Zheng Quqi went to look for Wei Yao again, but he didn't see anyone, but he met the guards who arrested her as a suspicious person last time.

The guards told her that Wei Yao was interrogating her overnight because she had caught the Mo family's fine work, so he sent him to escort her to Fu County.

As soon as Zheng Quqi heard it, he knew that he was talking about Qu Shi and Shan Bian, and he didn't know that Qiu Zai was not among them.

She wants to build a relationship with the guards, and the first step in building a relationship is to exchange names with each other.

This simple guy may have apologized to her for the last misunderstanding, but he also reported himself to his family very happily.

He said that his surname is Wu, his name is Wu Yu, he is now a soldier commander in the camp, just a sesame seed-sized janitor, the last time she was arrested, he thought that he could use this to catch a "big fish" ashore, and then mixed up with an official and a half-job, but he didn't expect that everything was just a misunderstanding.

He apologized, and Zheng Quqi was not surprised, and both of them laughed at the incident.

After that, she asked Wu Yu: "Is it the Mo family who assassinated the original master?" ”

Wu Yu nodded.

"That's right, I heard that the general has confirmed it, Wei Qin and Adjutant Wang ordered to guard the gate of the Quartet camp, and everyone must raise the spirit of twelve, and no disciple of the Mo family must be allowed to come to the rescue."

"Then General Yuwen will kill them?"

Wu Yu thought about it and shook his head, Zheng Quqi thought that he was expressing "no", but he heard him say: "I don't know, no one can know the general's thoughts, kill or stay, the general has his own decision, we soldiers guarding the door can't do that." ”

"...... "Zheng Quqi, you are really relaxed.

"Little Brother Sang, don't you know how vicious these people of the Mo family are, they actually wanted to blow up the foundation of the city wall in the area of Gui Ridge, if someone hadn't secretly informed, and the Mo family was arrested, I don't know how much trouble would have happened."

"Really, I don't know which kind person did such a good deed, yes, some people can ignore everything and do nothing just for some personal grievances." Zheng Quqi sighed.

Wu Yuqi said: "How do you know it's because of personal grudges? ”

Zheng Quqi replied unhurriedly: "What can the Mo family and our Fuxian do to do anything?" Presumably, these are all done to move General Yuwen, but I just guessed like this, who knows if it's accurate. ”

After listening to this, Wu Yu also felt very reasonable.

"In order to defend the Ye Kingdom, our general has long become a thorn in the eye and a common enemy of the other six countries, but I can't imagine that even the Mo family, who has never participated in the national political wars of various countries, will take action." He said indignantly.

Zheng Quqi thought of the man who had almost come from one killing after another, and he had only thought that his methods of dealing with enemies and wrongdoers were dictatorial and terrible, but now he suddenly felt a little sympathetic to him.

"I'm afraid that in the future, his life will only repeat the current dangerous life, and if he stops, what awaits him will only be a catastrophe."

After Wu Yu heard this, his face was gloomy.

"Let's Ye Guo...... How long will it last? Fu County, how long can it last? ”

Zheng Quqi thought that Yu Wensheng was willing to take such precious food as rice to squander it for Yuan Sui, so it can be imagined how much he attached importance to this restoration of the city wall.

She settled down and said softly: "As long as we all have the determination to protect against all odds, Fuxian County will not collapse." ”

Wu Yu listened to the persuasion, he looked at her and nodded vigorously: "You are right, Ye Country is our country, Fuxian County is our hometown, we have to help the general to support it together." ”

Zheng Quqi couldn't help but laugh when he listened to his bloody words as if he was swearing an oath

She stood on tiptoe and patted him on the shoulder: "I'm so conscious, but it's not too early now, let's take care of the things in front of us first and send me to the county seat." ”

After Wu Yu sent Zheng Quqi to Fuxian, he had to go to help Wei Yao run an errand, and they agreed on a time to go back before they went their separate ways.

Zheng Quqi ran to the workshop market by himself, and asked the stall owner everywhere about the cold water stone.

After a round, few people knew, and just when she suspected that she might return tonight, she finally found a stall.

The stalls were lined with colorful stones of varying value, but all she could see was the white transparent crystal.

She restrained her excitement and reached out to pick it up: "I want this!" ”

"I want this."

A plain hand reached over and collided with Zheng Quqi's fingers.

This groomed little hand is very beautiful, white as jade, and there is a faint fragrance lingering, which is in stark contrast to Zheng Quqi's little black hand.

The two of them grabbed each other, and then they raised their heads together and met their eyes.

Only...... It's a good-looking girl.

Only...... It's a dark and thin boy.

"I've been looking for a long time, and I haven't seen such a piece until now, can you give me this cold water stone?" The woman smiled gently, neither snobbish nor mean, but it was just this decent request that showed her confidence in her strengths in all aspects.

In normal times, it is indeed difficult for Zheng Quqi to refuse the request of such a beautiful woman, but ...... This is important to her at the moment, and she has no time to waste.

Zheng Quqi refused with a smile: "Or, I'll let you next time?" ”

Woman: "......"

"I really need this cold water stone, it is related to the society of the imperial court, the lives of many people, and the stability of the country." Zheng Quqi said with a serious look.

Why don't you say it, it's still about the world?

The woman seems to have never met someone who can talk nonsense like her, but she also knows that this person probably can't be persuaded by "Wen".

She didn't continue to entangle with the other party, but turned her head and said to the stall owner: "I will give you ten times the original price of this cold water stone, and you will sell it to me." ”

When the boss heard this, his eyes lit up, completely ignoring the fact that Zheng Quqi picked it up first, and slapped his thigh so excited that he was ready to close the deal.

"Wait!" Zheng Quqi hurriedly stopped, she leaned over and said to the woman: "You are cheap him, it is better to be cheap to me, I won't fight with you, you can make up the ten times the difference to me." ”

The woman looked at her in disbelief.

"What did you say?"

The corners of the boss's mouth twitched, and he also looked at her speechlessly.

"Hey, I haven't sold it to you yet."

In other words, this thing still belongs to him, why didn't he earn all the money, but was robbed by her, a "middleman"?

"Oh, is it? Then if you hike the price here, I'll go to the police. Zheng Quqi threatened.

There is a sign on the side of the workshop, which clearly states that merchants must buy and sell according to the market price, and must not maliciously raise prices, otherwise someone will report to the official, and once the investigation is confirmed, they will be arrested and imprisoned.

The boss wanted to cry without tears: "...... I didn't say yes to her! ”

Zheng Quqi said again: "Everything is about a first-come, first-come, first-come, if you sell to her first because she bids higher than me, then I will also report to the official, saying that you are privately selling and buying monopolies with others." ”

The boss's face turned green all of a sudden, and the whole person was like a sheep going crazy, and he was shaking with anger.

Seeing this, the woman didn't want to get into more trouble, and finally lost to Zheng Quqi, and compensated her for the price difference as she wished, so she successfully got the cold water stone.

After loading the cold water stone, the woman found that Zheng Quqi had been standing next to her and had not left.

She was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you leave?" ”

Zheng Quqi asked her with a smile: "Are you done?" ”

The woman didn't know what she meant by asking, and nodded hesitantly.

"That's good." Zheng Quqi clapped his palms, turned his head and waved to the stall owner: "Boss, there can't be only one piece left in this cold water stone mine, there should still be inventory, you take it out and I will buy it all." ”

The boss's eyes widened when he heard this.

"You...... How do you know? ”

"I asked all over the street, only you have cold water stone here, needless to say that you are the dealer of cold water stone in this place, just because you are the only one selling, and there are few buyers, then the quantity should be very sufficient."

"So what? I can't sell you? You go and report to the police. The boss was not angry.

Zheng Quqi smiled very kindly, and said: "No, because the buyers of your cold water stone are generally pharmacies, its effect is to clear heat and reduce fire, sharpen, and reduce swelling, but who is still on fire in this winter, it is estimated that you will not be able to sell cold water stone for a long time, this goods have been backlogged for a long time and are annoyed, and the boss will really give up the real money and silver trading in hand because of some quarrels?" ”

Convincing, he's really convinced!

He wanted to abdicate and make way for Xian, so he quickly gave up the stall to her to sell.

In the end, Zheng Quqi successfully relied on the price difference earned by the "middleman" and got a sack of cold water stones without spending a penny.

And the woman never left, she watched Zheng Quqi coax the boss who was dissatisfied with her to obey in just a few words, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

Before leaving, Zheng Quqi turned his head and said to the woman sincerely: "Thank you." ”

The woman was stunned.

It is impossible for her not to be angry in her heart, although this amount of money is only a drop in the bucket for her, but she has always thought very highly of herself, and now she has been tricked by such a ploppy laid-back, although she maintains a noble smile on her face, but her eyes have begun to dim and foggy.

"No thanks, it's just us...... There will be a period later. ”

Zheng Quqi knew that he had offended people, but there was no way, when the other party was bullying people with money, he didn't intend to leave room for her at all.

In fact, what she just told the boss was all nonsense, if it weren't for the sharp eyes that she saw that there were still some cold water stones piled up in the corner of the boss's shop, then it would be time for her to be anxious.

Smiled indifferently, she nodded at the other party, turned her head like a spirit fish into the crowd, and disappeared.

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Back at the workshop blacksmith, she borrowed tools and a crucible from the blacksmith, took out the cold water stone from the bag, and calcined it in a smokeless furnace until it was red.

"It must be more than 100 degrees to mature gypsum ......"

When she saw that it was almost enough, she took them out and let them cool, and then violently output them, mashed them and ground them, and then took them to the chancre pot and fried them.

Until the half-hydrated plaster was dried and turned yellowish-gray, she estimated that it should be almost ready for use.

She poured them out and set them aside to cool.

Then take out the slag ash and quicklime that have accumulated before.

The slag ash was taken out by her before, and it was originally mixed with many other impurities, so she first sorted them, removed organic impurities and sand, and then added the process of cleaning, drying, and secondary grinding to obtain the slag ash that could be used directly.

She's done this before, so she can skip this step today.

There is also quicklime, which she deliberately picks from the kiln, sprays it with water to make it powder on its own, and then sifts it with a basket woven from bamboo chips.

In short, the finer these materials can be grinded, the better.

She has done her best to back up the raw materials, but fortunately, she has enough strength, and second, she has only made small batches to experiment, so the results are quite satisfactory to her.

Finally, there is the blending of several materials, and she really can't remember this ratio clearly.

But what we probably know is that the slag ash has to be put the most, followed by the amount of lime added, and finally the gypsum used to adjust the setting and hardening time, which is the minimum.

In short, if you don't know, then give it a try.

She mixes several samples at once in different proportions, and to save time, she places them directly by the stove to heat them up and speed up the solidification.

She tested each sample through hardness, solidification speed, stability, and finally, she was able to master the optimal ratio.

She also found river sand to match cement mortar, generally speaking, cement to water and sand, the most common ratio is 1:0.6:3.

However, her soil cement is estimated to be unable to reach the strong cohesiveness of orthodox cement, so at this time, it has to be proportioned according to the actual situation.

She went outside to pick up a few stones, and the ordinary stones were basically irregular, and they looked like they could do whatever they wanted.

Zheng Quqi squatted down, she picked up two stones and glued them together with cement mortar version 1.0 on their barely flat side.

Because there were many stoves in the blacksmith's shop, and the temperature was high enough, it was only about half an hour, and when she let go of her hand, she found that they had already been glued together.

Under normal circumstances, Zheng Quqi speculated that it would take at least a day or so to solidify.

She went to the shelf and grabbed a knife that didn't have a sharp edge, and slashed at the place where the stone was glued.

Click!

There are no gaps, but cracks are left, which shows that the hardness needs to be improved.

Maybe it's because the ratio of cement to sand is wrong, maybe she forced the water to evaporate too quickly with the high temperature of the furnace, or maybe the stability of the cement mortar is not enough......

Let's try one of them first, she used all the remaining cement mortar, some of which was re-proportioned, and some of which were still the original proportions, and used them to paste the stones.

This time, she planned to wait for it to dry out and see how it went.

In the past two days, because of the fact that the construction site had to deal with the assassination of the original entourage and the silver owl, the craftsmen basically stayed in the shantytown during the day and did not work, and she could sneak in and out freely because of the "small stove" opened by Wei Yao, and she slipped back to Fuxian County to see the results as soon as she was free.

She nervously examined the stones that had dried naturally, and found that they were mostly firmly glued.

Especially when there was a group of them, no matter how much she threw or smashed it, it was difficult to separate them.

"It's done! It's me! ”

Just as Zheng Quqi was elated, a hand reached out from behind and took the stone from her hand.

"Sang Xuanqing, this is what you asked Wei Yao to fake the public and private, and vouch for you to enter the military workshop?"

(End of chapter)