I really don't want to lose the country

Chapter 198 Successful Trial Production of Cement
With no money or food, the reservoir and river embankment project in Nancheng County was interrupted halfway, which is naturally a joke.

The prestige of Xiaoyao Mansion and Ye Qing will inevitably plummet, which is extremely disappointing.

At that time, they will send people to infiltrate the untouchables, and take the opportunity to fan the flames and guide their negative emotions.

When a crowd gathers to make trouble, Xiaoyao Mansion and Ye Qing will have to worry about it, and all the officials will condemn it one-sidedly, Ye Zhen can't keep it even if he wants to.

King Fufeng, King Hongnong, and King Chu followed suit.

I can't step on you.

The corner of the young man's mouth was also slightly upturned, but he still asked: "Father, what about other methods?"

"Other methods, the simple one is of course to find someone to kill Ye Qing directly, so that once and for all." The Patriarch of the Yang family must have shown a fierce look on his face, but he shook gently:
"However, this method is the most difficult to operate, and there should be no hidden dangers. Once you get caught up in the fire, you will lose your reputation."

After speaking, the Patriarch of the Yang family looked at his son.

This is his second son Yang Mingxuan.

He is more capable than Yang Mingtao, but he is also more careless and more ruthless.

So the Yang family mainly warned Yang Mingxuan.

People from aristocratic families should not use this most direct method unless necessary.

Unless you have to.

Yang Mingxuan also knew what the eyes of the Patriarch of the Yang family meant, and nodded quickly in response: "Father, don't worry, the child knows the seriousness. My Yang family has a great career, so there is no need to take such risks."

The Yang family is the strongest family in the Great Zhou. In other words, no matter who becomes the emperor, he cannot do without the Yang family and needs to win over the Yang family.

A thousand-year-old family, a century-old dynasty, taking ten thousand steps back, what does it matter if the emperor is not reused once, the next emperor will take the throne.

The Yang family is still the confidant of the ministers.

Besides, the Yang family still has Iron Industry in their hands.

The Yang family's iron mines and smelting technology are unique to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the entire imperial court needs to rely on them.

Only then did the Patriarch of the Yang family feel relieved and continued: "I'll talk about the rest in the future. We can kill Xiaoyao Mansion just for money and grain. The guy will also have other plans!"

"Father is right!"

My father didn't want to talk about it, and Yang Mingxuan didn't bother, because he was an adult and had his own ideas. He already had drafts in his heart, and he had many nasty ideas.

He believed that with his own intelligence and the energy of the Yang family, it was enough to kill Xiaoyao Mansion and Ye Qing in one fell swoop.

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"Haha, hurry up, take me to see the lord..." Yi Da brought four people into the mansion hurriedly carrying several large pots, and went straight to Ye Qingxian's position.

The person who notified came to tell Ye Qing in advance that Yi Da would arrive soon. Seeing his happy face, Ye Qing said:

"Yida, but the cement was successfully made?"

"My lord, Yi Da was lucky enough to live up to his fate. After countless failures, he finally made a brand of cement." Yi Da explained excitedly and excitedly:
"My lord, this cement is really as you said. It is amazing. After mixing water and sand, after drying, it is as hard as a stone. It is amazing."

Hearing Yi Da's report, Ye Qing knew that he had really succeeded, and the hardness of the label was not bad.

Yi Da asked someone to open the big jar they brought, and a puff of dust rose up. Ye Qing took a few steps back, smelling it, and his whole expression was also excited.

When the dust fell down, Ye Qing took a closer look, scratched it with something, and said with satisfaction:
"That's right, that's it. We must hurry up production and continue experimenting, especially the graded cement used underwater."

"It's my lord. I've told people to step up training. As long as Mr. Lu's people have built the factory, they will be able to run at full capacity and produce non-stop day and night, and they will be able to supply continuously." Yi Da vowed. Finished, as if thinking of something, he said:
"However, my lord, this thing is produced with too much dust, which makes people smell uncomfortable, otherwise the efficiency will be higher!"

"It's simple. I'll ask someone to make a cotton mask, which can effectively prevent the inhalation of dust." The occupational disease in the cement factory is lung disease. If you don't inhale too much cement powder, you will easily get sick and die, so Ye Qing said again:
"I will let the glassmaker produce a batch of goggles to protect the eyes."

"The lord is benevolent and righteous. Yi Da thanked the lord on behalf of all the cement production staff." Yi Da immediately bowed down.

Leaving aside the mask, he didn't know what it was anyway.

The goggles are made of glass, so they are worth a lot.

Taking a piece of glass to sell outside can make people worry about food and clothing.

Ye Qingken used such a precious thing to protect ordinary employees, which shows his benevolence and kindness.

It's just that Yida doesn't know how the glass production is now, otherwise he wouldn't think so.

Ye Qing didn't explain much.

Glass is still in the confidential stage, and glass mirrors and transparent glass can be produced in the size of washbasins.

Ye Qing was going to replace the windows in the mansion and the sun and moon skylights on the beams with glass first.

This way the lighting is better.

At the same time, he also wants to set up several greenhouses and grow some vegetables to improve the lack of food in mid-winter.

In short, Xiaoyao Mansion has too many things to do now.

"Call everyone over to see how the cement is used, and check its practicability, convenience, and strength. When the time comes to supervise the project, I will have an idea in mind."

Ye Qing sent Yi Da away, and immediately ordered someone to call over Li Ru, Guo Jia, Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Li Bing, Lu Ban, Cai Lun and all available generals.

Cement is a magic weapon.

All national projects after the Great Zhou Empire, whether military or Ming, must use it.

It is vital that everyone understands.

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In addition to the fact that the Yang family saw Ye Qing's shortcomings and loopholes in Xiaoyao Mansion, all forces have long been aware of this problem, and all major tasks require money and food.

Some people are useless, money and food are king.

So after seeing the Yang family buying and hoarding food in large quantities, the Liu family of Hedong and the Cui family of Hongnong also joined in one after another, spending a sum of money and hoarding it first.

The aristocratic family already has the habit of hoarding. Every autumn harvest is abundant, and when the price of food is extremely low, they will buy a large amount.

In the beginning of spring, when the people have no or little food in their hands, they raise the price of food and sell it.

So this is also their conventional method of attacking others.

These first-class aristocratic families started to do it, and other aristocratic families from all over the world followed suit.

The aristocratic family line has made a move, and the same is true for the civil service line.

Although the Chuyue Kingdom did not have the financial resources to buy food to contain Ye Qing, they could still get stuck in Wuguan.

Let the Chuyue Kingdom prohibit the food from the Chuyue Kingdom from flowing into Dazhou.

You must know that Chuyue Kingdom is the hometown of corn, a land of abundant products, and a lot of grain is exported to Dazhou every year.

Of these factions, one buys inside and the other bans outside.

Soon, the grain supply in Chang'an City decreased day by day, and grain prices rose accordingly.

Shen Wansan, who was in charge of purchasing food for Xiaoyao Mansion, hurried into Xiaoyao Mansion so anxiously that his brow was sweating.

"My lord! The big thing is bad. The food price in Chang'an has suddenly risen by several layers, and it has never stopped. It may continue to double and skyrocket. Our commercial bank will have no money to buy food..."

(End of this chapter)