"Uncle Chen, I have seen the latrines in the village. They chose to build them on the roadside. This is very good."
When they arrived at Chen Mo's house, Zhou Changyu first talked about the location of the latrines.
The latrines in the village were all built on the roadside facing the road instead of behind the courtyard.
There were three main functions.
One was to prevent thieves. When they wanted to go to the latrine, they could build it at the roadside door.
The second was to prevent the children from always going to the corner and falling into the latrine pit.
The third was to make it convenient to dig out feces. They could directly dig it out and take it away.
"Change the location?" Chen Mo was interested in Zhou Changyu's identity as a Li Family Zhuangzi. If Zhou Changyu said to change it, he would mobilize the villagers to change it.
"There is no need to change the location, but the latrines should be raised. When it rains heavily, the rainwater will not flow out after pouring in."
After investigation, Zhou Changyu found that the latrines were low. When the rainwater flowed out, it would not be easy to walk.
Even if a drainage canal was dug on the roadside, the drainage canal would lead to the river and the pollution would be heavy.
In addition, there were many mosquitoes in the summer. People would get sick easily and their quality of life would be affected.
"Is the project big? How long will it take? "Chen Mo considered everyone's free time.
"It is just the time before the spring plowing. The latrine pit needs to be cleaned and composted. As long as we build a public latrine to solve the living problems in the next few days, we can quickly build a new latrine using the original pit. "
Zhou Changyu took out his drawing and showed it to Chen Mo.
The latrine pit was partly filled, the surrounding area was raised, and a large pottery vat was placed on top.
In this way, a part of the original pit and the location of the latrine pit were used to make the latrine pit higher.
"After adding a large vat, the feces will not seep. At the same time, it is more conducive to fermentation. Unless the rainwater is too heavy, it will not flow out. People will not get sick easily. "
Zhou Changyu introduced the project. It was not a big project and would not affect the normal life of the villagers.
"Is the vat expensive?" Chen Laosan next to him considered the cost.
"I intend to apply for subsidies in the name of strengthening people's health and safety awareness in the village. But I can't directly send it to the Ministry of Revenue.
Everyone knows that I am not Dongzhu. I don't have the ability to invite the Minister of Revenue to have a meal at my house.
I will apply to the county..... The County Magistrate will consider whether it is cost-effective to provide a large vat for the people's health. "
Zhou Changyu did not think of asking the villagers to bear the burden. The villagers were responsible for digging and building.
"Is the imperial court involved in this matter?" Third Brother Chen felt that this was his family's problem. Why should the government pay for it?
"Third Uncle, if we don't get sick, we'll work more. The more we work, the more food we'll harvest. In the winter, we'll pay more taxes for planting greenhouses.
We have increased taxes for the Imperial Court, and the Imperial Court has to give us a portion of it. Tax is taken from the people and used by the people. "
"That's true." Chen Mo, the village head, nodded his head. That's right. The village had to pay taxes to grow vegetables in greenhouses.
When the villagers went to Chang 'an and the county to buy things, the merchants had to pay taxes. After paying the taxes, the merchants would raise the price. When they bought things themselves, they had to pay taxes.
Third Brother Chen thought for a moment and nodded. "That's right. If we don't fall sick, we can do more. If we fall sick, how much less work will we be able to do? The whole family has been dragged down. "
"If that's the case, I will go and apply for it. Uncle Chen, please help me talk to the villagers." Zhou Changyu proceeded to the next step.
"Will the county agree?" Chen Laosan expressed his concern.
"There are also people from Li Family Zhuangzi in the county. This matter is reasonable. How can they disagree? Be careful that Li Dongzhu impeaches them." Chen Mo felt that there was no problem.
It was reasonable for the Village Officials of Li Family Zhuangzi to ask the County Officials of Li Family Zhuangzi for a vat.
With the County Magistrate and Deputy County Officials, how can they disagree?
"Okay. I can do it. It's just two days of work. My daughter-in-law needs to feed the children. She doesn't need to do any work." Third Brother Chen felt that he had made a profit.
Chen Mo was doing this for his own good. Everyone knew that it was easy to fall sick with feces. Now, even drinking water was boiled.
Most importantly, he had made a huge profit. No matter where the vat was used, it would be his family's.
"Also, the canal in our village is a mud canal. I want to apply for cement to build a cement canal. It will be easier to clean.
Grass sticks, tree branches, leaves, and soil will be added in. No matter if it's scooping or pushing, it will be easier than the previous canal.
I will apply for cement. Can the village's public funds be used to hire people from the Workers' Union to help with the work? "
Zhou Changyu lowered his voice. He needed money. The village's money belonged to everyone.
"The cement canal by the roadside of the county? Here, free cement. It's worth hiring experienced workers to do the work. "Chen Mo thought for a while and agreed again.
"What's the point of keeping the money? We can't give birth to babies. Life is better now. We can't let the rainwater not drain the canal. Let's make it lower. Two inches. "Third Brother Chen agreed.
Now that his family had money, he started to pursue quality of life.
When it rained, the mud canal was not easy to clean. Especially when the soil was washed down, it would mix with the mud in the canal.
The canal was always blocked. When everyone scooped up the grass sticks, they had to scoop up the mud. It was very tiring.
Now that he did not need to pay for the cement, he was benefiting from it.
Chen Mo showed a worried look. "It's all thanks to Li Dongzhu, okay?"
"It has nothing to do with Dongzhu. When I apply, I will report a project that also uses cement. Then we will pay taxes and raise pigs.
The pig pens on the cement floor are easy to clean. The male pigs who are not breeding pigs will be able to grow quickly.
Originally, I wanted to bring everyone to raise chickens. Since everyone is raising chickens, there is no need to centralize the management. "
Zhou Changyu said another way to help the village develop.
"The village's money?" Chen Mo did not want to pay anymore.
"There are three models. One is to completely bring in the merchants. We will provide the land and labor, and share the profits with the merchants.
The other is to completely pay for the village. When the time comes, all the expenses will be deducted, and the money will go to the village.
The other is that the merchants will pay a part of it, and the village will pay a part of it. The village will have more shares. "
Zhou Changyu raised three fingers. Each model had its pros and cons. The risks and benefits were directly proportional.
"The Li Family Zhuangzi will pay?" Third Brother Li's eyes lit up.
"The Li Family Zhuangzi can pay, but it doesn't have to be the Li Family Zhuangzi. Other merchants who are willing to invest can also do it."
Zhou Changyu shook his head. He did not intend to force Zhuangzi to invest. He would talk to other merchants.
Chen Mo pondered again. After a few seconds, he asked, "How many pigs should we catch to raise?"
Zhou Changyu raised two fingers. "Two hundred pigs. It's too big. The imperial court will not give so much cement. If it's too small, it can't be scaled."
"You know how to raise pigs? So many? "Chen Mo asked again.
Zhou Changyu smiled. "Yes, Dongzhu taught us. The Li Family Zhuangzi has more livestock and poultry. We have to learn, and we have to work in the pig farm. "
"We will raise them. We don't need anyone else. The village will pay for it. If we lose money, we lose money." Chen Mo was bold.
In fact, he believed in Li Yi. The people taught by Li Yi would not be bad. Wasn't it just raising pigs?
The pigs raised by the villagers were dirty and smelly. It was better to use a new method. They could also use pig dung.
"Pigs eat grain." Third Brother Chen was worried that too much food would be consumed.
"Little pigs eat less. When they are bigger, we can harvest wheat. We can feed them with wheat bran and straw. They will be very big before the end of the year."
Zhou Changyu still had a way. The time was right.
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