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Chapter 92 Cement

"You want to buy grain? Not to sell grain? Am I right?" Master Li stroked his ears, suspecting that he was so busy that his ears were ringing.

Diqiu has not harvested for a season, and he is still unable to make ends meet. The rations of the people are all supported by his own strength.

Although the "difference-inducing" excellent varieties he planted can be expected to have a good harvest, there is not enough grain in the end. After harvesting in autumn, they have to be kept as good varieties for next year, and the stable genes are introduced again. There is a little surplus of grain, and we have to save it for the winter. Where can we get the grain to sell?

Qi Hai smiled and pushed over [-] gold, which was half of his personal savings, and said, "It's not to buy the grain for the Lord at this time, but to buy the priority exclusive right to sell the grain when the next year's harvest is harvested."

[Hey!Grain futures! ]

[Tsk, this is an investment in Xiao Lizi, not all food, the kid has a vision, this bet is right, "exotic goods can live"~]

[all right!This ally came well, shouldn't there be a strong scribe to vote for, claiming to be the lord, and bowing to him? ]

[Upstairs, you also think too beautifully. The businessman has no profit and can’t get up early. This Qi Hai is just gambling on the development prospects of Xiao Lizi. I really think that people will put all their money on it, just like a bull or a horse?It's not an NPC. ]

There were a lot of bullet screens on the Internet, and most of them were still optimistic about this mutually beneficial investment business.

"So, I agree."

Master Li admired the eyes of the businessman surnamed Qi, and pushed Na Jin back with the corner of his mouth curled up.

"My lord, what is this?" Qi Hai's heart tightened.

"Since Mr. Qi has the heart, I entrust you with this matter."

Li Xian held down Qi Hai's hesitant hand that was about to be pushed back, and said, "You can also see that here, the road is rough, and the initial creation is difficult. Now the food is barely enough, and the autumn harvest should be a bumper season, but this Those who 'wear' will suffer. It's okay if today is getting warmer, but when the winter comes, I'm afraid there will be many old and weak people who can't stand it."

"My lord, you are merciful, it is a blessing for the people." Qi Hai nodded in praise, this is really not flattery, this kind of class not only does not scrape the oil, but also subsidizes the people with his own pocket, for fear that the people under the jurisdiction will not have enough food and clothing. , It is really a rare species among officials.

Master Li smiled, but he didn't take the words that he could hear enough, and said: "Help me find two things, one is limestone, the more the better; the other is the original seed of white cloth."

Zhong Daxian, a limestone mine, also marked a few, but the nearest ones are hundreds of miles away, and they can only be purchased from outside at present.As for why to find limestone, it is naturally one of the magic weapons for those who want to travel - cement.

Speaking of this thing, the cause is the transportation bottleneck.

Whether it is the iron ore from my uncle's house, or grain, coal, they are all transported by traditional two-wheeled carts.The official roads have been in disrepair for a long time, and even a larger road can't be found in the Diqiu area. The roads are full of potholes and bumps all the way. It is really difficult to be able to shake all the internal organs.

According to Zhong Daxian's calculations, once the blast furnace is turned on, it is not a small amount to eat coal and iron every day. If it is transported on this broken road, it may not last for a few days before work and food stop. Build roads" is an ancient saying, sincerity is not to be deceived!

In addition to road construction, another important issue is defense.

You must know that today's Diqiu is protected by mountains and mountains in the northwest, and protected by the Tao River in the south, but there are plains and hills on the east and north sides, and there is no protection.

In the past, Diqiu was poor, with no more than a hundred households, just like a poor old woman, with ragged clothes and no food for the night, even if the door was unlocked, no one cared about it.But after Mr. Jing Li did this, the old poor woman changed her appearance and suddenly turned into a plump beauty with big breasts and fat buttocks, but she still has a lot of money. If she doesn't cover her body and her family is not secure, she just waits to be bullied !

Although Mr. Li's men are currently training soldiers to catch bandits and raid dens, when it comes to soldiers, it's hard for a clever woman to survive without rice. Diqiu's population base is there, even if he draws one out of five, how many can there be? Soldier?What's more, the Zhongxiao officer upholds the "Ji Xiao Xin Shu" principle of selecting soldiers, rather than indiscriminate, the first batch of recruits plus guards, there are only seventy-odd people, and they are all covered in iron, how many nails can they put on?

This matter cannot be accomplished overnight. We can only wait for Diqiu to develop and vigorously attract the population in order to recruit more troops and support more defense forces.

In the current situation, the top members of the Farming Party have been fighting for a long time, and they have finally unified their opinions. That is to learn from Dayan's current general Liu Qi's tortoise defense method, combined with the shape of the folk powerful Wubao in the former Han Dynasty. A series of fortresses are built on the ring to watch and help each other.

It can not only solve the housing problem of some people, but also keep an eye on the enemy's situation at any time. The people are farming in the farmland centered on each fort. If they hear the gong alarm, they can quickly hide in the fort and wait for rescue. Yes, quite useful.

Mr. Li started from scratch, and wanted to surround the northeast sides of Diqiu, and it was impossible to build only a few fortresses. Naturally, he couldn't build a high wall surrounded by deep trenches like the tycoons of the Han Dynasty. A dock with a tall tower.

The current plan is to build ten simple docks within a year, initially complete the full coverage of the northeast side of Diqiu, and allow thousands of people to move to the fort.

The houses inside this simple version of Wubao can be built slowly. The most important thing is the thick outer wall that can resist the enemy, and the watchtower with a height of three to four floors.

If it is built in an ordinary way, digging stones, laying bricks, logging, digging, gunpowder, everything is done according to the regulations, with Diqiu's manpower, it is God's blessing to build a simple dock a year .

Master Li said, this won't work, there must be a shortcut, so there is a shortcut.

As long as the points can solve the problem, it is not a problem at all.

Gunpowder is the most convenient weapon for Kaishan. This thing is too dangerous. Mr. Li plans to control the secret recipe by himself, and let Lin Quan lead people to do it. The process and experiment are too dangerous, so those horse bandits who have been captured and have a lot of blood and debts Let's make use of the waste heat and dedicate ourselves to Diqiu.

There is a hydraulic machine for logging and opening the board. It is not difficult to solve this problem as long as the original machine is slightly modified and equipped with the fine steel wheels produced by Mr. Li.

The rest of the digging is just labor work; if ordinary lime, glutinous rice, clay, etc. are used for bricklaying, the fastness is acceptable, but it is time-consuming, labor-intensive and food-intensive. New materials that are more convenient, durable and cheap are necessary.

The masters all unanimously recommend - cement!

For the recipe of cement, Zhong Daxian searched it casually with his brain. There are as many as there are, and the raw materials are not difficult. According to the conditions of the Middle Ages, local materials are obtained, that is, limestone, clay, gypsum, etc., which are difficult to obtain. The difficulty lies in firing and grinding.

Mr. Li is also quite pragmatic nowadays, he pays attention to eating at one bite, taking the road step by step, first getting the materials and trial-manufacturing slowly, with the correct formula and process, he can always make a suitable product.

Since there are no limestone mines nearby, we have to ask the merchants for help.

"Limestone is not hard to find." Shen Hai pondered for a moment, counted several familiar mine owners, and got some points in his heart, but it was the original species of white stack, which he had never heard of, and he was puzzled, "The white stack of cloth that your lord said ? But I have never heard of it.”

"There is a secretary who said that among the Yi countries, there is a Gaochang country that has a lot of grass and trees, the grass is like a cocoon, and the silk in the cocoon is like a fine silk. Among them, Wang wears the ancient shell of Zhaoxia, and the white fold of court clothes. The original seed of the white fold cloth I want is the seed of the grass and trees of the Yi country."

Li Xian recited the records in the "History Book" that Zhong Daxian dug out from the pile of old papers, and at the same time signaled Lin Quan to bring the line-drawing grass and trees illustrated book drawn by himself. In order to draw various engineering drawings, physical samples and craftsmanship, Mr. Li honed himself Showed the stunt of sketching and drawing.

On the snow-white thick paper, a herbaceous plant was drawn with a hard ink pen. It looks like a solid grass, with clumps like umbrellas, broad branches and leaves, and "flowers" on the branches, which are like silkworm cocoons.

"Its fruit is like a flower, and I call it 'cotton'." Master Li pointed to the lifelike flocculent mature fruit, and said, "Pluck this fruit and spin it into thread, and weave it into clothes. It is warmer than silk and softer than hemp. If it is planted more, it will be cheaper than silk, and it is really a treasure for the poor to keep out the cold."

Qi Hai took the painting carefully, and was greatly impressed: "This painting is wonderful, as if seeing it, as if you were in it. But..."

He was also a little puzzled, the people from the big family, although merchants are the most important, they have read many poems and books since childhood, and they have known Gaochang Kingdom, Chenla Kingdom and other vassal kingdoms such as Gaochang Kingdom and Chenla Kingdom since they were merchants, so why have they never heard of it? Is there a book that records such strange things?

This book was dug out by Zhong Daxian from "ancient", and it was written later than this era, so of course the world doesn't know it.

Master Li laughed a few times, and said: "Anyway, the fruit of this thing is shaped like cloud flocs, which are longer than the flocks of the 'kapok' fruit in the Central Plains, and the cloth made of them is more warm. It is called 'cotton' in shape, there should be such things in the Dongyi and Nanyi kingdoms, please pay more attention to Mr. Qi, if there are cotton seeds or seedlings, I would like to buy them with a lot of money."

Entrusting the search for cotton seeds and the purchase of limestone to Qi Shang, Mr. Li finally took a few breaths and concentrated on dealing with the inner steel shell of the "blast furnace". Process those fine irons, and then slowly smelt them into a furnace cavity from the iron armor.This thing is extremely handcrafted. If the cavity in the furnace is uneven, uneven in thickness, or there are leaks in the seams, it will easily cause production accidents, and it must not be sloppy.

At present, the method of Iron Armor and the others is to use inverted mold casting, and then finish it by hand after cooling, then grind the surface, splice and shape, and finally Mr. Li uses his "ionization energy" to check for leaks and fill in the gaps, and part of the function of electric welding on top .

The disgraced Mr. Li is so busy that he almost doubts his life. He is a good noble son and a carefree dude, how the hell has he become a hard worker who works hard all day long? !

Lu Tao, the magistrate of Pinglu County, came to visit and waited for half a day without seeing Mr. Li. When he came directly to the workshop to ask for an interview, he was shocked and moved to see Mr. Li's disheveled, bare-chested appearance.

"...Well, this Lord Li is really a famous official with a real temperament!" County magistrate Lu stroked his short goatee, shook his head and sighed, and found a word of praise for this image.

"Hahaha, my lord is absurd. I can't do anything about it. This group of people can't get some things, so I have to do it myself."

Li Xian laughed loudly, stroked his messy and dusty hair casually, and without any embarrassment, stepped down from the stove-making stand, stretched out his hand, and Silu hurriedly took off the "work clothes" he was casually wearing on his body, and put them on. A light robe.

Speaking of this little civil official county magistrate, he is half a catty in terms of grades compared with his little seventh-rank military officer and lieutenant. The last military position is actually not as good as that of County Magistrate Lu, but in terms of his background, this shriveled county magistrate who was left in a remote village can't even catch up with Li Xiang's son-in-law, the great nephew of the Zheng clan.

Although this Pinglu County has a weak foundation, he is also a well-informed and knowledgeable person. He is well versed in the principle of carrying people in a sedan chair. I respect you one foot, seeing how old you are, it's not wrong to shout "Master".

"...this county is 32 years old," the county magistrate was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and said quietly, "I can't deserve such an honorable title from Lord Li!"

Cough cough cough, Mr. Li almost choked himself to death with a mouthful of saliva. He looked at the anxious and pale-faced magistrate Lu in surprise, and thought out a sentence: "Uh, um, my lord works hard for the people." , it’s really hard work.”

County Magistrate Lu laughed dryly and put the matter aside, and followed Li Xian to the living room.

He also heard about all kinds of things that this young master Li did in Diqiu for a few months. He thought that this young master just came to the frontier to fiddle around and mess around with a few headshots to report his military exploits. , To build a meaning of Saibei Jiangnan.This made Mr. Lu very puzzled and curious. Although he didn't know what Mr. Guijie was stuffing in his head, it didn't prevent Mr. Lu from coming to the door after smelling the smell.

If there is a little achievement here, even if the oil and water are not much moistened, the political achievements will still be counted on his head in Pinglu County. They take care of each other and take what they need, so why not do it?

Lao Lu came to the door this time because he had a personal matter. He heard that Mr. Li has a fairy prescription, and his medical skills are like gods. Maybe he can also be cured of the sad disease that made him grimace and eat all kinds of whips?