Two days later, it was a sunny day.

On the Chen family's Zhuangzi, including Lao Chen, a large group of people were waiting to watch.

Legend has it that a very big project is awaiting decision, and is now experimenting with something called cement.

Before, Zhao Cheng asked Ghost Foot Seven to go to Yangshan Village to find white agarwood, and transferred about 100 catties from the extremely scarce cement to Chenjiazhuang for trial.

After following the instructions and the mud, Lao Chen personally dug a small pit in the ground and smeared it on the surface with cement, which has now dried.

Many children come and lie on the ground and touch this small "cistern" with their hands, and the feeling is very delicate, and the feel is very different from other things.

"Get out! How can something so expensive be touched by a kid like you? ”

Chen Xiaohu came over and slapped the children away with a slap on the back of each head.

"Get on the water."

Lao Chen gave an order, and the people around him poured the prepared water in the bucket into it.

Under normal circumstances, even if the soil has absorbed enough water in the rainy season, such a mud pit will quickly lose water and be swallowed by the land.

The villagers opened their eyes one after another, and saw that there was as much water as they could enter, and after waiting for half an hour, the water was as if it was in a tank, and it was not swallowed by the land.

For a while, the surrounding people were full of surprise, especially the group of women who shouted "magic" and worshiped as if they had seen a miracle.

Because this is really a miracle for the croppers, the specific operation is still very vague. But at the very least, this means that it is possible to store excess summer rainwater in a localized area and then take it out when it should be used.

"Get rid of these troublesome!"

Lao Chen was also very excited, because the convenience of this thing was beyond his understanding. However, it did not affect him to reproach these women, he could not hold it back, and he had to observe more to confirm that it was not, and where could he see that it was a miracle to start prostrating and worshipping for a quarter of an hour.

Of course, objectively speaking, if they weren't so stupid, Lao Chen's rule would not be so easy.

The next is a group of Xiaobai mode, more than 100 people on the scene are all in a hurry, shouting and saying "miracles", and saying that they want to quickly get all the divine mud back and put it in Chenjiazhuang, and it will be monopolized by others when it is late.

Lao Chen did not hurry to order someone to bring chairs and tea, and just like that, under the sun, by the small reservoir, he continued to observe the changes in the water level.

The water level is barely changing, and the disappearing part is easily recognizable because of the scorching sun.

Later, Lao Chen personally entered the pool and touched the cement surface that had been soaked in water for nearly half a day with his hands and feet.

Scratching the dried cement with a dagger can leave marks, but the impact on the integrity of the cement is almost none.

"Come on, smash the cistern with a sledgehammer!"

In the end, Lao Chen gave the order of the very bunker.

"Don't...... Third uncle, you are a sinmaker! ”

The group of people was suddenly messy again, all beating their chests with a look of fear that the miracle would be destroyed, and the situation was very exaggerated.

"Really...... Are you going to smash it? ”

Chen Xiaohu also hesitated.

"Smashed."

Lao Chen felt that they were simply a bunch of idiots, too lazy to elaborate.

The next four strong men went into battle, took sledgehammers along the edge and began to smash the cistern. But the extent of the destruction is not as easy and not as great as imagined.

Lao Chen's very obscene and cautious appearance silently observed on the side, smashing can be smashed, burning bricks in the brick kiln, and rocks used to build the city wall can be smashed, so of course cement can also be smashed. There is nothing in the world that cannot be smashed, including the country.

The only thing that needs to be observed is its sturdiness and ability to carry destruction, which is very important, whether it can be like Zhao Cheng said, "Passed on to future generations", in fact, it is judged by strength.

As long as there is a very expensive strength of burned bricks, it can be classified as a hand-me-down in this era. Based on the traditional thinking of the Han people, whether it is expensive or cheap is relative, as long as it can be passed on to future generations and continue to generate benefits, then the price is really within the acceptable range.

It was observed that in the end, it was true that the whole pool was smashed and the sun was about to set. At this time, Lao Chen also fell into a state of consternation, and his mouth was half-open and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Observe the strength, of course, this thing is much higher than the burned bricks, the burned bricks will be smashed as a whole, but the cement will not, look at the feeling when the sledgehammer is smashed, you can clearly identify, the cement has a very strong adhesion and compressive ability. A hammer can only leave traces in a small local position, and for others, the destructive power to the surrounding area is actually very small.

In other words, one of the differences between this thing and burning bricks is that it is very easy to repair if it is broken, and it does not damage the whole, so children can easily complete the repair.

And it can be smashed because the applied cement is only a thin layer, and the foundation has not been reinforced, which means that the back of the cement is not supported, which is the damage.

The two masons on Zhuangzi were considered experts, and they also came over at this time and suggested: "Third uncle, this is really a good thing." If you first use strip stones, hammer into the soil when building, squeeze the density of the surrounding soil as stability, and then pave a layer of irregular stones, and then fill the gaps between the layers of small stones with this magical cement to bond and stabilize, not to mention the reservoir, the strength of the city wall used as a border is enough. ”

"Really?"

Lao Chen is not a mason, so he deliberately asked more.

"I can definitely make that promise." The two masons were convinced.

Lao Chen was still very obscene, touching his chin and hesitating.

A group of people fell down around him, almost wailing and shouting miracles, "Third uncle, I, Chenjiazhuang, want to act quickly, take advantage of this rainy season, to build a large reservoir on the highlands, so that we can ensure our own cultivation without looking at the sky in the coming year." ”

"Yes, we have to strike decisively, whoever grabs cement with us and stabs him with a dung scoop!"

This is simply a group of uneducated mallets, but they are helpless, and their minds are basically Lao Chen's.

In this year, land is everywhere, but if there is no water, it is not called a field. In other words, where there is water, there is field.

Thinking of this, Old Chen Tou muttered to himself, "Zhao Cheng's turtle is too pitiful, it's a good thing, it's just ...... It's just too expensive. ”

The surrounding crowd wailed again in large numbers:

"The third uncle can't hesitate, there is a reason why you are expensive, and you have to repair it."

"That's right, just like the fields are getting more and more expensive, and the price of food is no longer cost-effective, but there are still many people who buy land again, because this is the foundation of life, which can be passed down from generation to generation, not to mention happiness, things that can be dressed and eaten in real life, of course, it may not be cheap, but it is expensive and you have to buy it first."

Lao Chen leaned closer to the masons he trusted and whispered, "Wait a minute, let's roughly calculate how much cement is needed to build a larger reservoir in Wangjiapo." ”

Because the scale cannot be determined, and there is no specific empirical reference, this is difficult to measure.

However, one of the masons said excitedly: "Third uncle, I don't think there is any need to worry about this, looking at its strength is indeed once and for all." In this way, there is no need to calculate short-term gains and losses, even if the scale is larger, a few hundred thousand catties of cement should be enough, even if Zhao Cheng's kid is black-hearted, it will only be a few hundred yuan. For this reason, I can also turn some unusable land in my Chenjiazhuang into arable land, which will be profitable in the long run. ”

"Yes, I'm afraid that Zhao Cheng won't pass on the secret recipe, the cement output is limited, and if we don't win the share quickly, it will be difficult for our water environment to improve in a few years."

Chen Xiaohu also intervened to agitate. He knows very well how many group fights he has to fight every year to protect water, because every time it is Xiaohu who takes the lead in the charge.

In the end, Lao Chen had to sigh and laugh miserably, "This time he won, and the old man's cabbage sum accumulated for many years was all pinched away by his turtle with one chopstick." Okay, we need to repair this pool, we need to repair it quickly! ”

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