Chapter 481

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Grind the limestone and clay into the surface, and then calcined it into the clinker. Use clinker and the remaining slag after iron smelting to make it cement.

After Li Chengqian asked Fatty Zhu and his servants to process according to his method, he took a part of the cement, then poured some water into the cement, and after simple stirring, it turned into a thin gray muddy water. Li Chengqian took a thin piece of iron and applied the muddy water to a stone in the yard.

The originally rough stone surface was painted into a smooth gray shape.

Li Chengqian looked at it with satisfaction.

Let the stones dry in the sun, Li Chengqian took two more bricks, added some soil to the muddy water, stirred and applied it to the middle of the two stones, and then put the stones together.

Also put in the sun, Li Chengqian clapped his hands, turned his head, and said to Fatty Zhu: "You guys keep burning!"

Fatty Zhu quickly agreed.

Although he was skeptical about Li Chengqian's intention to invent cement just now, he tried his best to complete the work arranged by Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian asked his servants to bring the wooden board and make a rectangular mold. Then he poured the thin cement that had not been used up just now into the sand and soil with a larger proportion, and then poured water to stir. After looking at it, he felt that there was less cement, so Li Chengqian poured some cement into another. After stirring, Li Chengqian poured all of these into the rectangular mold, and patted it with the wooden board a few times, and then flattened it.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Fatty Zhu asked curiously when he saw Li Chengqian's new masterpiece.

Li Chengqian reminded: "In the future, don't call him Your Highness again, Master Li!"

If it was accidentally transmitted to Wangjiazhuang, Li Chengqian would never be able to go again.

"Uh, yes, yes, Master Li...Master!" said Fatty Zhu.

Li Chengqian clapped his hands and said, "This is called a brick."

"brick?"

"That's right, not only can you make building materials, but you can also call people!" Li Chengqian smiled.

Call someone?

Fatty Zhu looked at it and found that it was full of soft mud. Can this call people succeed? I’m afraid it will cause the enemy to be full of stolen money.

Li Chengqian ignored what this fat man Zhu thought. He said, "You guys keep burning, burn a bag of cement for me as a sample. I will plan the cement factory in a few days. I will go to Wangjiazhuang to take a look first."

"Here." After Fatty Zhu said that, he had already seen Li Chengqian turn around and walk towards Wangjiazhuang.

When he arrived at the gate of Wangjiazhuang, Li Chengqian saw several carpenters and farmers pushing a large wooden wheel. It seemed that the main part of the water windmill had been built.

Gui'e saw Li Chengqian after he crossed the slope. As soon as Li Chengqian arrived, Gui'e came up with a bowl of water in her hand.

"Master Li, please drink a bowl of water."

Li Chengqian took it with a smile, and handed her the bowl after drinking it.

Gui'e asked, "Master Li, have the work in your village finished?"

"Well, I gave some guidance to those who work. Then I'll go back and take a look when they do the work!" Li Chengqian said.

After hearing Li Chengqian say this, Gui'e suddenly got a rough understanding of Li Chengqian's position and functions. It turned out that Li Chengqian was the master who directed others' work. It seemed that this master was really a big official!

No wonder Butler Zhu was so polite to him just now.

Li Chengqian saw that the wheel of the water windmill was almost done. He raised his hand and said, "Do you do your feet?"

The carpenter in Wangjiazhuang is named Ye San. He admires Li Chengqian for coming up with such a way to divert water.

The ancients said that those who are good at it are the first. Now Ye San has regarded Li Chengqian as his elders.

"Master Li, my disciple has already made the foot work, and it will be done soon!" Ye San replied.

At this time, Li Chengqian had already arrived under the wheel of the water windmill and started to check it. After looking at it for a few times, he expressed satisfaction with Ye San's results.

Ye San was very happy to see Li Chengqian nodding.

At this time, a younger little carpenter walked over with the foot of the water windmill. Li Chengqian waved his hand and led the crowd to the river embankment.

"Ye San, take a few people into the water and put your feet on!" Gui'e ordered in advance. She turned around and said to Li Chengqian, "Master Li, you are a master who commands others. Just command it."

Li Chengqian didn't expect Gui'e to care about her so much. She was moved and nodded and agreed to her.

Ye San had already jumped into the water, and the sound of ding dong dong kept ringing, and soon the support was nailed into the river. After Ye San got on the water, he and several farmers carried the wheels of the water windmill and put the support on the support.

After the wheel was put down, the river water flowed and pushed the wheel to rotate. Soon the bamboo tube on the wheel took the river water to the highest point, and then fell down.

Seeing that the water was really attracted, Gui'e, Ye San, butler Zhou and the farmers were all stunned.

They didn't believe Li Chengqian's words before, or they were more realistic in their hearts. Even if they believed Li Chengqian's words, they didn't have high expectations. This is a pragmatic farmer. Even Gui'e, although she believed it, she did not have such realistic things that were shocked.

So when the water windmill really turned, Gui'e and the others were stunned.

After staying there, Gui'e and others showed surprise on their faces.

"That's great, great, water comes in, water comes in!" The farmers cheered.

Li Chengqian and Gui'e looked at each other and smiled, then he reached out and waved his hand and said, "The water in this water windmill may be a little slower, but it is better because it keeps turning, so you can build a reservoir here to keep flowing in. Then when you want to irrigate the crops, the water can be stored in the reservoir."

"Well, let's listen to Master Li, Master Li really has a solution!" Gui'e said the first.

The others cheered and praised it. It took Li Chengqian a while to escape from the peasant and followed Gui'e to the courtyard.

After being invited by Gui'e to drink a bowl of water, Li Chengqian saw a farmer coming over with a basket.

As we approached, the farmer reached out and took out two eggs from the basket and said, "Master Li, thank you for coming over to install a water windmill for us. It is useless to keep the eggs at home, so I gave them to Master Li!"

Can eggs still be useless?

When Li Chengqian heard this lie full of loopholes, he wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Such a lie is too obvious, but it can be seen that the farmer Xie Li was worried that Li Chengqian would refuse, so he found such an excuse.

Gui'e next to her pursed her lips twice, obviously trying to catch the IQ of the farmers in her farm.

"This brother, it's useless to give me eggs. I'm eating the public." Li Chengqian reiterated.

The farmer refused to let him: "Then Master Li took it home for his wife to eat!"

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Chapter completed!