The new house is naturally comfortable to live in, from the beginning to the present, Chen Xu is not used to the toilet, he used to wipe his butt without paper, but now he is very unaccustomed to the way of shitting in the toilet, a big pit made of masonry, put a few wooden planks on it, and then squat on the wooden board to pull, and then you have to be careful, if you are not careful, you will splash a butt of fecal water, although the toilet of the Qinghe Hou Mansion has been improved under his suggestion, there are two more chutes made of stone bricks on the manure pit, but the shit is not flushed, and it will be piled up in the chute every time, Then every time he went to the toilet, Chen Xu always wanted to use his urine to flush down that pile of......

Therefore, this time to build a new house, Chen Xu decided to build a new squatting pit and toilet according to his own design.

The Hou Mansion has a large population, and the emperor has successively rewarded the servants and the Hou Mansion has also purchased a lot of people, so the entire Qinghe Hou Mansion now has more than 500 people, and more than 200 horses, which is definitely a big business, and the toilets of the servants and subordinates are counted, and the public toilets for men and women are built in imitation of the schools of later generations, and the manure tank is arranged to be cleaned frequently, but the toilets used by themselves and their families are bound to be more advanced, flush toilets and flushing squatting pits are necessary, and then it is necessary to build a bathtub that can lie in it and take a bath, and the shower must also be used.

This is on the edge of the Wei River, and it is convenient to get water, so Chen Xu specially asked Hu Kuan to add another canal to the dam that drives the big water wheel, and directly lead the river water through the canal to the manor seven or eight miles away, creating a living water.

Originally, Chen Xu planned to build a water tower in the courtyard, and send water into the water tower through a rickshaw water truck, and use the water pressure generated by a drop of several meters to send water into the bathroom, toilet and even the kitchen, but so far it is only an idea, because this idea is basically impossible to realize without cement, so Chen Xu has not paid much attention to this matter.

But today is different, cement has been successfully developed, the construction of water towers will be completed soon, and with running water, flush toilets, flushing pits, bathtubs and showers are no longer a problem.

Follow a few officials through the layers of rooms and finally to the backyard.

Toilets, bathrooms and kitchens have been repaired, trenches have been dug for pipes to be buried in the ground, and a large number of custom-made pottery pipes from a pottery workshop have been sent over and piled up in the yard.

After crossing to the Qin Dynasty, Chen Xu found that the use of pipes in Daqin has been very common, and every building in Xianyang City has pottery drainage pipes, one end is thick and the other end is thin and connected to each other, and there are T-shaped tees and even cross-shaped four-way joints, and these drainage pipes are connected to each other and buried in the ground to form a very complex and smooth drainage system, even if it rains, there will be almost no water accumulation in Xianyang City, because if there is water accumulation or waterlogging, The officials and craftsmen who designed and installed the drains were arrested and sentenced to prison, so no one dared to cut corners or design and install them indiscriminately.

At present, ceramic bathtubs, ceramic basins, toilets, flushing squatting pits and tiles have not yet been delivered to Xianyang.

The drawings were brought back to Qinghe Town last time I went back to Nanyang to marry, and Gao He of the pottery workshop took over the glorious task of the first sanitary revolution in human history, but these bathroom equipment are too big and very troublesome to do, so I don't know whether it is successful or not.

However, whether it is a bathtub, a basin, or a toilet, there is not much scientific and technological content, and it only takes time to make it successfully, Chen Xu believes that Gao He will be able to make what he needs.

There are many poor people in this era, but there are also many wealthy people, at least there are more than 100,000 princes and wealthy businessmen in the whole Xianyang, if the bathtub, ceramic basin, flush toilet, etc. are installed in the Qinghe Courtyard, I am afraid that many princes and princes in Xianyang will follow suit, after all, this is something beyond the times.

For the future development of ceramic sanitary ware, Chen Xu feels that there will still be a large market, although this era is very primitive, but the desire for a better life will always be the same.

Turn on the faucet and there will be a rush of water flowing out, this magical feeling no one can refuse, especially when taking a bath, a faucet into the hot water, a faucet into the cold water, and then lie comfortably in the white ceramic bathtub, drink a glass of red wine, you can also have a wet hug with the beautiful little maid, that temptation, hiss~, it's ...... It's so shameless......

Chen Xu drooled and drove away the wet little maid who was full of white flowers in his mind, and said with a weird smile all the way: "Don't be in a hurry to install these pipes, some of the things I customized haven't been sent over, and today I came to design a swimming pool!" ”

"Master Hou, what is the swimming pool?" Several of the officials began to sweat in their heads.

Now it is the middle of summer in May, the weather is hot, they have been suffering for several months in order to build this Qinghe Annex, which is about to be completed, Hou Ye even asked for more projects, this is the most fatal thing, because this Qinghe Courtyard has been in a state of rush, hundreds of prisoners have been suffering from heat stroke every day, and the longer it is delayed, the greater the consumption and loss.

Looking at the faces of several officials like bitter melons, Chen Xu comforted him very considerately and said: "Don't worry, this job is very simple, it is to help me dig a large pool in the backyard that is ten zhang wide and twenty zhang long and four feet to seven feet deep. ”

Several officials breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

This pool is not small, but compared to repairing a house, digging a pit is the easiest, and one of the senior officials asked puzzledly: "Master Hou, you already have a pool in the front and back yards, why do you bother to do this?" ”

"This is a swimming pool, not for raising fish and flowers, but for playing in the water and playing, you see such a hot weather, there are many women in the family, you can't take off the public to play in the river, with this swimming pool, the weather is hot and the women can play in the backyard......"

"Hey, Master Hou's idea is really novel and wonderful!" Before Chen Xu's words were finished, several officials suddenly made up a very beautiful scene and picture in their minds, in the clear pool, many undressed ladies and girls were stripped naked and playing in the water, all with rich breasts and fat buttocks full of temptation.

"Hiss~~" A few of them swallowed a mouthful of saliva in unison.

"How is it, how is Ben Hou's idea?" Chen Xu stood under the eaves and said proudly fanning the wind with his hat.

"Master Hou's idea is naturally very good, but the bottom and wall of the pit should be built with bricks and stones, otherwise there may be mud and sand!" A craftsman reminded.

"Well, just do as you said, the bottom of the pit and the pit wall are built with bricks and stones, the water intake and drainage pipes should also be designed, go to find a pen and paper, Ben Hou draw a simple sketch, you dig the pool with the terrain of the yard, but don't worry when building the bottom of the pit and the pit wall, the factory has successfully developed a magical material called cement that turns mud into stone, which is much more convenient than Sanhe soil, with cement, this swimming pool should be repaired soon, and it does not leak......"

As Chen Xu spoke, a craftsman quickly brought hemp pulp paper and graphite strips, and Chen Xu quickly drew the shape of a swimming pool, the location of the water inlet and drainage pipes were drawn, the depth of the pool was also marked, and several steps and handrails in and out of the pool were also designed.

"Master Hou, because this swimming pool can only be used in summer, it is best to build it in the most remote place in the backyard, and there is a vacant lot near the entrance of the canal in the backyard, close to the wall, and the subordinates think it is more suitable there!" An official of the Inner History Mansion said.

"Let's go, let's see!" As a large yard of more than 200 acres, the front yard is about 150 acres, the back yard is about 60 or 70 acres, and there is a courtyard wall in the middle.

Led by a group of officials, they went to the fence of the backyard, where there was a canal leading directly to the front yard, connecting the two ponds in the front yard and the back yard, which was led from the river, so as to ensure that the Qinghe Annexe was clean and living water flowed all year round.

"Master Hou, this is it!" The official of the Ministry of Works pointed to a wasteland in the shape of a crescent moon on the edge of the canal, "This place was originally intended to be used to plant a piece of bamboo, but now the weather is hot and cannot be transplanted, so it is empty here, and the terrain here is the highest, the water and drainage are the most convenient, and this place is also the most hidden, surrounded by trees and fences, and the women will not be looked at by anyone to play in the water here, it is very safe......

"Yes, yes, this place is just right, the size is enough, just here, hurry up and arrange someone to excavate, after digging, go to the factory to find the cement workshop Zhang Wen steward, he will arrange craftsmen to guide you on how to use cement, after repairing to notify me, then you will have to paste tiles!" Chen Xu nodded with satisfaction.

"Master Hou, what are the tiles?" Several craftsmen looked at Chen Xu together in confusion again.

"The tile is like a porcelain smooth and snow-white clay brick, I have arranged for someone to fire in Nanyang, when the time comes, use cement to put the snow-white tiles next to the pit bottom and pit wall on a layer, and then fill it with water, this swimming pool will be very beautiful......

While a group of officials were wondering what the tiled swimming pool looked like, Chen Xu braved the heat and rushed back to the Academy of Sciences by car.

At present, the cement is available, and the tiles are certainly not a big problem, but it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to transport them from Nanyang to Xianyang, but this is no way, because there is no porcelain clay found near Xianyang, so it can only be fired from Qinghe Town and transported to the easiest.

After a few days of enough cement fire, the water tower was built first, and a pulley was designed next to the canal to lift the water into the water tower, so that running water could be installed.