It is not enough for the nobles and clan relatives to demolish the Yixiang Hall, but increasing production is bound to be put on the agenda.

He and Zhang Dazhu are looking for limestone mines in preparation for increasing the production of soap and soap.

The Tang Dynasty has had the situation of burning lime with limestone, but it is still relatively small, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the application of limestone burning lime was popularized, and lime appeared in daily use, military, medical, and even Taoist alchemy.

Moreover, the sister paper of rich families in this era almost all washed their faces with lime made of shells, and because of the alkaline substances in the lime, they could wash their faces clean.

As for Li Mingyue washing her face with no lime, only God knows.

Of course, mining limestone rock formations and refining lime is no joke, manpower, tools, and kilns for firing limestone must be prepared in advance.

Mining limestone rock requires a lot of manpower, and manpower is easy to solve.

After the autumn harvest, the villagers have nothing to do, except for those who make babies at home, most of the villagers will choose to go out to work to earn some pocket money.

After all, Xiahe Village is close to Chang'an City, and it has become the first choice for the villagers of Shangxiahe Village to work part-time jobs in Chang'an City to subsidize the family until spring ploughing.

If you want to mine limestone, you can get paid and you should be able to recruit a lot of idle labor.

Tools are also easy to solve, so he uses the steel bars he purchased to make steel chisels, sledgehammers, and steel picks.

Anyway, Di Renjie, Wei Yuanzhong, Wang Xiaojie and Cheng Chubi ate him, drank him, and still lived in his house for nothing.

Kilns for firing limestone are also easy to build, so you can buy red bricks to build a kiln.

Of course, I don't know much about how to build a kiln, but the Tang Dynasty already had a complete set of technology for refining lime, and how to build a kiln for burning lime can spend money to hire professionals to build a kiln.

The process of extracting soda ash from lime and then making soap and soap can be controlled by one's own hands.

In addition to him and Zhang Dazhu, there are more than a dozen people he can use now from the Zhengwang Mansion, once the output of soap and soap increases, these people are completely insufficient.

He found that there were very few available people who were loyal to him.

Even though the kiln was built and the tools were ready, it was already winter, and the limestone rock layers were frozen and stiff, and manual mining was difficult and difficult.

Unless there is a way to make a large number of rock formations fall off, but it is impossible to do so with human power, unless he can make gunpowder and make it into a detonator that can blow up the rock formations.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the alchemists were making medicines, they found that the mixture of sulfur, flame nitrate and charcoal had the ability to burn and explode, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder arrows began to appear in wars, and gunpowder packets were also thrown with stone throwers as incendiary weapons.

Although he knows the formula of gunpowder, but this time he will not easily show gunpowder, the new steelmaking law has made Gaozong as an important weapon of the country, if Gaozong sees gunpowder that can blow up rock formations again, then gunpowder must not be regarded as a strategic weapon, and he is regarded as a national treasure to guard against it?

But if he doesn't take advantage of the winter to start work, when spring comes, the villagers are busy farming, and even if he spends twice the money, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hire people.

Food is more important than anything for the people of the Tang Dynasty who only have two meals a day, and money cannot be eaten and drunk, let alone filled in the belly, only when the grain is placed in the granary, the people have the confidence to carry out other work.

Seeing that he hadn't squeaked for a long time, Li Mingyue couldn't guess that countless thoughts had flashed in his heart, and asked, "Gao Sheng, what are you thinking, but you are replying to me?" ”

Gao Sheng said lightly: "It is easy to increase the production of soap and soap, but at this moment, it is not the time. ”

Li Mingyue was surprised: "Isn't it time yet?" ”

He said helplessly: "The four guys haven't left the school yet, and the January period has only been seven days, do you think I have time to be busy with other things?" ”

Li Mingyue was silent, only to see him suddenly smile and say, "It's that the preliminary work to increase production can be prepared, and I have to bother Mingyue to go to Zhang Luo." ”

Li Mingyue heard him say this, and knew that it was not impossible to increase the output of soap and soap, so she hurriedly said: "You come here, but whoever Mingyue can call the shots, all agree." ”

Gao Sheng waved at Li Mingyue and said with a smile: "So please Mingyue." ”

Li Mingyue saw that his "bright moon" was long and "bright moon" was short, and he shouted diligently, and his cheeks were a little feverish.

"I'm tired of Mingyue looking for craftsmen who can build lime refining furnaces, as well as craftsmen who can refine lime."

Li Mingyue was blue-hearted, and Zou Mei asked: "You want these craftsmen, is it related to increasing the output of soap and soap?" ”

Seeing Gao Sheng nodded, she immediately stopped asking about the original, this is her cleverness, although she had doubts in her heart, but she didn't get to the bottom of it.

Li Mingyue has known since she was a child that everything can be done in moderation, and she can win the trust and respect of others, so when she gets along with Gao Sheng, Gao Sheng does not explain many things, and she never asks the reason.

After getting along for a few months, and being a business partner, Gao Sheng didn't want to hide it from her, and said with a smile: "Mingyue doesn't ask, I also have to tell the truth that if this soap and soap want to increase production, you have to refine this limestone and get it from lime." ”

As long as the technology of refining soda ash is in your own hands, even if outsiders know that lime can make soap and soap, they will not be able to find a way out.

What's more, he is already very relieved of Li Mingyue's partner, from the refining of alkaline water to the production of soap and soap, all rely on more than ten parts sent by Li Mingyue, if Li Mingyue wants to swallow soap and soap alone, he can completely kick him away and start a new stove with those more than ten parts.

But Li Mingyue didn't do this, which shows that she is trustworthy.

"Lime?" Li Mingyue was slightly stunned.

Gao Sheng nodded, and then found a large amount of limestone mines on Xiaoshan, and told Li Mingyue, the purpose is self-evident, he is ready to take the land in the hands of Butcher Zhang.

The lime refining plant is located here, and the materials are sourced locally.

"Zhang Guanren's land?" Li Mingyue sneered, when Gao Sheng delivered steamed buns for free in front of the courtyard, she knew the grievances between Butcher Zhang and Gao Sheng, although she didn't disdain Butcher Zhang's personality, she didn't have any good feelings, and even had a trace of disgust.

She continued: "Do you want Mingyue to come forward and take this land? ”

"I don't have to bother you to come forward to deal with it, I actually have a plan for this land."

Li Mingyue nodded, looking at him with deeper and deeper eyes, this guy even seems to have a connection with people like Butcher Zhang, doesn't he have any grievances?

When Gao Sheng was about to say how to take the land, he saw the housekeeper Sun Youfu hurriedly appear in front of the gate and reported: "Master, the unscrupulous people of Dali Temple led by Hu Sihu Yang outside the courtyard, shouting outside the courtyard, saying that he wanted to take you." ”

He and Li Mingyue glanced at each other, both with shocked expressions......