When Yanjing City is a crow shrine drum-like Buddhist affair continuous, the north of Yizhou is still a rare busy scene of construction sites in winter...XS520. ＣＯＭ

The layout of Daohai Zongyuan in Yandi, the most fundamental place, is naturally the blessed land of Dongguang Lingxu, which was ignited by Wei Ye. Not only has the Daohai Sect set up the spiritual springs and zhitians that have been opened up and down in the cave light spirit ruins, and nearly a hundred kinds of spiritual trees and plants, which are all first-class scattered immortal family businesses wherever they are placed, but also Cheng Lingsu, the head of the Medicine King Sect, presided over the management, and only the alchemy and medicine were better than the Taoist officials in the Lihuo Cutting Golden Courtyard.

And the Taoist blessed land such as Dongguang Lingxu is also where Wei Ye's true body is, although the genuine Xia Yuan Taiyijun is sealed in the spirit stone immortal fetus, and can only use the true form charm to incarnate outside the body to walk outside, but when it should be the wind and rain, it never falls. From Yandi Mobei to Nanming in the East China Sea, who doesn't know that there is such a famous Shi Zhenjun in Tiangui Mountain?

The second is the Zhuozhou City where Wei Ye personally led the high-ranking Dao officials of Daohai Zongyuan, which was originally an important town in the south of the Liao State Xijin Mansion, and there were many Dingkou in the city, and the warehouse was also full, as long as it was managed by a strong hand, there was basically no need to worry about internal problems. Although there were several times in the city where the Mind Flayer forces induced rebellion, it was also calmed down in a blink of an eye.

Not to mention, Wang Chao, the newly released head of Yandi Water Mansion, has led a group of water tribes to open up the waterway from Dongguang Lingxu to Zhuoyi Erzhou, and in Zhuoyi Erzhou, Zhuozhou is the key object of care, whether it is the basic military resources of grain and grass service, or magic swords and arrows, magic mirror Taoist clothes, and elixir spirit grass, they are all prioritized to be transferred to Zhuozhou.

Compared with Zhuozhou, Yizhou is a little stretched in terms of manpower and military resources.

The highest-ranking Taoist officials in Yizhou City are Zixulang Yin Xiaolou on the sixth grade, Bixulang Xie Mingxian under the sixth grade, and then count Mu Lan with a transcendent status, but even if he is a Taoist official from the Fire Cutting Golden Academy, he only has to be Qiong Tailang on the eighth grade.

As for Zhong Yuncong, who is responsible for detecting the former enemy, he is just a Nan Hualang under the ninth rank in the Taoist official sequence, and he is actually a figure in the forefront of Yizhou's official character.

The authority of the person in charge is high, which directly determines the direction of policy inclination, so many things in Yizhou cannot enjoy the convenience of Zhuozhou.

At this point, Qiongtai Lang Mulan's experience is definitely the deepest one-

"Why is the amount of reinforced cement transferred to Yizhou so small? In addition to building the altar, Yizhou's city defense must also be reinforced, not to mention that Yizhou is still the front line against the enemy!"

Of course, Yizhou is also very important, but now Zhuozhou is the base camp. Not to mention the Jurchen and Northern Liao, the Zhao and Song military horses in the south are also the objects to be guarded against, and the defense of Zhuozhou must be impregnable, otherwise none of us will be able to say anything in front of Shijun! Otherwise, we will allocate a batch of refractory bricks to the past, and you will first try to build a cement kiln in Yizhou City? Anyway, lime and chalk are all Yandi specialties, and we will directly use local materials to ......."

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As a widely used building material, whether it is Roman cement and natural cement that have been put into production in the Europa region, or the pozzolane cement that Hongtong Guan and Daohai Zongyuan are committed to promoting, there is no technical threshold, except for a few special cements, which are basically the products of mixed calcination of limestone and clay.

But compared to the British, who were still figuring out, the astral adventurers who could directly access the Astral Gate database were much more relaxed. From the most basic mix of limestone and clay, to the construction of high-efficiency cement kilns, and even the precise temperature control in the kiln, everything is difficult to defeat the red copper crown and Daohai Zongyuan.

As a Taoist official from the Lihuo Jinyuan, and in charge of civil infrastructure all the year round, whether it is the pozzolane cement with the lowest technical difficulty or the special strengthened cement for the construction of the altar of Daohai Zongyuan, it is naturally difficult for him. As long as the manpower is sufficient and the materials are in place, it is not a problem to build a decent high-temperature cement kiln.

Soon, a simple cement kiln was built near the craftsman camp in Yizhou City.

The craftsmen and homeless people who were called by Mu Lan watched as these "Great Song Dao officials" asked them to salvage those solid and dense bricks from the wells, and in a daze, they built these fine stone bricks into a strange shape of a brick tower that did not look like a brick tower and a porcelain kiln that did not resemble a porcelain kiln, and was equipped with chimneys, grates and large funnels made of fine iron.

This strange tall building, and the seemingly strange words and deeds of the "Great Song Daoguan", made these Yandi natives suddenly have many bad associations.

Some of them thought they were smart, so they shook their heads directly, and found someone they knew and bit their ears: "These nobles of the Great Song Dynasty are afraid that they are going to make alchemy in the city!"

For these craftsmen, alchemy is a mysterious and distant thing after all, and some people ask incomprehensibly: "What is the use of alchemy in the middle of winter?"

"You don't understand, you don't understand, the mystery of alchemy is huge. The older generation said that if you eat a pill of elixir, you will not be sick from now on, you will not be afraid of heat in summer, and you will not be afraid of cold in winter, and the benefits will be more. These gentlemen from the Great Song Dynasty are afraid that they value the good water and soil of our Yan Land, and they want to collect medicine and alchemy to give to Zhao Guan's family!"

Those who boast of having seen the market scoff at this speculation and have a more logical judgment on this strange iron-headed furnace: "Da Liao will not be able to do it when he sees it, and the Jurchens in the north are so fierce, what kind of pill is refined in this bone joint?" I am afraid that it is in the combination of yellow and white techniques, whether it is shrinking tin into silver, or turning iron into gold, and making a lot of gold and silver, only then can military expenses be used!"

"This furnace is as tall as a sword, I'm afraid it's not gold and silver, but it's a sword furnace. I heard that there is a class of sword immortals in the world, who can use flying swords thousands of miles away to take people's heads, and the generals in the middle of the army seem to be looking for things, but this kind of sword furnace is a taboo...... I'm afraid that none of these recruited craftsmen will survive. ”

Rumors like this didn't cause much trouble to Mu Lan, as long as there were strange things, they were directly caught by Yin Xiaolou's Taoist soldiers to sift sand - cement, steel bars, and sand and gravel, although sand and gravel are the most inconspicuous, they are also an indispensable part.

Then, when the first furnace of test burned volcanic cement was baked, these rumors full of the simple romantic imagination of the working people were all wiped out, and even people looked at the plaster produced in those cement kilns, and there was a lot of disillusionment.

Among the disappointed people, there is also an inconspicuous "little Tartar" - Xiao Ding, who was easily fished out of Yin Xiaolou's hands by Zhong Yuncong.

As one of the very few prisoners of war who can enter Yizhou City, Xiao Ding naturally became a member of the labor army in Yizhou City - Yizhou City does not raise idlers, and from the perspective of Xie Mingxian and Mu Lan, there are no plans to build any prisoner of war camps at the moment.

Daohai Zongyuan basically used sweet potato powder mixed with insect powder and fish meal relief rations to cook into a paste to feed, although they couldn't eat enough, they couldn't starve to death. But for the people who participate in the heavy physical strength, the calories provided by this poor food are far from enough to meet the demand.

At the beginning, the people were given multigrain cakes, but when the cement kiln was repaired and the progress of the project needed to be accelerated, most of the men were also sent to transport cement and sift sand, and the multigrain cakes became multigrain rice - the aged and new grains in the official warehouse, whether it was wheat kernels, yellow rice, beans or sorghum, were all thrown into the pot and boiled into rice with water.

Because every meal is mixed with a lot of sorghum, there is always an astringency in this meal, but in addition to multigrain rice, the people also have some meat and fishy accompaniments. It is said to be meaty, but it is actually shrimp paste. This pork liver-colored sauce with a strong fishy smell, paired with pork liver-colored multigrain rice mixed with sorghum rice, and a pot of vinegar soup with kelp, seaweed, and sea lettuce, is the daily food of the people.

Only those who do an exceptionally good job will have some other rewards such as bacon and smoked fish.

These things, when Xiao Ding's family was not defeated, even the people in the family might not be willing to eat them. But after many troubles, he still eats such coarse food sweetly—at least this thing is better than the relief paste that is full of earthy smell when he drinks it! Not to mention, he can still see some meat from time to time.

Relying on the good physical foundation raised in the past, Xiao Ding quickly got ahead in Minzhuang and was specially transferred to the cement kiln here as a coal transporter.

Burning cement requires a lot of fuel, and both the Khitan and Zhao and Song dynasties have begun to use coal in large quantities as the main fuel for the iron smelting industry. In this era, there is no anthracite coal, as soon as the coal is burned, the city is full of smoke and dust, like Xiao Ding, who guards the cement kiln every day to transport coal, only the eyes and teeth are still white.

Naturally, Mu Lan, who is Qiong Tailang, has a way to keep himself from getting dusty, and when he inspected the progress of the project, he also chanted Shen Kuo's "Stone Coal Poem" quite highly:

"It's snowing in Erlang Mountain, and Xuanzhuo Qionglu is learning from the people. The plain clothes are not old in winter, and the stone smoke is like Luoyang dust. ”

Although Xiao Ding was born as a noble son of the Khitan, but the Liao State has been in the country for more than 100 years, poetry is also a compulsory course, listening to the poetry of the Great Song Dynasty official, he couldn't help but repeat it in a low voice, and at the end he shook his head lightly and said: "If you use winter to not get old, it is not in harmony." ”

His voice had been lowered as low as possible, but a Daoist like Mu Lan, who had a keen sense of the six senses, could still hear it clearly, and couldn't help but glance at him more.

The steward of the coal transporter on the side thought that this little Tartar had made the nobles of the Great Song Dynasty unhappy, so he hurriedly stepped forward, and before he could speak, he listened to the young Taoist official in front of him and responded gently: "Shen Cunzhong's "Stone Coal Poem" has been handed down to have two books, and there are also winter not old, and there are also winter not old, if you talk about peace, it is naturally better to be winter not old. ”

This sentence suddenly made Xiao Ding feel a little bosom friend - although his family was defeated in the political struggle in Northern Liao, and he himself became a broken child, but he can ride a horse, drive a bow, and understand the dialects of several ethnic groups in Liaodong, and he is not ignorant of Jingyi poetry and literature.

However, such a scholar is now just a coal coolie covered in carbon black!

But now there seems to be a way to get rid of the identity of coolies, Xiao Ding seems to be able to see a bright future for himself to be appreciated by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, and then get ahead in the Southern Dynasty, and even become an official.

But his dream was ruthlessly shattered by Mu Lan's next words: "Wenhan's words are important, but at the moment of military affairs, it is not appropriate for Yashi to have Song Yu's talent and Sima Xiang's pen power. No matter how good the article is, should it be given to Yelu Dashi to admire, or should it be handed over to the Jurchens to listen to the book of heaven? Compared with this, if a young man like you can transport one more cart of coal here, he will have an extra furnace of cement, and Yizhou's city defense will be strengthened, which is the most important thing at the moment. Work hard, do it hard, wait until the Yanyun war is settled, let you return to your hometown, and there will be no blessings sung outside the Donghua Gate in the future!"

After saying this, the Taoist official of the Great Song Dynasty turned around and left, leaving Xiao Ding back next to the cement kiln full of coal ash.

Xiao Ding's eyes were full of loss, staring at the round-necked Taoist uniform of the Taoist official, and silently gritted his teeth: "You southerners, don't bully young people ...... poor."

Before he finished his ruthlessness, he was kicked away by the foreman in charge: "What are you still doing in a daze, didn't you hear what Master Mu said? Go and transport coal, the sooner the better!"

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After returning from the inspection of the cement kiln, Mu Lan returned directly to the Yangsui Fang Zhuguan, where a concrete octagonal altar about a foot high had already been poured in this temporary government office.

On the altar, according to the direction of the four elephants, there are rune flags of the four elephants, twelve o'clock, and twenty-eight houses, on which the true form of the Luotian Zhusu headed by the Qinglong Mengzhang Shenjun, the White Tiger Supervisor Shenjun, the Vermilion Bird Lingguang Shenjun, and the Xuanwu Zhiming Shenjun are listed.

Under the arch guard of many stars and long flags, in the center of the altar is the Taiji diagram of yin and yang double fish circling out, and there is a magic mirror on the two poles of yin and yang, one is the golden crow in the sun, and the other is the toad in the moon.

Mu Lan ascended to the altar, held the sun mirror in both hands, recited the mantra silently in his mouth, and urged the true qi of the Dao Gate in his palm.

In the flashing of the mirror, the face of someone in the bamboo crown uniform was revealed: "Xiaomu, it seems that your inference is not wrong, through the two mirrors of the sun and the moon to connect the sun and the moon, we can indeed complete the information transmission work well, and now we have directly entered the field of video calls from telegram communication, and we have done a good job." ”

"Shijun, I am not here to ask you for credit this time, but according to our reconnaissance, the Jurchen soldiers and horses and the Northern Liao army formation have approached Yizhou City, and the cement reinforcement project of the city wall has not been completely completed!"

"Well, regardless of the fortifications of Yizhou City, with Yin Yasha's character of blowing up at one point, it's not a problem to completely annihilate the enemy, right?"

"If it's really the Jurchen and Northern Liao soldiers and horses, they are not afraid, but Zhong Yuncong and Yin Xiaolou have both discovered that there seems to be a suspicious spellcaster in the enemy army on the front line!"