"Brother Feng, this mud is drying too fast, if it is at this rate, my eldest brother's bricks haven't been brought back yet, and they will become a lump!"

Xiao Feng didn't know that the ratio of the ingredients in the cement was flawed this time, but the coagulation speed was too fast or something, which was not too big a problem.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Feng hurriedly pointed to the sugarcane forest not far away.

"Fierce son, quick! Go and help me chop some sugar cane. ”

Niu Meng didn't know how to do it, and thought that Xiao Feng was suddenly greedy.

"Okay, I'll go now."

Picking up the axe, Niu Meng took the stonemason and blacksmith and ran to the sugar cane forest.

In order to prevent all the cement from solidifying, Xiao Feng had to keep stirring, and when a few people returned to him with sugar cane, his hands were a little disobedient.

"Whew, you're coming back, press out the sugarcane juice and add it to the cement."

The stone mill is ready-made, and the sugarcane has plenty of moisture, and in a short time, the sugarcane juice is squeezed.

Sugar cane juice was added, and sure enough, the setting rate of cement dropped a lot.

"Brother Feng, can sugarcane juice still be used like this?"

"The doorway here is big, I'll tell you slowly when I have time in the future."

Xiao Feng smiled, don't you have to say it slowly, from junior high school chemistry all the way to college, you may not be able to talk about such a complex reaction.

After stacking the bricks and plastering them with cement, Xiao Feng asked a few people to bring the table, and waited for the results of the experiment while eating. Seeing that the cement was almost dry, Xiao Feng slammed a hammer on the brick wall.

Not surprisingly, the brick walls did not move.

Xiao Feng was overjoyed.

"It's done, in the future, our houses in Surabaya Village can be built with bricks and cement, as long as we get some bamboo to make bamboo tendons, even if it is an earthquake, we can't help it."

Hearing that the cement house can resist earthquakes, Niu Meng suddenly became interested.

"Are you okay with the earthquake? Brother Feng, isn't that the house in our village the best house in the entire Great Zhou, and even the palace in the imperial capital Chucheng is not as good as ours? ”

"That's right, no matter how practical the mortise and tenon structure is, it is also wood, how can our house be strong. Besides, I've heard that the walls of the imperial capital are all stone, and if it rains, two pieces will fall down. ”

Xiao Feng looked at the cement wall in front of him, and was a little carried away for a while.

I don't know if Xiao Feng has already seen the way of heaven, or if the full-level crow's mouth is passive, at this time, there are really two stones rolling down from the city wall of the imperial capital Chu City, which almost startled Li Shan's horse.

The driver immediately stopped the car, got out of the car and came to the side of the car.

"Master Li, are you alright?"

Li Shan waved his hand.

"It's okay, let's hurry up, how can a courtier make His Majesty wait because of some trivial things."

Since Li Shandu said so, the coachman couldn't say anything, so he bypassed the stones and continued to hurry.

After entering the palace, Li Shan went straight to the central hall.

"Weichen Li Shan, join Your Majesty!"

At this time, there were only two people in the main hall, the emperor and Li Shan, and seeing that the fruit plate in front of the emperor was empty, Li Shan expected that His Majesty the emperor had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Excuse me, Li Aiqing's Tianmen Pass has been inspected, what have you gained?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the wind and rain are smooth everywhere in Tianmen Pass, and the people are healthy. Although there are occasional bumps in the road of Weichen, it is generally smooth. ”

The emperor's cheeks showed a rare smile.

"Pretty smooth? Aiqing is too modest, help the Tianmen Pass army defeat the Rong people, you can set up an immortal prestige for my Great Zhou! ”

Li Shan knelt down again.

"Your Majesty has overdone it."

"Li Shan, there is something I want to ask you, what is the matter with the old official Liu Cheng?"

Hearing Liu Cheng's name, Li Shan felt a little shocked, you must know that from Liu Cheng's imprisonment to beheading, he has never given the court a lesson.

Could it be that there is an opponent who participated in his copy?

Although Liu Cheng was a native of Yanyang County, Fengzhou, he used the laws of the imperial capital Chucheng to govern officials, and Li Shan did not feel that he had done anything wrong. He thought that he could use this matter to mention the reform of the new policy to the emperor, but he didn't expect that His Majesty the emperor got the news one step ahead of him.

"Back to Your Majesty, that Liu Cheng relied on his identity as an old official, colluded with the county order to bully and dominate the market, burned and looted in the fish and meat township, and did all kinds of evil in buying and selling people. Therefore according to the law of our court, he should be put to death. ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded slightly.

"Although the old official is small, if he can easily collude with the county order, over time, he will cause trouble. As the so-called embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the anthill, if there is no thunderous means, wouldn't my Great Zhou be buried in their hands? ”

"Your Majesty is wise, in fact, the people have long complained about the old official system. And if it weren't for the people with lofty ideals in Yanyang County who helped Wechen collect evidence of Liu Cheng's crime this time, Wechen really couldn't take Liu Cheng? ”

A person who can't even do anything about the Qincha has been defeated by the so-called people with lofty ideals, how can His Majesty the Emperor not be interested in this kind of capable people?

"Oh? Li Shan, what is this person with lofty ideals called and what does he do? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this person's name is Xiao Feng, he was born in Xiucai, and he has never entered the ranks. Although he is still at home, he is proficient in everything. ”

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly felt a little wrong when he heard this, the people in the world are only four categories of farmers, industry and commerce, how can he occupy them all?

"Li Shan, in detail, how kind of man is he proficient in everything?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen just said that he was born in Xiucai, so he is naturally a scholar."

"His family lives in Surabaya Village, and he receives a lot of agricultural taxes every year, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is from the field."

Li Shan took out a piece of white jade soap from his cuff and handed it to his father-in-law beside him.

"Your Majesty, this thing is called white jade soap, made by Xiao Feng himself, and it is really a masterpiece for cleansing the skin. So Weichen is willing to call him a craftsman. ”

"In addition, the reason why the malaria epidemic did not spread this time is that all rely on the mosquito coils sold by the Xiao family's caravan to repel mosquitoes, so he can be called a meritorious merchant of my Great Zhou."

At this time, joy had filled the entire face of His Majesty the Emperor.

"It's really interesting, if this person makes some military achievements, wouldn't he be a cultural relics all-rounder?"

Speaking of military exploits, it reminded Li Shan.

"Your Majesty is wise, does this Xiao Feng really have a military merit?"

"What do you mean by that?"

As Li Shan spoke, he handed over a copy of the fold.

"Your Majesty, when the malaria first reached Tianmen Pass, Xiao Feng gave General Chu 500 catties of yellow artemisia to suppress the spread of the epidemic in time. It was precisely because of this opportunity that General Chu pretended to be seriously ill in the army, which deceived the Rong people into attacking and falling into the trap of our army. ”

Opening the fold and looking at it, the emperor found that it was the estimated number of deaths before the epidemic began, and the number of casualties after the possible outbreak of the conflict between the Rong people.

"According to what you mean, if the five hundred catties of yellow artemisia don't arrive in time, maybe the Tianmen Pass army will lose at least 10,000 people?"

Li Shan nodded.

"This is just a conservative estimate of Wechen......"

Before he could finish, the Emperor interrupted him.

"Li Shan, tell me, what should be rewarded for such a meritorious hero?"

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor finally mentioned the issue of rewards, Li Shan couldn't help but smile slightly, and said a suggestion that surprised His Majesty the Emperor.