After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

Gently rubbing the beagle's head again, Xiao Yansui took the beagle from the study to the yard, watched it go back to its new nest before turning around and leaving the yard to find his grandfather Xiao Song.

"Ah Weng," when Xiao Yansui came over, Xiao Song was fiddling with chess pieces by himself. When he saw his granddaughter, he smiled and waved at her, "Liu Niang is here, just to accompany A Weng Let's play chess together."

Xiao Yansui, whose chess playing skills were really worrying, sat down opposite Xiao Song with a calm face, grabbed two chess pieces, played with his fingertips for a while, and said directly: "Tomorrow is the birthday ceremony for the young lady of the county guard's family. I accepted the invitation before, and I plan to go and have a look."

Xiao Song nodded, he already knew about it when Axiu started preparing gifts for the young lady of the county guard's family.

"Go," Xiao Song said with a smile while fiddling with the chess pieces, "If you meet some good friends at the banquet, it will be more lively when you go out to play on weekdays."

However, having said that, Xiao Song also knew in his heart that when his granddaughter came over tomorrow, it was nothing more than accepting the invitation and going through the motions, on behalf of the Xiao family, to give the county guard some face, and to convey a kind of friendly relationship between the two families. information.

After all, in South Lanling County, even the name of the county originated from the Xiao family in Lanling. As the top local family, the Xiao family has no family around that can compare with the Xiao family in Lanling.

When Xiao Yansui was in Chang'an City, whether it was Zhang Dai from the Duke of Yan's mansion, or Du Erlang and others who had a good relationship with Xiao Heng, they all had similar backgrounds. Can play with several people.

Most of the young ladies who are about the same age as other people like to go out to play in groups, and only Xiao Yansui likes to stay at home since she was a child...

Now, in the old house of the Xiao family, the young ladies and gentlemen who are around the same age are almost inferior to Xiao Yansui in terms of identity. What's more, Xiao Yansui may not even take the initiative to join in the fun. In this way, the two sides will naturally have no intersection, and maybe there is no need to do superficial efforts...

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Yansui drove to the mansion of the local sheriff, and everything that happened after that was indeed as Xiao Song expected.

As a person who can represent Xiao Song and even the entire Lanling Xiao Clan, even though Xiao Yansui is still young, he can definitely be called an extraordinary guest.

As a result, when a little girl of hers who was not yet ready came, the sheriff simply brought his wife to greet her in person.

Then, as the only guest of the Xiao family who came in person, and without any other elders around, Xiao Yansui just sat in the front seat of the honored guests with a calm face. The mothers of the maiden next to each other...

The other party still looked at each other in blank dismay, but Xiao Yansui was quite at ease. After a simple greeting, he began to sit there and focus on mural painting.

In the end, Xiao Yansui never stayed with those same age, except when Axiu sent out the gift, and the young lady of the county guard's family came over to express her solemn thanks in person.

Until the Jiji ceremony was over, when Xiao Yansui, as a distinguished guest, was still the first to calmly get on the carriage and leave, Axiu was still a little unresponsive.

"Is this the end?" Axiu asked incredulously.

Xiao Yansui turned her head and glanced at her, raised her eyebrows slightly, "Otherwise?"

After all, without the other elders of the Xiao family, Xiao Yansui went there in person. No matter how young she was, she was the representative of the Lanling Xiao family. Take a natural attitude towards this matter.

"..." Axiu was at a loss for words.

Sitting quietly at the banquet at the county guard's house for a whole day, after returning home, Xiao Yansui changed her clothes first, then went to Xiao Song's yard, and sat down with her grandfather for dinner, by the way Can also talk.

At the beginning of the period, there were only a few words on the topic about the local sheriff. After a while, Xiao Yansui changed the topic directly and talked about the issue of cement and glass.

After such a long time of trial and error in raw material allocation, Xiao Yansui has already helped him out of the high-strength cement that Xiao Song mentioned a little bit earlier.

In addition to high-strength cement, Xiao Yansui even experimented with quick-drying cement to get a rough idea.

"The specific formula and operating instructions are in my study, but the writing is a bit messy now, and I have to tidy it up a bit, Aunt, I'll bring them back to you when I get back." Xiao Yansui said casually.

Xiao Song: "..."

He knew from Xiao Yansui's childhood that his granddaughter was someone who would do great things, but Xiao Song was still really surprised by Xiao Yansui's ability to act like this.

Still holding the chopsticks in his hand, Xiao Yansui took a bite of the dish, tasted it and thought it tasted good, after chewing and swallowing it slowly, he continued to say leisurely: "By the way, Aunt, it's like The cement you mentioned last time, I think it should be good for building roads or dams."

The road construction can actually be skipped for the time being. After all, the Tang Dynasty did not have a particularly heavy-duty vehicle at the moment. Just crush the road surface--to put it bluntly, as long as the concrete roads in the Tang Dynasty were carefully repaired, the possibility of damage was very low, and the cost of road maintenance was relatively low.

However, floods are prone to occur in the south, especially when the water level rises, the wind and wave erosion and water pressure faced by reservoirs and rivers are real. In comparison, when building these fortifications with cement, you need to pay more attention.

"..." Seeing that his granddaughter was so thoughtful, Xiao Song, who was also quite curious about the glass, suddenly felt embarrassed to ask more questions.In case Xiao Yansui thought that he wanted it again, and then he was busy with experiments for a long time, just waiting for when the results would be available, and then sent it to him so frankly.

Although it is said that the younger generation is filial to the elders, and it is a face-saving thing to say at any time, but facing the precious granddaughter whom I have always loved, Xiao Song, who has been generous all his life, is really a little embarrassed for a while. up

It's just that Xiao Song didn't mention it, and Xiao Yansui, who can't find anyone else who can listen to her, continued: "I have tried the glass produced earlier, and the transparency can be improved a little bit. , when you turn it back and install it on the window, Ah Weng, you will understand at a glance."

"Okay." Xiao Song responded with a smile, it seemed that he had nothing else to say except this word.

Xiao Yansui grasped the chopsticks and thought about it. She felt that glass, an everyday item, could not think of any other refreshing uses besides being used in daily life...

Just as he was distracted, suddenly, where Xiao Yansui looked, a candlestick on the table next to him was right there, and Xiao Yansui suddenly remembered the silver mirror reaction he had made in Xu Guogong's mansion a long time ago.

Due to the limited production conditions at that time, Xiao Yansui was not very good at tinkering with flat glass, which is actually very cheap, so that her small mirror was directly made of crystal, and it was plated with silver, equal to When the crystal was directly destroyed, even Xiao Yansui, who was never soft on experimental expenses, couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Nowadays, flat glass has been made, even those whose transparency is not enough in her critical eyes, can be cut, and then reacted with a silver mirror, coated with silver liquid, and then, whether it is used as The mirror, or as a lampshade that brightens the light through reflection, can be used directly.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yansui's movements of eating with his hands became a little faster, and he just wanted to go back quickly, write out the process of Silver Mirror's reaction, and then change it appropriately.

After all, now that there is a high-temperature kiln, you don’t have to go through a silver mirror if you want to silver-plate glass. You can improve the process properly...

Moreover, those craftsmen and craftsmen with many years of experience can do work such as cutting glass and silver plating more meticulously than her. Moreover, their experience itself is based on this era. Xiao Yansui is hindered by the industrial level. Some parts are directly chosen to give up, but for those skilled craftsmen, there may be some other simple alternatives to solve the problem.

After dinner, Xiao Song silently looked at his granddaughter who was still in a daze just now, and he didn't know what to think of, and he walked away quickly like a gust of wind, but he didn't stop him, and even felt a little complacent, Thanks to him for bringing Liuniang back when he returned to his hometown after he retired.

——Compared to Xu Guogong's mansion, which is not easy to live in Chang'an, when thinking about tinkering with something, it is more convenient to live in his hometown where the emperor is far away...

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Compared with Xiao Yansui, who nestled peacefully in his hometown of Xiaojia Village, broke ground and built a house while still doing experiments and research, the prosperous and prosperous city of Chang'an had a different scene.

Although the mother went back to her natal family before, the two brothers Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu who lived in Pei's residence for two days, after knowing Liu Ji's false accusation against Du Youlin, they felt a chill down their spines. .

Xiao Wu frowned unabashedly, and murmured: "Grandfather's neighbor, Pei Dunfu, what kind of messy friends did he make, falsely accuse his father-in-law and then make himself and his family ruined?"

Xiao Heng glanced at him, and slightly restrained the smile on his face, and said in a deep thought: "This matter got involved in the East Palace, and was followed by Li Linfu. Naturally, it was a small matter that escalated and got out of control in one fell swoop. However, After the sage knew about it, he was unwilling to touch the crown prince and forced the case to be closed, wouldn't it just end in such a disastrous way?"

"East Palace..." Xiao Wu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth when talking about Prince Li Heng, "I heard that the sage is looking for a new prince, Liang Di?"