After passing through a forest, Hua Bozhen saw several small clay kilns the size of grave bags, black smoke rising from the chimneys.

A group of shirtless men smashed white stones with hammers next to the kiln, and then crushed them into powder with the stones.

"Is this burning lime?" When Hua Bozhen saw this, she was inevitably disappointed.

"Big brother, don't look down on burning lime, this is the traditional art of my Chinese nation, and it is very noble." Zhao Hao took the trouble to say:

"You don't hear Yu Shaobao's poem, 'Thousands of hammers are chiseled out of the deep mountains, and the fire burns if you are idle.' Don't be afraid of broken bones, you have to leave your innocence in the world. ’”

"That's also burnt lime ......" Hua Bozhen smiled bitterly, "This thing is not very useful, and it is not valuable." It's better to ask the person surnamed Liu directly for silver. ”

"This thing is worthless, but if you deal with it scientifically, it can decay into magic." Zhao Hao shook his head and laughed: "Even change the world!" ”

"Change the world?" Hua Bozhen was incredulous.

"Words are unfounded, but seeing is believing." Zhao Hao smiled and didn't explain, and asked Yu Bendao, who was in charge here:

"Is there a finished product?"

"Hui Gongzi." Yu Ben took off his big mask and hurriedly replied: "The first batch was burned this morning, and a few bags have already been released." ”

"Good." Zhao Hao ordered him to take a bag and open it for Hua Bozhen to see.

Hua Bozhen stretched out her hand and twisted a handful of gray fine powder, and said with a smile: "You have mixed with lime powder." ”

The Hua family's garden in Dongting is his supervisor, and he is naturally no stranger to all kinds of building materials.

"Knowledgeable." Zhao Hao smiled and didn't explain, and asked people to carry the bag of gray fine powder back and come to the camp wall outside the village that was under construction.

Under the watchful eye of the militia, the captives laid a layer of bricks, plastered with a layer of mortar, and then a layer of bricks, and then a layer of mortar, and another layer of bricks......

A few captives were mixing the slurry on the side, and they saw that they mixed lime powder, clay, and sand, and stirred it into a paste, and it was ready to use.

This is also the traditional Sanhe soil, and the city walls of Nanjing and Beijing are made of this mortar.

Zhao Hao asked people to pour the ash powder on the ground, add three times the lake sand mixed with water, and then use this new mortar to rebuild a section of the wall.

"We'll see you in two days." Zhao Hao squeezed his eyes at Hua Bozhen.

"How can two days?" Hua Bozhen smiled: "The mortar will take seven or eight days to dry." ”

"I'll be very strong tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow will be better." Zhao Hao patted the soil on his hands and said with a smile: "Let's go around in the past two days to see what other good things are on the island." ”

"Success, once it comes, it will be safe." Hengzhu Hua Bozhen had to wait until three days later, and Liu Yuanwai would go back after the results, so he readily agreed.

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In the meantime, Liu Zhengqi returned to Dongshan and asked people to invite all the Xishan villagers to their homes for dinner.

By the time everyone arrived, it was already time to hold the lights. Liu Yuanwai feasted and toasted three glasses of wine to the fellow villagers, and never opened his mouth to shed tears.

"What's the matter, President?" A cadre of Xishan merchants and big households looked at each other. "But what's the problem?"

"Let's talk about it, we are all brothers from Xishan, we will definitely help!"

"That is, if you have money, you will have the power to contribute!" The unity of the Dongting merchants is undoubtedly evident at this moment.

"Woo woo ......" Liu Yuanwai was moved, and blew his nose vigorously and said: "Liu Mou thank you fellow villagers for their high righteousness, it's really hard to say." ”

"That's it." Everyone urged: "The president is not so twisted on weekdays. Hurry up! ”

"Okay, then I'll be straight to the point." Liu Yuanwai took a deep breath and said deeply to everyone: "If you have something to ask for, please also ask your fellow villagers to agree to transfer all your fields and homesteads in Xishan to me." ”

"Oh?" Everyone couldn't help but be amazed. "There is not even a decent field in the West Mountain, it is all barren mountains and mountains. What does the president want that thing for? ”

"I have a last resort, if it's a brother, don't ask." Liu Zhengqi can't say, I fucking let a child pinch his balls and kneel for others, right?

It's really embarrassing to say it, and it's not enough for outsiders.

"This ......" The villagers looked at each other and understood each other's minds.

"Cheng, don't ask, don't ask. How much does the elder brother pay? ”

"The market price of Suzhou Mansion is one or two silver and one acre of barren mountain." Liu Zhengqi said tentatively: "The land price of our Xishan is only half, of course I can't let the brothers suffer, and it will be calculated according to one or two silver per mu, how about it?" ”

"One or two, ah......" everyone counted one after another.

Their ancestors have gone out to do business for generations, isn't it because the western mountains are mountainous areas where rice and mulberry trees cannot be planted?

In the past few years, Xishan has been uninhabited, and those lands have become completely barren mountains, and they are even less valuable.

Liu Zhengqi paid a tael of silver to buy an acre of land, and they were naturally willing.

Coke is willing. If you don't take advantage of the fire to rob, can you still be considered a qualified businessman?

Someone said with a pained face: "President, it is said that you want to buy elsewhere, there is nothing wrong with one or two." Only our West Mountain...... It's an ancestral property that has been passed down from the previous dynasty, and it's really hard to give up. ”

"Yes, President, my family plans to pack up and move back in the next two years."

"President, my ancestral grave is still on the mountain, how can I sell all my ancestors?"

"Alright, alright." Liu Zhengqi naturally knew what they were thinking, and waved his hand impatiently: "I'll add money!" ”

"How much?" The merchants of Dongting asked in unison.

"Add half a tael." Liu Zhengqi's cheeks trembled a few times.

"Two or two acres, no penny less!" Everyone stretched out two fingers together, and that brazen appearance made Liu Zhengqi almost scold his mother.

"Chengcheng, two or two will be two!" However, this price is also within Liu Zhengqi's expectations. Time was limited, and he couldn't take care of the mushrooms, so he said angrily: "Before noon tomorrow, bring the title deed." If the time is wrong, I won't recognize the price! ”

"Brother President, don't worry, I'll send it early tomorrow morning."

"I can't get you wrong." A group of Xishan businessmen were overjoyed. Each of them has thousands of acres of mountainous land, and it is in vain to abandon the land in Xishan every year, and it is actually a big heart disease to be able to sell it at such a high price.

After hastily eating wine, everyone went back to their homes to find their own land deeds.

Liu Zhengqi also asked his subordinates to take out all the silver in the cellar to see if it was enough for tomorrow's delivery.

Looking at the white flowers and silver piled up in the yard, his mother-in-law Ma Shi was distressed and burst into tears: "Master, you really want to take all the money from the family to exchange for the wasteland in Xishan, what kind of madness are you going to?" ”

"What if you don't change your son? What should we do with this family? Liu Zhengqi sat on the steps in a dejected manner, as if he had been drained of all his strength. It's all about ruining the wealth and eliminating the disaster. ”

"What kind of fairy did you provoke?" Ma Shi was puzzled and asked, "Can you force our family to be like this?" ”

"You don't care." Liu Zhengqi buried his head in his crotch depressedly.

That kid should have called his father-in-law......

Hey, it's really a thought, a world of difference!

ps. The second of the three consecutive changes is delivered, and I ask for a double monthly pass~~