Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 39 A Cross-Era Attempt (Forgiveness)

After Jinyu took the time to plant peppers, potatoes and sweet potatoes, he put all his energy into developing the white grass beach. Now the white grass beach has become the main contradiction in Jin Yu's life recently.Jin Yu first recruited another 300 people, and Chen Rui made a special trip to the county government to file the case, otherwise the government would think that "gathering crowds" is another big or small crime (there were troubles in ancient times).

For this group of newly recruited laborers, Jinyu promised that if he performed well, he could settle down in Baicaotan, support a house, and be a tenant of the Jin family, so he would no longer have to rely on his own efforts to make ends meet.This is terrible, what is this place?Huangzhuang!It's more face-saving to say it. (Although Li Er promulgated a decree in the early Tang Dynasty, each household was divided into fields, but the land was not divided into fertile land, but of the nature of reclamation, so the temptation of fertile land was great.) There are many people and great power, and Jinyu releases land. I am not afraid that they will not work hard, but fortunately, Jinyu has served the meals in place, so there are no "overwork injuries" or "deaths from overwork".

The newly recruited 300 people were not divided into the original working group, but had other arrangements. Jinyu arranged for 90 laborers to make the earthen embryos and brick embryos by hand, and the rest of them built strange buildings in the places they found. "House" - brick kiln, lime kiln and cement kiln.The progress was very fast. It only took three days to complete the three kilns with different functions. Jinyu left a few people to burn firewood inside to speed up the drying, and asked the remaining [-] people to assist the labor of the masonry team to break down the stones. In this way, the contact area is large when burned, and it is easier to contact the flame, which can effectively improve the yield of lime.

I have to say that the ancients had integrity. Although they took Jinyu’s money, many people who had experienced lime kilns gave Jinyu different opinions, saying that they did not know how effective the kiln was built, and they were afraid of losing Jinyu. It is better to build a smaller kiln without the money. After Jinyu repeatedly confirmed that this is the kiln to be built, they started work. (Hue He checked some more information. In the early Tang Dynasty, lime was fired in small workshops. It was mainly used as medicinal materials. It took seven days to burn. The ancients were very superstitious about Qi, and it took 49 days every now and then.)
The three furnaces are all built with soil embryos, even if you want to use stones, you can't glue them together, right?Anyway, Jin Yu dismantled it after thinking about using it up. He didn’t want to destroy the cultivated land. Besides, even if he didn’t demolish it, the earthen kiln would probably be useless after the project was completed, and the earthen kiln was not so durable. Jin Yu knew this very well.

Under Jinyu's overall planning, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. The dry firewood and stones were quickly put in place. The stone was limestone selected by Jinyu after selecting several companies. It has less impurities and is easier to burn out lime.

Bricks and lime are put into the furnace at the same time, and the new method is adopted. The lime is fired very quickly. It takes half a day to be out of the furnace, but the bricks are not good, and they need to be fired for a few more days.

Looking at the snow-white lime, Jin Yu asked someone to crush it with a roller, mixed it with high-quality sun-dried and crushed clay at a ratio of about three to one, and then entered the cement kiln.

In the afternoon, the first pot of cement was ceremoniously released. Jin Yu tried it. Although it was not as good as the machine produced by later generations, Jin Yu was very satisfied with the effect, and it was more than enough to build a bungalow.

Jinyu arranges furnace workers to work in three shifts to speed up the production of lime and cement.Seeing that everything was in order, Jin Yu packed a few more pockets, packed some cement and went to find Yan Lide.

"Is this the cement Gui Tang mentioned?" Yan Lide was curious when he saw the gray powder.

"Exactly."

"It can be used just by adding water?" Yan Lide twisted the gray powder in front of his eyes with his hand.

"Add water and sand, how about Master Yan to try the effect?" This can be said to be a big project after Jin Yu came to Tang Dynasty, and there is an urge to appreciate it in his heart.

"Shan, return to Tang and follow the old man to the back garden." Yan Lide led Jin Yu to his back yard.

"Master Yan's professionalism is admirable!" Jin Yu's eyes twitched after he entered the backyard. How could this be a backyard?It's like an architecture exposition, with a yard full of small buildings and models, most of which are made of wood.

"Ling Guitang laughed at me, this old man just likes this." No wonder people say that interest is the best teacher. If Yan Lide didn't have this hobby, he probably wouldn't be called the chief architect of Datang.

"The old man has sand here, and this one hasn't been finished yet. Let's try which is better, glutinous rice juice or glutinous rice juice." Yan Lide led Jinyu to a masonry model and said.

"Okay, then Mr. Yan, wait a moment, boy, I will mix cement." Jin Yu rolled up his sleeves and started mixing ashes.

"Mr. Yan, try it?" Jin Yu wiped his sweat after mixing.

"Okay, let's see if Gui Tang's self-made cement is as effective as Gui Tang said." Yan Lide was still skeptical. He had been building for most of his life, and he had never heard of a building material that could be mixed and used immediately. .

"Just put the mixed brick on this brick, then put another brick on it, and then build up, without waiting for it to dry and stick to it before laying the next brick." Jin Yu showed Yan Lide a demonstration.

"If the effect of this cement is really what Gui Tang said, then Gui Tang has made a great contribution!" Seeing Jin Yu's confidence, Yan Lide believed it.

"Guitang doesn't dare to be greedy, it's just a trick. The cement formula is not easy to control, and the requirements for materials are very strict. A little mistake will cause the bond to be weak or have cracks." Jinyu explained the disadvantages of cement Exaggerated, he didn't want to be so outstanding, "Powdered powder is not easy to transport, it can't be used when exposed to water, and it can't be used if it is left for more than a month. It can only be used and burned."

"Every thing has its advantages and disadvantages." Yan Lide said a very philosophical sentence. "I'll make a comparison tomorrow morning after laying a few more bricks."

"Okay, then Tang will take my leave first, and I'll come back to bother you tomorrow morning." Jin Yu wanted to go back quickly and take a hot bath, and then have a good sleep.

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"The head of the family, this is a reward from the empress. It seems that the money Mo'er spent this time is not in vain." Pei Cuiyun said to Cheng Yaojin who came back from get off work. Although she has not been Mrs. Yazhai for many years, her original title has not been changed. .

"Did you buy it from Jin Gui Tang? Old man Du went to court today, and His Majesty is very happy. I guess Jin Gui Tang will be rewarded again." Cheng Yaojin took off his chain mail and handed it to Pei Cuiyun .

"This Jin Guitang is considered a strange person. Not to mention saving Du Xiang, I heard that there is a prescription for treating wind diseases." Pei Cuiyun hung Lao Cheng's armor on the hanger, not caring about Lao Cheng's treatment of Lao Du. She said it should not be called several times, and she didn't bother to say it anymore. There was no outsider in the inner house, so she didn't have to worry about others spreading it.

"Hey, this kid has a lot of ideas. The king of Rencheng sent a military report today that Shaboluo's tribe has surrendered. He will return to the court in a few days. The acting prince Li Jing is already on his way back to the court. There will be another ten days. I came back, and I reckon that His Majesty will sacrifice Jieli to the ancestors after King Rencheng and Duke Dai come back." Although Cheng Yaojin was born as a bandit, he is not a fool to hold a high position, and has his own opinions .

"What does this have to do with Jin returning to Tang?" Pei Cuiyun asked puzzled.

"Jieli was captured by that kid, and that kid also offered a strategy to secure the Turkic tribes, which won His Majesty's appreciation. In short, it is right to let Huaimo have a good relationship with him in the future, and it will save Huaimo from thinking about making money all day long. Nothing is right."

(End of this chapter)