After saying this, Chi Qiao went to look for the baskets they had brought.
The three stones that Shen Kai had personally glued together are still inside.
After Qin Mu reached out and took the three stones, he carefully examined the glued joints by the dim light of the lantern, and even reached out and pried at them.
Seeing this, Shen Kai said, "Brother Mu, I tried it myself."
The adhesive used to hold the three stones together was wood ash, cement, and sand.
After it was finished, I left it overnight, and by the evening of the next day, it looked like this.
I tried to pry it open, and I also tried to throw it on the ground.
It couldn't be pried open, nor could it be broken by dropping.
At this moment, Chi Qiao took out a ball of wood ash and cement that she and Chi Yu and others had made in the space from the basket.
"Qin Mu, take a look at this. This is before it was bonded to anything else; look at its hardness."
Qin Mu was skilled in martial arts and had spent many years in the military. Even after he became Fang Shizhong's study companion, he was still in the military.
We still need to practice morning and night.
Therefore, he was stronger than the average person. Even an old hunter like Chi Dahu was not half as strong as him.
After taking the ash ball, he used the strength of a normal person to tap it onto the three stones that were stuck together.
There was no movement, well, you could say it was completely still.
He gradually increased the force until he used 60% of his strength, breaking the wood ash and cement clump together while also cracking the stone.
Even though the stone has cracked, the plant ash and cement still stick tightly to it.
Seeing this, Qin Mu was satisfied and asked directly:
"Sister-in-law, is this wood ash cement difficult to make? How much is left? One of you, come with me to the yamen."
Anping County was in dire need of reconstruction after the earthquake.
Whether it's rebuilding a house or a city wall, a large amount of glutinous rice paste is needed.
With the disaster situation outside being severe, even if the Qiao family is in Anping County, the amount of glutinous rice transported from Jinling is limited.
Anping County is neither too big nor too small. The outer city wall of the county seat is far from the interior of the county seat, and the circle is about ninety miles long.
The inner city, which is now the city wall through which people enter and exit the county town, is about thirty-nine li in circumference.
At present, the government does not have enough financial and material resources to take care of the outer city wall.
The inner city walls, however, must be rebuilt.
Even though the inner city walls had undergone some simple maintenance before the earthquake, they were still full of cracks.
If it is to be repaired carefully, nearly three thousand shi of glutinous rice will be needed for one li of land.
If the city wall were to be repaired, the required amount of glutinous rice would be in the tens of thousands of bushels.
Therefore, the construction of the city wall has been delayed until now, with no progress yet.
There are two reasons for this: first, it is not yet time for corvée labor; second, it is impossible to obtain a large quantity of glutinous rice.
Even if we could acquire it, we would prioritize building houses for ordinary people.
In addition, glutinous rice is indeed expensive.
With disasters occurring everywhere and the need for rebuilding, and given the already low yield, the price per kilogram has soared to double that of polished rice.
But things are different now!
If we had cement, the government wouldn't have to spend money to buy glutinous rice; they could even make and sell this wood ash cement.
The money obtained can then be used to rebuild Anping County.
Most importantly, using this item will make the border walls even stronger!
Qin Mu thought things through carefully, and had even made plans in his mind.
Later, have someone from the Chi family accompany him to the yamen to show this to Fang Shizhong.
At that time, through Fang Shizhong, we will not only obtain money for the Chi family, but also receive a reward from the imperial court!
Chi Yu and her sister went down the mountain mainly for money.
The two sisters knew full well that they couldn't control this prescription.
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