be uninhabitable.
Since the previous dynasty, dressing and excrement were mostly placed in the Wei River. If things go on like this, the Wei River will no longer be usable. Therefore, Gu decided to order the two ministers to build a public changing room in Chang'an and have dedicated personnel to collect the excrement. This will make Chang'an clean and tidy.
What do you think?"
How long does it take to build a locker room?
Dugu Huaien looked strange and immediately asked: "May I ask, Your Highness, where should the feces in this public locker room be placed?"
There are also public toilets in Chang'an City now, but they are smaller in number and do not meet Li Zhiyun's needs for collecting feces. He needs to renovate the public toilets.
Li Zhiyun said: "I have ordered Baigongjian Yuwen to make soil and fertilizer. This excrement is the main material. In the future, the excrement can be handed over to Yuwen Jianling."
Having said this, Li Zhiyun coughed.
It felt quite sorry for him to have his dean of the Academy of Sciences become the head of the excrement website. But fortunately, this is only temporary.
When the results of the soil fertilizer experiment come out and are promoted to the people, people will naturally collect the excrement and take it back to make soil fertilizer.
Just like the Quyu plow, the imperial court directly opened up the production skills, and now private craftsmen can easily make it. There is no need for the court to set up a special department for making Quyu plows.
Why is it said that building public locker rooms kills two birds with one stone? Because it can not only collect feces and urine, but also relieve urban sanitation pressure.
Chang'an, the most beautiful place, the most prosperous city in the known civilized world, of course must be neat and clean!
Li Zhiyun doesn’t want to step on shit when he walks in the future.
Pei Xuanji asked in confusion: "Your Highness, what is soil fertilizer?"
He had never heard this word before.
Li Zhiyun waved his hand and said: "You will know about this in the future. Now, take Gu's drawings and go to the East and West City of Chang'an to build public changing rooms."
In terms of the flow of people, the commercial district and the red light district are definitely the largest, so it is most suitable to build toilets there. As for other districts, there is not much need.
Because there are many expensive houses in Chang'an, every household has a changing room. If public toilets are built everywhere, the smell of Chang'an will be unimaginable when the wind blows.
The public locker room renovated by Li Zhiyun is based on the public toilets of rural schools a thousand years later.
There are tunnels and there are urethras.
Of course, there are only men's locker rooms.
Li Zhiyun does not distinguish between men's and women's locker rooms. He mainly thinks about women. After all, this is a feudal dynasty, and many things cannot be prevented at all.
Not everyone is a gentleman.
If you encounter a crazy animal and break into the women's locker room, it will be a disaster.
Therefore, it is better for women to solve the problem in each family.
As for the countryside?
The sky is vast and the earth is vast, allowing freedom of expression. The distinction between men and women only restricts human beings.
Dugu Huaien and Pei Xuanji were ordered to go down.
After that, Li Zhiyun also sent orders to Yuwen Rutong, asking him to arrange for someone to collect feces and make soil fertilizer.
When Chang'an gets on track and soil fertilizers are promoted, other cities in the Tang Dynasty, such as Luoyang, Jinyang and other places, will definitely build public changing rooms.
Thirdly, it is the county governed by the state, and then it is spread to local small counties.
When ordinary people know how to make soil fertilizer, maybe local villages will also establish public changing rooms.
The materials required for soil fertilizers, whether they are human excrement, plant ash, or water, are all common, so there is no need to worry about insufficient materials.