Chapter 1288 Cheng Sanlang of course will not let go of any wool
Chapter 1288 Of course, Cheng Sanlang will not miss any opportunity to make money (please subscribe and vote)
Li Shimin stood up, saw the looks from his daughter and wife, smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Everything is fine. Come with me and take a look. This time, Cheng Sanlang and the others finally brought the cement."
“Before, they had always boasted that their Luzhou cement stone was not fired from simmered earth, but from cement.
Once this cement is mixed with water and aggregate, its strength is comparable to the bluestones used to pave roads in our palaces."
Li Mingda and Queen Changsun also followed Li Shimin's footsteps and walked towards the Manna Hall, waiting for them to arrive in front of the Manna Hall.
Then I saw the large and small wooden boxes outside the Manlu Hall, as well as several strange large rectangular items, densely wrapped with cloth.
Li Shimin couldn't help but walked to the gifts curiously.
He nodded and asked Li Wen, the steward of Prince Wu's Mansion who was responsible for delivering gifts and memorials.
"What are these?"
"Your Majesty, I would like to inform you that these are brown mattresses, made of the finest mountain palm. Each of these four brown mattresses is one foot thick.
This mountain palm fiber mattress not only has excellent air permeability, but also has moderate elasticity, and the mountain palm fiber mattress is not easy to harbor insects and dirt, making it extremely comfortable.”
"In addition, it is made of mountain palm and contains more than ten kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines such as Ligusticum chuanxiong, Wangbuliuxing, and safflower, which can help you sleep and calm the mind."
"Then what is this?"
"Oh, this is a portable bamboo chair. Your Majesty, you see, it only needs to be opened like this to turn it into a chair."
"And there is also a backrest, so that your majesty can sit and rest temporarily without hurting your back when you are fishing by the Jinshui River..."
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Every time Li Shimin asked something, Li Wen would promptly state the name of the gift, its uses and advantages.
Just like the best gold medal salesman.
What we ate was the top quality dried winter bamboo shoots. Li Shimin also received this stuff last year and used it to cook. It was indeed very delicious.
In addition, there are all kinds of cured meats and even ten boxes of snake oil ointment.
Li Shimin was asking over there, while Li Mingda was holding the letter written by Cheng Chubi to her, curiously looking for something in the pile of large and small boxes.
This prompted Empress Changsun to come closer curiously. "Xiao Sizi, what are you looking for?"
"Brother Cheng San said he gave me a special gift. He said it was a big, cute, and stupid animal doll."
After hearing her daughter's description, Queen Changsun's first reaction was, wouldn't that boy Cheng Sanlang give his doll image to Xiao Mingda?
If he dares to do this, I will ask Your Majesty to deduct all ten years of your boy's salary.
Empress Changsun gritted her teeth and watched with cold eyes as her daughter curiously took the letter and looked for a box with a code. Brother Cheng San said in the letter.
The lock of that box is engraved with my favorite peony flower pattern.
After asking for a long time, Li Shimin finally saw two dusty bags placed together with a small wooden box.
Without waiting for Li Shimin to ask questions, Li Wen first opened the bag in front of him, revealing the gray cement powder inside, and then opened the small wooden box next to it.
"Your Majesty, these two bags contain exactly the cement used by the Luzhou Governor's Palace to lay official roads."
"The inside of this box looks like concrete bricks made by mixing cement with cinders and gravel."
Concrete bricks? Li Shimin walked to the big box and looked at the bluish-gray bricks that were as big as blue bricks and looked like stones.
I picked up a piece and held it in my hand. It seemed to be slightly heavier than a green brick.
This thing is actually made of cement. Just in terms of appearance and texture, I'm afraid it's not much worse than that of bluestone.
"This kind of official road paved with cement is comparable to paving it with bluestone slabs. It is not only very strong and durable, but also not afraid of water damage."
“In addition, the renovation work of multiple terminals on both sides of the Yangtze River near Luzhou is also nearing completion.
The wooden and stone piers in the past have been built into stronger cement piers..."
Li Shimin looked at this concrete brick, which seemed strange to him no matter how he looked at it.
He really couldn't believe that the powder in the bag could be as hard as bluestone after being mixed with water.
"Is this thing really as strong as you say?"
"Your Majesty, Cheng Changshi said that if your Majesty doesn't believe in the efficacy of cement, you can take a look at this thing..."
Li Wen took out a brochure bag from the wooden box and handed it to Li Shimin respectfully.
Li Shimin took the tip bag in a daze, and after opening it, there was a piece of paper filled with words.
There are several eye-catching characters on it: Concrete Slab Production Instructions.
"..." Li Shimin looked at the instruction manual, then took a look at the tips bag, and thought of it in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by that boy Cheng Sanlang.
The scene where Zhuge Liang was giving people tips all day long made me feel deeply offended.
Li Shimin made a face and handed the concrete slab production instructions to Zhao Kun beside him.
"Follow this instruction to make a concrete slab. I will try it myself later.
If this thing doesn't reach the level of solidity he described above, I will deduct this guy's salary for next year."
"..." Zhao Kun's expression twisted for a while, and he nodded frantically to express understanding.
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Li Shimin took out a breath and heard his daughter's exaggerated cheers coming from behind him. His expression suddenly changed and he turned his head away.
Then I saw my daughter take out a huge, strange thing that was probably half a head taller than my daughter from a big box.
Li Mingda's eyes were bright and his hands held the four legs, two eyes, ears, and nose in black.
Everything else is white and looks like silly animal dolls.
It is stuffed with cotton inside and thick down on the outside, making it as comfortable and supple as a real animal.
This giant doll is a masterpiece that took two velvet masters from Persia almost three months to make.
This was of course the invention of Cheng Chubi, using the carpet-weaving craftsmanship of barbarians from the Western Regions.
For this animal doll, Cheng Chubi specially wrote a letter back to Chang'an.
He asked his father to help him invite some veteran carpet weavers from the Western Regions to go to Luzhou to guide the work.
Although Sichuan does not breed sheep, there are a large number of goats, black goats, and even cashmere goats.
Seeing the long-haired cashmere goat, Cheng Sanlang would certainly not let go of any opportunity to harvest the wool.
After all, cashmere is a good treasure that will frequently appear in TV commercials in future generations. How could Cheng Chubi miss this opportunity to make a fortune?