Chapter Seventy-Four: Build a Public Toilet and Distill Spirit!

The First Emperor put him in charge of the plague in Xianyang City.

And also gave him great power.

From now on, Su Mo has the power to order all the civil and military officials in Xianyang City, and even mobilize the forbidden army guards in the city, this power is rare in the world, and Su Mo is the only one who can have such an honor throughout the ages, which shows the trust of the First Emperor in him.

To put it bluntly, Su Mo wants to rebel now.

That's a breeze, too.

Su Mo raised his head and looked at the First Emperor, he was not surprised that he could gain so much trust, since he used his identity as an immortal cultivator to fool the First Emperor, the First Emperor was very fond of him, and after Su Mo entered the Qin Dynasty, whether it was abolishing the Liansit, changing the law, popularizing compulsory education, or conquest Tu'an, saving and supporting Su Gongzi, everything was not done by ordinary people, which was enough to prove his ability.

Of course, the most important thing is that Su Mo is a eunuch.

There have been countless rebels throughout the ages, but the chance of success of the eunuchs is almost zero, because even if you want to rebel, no one wants to follow you, plus the Qin Dynasty experienced the rebellion of Chang Yu during the founding of the country, so the first emperor specially ordered the eunuchs not to interfere in politics, which made the civil and military officials of the Qin Dynasty extremely wary of eunuchs.

In this case, it is impossible for Su Mo to rebel.

This is also the reason why the First Emperor was willing to reuse Su Mo.

After getting the promise of the First Emperor, Su Mo left Xianyang Palace, preparing to deal with the plague in Xianyang.

With Cui Wenzi's medicine, it is not difficult to cure the plague.

He first ordered Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian outside the city to bring three thousand evil guards into the palace, although the first emperor gave him the power to command civil and military officials, but the evil guards are his cronies, plus three thousand evil guards are all strong in martial arts, generally speaking, strong people are the least susceptible to the plague, plus these evil guards have internal strength to protect the body, it can be said that they are the vanguard of the plague.

"Cao Zhengchun, Yuhuatian, now order you to take over the security of Xianyang City in the East Factory and the West Factory, if there is anyone who resists, there will be no forgiveness!" Su Mo looked at Cao Zhengchun and them, and opened his mouth to give the first order.

"Whoa!"

Cao Zhengchun and Yu Huatian's hearts suddenly tightened, and they replied.

"In order to cure this plague, you have taken the evil guards to search from house to house, and all those infected with the plague need to be isolated and treated, and at the same time, these medicines will be put into water and given to them to take regularly." Su Mo threw Cui Wenzi's medicine to them again.

Speaking of this, Su Mo paused.

The most important thing in curing a plague is not cure, but how to prevent it.

If the plague is allowed to spread, it will not be one Xianyang City that will suffer, but the entire territory of Great Qin.

Therefore, Su Mo's face was solemn, and he spoke again: "I want to build a public toilet in Xianyang City, build a public toilet every hundred steps, and inform the people in the city that they are not allowed to spit, urinate, and castrate those who violate the order!" ”

In ancient times, there was no such thing as a public toilet.

When everyone goes out, if they encounter an internal emergency, this kind of thing is generally solved on the spot, which also causes the smell in Xianyang City today, the streets are full of silt and ravines, flies and mosquitoes flying around, these are all ways that may cause the spread of the plague.

Therefore, to prevent the plague, it is necessary to do a good job of hygiene.

Cao Zhengchun and the others nodded after hearing this, and at the same time felt a little strange in their hearts.

If you urinate anywhere, you have to castrate people, this punishment is too serious, but think about what Lord Xiangguo has done during this time, every time you treat an enemy, you must castrate first, could it be that this is a special habit of Lord Xiangguo, like castration?

Su Mo didn't know how Cao Zhengchun and the others were in their hearts, so at this time, he searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, told all the measures to prevent diseases in the future, and then handed them over to do.

After Cao Zhengchun and the others left, Su Mo remembered one more thing.

Cui Wenzi's medicine has a characteristic, he can't eat and drink during the treatment period, he can only drink alcohol and disinfect it with alcohol, but the wine of the Qin Dynasty is that kind of low-alcohol wine, which has a limited disinfection effect, and is far less effective than alcohol.

In addition, the Qin Dynasty was short of food, and the law stipulated that it was forbidden for people to brew wine privately.

Therefore, restaurants in this era were called restaurants, not wine stores.

"Why don't I get the distilled spirits out too?" Su Mo thought about it for a while, and felt more and more that this method could be used.

So he went to the Ministry of Industry without stopping.

Today's Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhang Han is just busy in the Ministry of Industry, since the invention of papermaking, the convenience of paper has surpassed bamboo slips, and the last time Su Mo used paper to write a fold to the first emperor, the first emperor ordered that in the future, civil and military officials can only use paper to submit folds, and bamboo slips are not allowed to be used.

Uplink and down.

Even the emperor and the ministers of civil and military affairs began to use paper.

The whole Xianyang City is the place with the most nobles in the world, these people have titles, have land, live a salted fish life of collecting rent and pension every day, and have the most money in their hands, so paper has become a hot commodity.

This makes the sales of paper very good, even if the Ministry of Industry works overtime every day to make paper, the result is still in short supply, and finally Zhang Han ruthlessly raised the price several times, but it is still useless, and Xianyang paper is expensive for a while.

Seeing Su Mo coming, Zhang Han hurriedly came out to greet him.

"I have long had to return from the victory of Tu'an, and Zhang Han is here to congratulate you." Zhang Han said with a flattering face.

Seeing a dignified Ministry of Industry Shangshu mingling in the craftsman's workshop every day, Su Mo felt a little guilty in his heart, he wouldn't lead a future general of the Qin Dynasty astray, right?

Thinking of this, Su Mo coughed lightly twice, and said, "Lord Ben came here to find you to make something." ”

"Oh? What are the new inventions of Sangkoku-sama? ”

Zhang Han's eyes lit up slightly, and his gaze burst into a scorching light.

Every time Su Mo made a move, it was an earth-shattering invention, from papermaking to printing, all of which proved this.

So Zhang Han was very curious about what Su Mo took out next.

"This time it's my improved brewing technique, and I call it a distilled spirit!" Su Mo explained the advantages of this liquor, and then told Zhang Han about the manufacturing process of distilled spirits.

Compared to ordinary liquors, distilled spirits have a higher degree of content.

In addition, ordinary liquor has a turbid color and is easy to become sour after a long time, but the liquor made by distillation is transparent in color and easy to store for a long time, and spirits like this are very popular whether they are used for disinfection or drinking.

When Zhang Han heard Su Mo's words, he was amazed.

"Don't worry, Lord Xiangguo, give me a few days and I'll make this distilled spirit." Zhang Han patted his chest and reassured.

Su Mo nodded with satisfaction, and then turned to leave.

After leaving the Ministry of Industry, Su Mo walked halfway to the road and suddenly paused.

Nowadays, Xianyang paper is expensive, and when the distilled liquor is manufactured, it will definitely not worry about the market, as the inventor, why not open a trading house to sell paper and distilled spirits, and it will not be a problem to make money every day.

Moreover, as the prime minister of China, under the use of power for profit, who in the entire Great Qin can do business by himself.

It just so happens that Xiaoyue is idle at home during this time, so it is better to let her go out to do business.

Find her something to do, so that she doesn't get bored at home every day.