Chapter 273 Environmental and Sanitation Engineering
Chapter 273 Environmental and Sanitation Engineering
After settling the two major groups of farmers and fishermen, the rest was easy.
Over the weekend, Rhodes slept in his room for a whole day and night. When he woke up, he slowly asked Virgil to call the fifteen craftsmen who had been incorporated into the Blackhammer Fort Legion. He had something to do for them.
Three masons, five stonemasons, and seven carpenters. When these craftsmen came to the lord's office with great expectations, expecting the lord to arrange arduous projects for them to prove their role, Rhodes sat on the recliner and gave
A surprising job came out - building toilets.
"Here are the drawings."
Sitting on a chair, Rhodes pushed a sketch he drew in front of several craftsmen.
It is a structural diagram of a public toilet. It is very simple, but also very effective in saving space. In fact, the public toilet described by Rhodes is a simplified version of the modern toilet. First, a trench several meters long is dug in the ground, and then
Stone slabs are laid on top to make a slight slope so that the water can wash away the excrement. Above the trench, there are individual huts, separated by earth walls, with roofs on them and covered with tiles. In this way, a
A simple public toilet was taken shape.
The trench eventually extends to a large cesspit, where feces is collected and used as fertilizer for farming. Outside the toilets, the upper end of the trench is covered with stone slabs to prevent the stench from spreading and inadvertent people falling in.
At the same time, the stone slabs are not fixed but can be moved so that when the passage is blocked, it can be cleaned in time.
Of course, Rhodes only provided draft drawings. The specific construction methods still require these workers to go to the site to operate.
But when the dozen newly recruited craftsmen saw this drawing and learned about their new jobs, they all showed puzzled and embarrassed expressions.
You know, in Erlengrad, they are good at building houses, ranging from luxury hotels to small civilian huts. They all built it themselves or directed their subordinates to complete it. But now, the new lord who took refuge actually asked them to build it.
Toilets? What does this mean? Are you looking down on their craftsmanship?
A group of people looked at the drawings and roughly knew how to construct to achieve the effect in the lord's sketch, but finally someone couldn't stand it anymore. Max, a tall and thin old bricklayer, was not much younger than Muros.
But his body and bones are much stronger than Muros's. He also seems to have rich construction experience.
"Lord, I have seen your drawings. The construction is not difficult. We can guarantee that it will look like the drawings. I just don't know what the purpose of building this building is, sir?"
asked Max, the old bricklayer.
"Toilet, didn't you see? This is a public toilet."
Rhodes said with a smile.
"Toilets? But, sir, there are toilets for residents to relieve themselves, and the next morning there will be septic collectors pulling trailers to collect them on the street. We don't have the habit of going outdoors to relieve ourselves..."
Max continued, confusion written all over his face.
"It is precisely because we do not have this habit that we must develop such a habit. Hygiene and cleanliness are the necessities of life. The occurrence of many diseases is inseparable from the dirty living environment."
Rhodes answered seriously. This is indeed a question. In the past, he was busy dealing with the invasion of the castle by beastmen, werewolves and various dark creatures in the forest. So he had no time or time to catch these. Now, the main enemies around him have already
After being eliminated, a safe zone was cleared. There will be no large-scale invasion of beastmen in a short time. It is time to rectify the chaos in the territory.
Of course, these current situations are chaotic in the eyes of Rhodes, but not in the eyes of others. Just like the old bricklayer said, they have toilets when they relieve themselves, and they throw them to the manure collectors when they come.
Just fall directly on the road, or directly into the river. This is normal...
"Then may I ask, Lord, how many row houses like this should be built?"
Max, the old bricklayer, asked next.
"Let's build twenty first."
Rhodes was measured based on the current population of Blackhammer Castle. A public toilet can accommodate ten people using the toilet at the same time. There are currently more than 5,000 people in Blackhammer Castle, and there are about 4,000 people in the residential area. That is to say
On average, twenty people use one latrine. Considering that it is inconvenient to go to the toilet outdoors when the temperature is extremely low in winter, and the feces will freeze and be difficult to discharge, so this project can only take effect until spring. In winter
Construction started at the end of the day and it will be ready for use two months later.
Building public toilets is only a preliminary approach. Rhodes's idea is to have independent toilets in every house in the future and build a complex and huge sewer system so that the residents of Blackhammer Castle can live a clean life. As for
The design of sewers must be a rigorous and complicated task, because the threat of ratmen must be taken into consideration here. For example, arranging iron gates in the sewers like the one in Secret Word Castle is one way. The details will be considered later. At present,
, we can only build public toilets first to let residents change their previous bad habits.
"Let's do this for now. I will allocate manpower to you later. Work hard. This is the time to test your skills. I will give you one month to complete the twenty public toilets. The paving of stone slabs and digging of cesspits must be completed in the next half month.
It will be completed within 10 days, and these 20 public toilets must be fully put into use before spring comes."
"If this public toilet project is successfully completed, I will still have a lot of work for you to do in the future."
After Rhodes finished speaking, he waved his hand and told these people to go down first. He was not lying to them. There were indeed many things for them to do in the future, including the preparation of prisons, the repair of city walls, the construction of sewers, and the future construction of Black Hammer Castle.
They all need these people. As for manpower, it is not a problem at all. There is a shortage of workers among the refugees. And during the Erengrad Rebellion, the 10,000 gold crowns that Rhodes received from Catalina are still in the treasury.
, can be taken out and used at any time. For refugees, they will be grateful if they are given a full meal.
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"Sir, Miss Leona would like to see you."
After arranging the sanitation issues in the public toilets, he was about to ask the servants to bring breakfast when a message from the priestess asking for an audience was heard outside the door. Rhodes nodded and signaled the guards to let go and let the priestess Lyanna in. The last time I saw her,
A week ago, she asked the doctors to follow her instructions and set up a surgical team for both military and civilian purposes. Rhodes thought that the priestess came to him in just one week, something must have gone wrong at work.
Sure enough, after meeting, Lyanna's face revealed everything. She walked up to Rhodes with a sullen face.
"Lord Rhodes, the group of people you assigned to me before..."