Chapter 335: Baixu has nothing to eat, where does the money come from to pay taxes?

"What the second brother said is only one aspect."

Zhu Biao's gentle voice sounded: "Every time the ground moves, it will be accompanied by the collapse of the mountain and the backflow of the river, each of which is enough to kill those people." ”

In comparison, the cracks caused by ground movement are the most inconspicuous.

And after the earth moves, there is a high possibility of causing a plague.

The plague along with the death toll is also a terrifying number.

And these will be a great test for the court.

Once there is a disaster, the court will definitely have someone to preside over the disaster relief.

Let's not talk about whether the officials of disaster relief are greedy or not, even if all the officials are not greedy, the silver and grain for disaster relief and the follow-up resettlement of the victims are all a protracted trouble.

If it is handled well, the people may be able to continue to live a good life without any problems.

If it is not handled properly, the consequences can be unimaginable.

Chu Ze knew that at that time, there must have been starvation everywhere, and there must have been thousands of miles of bones.

The main thing is that there is not enough silver in the court.

Then the court will find a way to collect it.

And Baixing has nothing to eat, where does the money come from to pay taxes?

So the officials forced the people to rebel.

And the fall of the Ming Dynasty is also related to taxes.

Chu Ze said: "We all understand what you said, but we have to come to this matter one by one." ”

Now that you know the problems, let's deal with them one by one.

Chu Ze understands the truth that you can't chew too much.

"Let's talk about the ground movement first, when the ground moves, the biggest impact is the mountain. The second is the house.

We can't control the mountain, but the house can.

And if we build the house firmly, even if there is a sudden landslide, the people in the house can survive for a while and wait for rescue.

But if the house is vulnerable, the earth will collapse together, and the house will become the grave it is now. That person doesn't have to wait for us to save him, it's just gone. ”

If a country wants to develop, population is a relationship.

This is what Chu Ze has always insisted on.

People are gone, and they're still developing a fart.

"As for the plague and disaster relief you mentioned, they all have to be put back." Chu Ze said.

Zhu Biao felt that Chu Ze was reasonable.

He pondered for a moment, raised his head, and said to Chu Ze: "Even so, how are you going to strengthen the house?" ”

Today's houses are made of wood.

Even if it is a rich and noble family, they use good wood, but it is only wood.

There are very few people who can stop the ground movement, how can they stop the landslide?

Chu Ze began to miss cement.

This thing is much harder than wood.

If it can be developed in this era, it can definitely save countless people.

But how to make cement?

Chu Ze remembers seeing it once.

But what is it, Chu Ze doesn't have any image now.

"What is it......" Chu Ze circled around the yard.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of grinding in the kitchen.

Chu Ze was upset, and there was nothing to do, so he decided to go in and have a look.

As soon as I walked in, I saw a woman in her forties and fifties sitting in front of a stone mill, with a large vat next to her, filled with a bucket full of soaked soybeans.

The woman held the handle of the stone mill in one hand and grinded it with a grunt, and in the other hand held a wooden scoop, scooping soybeans and pouring them onto the stone mill.

As the stone mill continues to grind, the tofu slurry slowly flows down the stone mill.

The woman noticed that someone was looking at her, and subconsciously looked up.

"Ah, why did Lao Yang come here, are you hungry? Would you like us to make you something delicious? When the woman saw Chu Ze, her eyebrows and eyes suddenly relaxed.

Chu Ze is a shelf, and he is easy-going.

These subordinates like Chu Ze quite a lot.

When I saw Chu Ze coming, I could gossip with him.

Chu Ze waved his hand, his gaze sweeping over the things piled up on the ground.

Suddenly, Chu Ze saw a small dustpan of white powder.

Chu Ze stepped forward, picked up the dustpan that was not much bigger than the palm of his hand, looked at the powder, and said, "What is this?" Lime? ”

The woman snorted and rejoiced.

"Don't you talk nonsense, where can you eat this lime? This is gypsum, which will be used to make tofu later. ”

Plaster.

Chu Ze didn't recognize gypsum and lime very clearly.

Seeing this powder, he subconsciously recognized it as lime.

He coughed lightly and put the dustpan back: "Okay, let's not delay your work." ”

"Isn't my lord eating?"

Chu Ze waved his hand: "Don't eat." ”

When Chu Ze walked out for a short time, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

Plaster?

Lime!

That's right, Lime!

Doesn't it take lime to make cement?

The so-called one-pass and all-in-one, the most earth-based cement production method, instantly poured into Chu Ze's mind.

He immediately called Zhao Si and said, "Let's give you a list, and you go and buy it for us immediately." ”

Chu Ze quickly wrote down the required materials and handed them to Zhao Si.

Zhao Si took the list and glanced at it, only to see that the names of limestone, iron ore, and clay were written on the list.

"Sir, are you going to be a stonemason?"

Otherwise, what are you doing with so many stones?

Zhao Si was puzzled, and he kept doing it.

The next day, it was all in place.

After Chu Ze got the materials, he began to grind them.

Chu Ze can't get a good cement method, but he can still do this kind of simple one.

Chu Ze decided to boil it himself first to test the water.

If the effect is good, take out the human formula and make it in large quantities.

When you have cement, you can build a tighter house, and you can also protect the safety of people in the earthquake to the greatest extent.

The main thing is that this thing can also be used for city defense.

When the time comes, they will wipe the city, and according to the current technology, those enemies will have to invite the gods to break through.

Chu Ze was full of motivation when he thought about it.

……

This matter reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears.

He called Zhu Fan and asked, "We heard that this Chu Ze hasn't been out of the house for a few days?" ”

"yes, let's go and tell him that he won't move." Zhu Fan pouted.

"Did he say he was doing?"

This Zhu Fan knows.

He immediately replied, "Chu Ze said that he was refining cement. ”

"What is cement?"

Mud in the water?

Is the water stretched out and fished into the water?

Does this still need to be refined?

A series of question marks popped up in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

Zhu Fan didn't know what cement was.

He remembered that Chu Ze said that after the cement was made, it would make the wall tighter.

But what exactly this cement is, he still doesn't know.

Seeing that his father didn't know it, Zhu Fan instigated: "Father, if you want to know what it is, let's ask Chu Zexuan Digong, won't it be clear?" ”

It's a good idea.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Xuan Chuze! ”

When Chu Ze received the holy decree, the production of cement was at a critical time.

Hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see him, Chu Ze immediately rolled his eyes: "Don't go, don't you see that we are busy?" ”

When it's not good to see him, you have to choose when he's busiest.

Chu Ze didn't bother to go back, and continued to fiddle with the cement.

The chamberlain had no choice but to go back to his life first.

(End of chapter)