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The reason why he was like this was not because of how good the painting was, but because of the words written beside the painting that made him dumbfounded: "The temperature is extremely high!".

This temperature is extremely high. How high is it? Hu Guang couldn't help but ask a question in his heart. He looked up and saw that the mason was peeking at him slightly uneasily, so he had no choice but to relax his expression and start looking at the stove painting again.

At this time, people began to submit papers one after another. The chamberlain kept going back and forth, presenting all the mason's paintings to the emperor.

Hu Guang flipped through it a little and found that they were pretty much the same. The comments about temperature either said the temperature was extremely high, the temperature was the highest, or the temperature was rare. They were all adjectives!

What made him a little depressed was that these masons were good at drawing, but they did not label each part like the explanatory diagrams of later generations. If the stove hadn't been so complicated, Hu Guang would probably have been defeated even if he had regained his energy.

But in this way, Hu Guang would consume a lot of time and energy if he wanted to figure out every design and intention on these test papers and then evaluate how high the temperature might be.

I don't know whether to be happy or frustrated. Most of the furnace designs are similar, which saved Hu Guang a lot of time.

But even so, Hu Guang was busy until almost evening before he finally went through all the design drawings, and then only kept eight more distinctive design drawings. The others were given some rewards to return. Home.

Looking at the eight people who stayed, six of them were well-dressed, so their family conditions were not very bad, and the other one was living in a poor life, and his clothes were patched over and over again.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen also changed. Craftsmen with good craftsmanship are generally not in bad condition, and some are even good in certain aspects, such as writing, and they are often guests of scholar-bureaucrats.

Hu Guang looked at the eight people below and saw that they were a little uneasy in their excitement, so he smiled and said: "I think the test papers you handed in each have their own characteristics, or they are indistinguishable. I don't know how high the actual temperature in the furnace can be." , it’s not easy to judge. Therefore, I ask you to answer another question. This question is optional. In other words, you can choose to answer or not to answer. I will not blame you. It is only used to distinguish the higher level of the eight of you. It’s just lower!”

When these eight people heard this, they thought that this was the purpose of the emperor calling him here, right?

Hu Guang didn't let them think for long, and directly asked the question: "Write down your experience as a mason, and write down what you are best at, that is, your special skills. If you don't know how to write, there is someone around you who can. Do it for you.”

Having said this, he emphasized: "I have said that this question is related to your eating problems. You can choose to answer or not answer. I will not force it. It's just that I can't get my imperial pen to give you the words."

The eight masons were a little hesitant after hearing this, and no one immediately wrote down their experience. After all, this is indeed related to their unique skills. If word spreads, what will they do, and what will their descendants do?

If you write a little bit randomly, you will know if you have written what you are good at when you go out to inquire. Is it deceiving you by lying? This is a grave sin!

Compared with the unique craftsmanship, the plaque of "Master Mason" given by the emperor seems to be less important. After all, you have to be able to eat before thinking about honoring your ancestors.

Thinking of this, a well-dressed mason looked at the emperor above and said uneasily: "Your Majesty, the meager skills of ordinary people are passed down from generation to generation. Without the consent of the ancestors, it really cannot be spread to other people. Please forgive me." !”

"Haha, I said that this question is voluntary. Since you don't want to decide the winner, I won't force it." Hu Guang finished speaking with a smile, then waved his hand and said: "Watch the reward."

This is the same as ordinary people serving tea to guests. When the mason heard this, he quietly wiped his sweat, thanked him again and again, and left.

With him taking the lead, five more well-dressed masons gave up and continued to answer questions one after another. In the end, only three masons were left in the side hall.

Hu Guang looked at them, smiled and asked, "Did you voluntarily stay to answer the questions?"

The three of them looked at each other and finally responded in unison: "Your Majesty, we are willing!"

Hu Guang waved his hand and motioned for them to answer the questions. Among them, the well-dressed man wrote it himself, while the other two needed others to do it for them, and they dictated it in a low voice.

This time, Hu Guang did not wait long, and the three of them handed in their papers one after another. However, he did not read the content of the test paper, but just looked at the three of them and said: "What I said before was actually an excuse. The real purpose is to select the best and bake a new thing for me. I probably know how to do it, but in the details You need to grasp it. If these things can be fired, it will be of great benefit to our Ming Dynasty. It is a major matter related to the national economy and people's livelihood. And you, I will also reward you with official positions. In addition to receiving salary, you can also get How about partial dividends?”

The three of them were surprised and delighted. They didn't expect that the emperor was involved in the mason's work, and he also came up with a new thing. It was really amazing! They could tell that the emperor was just looking for help, and it was great to be rewarded with an official position and money!

"Ding, achievement value +1, from mason Tang Binghong!"

"..."

The achievement value was +3, but Hu Guang didn't care. Seeing that they were very happy, he reminded them: "This matter must be kept secret and cannot be told to anyone!"

This is what it should be, and all three craftsmen know it.

Seeing this, Hu Guang officially informed: "The thing I want to bake is an adhesive similar to Sanhe soil, which can bind sand and gravel together. I call it cement. This kind of thing is probably made of It is made of clay and limestone. The ratio should be more clay, or you can add some other materials. This requires you to conduct more firing experiments..."

As long as future generations have read historical time travel novels, cement is probably the most common black technology. Hu Guang also probably remembered it, but he didn't remember it very clearly. He only knew that the temperature in the furnace must be high enough to calcine it. Therefore, in the first question, he asked a question to collect ideas from famous craftsmen in the capital without letting outsiders guess what he was doing.

Previously, Hu Guang's thoughts were stuck in a dead end. He had been thinking about how to drink the bucket of water in the Ming Dynasty. He never thought about how to add water to the bucket so that there would be enough water for everyone to drink. ideas.

Cement is the easiest black technology to point out. Although it will take a long time to make a profit, Hu Guang has a plan. Using several methods together, it should be able to solve the current serious lack of money.

As a result, Hu Guang didn't care about anything else for the next few days, and he and three masons were thinking about experimenting with firing cement.

When the news spread outside, the first reaction of the civil and military officials who had experienced the Apocalypse was that the emperor had revealed his true nature that day - a good mason, right?