Chapter 299: Maro City Concept
Ethan was a little shocked when he heard Sophia's words.
"How did you convince the Casillas family?
If I read it correctly, they have always regarded us as the main threat, so how could they obey you? "
Sophia smiled: "There are no absolute friends in this world, and there are no absolute enemies. As long as there are common interests, everything is easy to talk about."
"So, what did you do?"
Sophia spread her hands: "It's nothing more than providing them with some [Windbreakers], and also providing some suggestions for them to open up the Northern Territory."
Speaking of this, Sophia added: "That's right! I forgot to tell you.
Three days ago, the Duke of the North issued thirteen more development orders.
The nobles of Maro City divided six of them, and Duke Owen and the nobles of the Duchy of Usis divided the remaining seven.
And those who were assigned the development orders were all very happy.
well……
You also know that they belong to the southern plains like us, and no one is short of supplies.
The result is that the cake is so big, with so many families, and then they belong to different camps, with no possibility of forming an alliance.
So next, business in Northland may not be so easy. "
"Uh..." Ethan smiled bitterly: "Although I knew it would be like this, I didn't expect the Duke of the North to do it so brilliantly and take every aspect into consideration."
"This is all thanks to you. Now the nobles in the entire southern plains know that the Lawson family secretly trained a great sword master, and then secretly sent him to run the business in the North.
If you tell them that you were not the Great Sword Master when you went there, they won't believe you at all.
They only believe what they see.
That is, how much benefit does the North have to have before the Lawson family is willing to send a sword master there? "
After saying that, Sophia sighed again: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore.
The business in the north is considered to be bad, so we should pay attention to the affairs of Maruo City!
How are you going to deal with the sanitation problem in Maro City?
Don't tell me that you just want to deal with it, but you are not prepared at all. "
Of course Ethan is prepared, but solving the sanitation problem in Maro City cannot be solved by simply legislating.
"After thinking about it, it will probably be divided into several steps: the first step is to establish an urban development and management committee, the second step is publicity, and the third step is the specific matters."
After hearing this, Sophia became interested: "Tell me more about it?"
“Well…” Ethan pursed his lips, thought about the details, and then said slowly: “There’s nothing much to say about the first step, you definitely need someone to manage it.
However, one thing to note is that
Although this urban development and management committee is subordinate to the parliament, it must have independent armed forces and independent administrative powers to ensure the smooth advancement of affairs.
And give them a bad reputation.
The second step of publicity may seem simple, but in fact it is the most important.
You may not know that those horse excrements on the street, throwing excrement on the street at will, are not just a mess, but also extremely harmful.
To put it seriously, if people don't care about this, they are asking for their own death.
There are many germs in these things, which can make people sick, and can also breed mosquitoes and flies, which accelerate the spread of germs and cause the disease to spread.
Almost all diseases that occur frequently in spring and summer every year are related to them. "
Hearing this, Sophia laughed out loud.
She smiled and nodded and said, "Well, that's a good idea. Linking hygiene issues with illness should be effective."
From the look on Sophia's face, Ethan knew that she didn't think it was true, but just thought it was a means.
“Sophia, I’m not kidding you, it’s true!
Do you still remember that in the spring of Maruo City, there would be a major disease outbreak almost every few years?
In fact, this disease occurs not every few years but every year.
It's just that they all happen in slums, so you don't know much about it.
Its roots are these health problems.
As I told you before, they contain many invisible germs that make people sick.
Severe cases can lead to death. "
Sophia smiled and said: "Since it is invisible...the germ, how can you be sure of its existence?"
"I can't explain it to you!" Ethan sighed.
There is no microscope here, so people cannot see the germs directly. People like Sophia who have the ability to think independently will not believe it.
Therefore, Ethan could only say: "How about I make a bet with you? As long as the hygiene problem is solved, you will see various diseases that often appeared before.
For example, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. will be greatly reduced.
These symptoms are easily ignored by people, and many people just think they are not feeling well, but in fact, these diseases have a professional name, called cholera.
It can easily kill.
What's worse is that it is also contagious. If one person in a family is infected, the whole family is likely to have trouble.
No one knows how many people die from this disease in Maruo City every year.
You see, the Duke's Palace was still thinking about raising the population before, but they only thought about giving birth to people, but never considered the issue of feeding or getting sick.
I guarantee you that as long as the sanitation problem is solved, the population of Maro City will increase to some extent.
At least it won't fall off like before.
For this, you can refer to the population of the imperial capital.
You can check to see if there has been any significant improvement in the population data before and after they solved the sanitation problem. "
Hearing this, Sophia's expression became serious.
She remembered that the imperial capital should have started to solve the sanitation problem 50 years ago. At that time, His Majesty the Emperor accidentally fell down when he went out and ate a mouthful of horse shit, so he made up his mind to solve the problem.
Although it has been so long, the data should still be there.
Maybe you can ask your uncle to check it out.
If this is true, then hygiene issues are urgent.
After all, the population issue is still very important. Maruo City is undergoing great development recently, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. The wages have been raised again and again, but no one can be recruited. If this continues, it will not benefit anyone.
"Okay! I'll go check it out, go on."
Seeing that Sophia was beginning to agree, Ethan smiled knowingly and continued: "After the first step is completed, I am going to ask some unknown painters to help draw some promotional pictures.
The general content is to draw the germs in those dirty things, and make them look like demons, the uglier the better.
They then enter the human body, causing illness and death.
Finally, more bards were invited to compile the contents into poems and spread them.
Promote the harm of poor hygiene to people.
Of course, the content of the poem should be catchy so that people can remember it more easily.
For example, if the horse excrement is not cleaned in front of the door, the whole family will suffer from disease.
If you don’t wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet, the whole family will go to hell.
Clean and hygienic, happy life.
And similar slogans. "
Sofia couldn't stop laughing after hearing these slogans.
"It's not bad, it has that flavor. It's simple and easy to remember. For most people, it should be easy to form a subconscious mind.
But you came up with all this?
Also, I remember that you yourself don’t care about hygiene.
When I was in the imperial capital, you were on top of me... In the end, I ate without washing my hands. "
Ethan was a little embarrassed: "These are two different things."
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