The new headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce in Guangdong and Guangzhou.

This is a nine-zhang high-rise building, which will be officially put into use after several years of construction, and on this day, even Zeng Wenji, the political envoy of Guangdong Zuobu, personally rushed to the scene.

"Lord Fandai."

All the upper echelons of the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce were waiting at the door of the new headquarters, and when they saw Zeng Wenji coming out of the carriage, they all bowed down to salute.

"You don't need to be polite, it's too foreign."

Haha laughing, Zeng Wenji stepped forward quickly, and then looked up at this new-style high-rise building that he had never seen before.

"Don't say it, your new headquarters looks really magnificent."

Zheng Duo, vice minister of the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce and president of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce, smiled warmly: "Where and where, the chamber of commerce building can be built, and thanks to the approval of the lord of the domain at that time, this building is equivalent to your child in the domain." ”

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

"Okay, okay, don't praise the official, the official just gave a paper approval, the manpower and material resources are all prepared by your Cantonese businessmen out of their own pockets, if you compare this building to a child, the official is the biological father, you are the adoptive father, and the grace of parenting is in you."

The big guy praised Zeng Wenji a few more words, and then led the latter to a stone tablet covered with red cloth at the entrance of the building.

"Please unveil the monument to the new building of my Cantonese Chamber of Commerce."

Zeng Wenji did not delay, pinched the corner of the red silk cloth with his hand, pulled it down, and a stone tablet engraved with the name of 'Headquarters of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce' was exposed in the sun.

The six big characters of the bronzing shine in the sun, and the end is extraordinary.

With the unveiling of the monument by Zeng Wenji, firecrackers were set off not far away, and the invited ceremonial music class was also playing joyfully.

At the end of the end is the noise of gongs and drums, and the sound of firecrackers.

"Your Excellency, please."

The group gathered Zeng Wenji into the new building, stepping on the marble floor tiles that had been repeatedly polished and polished, Zeng Wenji looked at every part of the high-rise building with a sense of freshness and amazement.

Zheng Duo acted as a guide beside Zeng Wenji.

"This building is nine feet high, with a total of six floors, and the first floor is a hall, which is used to guide and receive members of the chamber of commerce who come and go on errands or people who want to do business and run their own business.

The second, third and fourth floors are office areas, each with 87 cubicles, which can accommodate 300 people.

There is a large cafeteria on the fifth floor, which is a place to eat.

The top six floors are the office areas of several of the main treasurers of our Cantonese Chamber of Commerce. ”

Zeng Wenji nodded frequently when he heard this, but still asked: "At a height of six floors, isn't it necessary to climb high and low every day." ”

Seeing that Zeng Wenji was puzzled, Zheng Duo laughed, and did not respond in a hurry, but led the latter to a somewhat strange single room.

Opening the door of the single room, Zheng Duo guarded the door and invited Zeng Wenji in, and then he followed, and the rest of the entourage were persuaded to stay outside.

Sealed on three sides, there is no light.

As soon as the door closed, it was pitch black and difficult to see.

Zeng Wenji was a little apprehensive in his heart, and at this time, a bell sounded in his ears.

The sound seems to have come down from the beginning?

Zeng Wenji raised his head, but he couldn't see anything, and just as he was about to ask Zheng Duo, he felt the whole room shake.

The snapping sound of the teeth and the pulling of the ropes are dense and harsh.

It lasted for half a minute before stopping, and as the last sound fell, the room shook again.

And the back door was opened from the outside.

The precious light shone in, making Zeng Wenji dumbfounded.

At the end of his line of sight was a window that had been pushed open left and right, and through the window, what did he see?

Blue sky!

"Shall we get to the sixth floor?"

Zeng Wenji walked out of the small room, ran to the window quickly, and looked down in disbelief at the small crowd under his feet, and the deafening sound of gongs and drums became much quieter.

"That's right."

Zheng Duo walked up and was quite proud.

"The room we entered just now is called the lifting room, which is operated by four middle-aged men at the same time, like the crank of the well water, but it is much more complicated, the outer top of the lifting room has a lock, connected by four strong iron chains, there is a crank in the lifting room, turn around, at the top of this building, there will be a bell ringing, and the workers will be put into work."

Zeng Wenji was dumbfounded when he heard it, everything that happened just now made him feel like he was in a dream.

At this time, the lifting room behind him was thrown into operation, bringing two or two officials of the Political Envoy Department and members of the Chamber of Commerce over.

And after every official came out, they were all as surprised as Zeng Wenji.

"Tell me carefully, there are still those novel inventions here."

Zeng Wenji was itching and urging Zheng Duo to take him to continue watching.

"There is a thatched hut on the first and third floors of this building, and on the east side of each floor is a place to get water."

The group followed Zheng Duo's guide to the end of the east side of the building, and a strange irregular cylinder made the big guy unable to understand.

And on the outside of this object, there is also a round tube sticking out, and at the top is a handle.

I saw Zheng Duo step forward and grab the handle with both hands, pull it up and then press it down, and so on a few times, the round pipe that poked out suddenly burst out of the water.

Everyone looked stupid.

"Manual water supply, I call it a hand-cranked water pump."

Zheng Duo looked down at the bucket and said with emotion: "Before building the building, the craftsmen racked their brains about water supply and sewage disposal, first found the underground water source, and then connected the water supply pipeline of the entire building, and used this hand-cranked water pump to deliver water. ”

"Isn't water supposed to flow down?"

The so-called people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. How can there be a reason for water to flow upwards?

Faced with this problem, Zheng Duo spread his hands: "I don't know the specific principle, the craftsmen do it, I just enjoy the convenience of users." ”

"Incredible, incredible."

Zeng Wenji himself couldn't remember how many times he had said it was incredible, but that didn't stop him from continuing.

"The water supply and sewage pipes in this building are staggered, and in addition to this water supply, sewage discharge is also extremely convenient."

Zheng Duo led Zeng Wenji into the huge office room that belonged to him and opened a side door.

The white porcelain paved floor has a handrail, a hand-cranked water pump that everyone has just seen, and a large bucket, in which the water is eighty percent high, and there is a scoop floating.

What really caught the eye was a small hole embedded in the ground.

Thatched huts.

Even without asking, the big guy knows what this place is.

"This is the place to go to the toilet."

Zheng Duo opened his mouth to introduce that he did not personally participate in the experiment this time.

"It is convenient for people to squat on it, and after the end of the water washing, the dung will be discharged all the way to the outside of the city through the sewage pipe, we have built a processing workshop outside the city, take these dung for processing, after steaming and brewing manure, it can be used as a very good fertilizer to enhance the soil fertility of the land."

Speaking of which, Zheng Duo did not take credit, and hurriedly reported the names of the craftsmen who invented them one by one.

"This building was built by the big guys, including the treatment and reuse of drowning sewage, which they have experimented in the past few years, and our Guangdong Chamber of Commerce is just providing financial support."

Zeng Wenji no longer sighed incredible, but was silent for a long time before he sincerely sighed: "Breathtaking." ”

The power and wisdom of craftsmen are endless, but the poor survival and living environment limit their development, so they have to try their best to survive.

And when life tends to be stable, the wisdom of the ancestors will be put to use.

"This official immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the Nanjing General Administration."

Zeng Wenji breathed a sigh of relief: "If the problems of water supply, sewage, and cooking can be solved, then the new political envoy can be built." ”

"Theoretically speaking, as long as you are not afraid of trouble, all pipelines are pre-buried before construction, and it is not a problem to realize water supply and sewage discharge for every household."

Zheng Duo said loudly: "If only six floors are built, it will be much less difficult, and the policy of concentrating on the people to live and building new residential areas can be realized." ”

Concentrate the people and free up more land to build factories.

Urbanization, industrialization.

Zeng Wenji closed his eyes slightly, trembling with excitement.

The emperor mentioned these two words in his talk about the future development of the country, which was planned to be realized in ten or even twenty years, and now, Guangdong is likely to become the first province in the country to start!

This is a huge political achievement.

"Reward these craftsmen."

Zeng Wenji turned around and said solemnly: "The political envoy will pay for it, and I will be rewarded heavily." ”

Zeng Wenji has never been so grateful to the craftsmen as he is today, and he even can't wait to hug this group of craftsmen and kiss them one by one.

Thanks to this group of people, I personally knitted a new official hat for him.

And it's so within reach!