Chapter 102: It’s Really Good

August 16, 2023Ai Hrist

In addition to making mosquito-repellent incense, Shi Qingluo began to breed Tuber Fleece flowers every day.

Her space was full of seeds and seedlings collected in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In addition to crops and fruits, there were also many medicinal materials.

Among them, there was the Tuber Fleece flower.

For the development of the county, and for the sake of not worrying about using fleece-flower root shampoo in the future, she also made great efforts this time.

The new house was almost finished.

Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng went to watch together this day.

Looking at the soil on the ground in the house and yard, if there will be a puddle of water, their shoes will be dirty as soon as they step on it.

Shi Qingluo suddenly thought of something.

Bai Xu’s floor tiles and ceramic tiles were already in shape, and the first batch will be given to them for home use.

But she suddenly remembered that to paste floor tiles and ceramic tiles, cement, and sand ash should be used to paste them.

But there was no cement yet.

She pulled Xiao Hanzheng and asked: “Old Xiao, I want to make something that benefits the country and the people. Do you think we should make it ourselves, or go to Mo Qingling?”

Xiao Hanzheng was used to his little wife suddenly thinking of something good from time to time.

“What is it? Tell me specifically.”

Shi Qingluo described: “It’s something called cement.”

“After using it, the ground will become very smooth and more durable than dirt roads. On rainy days and when there is water, the shoes will not get muddy.”

“The main point is this thing is used for laying floor tiles and ceramic tiles.”

“By the way, if you build a reservoir or something, if you mix cement and stones, it will be much stronger. It will be more durable than using glutinous rice, and the cost will be much lower.”

“It is also useful for building houses, bridges, etc.”

“The main point is that paving the roads is very useful.”

Many durable projects in ancient times used glutinous rice and slaked lime to make a paste and then filled the gaps in the masonry.

Cement can completely replace this.

In modern times, there has always been a saying “To get rich, build roads first”, Shi Qingluo felt that it was also common in ancient times.

If the road from Xiaxi Village to Nanxi County will be paved with cement, the time for vehicles to go back and forth can be cut in half.

The main point was that transportation will be much more convenient and faster.

When Xiao Hanzheng heard the latter, he found that the cement was unusual.

As his little wife said, it was indeed something that benefits the country and the people.

He thought for a while: “Let’s find Mo Qingling to cooperate.”

“With our current status, it’s easy to be targeted and taken over.”

Just look at the method of making ice before, the Wu family and the county magistrate were watching it.

As soon as this kind of cement comes out, there will be more people staring at it.

Shi Qingluo nodded, “Okay, then go talk to Mo Qingling.”

“At that time, we will open a cement workshop in the village first, so that people who want to buy cement can come to the village to buy it, and continue to stimulate popularity.”

Mo Qingling will offer the cement recipe.

How to operate in the capital, whether you use cement yourself, or sell it out, has limited impact on their sales.

Their main customers now were in the surrounding counties and prefectural cities, and soon, it will slowly spread out.

Xiao Hanzheng nodded: “Okay, you can talk to Mo Qingling about this.”

They can come up with cement recipes, but they have to open a cement workshop in their village to sell the cement publicly.

Shi Qingluo suggested: “Should we make the cement first, pave the cement in the yard and the path outside, and then invite Mo Qingling to come and see?”

The other party can’t understand the role of cement just by talking about it, so it would be better to see it with his own eyes.

Xiao Hanzheng chuckled and said, “We have the same thoughts again.”

He liked his little wife not only because of her lively and pleasant character but also because of the feeling of being a soulmate.

What she thought, he could understand.

What he thinks, she can also think and understand. They have a lot of common language.

After discussing it, when Shi Qingluo returned to their old house, she took out the Traveling Book and copied down the homemade cement recipe on it.

After Xiao Hanzheng returned, she showed it to him and asked him to buy materials.

They mainly need limestone, clay, iron ore, and coal. If there was no iron ore, the slag left over from ironmaking can also be used.

Xiao Hanzheng looked at the materials on the prescription: “I’ll buy them tomorrow.”

These can be bought in the county.

Shi Qingluo said with a smile: “Well, you recently work hard and run many errands.”

Her husband was really capable in study martial arts, and he was also very good at diplomacy.

Xiao Hanzheng smiled: “My lady also worked hard recently.”

He saw that she was the breeding Tuber Fleece flower every day, taking care of the shipment of the mosquito coil workshop, running to the floor tile workshop, and watching the repair of the house. She worked so hard that it made him feel distressed.

But it can be seen that his little wife likes such a busy and fulfilling life, so he just turned a blind eye.

He will just help her share as much as he can.

The next day Xiao Hanzheng went to buy materials, and the two called a few strong and trustworthy villagers to work on the cement together.

Shi Qingluo has never made cement before, although there were approximate proportions in the formula.

However, it took countless experiments before finding the right ratio and practical operation and finally produced a satisfactory cement.

Then she asked the craftsman who originally built the house at home to help and paved the yard with cement except for the areas where flowers and fruit trees were planted.

The path at the gate of the yard was also paved with a concrete road, leading directly to the village.

It was the first time for the villagers to see such smooth and flat land, and they all came to watch.

“The road is well-built, Dalang’s wife is amazing.”

“It’s great that there’s no dirt on the shoes if water is sprinkled on the road.”

“I heard that this is made of cement, and it was made by Dalang’s wife.”

“Maybe it’s the Old Immortal Master who gave Dalang’s wife a dream again.”

“The Taoist temple in the middle of the mountain is about to be repaired, right? When it’s repaired, we must go to worship.”

“It will be finished soon, when it’s finished, let’s go to light up incense frequently in the future.”

It was the first time for the patriarch and elders to see such ground and roads.

Everyone was very excited: “Great! This cement is really good stuff.”

“In the future, if our village has money, we can pull it together and use this cement to pave the road.”

“This cement is good, and it is convenient to travel when it rains or snows.”

“It would be great if we could pave the road up to the county town. It would save effort to pull the cart on it.”

The villagers thought about it one by one.

At this meeting, Mo Qingling was also invited by Xiao Hanzheng.

As soon as he got off the carriage, he heard the villagers discussing.

After Mo Qingling got off the car, he asked the Yamen servant to ask the villagers to give way temporarily.

Then he ordered the driver of the carriage to go to the concrete road and try it out.

Sure enough, it was fast and stable. This road was really good.

He went to the Xiao Family’s new house to have a look again. There was this kind of cement pavement in the yard, which looked more beautiful and convenient than the soil one.

It was also more trouble-free and cost-effective than paving stones.

Then someone used a hoe to knock on a piece of cement board that was deliberately made and dried.

It was smashed, but it didn’t break, which shows that it was indeed very stable.

He naturally thought of other uses besides road paving, such as building dams and building bridges.

“This cement is good stuff.”

He looked at Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng, then asked: “This Cement Prescription, do you want to offer it?”

As soon as the effect came out, they called him to look at it, which means to offer a prescription.

This cement recipe was much more important than ice making. This was a good thing that benefits the country and the people.