Her space is filled with seeds and seedlings that she had collected at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In addition to crops and fruits, there are also many medicinal herbs.
Among them is Polygonum multiflorum.
For the development of the county and to ensure that she would not have to worry about using Polygonum multiflorum and Saponin shampoo in the future, she put in a lot of effort this time.
The construction of the new house is almost completed.
Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng went to see it together that day.
Look at the soil in the house and the yard. If there is a puddle of water, your shoes will get dirty if you step on it.
And Shi Qingluo suddenly thought of a question.
The floor tiles and ceramic tiles at Bai Xu's place have already taken shape, and the first batch will be given to their home for use.
But she suddenly remembered that to lay floor tiles and ceramic tiles, one needs to mix cement and sand.
There is no cement yet.
She pulled Xiao Hanzheng aside and asked, "Old Xiao, I want to make something that will benefit the country and the people. Do you think we should do it ourselves or go find Mo Qingling?"
Xiao Hanzheng has gotten used to his young wife coming up with good ideas from time to time.
"What is it? Tell me more specifically."
Shi Qingluo described, "Something called cement."
"After using it, the ground becomes very smooth and more durable than dirt roads. Even on rainy days and when there is water, the shoes will not get muddy."
"The key is that this thing is needed for laying floor tiles and ceramic tiles."
"By the way, if you use cement and stone mixed together to build a reservoir, it will be much stronger and more durable than using glutinous rice as a mixture, and the cost will be much lower."
“It can also be used in building houses and bridges.”
“The point is that paving is particularly useful.”
Many durable projects in ancient times were made by mixing glutinous rice with slaked lime to make a paste, which was then filled in the gaps between bricks and stones.
Cement can completely replace this.
There is a saying in modern times that "to get rich, build roads first", and Shi Qingluo thinks it was also applicable in ancient times.
If the road from Xiaxixi Village to Nanxi County is paved with cement, the time for vehicles to travel back and forth can definitely be saved by half.
The key is that transportation will be much more convenient and faster.
When Xiao Hanzheng heard the latter, he realized that the cement was unusual.
Just like what my wife said, what we produce will be something that will benefit the country and the people.
He thought about it and said, "Let's find Mo Qingling to cooperate."
"With our current status, it's easy for us to be targeted and taken away."
Before, it was just a method of making ice, but the Wu family and the prefect were keeping an eye on it.
Once this kind of cement comes out, there will definitely be a lot of people staring at it.
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Okay, then go talk to Mo Qingling."
"When the time comes, we will open a cement workshop in the village and let people who want to buy cement come to the village to buy it, so as to continue to attract popularity."
As for the cement recipe, Mo Qingling would definitely offer it.
No matter how they operate in Beijing, whether they use cement themselves or make it and sell it, it will have limited impact on their own sales.
Her key customer base now is in the surrounding counties and prefectures, and will then slowly radiate outward.
Xiao Hanzheng nodded, "Okay, we can talk to Mo Qingling about this."
They can come up with a cement recipe, but they have to open a cement workshop in their village to sell cement publicly.
Shi Qingluo suggested, "Why don't we make some cement first, pave the yard and the path outside with cement, and then invite Mo Qingling to come and see it?"
The other party will not understand the function of cement just by talking about it, it is better to see it with your own eyes.
Xiao Hanzheng chuckled and said, "We have thought of the same thing again."
I like my young wife not only because she is smart and lovely, but also because I feel like we are soul mates.
He could understand what she was thinking.
Whatever he thought, she could also think and understand; they had a lot in common.
He did what he said. After Shi Qingluo returned to the old house, he took out the time-travel book and copied down the traditional cement recipe from it.
The main materials required are limestone, clay, iron ore and coal. If there is no iron ore, the slag left over from iron smelting can be used together.
Xiao Hanzheng looked at the ingredients on the recipe and said, "I'll take someone to buy them tomorrow."
These can be bought in the county.
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "Well, thank you for running around recently."
The young husband is truly talented in both literature and martial arts, and is also very good at diplomacy.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled, "My wife has been very busy lately."
He saw that she was breeding Polygonum multiflorum every day, taking care of the shipment of mosquito coils, running to the floor tile workshop, and also watching over the repair of the house. She was so busy that it made him feel distressed.
But it can be seen that his young wife likes such a busy and fulfilling life, so he just turns a blind eye to it.
I can only help her share as much as I can.
The next day, Xiao Hanzheng went to buy materials, and the two of them called a few strong and trustworthy villagers to tinker with the cement together.
Shi Qingluo had never made cement before, although the recipe had approximate proportions.
But it took countless experiments before I found the right proportions and practical operations, and finally made a satisfactory cement.
Then he asked the craftsman who had built the house to help him pave the entire yard with cement except for the areas where flowers and fruit trees were planted.
The path at the entrance of the yard is also paved with cement, leading directly to the village.
It was the first time that the villagers had seen such smooth and flat land, and they all came to watch.
"This road is really well built, and Dalang's wife is amazing."
"It's great that even if we sprinkle water on the road, there won't be any mud to dirty our shoes."
"I heard that this is paved with some kind of cement, and that Dalang's wife made it."
"Maybe it's the old immortal who appeared in Dalang's wife's dream again."
"The Taoist temple halfway up the mountain will be finished soon, right? When it's finished, we must go and pay our respects properly."
"It's almost done. We're already finishing it. Let's go there more often to burn incense in the future."
It was the first time for the clan leader, elders and others to see such a ground and road.
Everyone was very excited, "Great! This cement is really good stuff."
"If our village has money in the future, we can pool our money and use this cement to pave the road."
"This is a good relationship. It is also convenient to travel even when it rains or snows."
"It would be great if we could build a road all the way to the county seat, so that it would be much easier to pull a cart on it."
The villagers began to fantasize one by one.
At this time, Mo Qingling was also invited by Xiao Hanzheng.
As soon as I got off the carriage, I heard the villagers' discussion.
After Mo Qingling got off the car, he asked the yamen runners to ask the villagers to make way for a while.
Then he told the coachman to drive to the cement road and give it a try.
Sure enough, it is fast and stable, this road is really good.
He went to the Xiao family's new house to take a look. The yard had this kind of cement paving, which looked much more beautiful, generous and convenient than the earthen one.
It is also easier and more cost-effective than paving stones.
Then someone knocked it with a hoe, and it turned out to be a deliberately dried cement slab.
It was hit many times but it didn't break, which means it is indeed very stable.
He naturally also thought of other uses besides paving roads, such as building dams and bridges.
“This cement is good stuff.”
He looked at Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng and asked, "Cement recipe, do you want to offer it?"
As soon as the effect was seen, he was called to come and see it, which meant that he was going to offer the prescription.
The recipe for this cement is much more important than making ice. It is a good thing that truly benefits the country and the people.
There will be one more chapter tonight, and I will get up tomorrow morning to write two more chapters~ Mid-Autumn Festival, I will try my best to write five chapters~~ (End of this chapter)
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