"Alas! Forget it, let's make do with it first! As long as ~ as long as the space and interface are reserved first, then all the rest will be postponed for the time being, and I will talk about it when I come up with other solutions! I said helplessly as I looked at the new four-story unit.

From this point of view, the city that has been painstakingly designed may not be as modern as the commercial street! After all, every house in the commercial street is not only connected to running water, but also has its own sewer and electricity. The current four-story unit is just a matter of installing electrical wiring and sewer systems. Even the pipes for running water now have only a place to be reserved. Then let the residents go downstairs to use the communal tap......

"Forget it! Let's make do with it first! At least it's a little more advanced than using well water. "After studying with the craftsmen for a long time, I decided that this was the only way to do it.

After all, the people in Chang'an City, in addition to well water, go to the Weihe River to fetch water and store it in their own water tanks as reserve water. In contrast, this way of one public faucet per building is already a great improvement!

In addition, because the application of steam engines and small hydropower generators is already very mature. Therefore, it is still very easy to pump water from Weishui next to the new city with a pump, and then build a few water towers in the new city.

Anyway, I didn't even think of a more convenient way to supply water like a water tower!

Originally, I was going to let the pump pump keep pumping water from Weishui and pouring it into the water pipe. However, it was later found that relying on the thin pumping machine, it was impossible to achieve such a large power, and only the voltage supplied by the engine driven by the water wheel made the pumping machine unable to produce too much water pressure. Not to mention the water pipes that cover the entire city, even the four floors we built experimentally are difficult to meet the water pressure here.

It was only after the craftsmen of Lubanmen proposed the concept of 'water tower' that I was surprised to find that there were really many smart people in this era......

Speaking of water towers, this thing is almost uncommon in later generations. However, this simple structure can easily make the water pressure in the pipe below reach the capacity to allow the tap to flow water, which is still very practical!

However, although I saw the suggestion of the water tower put forward by the craftsmen of Lubanmen again, I could not find the relevant introduction and production plan in the mall. For this reason, I had to let the craftsmen work together to try it on their own.

Fortunately, the construction principle of this thing is simple, as long as you install a water tank on the tower, and then pump water in, you can rely on the natural pressure to add water pressure to the water pipe connected below.

The only regret is that the craftsmen tried several times and found that each water tower is only four stories high, so we can only ensure that the water pressure in the pipes around a certain distance is normal, so we changed the design of the new city before deciding to build only a small number of water towers, and the rest relies on the installation of water tanks on the roofs of each residential building to solve the water pressure problem in the vicinity. And after the re-change of the pipeline, only a few more water towers need to be built along the river to solve the water supply problem of the entire new city.

Oh yes! The problem of water pipes could not be solved, so the craftsmen came up with the idea of using a clay pipe similar to a sewer as an underground water pipe, which could solve many problems. After all, the technology of this underground pottery pipe, as well as the problem of sealing, have long been solved by ancient craftsmen. When the time comes, where the faucet needs to be installed, just use a long enough iron pipe to insert it into the underground pipe, and seal the connection between the pottery pipe and the iron pipe.

This is a really good idea, although the cast iron water pipes sent by the Ministry of Engineering are not cast with precise molds, so the size and thickness of the pipes are different, so they cannot be connected to each other, and then sent to residential buildings to be used as water pipes. However, the number and length of these pipes are enough to connect a tap to the ground.

After many experiments, I found that this method is not only water-tight, but also that the underground clay pipe is more durable and resistant to corrosion by running water. Oh yes, now I have found out that in addition to making special treatments at the joints between the pottery pipes, the ancient craftsmen actually brushed a layer of waterproof glue on them. The direct joints of the pipes are also brushed with this glue to fix them.

Later, I learned that this 'glue' that looks like glue, but when applied, it is sticky and waterproof, and it is actually a kind of fish glue made from marine fish~ I heard that it was the first glue discovered by ancient shipbuilders. Sturdy and waterproof. Whether it is used for waterproofing and corrosion prevention at the bottom of wooden boats, or used for waterproofing at the joints of underground terracotta pipes. This effect is simply extremely effective! I'm beginning to wonder why no one has ever heard of such a good glue!

The water supply, pipes, and sewers were solved, but the wires in the four-story building used for the experiment had problems again. It is because of the consumption of voltage and wires, which causes the power sent by the generator to be extremely unstable when used. Either the bulb burned directly, or the voltage was too low for the light to turn on at all...... In other words, after I designed the power lines in this city, the only place where the residents could use electricity was the lighting lights and the street lights of the future......

After several more attempts in the experimental area, the matter of running water and sewerage in the new city was perfectly solved. And I decided to install sewers and flush toilets in every house first, and although water can only be used from the outside public faucet, it is almost the same in the flush toilet. Oh yes. The sewers of the entire building are all made of terracotta pipes. After reserving the location of the water pipes in each house, a few geniuses in mathematics in the college were arranged to help design the pipes in the workshop of the Ministry of Engineering.

I estimate that as long as those mathematical geniuses are serious enough, then the cast iron pipe produced will be qualified sooner or later. When the time comes, just replace the new city.

After the water problem was solved, I started to study the problem of electricity. This is also a troublesome thing, the voltage is insufficient, and it is not stable. So I asked the researchers at the institute to continue to study the knowledge of electrical engineering, and at the same time, they also began to look for solutions.

I deliberately rummaged through the books in the mall and found out that this power problem is similar to the hydraulic problem, which is a problem that requires a relay setup to increase the voltage. The hydraulic pressure can be solved in a simple and crude way by relying on water towers. However, the problem of electricity is different, at least after I turned the book, I found that there is a setting called a transformer between the power grid wires and household electricity in later generations. In addition, the current generated from the power plant has to be temporarily set by me at 220 volts, and there is no solution to the problem of relay. I only remembered now that the voltage coming out of the power station should be the standard of industrial voltage! That is, the high-voltage line that ordinary people in later generations said.

And the relay station is made up of transformers and all kinds of equipment that has not yet been invented, as well as facilities that are purely electric. Among them, after I roughly explained the principle, I found that this thing could not be made at all with the current level of technology. However, the step-down aspect of the transformer is easy to solve. However, to boost the voltage, an electronic component called a capacitor is required. Therefore, there is only one power station left in the small town that has been designed, and the remaining power gap will be temporarily flowed by the craftsmen after enough space, and then the new power plant will be built after the technology advances again...... For the time being, a large number of hydroelectric generators are still being used to supply electricity between the districts of the new city in stages.

In any case, in the new city, only the electric lights in every household and the street lights on the road need electricity. As long as I use the energy-saving lamps I took out from the mall, the power of this electricity is very low! A hydroelectric generator is enough to power a building plus a small strip of street lights......

For this reason, in addition to leaving the site of three future power plants, only one steam engine-powered power plant was built in the east of the city. After all, I think that with a clear goal, the college should be able to come up with a solution very quickly!

In addition, the problem of high-voltage wires also needs to be solved~ Unfortunately, there is no trace of rubber trees, and this thing cannot be studied at all.

The telephone poles needed in the city have already been made by the Ministry of Industry and enough to spread all over the city......

I changed the blueprints again, so I moved the location of the new town. Directly from the inland area, it has been changed to an area that relies on the Weishui River. And in the blueprint, I also had people dig a diversion channel in Weishui again. Then the craftsmen built enough hydroelectric generators on the waterway again.

After feeling that there was no problem, I handed over the drawings that had been revised several times to the imperial court for study. And I went to the Ministry of Industry to inspect the building materials they made. Concrete and wooden poles, as well as prefabricated cement slabs and a large number of green bricks, were prepared. I used the mall to store and then moved all the building materials to the construction site. A reply from the imperial court also came.

After several days of study by the court, the imperial court unanimously agreed with the design sketch of the new city that I had drawn. It's just that they made a few demands. First of all, I forgot to plan the location of the yamen in this new city. In addition, the emperor actually proposed that in this new city, a 'palace' needs to be built. It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is also very eager for the future of the new city.

After the drawings were completed, it was expected that the land of the new city would be cleared, and the craftsmen and coolie workers sent by the imperial court also arrived at the construction site of the new city one after another. The construction of the new city began completely. It's just that when there are enough craftsmen and enough craftsmen and the building materials that have been prepared long ago as supplies, I am shocked to find that the craftsmen and the people have begun to work hard. It seems that the words of the imperial court are really listening!

Soon a month passed, and with the support of enough craftsmen and enough people, the new city I designed was completed in just one month. When I came to inspect it curiously, I found that the imperial court had already sent someone to fill the position of the county government that had just been completed. There was even a large enough space booked in the new city. Then I moved a barracks!

If you look at it this way, the court's concern for this small city is really very strong!

What surprised me even more was that when I returned to the construction site after a while and wanted to check the progress, I~ I actually saw a four-story building as the main body, as well as various public facilities and a wide cement road throughout the city, all completed?

Anyway, you built a small city in a month? It's unthinkable!

And when I walked through the new city, I realized that if it was all four floors, it really solved the accommodation problem for some people, after all, four floors can accommodate more people than bungalows. Moreover, the main road in the new city and the road between the various squares are not only spacious, but also in very good condition.

So when I saw a reinforced concrete city rising from the ground in January, the whole person was in a state of confusion! There is no such speed in the future! But this is also due to the fact that the imperial court sent enough workers and craftsmen! It seems that the small city was built with the power of the whole country.

Build a city in January? It's really a terrifying speed!

For this reason, I also asked the imperial court to name this new city 'January City'!

However, it was rejected by the imperial court.

Later, I found out that His Majesty the Emperor had been watching the progress of the construction of this small city. So he has already given the new city a more resounding name ~ "White Jade City"! Later, I learned that His Majesty the Emperor often came to the 'palace' here to rest.

Anyway, the address of this new city is less than 100 miles away from Chang'an City.

As for the reason why it is called 'White Jade City', I heard that it was specially named in honor of the sect Bai Yujing where I came from! Only then did I see that His Majesty had already taken a fancy to Xincheng!

Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done after the city was built this month.

At least the problem of running water can only be made up of by the water pipes under each building, and the voltage problem has been put on hold for the time being.

However, the ownership of houses in the city has come to a troublesome place again. I heard that His Majesty wants to move all the villagers living here to Chang'an City directly from the dangerous areas far away, and after Chang'an City is registered, it will be easy to fill all the houses in the city.

But this plan was directly rejected by the people in the imperial court, and it turned out that they all wanted to buy a four-story small building in the new city as their own courtyard to use. If you look at it this way, there are really many people who want to live in this small town, which was completed in a month.

"Huh! That's not enough! If you want to fill the city with houses. That's up to me! ”