He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

By the time the group of people rushed back to Liaoyang County, it was already ten days later. The caravan's inn had already been built, and Feng Si invited a few people to stay there for free and give them advice.

Lu Yan settled them and went straight to the outskirts of the city to see the wounded soldiers.

After leaving for almost a month, Lu Yan found that the sheep were still running all over the ground and grazing when she came back. The sheepfold had been built long ago, and she drove the sheep back in the evening.

The house had only been built for a few rooms. They built a large wooden house next to the sheepfold. Dozens of people usually lived in the wooden house temporarily. Next to the wooden house they built a brick kiln and burned it day and night. Furnace after furnace of green bricks were fired and transported to the place where the house was built.

From the few people who were seconded to Lu Yan by General Yuan, they selected a man who was good at management to be the captain, his name was He Xiao. Lu Yan looked at it for a while and thought it was pretty good, and asked He Xiao: "How long do you think it will take them to build this house?"

He Xiao thought for a while: "At their rate, it will take half a year."

It's already June now, and it will be cold in Liaozhou in three or four months. They won't be able to wait for half a year.

Lu Yan asked again: "Is there a kang in the house?"

He Xiao was stunned for a moment and shook his head.

Lu Yan ordered: "In this way, you assign a few people who are good at making kangs, and ask them not to participate in building the house. After the house is built, every inhabited room will be put into a kang."

"It's already June now, and it will be completely cold in Liaozhou in three or four months. People will freeze to death without a kang." Lu Yan continued: "If it snows, we will stop working. It won't be a problem until the house is finished." , They are all sleeping in the houses that have been built. We will start work again in the spring next year. You will have to send a dozen people with me to chop firewood in the forest. If you want to burn the kang, you should at least store up a house of firewood."

He Xiao nodded: "I remember. You are still thoughtful."

He has also lived in Liaozhou for many years, so he naturally knows about the climate change in Liaozhou, but he has always been in the military camp. There are people in the military camp who are responsible for logistics to worry about these things. He has never worried about it before, and he neglected it when he didn't pay attention.

After Lu Yan finished explaining the matters here, she hurried back to the county government office.

With Nie Li and seven clerks under his command, Lu Sheng directly gave paid leave to the elderly group and asked them to go home and rest. Whenever he needed them, he would personally visit them.

The original county chief registrar and master were also happy to have their leisure time. It was already painful enough that they had to go to work every day at such an old age with few opportunities for promotion. Now that they are not allowed to work and are paid back, it is really good, although the salary is not much. But it's better than nothing.

It was already afternoon when Lu Yan arrived. She hadn't eaten yet after a long day of work. Lu Sheng and Nie Li were discussing something and had a heated conversation when they saw Lu Yan come back and said hello to her.

Lu Yan nodded as a response and quickly walked into the kitchen to find something to eat.

Lu Yan is not here for a while, so Lu Sheng just makes do with some food every day. A few clerks are also left here to eat, and they usually just make a pot and eat it together. When Lu Yan came to the kitchen, she only saw a basket of steamed buns and nothing else.

She opened a can of mushroom meat sauce she had made before, took a steamed bun, spread it on it, gnawed it and walked back.

Lu Sheng and Nie Li were discussing water diversion for irrigation and the construction of waterwheels. Lu Sheng learned this when he went to Jingzhou with the Ministry of Industry. Lu Yan listened closely to a few words, but she didn't understand much.

When Lu Sheng saw her coming, he immediately said, "You're here. We were discussing the public toilets before and were about to talk to you."

Lu Yan nodded: "How far have you discussed it?"

Lu Sheng took out a simple map of Liaoyang City from nowhere: "We are discussing where to build it and how many to build. The initial plan is to build one in the east and west of the city first. I have other plans for the south and north of the city. It doesn't matter for the time being. . If you think this plan is feasible, you can recruit people to start working on it tomorrow.”

Lu Yan was shocked: "Huh? Without discussing the feasibility, you just implemented it?"

Lu Sheng looked over blankly: "Of course it's feasible. What's wrong with this? We all think it's a good idea."

Lu Yan gave a thumbs up: "Your execution is fine. I think it's no problem. Let's start with two."

Lu Sheng nodded and took out a simple structural diagram of a public toilet: "This is what I just drew before we discuss it. You should take a look at it first. Each public toilet is built separately for men and women. Mark it on the door. There are ten barrels in each room, separated by wooden boards.”

"Wait a minute." Lu Yan interrupted him: "Fang Gongtong, where did you study? County school? Academy?"

Lu Sheng was a little confused: "Academy."

Lu Yan waved her hand: "No, if this is the case, it will require people to be on duty for a long time to clean up at any time, which will increase a lot of workload. I suggest just turning it into a dry toilet, like the one we have in Hengzhou."

Lu Sheng was startled for a moment, then realized that he had entered a misunderstanding. Because the toilets in the academy were kept clean by dedicated personnel for a long time, he subconsciously ignored the manual workload involved. If it is made into a dry toilet, like in a village home, you don't need to clean it all the time. You only need to clean it once a day and take away the accumulated filth every once in a while.

It can be said to be the simplest way to build a wooden house and put ten buckets inside, but it requires people to keep cleaning. In the form of a dry toilet, although it does not need to be cleaned as frequently, the construction difficulty increases a lot, and it is not just a matter of building a house. Lu Sheng's original plan to build a house in three days was completely aborted, and the new plan became a house in half a month.

Lu Yan nodded: "Okay, don't worry, just take your time."

In fact, she wanted to build a sink in the public toilet, but she couldn't make a faucet. Or maybe she can't build a city water system, so the idea can only be shelved for the time being.