After waking up after a long sleep, the two men drove the ox cart home. They passed by a pond, broke the ice and washed their faces. They were completely refreshed. The two men drove the ox cart and bought some rice and noodles to eat while passing by the market.
, when we returned to the village, it was just time to make lunch.
The old Song family is a family of five. In addition to the couple, there are two girls and a boy. The eldest girl is about to leave the palace and is embroidering a quilt for herself and preparing a dowry. The younger daughter is still young and is holding her in her arms. She is the only male.
He is a half-grown boy, and he takes him with him every day. Firstly, he can do some work, and secondly, he is afraid that he will become a lazy man at home and will not be able to stand up for the family in the future.
As soon as I entered the door, my youngest daughter saw it and immediately ran over happily.
"Daddy, big brother!" she waved and shouted excitedly.
"Hey! What a good girl!" When Lao Song saw his little girl, he forgot about all the hard work, left his son to move things by himself, and carried his girl into the house. He was worried that his girl would catch the cold. In this era, for ordinary people,
, there is no difference between getting cold and dying. Lao Song secretly took out a piece of candied fruit from his arms and stuffed it into the hand of the little girl. The little girl touched the candied fruit and hid it like a thief.
No one else knows the secret of father and daughter.
In fact, how could Lao Song treat one person favorably than another? He also prepared it for his eldest daughter. The eldest daughter was about to get married and would see less of her in the future. Although the candied fruit was not valuable, it was also the taste of the family. If the father could afford it, he would naturally not
stingy.
Xiao Song muttered and resigned himself to his fate. Although he was an only seedling, he had never been treated like this.
"Mom, you're going to die soon!" Li Hua laughed and scolded, then threw a piece of clay down with a tile knife to reward those bitches.
Four pounds of rice, two ounces of oil, and a piece of vinegar cloth.
This is today's harvest, which is already too much for an ordinary family. There is still a little money left, which must be saved to collect a dowry for the eldest daughter.
There is also a calf at home. Lao Song is thinking about getting some wood and building a calf cart. If they can have two ox carts, their income will double. The calf can't pull much goods, so
It can be 30 to 40% more, and if you add up a little, you will still not suffer a loss.
"I'm back, let's wash up and have a meal." When Lao Song's wife, Wang, saw that her husband and son were back, she was relieved and greeted the two men to have a meal.
"Well, you've worked hard too." Li Hua reached out and touched his wife's face.
Under the reflection of the pond fire, her face was red.
In fact, ordinary people do not have high requirements.
When they were not full, they thought about food and clothing. When they were full, they thought about better food and better clothes. The needs of ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty were limited to this.
Not just the Tang Dynasty, but all dynasties, including the era before Li Mu traveled through time, were pretty much the same. This is what most people think, but if you step out of the scope of "common people" and enter another level, the situation is different.
Same.
Differences in vision, knowledge, experience, class, etc., will bring more desires to people. In order to fill these desires, intrigues and deceptions, and the law of the jungle will happen one after another.
The country finally came to an end from the last reincarnation. What Li Mu was thinking about was how to make the next reincarnation come back later and how to let the people live a better life.
Lantian County is his.asxs..
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Building a career cannot be achieved overnight, and you will always encounter many problems in the process. For example, what Li Mu is currently working on is a problem that can only be encountered when actually doing things and cannot be solved by theory.
At first, he found out that Lantian County had coal, limestone, and kaolin. After it had the conditions to make cement, he designated Lantian County as the location of the first cement factory. Everything went according to plan, but suddenly, problems arose.
Already.
The quality of the coal in Lantian County is comparable to that of coal in Taiyuan within a few meters of the shallow layer, and there is no problem in using it. However, after passing the surface layer, the quality of the coal below drops sharply. It contains high sulfur content and has a peculiar smell when burned.
Two workers had already fainted due to this. After Li Mu learned about the situation, he ordered that only shallow coal mining was allowed for the time being. If there was a strange smell during use, the fire should be extinguished immediately.
After an on-the-spot investigation, the situation was very bleak. If the coal in one place was like this, the coal kiln could be abandoned. But the result of the investigation was that about 80% of the coal kilns here were in this situation. Short
Within a short period of time, because the output is small, it can be dealt with no matter what. But if it is to become a large scale, it cannot be avoided at all costs.
Therefore, this problem must be solved.
Li Mu habitually looks for solutions in the system, but he failed this time.
There was no applicable solution in the system. He searched several times and pulled Snake Spirit out to assist, but he could not find a solution to the problem from the vast code.
This is the first time, and the system cannot help at all.
Helpless, Li Mu had to find a way on his own.
After sifting through two lifetimes of memories, Li Mu finally found a possible solution.
He vaguely remembered that when he first arrived at the orphanage, due to lack of funds, the orphanage did not have a heater. In order to prevent the children from freezing, the old director used a man-powered cart to buy briquettes. Then he mobilized the children to
Let's go pick up branches together to use for warmth.
In China in the 1990s, buildings were still a rarity. Most people lived in bungalows and burned stoves for heating. Briquettes were the best-selling item in winter. The orphanage had no money and couldn't buy much. So it wasn't enough.
Sometimes, the old dean would take them to pick up coal cores that others had not completely burned. The physical memory of coal in their memory was limited to this.
Li Mu vaguely remembered that the old dean had said about briquettes. His original words were that briquettes were just a thing. Coal ballast was originally difficult to use, but when it was made into briquettes, everything could be used. And in his memory
, there is no excessive odor in honeycomb briquettes.
The local briquettes cannot contain sulfides. Then they must have undergone some kind of treatment to achieve this effect.
Considering that the economic situation was not very good at that time, the popularity of briquettes must be because it was cost-effective and affordable for ordinary people. So, no matter how it was processed, the cost must not be very high, otherwise it would not be popularized.
Furthermore, since the technology of briquettes can be rolled out across the country, the technical difficulties must not be high, at least there are no geographical restrictions.
Combining these premises, Li Mu concluded that this thing can be done and it is not that difficult.
Li Mu remembered the shape of the briquettes. So in the first step, he made a mold. He was a senior blacksmith himself, so it was not difficult for him to make a mold.
Once you have the mold, you have the materials.
First of all, there is a certain amount of coal, and there are plenty of crushed coal ballast. Then he has to find a way to bond the coal. In Li Mu’s memory, after the honeycomb briquettes are burned out, they are the color of yellow mud, and nothing else can be seen.
So he had people dig out yellow mud, thaw it, mix it with coal ballast, and then put it into a mold and press it into briquettes.
No experiment was ever successful, and Li Mu never thought that it could be done in one go. However, this thing happened to be so simple, and it was done in one go. It was just that the burned residue was a bit big, so Li Mu adjusted the proportion and increased the amount.
The proportion of coal was reduced and the proportion of yellow mud was changed to 7:3. The later slag will be broken when touched, and the effect is outstanding.
In Li Mu's impression, a very difficult problem was solved so easily, which made him feel like he was punched in cotton. At the same time, he also understood why there was no briquettes in the system. This thing was too simple.
Anyone who is a little older can understand its ingredients. The most important thing is that after Li Mu graduated from university, briquettes have basically disappeared. When placed in games, young people rarely know them. They are just playing games.
There is no need to go to archeology.
The problem was solved, but Li Mu was not satisfied with this.
Although the briquettes he made were similar to those he had seen in his previous life after burning, the briquettes were a bit laborious to ignite and did not burn easily. The briquettes in his memory could only be ignited with a cigarette butt, and
There is very little smoke and dust. This means that there must be something to suppress dust in the briquettes, and there are also substances specifically used to ignite fires.
There is no reference. After Li Mu left the orphanage to go to school, he never saw briquettes again.
So, it was another round of experiments.
Li Mu found out all the relevant formulas in the system, copied them on paper, and then asked someone to take them back to the Ministry of Industry, and asked the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare the materials listed on the list, one truck at a time.
Delivered to Lantian County.
Li Mu's list spread throughout the country within two days. Although no one knew what use these things had, as long as they were used by Li Mu, they seemed to be branded, and they must be useful.
Useful.
Just grab whatever is useful.
In less than three days, in the markets of Chang'an City and Luoyang City, the prices of everything on Li Mu's list increased by about three times. The only thing that remained unchanged was coal, because coal, a livelihood commodity, is sold at a fixed price in winter, and there is no court price.
It is expressly stated that prices are not allowed to be increased at will.
…
After Sun Fujia returned to Chang'an, he spread the news about the cement factory. There was nothing to hide, and he also got Li Mu's permission.
Coupled with the propaganda of Datang Daily, it immediately aroused public opinion.
“Do you know why Mr. Hou was able to build the factory so quickly??”
"Who doesn't know, it's just cement?"
"Cement!" The speaker sighed and said, "What does it look like? I really want to see it with my own eyes."
For more than half a month, the topic of cement has spread throughout the streets and alleys, which has aroused the curiosity of the people. They know that cement is a good thing, but they have no chance to see it. If someone holds a cement exhibition at this time, it will be
The tickets are sure to make a lot of money.
Although they have never seen it, it does not stop their speculation.
"Do you know where the cement comes from?"
"I don't know, do you know?" The man sneered: "If you knew, you would be a marquis!"
"It's pointless to argue, I don't know, but I heard -" After a long sound, he saw that the other person's face changed a little, and finally said: "I heard it from a Taoist priest,
The commander said that he saw a meteor falling from the sky a month ago, and it happened to hit the direction of Lantian County. Then the Marquis went to Lantian, can you think about it? "
"What are you talking about! Cement was invented by Mr. Hou, what does it have to do with meteors!"
"You are stupid and you are still not convinced. How can it be okay?! Who doesn't know that Mr. Hou is the reincarnation of the Taibai Venus in the sky. Everything he invented was brought down from the sky. Otherwise, why can't others invent it? But Mr. Hou can
Invent it!”
…
The two of them spoke loudly, and everyone at the table next to them could hear them. Several people looked at each other and sighed.
They are the shopkeepers of each shop. Today they received an invitation from Shopkeeper Li to come over to discuss how to rescue their young master. Li Mu agreed, but Master Cui did not come out, while the others did not want to see him at all.
See the figure of Li Mu.
However, he has helped to confirm that the people are working in the factory, eating well and sleeping well. In addition to being unable to have freedom, even shopkeeper Li feels that these people are in better spirits than before.
Can it be bad?
This is like Li Mu's previous life. A buddy who slept during the day and danced at night suddenly changed his ways and went to bed early and got up early to exercise. How could he be in poor health?
After learning about this situation, the valve owners of several companies were not so anxious. What they were more concerned about was cement.
Shopkeeper Sun, the chief shopkeeper of the Zheng family, lowered his voice and said: "Did you really see it with your own eyes? A wall ten feet high couldn't be moved in a long time? It solidified so fast? Are you kidding me that you are my grandson!"
"Fart!" Shopkeeper Li said displeasedly; "If you don't believe it, go see it for yourself. What do you say to me?"
"That's over ten feet high. It doesn't even have a foundation, and it falls down at the first touch?!"
"How else would we say that cement is a divine thing!" Shopkeeper Li became Li Mu's admirer after hearing this: "It can't be compared, it just can't be compared."
"You haven't done any research on it?" Shopkeeper Sun said sarcastically: "Even if you use the armpit to carry it, you can carry it out in half a piece. We have so many craftsmen in the family and we still can't research it?"
"Do you still need to steal?" Shopkeeper Li sneered: "A villain's heart will judge a gentleman's heart, are you afraid of seeing it? When I went in, I saw it with my own eyes. There was nothing special, just smashed with stones.
, and then mix some soil, and you will see that you can do it, but you won’t be able to do it.”
"There must be a recipe!"
Shopkeeper Li said sarcastically: "You also know that there is a formula? Do you know that you still fart? Why don't you tell me to ask for the formula! You old bastard who talks weirdly!"
Shopkeeper Li was angry, and shopkeeper Sun's momentum became much weaker.
"It doesn't matter whether you are a bastard or not. The key is to get the cement." After a pause, he added: "Even if we are not the first to get it, we still have to be the first batch, otherwise others will take the lead.