Kai Fu Han

Chapter 211 Turning Mud into Stone
"All the goods we brought over were sold out, and the sales price was more than double what we estimated before we set off. However, the contact with the court did not go smoothly, and the alliance leader's instructions were not fulfilled." Zhou Xinyuan briefly introduced this time The harvest of going south.

"By the way, where is the alliance leader?" After several people greeted each other, Zhou Xinyuan found that Liu Xinqi was not there and asked quickly.

"Something happened in the Japanese country. I was ambushed by pirates and the trade was not completed smoothly. Half a month ago, I sent a ship back on August 25 to report that the ships of the second fleet have been arranged to go to the Japanese country for support. Until now, there has been no news. Come back." Liu Lizhen replied.

"Um... do we need to send the first fleet there too?" Zhou Xinyuan asked worriedly.

"It shouldn't be necessary. The fleet that came back before told me that although it was attacked by pirates, the alliance leader has already established a foothold on the Japanese island of Yuma. It only requires the ships of the second fleet to go over to support, and there is no arrangement for you to come back. In the past, I think he was sure to use the existing manpower to complete the development of Japan's trade routes." Liu Lizhen analyzed.

"But we encountered a hurricane on the way back. In Yanwei Town on September 25, it was observed that the hurricane moved from south to north. If the second fleet set out from Penglai to Japan on August [-], it might just encounter it at sea. Hurricane." Julang, who had been silent until now, interjected.

After hearing this, everyone lost their excitement just now and were worried about Liu Xinqi's actual situation in Japan.

"From now on, the leader of the alliance can no longer be allowed to personally take part in danger. It makes people fearful. If something goes wrong, the loss outweighs the gain." Liu Lisheng said.

"There will be no mistakes. Let's arrange to unload the ship immediately. After unloading the ship, complete the supplies as soon as possible, and then arrange the ship to go to Japan." Luo Cheng suggested.

"Okay, arrange to unload the ship immediately." Everyone acted quickly, leaving Xu Han and Wanyan Zongjun aside for a while.

"Is Liu Xinqi very popular in the Xinghan League?" Xu Han asked Wanyan Zongjun.

"It is very popular. It can be said that the Xinghan League was developed by Liu Xinqi. It was he who took the original Liu Family Fort to escape from the iron heel of our Jin Kingdom, migrated to Dengzhou, and then grew from a country with less than a thousand people and no food and clothing. From a small force, it took more than a year to develop into the Xinghan League, which now occupies a county and has no worries about food and clothing." Wanyan Zongjun concluded.

"It's really amazing." Xu Han praised.

The two stood and watched for a while at the port. Zhou Xinyuan finally remembered that there were guests and hurried over to entertain them.

"It was my negligence. I was in such a hurry to arrange the unloading of the ship that I forgot to receive you." Zhou Xinyuan apologized.

"Understandable. They are all worried. It is very important for you to come to your leader." Xu Han said.

"He is the soul of our Xinghan League. As you have seen along the way, some of our soldiers are far more powerful than ordinary people. Now that you have come to Penglai, I can tell you." Zhou Xinyuan told Xu Han introduced: "These people have received the immortal magic of the alliance leader and been promoted to immortal soldiers and generals. Only then can they have three or four times the courage of ordinary people."

Xu Han's face was solemn: "I heard those soldiers say this on the ship before. I thought it was your policy of obscuring the people of the Han League and cultivating the personality worship of the leader. See what you said, are these rumors true? Zi Buyu The strange power confuses the gods."

"It's true, otherwise how could a normal person develop such high strength." Zhou Xinyuan explained again.

"But I think if you don't see it with your own eyes, you won't completely believe it. Let's wait until the leader comes back to show it to you in person."

After speaking, Zhou Xinyuan led the two of them towards the city.

After walking a few steps, I saw that a large area of ​​road in front was blocked by a fence. There were workers paving the road inside the fence. That kind of road paving method was unheard of. They actually dumped mud-like materials on the ground and then pushed them away. Smooth with a wooden board.

I saw a part of the completed road surface that was exactly the same as the road under my feet.Then Xu Han finally discovered the difference in the road surface of this port. It turned out to be a very large continuous "slate".

"How is this done?" Xu Han pointed to the road construction site in front and asked Zhou Xinyuan: "Is this also the magical method of 'turning mud into stone'?"

Hearing what Xu Han said was interesting, Zhou Xinyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It can indeed be called 'turning mud into stone', but it is not an immortal method."

Then he took Xu Han to the side of the construction site, called a person in charge, and asked him to explain to him in detail that Zhou Xinyuan only knew that it was the credit of "cement", and he was not too clear about the details.

"This is concrete made by mixing stones, sand, cement and water in a certain proportion. It is in a paste state when it is first made and can be shaped. After half an hour, it begins to solidify. After one day, its strength is equivalent to that of fire-fired bricks. It is equivalent to natural stone and will be harder than stone after one month.”

After a brief introduction, the person in charge introduced various raw materials and construction processes to the three people in detail.

Xu Han was shocked after hearing this: "If this could be mass-produced and used to build city walls with this 'concrete', wouldn't it be impossible for anyone to break through it?"

The person in charge retorted: "My lord, that's not right. When a city is breached, it's not because it's not strong enough, but because of the people who defend the city."

"I didn't expect that a little craftsman like you would have such insight." What the person in charge said made sense. Xu Han couldn't refute it and praised it.

"This is not what I said, but what our alliance leader said. When concrete was first invented, our general manager suggested using it to build a tall and strong city wall, but the alliance leader rejected it. He said this when he refused." The person in charge explained.

"Then what else did he say?" Xu Han asked curiously.

"The alliance leader also said that we should defend the enemy from the outside, instead of building a city wall to trap 'courage' inside the city wall." The person in charge said.

"What a 'defend the enemy from outside', hey, if the officials understood this truth, half of our country would not be lost now." Xu Han sighed.

Thinking that the country was in danger, Xu Han's interest dropped a bit. He stood next to the construction site and looked around the entire port. He was very envious of the vitality here.

Suddenly, Xu Han saw several high platforms being built by the port. He pointed to the high platforms being built and asked the craftsmen who were still standing next to them: "What are they building? A watchtower?"

The craftsman did not answer directly, but looked at Zhou Xinyuan.

"Tell me about it, I want to know too." Zhou Xinyuan agreed.

"This is to build a 'fort' again." The craftsman only said his name, then said no more and returned to the construction site to continue directing the workers to work.

"Why are you leaving? What is a fort? A platform for placing 'ballistas'?" Xu Han asked.

(End of this chapter)