Ma Chenguang's face turned red with excitement and he didn't know how to continue speaking.

Li Junyan looked at Ma Chenguang and said, "Go find a basin, bring in some water, and that wooden stick."

Although Ma Chenguang didn't understand what Li Junyan was going to do, he immediately stood up and said, "Yes."

After a while, Ma Chenguang came back with half a basin of water and a wooden stick.

Li Junyan gave instructions and asked him to put some cement in a basin and stir it evenly with a stick.

Ma Chenguang didn't ask any extra questions. He just did whatever Li Junyan asked him to do.

"Okay, go wash your hands and sit down to eat!" Li Junyan said again.

Ma Chenguang looked at Li Junyan in surprise, "Huh?"

Although it was strange, I did it anyway.

After such a long delay, the food on the table has become a little cold.

But no one cares.

Li Junyan and Lin Qi were both concentrating on eating, but Ma Chenguang was a little absent-minded and kept turning his head to look at the basin filled with cement.

After dinner, seeing Ma Chenguang still looking into the basin frequently, Li Junyan smiled and shook his head, "Cement doesn't dry that quickly. If you want it to dry faster, you can put it in the sun. It will be almost done by dark."

Do you know why I want you to see cement?"

Ma Chenguang shook his head seriously, "I don't know, please tell me clearly, Your Highness."

"I will leave you the recipe for cement and a note. Just follow what is written on it. After a few attempts, you will be able to make cement.

After the cement was burned, the county town walls were repaired and the roads in the city were repaved.

If people need to rebuild their houses, cement can be sold to them at a low price.

The instructions for using cement and the things you need to pay attention to are clearly written in the notebook. You must read it carefully."

Ma Chenguang was just listening carefully at first, but he became more and more excited as he listened, and finally he fell to his knees with a thud.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely live up to your trust and do everything you ask me to do!"

"This king trusts you, otherwise I would not have entrusted this matter to you.

It's getting late, so I'll leave now. You can figure out the rest on your own."

Ma Chenguang was still excited just now, but when he heard Li Junyan say that he was leaving, his face turned pale in an instant, and his eyes were filled with worry again, "Your Highness! Your Highness, this trip will be difficult and arduous--"

"Alright." Li Junyan interrupted Ma Chenguang, "It's not appropriate for you to say such things. Just do what I have asked you to do."

"yes!"

Li Junyan and Lin Qi didn't have much luggage, so they could leave at any time.

Ma Chenguang originally wanted to see them off, but was stopped by Li Junyan. He could only stand at the window and watch Li Junyan and Lin Qi ride away on horseback.

After he could no longer see Li Junyan and Lin Qi, Ma Chenguang looked at the wooden basin filled with cement, carried it directly to the roof, and sat in the sun to bask in it.

It was sunset by the time we got to sunbathing.

Ma Chenguang looked at the cement in the basin, hesitated for a long time, and then carefully stretched out a finger and poked it.

It didn't move.

Ma Chenguang felt a little relieved and increased his strength, but still couldn't poke it.

Ma Chenguang simply clenched his fists and used all his strength to smash the cement hard.

But the cement is still intact.

But his own hand was not only painful, but also had some scratches.

Ma Chenguang looked at his scratched hand and then at the intact cement. He was so ecstatic that he almost fell off the roof.

Although I had heard about the magic of cement before, I could never imagine how magical it was.

Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I truly understand the magic of this cement.

No wonder the prince believed that cement could withstand floods, it really worked!

Such a good thing, instead of being used to build the dam, it was delayed again and again because of the imperial power game...

Ma Chenguang lowered his eyes, and a dark light flashed in his eyes. It was a strange light that he himself had not noticed.

After coming down from the roof, the first thing Ma Chenguang did was to find manpower and craftsmen to build the Temple of the Goddess.

This county was preserved thanks to the grace of the goddess, so all the people must worship the goddess to express their sincerity and gratitude.

Ma Chenguang was able to mobilize craftsmen from the entire county and built the Temple of the Goddess in just three days.

There is no statue of the goddess, only a hand, vaguely visible behind the gauze curtain, exuding mystery.

Ancient people believed in ghosts and gods. Knowing that it was the goddess who killed the county magistrate and others and saved all the people in the county, they were even more grateful to the goddess.

After the goddess temple was built, people came to burn incense and make offerings all day long, showing their great piety.

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The moment the Temple of the Goddess was built, Sang Jueqian saw its existence.

Although this shrine of the goddess is much smaller in scale than the other three, and doesn't even have her "statue", only a hand, it does have a small window.

All Sang Jueqian could see were all the places within the Goddess Temple, including outside the courtyard wall.

Looking at the people coming and going to burn incense, Sang Jueqian suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with her being their "goddess".

If the emperor is unfair and the law is unjust, then she is willing to clear up all the injustices in the world as a goddess.