Ang Lee told Li Yu about the characteristics and benefits of the continuous rat-catching cage. He picked up the cage and put the walnuts in the last small iron cage. Then, he gently removed the small iron cage, turned on the side switch, and took out the walnuts.
"Haha, this is really interesting. One trap after another. These rats who have fallen into the first trap have no way out at all. They can only explore forward to find a way out. Then, they will inevitably fall into the second trap. If they continue to find a way out, they will fall into the third trap. Finally, they will enter the small iron cage at the back. Hahaha! How can it be so interesting? "
Li Yu said with a smile. He took the iron cage and carefully observed it. He would never have thought of such a clever design. There were many rat-catching tools sold on the street, but there was really no such cleverly designed continuous rat-catching tools. Basically, they were very simple and crude tools. The only thing left was the highly toxic rat poison. In most people's opinion, rat poison was very easy to use. It was much more efficient than rat-catching tools. Moreover, the poison would spread across a large area. Many simple rat-catching tools could only kill one rat at a time. The efficiency was too low.
If you encountered a place with a high concentration of rats, using rat-catching tools was undoubtedly very unreliable. The speed of killing could not even catch up with the speed of rat reproduction. If you used rat poison, it did not seem difficult to kill thousands of rats overnight. The effect of rat poison was great. For these abominable rats, it was a weapon of mass destruction.
But since the effect of rat poison was far better than rat-catching tools, why did they invent rat-catching tools? This was naturally because there were restrictions on its use in many places, such as the kitchen and the yard where livestock were raised. The use of rat poison had to be very careful because rat poison could not only kill rats, but also cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, geese, and other domestic animals. It could even kill humans.
As a result, once the rat poison was put in and it was mistakenly eaten by humans, livestock, and poultry, then the loss caused would be immeasurable. Especially if it harmed human lives, it would be even more unimaginable.
Therefore, in later generations, many empires had banned the use of rat poison on the market in order to prevent bad people from buying this poison and using it to harm people's lives. If so, it would be terrible.
Therefore, after the prohibition of poison, when the people needed to kill rats, they began to use all kinds of strange rat-catching tools.
Although rat-catching tools did not have the large-scale lethality of rat poison, and the rat-catching effect was not good, after the invention of continuous rat-catching cages, the effect could be greatly improved. The most important thing was that the people had begun to prevent rat harm. Many houses with buildings installed screens with stickers. There were no loopholes in the rooms. Even the sewers could be installed with baffles to prevent rats from entering, so that rats could not enter their rooms. Naturally, they did not have to worry about rat harm...
The continuous rat-catching cage invented by Ang Lee could, in fact, only be regarded as a plagiarized work. In essence, it was not a tool invented by himself. It was just that no one could see through it.
Ang Lee could also see that Li Yu liked this continuous rat-catching cage. Although this was a good cage, if Li Yu liked it, Ang Lee was also willing to give it to him. After all, this thing was easy to make and was not worth much.
"This rat-catching cage was just invented this afternoon. I just made one and am going to take it back to the residence to test the effect. If Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon likes it, he can also take it back to the residence to try it. I will try it again tomorrow."
Ang Lee said.
Li Yu thought for a moment and shook his head. "Forget it, forget it! Since Assistant Minister Li is doing experiments, then I can't disturb him. Besides, my residence doesn't have so many rats. It's not good to take this thing back. It's too bad. "
"Haha! Whatever! By the way, why did Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon come to my house this time? Didn't he always go to the workshop to find me? "
Ang Lee asked.
Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "I was busy today and only had time at night. When I saw that it was too late, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to find you at the workshop, so I came here directly."
"You must have encountered some difficulties again! Tell me about it! As long as I can help, I will definitely not refuse. "
Ang Lee said straightforwardly.
Li Yu nodded and said, "It's not a particularly big problem. After the imperial court discovered the benefits of the underground passage, they are preparing to hollow out all the main roads in the capital to relieve the pressure of the traffic. However, in this regard, I will definitely have to trouble Assistant Minister Li. However, this matter is not very urgent. When Assistant Minister Li is free, he can consider how to arrange it."
"Oh, is that so? Such a small matter, can't you just send someone to inform him? There's no need for Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon to come here personally. You're too polite. "
Ang Lee thought that it would be a difficult task, but it turned out to be a trivial matter. Drawing an underground traffic map was not difficult. Moreover, this was something that Ang Lee was very concerned about. Although the housing problem in the capital was extremely serious, the traffic problem in some areas was not optimistic, especially in the bustling business district of the capital. The traffic pressure was also very high. Naturally, it had to be solved. Otherwise, the city would be paralyzed, just like a person with thrombosis.
"Haha! How can this be a small matter? This is a big matter in the capital. Grandfather Emperor attaches great importance to this. If it is not handled properly, it will be terrible. "
Li Yu said with a smile.
Ang Lee opened his mouth and said, "By the way, has the topographic passage next to Ping Kang Fang been completed?"
Li Yu nodded and said, "It was just completed this afternoon. The inside has been painted with white lime. Although the light is still not enough, you can still see the road clearly in the daytime. There is no problem in using it. It is already very good. Gao Weng also came to see it in the afternoon. He was very satisfied and said that Grandfather Emperor would also be satisfied. Then, when it was almost evening, Grandfather Emperor asked the little eunuch to pass an order and gave me the next bigger task. He asked me to make a plan first and submit it after a month. Assistant Minister Li, do you want to see the results?"
Ang Lee shook his head gently, indicating that he did not want to see it because the underground passage was designed by Ang Lee. Ang Lee did not need to think to know what it would look like after it was built. This underground passage was originally used to park vehicles. After other passages were opened, it could be used to pass vehicles. The benefits were very great, but because this was only an underground passage, it certainly could not be carved and painted. The grade would certainly not be very good, and there was no need at all. Therefore, it did not matter whether he went to see it or not. It was good to see it when he was free, but it was already late today, so there was definitely no need to go.
"Assistant Minister Li, you have a blueprint in your hand, right? What good thing have you invented? Can you let Xiao Wang see it? "
Li Yu opened his mouth and asked.
Ang Lee naturally did not need to hide it, so he handed the newly drawn blueprint to Li Yu. These blueprints were in two copies. The first copy was in the workshop of the R&D Center, where many craftsmen were building mobile houses according to the blueprint, and they were building 24 hours a day. The other copy was brought back by Ang Lee. The reason why he prepared two copies of the blueprint was mainly because Ang Lee was not satisfied with three types of mobile houses, or had some doubts about some of the details. After he brought it back, he could slowly study it or make major changes to design a cheaper and more reasonable mobile house. He must ensure that these mobile houses were cheap and easy to use. These two conditions were indispensable.
Li Yu looked at it for a long time and said, "Assistant Minister Li, is this a house or a car? Oh, this must be a carriage of a train! That's not right! There are wheels under it, so strange! "
Obviously, the mobile house that Ang Lee was designing now was different from all the previous products. Although there were some similarities, there were still differences. Therefore, it was understandable that Li Yu could not tell at once.
Ang Lee opened his mouth and said, "This is a mobile house, you can also call it a caravan. Interesting!"
After saying that, he looked at Li Yu with a smile.
"Mobile house, caravan, what are you doing with such strange things?"
Li Yu was very confused. He did not understand what Ang Lee was doing. Ang Lee surprised him again and again, and most of the time, he could not guess Ang Lee's intentions. In fact, Li Yu could not be blamed. Ang Lee's ideas were always so imaginative. He always dared to think of things that others did not dare to think of. It was no wonder that no one could guess what Ang Lee was going to do.
Ang Lee patiently said, "Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon should be very clear that there are more and more commoners in the capital now. Traffic jams are a very serious problem, but the problem in the capital is not only traffic jams, the housing problem in the capital is also very serious. Many commoners have to take out a third of their income, or even half of their income to pay rent. The housing prices are so high that it is very unrealistic to want to buy a house to live in. If this is not solved as soon as possible, it will be very detrimental to the capital's future development. I have also thought of many ways, but the results have not been very good. The imperial court has also built a lot of cheap rental houses, but because there are too many obstacles, the speed of the rental houses is far behind the speed of the capital's population increase. The increase in the capital's population cannot be separated from workshops and other units that need to recruit workers. If there are no workshops and other occupations that can make a living, the commoners will not come to the capital. Since the capital's population is attracted by a large number of workshops and such, they naturally have the responsibility to solve the housing problem of these people. So, I thought of a way, and that is, from now on, all the newly opened workshops must build enough housing for all the employees to live in to alleviate the housing problem of these people. Of course, this is not enough. My subordinates came up with these mobile houses that can be pulled by a few people or pulled by horses. Although it seems a little small, it is not a problem to live in. Many of the craftsmen who rent houses do not live in such a big place. So, I invented these mobile houses. "
After saying that, he looked at Li Yu.
Li Yu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Assistant Minister Li, you've really put in a lot of effort! This method is really good. Let the newly opened workshops solve the housing problem of the craftsmen. This will certainly greatly alleviate the housing problem in the capital. And these mobile houses can be changed at any time. They can even be parked in the workshops! It is indeed a good idea. When will I report this? "
Ang Lee said with a smile, "There is no hurry. I still need to wait a few days. When my plan is perfect and the mobile houses on these drawings are made, I will go see His Majesty. At least, His Majesty has to see what the mobile houses look like. Otherwise, I will be too embarrassed to enter the palace. His Majesty is old and may not understand the drawings clearly. Only when he sees the real thing can he have a better understanding of the mobile houses I designed."
"Well, Assistant Minister Li is very reasonable. Can you make it in a few days? When the time comes, I also want to experience it myself and see how it feels to live in it. "
Li Yu said with a smile.
"Hasn't Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon experienced it before? The conditions of the sleeper are much better than these. There are also some high-class carriages that are not much worse than this."
Ang Lee said.
"Anyway, I want to see it. I will go to the palace with you."
Li Yu said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Okay! It's settled. When all three carriages are finished, I will inform Gwangbyeong Of Gojoseon. "
"Okay, okay, okay. It's getting late. Xiao Wang has to go back."
"I will send you off."
After sending off Li Yu, Ang Lee went to the big backyard and put the continuous rat cage he had just made in the field. There were often rats here, but he was not sure how many rats could be killed after a night.
Since he wanted to catch rats, he naturally had to have bait. Moreover, it had to be bait that the rats liked very much. Otherwise, if the rats were everywhere, there would be delicious food. If there was delicious food, why would the mouse go into the cage and eat the bait you put there?
Ang Lee chose the delicious food that the rats liked to eat the most. Moreover, he specially processed it and put a lot of sesame oil on it. The fragrance permeated the whole field and was definitely very attractive to the rats. At least, the attractiveness of these baits was definitely far stronger than the crops in the field. It could completely lure the rats.
After putting the cage on the rat path that the rats often passed through, Ang Lee left the big backyard and went to his room to rest. Ang Lee believed that tomorrow morning, there would be a good harvest. As long as there were rats in this field, they would definitely not be able to escape the mechanism of the continuous rat trap. With the intelligence of the rats, they would definitely not be able to avoid it.
The next morning, Ang Lee got up very early. The first thing he did was not to brush his teeth and wash his face, nor to eat breakfast. Instead, he went to the big backyard to see if the continuous rat trap had any harvest.
When Ang Lee walked to the big backyard, he heard a familiar sound.
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