Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 36 Is it really hard?

Putting this question aside, Zhang Yifan recalled, what happened to Zheng Guogong?
Thinking about it this way, the problem arises again.

From his impression, he only knew about Chang Yuchun's affairs. As for other matters, such as whether the Chang family would be liquidated by Zhu Yuanzhang in the future and what the reasons were, he didn't know.

So, Zhang Yifan was confused!
At this time, he felt a little regretful: He just likes reading, but why don't he read more history books, especially the history books of the early Ming Dynasty?
If we could know this history in detail, things would become clearer and many things would be easier to do!
But then again, who with eyesight in front and back could know that one day the soul would transcend into the early Ming Dynasty?
Zhang Yifan couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about this.When I finish my work later, I want to go around Nanjing more and listen to more news. Maybe I can think of something.

As for the Chang family, after all, the princess is here, so everything will be fine before Zhu Biao's death.If he were to be implicated, it would be unlikely that he would be implicated in the Hu Weiyong case, but would be more likely to be implicated in the Lan Yu case.

Thinking like this, Zhang Yifan simply stopped thinking about it. It was still early anyway, so he had to make certain achievements first and have the right to speak, at least in the Chang family.

So, the next time was the time when Liujia Village was in full swing.

The women in the village wash, mend, and make big pots of rice to solve logistical problems; under Zhang Yifan's assignment, the men are busy on the river or by the river, and go up the mountain to cut trees and bamboo, etc. Working hard.

As for Zhang Yifan, after explaining the cement kiln, he re-planned the layout of the village according to his vision.Since all the houses in the village need to be renovated anyway, we might as well plan them all.

All in all, very busy.

Even Zhu Jingjing is the same. As long as she has the opportunity to sneak out, she will definitely sneak out and run to Liujia Village to participate in the reconstruction of Liujia Village.

Of course, if she doesn't work, no one would dare to let this rich lady work.However, this does not prevent her from chirping in Liujia Village.

Most of the time, he was chatting next to Zhang Yifan, and he would also help out with ideas and so on.For example, when planning the village, how to make use of the willow trees everywhere to make the village look more harmonious and natural, and then, from time to time, give Zhang Yifan a piece of snacks, preserves or something.

When Zhang Yifan was busy, she would either go to the village to inquire about Zhang Yifan's past, or go watch bird catching or fishing.

In short, life here in Liujia Village was far happier for Zhu Jingjing than in the palace.

On this day, with the efforts of the masons, the cement kiln was finally completed according to Zhang Yifan's design and with some additional suggestions.

Not only that, but from Nanjing City, bricks were continuously shipped over, saying that they wanted to build a wall to surround the cement kiln.

Zhang Yifan expressed his understanding of this.

After all, after building a wall, it can be kept more or less confidential, and the possibility of leakage will be pushed back as far as possible.

This situation is beneficial to the Chang family, and it is also beneficial to Liujia Village.Anyway, Liujiacun didn't need to contribute money or effort, so Zhang Yifan was happy for them to do so.

When it was time to bake cement for the first time, the masons sent by the Crown Princess worked together with Tian Dazhuang and others from Liujia Village. They mixed limestone and clay according to the proportions given by Zhang Yifan, and used the Chang family to transport it from Nanjing City. coal begins to burn.Others, etc., were all excluded from the cement kiln.In other words, only they know the cement formula.

Everyone in Liujia Village knew that cement was coming out of the kiln, which was not only related to the renovation of their village, but also related to whether the village could make money. Therefore, almost everyone worked a little carelessly on this day.

Even the old ladies in the village started chatting while working.Of course, they all said the best, and it would definitely work out. If anyone dared to guess something bad, a group of people would definitely say "bah, bah, crow's mouth" to her.

Not to mention that they were not calm, even Zhu Jingjing, who came from a royal family and had seen the world, was also a little uneasy.

Naturally, it was impossible to hide the cement formula from her.Therefore, she knew that the cost of this cement was indeed very cheap, it was nothing more than some common limestone and clay!

So the question is, is there really something useful and cheap in the world?
At this time, she was very worried. Is this cement, which is said to have the same effect as Sanhe soil, really useful?

If the effect of this cement is greatly reduced, it will affect major events in her life!
During these days in Liujia Village, the 16-year-old girl was like a free bird, not to mention how happy she was.She really likes days like this!
Zhang Yifan, on the other hand, was the least nervous.Even if it's the first time firing in this plane, and it's not a very high-tech thing, the possibility of an accident is very small.

Even if there is, if you adjust it later, there will still be no problem!
So instead, he arranged for others to dig sand, level the roadbed, and so on.Time is tight, and we can't delay other things just because we are all watching the show.

When others saw Zhang Yifan being so confident, it gave them confidence, and they all listened to Zhang Yifan's words with great enthusiasm and worked hard.

Of course, in their hearts, they are still concerned about the success of cement.

Fired in a cement kiln, the clinker formed by sintering after the reaction is relatively large balls, and these clinkers can be ground to obtain very fine powdered cement.Because the hydraulic facilities have not been repaired, they can only be handled manually.

A group of strong men from Liujia Village, led by Tian Dazhuang, looked at the gray cement with a little doubt in their hearts.

However, the results are needless to say.The fired cement is quickly transported to the village. The sand is mixed with cement, water is added, and off you go...

The simplest cement road soon appeared in this dimension under the command of Zhang Yifan.

However, the cement did not solidify so quickly, so a fence was set up to prevent people and animals from stepping on it.During this process, everyone had doubts in their hearts. If they looked like this and couldn't step on them, not even the chickens in the village, would this cement work?
Zhang Yifan didn't care what they thought, he just ordered: "Don't go to the paved cement road. When you get up tomorrow, you will see the result? Now it's time to work, keep working, hurry up, let's grab it It’s time!”

He had spoken like this, so naturally the others could only listen to him, looked at the paved cement road, and went to work with some worry.

Needless to say, this method of paving with cement is indeed easier and faster than paving with stone slabs.I just don’t know, is it really tough?

When it was almost dark and Zhu Jingjing would be too late if she didn't go back, she reluctantly went back.

This night, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep well!
(End of this chapter)