thefictionvixens Chapter 343
Chapter 343
Everyone returned to the manor, and Empress Changsun helped Li Shimin get the prepared clothes.
Su Chen had ordered the servants to light the fire and burn the boiler. They could take a bath after waiting for half an hour.
Li Shimin was not idle either. He went to the backyard to watch the servants burn the boiler under the leadership of Li Chengqian.
The servants first lit the fire with firewood, and then put in charcoal.
After the charcoal was ignited, the stirred coal was shoveled into the stove.
It is worth mentioning that after a period of use, the coal was used. The servants found that the coal could burn better after being mixed with water and a small amount of yellow mud.
"Great, this water will not burn people when bathing?" Li Shimin saw the servants adding a lot of coal to the stove.
"Father, look, there are two copper pipes here, one of which is cold water, and there are two faucets in the shower to adjust the water temperature.
Father will know it later."
Li Shimin nodded slightly, "Why did Shi Nie add water to stir?"
"Uh, this..." Li Chengqian didn't know about this.
"Your Majesty, the black stones are big and small. They are mixed with water and yellow mud to make them sticky and not easy to loosen and fall off.
Your Majesty, look, there are iron bars under the charcoal stove, and the small black stones are easy to fall off." The servant carefully explained to Li Shimin and the others.
"So that's it!" Li Shimin suddenly realized.
Ordinary people call coal black stone according to its color and shape, and most people call it Shi Nie.
After burning for about twenty minutes, the servant turned on the faucet leading to the hot water pipe in the shower room and released the cold water inside.
"Your Majesty, the water temperature has reached the point where you can take a bath." The servant bowed respectfully.
"Well, good!" Li Shimin nodded and left the boiler room.
The two came to the shower room, and Li Chengqian patiently instructed Li Shimin how to adjust the water temperature.
"Father, you are naked when you bathe, and you wear clogs.
This is a bath ball. Squeeze the shower gel on it and rub it to make foam. Apply it on your body and rub it for a while, then rinse it with warm water."
Both the bath towel and bath ball are brand new.
The shower room has a simple dry and wet separation. The back part is a dry area, and a row of benches are prepared for changing clothes.
"Well, I know."
"Well? Why does it feel a little hot inside?" Li Shimin suddenly found that the temperature in the shower room had increased a little.
"Hehe, father, this is what my brother-in-law said about heating. There is hot water passing through it, and the heat is emitted through the copper pipe, so the temperature in the shower room has increased.
If it is winter, it will feel more obvious."
Li Chengqian pointed to the copper pipe on the wall and said.
"Not bad, not bad! This method is very good!" Li Shimin nodded and praised.
Li Shimin glanced around the small shower room, "Well? What is this hole used for?"
Li Shimin walked to the clean squat toilet, squatted down and asked.
He almost reached out to touch it.
Li Chengqian quickly stopped him and said, "Uh, father, don't do it! That squat toilet has the same function as a toilet. After using the toilet, flush it with water, and it will be clean and odorless."
"Go out, I know everything!"
Then Li Shimin drove Li Chengqian away and couldn't wait to take off his clothes.
"Father, if you feel stuffy, you can open the window slightly to ventilate." Li Chengqian walked to the door and reminded him.
Li Shimin glanced at the half-open window, "Well, I know."
Li Chengqian let out a long breath, walked out of the backyard and called two servants to guard outside the shower room.
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When Li Chengqian returned to the living room, Empress Changsun and the others were not there.
"Where is my mother?"
"Jin'er took them to Lizhi's residence to take a bath." Su Chen replied.
After Princess Changle experienced Su Chen's shower once, she immediately "begged" Su Chen to build an identical shower room on her side.
Su Chen agreed to her "for nothing". There were several girls in his backyard, so it was impossible for them to line up to take a bath every day.
After dark, it was not very convenient even if the lights were on.
In a few days, Su Chen planned to build a few more shower rooms so that the servants and guards in the manor could also use the shower toilet.
Li Chengqian nodded, and then asked: "Can your heating be arranged in the bedroom?"
Su Chen shook his head, "It's not very suitable. The room you live in is not well sealed, and the effect is not great!"
Li Chengqian nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
"Su kid, after His Majesty takes a bath, I and Xuancheng will go to visit?" Fang Xuanling asked with a smile.
"Of course, do you have clothes? It's better to take a bath directly."
Su Chen smiled, anyway, the boiler was already on, and it would not be a problem for many people to take a bath.
"Next time, I didn't prepare it this time."
Li Shimin didn't tell them about the shower room, so how could they prepare a change of clothes?
In the shower room in the backyard, Li Shimin was so overwhelmed by the shower that he didn't want to leave.
He brought a stool from the dry area and sat under the shower head to enjoy the shower.
"Comfortable!"
"This is congratulations!"The shower is great!"
"The only drawback is this long hair!"
After more than ten minutes, Li Shimin felt that the time was almost up, so he turned off the faucet, wiped his face and walked to the drying area.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could make a pot of tea?" Li Shimin imagined while wiping his body.
After putting on his underwear, Li Shimin was in trouble.
It would be difficult for him to get started on other clothes without help from the side.
I wanted to open the door and ask someone to come in to serve, but after thinking about it, I decided to forget it and walked out of the shower room holding the clothes.
"Your Majesty! I will change your clothes for you."
The servant outside saw Li Shimin coming out with the clothes and immediately saluted.
"Okay!"
Li Shimin put down the clothes and asked the servant to help him put on the clothes.
...
Not long after, Li Shimin laughed and walked into the living room.
"Hahaha! Boy, arrange for someone to go to the palace to build a shower room. ”
Now he no longer said it was a toilet.
“Your Majesty, don’t bother. The copper pipes and boilers are made by the general supervisor, and the squat toilet and drainage pipes are fired in the official kiln. Just tell the craftsmen a few details and they will do the construction. ”
Su Chen smiled and replied.
“Well, that’s true. And can the heating be installed in the couch?” Li Shimin asked the same question as Li Chengqian.
“Couch? Wait for me to think about it!”
Su Chen suddenly thought of the popular kang in the north.
However, Su Chen had never seen it and didn’t know how to make a kang!
“It shouldn’t be difficult. It just so happens that the weather is getting colder. Let’s arrange someone to try it tomorrow. We can always get it done after a few more attempts.”
“Have you heard of kangs?” Su Chen remembered that there seemed to be kangs in the northwest.
Li Shimin and others shook their heads.
"I'll try to make a kang someday. If it succeeds, every household can use it.
You won't feel cold sleeping in the winter nights in the future."
Kangs are easier and more economical than quilts.
"Okay, go ahead and try it. Make sure to make the kang. Just tell me what you need." Li Shimin waved his sleeves. The emperor was most worried about the people starving to death or freezing to death.
Now the food problem can be basically solved, and cotton has been found.
The kang that Su Chen mentioned just now seems to be better at keeping warm than cotton.
And since every household can use it, it must be a very cheap thing.
"The kang is made of mud or red bricks. You can just burn firewood for heating. It's very cheap."
Su Chen planned to find a house in the village to try and use the kang to replace the villagers' previous beds.