Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 172 I Can't Enjoy It Yet?
Yangzhou.

Unconsciously, two years have passed since Yang Xian came to Ming Dynasty.

From the very beginning, he was afraid of being outcast by Emperor Hongwu, but now he has become a truly popular figure in the entire Ming Dynasty.

In the past two years, Yang Xian has been working hard to build Yangzhou almost all the time.

Nowadays, Yangzhou is full of high-rise buildings and roaring factories. The large-scale development has finally reached a certain level. It is time to stop and enjoy.

Especially this damn summer.

Yang Xian couldn't help but curse in his heart, didn't it mean that the entire Ming Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age? He didn't notice at all, why it felt even hotter than before he traveled through time.

In the past two summers, Yang Xian just tolerated it.

But there are only three things to do. This third summer, he really couldn't bear it anymore.

Before time travel, Yang Xian was accustomed to a three-piece suit of short-sleeved shirts, shorts, and flip-flops in the summer. In the Ming Dynasty, if you asked him to wear long clothes and long trousers, it was really unbearable. After the whole day, his whole body was sticky. Yes, very unhappy.

Yang Xian was even more worried that the sweltering environment would make his little brother sick.

But unfortunately, given his identity, he can only wear this way.

Yang Xian had tried his best to dress as brightly as possible. If he were wearing official uniform, it would be easier, but even so, he still felt that the heat was unbearable.

The construction of Shenhou Mansion is finally about to begin.

The reason why it took so long to start construction was that Yang Xian thought that if it was going to be built, it would be the best, and all the facilities and equipment would have to keep up.

For example, one thing that modern people rely on most is air conditioning.

Of course, Yang Xian's insistence on not building a marquis mansion was another proof that he loved his people like his own children in the eyes of outsiders.

You must know that Yang Xian has lived directly in the government office for more than two years.

Yangzhou government office.

Yang Xian was sitting in the study, eating watermelon popsicles, while Lu Mingyi reported to him the budget for various projects to be developed in Yangzhou in the second half of the year.

Since there were only two people in the room, Yang Xian and Lu Mingyi, Yang Xian almost opened the collar of his clothes, holding a popsicle in one hand and a fan to blow himself off.In the corner of the room, the iron basin holding ice cubes was filled with water.

"Sir, you are really afraid of heat." After reporting on his work, Lu Mingyi looked at Yang Xian and smiled.

"I'm still afraid of the cold, but that won't be a problem soon." Yang Xian said with a smile.

After listening to Yang Xian's words, Lu Mingyi was wondering when a voice suddenly came from outside the house.

"Sir, your bedroom has been decorated according to your design."

"Let's go, Brother Lu, I'll take you to learn a lot." Yang Xian showed a smile on his face, straightened his clothes a little, and walked out directly.

Lu Mingyi followed Yang Xian, walked through the backyard, and walked directly into Yang Xian's bedroom.

As soon as I entered the house, I felt a chill. It was a completely different world from the hot summer outside.

Lu Mingyi glanced around and did not find the ice basin holding ice cubes, but unexpectedly discovered the copper pipes covering the entire room.

"Sir, what is going on?" Lu Mingyi asked.

Yang Xian smiled and said: "This is what I told you, being afraid of heat will no longer be a problem in the future."

"Sir, I want to ask how this is done."

Over the past few years, Lu Mingyi has been numbed by shock, and he will not be surprised by what Yang Xian will do now.

After becoming a loyal believer in Yang-style new learning, he now also loves to explore the principles and truth of things.

"Reach out your hand and touch the copper pipes on the wall." Yang Xian said with a smile.

After hearing this, Lu Mingyi walked to the corner of the room, reached out and touched the copper pipe on the wall. "icy?"

He finally understood why the room was so cool, but he still didn't understand how it was done.

"You will understand if you calm down." Yang Xian did not answer directly, but smiled.

Lu Mingyi didn't think what Yang Xian said was pretentious. Nowadays, people in the new school regard Yang Xian as a god.

Yang Xian's status in their hearts is equivalent to Confucius' status in the hearts of scholars.

Lu Mingyi slowly closed his eyes and let his heart calm down as much as possible.

Then, he heard the sound of water rushing.

"It's water!" Lu Mingyi opened his eyes and shouted.

Yang Xian nodded, smiled and said, "That's right, it's water."

Yang Xian pointed at the copper pipes in the room and said, "These copper pipes are connected to the ice buckets in the air-conditioning room outside. I made an artificial water pump that can circulate near-zero water between these copper pipes and the ice buckets." It circulates continuously to achieve a cooling effect.”

A real air conditioner is obviously not available with the current technology tree.

You must know that the first air conditioner in our country was in 1965.

If he really had that merit point, Yang Xian wouldn't waste it on this kind of thing. There are other more meaningful things worth redeeming for him than this.

Therefore, Yang Xian could only design the simple air conditioning device in front of him.

These copper pipes can also heat the room in winter. All you need to do is change the ice bucket into a boiler. Then just arrange for a person to take care of the boiler in the air-conditioned room outside the bedroom. Continuously heating the boiler can make hot water available. Circulate slowly in the pipe.

After copper pipes are installed in every corner of the bedroom, the cooling effect is actually good.

It's just that a little more copper is used, which is just enough to cast a Hongwu Fengyang cannon.

As for the extra cost of manpower to look after the air-conditioned room and the extra cost of ice, it doesn't cost much.

You’ve been working on major infrastructure projects for two years, why can’t you enjoy it?

In addition to air conditioning, there is one thing that is indispensable in summer, and that is a refrigerator!

In fact, there were refrigerators belonging to this era in ancient times.

That is Bingjian.

The specific way to use the ancient ice mirror is to put ice cubes in the mezzanine of a box. The box can be made of wood or bronze, and food that needs to be refrigerated can be placed inside.

There are also small air holes inside this ice mirror, which can dissipate cold air.

In this way, the freshness of the food can be guaranteed in the hot summer weather.

In later palace dramas, those little masters were often used in the summer. They were small and placed on the table. There were often some fruits or iced soup inside.

What Yang Xian did was to improve the ice mirror and use copper to cast a large ice mirror in the same style as later refrigerators.

There is one in the bedroom and one in the office study room.

In this way, whenever you want to drink cold water, it is convenient and you can get it directly.

After getting these two things done, this summer seems not so difficult for Yang Xian.

But for the wealthy gentry households in the Jiangnan area where the new tax reform was being tested, this summer was simply a nightmare.

They are the first people to pay taxes according to the new tax.

(End of this chapter)