North and South groceries

Soil cement is not difficult to burn. The three raw materials are reconciled according to the proportion. After breaking into adobe, put it in the kiln and burn it for half a day. After cooling, take it out and smash it with a hammer, and then grind it into powder with a stone mill. Finally, the finished product of earth cement is obtained.

In this process, because of the joining of Cui Weng, a pottery maker, Luo Yong and the others avoided many detours.

Because the main component of this soil cement is loess, the cement that is finally fired is naturally khaki.

Luo Yong thinks this color is okay, at least it looks warmer in winter, and the people here are used to living in adobe houses and this color.

For the first batch of earth and cement produced, Luo Yong asked his disciples to pave a cement road from the courtyard built by his disciples in the village to Xu's guest house.

This cement road is not very wide, just paved a path about three feet wide beside the original dirt road, winding down from the hillside next to the village entrance, passing the Luo family yard, Luo family pigsty, and exiting the road. At the entrance of the village, all the way to Xu's guest house, everyone originally wanted to spread farther, preferably to the side of the sheep pen, but finally gave up because of insufficient materials.

It is early autumn and the climate is relatively dry. The road they paved the first evening was basically dry by the next day.

The concrete road is very smooth, and walking on Yan'erfei is like floating on the clouds. It is fast and stable, and it is also very easy to walk on it with a wheelbarrow.

In the days that followed, people came to Xipo Village to visit this path almost every day. A group of old men touched, looked at, and stepped on it to experience the feeling of their feet. It was extremely rare.

Someone came to Luo Yong to place an order, and Luo Yong never refused to come, and asked his disciples to work overtime to continue the production of the next batch of soil and cement. Of course, their wages were also indispensable.

For Luo Yong, using his own disciples is more reassuring than hiring outsiders. For his disciples, working for his own master pays more than working for others, and they can also learn many new techniques. Luo Yong didn't hide the cement production technology from them, but Luo Yong also said that this time he didn't plan to spread this technology to the outside world for the time being, and told them to keep it secret first.

There is no other reason for keeping it secret first, it's just that I don't want to steal the limelight from His Majesty the Emperor.No matter how easy this soil cement is, as long as he doesn't disclose the formula, the influence will be limited after all. If he wants to publicize it, he can wait until the limelight of the corn harvest is over.

As for the price of the soil cement, Luo Yong's asking price is not too much, only six yuan for a load of soil cement.

In Lishi County, this price can be accepted by ordinary wealthy families. They bought soil and cement from Xipo Village, and put some fine sand and gravel dug from the Sanchuan River to smear on their houses. In this way, the plaster will no longer fall on the wall, and the ground will not be muddy when it rains.

For a time, almost every household in Lishi County was repairing their houses with soil and cement.On the dirt road from Lishi County to Xipo Village, there are load-carrying carts and people coming and going every day.

At the beginning of September, when Tang Jian and his group came back from the prairie in the north, they saw such a prosperous and busy scene.

When they went to the restaurant to eat, they found that the floor of the shop was as clean as a stone surface that had just been washed with water, and it was also extremely smooth.

Looking at the surface of the kang, it is as clean as if there is not even a trace of dust. Near the window, it is even slightly reflective. A few pieces of blue pure wool felt cushions are spread on the khaki smooth table, which looks clean. And elegant.

"Is this paved with anything? Why is it so flat?" Tang Jian and the others were amazed. They stretched out their hands and touched the surface of the kang. Generally no two.

"Several gentlemen must have come from afar. The walls and the floor of the kang surface of my house are all paved with something called cement. It was built by Luo Sanlang of Xipo Village. Basically every household in the shop does this." Although Tang Jian and his party did not wear official uniforms, but judging by the style of their outfits, it is obvious that they have backgrounds.

"You mean Luo Sanlang from Xipo Village?" Tang Jian thought to himself, and it was true.

"You know Luo Sanlang too?" Hearing Tang Jian's tone of voice, the shop owner guessed that the other party also knew Luo Sanlang, and felt proud in his heart.

"I've seen it once." Tang Jian said with a smile.

"If you have free time, you can also visit Xipo Village this time. I heard that Luo Sanlang built a cement road in Xipo Village. The car driving on the cement road is like floating on clouds." The shop owner told Tang Jian and others Recommend them the famous scenic spots in Lishi County.

Tang Jian really planned to visit Xipo Village.

When the sage sent him to the prairie to teach the method of making soap earlier, he expected that this technology would definitely bring about a huge improvement in the relationship between the Central Plains and the prairie, but he still did not expect the reaction on the prairie It will be so big, now, as long as they are places where these teams have been, almost everyone is extolling the greatness and kindness of Tian Khan.

The people on the grasslands are brave, and the harsh living environment has made the grassland people tough and brave, but they are also simple, and most of the grassland people don't have too complicated thoughts.

Many tribes on the prairie still live a life almost isolated from the outside world, and only trade goods with a few merchants who have been approved by them. They are full of defense against the outside world, because their tribes always spread how the outsiders are The cunning and untrustworthy land, and the legend of how their ancestors were betrayed.

However, this time, when Tang Jian and others took the soap-making technology to the grassland and spread the news, soon some tribes with a higher degree of Sinicization came to learn, and then passed it on from ten to ten to hundreds of people. , Slowly, many tribes who were not very willing to communicate with the outside world began to try and test cautiously.

Later, wherever these people went, they received an exceptionally warm welcome, as if there had never been any barriers between ethnic groups.

People in the grasslands know that what these Han people brought them this time is a technology that can benefit the grasslands. As long as they learn this technology, they will be able to make soap from excess animal fat in the future. This soap will not last for a long time. If they are bad, they can be saved up, and when there is a market, they can be exchanged for grain, salt, and cloth.

As long as a little more food is exchanged, their children will be less hungry, more cloth will be exchanged, their women will be less cold, and more salt will be exchanged. With some salt, they will grow fatter.

Tang Jian and others' trip to the grassland received an unprecedented warm welcome.

When the prairie people who have always been fierce and fierce open their arms to embrace you, you will find that their arms are so warm and sincere.

In the next few years, it would be difficult for some ambitious people to provoke hatred and war between nations.

Through this incident, Tang Jian also deeply realized the importance of technology. Even a small soap-making technology can bring such a huge change to the lives of the people at the bottom, and then have a profound impact on the entire country.

At the same time, he realized earlier than anyone else that Luo Sanlang was such a terrifying existence in this world.

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"Ah!" Luo, who was far away in Xipo Village, sneezed hard at this time.

"Could it be that you caught a cold?" Er Niang was taking off the clothes that were hanging on the bamboo pole one by one at this time. Their local carnations are very thin, and the bamboo poles are very thin, strong and dense, and they are very durable. They are used to dry. Clothes and quilts couldn't be better.

"Nothing." Luo Yong felt a little dizzy, probably because he hadn't had a good rest in the past few days, and he was digging fermentation tanks and doing cement business. Although they were all hired people, he still had to worry about it. .

Speaking of which, his body is still not strong enough, although it is much better than when he woke up, but if he works hard for a few days in a row, he will immediately show his lack of energy. A fifteen or sixteen year old boy should not be like this , To put it bluntly, the foundation is still too bad.

Luo shook the dustpan in his hand, and some plant ash came out from it, covering the puddle of chicken droppings on the ground.

It was getting dark just now, and when their chickens came back, they didn't want to go back to the chicken coop, and wandered around the yard for a long time as if they were wandering around. There's shit in the yard.

Luo used plant ash to cover all the pools of chicken droppings, and then used a broom to sweep up the plant ash and chicken droppings after a while. Plant ash has a strong ability to absorb water and dirt. After doing this, the yard looks very clean again. up.

At present, Erniang and Peng Er are responsible for the main health work of Luo's family. Luo Yong often tells the younger ones in the family to ask them to do more things within their ability, and try to share the burden with Erniang and the others. And Luo Yong himself has always done this.

"Brother..." Goro came in from outside carrying a womb cabbage at this time, looking at Luo Yong with obvious dislike in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Luo Yong didn't understand why.

"This broom is for sweeping barns," Goro said.

"..." Well, in fact, this sweeping work is usually done by Goro.

The author has something to say:

Tang Jian: Luo Sanlang is a very, very scary existence!

Goro: ...Really?