Chapter 406 Sewage and Fire
Whether it is above ground or underground, how to protect the lives of residents when building a city must be a key consideration.
Perfect thinks that she has considered enough. When designing the underground city, she has considered water supply, sewage, ventilation, fire prevention, etc....
It can be said that she has taken great care in all aspects. There was much more to consider than city builders of this era had to consider.
However, even so, Purficott still felt that there were some things that he had not considered, or that he had underestimated the seriousness of some problems in this era.
The most obvious one is not any other problem, but garbage.
It sounds a bit incredible, but if you think about it carefully, you can understand it.
After all, this is the age of steam, which is equivalent to the 19th century in the original world. The rise of the first industrial revolution brought about the development of productivity, which not only enriched people's material life, but also increased the amount of domestic waste. .
It was also from this era that environmental pollution began to appear in front of people's eyes and became one of the headaches for city managers.
Because Purficott is a time traveler, he has known the seriousness of the pollution problem from the beginning, so he has put great effort into designing the sewage discharge in the underground city, so it is not a problem in this area. .
But Purficott has not considered enough the issue of domestic waste.
The era she lived in before she traveled through time was already an era where garbage needed to be sorted and discarded, and the quality of the ordinary people was also high. Things like littering, dumping sewage, and public urination have long since disappeared.
But in this era... Although she has set up garbage stations on every street, it is obvious that some people are not used to throwing garbage into the garbage stations, but it is still piled up in the corners. place, or even thrown directly into the street.
This is true for garbage, especially for things like sewage and feces.
Although there are sewers and sewage systems in the underground city, some people still have bad living habits, or they are not used to this kind of life with toilets and sewers in their rooms, and they still go to the streets as before fall.
Purficott didn't find this particularly difficult to understand. After all, even before she traveled through time, when she was a child, she had seen her family pouring sewage directly at the door.
That was only thirty years away from the era she traveled through.
Perhaps this is a very long period of time for an individual, but for an era and the entire society, it is still a short moment.
So Purficott will not be angry about this. She just tells the officials responsible for the management of the underground city to punish anyone who catches people littering on the street or dumping sewage.
As for the punishment standards, in addition to the fine, they are also required to clean the streets for a week as a warning.
Not only that, each street also needs to collect sanitation management fees to hire specialized workers to clean the streets and remove garbage, instead of simply relying on the municipal sanitation department.
Although the work is done by the municipal sanitation department, the money must be collected from these households instead of relying on financial allocations from the municipal government.
The officials responsible for the management of the underground city certainly did not dare to neglect what Purficott told her. He quickly assured her that he would deal with it seriously. At the same time, he also hated the people who littered the place and gritted his teeth. After all, it was because of these people that he suffered at the hands of Purficott, which meant that Purficott was in a good mood today and did not punish him. Otherwise, the northern lord would be very harsh on his subordinates.
This official also worked hard to obtain the position of dungeon manager. Originally, he wanted to show his face in front of Perfectcott today, but he didn’t. Thinking about it, I almost made a big face!
How could he not hate those who caused trouble for him?
Perfect was aware of the official's emotions, but she did not stop him or give him any warning.
Environmental sanitation in underground cities is a big problem. If it is not strictly managed, it is easy for bacterial growth and epidemics to occur due to rotten garbage and sewage problems.
After all, this underground space is not as good as the ground. Even if Purficott has specially designed it, it is not as good as the ground in terms of air circulation.
Epidemics are inherently prone to epidemics. If strict management is not carried out, problems can easily arise and even lead to serious consequences.
Therefore, there is no harm in asking this official to be stricter. As long as he does not take advantage of the opportunity to become corrupt and extort money from the people, Purficott doesn't care what methods he uses to execute his orders.
Speaking of things like this, from the perspective of ordinary people, we definitely hope that the enforcers can enforce the law in a civilized manner and have a friendly attitude.
But from the perspective of a law enforcer, speaking softly is really useless in many cases.
Especially in this era when the comprehensive quality of the people is generally not high, many people will not understand you if you reason with them.
They only believe in the same set of things they have accepted since childhood. If you tell them that it is no longer like that, they will only think that you don’t understand.
The better ones may be overt and covert, putting on a show for you, but behind the scenes they are still doing their own thing.
The more serious ones may even deliberately go against you, thinking that what you are doing is wrong and his way is right, because this has been the case for generations.
Facing this kind of person, if you can't reason with them, you can only use more brutal methods, using coercion and punishment to let the other person know what the current rules are, and what will happen if they don't abide by the rules. cost.
In addition to the garbage problem, Purficott also noticed that there are fire hazards in many places in the underground city due to lighting and heating issues.
Although the underground city had been designed and built with fire prevention issues in mind, Purficott was still worried, so he gave extra instructions to the officials who managed the underground city.
“Sometimes it may not seem like it, but the problem often lies in these small places, so you must be serious and careful in your daily management, and you must not be careless. For fire hazards and bad fire-using habits, you will be punished. If you need to go to jail, go to jail, don't have any worries." Purficott finally said to the underground city management officials, which was considered as giving the other party permission to act cheaply.
After all, Purficott also knows that in troubled times, you should use heavy codes. Sometimes you need to be moderately gentle, but sometimes you also need to be strong enough and tough.
The problem of fire is precisely the most unforgiving thing. Once a fire breaks out in a place like an underground city, the consequences will be disastrous. What Purficott can do is to make city managers as vigilant as possible. Eliminate all hidden dangers.
(End of this chapter)