Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 43 Punishment Department Going to Work?

The moment Li Fei learned that Wang Yu suppressed Yang Guozhong and succeeded in becoming the Minister of the Household Department, he knew that Li Linfu and Wang Ji were going to be doomed.

Although I don't know the details, but in history, Wang Yu was killed by Yang Guozhong less than a year after he became the Minister of the Ministry of Households. Li Linfu was also quickly kicked out of the position of prime minister. Yang Guozhong succeeded Li Linfu as prime minister as he wished. Power over the world!
Li Fei didn't care how Wang Yu and Li Linfu would be killed by Yang Guozhong. He was more concerned about when he could finish renovating the house so that he could go back to Xunyang County to pick up his lovely wife Lin Shiyue.

Thinking of the possible scene of himself appearing in front of his father-in-law Lin Siming as Lord Marquis, Li Fei laughed a bit meanly.

The bathroom is not difficult to build, and it is basically completed in just three days.

Biogas digesters are more troublesome. I have tried clay mixed with glutinous rice slurry and lime, but the effect is far inferior to that of cement. It is very likely that the gas will not be able to be stored and the smell will overflow.

Li Fei had to come up with the idea of ​​cement again. The principle of cement is very simple, that is, a certain proportion of limestone is fired with clay.

Of course, although the principle is known, it is not so simple to actually fire it.

Considering that Zhaojia Kiln's porcelain kiln can produce top-quality porcelain, the achievable temperature in the kiln must not be low, and it should also be able to produce cement.

Li Fei is not too sure, but he is still willing to spend time as an experiment.So Li Fei took the time to go to Zhaojiayao a few more times, and told Zhao's father and son about the burning of cement.

"Master Hou, is it really as miraculous as you said?" Because without the pressure of Zhou's kiln, Mr. Zhao's health gradually recovered, and he was able to preside over the kiln and fire porcelain again. He personally supervised the firing of the kiln. .

"Of course!" Li Fei said with certainty.

One of the inseparable raw materials for modernization, as long as cement can be fired successfully, it must be miraculous.

Immediately, Li Fei asked Mr. Zhao if there were any limestone and clay nearby. If not, he had to look elsewhere.

"Lord Hou, some limestone and clay are often used to make porcelain, so when our Zhaojia Kiln was first established, we chose a place not far from a limestone mine. The distance is less than two miles, and the clay mountain is even closer. It's close, less than a mile, and it's over there!" Mr. Zhao said, and pointed the direction for Li Fei.

Li Fei looked up, and sure enough, he saw a large earth mountain that had already been mined to a corner, presumably it was the clay mine Mr. Zhao was referring to.

"The reason why Zhou's kiln took a fancy to our Zhao's kiln is not only because our Zhao's kiln is of high quality, but another reason is the location of Zhao's kiln, where all kinds of things needed for firing porcelain are very close. You can mine at will! In addition to the Zhaojia Kiln, there are also many small porcelain kilns built here." Mr. Zhao said.

"Okay! That's great!" Li Fei was overjoyed. He didn't get so close to the raw materials, such a big clay mountain, and the entire limestone mountain, which is almost inexhaustible!
Li Fei mixed the raw materials of cement according to the proportions he knew, and put them in the Zhaojia kiln for firing.

The temperature inside the Zhaojia Kiln can reach at least [-] degrees, maybe even higher, but the temperature required for firing cement is less than [-] degrees.Li Fei is looking forward to whether the cement can really be fired!
It was ground into powder and then fired. When it was taken out of the kiln again, the color had changed to the color of cement that he was familiar with.

Before trying it out, Li Fei was not sure whether the cement had been fired or not.

Stir it with water, then pour it into a mud pit, and wait for a day or two to see if it can condense and how hard it is.

Two days later, Li Fei came to Zhaojiayao again. The cement poured in that day had congealed. If he wanted to know how hard it was, he had to dig it out for a try.

Li Fei found a stone and knocked it on the condensed cement block. It was like the sound of a stone hitting a stone. The cement block was smashed with only a little mark and did not break, indicating that it was very firm.

"Hahahaha, it's done, this is cement!" Li Fei laughed excitedly. He reckoned that although it was not as good as the high-grade cement used for special purposes in his previous life, it was not inferior to the cement used in ordinary buildings. For Datang, it was enough to shock the world, and it was also enough to be useful.

"Amazing, amazing!" The Zhao family father and son were amazed, they had never seen such a substance.

"Master Hou, if this is used to build a wall, it must be very stable!" Zeng Aniu said from the side.

Zhao's father and son nodded one after another: "What Ah Niu said is very true. Although the clay, lime and glutinous rice paste used to build the wall can also be condensed, it is far less firm than Houye's cement. If you don't consider the cost and use cement to build the wall, it will definitely be strong. Several times!"

"It's not just for building walls, it has a lot of uses." Those hundreds of feet tall buildings in later generations couldn't be built without cement, and modern flat-roofed houses, etc., are simply too versatile.

Of course, its only use now is to allow Li Fei to build a biogas digester.

With cement, gravel and sand are mixed to make cement slurry, which is poured on the iron bars to build the model. After it solidifies, a biogas pool will come out.

The construction craftsmen did not understand the use of cement, they just did the work according to Li Fei's requirements, and completed the construction with a stomach full of bewilderment.

Li Fei was also not interested in explaining too much to these craftsmen. Before the time came, he didn't want to let everyone know about the cement.

After finishing the bathroom, septic tank, etc., the renovation of the Hou Mansion is basically completed, and various furniture has been sent in for placement.Because it accounts for [-]% of the Zhaojia Kiln, all the porcelain in the family is fired by the Zhaojia Kiln, and most of them are designed according to Li Fei's wishes.

The more Li Fei looked at it, the more he was satisfied. It is good to have his own home, and he can renovate it as he likes.

Because of the cement and the tiles that had been baked earlier, Li Fei got excited and built another bathtub.

After going back and forth for almost two months, I finally got what Li Fei was most satisfied with.Now that we have a home, we only need to bring our wife Lin Shiyue to live in.

It seems that Li Fei has been idle for so long, coupled with Concubine Yang's previous request, when the Hou Mansion was basically finished, Tang Xuanzong sent an imperial decree, asking him to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to 'work' and giving him a grade seven official position.

Li Fei felt a little helpless about this. Although he had some real power, he didn't want this official position. He just wanted to hug his godmother Yang Guifei's lap, and just be a Marquis whom no one dared to bully.It's a pity that Tang Xuanzong's imperial decree has been issued, and he can't help but refuse it. It seems that it is necessary to go to work in the Ministry of Punishment.

However, before going to work in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he still wanted to bring his wife here, and he was planning to ask his godmother Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong for leave.Although the imperial decree has been issued now, Tang Xuanzong should not care about such a trivial matter and give him a few more days before going to work.

Thinking about it, Li Fei entered the palace and went to see his godmother Yang Guifei first. It would be much easier to get his godmother's consent before going to Tang Xuanzong.

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