Thinking this, Chi Yu smiled and said, "Ah Kai, I reckon you won't have time to look after this soap business later."
I have a great business opportunity that I believe will benefit the country and its people, and I'd like you to take a look.
If possible, I guess I'll need Amu to act as a go-between and see if I can get a word with Lord Fang.
If all goes well, we won't have to pay for the reconstruction of Anping County ourselves.
When Shen Kai first heard that there was no time to look after the soap business, he knew that Chi Yu did not intend for him to get involved, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Upon hearing the following phrase, "a great deal that benefits the country and its people," he couldn't help but frown.
What kind of business can be considered beneficial to the country and its people?
Furthermore, does she know how much manpower, material resources, and financial resources it would take to rebuild Anping County?
If Shen Kai didn't know Chi Yu's character, and if he didn't know that Qin Mu knew about the disasters in advance and that this girl was somewhat related to them, then he would definitely think she was exaggerating.
However, precisely because he knew this, and because he learned from his brother Mu that this girl had a special opportunity, Shen Kai forced himself to calm down and look at the person in front of him.
Without wasting any words, Chi Yu led Shen Kai directly to a corner of the west wing guest room.
There is a piece of land here that Chi Qiao paved with cement in the evening.
The area is not large, only about one or two square meters, and it is currently in a semi-dry state.
Chi Yu pointed to the piece of land and asked, "Ah Kai, what's the difference between this land and other places?"
Shen Kai was able to help Qin Mu expand his business, so he was certainly not a stupid person.
Upon hearing this, he looked at the ground, but didn't answer. Instead, he squatted down and reached out to touch it.
The tentacles felt different from the texture of the bricks and stones, prompting him to ask curiously:
"Sister-in-law, could this be the kind of business that you were talking about that benefits the country and its people?"
"What we're selling is this thing that's different from the blue bricks and stones used for paving the ground?"
Chi Yu nodded: "Yes, this is called cement."
It was not used to replace blue bricks and stones, but to replace glutinous rice paste.
Of course, it can also be used to lay flooring like this.
If you want to lay it outdoors, that is, inside the city or on the main road, that is also acceptable.
To make it more durable, it's best to pave the road with bricks or stones first, and then lay a layer of cement on top.
Chi Qiao added, "The cement isn't completely dry yet. Come back in a couple of days when it's fully dry and you'll know how hard it is."
With this cement, we won't have to waste glutinous rice when building houses in the future.
However, we don't have much clay here. If we added some clay during the process, the adhesiveness would be better than it is now.
Upon hearing about the substitute for glutinous rice paste, Shen Kai knew exactly how to use it.
For building wooden houses and thatched huts, as long as they are not made of earth or brick, all you need to know is the mortise and tenon joint; you don't necessarily have to use this material.
However, if this material is stickier than glutinous rice paste and its cost is not as high as glutinous rice paste, then it is naturally the first choice for building city walls.
No matter where the city wall is, it needs to be repaired every few years.
Furthermore, the city walls at various border defenses also fall into this category.
Thinking about all this, Shen Kai's expression became much more serious.
Of course, what he saw was not for civilian use, but for city defense and border defense.
For the Chi sisters, Chi Qiao and Chi Yu, the more money they could earn, the more they could earn in the civilian sector.
However, most people's houses nowadays are wooden houses or thatched houses.
Pure blue bricks and tiles are rare and expensive, and the bricks are also hard to buy.
Unconsciously, the two sisters thought of modern red bricks.
But since there was no clay available, and neither of them knew whether the clay could be shaped into bricks and fired at high temperatures, they didn't say anything.
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