Chapter 226： 226: Real Estate

After Aslan returned safely, Melo gave a deafening cheer.

Aslan got off the carriage and just got into the wheelchair when he heard deafening cheers. Aslan smiled and waved to everyone.

"I came back and made everyone worried."

The people also bowed their salutes, everyone did not say too much, everything was not serious.

The bones have been injured for a hundred days. Although the bones have been connected, they are still very fragile and may break at any time.

Therefore, Aslan completely enjoyed the days when he was dressed to stretch out his hands and open his mouth.

Even the shower was accompanied by Nuomiri throughout the whole process, the only drawback was that Aslan could only watch.

Nomiri was afraid that one action would be too intense, and it would tear Aslan's wound that had just healed.

After three days in Merlot, Knox decided to settle in Merlot.

Because the population has exceeded 200,000, Essien strongly requested that it be renamed Merlot City. It is estimated that it should be the only city in the entire continent without walls.

With the help of the rat people, the sewer system of Merlot has been dug and sealed, and the channel for sewage to the sewage treatment plant more than 30 kilometers away has also been dug.

Because many houses are remodeled from old cities and there are no public places, Aslan deliberately built a lot of public toilets.

It is a pity that after the introduction of chemical fertilizers, the people are aware of the role of manure, and they collected them one after another. They took it to the chemical fertilizer factory every week to exchange for a five-to-one ratio of chemical fertilizer, which made Aslan depressed for a long time.

But after thinking about it, I was relieved. In the ancient capitals of Chang'an, the huge population, the daily excrement is even more countless, why is there no excrement in the streets like the European Middle Ages.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the situation of farmland fertilization began to become clearer. From "Nongshu" and Lou Wan's "Plowing and Weaving Picture Poem", Chen Yan can learn that human dung has been used as fertilizer in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as the demand for fertilizers continued to increase, human dung became more important. Therefore, the collection and processing of human feces has reached an unprecedented level.

In the Jiangnan countryside, there have been records of collecting human dung as early as the Song Dynasty. "Chen Yannong Book" has talked about building dung huts and cesspools to collect human feces and urine.

But in fact, until the late Ming Dynasty, many places in the south of the Yangtze River did not do enough to collect human feces. It was not until the early Qing Dynasty that the collection of human dung was highly valued, so that people like Mu Taigong would not hesitate to build public toilets in rural areas to collect human dung.

The collection of human dung in cities and towns is another matter.

Towns are densely populated, and there are more people, more manure, more manure, more fertilizer, more fertilizer, fertile fields, and fertile fields, more valleys. Therefore, Xu Guangqi said: "Tian Fukuo is rich in fertility, and it is rich in manure. The same is true in densely populated villages."

However, the sources of fertilizer in cities and towns are scattered and far away from the rice fields. Therefore, to send urban manure to the fields, two things need to be done: one is collection and preservation, and the other is transportation to the countryside.

As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou had dedicated personnel to collect and transport urban human dung.

The homes of the small people in the streets and lanes often have no pit toilets and only use toilets. Every day, people will go out of their own feces, which is called ‘pumping one’s toes’.

These people have their own patrons, their own territories, and they dare not cross the boundary, or they may be invaded, and they may even cause bloodshed.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the collection and transportation of manure for urban residents had been greatly improved. In terms of collection, there are not only people who carry dung burdens, but also pour the toilets for the women of the family every day. There is no suspicion that they only hate the lack of goods in the toilets, and there are public toilets along the roads in the city.

Even later, public toilets can be rented out and rented to rich farmers in the countryside. The amount varies from year to year. This is also the reason why China did not appear in the Middle Ages or even the Industrial Revolution. The major cities were dung cities.

Knox was also shocked by the cleanliness of Merlot at the beginning. After all, he lived in a slum like the outer city for more than 20 years. Naturally, he knew that the slum was dirty, but after coming to Merlot, all his views All changed.

The city is cleaner than the Dongcheng District of the city. The only regret is the chaotic houses in the old city.

But when he visited a new large-scale five-story building in Xincheng District, he immediately liked the house with white painted walls. When he entered the house, it was airy and sunny on all sides, and most importantly, it was spacious. .

"How much is this house?" Knox said confidently.

The two-hundred-square-meter large apartment is still a duplex with two floors, and the total is more than 400 square meters, and there are more than ten rooms. Compared with the castle of the castle, the only disadvantage is that the distance between the buildings is not as high as the castle.

"This is a gift specially created by the Lord Lord for the outstanding officials in the Merlot area. If you must buy it, one gold coin per square meter, a total of four hundred square meters, four hundred gold coins." Osborne said with envy.

"Only four hundred gold coins, I bought the whole building." Knox had already inquired clearly. This building has more than 400 square meters on one floor and only two thousand gold coins on the five floors.

For Knox, who has two hundred thousand gold coins, it has drizzled.

Osborne rolled his eyes and said: "Old Mr. Knox, you misunderstand, this is indeed sold to you. This is a special case. Generally speaking, houses in the new city will not be sold for the time being."

"Except for this one for high-ranking officials, the other five are small-sized, ranging from 70 to 80 square meters, and the lord is going to give them to outstanding civil servants and soldiers."

When Knox heard it, his face couldn't help showing disappointment.

"After that, can I build a house like this by myself."

Osborne shook his head. He didn't know about this kind of thing. Anyway, he didn't know how long it would take to make enough for four hundred gold coins. He is now a junior knight, and with the direct troops belonging to Lord Lord, his monthly salary has reached thirty silver coins. , With the current consumption level of Merlot City, it is enough to raise a family of five, and now their family lives very well.

The family has a field belonging to them, and with the help of the uncle's family, he bought an old house in the city of Merlot.

He understood why the lord did not agree with the people to rebuild houses in the old city. The houses were all old houses left behind. The construction of the houses was approved by the city lord's mansion.

To put it simply, the real estate is completely dominated, completely monopolizing the real estate business in the entire Merlot area.

In fact, considering the population density of the old city, Aslan built dozens of three-story small buildings on a street in the old city. Each building covers an area of ​​about 300 square meters. These small buildings are not as high as the new city. The content is naturally lower, so there is no need to build a corps and consume a lot of manpower, just hire the people of the old city to build it.