Time passed at my fingertips, and in a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the eighth month of the eighth year of the Xuanli calendar.

Fu Xiaoguan has been in the back mountain of Xishan for three days and lives on the mountain.

The manufacture of cement is ready, and today, the process of processing can begin.

The waterfall cascaded down from the top of the mountain, roaring like thunder, and three huge waterwheels framed under the waterfall, driving the three stones to rotate slowly in a circle.

"Feeding!"

Fu Xiaoguan roared, looking excited.

"Feeding!"

The sound came and went, and many workers threw the prepared greystone and sun-dried clay into the two grinding grooves, and with a clattering sound, the greystone clay crumbled under the stone grinding.

The other grinding groove is slag, which is relatively hard and looks quite laborious, but if you replace it with an iron mill, you should be able to think of it.

He can only use this simplest and most primitive method to deal with it, and of course, he will not use the more advanced mechanized method.

If some more waterwheels and mills are added, the output should be able to supply the construction of the Xishan Annex, as for the road - he wants to build the road from Xishan to Linjiang into a cement road, which now seems not so easy.

He has taught Feng Xi the whole process and ratio of cement, and now that the most difficult step of crushing has been completed, there is not much for him to do.

Looking at the waterfall and the waterwheel stone mill under the waterfall, as well as the factory shed built around him and the two large kilns not far away, a smile appeared on his face.

As soon as this thing comes out, you can immediately build a factory in Xishan, first build a soap and soap factory, which is the easiest, and then a perfume factory, because those flowers have not yet bloomed, and because Yu Zhongtan's glass utensils have not been completed.

The workers were in full swing, and the milled powder, under the command of Feng Xi, was poured into a huge pit, and then water was poured in, and a large group of people stirred it with wooden sticks in their hands.

"Stop!"

"I'm going to tell you to stop pouring water, and you keep stirring."

Feng Xi was very nervous, this was the first time he had done such a major job, this was the young master's trust, but he must not mess it up.

He lifted the stick, pinched the mud on it with his hand, and shouted to the person next to him: "Big egg, go get a few wooden planks to stand on this, stir unevenly, hurry up!" ”

A few wooden planks were set up on the pit, "Go up, go up twenty people, pour water, I will stop it for Lao Tzu immediately!" ”

"Old Li Tou, start the kiln, don't let the fire be too big!"

"Great!"

A kiln burned, and the smoke was like a pillar.

After a full hour, Feng Xi thought that the cement slurry in this pit should be fine.

"Go to the kiln!"

"Old Li Tou, don't be too big, I'll call you later."

"Great!"

The first batch of mud in the pit was poured into the kiln, and after another hour, Feng Xi shouted: "Old Li Tou, don't stop the fierce fire!" ”

……

Fu Xiaoguan stood from a little distance and watched, he didn't know if it could be done, because he didn't know how long this thing would burn, he just told Feng Xi to boil it like water and then cool it, and Feng Xi went to find Lao Li Tou, who said that it would be burned for about five hours.

Then burn it, burn it and come back, as long as the direction is right, then don't be afraid of failure, this is what Fu Xiaoguan said to Feng Xi, Feng Xi doesn't want to fail.

So night fell, and everyone ate their dinner, and then went back to work.

Fu Xiaoguan did not open a small stove, and it was like this for the past three days, which left a good impression in the hearts of these hundreds of people.

"The young master's precious body is guarding here, don't be lazy for me!"

"Everyone work hard, the young master will not treat you badly!"

“……”

In fact, Fu Xiaoguan is really not used to these meals, but he can't stand being hungry, so he can only recall that when he went out on a mission, he had gnawed all the bark of wild vegetables, so it became delicious.

It's been too comfortable lately.

Thinking that it would take a long time to burn and cool down, Fu Xiaoguan returned to his room - this was a bit special, he was not used to too many people crowded on a bunk.

After sitting and practicing the Jiuyang Heart Sutra for a while, he fell asleep in this noisy environment.

As soon as the morning dawned, he got up and moved his body, and saw Feng Xi running over quickly, his eyes red.

Feng Xi's voice was very excited, "Young Master, take a look, isn't this what it looks like?" ”

Fu Xiaoguan hurriedly took it over and saw that the cement had solidified, and he didn't know if it was cement or not, but at least the color looked similar.

"Grind this thing into powder."

Feng Xi directly took a mallet and pounded the cement in this bucket into powder, "Let's go, go to the river." ”

Fu Xiaoguan took a gourd scoop and carefully mixed it with water, stirred it, and then asked Feng Xi to take two bricks left over from the original kiln, and he smeared the cement on the bricks, and then stacked them together.

"If it will dry later, these two bricks can stick together, even if it is done, the stronger the better, let it go first."

Feng Xi guarded the two bricks like a gold mine, and this guard was an hour.

Fu Xiaoguan walked over and asked, "How?" ”

"I didn't dare to move."

"Pick it up and take a look."

"Why don't you come, young master?"

"Don't talk nonsense, take a look."

Feng Xi stretched out his hand nervously, and thought silently in his heart, God bless you, you must stick to it!

He picked up the brick on top and ...... The one below didn't fall off.

"It's finished?"

"Break it down."

Feng Xi broke it gently, but there was no movement, he increased his strength a little, but it still didn't work, and then he used his strength, and the two bricks finally opened, "This ......"

"Excellent! Of course, in the process of making it, you have to record the time of each process, and you can try a small amount of various ratios. Don't do what I say, learn to innovate, including these tools, you have to innovate, remember? ”

"Remember, young master!"

"After the burned cement dries thoroughly, grind it into powder, pack it and send it to Xishan, that's it, do it well!"

"Great!"

Fu Xiaoguan and Su Mo walked down the mountain, and Feng Xi's roar came from behind them: "Brothers, it's done, we've succeeded!" ……”

"It's all about sticking the bricks together?" Su Mo asked very incomprehensibly.

"yes, it's not easy."

"Isn't it okay to have rice milk?"

"Rice milk can only be used on a small scale, and the amount I need is very large, so big that you can't imagine it."

Su Mo thought about it, what he said made sense.

Fu Xiaoguan suddenly asked: "You say, if I use this thing to build a city wall - based on bluestone, glued with this cement, and then smeared with a layer of cement, will it be smashed?" ”

Su Mo paused for a moment, "I don't know, but a broken city is often not a broken city wall." ”

"Well, I'm just asking."