After tasting the locusts for Li Laoer, Xia Hongsheng went back to Jingyang's fiefdom, but he didn't bother to go to the kiln to arrange a trip, but brought a message that made the county magistrate of Jingyang County almost sit on the ground - the emperor is coming!

Not only the emperor, but also some important ministers in the court, the big guy who trembled three times when he heard his name, the frightened county commander's face turned pale, and he immediately wanted to kneel on the ground and shout forgiveness. Xia Hongsheng hurriedly pulled him up, and explained to him clearly with a smile that His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers just wanted to come and see the destruction of the fields by locust swarms, and they did not have any effect on him. However, after all, Jingyang is Xia Hongsheng's fiefdom, and it is inevitable that there will be contacts with this county order in the future, so he also made a favor and told the county order to sort out the disaster relief matter well, so as not to make mistakes, but not too much, just try to be normal. The county order immediately thanked Dade and kept giving gifts. It's not that this county order is incompetent or unclean, but this Jingyang county order is quite popular in the local area, but in the end, it is a native of the ancients, and the awe of imperial power is deep in the bone marrow, and when facing the emperor and ministers, he naturally has a lot more awe than Xia Hongsheng, coupled with the low official position, so he is so anxious.

Since Xia Hongsheng characterized Li Shimin's behavior of devouring locusts as a show, let this show be done just right, do it deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, do it to inspire thousands of people who have suffered from the locust plague, and do what it can do to block the gossip and rumors of those well-wishers who are eyeing and disturbing.

So when Li Shimin proposed the idea of ordering the Ministry of Rites to prepare a sacrifice, and then swallowing locusts in the sacrifice to show his sincerity, Xia Hongsheng put forward his own opinion. Let Li Lao Er not go to a special sacrifice to devour locusts.

State leaders went deep into the affected areas to comfort the masses. It is a very effective way to reassure the people. A way to win popularity. In the aftermath of a catastrophe, the country's leaders did not appear in the affected areas? The overwhelming photos on the newspaper news not only show the importance of the leaders, their concern and love for Baixin, but also divert the people's attention, and shift the people's attention from the actual situation in the disaster-stricken areas to the leaders' personal visits to the disaster-stricken areas to fight together. The purpose of arousing hope and comforting the people affected by the disaster is a good method, which has a great effect on the disaster relief itself and on re-establishing the confidence and hope of the people in the affected areas after the disaster.

Xia Hongsheng told Li Shimin about this idea, and Li Shimin immediately accepted Xia Hongsheng's suggestion with bright eyes. Naturally, he could see the benefits of this.

The only problem is the security work, now that it has been two years since Zhenguan, Li Jiancheng's remnants have not been completely destroyed, especially the masked man and Youji who escaped and have not been caught. Then Li Shimin will add a lot of dangers and variables when he goes out of the palace. Xia Hongsheng naturally also told Li Shimin that he knew how to do a good job of guarding. Whether it is carried out according to this method or not, that is Li Laoer's own business. As a result, it was natural that Li Lao Er decided to follow Xia Hongsheng's method after thinking about it.

It just so happened that Xia Hongsheng was in the imperial study, and Li Shimin decided to go to Jingyang on a temporary basis.

"Lord Chen, in fact, there is no need to prepare, Your Majesty came here to see the real disaster situation, Lord Chen only needs to restrain the victims, so that they can be onlookers, but they must not be allowed to collide with the Holy Driver." Xia Hongsheng said to the Jingyang County Order: "In addition, Your Majesty will inspect the locust plague along the way, and Jingyang is the last stop. Your Majesty may come to me, or you may be received by Lord Chen. Don't be too lavish, because the people outside are still suffering from locust plagues! ”

"Thank you Xia Duwei for mentioning it, the lower officer has written it down!" The county magistrate gave Xia Hongsheng a salute and replied.

Xia Hongsheng nodded, he still had to rush back to Chang'an, so he didn't stay long, left Jingyang County Ya, and saw that it was still early, so he went back to Zhuangzi. When he arrived at Zhuangzi, he didn't go home, and went directly to the kiln.

"Childe?" Qi Yong was very surprised when he saw Xia Hongsheng.

"There are some things, I went to the county office." Xia Hongsheng nodded at Qi Yong, and then asked, "Has the situation been told to the old kiln head?" ”

"Well, I've told you everything." Qi Yong replied.

Xia Hongsheng went to find the old kiln head, and the old kiln head was also very surprised when he saw Xia Hongsheng: "Son, why are you here again?" Little Brother Qi has already made it clear, you can rest assured! ”

Xia Hongsheng took a look and saw that there were burnt pottery, and it seemed that the old kiln head was not idle during the time he left Chang'an.

Following Xia Hongsheng's eyes, he saw the pile of pottery, and the old kiln head explained: "The son is out on business, and the old man doesn't know when the son will come back, this thing is ready, the old man took people to burn a few kilns to mature the kiln first, this kiln has no good temperament, but whenever the kiln is opened, you must first burn a few months of worthless things, and the temperament of the kiln can be cooked before it can really start." ”

"You always know more about the rules than I do, and you can do it if you look at it." Xia Hongsheng waved his hand at the old kiln head: "Do you remember what I explained to you before I left?" I have already taught you the old way to burn the glass before leaving, from now on, you don't want to burn anything else, just burn the river sand and burn it with charcoal! Don't be stingy with charcoal, burn all the pieces of charcoal powder with charcoal, so that the temperature can be heated up, and the river sand can be burned into glass. No, I also found you a blower, and you have to bring someone to learn his blowing skills for me. The first few times, I didn't ask for anything shapeless, and I burned things first. ”

The old kiln head was excited: "Childe, just take a look!" Since you value the old man and teach the old man the method of burning glass, if the old man can't make a name, where will he have the face to see the son? You don't have to go down with your son, you can find a tree with a crooked neck and hang yourself! Childe rest assured! - But, Childe, the guy you sent is not quite right! ”

"Well, well, he's got some hysteria, and that's what happened to him. You just have to learn from him how to blow, and don't follow him in the same way as he does. Xia Hongsheng grinned and said to the old kiln head: "I still have to remind you again." Anneal! Be sure to anneal! I also told you about the annealing process, you must not forget, otherwise the glass made will be broken when it is scalded with boiling water, and it will not be sold! ”

In the process of forming glass, due to the characteristics of molten glass, there is always a certain temperature difference between its inner and outer layers. This temperature difference creates a corresponding stress in the glass. Due to the existence of local, uneven stress, the strength of the product is weakened. The purpose of annealing is to reduce the stress in the product to a tolerable degree, which can greatly improve the strength of the glass.

"Don't worry, Childe! The method that Childe taught the old man, the old man can't forget a word! The old kiln head was very excited, and slapped his chest hard.

Xia Hongsheng smiled dumbly, waved his hand, and was about to say something, when suddenly the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the gray of a bucket car, frowned, and quickly looked over.

At first glance, his mouth suddenly grew, and he hurriedly strode over, stopped the potter who was about to dump, looked down closely, grabbed a handful of it with one hand and rubbed it in his hand, and then turned his head to look at the old kiln.

"Childe, what are you doing with this thing, the dirty things left over from the ashes, don't dirty your hands!" The old kiln saw that Xia Hongsheng grabbed a handful of gray dirt, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Xia Hongsheng looked at the old kiln head strangely, then turned his head to Qi Yong and said, "Qi Yong, hurry up and fetch a bucket of water and bring it over!" ”

Qi Yong thought that Xia Hongsheng wanted to wash his hands, so he immediately went over and brought a bucket of water, but saw Xia Hongsheng snatch the handlebar from the potter's hand, poured all the ash on the ground with all his strength, and then said to the potter: "Go, pull some sand and gravel, and you want to filter out the coarser kind!" Bring in another shovel. ”

Seeing Xia Hongsheng's solemn expression, where did the potter dare to slack off, he hurriedly followed the order and ran to pull the coarse sand of half a bucket car.

Xia Hongsheng picked up the shovel and was about to shovel the sand and gravel, but the frightened Qi Yong and the three of them were immediately shocked, and hurriedly wanted to grab it and get it themselves, but they were stopped by Xia Hongsheng. So the three of them had to watch anxiously as Xia Hongsheng shoveled the gravel and mixed it with the ash on the ground, dug out a pit in the middle, and then poured water into the pit, and mixed the ashes mixed with the sand around it with the water, mixing it into a pile of thick things.

Xia Hongsheng used a shovel to slap the pile of things into a square, then threw down the shovel, didn't speak, and waited on the side.

It was after noon when the temperature was at its highest in the day, and it didn't take long for it to dry on the surface. Xia Hongsheng pressed it with his hand, and waited for a long time, it was called kicking, and he saw that it was like a stone slab, and it was hard to lift.

"Old kiln head!" Xia Hongsheng stared at the stone slab on the ground: "How did you burn the ashes just now?" ”

"Huh?" The old kiln head was very confused, so he looked at Xia Hongsheng blankly: "Childe, it was burned when the limestone was burned, and it was the dirty thing in the limestone." But in any lime-burning kiln, if you accidentally burn too much, you can burn this thing, but if the limestone is burned into wasteland, it will not be used. ”

"No!" Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "Old kiln head, you go home, go to the account room to receive fifty yuan, it is for you!" ”

"Huh?!" The old kiln is a little messy.

Then I heard Xia Hongsheng say: "After you get it, you will go to the housekeeper to discuss, and then build a new kiln here to burn this thing!" It's not that the limestone is burned into wasteland, it's that the treasure is burned! Cement! This thing is called cement! It's a baby, a real baby, more precious than glass! (To be continued......)