Chapter 82: Cement Success

During this time, Zhang Zhimu accompanied Li Yunhe and others to study the roller press when he had nothing to do, and the careful Zhang Zhimu found that Li Yunhe often had a distraction. He knew that Li Yunhe must have something on his mind. Looking for an opportunity, Zhang Zhimu asked Li Yunhe: "Yunhe, I can see what's on your mind." Let's see if I can help you. Li Yunhe said: "It's nothing, I just don't know what happened to my father." After a pause, Li Yunhe said again: "When this side is not so busy, I want to take a leave, I want to go to Jinyang." I made an agreement with my father that if things were going well, whoever of us was there, we would leave a mark under the stone lion in front of the Twin Pagoda Temple, and I would put a stone when I arrived. My father arrived and put a handful of sand. If I find sand, get rid of it and put a stone on it. If the father found a stone, he replaced it with sand. So that we can go there and find each other. As soon as Zhang Zhimu heard it: "Why didn't you say it earlier, now you can ride a horse and go to Jinyang." I'll go every few days in the future. Other work can be done slowly. Hurry up, go now. "Bring some food to Li Yunhe, Li Yunhe will go to Jinyang, in fact, Jinyang is an old name, and the Ming Dynasty set up Taiyuan Mansion in Jinyang.

When Li Yunhe came back, his words were a little vague. Zhang Zhimu asked him, is there sand under the stone lion? He said it seemed to be a little, I don't know if someone put it. This time he put the stone under the lion. Zhang Zhimu said: "In two days, I'll go and have a look." Two days later, Li Yunhe rode a horse and went again. As a result, Li Yunhe went for two days without a trace. Zhang Zhimu was in a hurry, so he asked Li Jing to take two people to Jinyang to have a look. The strange thing is that Li Jing and the three of them have no information for two days. At this moment, Zhang Zhimu muttered a little in his heart. Chen Yufeng said: "It's okay, then Li Yunhe and Li Jing are both human spirits, and they are extraordinary." No one could help them. Relax and wait. ”

Before anyone came back, Wushan came, drove a carriage, and brought three bags of lime, which were marked one, two, and three respectively. Wu Shan said to Zhang Zhimu: "This is the lime burned according to the three ratios of limestone and clay in three ratios: three to one, two to one, and one to one. Zhang Zhimu was very happy to hear this, and asked people to go to the river to get some sand and stones, wash them with river water, and bring them back.

Then the lime, sand, and stones were mixed in a three-to-five-to-seven ratio, stirred with one cent of water, and put into three boxes that had been placed in a cool place. Zhang Zhimu said that after solidifying, he would try their strength.

The next day, Li Yunhe, Li Jing and others came back, and they also brought back a man in his forties, Li Yunhe introduced: "This is my father Li Dong." Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Yunhe finally found you, it's a great joy." Be sure to celebrate tonight. As soon as Li Dong heard the introduction, he immediately bowed to Zhang Zhimu and said, "Thank you very much Mr. Zhang." In the past two days, Yunhe has told me all about his experience of following you, and it is all up to you that he can have today. On behalf of our family, thank you. Zhang Zhimu said: "You're welcome." You've raised a good son, and you've helped me a lot. ”

Li Yunhe told all the things of the past few days.

It turned out that when Li Yunhe came to the stone lion for the second time, he found that the stone he put had been replaced with sand, and at this time, Li Yunhe's heart was about to jump out. He knew his father was still alive, and he already knew he was still there. In this way, his father will definitely come back here to find him soon, so Li Yunhe decided not to go back first, and waited for his father here.

Li Yunhe's father Li Dong did not have a good life as Li Yunhe, after the father and son broke up, he knew that the enemy family would definitely let the government draw pictures to chase him, so he ran away from the distance and never dared to show his face. But he was always worried about his son, and he didn't know if he was caught by the government, so he didn't dare to go out to inquire. When he felt that the wind could pass a little, he sneaked back to Jinyang, and went to the stone lion of the Shuangta Temple as agreed, and saw that there was nothing under the stone lion, and knew that Li Yunhe had not come, so he put a handful of sand under the stone lion as agreed. He didn't dare to stay in Jinyang for long, so he went out of the city, and with his skills that could do anything, he became a subordinate in a rich man's house.

When Li Yunhe first went to the stone lion of Shuangta Temple, because during this time, Li Dong had no chance to enter the city, and there was not much sand left in the wind, so Li Yunhe did not dare to conclude that the remaining little sand was put by Li Dong. Li Yunhe put a stone on his way when he left. This time it was a coincidence, the next day Lin found an opportunity to enter the city, and when he saw the stone put by Li Yunhe, Li Dong ran to a place where there was no one and cried. He knew that his son was still alive and looking for him, and his heart was suddenly full of hope. used sand to replace the stones placed by Li Yunhe. In this way, when Li Yunhe went for the second time, he found Li Dong's contact code.

Although Li Dong knew that his son would definitely be looking for him, Li Dong couldn't leave home casually, and he never had the opportunity to go to Jinyang City again. Li Yunhe waited until Li Jing led people over, but he didn't see his father, and he was very disappointed. Li Jing persuaded him, since your father can match you with the code, it means that everything is okay with him, and sooner or later you can meet, don't worry. A few people discussed, waited another day, and if they couldn't wait, they would go back together. As a result, just when a few people felt hopeless, Li Yunhe found that someone was looking at him in the distance, and the person lowered his straw hat and couldn't see his face clearly. Li Yunhe asked Li Jing and the others not to move here, and walked towards the person by himself, and when he was almost in front of the person, the person suddenly disappeared. Just as Li Yunhe was looking around, a hand stretched out from the corner of the wall and dragged Li Yunhe to the corner of the wall at once. Li Yunhe usually thinks that his kung fu is okay, why can't he even stop someone from dragging him here, and he is wondering, looking up, the person who dragged him is his father. Li Yunhe was just about to speak, Li Dong asked, "Who is Fang just with you?" Li Yunhe said: "It's my friend who came to help find you." Li Dong breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Li Dong just found an opportunity to go to Jinyang, came to the Shuangta Temple, and saw Li Yunhe and Li Jing. Li Dong didn't know who Li Jing was, but he could see that they were all martial arts practitioners. Li Dong was afraid that the government would send someone to fish, so he never showed up. This time, when I saw Li Yunhe coming, I grabbed him and asked him about the situation. Li Dong was relieved at this time, and met with Li Jing and others in the past. A few of them went to a tavern for another drink. According to Li Yunhe's statement, let Li Dong not go back, just go back to the kiln with him. But Li Dong resolutely disagreed, saying that the owner took him in when he couldn't eat, and it was too unrighteous for him to leave like this, and he had to go back and resign. Li Jing said: "That's okay, we'll go back with you and say goodbye to your owner." Li Dong said no need, I'll just go back by myself, you guys wait in Jinyang. I'll come to you when I'm done with my resignation.

Li Yunhe, Li Jing and others found an inn to live in and waited for Li Dong, but they waited for two days in a row and saw no trace of Li Dong. Li Yunhe and Li Jing decided not to wait, and went directly to the address that Li Dong said last time.

This time, Li Dong was really in trouble. After Li Dong came back, he talked to the owner, but the owner turned his face when he heard it, and said: "My family doesn't come when you want to, you can leave if you want." You came to my house without food, and now you can leave if you want, and do you have a conscience. Li Dong said: "I have found my long-lost son, he came to pick me up, can I not leave?" But the owner just doesn't spit out, Li Dong is grateful from the bottom of his heart that the owner took him in when he was in trouble, and he didn't want to make things too stiff. In fact, the owner really doesn't want Li Dong to go, because with him, nothing is good in his own house, and he can do it well when he goes to Li Dong, and there is nothing he can't do well. It was a big loss for him to go.

But when Li Yunhe and Li Jing came to the door, the owner knew that they couldn't keep them. The owner thought to himself, but he didn't see that this Li Dong's son turned out to be a factory director of Yaogang, and now Yaogang's reputation is in full swing. Looking at the three people who came with Li Jing, they were polite on the surface, but the murderous aura revealed between their eyebrows made people shudder. This proprietor is also a smart man, and said to Li Dong: "I'll keep you, I can't give you away, don't think about it." Now that your son has taken you to enjoy the blessings, I will not delay you, and after you leave, don't forget to come back often, we are masters and servants after all. Li Dong knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the owner. Only then did he pack up his things and follow Li Jing to the kiln. After listening to the experience of Li Yunhe's father and son, everyone was happy for their father and son reunion.

At the reception banquet, the leaders of the kiln gang came to cheer. Li Yunhe felt that his face was also very bright, this Li Dong also felt that his son had grown up, and he never dreamed that the famous Yaogang people could receive him on such a scale. I thought to myself, if the owner who forced me to do so knew that my son had such a status, he would not be frightened into a cold sweat. In fact, if his owner didn't let him go at that time, the owner wouldn't have to break out in a cold sweat. Of course, Li Yunhe and Li Jing knew about this result, and no one would tell Li Dong. During the banquet, Zhang Zhimu said to Li Zhi in front of Li Dong's father and son: "Now give your intelligence department an important task, immediately arrange people, immediately find out the whereabouts of the rest of the Li family, as long as there is information, no matter what method is used, we must bring people back." Li Dong and his son were very moved. Li Dong was also thinking, this kiln gang, no wonder it has such a big reputation, and it has caught up with a small imperial court, even the intelligence department. That night, when the father and son lived in the same room, Li Yunhe carefully told his father about the situation in the kiln gang. At this time, Li Dong had a further understanding of the kiln. I feel that my son has a future if he continues to work here. But I began to mumble in my heart, and I couldn't tell my son. Because he felt that he should also work in Yaogang, but Li Yunhe was the head of this stall, how could he work under his own son.

The next day, Zhang Zhimu knew that Li Dong was a strict father, and Li Yunhe showed off to Li Dong to introduce the chemical furnace he built, but Li Dong took a look, his face was lowered, and he said: "When I first taught you, you didn't learn well. They don't laugh at you, they laugh at me. This stove is carbon and time-consuming, what is this thing called, I was embarrassed to show it, so I quickly picked it up. Don't be ashamed here. When he looked at the reverberatory furnace for steelmaking, he nodded, saying that although the furnace costs carbon, the furnace temperature is high, and it can make good steel.

At this time, Huang Yukun came over and asked Zhang Zhimu: "Do you need to water your limestone?" It's been ten days. Zhang Zhimu said: "No need. Go and look at my limestone go. "Everyone came together to the three wooden chests full of lime, and had the wood of the wooden chests knocked off, revealing three large stones that were boxy and square. Zhang Zhimu picked up a stone and smashed it without moving. Li Yunhe took another hammer and struck it vigorously, only to smash out a few white spots. At this time, Zhang Zhimu knew that his cement had also succeeded, and Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, this is the reason why you have to buy that ash kiln, right?" Zhang Zhimu nodded and said, "Bring a sledgehammer." "Take the sledgehammer, Li Wei picked up the sledgehammer and was about to smash it. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly stopped and said, "You wait, let everyone stay away first." You must know that what you are smashing now is a stone. Be careful not to hurt yourself. Everyone was far away, so Li Wei picked up the hammer and smashed it "light", and finally smashed the stone open. Zhang Zhimu looked at the stubble and said, "The longer this thing lasts, the harder it becomes, and after a while, it will be more difficult to smash." This kind of stone is not afraid of water, and in order to distinguish it from the previous lime, this kind of lime will be called 'cement' in the future. Then, let Li Wei smash all three stones open. Finally, it was concluded that cement with a three-to-one ratio of lime to clay had the highest strength.

Zhang Zhimu said to Lu Chengxiang: "Send someone to the ash kiln immediately, tell Wushan, and start firing the kiln according to the first recipe." Products that are burned according to the new formula are not allowed to be sold, and as many as you can burn. Then he turned to the group and said, "Today is a day to celebrate." Our cement succeeded. In the future, we will be able to build long bridges, tall buildings, fortresses that can never be broken, and roads that are not afraid of rain by adding steel frames to cement. Everyone listened to Zhang Zhimu's words, and they were also very excited, there are always things that make everyone excited in Yaogang.

Li Yunhe went to work on his roller press again, and Zhang Zhimu asked Li Dong to go with him. The two walked to the river together, chatting very relaxed. Li Dong has never talked to people in this way before, I feel that everything in this kiln is different, every busy person has a smile on his face, here from Mr. Zhang, no matter how big the official, there is no shelf, everyone meets, no matter whether the person knows or not, they will nod and smile, say hello, if they don't come here in person, they can't imagine, there is such a place, I feel that here, breathing is smooth. Finally, Zhang Zhimu asked Li Dong: "Do you feel uncomfortable working under your son?" Li Dong smiled. Zhang Zhimu said: "In this way, I will arrange you to Yan Boju and Mr. Yan, who is also the founder of the company and has old qualifications." You will serve as a technical consultant, and you can give Li Yunhe and them guidance in terms of technology, and let Li Yunhe and his young people do the specific work. Li Dong said: "Then thank you, Mr. Zhang took care of it." But I don't think I'm old yet, and I want to do more specific things. Zhang Zhimu said: "If you want to do something, I can satisfy you in Yaogang." ”