Dress to be a celebrity

Song Shi had always distinguished between public and private, and was strict with himself. How could he go back to the world of two people under the guise of meeting King Zhou?He knocked on the gate of the palace, and asked to see Zhou Wang, Huan Yushi and the two palace chiefs directly, and wanted to report the plan of Hanzhong Mansion to rebuild the palace.

Although Hanzhong is only a temporary palace, the front of the palace has five rooms and three gates according to regulations.The main hall has seven rooms, the platform base is ten feet high, the front wall is surrounded by stone railings, and wing buildings are built on the left and right.Even if the king of Zhou is willing to save money, the apse, back building, and bedroom of the inner courtyard can be left unchanged, but the front is the face of the court, and what should be expanded must be expanded.

Before His Royal Highness King Zhou left Beijing in a hurry, although the Holy Majesty ordered the Hanzhong Mansion to prepare the mansion in advance, the transfer of money was slower than his arrival. Wang has made do so far.

Now that he is the magistrate, he has to pick up this matter again, otherwise the princes and concubines in Beijing will find out, and they will definitely sue him in a tricky way.

He stated this in front of the King of Zhou, but the King of Zhou hesitated: "Lord Yan has already repaired this place before, and if we rebuild it again, it will cost money and people's resources. After all, this king is just a guest here, so there is no need to make major changes. ?”

King Zhou has been delayed by the emperor since his marriage with the reason of "lack of money in the internal treasury". When presiding over the selection of concubines by the two imperial brothers, he felt more deeply that the court used money.But this time, from the capital city to the northwest, he traveled through the state and the government all the way, seeing all the hardships of the people, he only wished that he could use all the money he could spend on civil affairs, and was reluctant to spend money on repairing the palace.

Chu Xiu, the chief envoy of the left, persuaded: "Although the prince is simple and simple, the shape of the palace is related to etiquette, how can it be easily changed. Now that Lord Song is here as a shepherd, if His Highness is allowed to live in a mansion that does not conform to etiquette, it will inevitably be the same in the future." If you are participating in the performance, Your Highness should follow Master Song's arrangement."

He is the chief historian of the palace, and he has to take care of everything in the palace on behalf of the prince. Naturally, courtesy is the most important thing, and he only wants to be innocent.

King Zhou weighed it up and sighed helplessly: "As the two adults said, it's just that this is only a temporary residence after all, and it doesn't need to be too luxurious."

Song Shi smiled slightly: "The lower officials understand what the prince is thinking. The prince is considerate of the officials and people of the Hanzhong government, and cannot bear to waste people's resources and material resources for his own house. How dare the lower officials waste the people's wealth, make large-scale construction projects, and damage His Highness's reputation?"

Standing in front of the king of Zhou, he talked eloquently: "When rebuilding the palace, the most costly thing is actually the decorations used in the courtyard and the halls. The prince has already brought them from Beijing, which saves a lot of expenses. As for the construction of the courtyard Walls, houses... I knew that His Highness is a virtuous king who cares about the people, and he has followed His Highness's ambitions, and figured out some ways to save money and build a good house."

The king of Zhou was surprised and said: "Mr. Song has only arrived in Hanzhong, and he has already thought of this step for this king?"

Could it be that Uncle Huan said it for him?

He subconsciously glanced at Huan Ling, but saw that Huan Ling was looking at Song Shi intently, with a hopeful smile on his brows and affection.

It's the same expression as usual when watching Song Shi.

It's hard to see if he is particularly happy because Song Shi thought hard for his sister-in-law.

King Zhou retracted his gaze without any trace, and when he turned to Song Dynasty, he happened to see him take out a few stones from his cloth bag and hold them to himself with both hands: "The official checked the records the day before yesterday, and saw that there are limestone quarried in the house. Today, I went out of the city to inspect the quarry, and found many rare stones from the Tiantai Mountain where the quarry is located."

Song Shi slightly stood up, raised his eyebrows and smiled towards his left hand.King Zhou saw his eyes moving slightly, and subconsciously followed him. The smile on Huan Ling's face deepened, as if radiant, and he looked at him and the stone in his hand with joy.

——Although I can't tell what kind of stone it is, since Shi Guan'er specially brought it from outside the city, it must be one of the wonders written in the papers of later generations!

Full of love and anticipation, he took a few steps forward, picked up a stone, and asked for everyone: "What kind of stones are these, and what are they used for?"

Dolomite, phosphorite, and pyrolusite are all gray stones, which look no different from ordinary stones. Only the quartz stone is milky white and shiny, slightly resembling jade, but it is not a rare thing.However, in the capacity of Sanyuan Jidi in Song Dynasty, he went to explore the mines outside the city and brought these stones into the palace. These must not be ordinary stones.

The king of Zhou listened seriously to his explanation of the name, production area, and appearance of Dolomite, and asked his servant to take the stone to have a look—and he couldn’t see anything after looking at it.

Fortunately, Song Shi was not a peddler, so he took the initiative to explain after saying the name: "When I was in office with my father in the south, I used calcined lime mixed with clay and fine sand to make cement, and used it to build houses, dams, And pavement, etc. Sometimes I see people mining limestone, and occasionally this kind of stone is mixed with lime. The color and appearance of the original stone are similar to lime, but after calcination, it is as white as snow and can be used to powder walls. If it is burned together with lime It is made into cement, but after adding water, it solidifies faster than ordinary cement, and has the effect of moisture resistance and fire resistance.”

His cement formula was written in his father's report card and reported to the Ministry of Officials in the early years, so the explanation is relatively simple.Although the princes and long historians in front of him had never heard of it, in order to maintain their image in front of him, they all pretended to understand and nodded frequently.

The Song Dynasty also went on logically: "The quarry is located in the Tiantai Mountains in the north of the city. In the past, it supplied lime materials inside and outside the city, and asked them to pick some of these stones along the way when they were quarrying lime. They were calcined and ground like stones. It can be broken, and there is no need to conscript more civil servants."

The local area not only produces lime, dolomite, but also clay and river sand. If these materials are used to build the palace, it will naturally be cheap and strong, and it will also be moisture-proof and fire-resistant.

King Zhou and Chang Shi didn't understand material science, and they only heard the advantages of "cheap", "not disturbing the people" and "resistance to fire", so they all said "yes".

Song Shi successfully sold Dolomite, and picked up Wumingyi.

The king of Zhou knew it.

He didn't know him, but he knew the name, because the box of potassium permanganate that Song Shi sent to his house was not named as a high-end product of the ternary series, but was simply called "Refinement Wumingyi".

King Zhou looked at the unrefined, soil-like soft manganese ore, and recalled the refined version that was so exquisite that he could send it to the palace as a birthday gift a few months ago. He couldn't recognize it, and asked: "Could it be that this is also like a stone containing a biscuit, which looks like an ordinary mountain rock, but when cut open, it turns out to be a piece of amethyst?"

No... this one has to be prepared with caustic soda for the time being.

When he buys pyrite and produces sulfur dioxide, he can directly prepare it by passing sulfur dioxide through pyrolusite slurry.

Song Shi shook his head lightly, skipped the specific preparation process, and only said: "This thing is more effective after processing, but there is poisonous dust flying in the process of processing, you need to protect your mouth, nose, eyes and eyes. The next official is preparing to make protective gear .”

Gauze can be used as a mask to prevent dust, and transparent glass mirrors are needed for eye protection, and the quartzite sand he accidentally discovered on the way back is just a good material for firing glass.

With these protective gear, he can teach people to make potassium permanganate in large quantities. In the future, not only the nobles in Beijing, but also ordinary people and border sergeants can easily use it when they need it.

The king of Zhou thought that he was burning glass to make windows for himself, and he wanted to refuse. After hearing what he said, he realized that glass is not only a thing for princes and princes to show off their wealth, but also falls into the hands of those who can use it. value.

He didn't know what to say, nodded silently, and said: "Then Mr. Song, please feel free. If there is any place for silver, this king has some here."

When he left Beijing, his father brought him several boxes of silver. If he needed it to repair the palace, he asked Chang Shi to fetch it to fill it up.

Song Shi nodded and said: "Your official will definitely do his best, you don't need to worry about it. There is just one thing that you have to ask the prince to decide—" He wants to open several quarries on Tiantai Mountain in the future to mine these kinds of stones , and then under the auspices of the government, several processing factories are set up to specialize in the production of these things.

Officials in the Dazheng Dynasty were also not allowed to do business. When he was a yamen in Guangxi and Fujian, he set up a factory as a devoted family member, and he was a white boy to guide their production.But now that he is the magistrate, let alone opening a factory himself, even when dealing with businessmen, he has to be careful of the censor's inspection.

Simply turn these factories into Hanzhong government offices, choose his own craftsmen to supervise, and make achievements are considered his political achievements, which is convenient.

King Zhou pondered for a while and said: "Then Dolomite is as effective as the nameless difference. If I write a copy of this king's play, my father should not reject it. Quartz is also fine, but..."

It's just that there are a few pieces of earthy yellow that are slightly gray and black, and what kind of stone is faintly shining?

Song Shi did not dare to make up a story about the use of phosphate fertilizer in the south. After all, there will be some dolomite in the limestone. This lie is not afraid of being poked, but phosphate rock is not so easy to get.

He could only say low-key: "I also found this on the road. I saw that it was slightly shiny, not like an ordinary clod, and it was not far from the unknown place where I found it. It might be something that can cure diseases, so I picked it up." Come back with a few bucks and slowly study the taste of sex."

The king of Zhou saw that Wumingyi seemed to be stained with loess, and the inconspicuous things were medicinal materials. Although the ore was yellow and nothing special, it might not be a good medicine?He first had a bias in his mind, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the ore was different. He nodded and said: "It is not a trivial matter to open a mine. I want to see the use of dolomite before writing it together. As for this stone, I will wait for it." Mr. Song tried out its usage."

Song Shi said happily, "I would like to take orders."

His report lasted until midnight, the palace and government offices had already been locked, and he had to spend the night in Mrs. Si Huan's courtyard as a last resort.

Fortunately Master Huan took him in for a night, and the next morning he was able to go to the Yamen to work in a refreshed manner.After entering the mansion, he called Yu Shuban and told him to keep an eye on the delivery of stone materials from the Shiyansi mine: first, he went to the magistrate's back office to find a cement craftsman he had brought from Baoding. When the material is delivered, it will be reported to him.

Go there and ask someone to leave a kiln for him to burn dolomite, and prepare several hundred catties of good coal.

Calcined dolomite can not only be used as building materials, but also can be made into refractory bricks, but the burned magnesium oxide, calcium oxide and the like will dissolve when touched with water, and cannot be sintered with water, and can only be bonded with coal tar and pitch.He planned to dry distill some coal tar to impregnate dolomite ash to make refractory lining and build a tall and high-temperature-resistant kiln.The coke left over from dry distillation has a stronger firepower, which can be used for burning quartz glass and refractory bricks in the future.

——It's a pity that I don't know how to collect coke oven gas, so I can only let it go to waste.

He arranged it one by one, and Yu Shuban was afraid that he might forget, so he took a note to write it down, and left after receiving the order.

There was no regular meeting on this day, and it was not a day for enlisting in the hall to ask questions. The subordinates were afraid of attracting his attention and touching his heart for the meeting, so they did not dare to come to the hall to look for him.In the Song Dynasty, in the second hall, he read the reports, accusations, and submissions sent by the counties... Seeing that there was nothing serious, he closed his eyes and checked the temperature of dolomite forging. Contrasting the temperature of cement, consider how to let craftsmen adjust to the right temperature.

After noon, Yu Shuban hurried into the lobby with his clothes on his hem, and announced the good news to him: Shiyansi Mining Factory has delivered the dolomite, picked just as he ordered, all with white fine powder and knives on the surface Cut like staggered notches.

Song Shi was refreshed, got up and told: "Prepare your horse, wait for me outside the government office, and come when I change clothes!"

Yesterday it was only for outings and picking stones, and it was okay to wear official uniforms, but today I have to burn kilns, and I have to change into cheap and dirty clothes to work!