Chapter 255: Something more comfortable

Shenzhou, Jinxia City.

Time came to December unknowingly, and even in the always hot seaside

Yancheng, there was a hint of chill in the air.

For the residents of the city, the changes seen in these short months are more

than in the previous half of their lives. The bureau has fully fulfilled its

promise. Not only did it repair all the houses that were burnt down in the

pirate invasion before winter, but also built a large number of new-style

houses.

These neat row houses are beautiful and atmospheric, one by one spreading

along the street, making the originally empty inner city much denser and

compact.

In particular, the section from the inland river terminal in the north of the

city to the East Affairs Bureau of the city will pass through the large

factory building, the Bureau of Mechanical Engineering and the residential

area successively. Any outsider can feel the city exudes after witnessing this

streetscape. Surging vitality.

Incidentally, the shops and pedestrians on the street have increased

significantly.

Even though it has officially entered winter, commerce still seems to show no

signs of abating. At this time in the past, there were often only two things

available on the market, one is charcoal, which is expensive, and the other is

meat, which is also expensive. The former needs to compete with the salt

cooking field, while the latter is a must-have for the New Year.

But this year this situation has changed.

First of all, the price of charcoal is very low, and you can always buy a

basket of copper plates; secondly, there are also a large number of fresh

seafood on the meat market. Although it is a bit worse than pork, sheep and

beef, it also suppresses the redness in disguise. The price of meat.

In addition to these two types of goods, other goods are still abundant-from

fabrics to ready-made clothing and footwear, from paper, pen and ink to

various daily utensils, everyone does not want to close the door in advance.

As if the wallets in the pockets of residents swelled up overnight, the bazaar

was always patronized. Faced with this change, the businessman also postponed

the plan to close the New Year's Eve, hoping to make more money.

But the deepest difference that makes locals feel is the price of salt in

Yancheng.

After the fall of the Wang family, there was a saying in the neighbourhood

that salt production could not keep up, and salt prices might soar. Coupled

with the closure of the salt-cooking farm, this rumor has been furthered.

Until the bureau itself sold salt publicly.

The price of salt is only one-fourth of the usual price, and anyone can buy a

bag. Such good news spread throughout the city in an instant. At this moment,

people really believed that the new saltworks on the east coast was not a lie,

and after the bureau released the list of saltworks recruitment, applicants

quickly filled the quota.

The story of the people of Yancheng who could not eat salt has since become

history.

These changes have made the bureau's prestige unprecedentedly high. Everyone

understands that it is not the government office that brings these benefits,

but the princess who lives in Fengyang Villa, and her substitute Xia Fucheng.

The first thing the newly moved residents heard from their neighbors was the

anecdote of these two people.

Of course, it is not just ordinary people in Jinxia City who are affected by

the changes, Xia Fan himself is also included.

Under the strong suggestion of the princess, he moved out of the alchemist

dormitory where he was originally located, and moved into the new house in the

south of the city.

Ning Wanjun’s original words were: "I don’t mind if you live in the villa, but

as the head of the Privy Council and the Bureau of Affairs, you shouldn’t even

have a mansion of your own. Saying it will only lose my face. The Chengnan

District itself is a gathering place for officials and businessmen. Now that

there are so many empty places, you can pick a house by yourself. You can

build it yourself."

So Xia Fan had a fixed home for the first time.

He did not choose the residences of the officials, but chose to rebuild

them—the mansions each occupies dozens of acres, there are small bridges in

the garden, and there are seven or eight houses. Can't make sense. Therefore,

he directly razed a compound, used part of it as the base of his own mansion,

and built a 200-square-meter "large flat" on it, plus the area of the front

yard and the back yard, the overall size is almost similar Five hundred flat.

According to the perspective of this era, although a mansion with less than an

acre of land is not impressive, it is already an extremely spacious house for

Xia Fan.

After the housewarming banquet, he and Li moved into a new home.

Shanhui was arranged to live in a house across the street, so they could take

care of each other.

"I thought you would let me live on the opposite side or next door." Li looked

around the new house, his brisk tone undoubtedly showed that she was in a good

mood at the moment.

"If you want to have a solitary space." Xia Fan walked to a copper pipe,

pressed his hands on the surface, and performed a shaking technique. "However,

the door of this house is open to you at all times."

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome. Just arrange it like this." Li also

followed and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"A heating device, commonly known as floor heating, can keep the house at a

comfortable temperature without burning charcoal." Xia Fan laughed. Although

Jinxia City belongs to the southern city, the average temperature is not low,

but because it is close to the sea, the humidity is heavy, which is the magic

attack that ordinary clothes and bedding can hardly resist. Therefore, at the

beginning of the construction, he considered the need for independent heating.

A few copper pipes, the fine sand filling the bottom of the house, and the

wooden floors laid throughout the house form a simple and reliable heating

device. This floor heating does not require a water pump to maintain the warm

water operation. The heating method is electric heating. Apart from the manual

heating once a day, there are no other shortcomings.

"So that's it," Li immediately understood its principle. "It's the same as the

stone chamber where you burn salt water, right?"

"Smart." Xia Fan praised. The reason why he spends his energy to do this is

very simple. He doesn't want to wrap the three and three layers of the fox

demon in winter so that he can still enjoy the whole picture of the other

party when he comes home~www.mtlnovel.com~ not to mention as soon as he

arrives at the house. Being able to take off your shoes and run around

barefoot is also a very pleasant thing in itself.

"What is this bench?" Li turned his head and looked at the deerskin sofa in

the living room, ran over and touched it, "It feels so soft!"

"It's stuffed with cotton, so it's fluffy. By the way, so is the bed."

"You can enjoy it quite well." The fox demon lay up and stretched his waist.

"It's so comfortable... Is this news that only listeners can know?"

"Probably." Xia Fan was too lazy to argue that he was not a listener. "Right,"

he cleared his throat, "There is something more comfortable, but it needs some

help to complete it."

"Oh? What?"

He took out a box from his pocket and opened it, revealing a few fine needles

and pompoms inside.

"Put this in your ears to clean up earwax. I heard that it is ten times faster

than tickling."

"Are you sure? I never tried... what if I stabbed your ear?"

"Or, I'll be a demonstration first."

Li suddenly tilted his head, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I

said, you just want to make an excuse to touch my ears?"

Xia Fan's expression froze. Has his intention been seen through?

Indeed, it has been months since Li agreed to let him stroke his tail, and he

has often been thinking about how to go further-but after all, the ears are on

the top of the head, and it is always unsuitable to speak directly. If

rejected, it will undoubtedly be a blow, so Only then came up with a method of

curve research, using ears to achieve a breakthrough.

Unexpectedly, his idea has not been implemented yet.

"In fact, you don't need to make so many excuses. I know you are curious about

demons. This is not a bad thing..." Li lay down and said, "So you can, do it

as you want."