Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 345 Another Good Thing
In terms of life experience, Li Qinzai is actually not as good as ordinary farmers.

In this era of relying on the sky for food, it is not easy for farmers to grow up safely and smoothly.

Not only do you have to farm hard, but you also have to hunt, dig wild vegetables, collect and hoard all kinds of edible things, and be ready to deal with natural disasters at any time.

Snowstorms, floods, droughts, locust plagues, all kinds of disasters emerge one after another, and if any disaster year is not dealt with, it will end in ruins.

In this regard, Li Qinzai's experience is far inferior to that of the farmers, and their sense of crisis during the disaster year is also far inferior to them.

Li Qinzai thought that distributing food to farmers in a disaster year was relief. In fact, what farmers want is not food, but a way of life other than farming in a disaster year. Earn food for the mother-in-law and children to feed the whole family.

This is not only self-esteem, but also a sense of urgency for the future.

Whenever there is a disaster, I will reach out to the master for relief, and as time goes by, I really become a slave.

Relying on selling labor to earn food, any generation can behave in an upright manner, and go out and still be a man of indomitable spirit.

Li Qinzai understood the thoughts of the farmers and admired them deeply, so he never mentioned the word "relief" again.

After the county lord of Jinxiang came to Zhuangzi, he didn't seem to plan to leave.

Being tired of being with Cui Jie every day, the two women seemed to have endless words to talk about, but Jin Xiang's attitude towards Li Qinzai was still polite and indifferent, obviously defrauding her father of all his money would be difficult.

In fact, it is easy to ease the relationship with her, just return the cheated money.

But Li Qinzai didn't think about it at all.

Why should I return the money I cheated out of my ability?If the relationship is cold, it will be cold. I neither intend to marry her nor sleep with her. Does it matter if the relationship is good or bad?
In addition to teaching the students every day, he inspected the farmers' canal digging projects.

This is a project that will benefit future generations, and Li Qinzai takes it very seriously.

Digging a ditch is not digging a ditch. The process is not simple. After the ditch is dug, the soil must be tamped continuously.

The construction site was in full swing, and three or five men with bare upper body lifted a thick log and smashed it on the ground with all their strength. There were human-shaped pile drivers everywhere on the construction site, and all of them were small electric motors.

Li Qinzai squatted by the ditch, watching the farmers wipe the mud in the ditch, frowning more and more.

"What's the principle? Apply wet mud and then dry soil. Isn't this taking off your pants and farting?"

A farmer squatting next to him said with a smile: "Wu Shaolang is a wealthy man. You don't understand. After spreading the wet mud, it is dried in the sun, and then it is spread with dry soil and compacted. Finally, a layer of wet mud is applied to dry it." Only when the ditch is dry can we ensure that the ditch will not seep into the soil when the water flows through it, otherwise the drawn water will not wait until the ground, and all of it will enter the soil."

The farmer who spoke was surnamed Wei, the son of the old Wei who was still suppressing the remnants of Baekje.

Compared with Old Wei's old and unscrupulous, Xiao Wei... looks not so serious.

The other farmers were working hard on piling, but Xiao Wei squatted and chatted with him lazily. This attitude would at least deduct two taels of food from him.

"From the Weishui River to our Zhuangzi's land, several main canals have to be connected. According to the rammed earth inch by inch, will it be rammed until the year of the monkey?" Li Qinzai was very dissatisfied with the construction period.

Xiao Wei said in embarrassment: "But that's what you do when you dig a canal, what else can you do?"

Li Qinzai blurted out without hesitation: "Use cement, can't you do that?"

Xiao Wei was stunned: "What is cement?"

Li Qinzai was also stunned.

Cement has not yet appeared, and people in the Tang Dynasty did not know its function at all.

Then Li Qinzai cheered up, yes, cement!This is a good thing. Not only can it be used to dig ditches, but it can also be used to build roads and bridges in the future. It can also be used in the military to build city walls and fortresses...

If popularized and used, the value of cement is not inferior to gunpowder.

It is used for people's livelihood, a must-have item for infrastructure madmen, and any building that uses it will become indestructible.

Used in military affairs, gunpowder is for attack and cement is for defense.Both are necessary for Datang to conquer cities and land in the future.

Li Qinzai squatted by the ditch thinking for a long time, then clapped his hands and stood up.

"The program of ramming the earth is stopped first, everyone go to do something else, and assign a hundred or so people to me, I will be useful."

After speaking, Li Qinzai returned to the other courtyard.

Sitting alone in the study, Li Qinzai held a pen and tried hard to think about the firing method of cement.

It's not too difficult to say, but it's not easy either.

It is extracted from limestone at high temperature, but its formation requires not only limestone, but also gypsum powder, iron slag, clay and other substances during the firing process.

Li Qinzai didn't remember much, anyway, it was burning, burning continuously, burning and burning, and this thing was burned out.

Licking a dog can't get the love of the goddess, but burning lime can burn cement, what a heart-wrenching nature.

As for how high the temperature needs to be, it doesn't matter, let's burn it first.

Picking up a pen, he roughly wrote down the steps on the paper, and drew a few drawings of the kiln. Before the ink was dry, he folded the paper and put it in his arms. There are householders, ready to dig kilns!"

Liu Ah Si who came in a hurry was taken aback: "What kiln?"

"That's the end of the digging." Li Qinzai took out the blueprint from his pocket and gave it to him, saying, "Dig like this, and get more people. The farmers from the neighboring villages will also call over, and I will pay you."

Liu Asi said: "Wu Shaolang has made something new again? The blueprint villain has kept it for you, and will send someone to send it back to the Duke's mansion quickly, so that no outsiders will steal the secret recipe."

"Keep it safe. What secret recipe do you need to dig a broken kiln? When you dig out the kiln, a discerning person can understand it at a glance. What's the use of the secret recipe? Hurry up and do it."

The kiln digging project was not small, and what Li Qinzai had to dig was not just one or two kilns.

Since he couldn't remember the specific method of firing cement in his previous life, Li Qinzai could only dig a few more kilns and try different methods.

Not only digging kilns, but also collecting limestone and clay from nearby mountains, sending people to ask for iron ore slag from the Ministry of Industry in Chang’an, etc., all required a lot of manpower.

Liu Ahsi's execution ability is good. He knows that every time Li Qinzai hands him the blueprint, he will definitely create something earth-shattering. extremely important.

Hurrying out with the blueprints, Liu Ahsi soon summoned the farmers, and at the same time sent people to the Chang'an Ministry of Industry to ask for iron ore slag and labor from neighboring villages.

In less than a day, Ganjingzhuang has gathered hundreds of young and strong laborers.

According to the drawings, under Li Qinzai's personal command, he selected a place on the hillside away from Zhuangzi and started digging the kiln.

The project of digging the canal was temporarily suspended, and Li Qinzai felt that if the cement was fired first and then the canal was resumed, the effect would be much better than that of farmers foolishly ramming the soil.

The farmers in the whole village don't know why, they don't know why Wu Shaolang suddenly ordered the kiln to be dug, but the owner has an idea, so the farmers naturally don't say much, anyway, they are all working, why not do it.

For several days, Li Qinzai almost stayed on the construction site, watching the farmers digging the kiln.

Two days later, Cui Jie and Jin Xiang finally felt that something was missing in their lives, so they came to the construction site together.

Looking at the construction site in full swing, Jin Xiang couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Uncle Li, what are you doing...?"

Cui Jie said with a light smile: "My husband is different from ordinary people. He always has some strange ideas in his mind. Sometimes he creates a new thing unconsciously, and it is very useful."

Jin Xiang thoughtfully said: "I have heard about some things about your husband. He was absurd when he was young, but now he has become a great talent in the Tang Dynasty and made many amazing good things. He... just popped up all of a sudden like this. Thoughts?"

Cui Jie hummed, staring obsessively at Li Qinzai's busy figure, and said softly, "He...is really different."

Sensing her obsessive gaze, Jin Xiang couldn't help snorting, and muttered in a low voice: "... cheating money is different."

Cui Jie regained her senses, and said again: "The new things my husband made are not only used by the community, but also used for people's livelihood, but they are not known."

"What else did he make?"

Cui Jie blushed pretty, and whispered in her ear: "When our girl comes every month, my husband made a..."

After a few whispers, Jin Xiang became more and more shocked the more he heard it, and his face became redder. Before he finished speaking, he pinched Cui Jie hard, and said shamefully and angrily: "You are going to die! You can say that too Did you say it?"

Cui Jie kept giggling, and said: "I'll give you a few pieces later, try it when you have your period, this thing made by your husband is really useful, I was too ashamed before, but after trying it secretly, I don't know what to do anymore. Can't live without it..."

Jin Xiang was very angry: "You still say it, you still say it! You are really married, and your face is much thicker than before!"

Cui Jie said relentlessly, "There are still..."

"What else?"

"My husband also made a thing like a hood, saying that it can support our women..." Cui Jie continued to whisper in her ear.

Jin Xiang glared, his eyes cracked, he gasped, his face was as red as a boiled crab.

"Bah! Shameless, apprentice!" Jin Xiang cursed bitterly.

(End of this chapter)