However, Kaifeng Prefecture has repeatedly publicized that water must be boiled before drinking to reduce the spread of disease.
But even so, it is still very inconvenient for people to get water.
You have to know that this is a city with a population of more than three million, and the amount of water used for daily life and the amount of garbage produced every day are countless.
If not managed properly, big problems can arise.
“It’s time to lay the pipeline.”
Zhao Jun said, "Now that steel production has increased, we should make comprehensive improvements to the underground system. Kaifeng Prefecture should establish a department to conduct an assessment of Kaifeng's underground system. Then, within the next few years, all sewers should be reinforced with cement and rebar, and laid with steel pipes, allowing water to flow through these pipes into every household."
"Tap water, you mean?"
Fan Zhongyan opened his eyes wide.
"Do I have this ability?"
Zhao Jun rolled his eyes at him again and said, "How can we get water to every household without plastic pipes? How much would steel pipes cost?"
"What is that?"
"It's a pump!"
"pump?"
Fan Zhongyan wondered, "What is that?"
"A water-drawing tool commonly used by rural residents when I was a child."
Zhao Jun thought of his childhood.
Although the post-00s era is changing with each passing day, many things experienced by those born in the 80s and 90s have gradually disappeared.
But he is the first generation of the 2000s, so he can naturally remember some things.
The water pump I remember was like a kettle. Before using it, you had to pour some water into it, and then shake the handle up and down, and water would come out continuously.
I didn’t know the principle before, and I thought it was fun, so I often used the water pump as a toy.
It was not until later when the village wanted to tear down all these things and replace them with tap water that he watched the adults remove the cement platform and take down the pump and dismantle it, and only then did he understand its structure.
The structure is very simple, with some rubber pads, steel rings and other things inside. Now that I think about it, it should be related to airtightness and atmospheric pressure.
Now that we have rubber, it should not be difficult to make this thing. At least it is much better than a well.
"Anyway, once this thing is made, it will greatly improve people's water supply difficulties."
Zhao Jun shook his head, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked out of Luocheng Gate and onto the road outside the city. He said, "The burden of people's livelihood is on our shoulders. We still need to observe and consider it at all times."
"Um."
Fan Zhongyan nodded.
The two continued walking outside and took another walk outside West City.
They saw that the public security here was much worse than in the city, with fights, petty thefts, and even street robberies occurring.
Zhao Jun did not get angry and call Bao Zheng over to scold him, but just watched from a distance.
He kept all these questions in mind and thought about them in his head.
People’s livelihood is not just about having a house to live in, enough food to eat, enough drinking water to drink and enough clothes to wear, but also about their safety and property being protected.
People cannot live in fear.
Now the Song Dynasty is not afraid of any external challenges.
But sometimes, the bad guys are not only outside, there are also countless bad guys inside.
It is unrealistic to eradicate it, but those in power must find ways to reduce this phenomenon.
People’s livelihood is more important than anything else.
(End of this chapter)
2015
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