As soon as March comes, the weather in Yongzhou suddenly becomes hotter, just like the hottest June day. When the sun is scorching at noon, the air conditioner is turned off, making people scratch it.

Early in the morning that day, Xu Ping watched the growth of the vegetables in the vegetable field in his yard. Xiuxiu and Gao Daquan followed behind and pulled weeds.

The dew wet the corners of the pants, and the legs and feet were cool. They breathed the refreshing fragrance in the vegetable field, and were comfortable from head to toe, from inside to outside.

Xiuxiu pulled the grass, looked at the red sun that had already poked her head out of the sky, and pouted, "Hate, the sun is coming out again! Officials, it's just March, why is it so hot like June in our Central Plains? If it continues like this, Xiuxiu will be roasted."

Gao Daquan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Xiuxiu: "How could it keep getting hot? If I think it's like this, it's just that it's hotter than the Central Plains."

Xiuxiu asked Xu Ping: "Official, are you saying what Brother Gao said true?"

"It's ten months hot here in twelve months a year, and Gao Daquan said it roughly the same."

"That's fine, otherwise why would we stay here?"

As Xiuxiu said, she carefully picked the peppers beside her and said to Gao Daquan: "Brother Gao, go get a basket, and the peppers should be picked again."

Gao Daquan responded and turned around and left.

Xu Ping smiled and asked Xiuxiu: "I have been growing in the farm for so many years. I used to ask you to eat some like feeding poison. Why can't you live without this pepper for a day when you arrive in Yongzhou?"

Xiuxiu thought about it, but she didn't think of it. She shook her head and said, "I don't know. When I was in the Central Plains, I felt that this thing was so bad. Do you want to suffer for yourself! When I got here, especially after it got hot, I couldn't eat without chili. Well, I can't think of why."

"Spicy tastes appetizing. The climate in this place is stuffy and humid. Only by eating two chili peppers can you feel comfortable in your body. Xiuxiu, this is the place where the soil and water nourish the other people, and there are flavors from all over the place. Eat chili twice a day, and the miasma will hide from you from all over the world!"

Xu Ping also felt emotional when he made up the reasons to coax Xiuxiu. He had been growing peppers for many years, but he didn't cultivate any spicy food when he was in Zhongmu. When he arrived in Yongzhou, he couldn't eat them a few times. Xiuxiu and Gao Daquan were not spicy and treated the peppers in the field as treasures.

The population in later generations was dense and the miasma disappeared. Most people in Guangdong and Guangxi tasted lightly, and only people in the mountains were addicted to spicy and acidic. This diet could effectively fight the invasion of the harsh natural environment. This Yongzhou was sparsely populated, and even Yongzhou City was similar to the environment in later generations. In the humid and stuffy weather, people would like it if they eat chili once.

The brewed liquor has been steamed in several large tanks, but Xu Ping did not rush to sell it. He found a cool place to store it and then calmed the fragrance out.

There are very few sorghum here, most of them are used as feed for horses. The raw materials for brewing are difficult to find, and it is difficult to ensure continuous production of white wine. From the beginning, Xu Ping brought some seeds of later generations suitable for local crops. In addition to the current fields, the most important thing is corn. Of course, sweet sorghum and alfalfa are also indispensable forage seeds, so I don’t know if it is suitable to plant them here.

Officials all have land for office, which is a subsidy for external officials. As a Jiedu Prefecture, the governor of Yongzhou, Cao Keming, had land for office, and eight hectares of governor Xu Ping, and other officials of all sizes ranging from two hectares to five hectares.

The field was under the charge of the Tongzong, and they were rented out to collect rent. In Yongzhou, the land before it was not popular to plant before planting, so how much could it be collected? After Xu Ping came, he collected all of them and planted corn. After collecting it, he would definitely have more income than renting out. When collecting the money, officials at all levels would thank him.

The sun climbed over the head, and the hot sunlight sprinkled down, steaming the moisture in the ground, and I could no longer stay outside. Xu Ping returned to the house and said to Gao Daquan who followed in: "It's so hot. Has the deep well I asked you to take someone to drill a few days ago?"

Gao Daquan wiped his sweat: "I've had a fight the day before yesterday. Are you taking someone to Tao in the past two days?"

"Is the water coming out cool?"

"It's cold, wash your face with the water just out of the well, and feel comfortable to the bone."

Xu Ping nodded: "Okay, let's go and have a look."

In the backyard, Tan Hu and a few soldiers were gathering water around a well to draw water. When they saw Xu Ping and Gao Daquan coming over, they hurriedly came up to greet him.

Xu Ping went to the well and looked at the water coming out of the well. It was already clear and bright, saying, "It's almost done. Thank you for your hard work these days. I will open my fairy building tonight, so I will leave you a table of good dishes."

Tan Hu and his wife hurriedly came up to thank him. These days, they brewed wine under the guidance of Xu Ping and Gao Daquan, and they also secretly drank a few sips from time to time. They were coveting the large tanks of white wine they had stored, and just waited for today.

Xu Ping's main room in the courtyard was five, and he dug two deep wells not far away. Xu Ping looked at them one by one and said to Tan Hu: "Didn't I ask you to cast a lot of tin tubes? Let's carry them in."

Dozens of tin tubes were piled up by the well, Gao Daquan asked curiously: "Officialist, why do you make so many tin tubes? Even if you add a few steamers to steam wine, you won't use so many."

Xu Ping checked the tin tube and said without raising his head, "Because I can't stand the ghost weather anymore. I can make an air conditioner in the house early to save me some months of suffering."

“What is air conditioner?”

"Oh," Xu Ping stood up and replied casually: "It is to cool down the house, so that people will not feel hot when they are alone. Do your work well, and in two months, the restaurant will make money and install one in your house."

Seeing that it was still early, Xu Ping directed Gao Daquan and Tan Hu to install the tin tube.

In this era, Xu Ping could not make a compressor or a real air conditioner, but it was barely possible to use the cold water in the deep well to make a water-cooled air conditioner. Yizhou in the north of Yongzhou is rich in tin and lead. In addition to tribute, the remaining places are allowed to be sold in the area, which is much cheaper than in the capital, and is just used by Xu Ping.

When drawing water, a chain-type water barrel is used to power a Dali horse that is unbearable to passengers. It was better to use a donkey, but unfortunately the place is humid and stuffy, so it is not suitable for raising donkeys.

After the water is drawn from the deep well, it enters the house through the big bamboo tube and is discharged from the other side of the room through the vertical and horizontal tin tubes arranged vertically and horizontally. In order to increase the cooling effect, Xu Ping added several cut-off fans behind the tin tube, which are driven by another horse.

By the time I was ready, noon was already past, and it was the hottest time of the day. The sun made the land in front of the door hot, the water vapor steamed, and the world was like a steamer.

Xiuxiu stood in front of the tin tube, touched the tin tube curiously with her hands, and waited until the water flowed over, and shouted happily: "It's true that there's a cold air!"

After a stick of incense, the water flow became normal, and the temperature near the tin tube dropped significantly. Xiuxiu put her little face on the tin tube and said to Xu Ping: "Officialist, it's so cool and comfortable here!"

Xu Ping smiled and ignored her. The water-cooled air conditioner was a little dark and humid, and the refrigeration effect was still very good. If the depth of the well was appropriate, it would be no less than that of a normal air conditioner.

After the water flowed normally, Tan Hu took another horse with the soldiers and turned around with the fan behind the tin tube.

A slight cold air emanated from the tin tube and was fanned into the distance by the fan. The humidity in the house was too high, and the place where the cool breeze blew, and Xiuxiu felt very magical when she looked at it.

After a while, Xiuxiu shook her body beside the tin tube and said to Xu Ping: "Official, I think it's so cold, how can this be done?"

Xu Ping said angrily: "Why are you standing there when you feel cold? Why don't you stay away from me? Come to the window and see if it's still cold!"

Everything was fine, Gao Daquan and Tan Hu came in, and as soon as they entered the room, they shuddered: "This room is so cool, it's really like it's in heaven!"

Xu Ping sat down at the table, leaned on the chair for a while, and nodded: "No, it's so interesting. With this device, Lingnan can stay there."

He said to Tan Hu: "From tomorrow, you can borrow a few soldiers and do one for the judges' hall as you like. As soon as March comes, it takes several hours for the state yamen to take a break, and how many official duties have been missed. When you put this set of things in the afternoon, you don't have to rest at noon to avoid the heat. If you have a breakfast in the afternoon, everyone will be happy."

From June to the capital, the officials in the court have summer vacations. When it comes to work, they also take morning and evening. At noon, the officials hide and rest. Guangxi is almost hot all year round, and there is no summer vacation. Since March, when the office is cool, there is no ghost in the government office during the day. This is a hot day system, but the officials are working in the evening, which is very difficult.

As for other office locations in the state yamen, Xu Ping couldn't take care of it. Now he didn't have the minister's money, so he still paid for his own pocket and could not help others with it.

After taking a cooler in the house for a while, Gao Daquan pulled Tan Hu aside and muttered that he would also install a set of people where they lived. The two of them, who managed Xu Ping, lived together. At night, two old men were in the same house, so hot that they could not wear clothes, which was a lot of embarrassment. Especially Gao Daquan, who grew up in the north, could not stand such weather. The summer in the north was also hot, but it was dry and hot, and the wind was blowing. As long as you don’t bask in the sun, you can just sit under the shade and feel comfortable to pass the summer. No matter where you are, it is hot and tide, and you have sweat from morning to night, and you have no place to hide.

After hearing Gao Daquan's meaning, Tan Hu frowned and said, "Brother Gao said it's good, but I don't have much savings. Look, that set of tin tubes will cost a lot of money."

Gao Daquan secretly glanced at Xu Ping and whispered: "You are stupid! You can't afford to use tin, so we can just use a few bamboo branches to pass!"

"How can that work? The bamboo branches won't cool down! You see, you use tin tubes when steaming wine. What the officials do must make sense. You can change it casually!"

Gao Daquan glanced at Xu Ping again, attached it to Tan Hu's ear and said, "Tin tubes can also be used. As long as you accompany someone to be careful, you will definitely give you money. Officials have always been generous to their subordinates."

Tan Hu looked at Gao Daquan and said vigilantly: "Why don't you ask for it? You have been here from Zhongyuan with the officials. After many years of being with the officials, you are not more face than me."

Gao Daquan sighed: "It's not that I won't go. The official has already said that it will take two months to install it in our house. The words have already been said, so how can I say it? It's hot now, and I won't go crazy after two months! You are also around the official, so I'll just go and make an agreement."
Chapter completed!