Water pipes are installed inside the house, and pipes are dug outside the house. It took a week to get busy with the high-ranking officials' residential complexes.

It was a weekend on the day it was fully loaded, and Sun Shangshu, who stayed at home, heard that the master had already made it, and some of them turned on the faucet suspiciously. There was no water coming out of it, but there was a hissing sound at first. After a while, the hissing died down as the faucet vibrated and water squirted out of the faucet.

In the previous fountain era, this kind of tap was installed on the first floor of the residence of high-ranking officials, so Sun Shangshu was not surprised. From the first floor to the third floor, he tried all the faucets in the house, and sure enough, all of them came out of the water. The flush toilet can also be filled with water automatically, and the toilets on the second and third floors no longer need to be carried by manpower.

When I went up to the top floor, I saw that the water heater for hot water was also automatically replenished. Recalling the hard work of adding water to the bucket before, Sun Shangshu couldn't help laughing.

Looking at the bubbling water pipe filling the vat, Sun Shangshu's wife also smiled: "When I first used this, I only thought this was good." Later, when it came to lifting water, it was the old lazy with the big lazy, the big lazy with the small lazy, and the angry little lazy staring. People's hearts are insufficient, probably that's it. ”

This is true, Sun Qingshang nodded violently with a deeply approving expression. It's fun to stand under the shower and take a hot and cold tap with adjustable water temperature, but it seems that the hot water can easily run out.

"Sun Shangshu. If there is a leak in the water pipes in your home, turn off the main valve here. Then hurry to the property to find someone to fix it. The master of the installation told Sun Qing and Sun Shangshu the main points, "In addition, the main valve comes in from your kitchen, because the kitchen is often used, and it can maintain a relatively high temperature even in winter." Be careful with this. Beware of freezing and cracking water pipes. ”

"Frozen cracked water pipes? It's an iron pipe! Sun Shangshu was surprised.

"Once the inside of the water pipe freezes, the iron pipe can also be fried."

"Why is the ice so powerful? Is the iron pipe so unfrozen? Sun Shangshu felt that the iron guy he remembered was kept intact even in the winter, and he didn't see any of them being frozen.

"Daddy. We told us in school that ice is less dense than water, and that water freezes and becomes larger. Sun Qing's youngest son said happily beside him.

The son actually taught Lao Tzu a lesson, Sun Qing instinctively glared at the younger son, and scolded: "What nonsense." ”

The youngest son obviously didn't understand his father's feelings, and he continued to shout: "The teacher let us observe, the ice always floats on the water. Light things can float up, so it proves that ice is lighter than water. Others are thermal expansion and cold contraction, and the turning of water into ice is heat contraction and cold expansion. ”

Seeing that his youngest son was so persistent, Sun Shangshu remembered the crazy faces of the Ministry of Industry. As long as technical issues are discussed, there is no such thing as a group of people who dare not fight. Even the Zhao Guan's family is the same. Sun Qing himself had seen a group of engineers in the Ministry of Engineering arguing with Zhao Guanjia with a red face and a thick neck, Sun Qing could understand the words spoken by those people, but these words were strung together, and Sun Qing couldn't understand them at all. It can be seen that Zhao Guan's family is also enjoying it. After arguing, the gang of fanatics in the Ministry of Works obeyed.

Seeing that his youngest son, who had learned the knowledge of natural science, was also like this, Sun Qing didn't want to be angry anymore, he said calmly: "I know, when it is winter, the matter of guarding the water pipes will be left to you!" ”

The master had no intention of getting involved in Sun Qing's housework, so he handed over a list and asked Sun Qing to sign it. Sun Qing looked at the water pipe again and asked, "This won't stop the water, right?" ”

"As long as there is no accident with the pipeline, the water tower is fine, and the water should not be stopped."

"Water at all times?"

"Hmm." The master replied.

Sun Qingyou looked at the pipe, and suddenly remembered the saying that water flows low. He remembered his previous question and hurriedly asked, "Who put water into the water tower?" ”

"You don't need to use a steam engine to fill it with water."

The steam engine ......, a term that touched Sun Shangshu's memories. Zhao said that the Ministry of Industry used steam engines to power the paper mills, but the Ministry of Industry said that they did not have old steam engines now. At that time, Sun Shangshu thought that the old steam engines were all recycled, but now it seems that this may not be the case.

"Take me to see the steam engine!" Sun Shangshu quickly made a request.

Ten minutes later, Sun Shangshu appeared in the power room inside the water tower with his wife and children. As soon as I entered, it felt so hot and noisy.

The property in charge of the water tower saw Shangshu coming, enthusiastically took them to visit, and boasted: "It's the testing stage, so we use a steam engine with its own boiler." In the future, we are going to collect heat, and after the boiler room is repaired, the steam engine will use the steam from the boiler. When the water is not available, you can steam the rice here and receive hot water. If you pay enough, you can also go directly to the hot water. ”

"Uh-huh......" Sun Shangshu just responded casually. He found that even if he was born as a cadre, he still couldn't understand anything. The steam engine doesn't look very big, and its length and height are about the same as the back of a horse-drawn carriage. Two new steam-spewing machines were spinning, making a lot of noise and driving some equipment.

Continue to climb the stairs and you will come to the large water tank at the top of the tower. The big water tank is full of clear and transparent tap water, and Sun Shangshu saw that there was constantly clear and transparent new water injected into the big water tank from the water pipe that came up from below, thinking that this was the role of the steam engine downstairs.

Looking at the capacity of the water tank, there was no pressure to put more than a dozen Sun Shangshu in it. Relying on manpower to raise the water to this height, even if it exhausts people to death, I am afraid that it will not be enough for so many households in the community. However, it is the machines that work here, and the few workers who take care of the machines sweat only because of the heat.

When he got home, Sun Qing asked his wife a question: "Our family didn't hire a servant, how much money do you think you saved a year?" ”

"I don't know." Sun Qing's wife replied very simply.

"According to the water house, steamed rice and steamed buns can also come to them in the future. If you only use stir-frying, you should cook faster. Sun Qing analyzed.

"You're talking like you're stir-frying." Sun Qing's wife said with some contempt.

"There is a kindergarten, there is a primary school, a secondary school, a university. We have to take care of the children's schoolwork ourselves......"

Hearing this, Sun Shangshu's wife looked uneasy, and said in a stern voice: "Don't think about me, I don't want to be reborn!" ”

"No, no, no, I just think the old families who hired three or four servants are not doing as well as us." Sun Shangshu said proudly.

Hearing that her husband didn't want to have a child, Mrs. Sun's face also relaxed. After thinking about it, Mrs. Sun decisively praised: "I am determined not to go back to the past." ”

The husband and wife were talking in the living room on the second floor, when they heard that the children on the first floor had begun to quarrel as usual, and then the third child rushed up with grievances, "Dad, mother, the eldest brother has to go to the bath by himself first, and he won't let me wash it." ”

"Da Lang, what can you do if you let your brother go!" Sun Qing shouted downstairs.

A voice came from downstairs through the door, "Dad, mother, I've started washing." Washed quickly. ”

Looking at his little son with a face full of grievances, Sun Qing could only comfort: "There is a lot of hot water, don't worry." ”

The water was poured into the basin with a clattering sound. In the northern capital, thousands of miles away from Sun Qing's house, the former Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing poured the water from the small tin bucket into the wooden basin. Xie Daoqing is 70 years old this year, and all she can carry is the small iron bucket produced by Da Song.

After a few small buckets of water one after another, Xie Daoqing gasped a little. Grab a burlap hand towel and soak it in a wooden basin. And the water in the well was cold to the bone. Xie Daoqing sat quietly on a stool by the well, waiting for the sun to heat up the water.

There was a lot of dust in the courtyard, and everything looked dirty because there were no servants to clean it. The only thing that can be called clear and bright is probably the freshly dug well water in the wooden basin. Xie Daoqing couldn't help but think of the days when he was the queen and the queen mother in the past. At that time, there were a large number of attendants and palace maids around her, and all the manual work did not need to move a finger. It wasn't until after President Lin'an surrendered that Xie Daoqing had to resume the housework of his youth.

Eight years have passed since the surrender of General Lin'an. In the past eight years, Xie Daoqing often thinks of Chen Yizhong, if it weren't for the capriciousness of this old thief, if it weren't for the fact that this old thief got an official from Jia Nidao, but betrayed Jia Nidao in the end, and tried his best to overthrow Jia Nidao's phase when Jia Nidao was at its lowest point, I thought that Xie Daoqing would have moved south to Fuzhou at that time.

Concubine Yang only relied on a face back then, and her only ability was to be able to give birth to children. Compared with Empress Dowager Xie, Concubine Yang Shufei is nothing. If Empress Dowager Xie had not been mistaken by those traitorous ministers back then, if she had decisively chosen to move the capital back then, no matter how capable Zhao Jiaren's thief was, Empress Dowager Xie believed that she was fully capable of restraining Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Jiaren was able to replace Yang Shufei's son, isn't it because the mother and son are not right. And Xie Daoqing has a series of identities such as the dignified queen, the queen mother, and the queen mother, which is enough to make all dissenting thoughts come to naught.

However, Xie Daoqing is not completely desperate, there have been rumors recently that Da Yuan is negotiating with Da Song about returning the nobles of Da Song. It is said that Da Yuan was defeated one after another by Zhao Jiaren's little ghost, and in order to ease relations, Da Yuan had to submit a request to Da Song to return the nobles. Combined with the experience of the Great Song Dynasty, Xie Daoqing felt that this negotiation was very hopeful to achieve its goal. At that time, she can return to the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty.

Negotiations were indeed ongoing, and because of the distance, the representatives of the Great Song Dynasty eventually arrived in Dezhou, north of the Yellow River. There is still a distance from Jinan to the Yellow River, and this distance is also a two-day journey for Dayuan. In order to facilitate the exchange of Dayuan, the two sides finally agreed that new negotiations would be held in Texas.

Du Zhen picked up Dayuan's latest document, just scanned it, and put the document on the table. Su Yong, as the forehand of the negotiation team, has already seen it, and Su Yong has secretly made up his mind about such an insincere negotiation content, if the Mongols still have such an attitude, he will not leave Jinan next time no matter what.

With the same attitude, Su Yong said frankly: "Da Yuan seems to think that exchanging those people is the result of peace. I have to say that in the eyes of our Great Song Dynasty, exchanging these people is a prerequisite for peace. Those people were taken captive as a result of the Great Song and Great Yuan Wars. According to that continuation, we still have to continue to fight. If you want to make the future go in a friendly direction, then you naturally have to turn in a friendly direction. According to what you have said, a noble man is a hundred thousand taels of silver. Hehe, do you think this is a land reparation? ”

Naturally, the Mongolian nobles sent by the Great Yuan to negotiate said, "If it is exchanged, it will be ironclad and friendly?" ”

Su Yong rolled his eyes. These days, he has been talking with Mongolian nobles repeatedly, but no matter how he talks, it seems that he is playing the piano to the cow. Now he's at a point where he doesn't know what to say.

Du Zhen understood Su Yong's thoughts very well, and he was also angry, so he said in a very unceremonious tone: "Do you treat friendship as business!" Friendly by the price, how much money a pound? Or how many taels of silver a scoop? If you have an Anda, is it by the amount or by the block? ”

Du Zhen was completely angry when he said this, but he didn't expect that the Mongolian nobles on the other side had bright eyes and replied decisively: "Now it's your Great Song Don't be Anda with us." If the Great Song Dynasty is our Anda, of course we will send your Zhao Guan's family back. ”

When they first heard the response of the Mongolian nobles, Su Yong and Du Zhen instinctively wanted to refute. The words of rebuttal came to their lips, but the two couldn't go on. With a little brainstorming, the two had to admit that the Mongols were right, and the Great Song Dynasty was now planning to fight with the Mongols. Zhao Guanjia has a very clear vision for the future, first of all, the Northern Expedition and the recapture of the Hebei Plain. The next step was to seize the Liaohe Plain in the northeast, as well as Shanxi and Shaanxi. From the perspective of the Great Song Dynasty, this is a smooth development. And from the point of view of the Mongols, this has nothing to do with friendship.

Seeing that the two envoys of the Great Song Dynasty were silent, the Mongolian nobleman continued: "There has been a war between the Great Song and the Great Yuan for so many years. My father was killed by the navy under the command of Zhao Guanjia when he was in Ezhou. My brother-in-law's name was Liu Gao, and he was killed during the Battle of the Yellow River. His head was cut off by Song Jun and hung outside the city gate of Hangzhou with the heads of his father Liu Cheng and his brother Liu Yun. If we have to say that we kill more of you, or that you kill more of us, then it's not interesting. Before your Zhao official family raised troops, naturally we killed many of you. After your Zhao Guan's family raises troops, it means that you have many people who have killed us. I thought it was strange when you said this before. Is it difficult for you to calculate this number, and then kill enough people to make up for it? ”

Su Yong frowned unconsciously. Through this Mongolian nobleman's speech, he felt that he understood his thoughts a little. Su Yong really felt that it would be a good choice if he could kill the people on both sides to the same level.

Just when Su Yong was imagining something in his heart, Du Zhen spoke, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

"The two countries signed a peace treaty, promising never to fight. Your official family married our Mongolian princess, and we have been a family from now on. At that time, the nobles of the Great Song Dynasty will naturally be our relatives, and we Mongolia will naturally send people back to you in a beautiful manner. We trust the Great Song Dynasty very much, we don't need you to ask for relatives, we Mongolia will propose marriage! Dowry distribution, I will not be stingy in Mongolia. But I don't know what the Great Song Dynasty wants? ”

Being so rectified by the Mongols, the two envoys of the Great Song Dynasty felt that they had fallen into a very difficult situation.