However, it was said that after Shen Jia returned to Fushun City, he had to rest at home for a day due to the injuries he got all over his body when he fell off the cliff. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Hearing that Shen Jia was injured, He Shixian even ran over to visit him in person. Of course, He Shixian's way of visiting was to scold him and warn him not to go to dangerous places in the future.

At the same time, Yang Lian, Xiong Tingbi, Chen Ce and other officials also sent people to send some silver taels, called "consultation fees". Although each person only had a mere five taels of silver, Shen Jia still saw the trickiness in it.

The income of officials in the Ming Dynasty was generally very low, and if the government issued the silver, it would be difficult for the officials to maintain food and clothing when the overall price of goods rose in the late Ming Dynasty. Shen Jia does not intend to live like the great proletarian Comrade Hai Rui, and besides, the whole stream is like this, and he will not do the thing of blocking the car with his mantis arm as soon as he is white.

There are all kinds of nominal gifts among officials in the Ming Dynasty, superiors will receive rituals when they travel, subordinates will receive tribute when they travel, weddings and funerals, and they will also receive various gifts for the New Year's holidays, in short, as long as they are in this official class, there will always be a gift money suitable for you. Of course, the difference is only between high and low.

After a day of rest, Shen took the opportunity to test the remaining cement samples at home, and Shen was finally able to finalize the ratio and temperature of cement calcination. The calcination kiln outside the north gate has begun to work on a large scale, and Shen Jia needs to produce cement on a large scale as soon as possible for the city wall.

Originally, Shen Jia wanted to rest at home for a day, but the sudden situation interrupted his leisurely life.

Qu Xiaojia came back, because Shen Jia said, "Bring everything you can bring back to Fushun", Qu Xiaojia brought back all the materials that Shen Jia left in Shenyang Mansion. Looking at the bustling transportation team in front of the door, people who don't know think that this place has become a vegetable market.

Just as Shen Jia was standing at the door and preparing to count the materials to be transported, a lively voice suddenly came: "Brother Shen... ”

Shen Jia looked up, but found that a woman in front of him was talking to him, who else but Wu Shihan.

Wu Shihan's face is condensed with goose fat, her lips are like cherry blossoms, her eyebrows are like ink paintings, her spirit is like autumn water, with indescribable softness and delicacy, she is wearing a moon-white skirt, which is beautiful and refined in the brightness, and between her smile, there is an indescribable ethereal lightness. Shen Jia looked at it blankly, and then listened to Wu Shihan's giggles, and Shen Jia suddenly added an indescribable feeling in his heart. Shen Jia didn't expect Wu Shihan to come to Fushun together.

"Why are you here?"

Wu Shihan's eyes lit up, and he was about to answer, but unexpectedly, the little peach next to him grabbed it out and said, "Shen Gongzi, don't you welcome us?" “

"How dare you, let's go into the house and say, I'll let the guys pack up."

In the face of so many goods, Shen Jia also had a headache for a while, but fortunately, the noble uncle who came with Wu Shihan stepped forward and took the initiative to help Shen Jia take care of it. Shen Jia asked Qu Xiaojia to assist Uncle Gui in handling it, and he found the box and took Wu Shihan to the backyard.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Qu Xiaoyi, who came over, asked with a smile: "Shen Jia, who is this sister?" You don't give me an introduction? ”

Shen Jia was still thinking about finding a safe place to charge the solar laptop, and he never wanted to be bumped into by Qu Xiaoyi all of a sudden. Hearing Qu Xiaoyi's question, Shen Jia immediately became embarrassed, and after a long while, he said: "This is Miss Wu from Shenyang, and next to her is the maid Xiaotao." ”

Shen Jia turned his head and muttered for a long time before saying, "This is mine... It's mine... Fiancee. ”

What does the fiancée mean, of course Wu Shihan understands. Shen Jia's words were suddenly like a hammer smashing on glass, shattering Wu Shihan's longing for days. Wu Shihan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she held back her tears and saluted Qu Xiaoyi slightly: "Shihan has seen my sister." ”

Xiao Tao's eyes seemed to be eating people, staring at Shen Jia deadly, and Shen Jia was so frightened that he didn't dare to look at Wu Shihan anymore.

Qu Xiaoyi also looked resentful, she said faintly: "Sister don't be polite, my name is Qu Xiaoyi, let's go in first." ”

The scene was a little embarrassing, and the four of them had their own worries, so they stood like this. Soon, Qu Xiaoyi regained her former generosity and sassiness, she walked over, gently grabbed Wu Shihan's arm, and said with a smile:

"I once heard Shen Jia mention his sister, but I didn't want my sister to be so beautiful and moving, Shen Jia is a very thick-skinned person, but today I have to pretend to be thin-skinned, my sister doesn't need to pay attention to him, let's go into the house."

After speaking, Qu Xiaoyi dragged Wu Shihan inside, and when they entered, the three of them glared at Shen Jia fiercely.

Shen Jia was startled, his whole body was shocked, and when he looked around, the backyard was full of vinegar jars, and Shen Jia suddenly felt that this home was full of danger.

When Wu Shihan came over, he brought a maid and an uncle, and he also brought his brother Wu Zhiwen. Wu Zhiwen stayed at Cai Fu's house for a few days, but under the lure of his cousin Cai Tong, he went to gamble again, and this time he lost all the remaining 500 taels of silver, and he also owed hundreds of taels of gambling debts.

The people in the casino tied Wu Zhiwen to Cai's mansion to ask for gambling money, but Cai Fu was only willing to redeem his son, but refused to pay for Wu Zhiwen. Everyone in the casino knows Wu Zhiwen's situation, this time Wu Zhiwen's backer Shen Jia went to Fushun, Wu Zhiwen had no backer, the casino guy simply let go, and escorted Wu Zhiwen to Shen Jia's mansion to ask Wu Shihan for help.

Wu Shihan naturally refused, the casino guy knew that this woman was different from ordinary people, so he cut off one of Wu Zhiwen's little fingers on the spot. Wu Shihan was in a hurry, so she had no choice but to feel compassion again, so she paid off the gambling debt with the three hundred taels of silver that Shen Jia gave her when she left.

The brother's inaction made Wu Shihan have to be dragged down. coincided with Qu Xiaojia coming to Shenyang to transport supplies, Wu Shihan felt helpless, and felt that it was necessary to go to Fushun in person and explain the matter to Shen Jia in person, so as not to let others think that the brother and sister were plotting against each other to obtain Shen Jia's family property.

Looking at Wu Zhiwen with an arrogant face, Shen Jia admired this guy's professionalism that he would rather go hungry than gamble. With a finger missing and losing so much money, Wu Zhiwen didn't feel a trace of shame, he stood in front of Shen Jia, as if he was a creditor, and Shen Jia seemed to be even more in debt.

"What do you see? When you left Shenyang, my sister almost staged a night run with you, I used you to count the silver, are you so stingy? ”

Wu Zhiwen raised his finger and pointed at the back house, looking at Shen Jia with a look of disdain.

Shen Jia sighed in surprise, he had heard the eldest brother like his father, since Wu Zhiwen had said so, there was no need to hide it.

"I said, uncle, why haven't I seen you so confident in the past? Are you gambling out of bounds? ”

"I can call it gambling, I call it Yiqing, a rough embryo like you must not understand, since that day I broke a finger...

After that, Wu Zhiwen lifted up the placket of his clothes, took out a handkerchief close to his body, and after opening it, half of his blackened fingers were wrapped in the middle, and an unpleasant rancid smell suddenly wandered around.

"Damn, you pervert!"

Shen Jia covered his nose and lowered his head for a while retching.

"I, Wu Zhiwen, have sworn to God that I will never gamble again in the future, and I decided to find some other fun to make up for myself, such as visiting the Qinglou or something."

Wu Zhiwen was talking nonsense, and at the same time looked at the crippled half of his finger with palpitations.

Shen Jia could see that this guy didn't want to gamble, but he was frightened. However, since he "swore to the sky", Shen Jia decided to help him seriously, so as not to cut himself when Wu Zhiwen broke his oath and thundered.

"Come on, send Wu Gongzi to the right camp of the North Gate Schoolyard, inform Gan Liang, just say that I sent the person, let him take good care of me."

After that, two people came, one on the left and one on the right, hugging Wu Zhiwen, ignoring Wu Zhiwen's panicked shouts, dragging him towards the north gate.

After Shen Jia settled the supplies and his men, he rode out of the east gate again, and he was going to go to the calcining kiln outside the city today to find Wang Erhu, the person in charge, to understand the progress of the work.

The sulfuric acid distillation kiln has been completed, a distillation chamber with a length and width of about four meters, and a ventilation hole on the top, which is specially responsible for introducing the sulfur trioxide gas produced by the heated pyrite into the cooling room, and the outer layer of the cooling room is cooled by circulating cold water, and the sulfur trioxide gas is integrated into the sulfuric acid, and finally concentrated sulfuric acid is formed.

Shen Jia has been worried about the corrosiveness of sulfuric acid, even if it is ordinary cement, Shen Jia is worried that it will be difficult to resist the corrosion of concentrated sulfuric acid for a long time. Shen Jia was once heartbroken by this. Later, the craftsmen added iron plates to the cement layer, which on the one hand sealed the leakage of the cement, and on the other hand, avoided the corrosion leakage caused by concentrated sulfuric acid. Iron reacts with sulfuric acid, but because concentrated sulfuric acid is so oxidizing that when it comes into contact with iron, it forms a layer of insoluble strong oxide on the contact surface of iron, which is also known as passivation. The passivation effect of the upper layer of iron products prevented the concentrated sulfuric acid from continuing to react with the iron, and the concentrated sulfuric acid in the previous life was even transported in iron drums.

For the iron plate sandwiched in the middle of the cement wall, after all, there is still a layer of cement inside, and it should not be a big problem to control the corrosion of concentrated sulfuric acid. As for the container, the existing ceramic tank is fine, and the bottom of the condensation chamber is an inclined plane, and after the concentrated sulfuric acid is aggregated and generated, it will automatically flow out through the hole at the bottom when collected, and the hole is usually plugged with a wooden cork.

Shen Jia is very satisfied with this, he has already let people collect a large amount of pyrite, and now in the next two days, when the cement from the distillation kiln is completely solidified, he can start to extract concentrated sulfuric acid.

After inspecting the progress of the distillation kiln, Shen Jia went to the vicinity to check the construction of the cement calcining kiln. In the end, Shen Jia came to the temporary residence of the potters.

Most of the people still live in makeshift shacks. Most of the potters are homeless people, who live in no fixed place and are at peace with what they encounter. The place of work was nearby, so they made their home next to it. Shen Jia knew that if cement was made on a large scale in the future, there would be dust everywhere and the sky would be gray. Living here for a long time will cause great damage to people's physical and mental health, and the sulfuric acid industry may also be placed here in the future, Shen Jia is very worried about this.

Although Shen Jia is unable to solve the suffering faced by everyone, Shen Jia is still willing to try to do some things when he can, such as building a house. In the 21st century, it was still very easy to build a simple flat house on a construction site, although these materials were lacking in the Ming Dynasty, but it was still easy to make some simple cement sheets by mixing cement and hardwood. In addition, most of Fushun is in a mountainous area, and stones are everywhere, and with cement, you can directly build walls with stones, saving the process of burning bricks.

The only restriction was that Shen Jia needed to get out of the explosives earlier. The use of black powder, as well as the speed of artificial quarrying, is too slow. If you want to build a temporary shelter, this stone will certainly not be enough, in addition to supporting large-scale cement production.

Shen Jia asked Wang Erhu, chose a sunny slope land outside Erli, and planned to build private houses little by little in the future, and use these private houses to reward good performance workers.

Because Wang Erhu has been too busy with too many things recently, he recommended a carpenter to Shen Jia - Fan Chengye. Shen Jia was surprised by Wang Erhu's performance, he didn't expect him to be good at discovering talents, no wonder Wang Erhu had so much influence among those people. Shen Jia encouraged Wang Erhu a few words, and at the same time announced that he would be rewarded with an additional ten catties of grain, and Wang Erhu's face suddenly blossomed.

Shen Jia began to look at Fan Chengye who was standing in front of him. Perhaps because of his excitement, Fan Chengye's nose was a little red, his hands were in his sleeves, his upper body was wearing a short cotton jacket full of mud spots, and his lower body was a dusty gray trousers. I heard that Fan Chengye was only in his thirties, but his face was full of wrinkles, and if he didn't know the actual situation, he would think he was a weathered old man.

Shen Jia asked a few words about Fan Chengye's situation, and after confirming that there was no problem, he handed over the work of the temporary residence to Fan Chengye to be responsible. Although Shen Jia intends to build temporary settlements, repairing the city walls remains the highest priority, with the production of cement being a key factor.

Seeing that Shen Jia was worried about this, Fan Chengye said: "Shen Gongzi doesn't have to worry, since we are building a temporary residence for our own people, we can work overtime to mine stones, crush and calcine." As long as Shen Gongzi agrees, let everyone do the rest by themselves. ”

The person Wang Erhu was looking for was really good, Shen Jia was very satisfied with this, and immediately finalized some specific work.

After sending Fan Chengye away, Shen Jia continued to inspect a long cement kiln not far away. After less than half an hour, everyone on the entire construction site knew that Shen Jia would build a house for them in the future. Although many people are skeptical, judging from these days, this swinger has always counted his words, so this rumor is very marketable. Of course, no one cares when the rumored future is, after all, a beautiful vision is far more exciting for everyone at this time than a hopeless reality.

Shen Jia walked on the construction site, feeling the grateful and adoring eyes of everyone, and was quite puzzled. It wasn't until Shen Jia saw Wang Erhu's honest smile that he understood the deep meaning in everyone's eyes.