Chapter 135 Cement 1
"What's this, Yue'er?"
Murong Li was very surprised when he saw this scene. Could it be what he thought?
Su Yue shook her head. "I don't know exactly what it is. I just discovered it this afternoon. There's a tunnel underneath here that leads directly to the foot of the Yunwu Mountains. I walked for an hour this afternoon but couldn't reach the end, so I turned back. Let's go see tonight if it leads to the other side of the mountain?"
Murong Li nodded quickly and hurried into the tunnel with Su Yue.
Su Yue had walked through this section of the tunnel during the day and cleaned it, so there were no poisonous snakes or insects.
There were many poisonous snakes and insects behind this tunnel. The two of them cooperated with each other. Murong Li used his internal force to spread poison in front, and Su Yue collected all the poisonous snakes and insects that were poisoned to death.
So, when it was almost dawn, they could smell the fishy scent of the sea in the cave. The two men's eyes lit up. As they thought, this was the other side of the Yunwu Mountains.
Murong Li swept away the fatigue on his body, and he excitedly pulled Su Yue to run, and the two ran out of the cave in one breath.
What they saw was the sea, and the sound of the water hitting the rocks sounded like heavenly music to their ears.
Su Yue used her mental power to glance at the exit. The exit was on a large reef, and even when the tide was high, the sea water could not reach it.
Murong Li ran to the edge of the reef and looked around, thinking in his mind.
Su Yue was also looking at this reef. If salt was made on it, it would save a lot of trouble.
Salt production inevitably requires people, and if there are people here, houses must be built. Su Yue looked at the rock wall and saw that a stone house could be carved there...
As Su Yue watched, she suddenly thought of a question: who opened this tunnel?
Because she found that there was no trace of salt here, she had thought that the purpose of digging the tunnel was the same as hers.
After going around the circle, there was no trace of human activity except for the entrance of the cave.
Su Yue was shocked, thinking that this place belonged to the Beifeng Kingdom. If...
What if this tunnel was not dug by people from Xifeng Country, but by female spies from Beifeng Country?
And if the army of Beifeng Kingdom came to Xifeng Kingdom through the tunnel and caught Xifeng Kingdom off guard, Xifeng Kingdom would probably not even know how it was destroyed.
Thinking of this, Su Yue's heart sank. She walked over and pulled Murong Li, who was excited.
"What's the matter?" Murong Li asked.
Su Yue pointed here and asked, "Don't you find this tunnel unusual?"
Murong Li was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have thought of something. The smile on his face disappeared and he looked around the place seriously.
Although there is only sea here, there is also a coastline. Where will it be if we go out along the coastline?
If the army of Beifeng Country wants to attack Xifeng Country, they don’t need to sail across the ocean. They can just come along the coastline and enter Xifeng Country through this tunnel. What will be the consequences?
Murong Li's face froze and he felt a chill in his heart.
"Yuer, let's go back quickly and send someone to check what's going on over there."
Su Yue's expression was also heavy. "We should investigate. At the very least, we should take precautions. This tunnel looks like it hasn't been used in a long time. There's no guarantee that the people of Beifeng Country are unaware of its existence."
It is possible that the people who dug this tunnel were killed and the tunnel was left abandoned here. It is also possible that the conditions for Beifeng Kingdom to attack Xifeng Kingdom are not yet ripe.
But there is one thing that must be investigated. The person who dug up this tunnel and the scale of the operation are not something that ordinary people can do, and it is impossible for one person to dig it up.
Moreover, I heard that Yunwu Village has been around for quite a while, hundreds of years ago. Doesn’t anyone in the village know about it?
"Well, Yue'er is right. I was too happy just now and ignored this." Murong Li said self-reproachfully.
As soon as he came out, he felt something was wrong, but the feeling was fleeting and he didn't think too much about it.
Now that I think about it carefully, it’s really terrifying.
The Xifeng royal family's inaction does not mean that they are willing to see other countries invade Xifeng.
Phoenix Country.
Murong Li hugged Su Yue. He was very glad to come to Yunwu Village and very glad that Yue'er discovered this tunnel.
He felt that Su Yue was his lucky star. Since he met her, his whole life had been changing.
The journey back was very fast. To avoid being discovered, Murong Li carried Su Yue on his back and used light skills to go back, which only took an hour.
When the two arrived, the construction site was already in full swing.
While no one was paying attention, the two of them quietly left the cellar and returned from another place.
Su Qiwen and his brother were not at home, so Su Yue and Murong had a simple meal. Murong Li went to help, and Su Yue distributed the food and tinkered with things at home.
Two days later, the foundation can be laid.
Before laying the foundation, Su Yue's work with cement had not yet been successful.
The adhesive used for building houses here is made of glutinous rice. There is a severe drought this year, and this stuff is not only hard to find but also extremely expensive. So Su Yue thought of using cement to build the house.
If she could make cement, it would not only be used for building houses but also for road construction, and it would also be low in cost.
To get rich, you must first build roads. In the future, Xifeng Kingdom will have cement roads that extend in all directions, making travel and transportation convenient. Even if salt is produced in the future, it will need to be sold.
Now that all the roads in the country are built, there will no longer be the problem of inconvenient transportation.
The books in the study can be said to cover everything, so it was very convenient for Su Yue to find a way to make cement.
After she found it, she told Murong Li about it. He fully supported such a thing that would benefit the country and the people, so he helped run errands and do miscellaneous things, and provided whatever Su Yue wanted.
Two days later, the two finally developed cement.
But the effect was not very good, perhaps because of the materials, or perhaps because of the imbalance in the proportions. The two men simply stopped the villagers on the construction site and asked them to help cut down the trees, and they just focused on the task.
The foundation pit on the construction site has been dug and is waiting to be laid.
Although the villagers who came to help did not know why the work was stopped, they were guaranteed to have food to eat and did whatever the boss asked them to do.
The two continued their experiments.
Three more days later, the cement was finally usable.
The two were overjoyed. Murong Li immediately arranged for people to buy materials. The main material of cement is limestone, which is available in abundance in Northwest County.
The purchased materials were directly brought to the construction site, and Murong Li worked on them personally.
When the villagers saw him pouring mud into the foundation, they were very puzzled and shook their heads, saying that he was doing something stupid.
When Luo Dinghe heard about this, he dropped the carpentry work in his hands and ran to the construction site, watching Murong Li work carefully.
"Miss Su, are you sure this mud will be extremely solid after it dries?" Luo Dinghe had never seen such a thing, let alone heard of it.
If this mud paste works better than glutinous rice paste, then it would be a remarkable invention.
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