After several old men greeted Mao Wenlong, they left one after another, leaving only Hong Chengchou and Mao Wenlong to talk.

Regarding Hong Chengchou's doubts, Mao Wenlong smiled at him: "Tell you good news." ”

Hong Chengchou patted the dirt left on his hands and walked straight to the canal to wash his hands. Since the invention of cement, all the canals in the farms have been poured with cement, so that the water will not be damaged due to the loss of water.

At the same time, it also greatly saves water consumption, which plays a good role in preventing drought. The effect of cement is remarkable, and Hong Chengchou seems to have experienced the fun from it, and now the old guy is out of control, buried in the academy and can't extricate himself.

And what he studied was the thoughts given by Mao Wenlong, those strange later sciences. For these strange imaginations and unknown things, Hong Chengchou burst out with an unprecedented desire for knowledge.

"Let's hear about it." Hong Chengchou didn't seem to be very interested in Mao Wenlong's so-called good news.

"What? Don't you want to hear it? Mao Wenlong frowned, and he suddenly realized that Hong Chengchou seemed to have changed a lot, which made him feel a little strange.

"I know that your so-called good news is for you and not for me."

Hong Chengchou turned to face Mao Wenlong and said seriously: "If your good news is to find what I need, then I will be happy and happy." But I know you're not going to tell me that, are you? ”

Mao Wenlong glanced at Hong Chengchou, and suddenly lost any interest, it seems that this old guy is indeed enchanted. But this is not a bad thing, since Hong Chengchou has devoted himself to research, Mao Wenlong has gained a lot.

Some technologies that have not made much progress in the past have made good progress under his auspices. Although people like Hong Chengchou should have greater achievements in the military, it is good to do so now, and Mao Wenlong thinks that he may have greater achievements in this regard.

"In addition to informing you that the progress in Xuzhou is going well, I also want to invite you to accompany me to Xuzhou for a trip. For a personal field trip, I plan to pour all the canals in Xuzhou with cement, do you think this is feasible? ”

Mao Wenlong didn't have an appetite anymore, and directly said his purpose.

Hong Chengchou frowned, and after a short thought, he shook his head and said, "No! ”

"Why?" Mao Wenlong was slightly surprised.

"It's very simple, because the current output of cement is pitiful, and it can't meet the needs of pouring Xuzhou canals." Hong Chengchou looked troubled.

The cement had just been developed for less than half a month, and it took a lot of effort just to get out the canal in the farm. And now the output of cement is pitiful, Hong Chengchou is still ready to use cement to build a house, he has already made a large piece of land behind the academy. Prepare to build an academy out of cement, and then move all the dangerous projects of Mao Wenlong into it.

In this way, those students who study will be safe, like the last time, I didn't know how to configure gunpowder, and there was an accident, and the college almost collapsed.

For this reason, Hong Chengchou has always been obsessed, so he wants to separate those messy things as soon as possible. The appearance of cement obviously gave him hope, so he began to prepare.

Mao Wenlong didn't agree with Hong Chengchou's statement, he said indifferently: "Of course, I just want to make some preparations in advance, not to start construction immediately." Besides, if the construction can really start at that time, it will definitely not transport cement in Ye County, which is too troublesome. My original intention was to build another cement workshop directly in Xuzhou. ”

Hearing such a plan, Hong Chengchou was obviously relieved, as long as he didn't ruin his plan, there was nothing to worry about.

After hesitating for a moment, Hong Chengchou spoke again: "Then you came here this time to want me to go to Xuzhou with you?" There's no need for this, you can make up your own mind, I still have a lot of things to do here, and I can't leave. ”

The old guy has been living in the academy like a demon recently, and Mao Wenlong was kind enough to invite him to Xuzhou to go to Xuzhou with him, in order to consider his physical and mental health. Unexpectedly, the old guy refused directly, and Mao Wenlong stopped entanglement.

"Yes, since you don't want to, then I'll go by myself." Mao Wenlong immediately turned around and left, leaving Hong Chengchou in place.

Looking at Mao Wenlong's departing figure, a trace of hesitation flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes, in fact, he also wanted to go to Xuzhou to see the changes. After all, according to the plan, it will become the granary of the entire Henan Province in the future, which is specially used to grow grain.

The tiny Ye County could no longer meet the growing population and soldiers, and the growth of Mao Wenlong's power now far exceeded the production capacity of Ye County. Xuzhou, the future agricultural base, is the top priority, and Hong Chengchou is naturally very concerned.

And he rejected Mao Wenlong just now just out of face considerations, after all, last time he said that he was going to fight for Mao Wenlong and take Henan. However, after the battle of Nameless Town, things have changed so much that he Hong Chengchou has become a dispensable person.

On the surface, Hong Chengchou pretended to be nothing, but he was still worried in his heart, and he was angry with Mao Wenlong just now. I just hope that Mao Wenlong will say more good things, so that he can show the importance of Hong Chengchou.

Looking at the back that had disappeared, Hong Chengchou sighed helplessly, silently returned to the academy to pack his things for travel, and then got into his special carriage and rushed back to the city.

That night, Mao Wenlong unexpectedly saw Hong Chengchou in the house. Seeing that he had even packed his salute, Mao Wenlong still didn't understand anything, so he laughed on the spot, pulled him to the kitchen to get some wine and food, and the two drank each other in Mao Wenlong's courtyard.

The sky is sunny and the moon is bright, the sky is full of stars, and the cool breeze is blowing, which is the time of high autumn air.

After a few glasses of wine, Hong Chengchou took the lead in speaking: "In half a month, it will be the time of the autumn harvest, but at this time you are going to Xuzhou, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

Mao Wenlong squinted at Hong Chengchou and said with a smile: "Because in three days, Chen Jisheng will start the battle against Henan with a large army." I don't have much time left, and I have to rush before Henan stabilizes and Xuzhou becomes a real granary. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded silently, it turned out that Mao Wenlong had already begun to fight in Henan, no wonder he paid attention to the situation in Xuzhou.

Solving the doubts in his heart, Hong Chengchou had no more doubts, and accompanied Mao Wenlong to drink and admire the moon until late at night, and then went back to rest.

Early the next morning, when the rooster reported the dawn, Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou marched towards Xuzhou under the escort of Haoda, Haoxiao and a group of guards.

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