In order to renovate the new home for the two brothers Xu Wen and Xu Ji, the Xu family invited 30 craftsmen and masters from the capital, and transferred some people from Zhuangzi, plus their own subordinates, neighbors and idlers in the village, nearly 200 people poured into the Xu family.

The person in charge of this kind of thing has always been the second master Xu Qingtang, and this time is no exception, so forty people were selected from this and put them in the garden to repair the attic.

The housekeeper's mother-in-law ran around to tell each other, warning the women in the inner house not to run around in recent days, not to dry underwear in the garden, and to use curtains to block the construction site where they were working, and more than 20 women and mothers-in-law patrolled the inner house day and night.

The year before last, the capital Xu Mansion rebuilt the garden, leaving a large number of stones, bricks, tiles, wood and precious Taihu Lake stone and other ornamental objects, the old lady had the foresight, ordered people to pull all back to hoard, is to spend some wages and meals in addition to the Xu family, the cost is not too much.

Xu Hao found a few masters, took out the drawings to explain the intention, and after talking for a long time, Zuihou added: "You don't need to be gorgeous and good-looking, you just need to be sturdy and durable, and a water tank is placed next to it, and you can scoop water to rinse the filth." In fact, the principle of automatic flushing is very simple, but unfortunately I don't know. ”

A master smiled: "Childe's idea is very interesting, the filth is washed into this distant septic tank, and the passage in it needs to be from high to low. Because there's water to rinse, um. Is it possible to try to build a waterwheel? This makes you more sure. ”

Xu Hao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "This method is good, by the way, there are many people in the family, so in this way, build a public toilet, the structure is like this." ”

Xu Hao immediately used a brush to sketch back and forth on the white paper, while explaining: "The whole thatched toilet is a brick structure, men and women are separated, there are five or six squatting positions are enough, separated by brick walls, and a row of small wooden doors is installed without worrying about being bumped into by others, and the water sent by the waterwheel flows endlessly, which can greatly reduce the odor." ”

The old master nodded frequently and said with a smile: "This is much simpler and more practical, just build a thatched toilet is enough, otherwise according to Gongzi's original idea, every house has to be set up with water, and you have to find someone to fire porcelain, the project is complicated, and it is too time-consuming and troublesome." ”

"Hmm." Xu Hao thought for a while and pointed to the entire garden, "I'm afraid one is not enough, such a large place needs at least two latrines, and the specific difficulties still need to rely on the craftsmanship of several masters, taking into account both beauty and practicality." As for the bath, it is not luxurious, but it should be large enough, take a hot spring in winter, swim in the water in summer, and do not need to add extra artificial decoration, so as to combine the natural landscape with existing materials, preferably green bamboo, and design a meaningful Jiangnan charm. ”

"Childe, please rest assured." Several masters looked at each other and smiled, looking very confident.

Xu Hao smiled with him, he knew that these skilled craftsmen had built mansions for many wealthy families, and their experience was extremely rich, so he was extremely relieved.

If you build a water tower, what is the physical principle of water, will you be able to have running water? Inadvertently, Xu Hao had a new idea, but in this way, he had to destroy the overall style of the garden, and doing scientific experiments required repeated practice and revision, and there was not so much time.

Forget it this time, Xu Hao suddenly had the idea of becoming a scientist, everything is inferior to get out of the way, only reading is high, and the tricks are the truth that will change the entire Shijie in the future.

Of course, Xu Hao did not have the courage to challenge the entire literati system of the Ming Dynasty, but by repairing the small matter of going into the water, he suddenly found that a series of inadvertent small things may be able to have an unpredictable and vast impact, at least change the hygiene habits of some Ming Dynasty people for a long time, right?

Thinking a little far, Xu Hao withdrew the obscenity in his mind, instructed his own housekeeper, and then said goodbye to the master craftsman. On the way back to the yard, I saw my eldest brother Xu Wenxing passing by.

Xu Hao stopped and greeted first, "Big brother." ”

Xu Wen walked over and smiled: "You haven't received the news yet, have you?" Hurry back and pack your bags and leave together after noon. ”

"Where are you going? I still have to watch the work in the garden, so it's inconvenient to go out. Xu Hao asked.

"Just have a steward to watch, if you don't go, Qinglian and Hongye will go anyway." Xu Wen said with a smile.

When Xu Hao heard that his sisters and sisters would go, he immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Then I have to go, where are I going?" ”

Xu Wen made a bow bending motion, his expression looked impatient, and said: "The family is smoky, it just so happens that a few brothers over there are going to go to the manor to escape the summer, and someone invited us to go with us, there are many living creatures in the nearby mountains, and then our brothers will hunt and fish together, and it will be very fast!" ”

It turned out to be like this, Xu Hao and Xu Wen said goodbye and returned to the yard, and saw that the maids were busy packing up and went to the main room alone, and the mother Xiao was telling the two daughters, and when she saw her son coming, she said to him: "After you go, you must not be greedy for fun, so that you can take care of your sisters and sisters, you know?" ”

"Remembered." It is undoubtedly a pleasure to be able to go out for a walk, Xu Hao assured with a smile.

Xufu Courtyard is located in the suburbs of Jinling, backed by continuous green mountains, beautiful mountains and rivers, fertile land, and only a few dozen miles away from Xu's house. I left at noon, but I arrived in just an hour.

The steward of the Xu Mansion had already led a group of subordinates to greet him, and the surrounding area was full of people from the village who were watching the excitement, and barefoot children were running around the carriage.

Entering the courtyard within the high wall, Xu Hao got off the horse and threw the reins to the subordinates, and saw that in the open space in the courtyard, Xu Jingqin, the eldest son of the eldest uncle's family, and his younger brother Xu Jingli, the third uncle's brother, Xu Jingchang, and the fourth uncle's Xu Jingchang, surrounded by two noble sons wearing python robes.

Xu Hao quickly retrieved in his memory, coupled with the conversation between the elders, and quickly came up with the answer.

The sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man who was very fat should be Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of Zhu Di, the king of Yan; The sturdy young man next to him, who is obviously only about ten years old, but is as old as thirteen or fourteen years old, is the second son of King Yan, Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County.

No wonder the old lady allowed all her grandchildren to come without saying a word, the dare was because of the Zhu brothers, Xu Hao couldn't remember the lives of these two brothers, anyway, one should be the future Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

As the brothers and sisters walked over and bent down to salute, Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan, was chubby, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, with a very modest and polite attitude, and a cordial smile.

But Zhu Gaoxu beside him looked like no one in his eyes, tilting his head, and he didn't bother to look at his relatives in the countryside.

No one cares when he's young, Zuihou Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "It's all my own family, there is no need to be polite when we meet, when I was a child, we all played together, and we had no scruples about fighting and laughing at that time, why did it become raw when it was too big?" You are tired all the way, settle down first, and then talk about family affection. ”

The attitude of Mu Chunfeng made Xu Hao have a good impression of Zhu Gaochi, and Xu Jingqin, as the landlord, waved his hand to signal the stewards to lead Xu Hao and others in.

Xu Hao remembered his mother's instructions, and did not live with his brothers, but chose a guest room in the courtyard where his daughters lived. Next, when Qiu Xiang and the three of them were busy packing their bags, Xu Hao walked out alone, walked to the grape trellis and sat on the stone pier.

Suddenly, an opportunity came to him, which made Xu Hao, who planned to live an ordinary life, feel like a wave again. He pondered whether he should seize the opportunity, and with Zhu Gaochi's friendliness, it would not be difficult to make a living through him in Yanwang's Mansion.

It's a pity that I haven't gotten married yet, and I can't leave home in the past few years, the problem is that I can't miss the opportunity and don't come again.

Just take a step at a time to see if you have a relationship with Zhu Gaochi, if you really get Zhu Gaochi's appreciation, then you can't care a lot, with the power of Yan Wangfu, your own parents will definitely not object.

Soon Xu Hao made a choice, putting all the chips in the future on the side of the winner, and with Zhu Gaochi's physical condition, it was impossible to lead the troops to fight, which meant that with him, the safety index rose sharply.

Xu Hao, who made the choice, just smiled, and suddenly remembered the unruly Zhu Gaoxu, and immediately realized that his choice may also mean a huge risk.

slapped his head hard, Xu Hao frowned and thought hard about his limited historical knowledge, who did Zhu Di's throne pass to whom? Did the brothers turn against each other because of this?

Xu Hao's caution was by no means out of timidity, but he was completely shocked by what he had heard since he crossed over.

One of the officials is guilty of affecting the whole family, you don't see the tragic situation of the whole family of men being beheaded on the street, and the female dependents are either sent to the border or are charged to the sect and humiliated, and they can't afford to hurt at all!

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness, Zhu Di seems to have killed people as much as he can, and the filial piety of the Ten Clans is so miserable!

I became Zhu Gaochi's person, what the hell is that if Zhu Gaochu holds a grudge, wipe it! Don't think that if you are a relative, you can't die.

Throughout the ages, the royal family has no family affection at all.