Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 167 Come, let me show you a big treasure!

"You treat a person with ideals like this?" Li Huan snorted, expressing his dissatisfaction.

Liu Ling couldn't help but rub his face with his hands, and then looked at Li Huan with a dull look: "It's not that I'm rude, it's just that brother-in-law, the way you realize your ideal is too incredible."

"It's not unbelievable, this is the safest way." Li Huan mused: "When I went down the mountain, I encountered a sandstorm. I thought I was going to be doomed, but Zhang Qian saved me. Before I knew what night it was, I was going to die. I can only follow Zhang Qian and escape all the way back to Chang'an. It is my wish to survive in this world and not to seek knowledge and enlightenment among the princes. However, life is unpredictable and things often backfire."

"Do all people have ideals?" Liu Ling looked around blankly.

"That's not true. If a person has no ideals, what's the difference between him and a salted fish?" Li Huan picked up the kettle and took a swig, like drinking strong liquor.

"You can't keep yesterday's day, today's day is full of worries. In life, you can only seize the present!" Li Huan looked at Liu Ling who was silent and violently attacked by himself, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "My lord, you have ideals" ?"

"Me?" Liu Ling found that he didn't dare to look into Li Huan's eyes for a while.

"Perhaps I am being abrupt. Since the Lord was born into this world, he has been living in fine clothes and fine food, and his fingers have not touched the spring water. Only these people who are not living as they wish can have ideals." Li Huan shook his head secretly: "I My long-term ideal is to be able to mess it up at will without your Majesty cutting off my head. My short-term ideal is to turn the entire backward and poor Anyang City into a rich place that everyone yearns for."

"Only people like my brother-in-law can live freely." Liu Ling sighed.

Li Huan said: "My lord is joking, how can you not be free? Huainan country is stable and stable, the people are rich, and there are no disasters. Let go of the shackles in your heart, and you will be the real free man in this world."

Liu Ling took a deep breath, and her already broad mind instantly turned into a promax, and Li Huan's eyes widened...

"Does it look good?" Liu Ling asked.

Out of instinct, Li Huan nodded and said: "It looks good! Ah... it's not like that..."

"What's that like?" These peach blossom eyes can speak.

Li Huan looked solemn: "It's a sign of respect for the Lord!"

"Respect?" Liu Ling smiled sweetly: "Brother-in-law is really good at talking, but I can just watch it whenever I want. There is no need to be secretive. My little sister is not one of those coy mountain village women."

Li Huan breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Ling added, "The mountain col ahead looks good. Brother-in-law, don't you want to go in and take a walk?"

After taking a look, Li Huan quickly shook his head: "I don't want to."

"Hmph! People thought my brother-in-law was very courageous... How boring!" Liu Lingjiao snorted, and then said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I suddenly have an ideal in my heart."

"That's right, life without ideals is just like salted fish, very fishy!" Li Huanhua said: "If you have ideals, you must put them into action. My lord, I inspected the construction site and found that there is no problem. We should gone back."

He originally came here to inspect with other purposes, but he was accompanied by Liu Ling, so naturally this purpose could only be postponed.

"Brother-in-law, where is the cement you mentioned? Why are you missing? Are you worried that I will bring the method of making cement back to Huainan?"

Liu Ling looked around, his posture was beautiful, natural and touching.

Li Huan shook his head: "We are still preparing the raw materials. I will naturally invite you to watch it together when the time comes."

This thing is not difficult at all, and it can be made using local materials.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Huan can only use the most primitive cement.

More primitive cement, simply makes people feel like this?

Lime and volcanic ash are mixed together to form natural cement, which is not only strong but also resistant to salt water erosion.

Li Huan couldn't find volcanic ash, but he understood another truth. Lime and clay were mixed in a ratio of three to one. This was the prototype of modern industrial cement.

To obtain hydraulic cement, limestone containing clay needs to be fired and then ground finely.

This completely satisfied Li Huan's ideal prototype of building this place into a clean and modern city with an excellent drainage system.

What is the most difficult part in the whole process?
That is, the process of grinding cement may be a bit difficult, but Li Huan doesn't care. Mixing lime and clay in a ratio of three to one can be used as a basis for trying.

Apart from anything else, before he came to this world, I saw many similar outdoor bloggers making cement using local materials when browsing short videos.

This thing is easier to make than paper making or iron smelting. It really only requires hands; if you don’t have hands, you can use your feet!

Liu Ling didn't want to go back, so he pestered Li Huan and walked to the river. There was no way to divert water from the fast river to make a cement windmill to grind cement.

It's not that there is no way to dig tributaries, but once dug, everything will be in vain during the flood season and rainy season.

This means we can only look for tributaries of large rivers, divert water along the tributaries, and build windmills and water mills. In this way, we can save a lot of manpower.

Not only can it be used to grind cement, shell grains, but it can even be used to wash clothes...

Li Huan could even remember that after Sima Qian watched the magical scene of washing clothes in the windmill water mill at the foot of Lishan Mountain, he actually asked, "Can this thing be used to massage the back?"

As a person who writes at his desk all year round, Li Huan can understand that he has cervical spondylosis, but... is this kind of thinking ahead of himself as a time traveler?
So, he replied to Sima Qian that it was okay, but this is the last massage in your life.

After Sima Qian heard this, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​having someone design a windmill in the water after the massage.

Dusk was coming, and Li Huan couldn't figure out how the day passed. He only remembered that his eyes had been following Liu Ling up and down.

Perhaps, people have seen so many beautiful things that they cannot even notice how time passes.

It's a pity that Liu Ling's father, King Huainan, was really unbearable and restrained Li Huan's bold and bold ideas.

The sun was setting on the top of the mountain, and Liu Ling had no choice but to go back and be a stay-at-home girl with Gillian even if he didn't want to.

"Your Majesty, I have found out clearly that what the man who stole the flesh and bones yesterday is true is true, and it is even more miserable than what he said."

As soon as Li Huan walked into the city gate, the guards came to report.

When Liu Ling heard this, she immediately started to inquire curiously. After listening to Li Huan's words, she couldn't wait to look at the guard: "Tell me quickly, what's going on?"

The guard glanced at Li Huan, saw Li Huan nodded slightly, and then said: "When the villain found this man's home, he found that he had an old mother, whose eyes were blind at night; a wife, and two children. , the eldest son is four years old, and the youngest son is one and a half years old. His wife is as skinny as a fire stick, with a withered face. She has no breast milk to feed the child, and can only feed her some okra and wild vegetables that have been boiled into paste. In addition, there are two pieces of coarse-hulled corn in the house. Five ounces, one pound of wheat, and three large coins were given to me by him who came to the construction site the day before to carry stones, and there was nothing else."

"So poor?" Liu Ling was surprised and glanced at the gold threads dotted on his sleeves. A handful of these things would be enough to keep these people from having to worry about food and drink for most of their lives.

"How did Sima Qian do it?" Li Huan ignored Liu Ling's remarks.

The rich cannot imagine how the poor live, and this has been true since ancient times. If this were not the case, how could the words "why not eat minced meat" be uttered?

"Tai Shigong sent twenty kilograms of corn to this man's home, and then sentenced him to have his right hand chopped off in accordance with the law."

Li Huan snorted: "He's just showing off."

The guard didn't dare to answer.

Liu Ling asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, what do you mean by acting and showing off at the same time?"

"I want to be a bitch, but I also need to build a chastity memorial..." Li Huan said these words, but found that there was no such thing as a chastity memorial in this era. When he was about to explain in depth, Liu Ling actually heard what he meant. .

Liu Ling chuckled: "Brother-in-law, Sima Qian is deliberately irritating you and wants you to erase this person's guilt!"

"Did you say erase?" Li Huan suddenly smiled and looked at Liu Ling.

Liu Ling took off a pearl from her sleeve and threw it into the soil on the ground. The pearl was instantly covered with dust. She said to the guard: "Go, tell Anyang Hou Daren to be righteous and absolve that person of his guilt; people are born poor, It's not his fault, but after Anyang Marquis arrives in Anyang County, he will naturally lead everyone to live a good life together. Whoever dares to steal again in the future will be punished according to law and will not be tolerated!" The guard glanced at Li Huan again and saw Li Huan With a smile and a slight nod, he bent down, picked up the pearl, held his hand towards Li Huan, and then retreated.

"What a stupid idiot." Liu Ling made no secret of his disdain for stupid people.

"If everyone in the world is a smart person, then who will be at the mercy of others?"

Liu Ling pursed her red lips: "Brother-in-law, can I follow you out for a walk tomorrow?"

"No." Li Huan shook his head. He had already controlled himself very well today. If he followed him to the wilderness again tomorrow, Li Huan couldn't guarantee whether he would be able to maintain his sanity.

After all, under normal circumstances, if the mountain does not come over and people don't walk over, then naturally there will be no relationship between man and the mountain. At most, they just look at it a few more times; but his current situation is different. He has already gone there. After retreating from behind, Shan still spread his legs and charged towards him. Who can withstand this?

Before Liu Ling could act coquettishly, Li Huan hurriedly said: "Everything has been secured. The construction of Anyang County only needs time."

"Brother-in-law, don't you feel bored staying at home?" Liu Ling kept shaking his head: "In addition to playing chess every day, the nobles won't let me, and they kill me every time..."

Li Huan's eyes suddenly lit up: "How about we try playing mahjong?"

"Playing mahjong?" Liu Ling's eyes were full of confusion.

Li Huanhua said: "That's right. You said I've been down the mountain for so long, why haven't I thought of teaching you how to play mahjong? In this case, you won't be unable to stay here for a whole day."

Liu Ling immediately refused: "If I can't be with my brother-in-law, what's the use of this mahjong?"

"The four of us are playing together." Li Huan said with a smile, "Wouldn't it be great for you, me, the Queen Mother, and Sima Qian?"

"Why did you call that Sima Qian? What's so special about him?"

Li Huan said with a smile: "I've been very unhappy with him recently. If the three of us cooperate in playing mahjong, we can make Sima Qian lose money. As far as I know, this Sima Qian doesn't have much wealth!"

Liu Ling's touching peach blossom eyes couldn't help but reveal a bit of ferociousness after hearing these words.

Back at the place where he stayed, Li Huan first called a carpenter, and then he drew the structure of the mahjong tiles and what each tile looked like. Then he gave it to the carpenter and asked him to divide the work, and then he finished his dinner. Will do it later.

This sounds quite harsh, but there are so many carpenters on such a huge construction site inside and outside the city?

As soon as Li Huan gave the order, hundreds of carpenters immediately went to work on this task, including collecting materials, drawing, cutting, carving, fine grinding, oiling, fine grinding, coloring, solidifying, baking, and grinding again. !
Thanks to the skillful techniques of the craftsmen, a complete set of mahjong tiles was delivered to Li Huan in less than an hour.

Li Huan grabbed a few and looked at them. They were polished well, but he had to find an opportunity to trick Gillian into using jade to make a pair of mahjong tiles. Gold was too heavy, but silver seemed good too?It’s not very good either, jade is just right.

"Very good, everyone goes down to receive the reward." Li Huan happily held a box of mahjong and went to meet Gillian.

Not surprisingly, Gillian is still playing chess with Liu Ling.

One has a murderous look on his face, and the other has a sad face. He has already been pressed step by step and is unable to struggle.

People in this era have too little entertainment.

"Mahjong tiles?" Gillian grabbed a piece of Yaoji and couldn't help but smile a little. She picked up another piece of Thirty Thousand and touched it. The sound was very crisp. The craftsmen used good wood.

"How to play this?" Gillian was really interested. The source of happiness for a stay-at-home girl is that there are many fun things to do at home.

Gillian's fun comes from the chessboard, and the addition of Liu Ling, a badass player, can satisfy her great pleasure of winning and losing.

Because she will always be the one who takes off a piece of clothing whoever loses in a chess match with Liu Che...

"Queen, don't be anxious, I will explain the rules to the queen right now!" Li Huan turned his head and glanced at Da Changqiu, whose eyes were shining brightly beside him: "Come here, mahjong requires a group of four people to complete!"

Da Changqiu does not dare to be presumptuous, and the hierarchy is orderly. How dare he sit at the same table with Gillian?

Gillian's newly painted willow eyebrows raised slightly: "You haven't heard anything yet?"

"Don't dare!" Dachangqiu bowed to the ground.

Gillian didn't want to antagonize her loyal old servant, so she waved her hand: "Go and call Mrs. Wei."

"Here!"

The concept of dignity and inferiority has been engraved in his bones and blood for a lifetime, and he never dares to be presumptuous.

After a while, the well-dressed Mrs. Wei came over. She came to see her mother, but she saw her husband Li Huan, the princess Liu Ling, and her mother Chen Hou. The three of them were gathered around a wooden table, discussing something enthusiastically.

"Meet the Queen Mother!" Mrs. Wei was nervous, but her etiquette became more and more respectful.

Gillian stood up and quickly pulled Wei, who was half-kneeling, to the table. She didn't say anything to Young Master Wei, but looked at Li Huan with excitement: "What did you just say? Thirteen? Come on? Come on, let me show you a lesson, this is much more interesting than playing chess."

Wei Shao'er was quite nervous, but when she saw her husband Li Huan demonstrating the small wooden blocks on the table for her mother with eyes full of joy, her tense nerves naturally relaxed. And listening to Li Huan's explanation, she gradually got better and realized This turns out to be an extremely fun game...

The three people present were all extremely smart women, and they had quickly memorized the gameplay mentioned by Li Huan.

As a result, the sound of playing cards became more and more intense in the room, accompanied by Gillian's increasingly crazy laughter.

The night was dark, and Da Changqiu and the maids waiting beside him were not sleepy at all. Just a moment ago, Gillian, who had always been calm and majestic, suddenly shouted: "Mom! I'm confused, son, look at it. Are the cards in my mother’s hand all-clear?”

Li Huan, who could hardly stand it any longer, was startled. He craned his neck to take a look. He felt like he had seen a ghost. Isn't this... too unscientific?
From learning mahjong to now, Gillian has only been in touch with mahjong for no more than three hours. How can she become the king of gamblers at the poker table?

Looking at Gillian's beautiful face filled with a proud smile, Li Huan felt that his brain had involuntarily arranged for Gillian the background sound of Fa Ge's appearance as Gambling King...

However, Li Huan could never have imagined that what Gillian was thinking about was that she could use mahjong to torture Emperor Liu Che and regain the position she had lost on the chessboard after being tortured...

That night, Li Huan was not even sure how he got back to his room. He only remembered that he couldn't stand it any longer, so he had Master Shengxue brought over who was fast asleep. The three girls were given to Master Shengxue. Excitedly introducing the rules, the ignorant Shengxue Master played a few games and immediately found the rules, but he was still no match for Gillian, who was possessed by the God of Gamblers.

The early morning sunshine, accompanied by Wei Shaoer's hoarse voice, woke up Li Huan.

When he learned that Wei Shao'er had just come back instead of just waking up, Li Huan was in a bad mood...

"The slave family is not willing to shout loudly, but the mother-in-law refused to shout because she couldn't get enough. When we asked us to play cards, we all shouted together. The master was worse than the slave family. She shouted until she lost her voice..."

"It's too indulgent. You can't do this in the future. Just have fun during the day." Li Huan held his forehead with his hand.

Wei Shao'er pulled him into his arms, his hoarse voice, and his scarlet eyes surrounded by dark circles after staying up late, all filled with the madness after staying up late playing cards: "Husband, my mother asked me to ask you if there is any more fun game. ?”

"Yes!" Li Huan said decisively: "But all of you have to go to bed now. After you have enough energy, you can do other things."

Wei Shaoer kissed her with a "pop", and his exhausted body could no longer bear it, so he fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Li Huan opened the door and saw that Cuihua, Hongzhi, Manguyin and Dachangqiu had gathered together at a table. The cards in their hands were made separately and they were having a great time playing at the moment. .

Li Huan was speechless for a while, and even felt a little regretful. He made this thing on a whim yesterday, but... is this good or bad?

In particular, my original intention was to get everyone to trick Sima Qian, but what was the result?
Sima Qian didn't trick him, so he tricked his own people first...

"No, I have to make something more artistic!"

(End of this chapter)