Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 264 Cement ([-])

Building a long embankment requires a lot of stones. Fortunately, a lot of stones were dug up when reclaiming wasteland, and there are also many stones that can be picked up along the river, so there is not much shortage of stones for the time being.

Wang Fu was still staring at the reclamation of the wasteland, while Li Xin and Yin Liuchen were waiting for the firing of the cement. If the firing was successful, the construction of the embankment could begin.

Although the days of waiting are leisurely, they are also anxious. After all, for the first time, no one knows whether they will succeed or not.

Li Xin sat on a rock by the river, looking at the magnificent river.The river is different from the sea, the sea is so endless, the clear water is full, the waves are calm, and the inner turbulence cannot be seen.But the river is different. It always flows continuously. You can hear the brisk sound of flowing, and you always feel that the river is truly alive.

Looking at the river quietly like this, in fact, it feels very good.In her previous life, she had never lived by the river, she just had a glimpse of the Yangtze River from a distance, and now it is really nice to be able to enjoy such a view here.

If I move here to live in the future, I think those who come to Wenbo will also like it.If more reeds are planted, the scenery will be even more beautiful when the breeze blows.The reed flowers should be beautiful when they are flying. The sky is full of reed flowers and the smoke is everywhere, which seems to be very good.

"Miss Xinyao is here!" A voice sounded above her head, Li Xin looked up, but it turned out to be Yin Liuchen.

"Young Master Liuchen is here!" She smiled slightly, and looked at Jiang Shui again.The sunlight cast on the water turned out to be golden, as if there were golden fish swimming in the water.

"The scenery here is really nice." Yin Liuchen found a cleaner stone beside Li Xin and sat down after speaking. "Miss Xinyao is worried that the cement will not be fired?"

"I'm really worried! This side is still waiting to start work! So it's better to hurry up there. We can't keep procrastinating like this." Li Xin sighed.There are also unique methods of building dikes in this era, but she is still a little worried that the long dikes built in that way will not be strong enough.

So now it is better to wait and see if the cement can be fired successfully.If the first firing is unsuccessful, you can also find some marl and fire it first, and slowly study other methods.If this is not enough, then the causeway can only be built in the old-fashioned way.

"Miss Xinyao has always been very confident, why are you the one who has no idea now! Anyway, hurry up! Wait a little longer and see if it works or not."

"That's the only way to go, but now I have to wait."

The next day, the Luo family asked Li Xin from the same village to bring a message, saying that the things she asked to be baked had already left the kiln, and the details were not known yet, and asked her to see if it was what she wanted.Hearing the news, Li Xin couldn't tell whether he was excited or a little worried, but he was in a strange mood anyway.

But she still wanted to go over quickly to have a look, so she let Zhu Yong harness the carriage and went out with Yin Liuchen.Two of Yin Liuchen's guards followed on horseback all the time, and those guards were really conscientious, they followed Yin Liuchen almost everywhere he went.Yin Liuchen may have gotten used to it, but he didn't feel anything.

At the beginning, Li Xin was still a little unaccustomed to it, but after watching it for a few more days, that's all.In the worst case, just use it as a background board, don't pay attention to it, because under normal circumstances those guards are like shadows, very silent.

When following quietly, it is easy for people to ignore their existence.

Soon they arrived at Yangliu Village, which was the village where Luo Peng's family came from, not very far from the wasteland, so it didn't take long for them to enter Yangliu Village in a carriage.

Yangliu Village really lives up to the name. From a distance, you can see many willow trees planted at the entrance of the village. Like the long long black hair of a beauty.When entering the village, willow trees can be seen everywhere, which is very beautiful.

Although the willow trees are no longer so green at this time, and have a withered yellow color, they can still feel the green shade everywhere.There are stone tables and benches under some tall willow trees. It is very good to enjoy the shade in summer. The willow trees can cast a large area of ​​green shade to block the scorching sun.

There are not only willow trees in Yangliu Village, but also a lot of fruit trees. Peach trees and pear trees can be seen everywhere. Almost every household has fruit trees.It seems that this village really likes to plant trees!
Li Xin lifted the curtain of the car and observed the village carefully. It is really beautiful, and it should be even more beautiful in spring.

"It's really rare to have such a beautifully arranged village." Yin Liuchen also expressed emotion.

After entering the village, he soon arrived at the door of Luo Peng's house.In fact, the Luo family’s kiln for burning lime is not at home, nor at the door of the house, but at the foot of a mountain a little far from home.If you are at the foot of the mountain, it is also very convenient to find firewood and pine needles.

Li Xin just came to Luo's house to see if Luo Peng was at home. If he wasn't at home, he would naturally go to the foot of the mountain to look for it.

After the carriage stopped, Li Xin and Yin Liuchen got out of the carriage.Yin Liuchen's guard had already knocked on the door first, and after knocking twice, someone inside answered, and then quickly opened the door.It was Luo Peng's mother who came to open the door. She is not very old, she looks strong, and she is very neatly dressed, but she is an old lady who can give people a good impression.

"I'm here to find Big Brother Luo Peng, is he at home?" Li Xin went forward and asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, in the house! Miss Li, come in quickly." The old woman smiled and beckoned Li Xin and his party to enter the door.

"Auntie still remembers me?" Li Xin chatted with a smile.In fact, at her age, seeing an old woman of this age can call her grandma.It's just that her real mental age is not so young. It's really hard to call someone of this age a grandma.

People here are relatively young when they get married and have children, so even if they have a son as old as Luo Peng, this woman is not very old.That is to say, working all day, he looks a little old-fashioned that doesn't match his age.

"Remember, such a beautiful girl, you will never forget it!" The woman laughed heartily.

Let Li Xin and others enter the room and sit down, and the woman went to call Luo Peng.Luo Peng has been staring at the kiln, not daring to close his eyes casually, so he is very tired.After the things that should be fired in the kiln were fired, I was too sleepy, so I fell asleep.

After a while, Luo Peng also came over. It seemed that he had washed up, but he didn't look sleepy.However, Li Xin carefully noticed some clear shadows in front of his eyes, and there were also slight bloodshot eyes, which seemed to be really tired.

Luo Peng walked in, holding a wooden basin in his hand, and Li Xin saw what was in the wooden basin when he got close.A large piece, it looked like freshly fired lime, but the color was wrong.Lime is white when fired, not this sort of taupe thing.

"This is what Ms. Li told me to bake. Ms. Li can see if it works?" Luo Peng put the wooden basin to the place and beckoned to Li Xin to have a look.

Li Xin also squatted down, looking at the items in the tub with her hands.The fired thing is not too hard, and it will fall apart when poked. "It's not very clear, why don't you grind this thing into fine pieces first and then have a look!" Li Xin asked Luo Peng to find the things he needed, and then broke the things in the wooden basin.

Without much grinding, it quickly became finely divided, so Li Xin shorted the thing outside the door.I poured some on the ground, then poured some water, stirred it with a wooden stick, and put it on the place after stirring.After that, I waited quietly to see if it really solidified quickly.

After a while, it really solidified. Li Xin poked it with a wooden stick, but it didn't move, and it was still very hard.

At this moment, joy suddenly surged in Li Xin's heart.It seems that it is really done, the cement has been fired successfully, so it's great, it's really great.The previous worries were gone. I didn't expect Luo Peng to be really good at it!It turned out that it could be fired so well for the first time.

Luo Peng also poked it, but he couldn't move it, so he really felt miraculous, "I didn't expect this thing to be so powerful!" It was completely unbelievable.Not only is it hard, but it can also condense so quickly, which is indeed a bit surprising.I washed it with water again, but there was no change.

"So, is this thing ready?" Yin Liuchen asked with a smile.

"Yeah! It seems that it's really done!" A smile slowly climbed up Li Xin's cheeks, and then the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were filled with smiles.In this way, as long as the cement can be supplied, the construction of the long embankment can start. "It's finally done."

"It's good that Ms. Li is satisfied." Luo Peng was also a little excited. He didn't expect that this was the first time he was making this thing, and he really made it out of it.

"Thank you very much this time. Your craftsmanship is very good. I was thinking that it would take a few more experiments to make it! Now that it has been done, then you can help me burn this thing a lot in the future! I need a lot, and it would be better if you can find more suitable people to help."

"By the way, Miss Li has already found some of the marl that Miss Li mentioned earlier. What is Miss Li going to use it for?" Luo Peng said, patting his head, as if he just remembered it.

"It's also used to make cement. Now that we have marl, then you can help me make a kiln with marl! I also want to see what kind of performance is required for firing. better."

"Then I'll give it a try first, and let Ms. Li come over to take a look after it's burnt." Luo Peng agreed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)