Two days later, Wang Erhu brought the results of his experiments - the cement sample that Shen Jia wanted. Of the five experimental samples www.biquge.info the pen, only two buckets were taken, and the rest were thrown into the garbage heap by Wang Erhu before leaving the kiln.

Looking at the blue-gray sample, Shen Jia didn't dare to confirm that this was what he wanted. He asked Qu Xiaojia to help him fill a basin of water, and then stirred it with the experimental samples separately to make a simple stone pier shape.

Looking at his works, Shen Jia couldn't help but look proud. Qu Xiaoyi next to him was disdainful, this loser spent so much money just to build a stone pier. is still Qu Xiaojia sincere, he not only brought the basin of water, but also helped Shen Jia stir with his bare hands, and he worked for a long time for free.

In the past two days, Shen Jia has been worried about the lack of a cook at home, especially since there are more mouths for Xiao A and Xiao B, eating has become a big problem at home. Originally, he and Wen Qing just had to eat together, but they couldn't let the Qu brothers and sisters do the same. The cook is still in Shenyang, in desperation, Shen Jia can only cook porridge every day, and in the winter and spring outside the Guanwai, there are not too many vegetables, and Shen Jia, who drank white porridge, wanted to vomit.

Later, Shen Jia remembered that he had brought a few packets of compressed biscuits with him, so he threw them into the porridge and soaked some, and a lot of them came out, and there were flashes of oil flowers on them, which tasted very strange to drink, but it was much stronger than white porridge. Qu Xiaojia drank three bowls in a row, and said that he wanted to have another bowl. Shen Jia was not polite, and even brought the pot over and poured it into Qu Xiaojia's bowl.

Since this meal, Qu Xiaojia feels that he is in the same pot with the main family, and this kind of thing doesn't seem to be much. So only two days later, Qu Xiaojia seemed to have suddenly changed as a person, Shen Jia was busy before and after the saddle, and Qu Xiaoyi, who was angry, complained that his brother forgot his righteousness for profit.

Wen Qing kept instigating Qu Xiaoyi on the side: "Look at it, you can deceive your brother with such a little hypocrisy, you must not do this in the future, Shen Jia is very good at deceiving girls, you must be careful." ”

Qu Xiaoyi is thin-skinned, no one has ever made such a joke about her, and her face turned red to her neck. Wen Qing looked at this resolute beauty with a smile, but at this time, she was as timid as a mimosa, and her heart couldn't help but bloom.

Women in this era can always let Wen Qing always find some highlights that are different from her own era, Wen Qing likes to tease, and by the way, ridicule Shen Jia.

Sure enough, when Qu Xiaojia followed Shen Jia to finish finishing the cement products, Wen Qing asked lazily, "Can you make this thing?" It won't be done deliberately to get a free brother-in-law! ”

This sentence was a bit lethal, and Shen Jia hurriedly gave Wen Qing a look. Fortunately, Qu Xiaojia was honest and didn't care, Qu Xiaoyi's face was slightly red, and he glared at Shen Jia fiercely, but he didn't say anything.

Now that the cement model is complete, the next step is to wait for the model to solidify. The wheat seeds and potatoes in the cabin have been escorted all the way from Shenyang, although there are only a dozen sacks, but as seeds, this is enough for more than a hundred acres of planting.

Shen Jia has already inquired with local farmers about the sowing season, and these few days are just right. Shen Jia reported the matter to He Shixian at the same time, and for the Ming people who mainly focused on agriculture, He Shixian naturally agreed with both hands. There was a large amount of wasteland left outside the city, and during the reign of the Tartars, part of the title deeds were burned and the land was redistributed, and the Ming army came over and burned a batch again, and Shen Jia took the opportunity to get hundreds of acres of fertile wasteland.

The city is full of displaced people, and the Mongol displaced people have been sent to the quarries. Most of the Hermes-Epitek are born farmers, and they have their own racial skills for farming. Therefore, when Shen Jia, an old acquaintance in the group of displaced people, explained that he was in charge of food and provided additional food, thousands of homeless people rushed to the south of the city, shouting and following Shen Jia out of the city gate.

For safety, Shen Jia still brought two hundred Ming army guards, and also brought all the horses, cattle, and ploughs in the Fushun official mansion. Many of them were even ploughs confiscated by the Tartars, ready to be used to reforge weapons, but they were accidentally brought to Shen Jia.

When he arrived at the ground, Shen Jia first took out the porridge and steamed buns that had been boiled long ago from the car, and said to everyone:

"Everyone wants to eat, no problem, this field, one day to plow the ground, the next day to sow seeds, and then level the soil, within five days to finish. I can get everyone to eat right now and get to work when they're done. But then we have to say that in the front, turning over one acre of five catties of grain, planting one acre of two catties of grain, flat land one acre of four catties of grain, we will record a quantity threshold, below this threshold, but there is no food, even after doing it today, you will be expelled, don't think about coming again tomorrow, in addition, you can do it alone, or you can find someone to cooperate with each other. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the crowd asked, "Is Childe serious?" ”

"Seriously!"

"Okay, my old man's name is Chai Lao Liu, draw a charge now, count me in."

When the crowd saw an old man going up, they all stepped forward to draw and eat.

But there are still some people who are unmoved and decide to take another look. Shen Jia doesn't care about these people, he is the uncle who has food now, and there will be no such store in this village after that.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the number of people accepted to be close to expectations, and the Ming army began to refuse the remaining people to join, and at this time, the people waiting on the side began to regret it.

Shen Jia saw that the fire was almost over, and stood next to him and shouted: "You go to Dongcheng, go straight out of the city and go straight to Erli Road, there are some earthen kilns nearby, you go to find a person named Wang Erhu, he also collects labor there, but you have to go early, where you go late, the manpower will be full." ”

When the rest of the people heard this, they ran away with their families, and the angry Shen Jia scolded. asked Wang Erhu to recruit laborers in the city before, Wang Erhu posted a lot of notices, but no one came. At first, Shen Jia thought that most people didn't know how to read, but later found some homeless children to preach around, but no one went.

In the midst of the chaos, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, and these homeless people would rather starve in the city than go out.

Today, Shen Jia is in a very strong position, and he is escorted by the Ming army and eats, and many homeless people believe it all.

Making cement is a big project, and the crushing, grinding and screening of limestone in the early stage is a labor-intensive matter, especially in the era of lack of mechanical power. Therefore, Shen Jia can only rely on manpower to fill this hole now, but fortunately, there is still a lot of captured grain at hand, which is more appealing than silver in this turbulent era.

Shen Jia is extremely nostalgic for the 21st century's electricity era, where anything laborious can be done by machinery. But in the Ming Dynasty where it is currently located, even if you want to get a steam power, it is a luxury. Although he also knows the truth of boiling tea to open the lid of the teapot, Shen Jia feels that there are still many difficulties in asking Shen Jia to find someone to design and manufacture one. Shen Jia still decided to wait until he understood the strength of these craftsmen before making a consideration.

I don't know if I can talk to the Europeans, maybe I can get some original steam engine model sites, and enrich it myself, maybe I can make one, but that's for a later time.

At present, it is better for me to survive with peace of mind. In the Ming court, many people were still deeply suspicious of their origins, and at this time they could only use military exploits to slowly wash away.

Thinking of this, Shen Jia sighed helplessly, his eyes turned to the plow, some people who moved quickly, holding the steamed bun in one hand and the plough in the other, were already turning the ground.

The plough in the Ming Dynasty did not have a revolutionary change compared with the past, and Shen Jia was not an expert in agricultural machinery, so he didn't feel anything about it, he just felt that the farmers were hard, so he thought about how to add some more ploughing cattle.

The snow and thin ice on the open wasteland have long since melted into snow water, deep into the black-brown soil, and the two sunny days are, according to local farmers, the most suitable season for sowing. Shen Jia silently prayed, hoping that the wheat seeds of the industrial era he brought would be able to produce abundantly in the future.

Shen Jia also knows that the abundant yield of agriculture is almost entirely dependent on industrial technology, from the genetic modification of seeds, breeding, screening, pesticides, agricultural machinery, fertilizers to harvesting, all links are closely related to industrial technology. ABCD's four major agri-food companies, three in the United States and one in France, often use food weapons to play dead and alive in African countries with fertile land and few people and many land, which fully expresses a core idea, that is, without modern industry, sustainable agricultural production can only rely on the weather to eat.

Especially in the next few years, the sharp drop in temperature outside the customs caused by the Xiaoice River and the drought in Shaanxi during the Chongzhen period made Shen Jia have to put food security in the first place.

Although there are modern cultivated seeds, which can be expected to produce some abundantly, fertilizer is a big problem. Shen Jia had already thought about preparing to package the manure tank in Fushun City, but fortunately, most people in the Ming Dynasty were not used to applying manure in the fields, which also gave Shen Jia a chance.

It is true that the future climate outside the customs is not conducive to agricultural growth, but fortunately, there are few people and more land outside the customs area, and even if you plant one season, there will still be some surplus. Moreover, this place is close to Mongolia, and there are a large number of cattle cubs that can be cultivated into farming cattle, and Shen Jia is still a little confident in his future plans.

After watching for a while, Shen Jia left a part of the Ming army guards and was responsible for delivering food, while the others followed him to the city to find the source of manure.

Gan Liang followed Shen Jia and suddenly said on the road: "Dozens of people fell ill on Mr. He's side yesterday, and Mr. He has isolated these people, do you think the Tartars are poisoning." ”

Shen Jia didn't care, took two more steps forward, suddenly stopped, and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Gan Liang said it again, and Shen Jia suddenly felt that something didn't seem right. I have read articles that seem to indicate that there is a large-scale plague epidemic at the end. According to Hayne's Law, behind every accident, there must be many minor accidents, many near misses, and hidden dangers of accidents, and Shen Jia has to be vigilant about these.

It is said that the plague spread throughout Eurasia with Genghis Khan's army, and was brought to the Americas by Western colonists, and finally the whole world became a hotbed of plague. In the seventeenth century, at least one-third of the people in Europe died from plagues, including the plague, and the Ming Dynasty of the same era, starting from the Wanli period, there were plague discoveries in various places, large and small, until the last years of Chongzhen, a large-scale outbreak was formed, which caused great damage to the army and society of the Ming Dynasty.

Shen Jia hurried into the camp in the city, saw Chen Ce and He Shixian, and asked breathlessly: "Master Chen, Uncle He, little nephew heard that someone in the camp is sick, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"It's out of the way, it's just a few minor problems, I'll let Lang Zhong place them alone."

"Uncle He, this is by no means a trivial matter, have you asked Lang Zhong what these patients are doing?"

"It's just some dizziness and headaches, and weakness in the limbs, just rest for two days, and then say that it's already separated, and there will be no problems." He Shixian said nonchalantly.

Shen Jia was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Uncle He, when I was overseas, I heard from the people of the clan that one of the plagues called the plague by the Taixi people, which is said to be caused by flea bites, and the wound will be raised, inflamed and ulcerated, and it is very infectious, and it is said that tens of millions of people have died for it. ”

"What, the dog is so powerful, hurry up and invite Langzhong, let's ask together."

He Shixian only had some at this time, but Chen Ce hurriedly ordered his soldiers to invite Langzhong.

Everyone came out of the big tent, Lang Zhong came soon, Shen Jia stood in the open area far away, and asked this Lang Zhong in detail. After understanding the symptoms, it seems to be the symptoms of the early stage of bubonic plague. Shen Jia is not a doctor, he only knows a rough idea, and after a rough determination at this time, he hurriedly ordered Lang Zhong to leave.

Back in the tent, Shen Jia said to Chen Ce in a deep voice: "Master Chen, I can roughly determine that this is bubonic plague, we must find those who are in close contact with the infected person as soon as possible, and isolate them individually according to the length of contact, it will be too late." ”

Chen Ce didn't speak on the side, and when he saw Shen Jia panicked at this time, he also believed seven or eight points. When marching and fighting, the most taboo thing is the plague, since there is a way to prevent it in advance, Chen Ce doesn't care about trying it, so he began to arrange manpower to deal with it in the way proposed by Shen Jia.

Shen Jia said again: "Lord Chen, Uncle He, we also need to issue an order to build a public latrine, prohibit open defecation, in addition to disinfecting the vicinity of the latrine with quicklime, and also need to establish a public bathhouse for soldiers to bathe frequently." ”

Chen Ce looked at Shen Jia suspiciously: "Hot water bath?" How can there be so much firewood, this seems to be troublesome, we are afraid that we do not have this condition now. ”

Shen Jia said: "On the south bank of the Hun River in Fushun, I found a coal mine, and the firewood should not be worried. It's just that I need to borrow some soldiers from the boss to build a bathhouse, and in addition, I also need to clean up the rats in the camp, and if I can't do it, I need to find some house cats. ”

Chen Ce and He Shixian looked puzzled, they didn't understand why they wanted to exterminate rats, could it be that the plague was related to rats? However, seeing Shen Jia's solemn expression, they didn't ask. Out of trust, the two agreed without hesitation. As for domestic cats, large families in the city should have them, so send someone to borrow them.