Wang Yi made up his mind at this time, and he said to Zhang Ji: "I don't know if Zhongjing is willing to succumb to the position of Jingzhou Doctor Cao?" ”

Zhang Ji saluted Wang Rong and said: "I don't dare to ask for ears!" ”

This position is indeed too suitable for Zhang Ji, his greatest wish in his heart is to hang the pot to help the world, the position of Jingzhou doctor Cao is equivalent to a position tailored for him, so that he has to realize his ideals, and his family background is average, if he relies on his own research, it is not easy, now it is equivalent to the Jingzhou Prefecture government is funding him to do research, which is of course a good thing.

Zhang Ji's problem was solved, and Wang Heng took the opportunity to propose to Wang Heng that he should appoint Han Ji as the supervisor of metallurgy, specifically in charge of the affairs of iron smelting and manufacturing in the state.

After experiencing Zhang Ji's incident today, Wang Heng also had a new understanding of the importance of technical officials, and Wang Heng had been telling him about the role of this position, so he nodded and agreed with Wang Heng's proposal.

Subsequently, Wang Rong appointed Kuai Liang as the Zhizhong Officer, Liu Xian as the Shucao Officer, and Kuai Yue as Wang Liang's staff.

Zhang Ji was very enthusiastic after serving as a doctor in Jingzhou, he not only focused on the prevention and treatment of typhoid fever, but also came up with a book to build Jingzhou's health system, of course, this book has a lot of credit to Wang Heng.

In this book, it is proposed to clean the streets of urban and rural areas every day, build public toilets, make people and animals drown in the toilet, people can not drink raw water, build yì drink boiled water, the living environment of the home should also be clean, and small animals such as mosquitoes, bed bugs, cockroaches, and house mice should be killed......

Of course, most of these suggestions were put forward by Wang Heng, and Zhang Ji can also know from his daily observation and experience that these things proposed by Wang Heng are very reasonable, for example, people are easy to have diarrhea after drinking raw water, and it is easy to get sick if the food crawled by small animals such as mosquitoes, flies, bed bugs, cockroaches, and house mice is eaten, although he does not know the storage of bacteria and viruses, he also knows that these measures should be effective.

Wang Rong completely adopted all the construction measures in Zhang Ji's construction book, and first implemented these measures in Hanshou City.

The Wuling County Government paid for the grain and hired a group of laborers, specializing in cleaning the streets of Hanshou City, which is the cleaner of later generations, there were no full-time cleaners before, they were all served by the officials in the yamen, they were usually more perfunctory, only when the officials came to inspect they were more diligent, so there were many sanitary dead ends, and they became a source of pollution.

And now these full-time laborers are from poor families, usually do what they do than clean the streets I don't know how much heavier, but the money they get is not as good as this job, of course they cherish this job, within a few days, the streets and alleys of Hanshou City have been swept clean, which makes people feel refreshed when they see it.

Next, the whole Hanshou City set off a wave of exterminating the four pests, the so-called four pests, that is, mosquitoes, bed bugs, cockroaches, rats, is the slogan put forward by Wang Heng, the county guard sent messengers to each household to publicize, so that the residents can eliminate the four pests, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the residents, but also set a reward, a hundred mosquitoes, flies, bed bugs, cockroach corpses, can be exchanged for a penny to these errands, five mouse carcasses or five mouse tails, can also be exchanged for a penny.

Of course, no one will miss such a good thing, these pests are everywhere, and it is not difficult to call, and suddenly many children have become the main force to exterminate the four pests, they chase these pests everywhere, and when they hit a certain number, they will exchange them for money, and after they get the money, they will take it home diligently.

Some children can even receive more than a dozen dollars a day with this, which is a considerable amount of income, and at this time, many adults have also joined the ranks of eliminating the four evils.

The carcasses of these vermin were gathered together and burned, and the servants did not forget to warn the boys who came to receive the bounty to wash their hands when they returned.

The action to eliminate the four pests is very effective, within a few days, it is difficult to see these things in Hanshou City, the four pests family can be said to have suffered an unprecedented catastrophe, and several children can be seen on the streets of Hanshou from time to time shouting the slogan of "Eliminate the four pests, receive the reward" to chase a cockroach or a mouse.

In addition to the reduction in the number of the four evils, the action of eliminating the four evils has also given rise to several unexpected effects, one is that the ability of the children of Hanshou to count has generally improved, which is very easy to understand, in order to receive the reward, the boys are constantly counting how many of their own numbers are left to receive the money, and the stimulation of the reward will of course greatly improve their arithmetic ability.

Second, the credibility of the Wuling County Government has also improved, and the people don't believe in such a good thing. So at first no one did it, until a boy got a nest of little mice, and went to receive a reward with his tail, and the messenger immediately paid him a penny, which convinced the common people, and they all began to do it.

The third is that the business on the streets of Hanshou has also suddenly prospered, and many families have received this unexpected reward, so they naturally want to buy something that they need to buy for a long time but have not been able to buy, which suddenly stimulates the consumption of Hanshou.

The Wuling County Government also hired some scholars from the poor family as propagandists to explain the government's measures to the illiterate Qianshou people in front of the notices posted by the government, teaching them how to throw garbage at the garbage dump point, not to drink raw water, not to defecate in the open, and so on.

Of course, the effect of the explanation alone is still limited, and corresponding laws are needed to ensure the implementation of these measures, and the notice stipulates what kind of punishment people will receive if they violate these public health regulations, such as a fine of 10 yuan for littering, double the second time, and double the fine for the third time, but also criminal detention, and the punishment for open defecation is similar.

The effect of these measures is obvious, since the implementation of the measures for ten days, the streets of Hanshou have been much cleaner, littering and open defecation have basically been eliminated, in this year, fines are the most effective means, each family has restrained their children, not to violate these regulations, or go home will be beaten half to death.

In this summer, the frequency of people's illnesses, especially gastrointestinal diseases, has also decreased significantly, which makes Zhang Ji more confident and ready to implement these measures to the whole county of Wuling and even the entire Jingzhou in the next step.

But at this time, Zhang Yi came to Wang Heng with a sad face, and after listening to his intentions, Wang Heng came again.

Zhang Yi came to complain, and he said to Wang Heng: "Shuping, I didn't think about the reward you set at first, but I didn't expect it to cost so much." ”

It turned out that just paying these bounties would cost tens of thousands of dollars a day, but by now, the Wuling County Government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, which surprised Zhang Yi, who didn't take this bounty seriously at first, so wouldn't it cost tens of millions of dollars a year?

Today he heard that Zhang Ji is going to extend this measure to the whole of Wuling County, is this still necessary? All the money and food in Wuling County is not enough to pay this reward! So he came to Wang Rong to complain.

Wang Heng also had a headache, he didn't expect this reward to be so high, it was not his wish to spend so much money on this matter that seemed to him to be insignificant, and it was also a taboo for politicians to change the order every day, so he called Wang Heng here, after all, this idea was his idea, and he was responsible for solving it.

Wang Heng listened to the cause and effect, and after a little silence, he asked Zhang Yidao: "Has the reward money sent out in recent days been getting less and less?" ”

Zhang Yi nodded and said: "That's true, the reward money issued in the first two days is about 50,000 yuan, and then it is getting less and less, about 20,000 yuan a day in the first few days, but there is an increasing trend in the past two days, it is said that some people go to the township to catch these things, and then take them to the city to exchange for rewards." ”

Wang Heng was dumbfounded when he heard this, the wisdom of the people is really infinite, this trick was learned by these originally simple people so quickly.

Wang Heng nodded and said: "That's right, this shows that the four evils in the city have become less and less, and the effect is still very good. ”

Zhang Yi asked again: "Now that the reward money issued by Hanshou City is so much, if it is extended to the whole county and the whole state, then I am afraid that all the money and food issued in a year will not be enough!" Now there is the money and food that Cao Yin has looted before, but that is not a long-term solution! ”

After Cao Yin was defeated, the money and grain he had looted before became Wang Heng's spoils, and after inventory, the total value of these loot was tens of millions of dollars, which was enough to cover the tax revenue of Wuling County for a year, which made everyone unable to hold their tongues.

Wang Rong once wanted to hand over all these spoils to the imperial court, but was dissuaded by Wang Heng, saying that all the money and grain were looted by the people of Wuling, and should be returned to the people of Wuling, if they were handed over to the imperial court, the people of Wuling would never get the compensation they deserved.

Wang Heng knew that Wang Heng was referring to the various absurd behaviors during the reign of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, and Wang Heng was also unwilling to agree, so after pondering for a long time, he agreed to Wang Heng's construction. In the end, only one-tenth of the seized goods after Cao Yin's house was confiscated were handed over to the imperial court, and the rest were retained to compensate the people of Wuling in various ways.

Listening to Zhang Yi's words, Wang Heng also nodded, he looked at Wang Heng, wondering how he could solve this problem.

Wang Heng said: "First of all, the number of these four evils is not endless, now the environment in Hanshou City is getting cleaner and cleaner, the four evils will only become less and less, and the people are now catching it every day, and the final number of the four evils will not be as much as it is now; Secondly, as the weather turns colder, the number of the four evils will decrease even more, and in a year or two, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the people to catch them. ”

For this, Wang Heng is still very confident, with the improvement of the environment, of course, the number of these pests will be less and less, and the environment of the big city in the future will be clean, and it is rare to see these things, especially bed bugs, which are basically difficult to find in the city.

Zhang Yi nodded, he could still understand this truth, but he asked again: "Even if the four evils of the whole county and the whole state are caught, what if someone goes to other places to catch these things in exchange for reward money?" ”

Wang Heng Zhizhu said with a smile: "Isn't the county planning to reduce the people's taxes recently?" I thought that in the future, this reward could not be found money, but would be used to offset the people's oral contributions, until it was exhausted. ”

Zhang Yi's eyes lit up, recently he is indeed preparing to reduce the people's taxes, the former county guard Cao Yin's exorbitant oral levies and calculations are within the scope of reduction, but this plan is still in the making, and has not been announced, if this reward is used to offset these taxes that are ready to be reduced, it will kill two birds with one stone.

Zhang Yixi said: "This method is good, not only to benefit the people of Qianshou, but also to avoid people from other counties from taking advantage of loopholes." ”

Wang Rong frowned and said: "It's good that your method is good, but if you want to promote it to the whole state, I'm afraid it's not easy, Nanyang Yang County Guards want to be willing, and other county guards may not be willing." ”

Wang Heng smiled and said: "If they don't want to, let them go, presumably after a year and a half, the people in those counties will be boiling with resentment." ”

Wang Heng understood what Wang Heng meant, those counties were too reluctant to promote these policies, and after a year and a half, the environment of those counties would certainly be thrown away by Wuling and Nanyang counties, and the people's taxes were actually much heavier than those of Wuling and Nanyang counties.

Wang Heng didn't say another layer of meaning, as long as he insisted on going like this, in a few years, after the chaos in the world, the people of other states saw the good life of the people of Jingzhou, and they were afraid that they would have to run to Jingzhou, and at that time, the population of Jingzhou would become more and more, and in this troubled era, population is the basis of strength.

The qiē policy implemented by Wuling today may seem ridiculous and ridiculous to others, but when an effective public health system is established, all the people have developed good hygiene habits, and a good medical security system, the average life expectancy of the people of Jingzhou will be much higher than that of other places, the mortality rate will be much lower than that of other places, and the population will of course be much larger than that of other places.

Population is the source of taxes, is the source of soldiers, that is, the source of strength, in a few years, Jingzhou's strength will far exceed other states, laying a solid foundation for Wang Heng to compete for the world.

At present, Jingzhou is gradually building an effective public health system starting from Hanshou City, cultivating good hygiene habits of the people, and a good medical security system is also being built.

A good medical security system first needs enough doctors, and the current number of doctors in Jingzhou is obviously far from enough, so Wang Heng is also planning to build a medical school, recruit students, and hire excellent doctors from all over the world to teach students, and Zhang Ji is of course the first dean of the medical school.

With the existence of this medical school, the torch has been passed down from generation to generation, and a few years later, there will be a group of doctors from the professional class in Jingzhou.

Zhang Ji's work went smoothly, and after Han Ji took up the post of supervisor, he came up with his first work in less than a month, and under the inspiration of Wang Heng, he made a water drain.

The water drain is not Han Ji's originality, it turned out to be the invention of the former Nanyang Taishou Du Shi, Han Ji is an improvement on Du Shi's invention, but this improvement is also very remarkable, and the work efficiency has been increased several times.

The working principle of the water drain is to drive the machinery with water power, so that the large skin bag can be expanded and contracted, and the air is blown into the iron-smelting furnace to increase the furnace temperature, and then improve the work efficiency.

Water drain can not only improve work efficiency, but also save manpower, animal power, before the invention of water drain, there was a horse row, that is, the horse is used to drive the skin bag to the iron smelting furnace to blow air, and the manpower is used to drive the skin bag to blow the wind.

These methods are not only not as efficient as water drainage, but also too consuming animal power and manpower, Wuling County, and even the whole Jingzhou, water resources are very abundant, and the use of water drainage is the most efficient thing.

After the water drainage, Wuling's steel production has increased significantly, and iron agricultural tools such as iron ploughshares, hoes, shovels, and sickles have been produced in large quantities, and the production of these agricultural tools will greatly improve the agricultural production efficiency of Wuling County.

Of course, these are all technological advances that can be brought up in the open, and there are also some technological advances that Wang Heng still has to hide and tuck, and it is impossible to make them public, such as the new steelmaking method.

Before this era, China actually had several steelmaking methods that were relatively advanced in the world, the earliest of which was the stacking method, and the steel frying method was invented in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty.

The stacking method is to burn a piece of iron billet red with charcoal, calcined with an iron hammer, the iron absorbs the carbon components in the charcoal, and the impurities contained in it are combined with carbon and oxidized, and then calcined by the iron hammer, and the impurities are further extruded to form steel, so that the steel structure is dense and the carbon content is uniform, which is very suitable for the manufacture of weapons.

And there are more blacksmiths who will repeatedly burn the steel that is calcined out in this way, calcined, each time it is called a refining, which can effectively improve the quality of steel, if it is more than 100 steel, it is the raw material for making swords and swords, and swords like Ganjiang and Longquan are repeatedly calcined out in this way. In this era, a hundred-tempered steel knife can often be sold for one or two thousand yuan, and a thirty-tempered steel knife can be sold for thousands of dollars, and if it is a treasure knife with more than one hundred refinements, it is a priceless treasure.

As for the steel frying method, the pig iron is heated and melted into liquid or semi-liquid, and then iron ore powder is added, and at the same time, it is constantly stirred to use iron ore powder and oxygen in the air to remove part of the carbon in the pig iron, so that the carbon content in the pig iron is reduced, and the slag is removed, and the steel can be obtained directly.

This technology was invented in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, this technology can provide a large number of relatively cheap, high-quality steel to the society, to meet the needs of production and war, if you need higher quality steel, you can also combine it with the stacking method, with the fried steel and then repeatedly stacked, to make 100 steel.

However, these two techniques also have disadvantages, the stacking method is too labor-intensive and time-consuming, a hundred steel knives often need several months of tempering, and the steel frying method requires too high technology and experience, and it is difficult to popularize.