Chapter 311: The Shock of the Flush Toilet
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“Flush toilet? What is that?”
Feng Deshui stared in confusion at the craftsmen installing ceramic pipes inside the restaurant.
Xiao Ming was inwardly pleased. He had started building an underground drainage system to completely improve Qingzhou’s public hygiene.
Back in Europe, it took the Black Death for them to realize the importance of urban sanitation.
Plagues were terrifying. Preventing them began with sanitation—and this was also part of transforming Qingzhou’s urban landscape.
He didn’t want to step outside and see filth in the streets.
After laying sewage pipes, his next step was to introduce flush toilets.
Though the Great Yu Empire had no plastic, ceramic pipes were sturdier and more durable—even better in some ways. Modern systems used plastic simply because it was cheaper.
So for Xiao Ming, creating a modern flush toilet system was not a challenge.
Now that lathes were in use, even metal valves could be produced.