Out of the palace, Ye Qiange went straight to Jingyang.

The carriage traveled for an hour or two before it came to a stop.

After getting off the carriage, Ye Qiange saw that the original mansion had been rebuilt and decorated, becoming more and more spacious and atmospheric, and the decorations and furnishings inside were also completely new, antique, and full of charm.

This has become the office of the fiefdom, and Liu Hua temporarily consuls the general affairs, in charge of the affairs of Jingyang.

"Meet the prince!"

Liu Hua led more than ten people and knelt down loudly.

"Get up." Ye Qiange waved his hand and took the lead in the hall.

"Liu Hua, how did this king do with what he told you?"

Liu Hua was stunned for a moment, then recovered as before, and said, "Back to the prince, when things first started, the progress was rapid, but these days-"

"What's wrong?"

Ye Qiange frowned, his drawings were already very detailed, covering almost all the details and steps, as long as they were drawn according to the drawings, they could be produced.

Liu Hua opened his mouth and spoke intermittently, and Ye Qiange was dizzy when he heard it, so he said, "Go and have a look." ”

"Whoa."

"Where is the factory shed?"

"Jingtang Town, not far from here, half an hour's foot."

"Then you don't have to take a carriage."

The sun is just right, shining on the body, there is a warm feeling, the winter sun is particularly rare, and it is also a good thing to bask in the sun.

Half an hour, that's an hour.

Fortunately, the road leading to the factory shed has been renovated, there are no potholes, no bumps, the width is no different from the official road, the road surface is very smooth, step on it, there is no bumpy feeling.

Jingtang Town, although it is called like this, but there are not many households, the pedestrians on the street are scattered, the shops on both sides can be crowded, and the street vendors are also dotted, and there are weak people to sell.

Ye Qiange couldn't help frowning when he saw it in his eyes.

Jingyang is only one or two hours away from the capital, the geographical location is excellent, it should be a place of great prosperity, but it is so poor, not only there are very few traders, even the merchants from the capital to the north choose to bypass Jingyang, do not stay here to stay.

Ye Qiange watched as he walked, secretly planning in his heart, when everything was ready, he could start to build the fiefdom.

"Lord Wang, that factory shed is it."

Liu Hua pointed to the factory shed not far away, and when he looked around, he could see several big chimneys, which were billowing and smoking.

The factory shed was surrounded by guards, about a hundred or so, and when they saw Ye Qiange coming, they saluted one after another.

"Knock on the prince!"

Ye Qiange waved his hand, asked them to continue patrolling, and stepped into the factory shed.

The factory shed was bustling, more than guards, and it was impossible to count.

"The prince is here, why don't you hurry up and see you!" Liu Hua shouted.

"Meet the prince!"

When the craftsmen heard this, their faces changed, and they lowered their eyebrows and fell to the ground.

"Get up." Ye Qiange raised his hand and said, "Among you, who is in charge?" ”

"Little Tian Yun, the head of the Ministry of Industry, has met the prince." Among the craftsmen came a middle-aged man, about thirty years old.

Ye Qiange nodded slightly, then walked slowly to the factory shed and asked, "Where has it progressed?" ”

"Back to the prince, everything is going well, but I don't know if what the prince needs—" Tian Yun said hesitantly.

"Going well?" Ye Qiange couldn't help but look at Liu Hua, and a playful taste crossed his eyes.

Liu Hua's head shrank, pulled Tian Yun, and said softly: "Didn't you say yesterday that the problem has not been solved?" ”

"Back to the adults, it was all solved, and later I found out that the heat was not enough, so I increased the heat today, thanks to the charcoal sent by the adults." Tian Yun sneered.

"Since it's going well, let's see how it goes!"

Ye Qiange is still looking forward to it, it has only been more than half a month, and the things have been produced, which is really surprising.

"This may be the speed of power!"

Ye Qiange thought secretly in his heart, and followed Tian Yun to the depths.

The temperature inside the factory shed is extremely high, and the closer you get to the furnace, a wave of heat hits your face.

"Lord Wang, this is the last thing you get." Tian Yun pointed to a pair of blue-gray stone-like objects uneasily, and said.

After all, they don't know if they succeeded.

They are just executors, they just follow the process drawn in the drawings step by step, and the final result is not known.

Therefore, Tian Yun will be uneasy.

Ye Qiange squatted down, picked up a piece, and looked at it carefully.

After a while, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth became larger and larger.

"That's it!" Ye Qiange laughed, "Give me a hammer!" ”

"Lord Wang, give!" A guard took it from the craftsman's hand and handed it to Ye Qian's singer.

"Get out of the way." Ye Qiange was very excited, picked up the hammer, and slammed it a few times.

With a bang, the stone-like object shattered into several small pieces.

However, Ye Qiange did not stop, and continued to pick up the hammer and smash it, feeling very happy.

After a dozen strokes, I felt that I couldn't smash it, so I took a broom, swept up the debris on the ground, and took it aside and began to grind it.

He was very busy, and the guards and craftsmen on the side were completely wide-eyed, and they didn't know why, and they didn't dare to come forward to disturb him without permission.

With a stick of incense, Ye Qiange finally ground a few stone-like objects into powder granules, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and smiled contentedly.

"Come on, get some water."

The color of the powder is a little weird, the blue-gray is not pure, mixed with a little heterochromy, but in just twenty days, it is enough to make it.

"Lord Wang, the water is coming." The guard brought a bucket and put it beside Ye Qiange.

Ye Qiange picked up the water, poured it on the powder, and then picked up the shovel and stirred it a few times to ensure that the powder was fully soaked and formed a mud-like state.

Immediately, Ye Qiange smeared the mud between the gaps between the two stones.

After finishing it, Ye Qiange stopped his movements and waited quietly.

"Lord Wang, you are ——?"

Tian Yun was very curious, they had been kissing and suffering for more than 20 days, and they couldn't even go back to their homes, so they were placed here, and there were hundreds of guards to isolate this place.

It was expected that this thing must be very precious, but when I finally saw this thing, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and thought that something was wrong, but seeing Ye Qiange's ecstatic appearance, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But the curiosity in his eyes was even stronger.

If this thing is a treasure, it does not look like a treasure, but is like a stone, and it is worthless.

"Wait a minute, and you'll see the clues."

It took some time for the mud to condense, so Ye Qiange walked to the factory shed.

"Is there a lot of lime and clay here?" Ye Qiange asked.

Liu Hua heard it and replied, "Back to the prince, there are several lime mines next to it, which can be mined, and clay can also be taken nearby." ”

"In this case, we will do our best to expand the scale of this place, and if we have manpower, we will recruit them from among the displaced people or from the fiefdoms." Ye Qiange nodded, and said: "This thing is kept secret for the time being, and it cannot be publicized to the public, if there is a violation, it will be severely punished." ”

"Whoa."

After a round of tours, he talked with Tian Yun and pointed out several details that need to be paid attention to in the production process to improve the purity of the product.

About an hour later, Ye Qiange strode out.

"It's done!"

Ye Qiange's eyes were shining, and he saw that the two stones were tightly glued together, and a great joy occupied his entire heart.

As a senior craftsman, Tian Yun could see the abnormality at a glance.

He was stunned and looked at it in disbelief, the two stones that were already like one body, and his heart set off a stormy wave.

He swallowed his saliva and struck it with the hammer, but he could not separate the two stones, as if they were fused together.

"It's-"

The craftsmen around them let out an exclamation and stared at the stones on the ground.

"That's what we made it!"

Tian Yun took a closer look at the sand and gravel bonded between the stones, which was originally mud, but now the water has volatilized, and it has become solid, and it is incomparably hard, like a rock!

Ye Qiange nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes were shining.

"Lord Wang, what is this thing?"

Tian Yun's heart shook, and he asked urgently.

Ye Qiange smiled and spit out two words.

"Cement."