Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 279 Burning Cement
With things to do, time flies very quickly, but things are not as simple as Zhang Yi thought.

It was easy to build a brick kiln, but Zhang Yi couldn't find the gypsum that should be everywhere, so the matter of firing cement was stuck.

"Uncle! Shuofang and our brothers almost turned the land out. You see, a pair of shoes are broken." Wang Laowu looked at the frowning Zhang Yi with a blushing face.

Wang Laowu was very depressed. This was the first task Zhang Yi entrusted to him since the expedition, but he failed unexpectedly. You must know that Wang Laowu is also a respectable figure in Zhangjiazhuang, no doubt It made him feel very ashamed.

"Do you want to give you a reason why you didn't find the plaster and buried it first?" Zhang Yi still looked at Wang Laowu calmly, and seeing Wang Laowu's face became more and more embarrassed, he said: "Forget it, it's not that you can't find it." It's your fault, this grassland is naturally different from ours in Guanzhong, there are many differences in landform and other aspects, it's normal if you can't find it!"

"Then you still ask me to look for it?" Wang Laowu muttered in a low voice, but it was just to complain, if he really wanted to say that, he would not dare.

After all, Zhang Yi's prestige in Zhangjiazhuang is now comparable to that of his old uncle, and now Zhangjiazhuang's huge industrial empire is Zhang Yi's industry, and they are equivalent to Zhang Yi's employees.

Zhang Yi naturally wouldn't tell Wang Laowu that he didn't pay attention for a while, so he didn't say it, and immediately said: "I'm just testing you, you know, we are fighting outside now, the first thing we need to pay attention to is in this strange place. Survive the environment!"

Then, Zhang Yi looked at the other old people who came out of Zhangjiazhuang, and said: "You have seen it yourself, the grassland is different from our Guanzhong, so it is impossible to use our previous means of survival!"

While speaking in a teaching tone, he pointed to a hill in the distance that seemed very close, and continued: "Look, when do you think you can reach that hill?"

Several people immediately looked at the hill, but did not speak.

As Zhang Yi said, the hill seemed to be more than ten miles away, and it would take them at most two hours to reach it based on their footsteps.

"Two hours!" Wang Laowu stretched out two fingers, glanced at each other with several farmers, and said to Zhang Yi: "We can arrive at two hours!"

"Really?" Zhang Yi laughed, and said, "I hope you don't talk big, how about I walk with you?"

After speaking, Zhang Yi ordered the remaining people to start warming the kiln and firing bricks, and then rode his bay red horse and followed Wang Laowu and the others all the way.

Wang Laowu felt that his eyes must be very problematic.

Because it had been an hour since he set off, but the hill still looked like it would take two hours, which undoubtedly made him doubt his previous judgment.

Like him, several other men in Zhangjiazhuang also felt this way. Thinking that they hadn't spoken for a long time, the group of people couldn't help but quicken their pace.

"Fifth Brother, why do I feel like we're not moving as we walk this way?"

After walking for another quarter of an hour, one of the middle-aged men named Zhang Daniu finally couldn't help pulling Wang Laowu who was walking in front and said, "It's a bit evil!"

Hearing what Zhang Daniu said, the rest of the men immediately slowed down and looked at Wang Laowu.

Wang Laowu naturally wouldn't have such an idea, because although it seems that they basically didn't go far, but in fact it was not the case. He looked back at Shuofang City behind him and said, "It's not an evil door. We have already walked a long distance! You see, when we came out, we were not far from Shuofang City. According to our previous walking method, it was almost the same distance. But the other side of the hill is different. There should be some way inside , although I don't know, but I believe Uncle must know!"

"Hey, did you find the problem?" Zhang Yi has been riding on a horse to look at the scenery, seemingly indifferent to everything, but in fact he is checking the landscape of the grassland.

Because just like his previous judgment on the landform between the grassland and the plain, gypsum deposits will be produced in some special strata in the plain due to the geological structure, and the grassland is actually roughly the same, so the purpose of his observation is to find gypsum deposits .

However, he was very disappointed along the way, because the place they walked so far did not look like the landform with this kind of mineral deposits, so they had to go all the way.

Of course, what was said between drinking Wang Laowu just now was actually just a joke.

There has always been a saying on the grassland, which says that there are mountains in the distance, and it takes three days to ride a horse.

From this, it can be thought that although the hills in front seem to be very close, in fact, it is an illusion created by the topography of the grassland to the human eyes, resulting in a wrong judgment.

The reason why I haven't said it until now is because Wang Laowu is a stubborn duck. He clearly knows that it is impossible to get there in two hours, but now he still looks like I can do it.

This kind of thinking is not a good one.

Although it contains a noble quality called never giving up, but according to another way of saying it is a muscle!

For this kind of person, if you don't give him a little bit of trouble, you may suffer a big loss from it at some point.

You know, these people were all brought out by Zhang Yi. If there are a few missing Zhang Yi, how can he explain to his family?
"If we go at the current speed and walk for a few more days, I think we will be there!" Zhang Yi glanced at Wang Laowu who sped up his feet again and said, "This is actually an illusion caused by our habits! To be honest! You said, if I hadn’t known the distance between us and the hills in advance, I would have thought that the distance between us was only two hours. You know, the air in our pass is different from that here, because it is full of Aquatic plants make the air clearer, and human eyes can see farther. Not only that, but because of the landform, there is also an all-green color, which directly affects our observation. That’s why we look very close , but it’s actually very far away.”

"Ah! Doesn't that mean we can't get there until we die?"

After listening to Zhang Yi's explanation, Wang Laowu was completely dumbfounded. His belief in his heart was shattered, and he seemed to have lost his motivation and was no longer willing to move forward.

"You don't have to go, just go and dig that place over there!" Zhang Yi also pulled the rein and stopped, pointing to a high ground not far away and said, "I see it over there." Most likely plaster!"

(End of this chapter)