Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 43 Why do you only scoop half a bowl of rice?

It is definitely not a trivial matter for Sir Grande to build a new house. Following the call of the old clock, the farmers who were newly named Zhangjiazhuang all came over with smiles on their faces.

Looking at these guys with shoulder poles and hoes, Zhang Yi felt that their smiles were a bit hypocritical. Have you ever seen a person who works and drags his family along?
"Master, don't look at these children who are good at small jobs!" Seeing his young master's disgusted eyes, Lao Zhong quietly said to Zhang Yi: "Just eat without getting paid!"

Of course, Ferguson would not care about such a small amount of money, but seeing how enthusiastic he was, Zhang Yi had no choice but to nod his head in a difficult way in order not to dampen the enthusiasm of the flowers of the motherland.

It is said that it is easier to do things with more people, and hundreds of people were divided into several teams immediately after being divided.Logging, quarrying, and burning bricks, even those aunts and aunts are not idle and have things to do.

"Old Zhong, did you get the kiln I asked you to repair?" Seeing that everyone was doing their jobs, Zhang Yi hurriedly called Old Zhong over.

Although the courtyard house is good, there are many shortcomings!

First of all, as a house with a wooden structure, you can ignore the point of fire prevention. Once a fire occurs accidentally, it is almost unnecessary to ask, it will definitely burn in pieces, and it will not stop until the city is full of red.This is also why in ancient times there were watchmen patrolling the streets, knocking with a broken gong and shouting if there was nothing to do, be careful of fire and candles!

Then there's the issue of warmth.Cold in winter and cool in summer is definitely not empty talk, it is absolutely true!As we all know, wood, like most materials, has one thing in common, that is, thermal expansion and cold contraction. Often the newly built houses are not bad, but after a year or so, the wood will be deformed due to special expansion, cold contraction or weathering. The house thus becomes very airy.

Such a house is extremely refreshing when the breeze blows in summer, but what about winter?That feeling of cold wind blowing.
So Zhang Yi still feels that since building a new house, whether it is for fire prevention or warmth, or for a few more years, it is necessary to use brick and wood structures.

"It's already been tied!" Old Zhong hurriedly said, "It's on the other side of the river beach, and three of them have been tied according to your request. Why don't you go and have a look?"

Since bringing Xiao Yu'er, grandparents and grandchildren back to the door, Lao Zhong has been full of energy all day long, as if he has become decades younger all of a sudden, his waist and legs are no longer painful, and he is more diligent in doing things!
Zhang Yi nodded, and then the two of them walked towards the back mountain. He was quite at ease with Lao Zhong, but he knew that limestone, clay, and iron ore powder were ground and mixed in proportion to the firing of cement. , and then calcined, and finally add a certain proportion of gypsum powder to get cement.But how to calcine?How much to add?His eyes were completely black and he didn't know it at all!

So it is necessary to experiment, to experiment repeatedly, until it reaches the standard in his memory, it will be considered a success!
For this reason, he also specially planned to build two waterwheels by the river. Of course, diverting water to irrigate the fields is one aspect, and on the other hand, he hopes to realize the automatic grinding function through the waterwheels, otherwise, it will be exhausted by manual grinding. Hard work can't grind much cement.

The two wandered to the river beach, and sure enough, three kilns had already formed about 30 meters away from the river.

The kiln is not big, and according to Zhang Yi's estimate, it can calcine about one ton of raw materials at a time. He is a little disappointed with this figure, but there is no way around it.After all, it is impossible to build a standardized kiln like that of later generations, because he can't do the two things of sealing and uniform heating.

Therefore, an earthen kiln of about one ton is definitely the most suitable at present!

Walking towards the earthen kiln, the yellow mud on the kiln body has been air-dried, and the cave dwelling has also passed the ignition test. Judging from the dark kiln walls inside, they should be very successful, at least usable.But what surprised Zhang Yi the most was that the fire door of the cave dwelling was designed in the windward direction, so that the wind force of the river wind could be used to heat up the cave dwelling quickly.

Zhang Yi felt that he was still too young!As a person who traveled through later generations, he has never considered this point. Whether it is a waterwheel or other things, he just plagiarized the results that have been verified countless times. When it comes to using himself, he is really too bad. many!No wonder the sages have long said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books.

After inspecting the kiln, I watched the progress of the foundation of the water truck that was starting to be pumped in the river. It was noon in a flash.

At this time, the foundation of the Zhang family’s new house began to be lively. The women kept adding firewood to the temporary earthen stove. saliva.

"Wang Laosan, can you stay away from the pot? Seeing how greedy you are, it must mean that you haven't smelled fish for three years, right?" A wife lit a fire stick and opened a man who was smiling and laughed. road.

The man called Wang Laosan who was opened was not angry, he rubbed his beaten arm and said: "Three years is not enough, two years should be enough, Li Laoshuan's family, don't blame me, you guys Didn’t my family buy meat for Chinese New Year last year? Just when I passed by your house on New Year’s Eve, your dog was still clamoring for meat! Hahahaha!”

It is not a shame to have no meat to eat during the Chinese New Year. My own family does not have it, and he also has no meat in other people's houses, so it is just a joke.

When everyone is present, the meal will be served on time.

As a lord, Zhang Yi didn't have to eat with everyone, but in order to show his determination to share weal and woe with the farmer, Zhang Yi asked Lao Zhong to make him a bowl of dry rice and a bowl of broth and sit on a stone to chew slowly.

"Master, why don't you eat less first, the old lady asked the kitchen to make you your favorite roast beef with radish in the morning, I guess it will be delivered soon!" Looking at Zhang Yi's food Looking extremely difficult, Lao Zhong sighed in his heart.

The young master's mouth is born to be an emperor's mouth. No matter whether he is in Lingnan or back in Chang'an, his food requirements have reached the point where there is nothing wrong with it. Now he is eating the same food as a group of mud legs, which makes him extremely entangled. .

"Let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later, don't the farmers eat delicious food?" Zhang Yi poured a sip of broth into his mouth, looked at the people in front of him who kept digging rice into their mouths, and asked Lao Zhong curiously Said: "Old Zhong, I was surprised. Just now I heard a woman say that a man hadn't eaten meat for three years, and the man admitted it. I thought that since he hadn't eaten meat for three years Meat is definitely not enough compared to the family, but look, why do they only scoop half a bowl of rice? Could it be that they are all full in the morning?"

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