PFC Chapter 229 Making Cement
Chapter 229 Making Cement
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Xie Ling tilted her head, her clear almond-shaped eyes reflecting Gu Wei's beautiful features, "What do you think I will choose?"
Gu Wei stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes calm and composed, "My A Ling is the bravest, most independent-minded and most talented woman in the world. She will never hide under someone else's wings. Even if this person is her--"
When Gu Wei said this, his tone sounded a little aggrieved and helpless.
"Kiss my husband."
Xie Ling smiled slyly and winked, "That's good to know. Let me make it clear first, my ideas may be different from yours and Xu Xingzhi's. You should be prepared."
"of course."
Gu Wei did not give up and asked again, "But A Ling, are you really unwilling to give me a chance to protect you?"
Xie Ling raised her eyebrows. "Is it true that I can only protect her by keeping her under my wings? Isn't it the right way to protect her to give her a wider world and let her grow up to be more perfect and beautiful?"
After hearing this, Gu Wei was stunned for a long time.
Then, she smiled faintly.
"It's my ignorance. Thank you, Master. Please——"
The county government office is full of people today.
Wu Daqiang, Fengjian Qingli, Xie Xingzhi and Gao Cunyi had already taken their seats.
After Gu Wei’s major reshuffle, all the important positions in Sinan County are now held by his confidants.
When the four saw Xie Ling coming, they bowed to her from a distance.
"Meet Master Xie."
His expression was serious, and he really treated her as a colleague.
Xie Ling quickly returned the greeting and said with a smile, "We are colleagues in the county government, and below the county government the sister is the sister, and the niece is the niece. It's still the same as before, don't mess around."
After he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter and the atmosphere became cheerful.
Gu Wei poured a cup of tea for everyone and said, "We are all family, so let's be frank. Do you think there are any areas in Sinan County that need improvement?"
Xu Xingzhi shook his head. "You have done a good job. The rest is nothing more than taxes and military service. Those are matters of the imperial court. We cannot interfere at present."
Fengjian Qingli and Xu Xingzhi have the same opinion.
Shi Hua did have an opinion. "I think the soil is not fertile, and the people's grain production is decreasing year by year. But Xie Zhubozhi has already said that there is a way to deal with it. We can wait and see the effect after the autumn harvest."
Xie Ling opened her mouth with a startling statement: "Are you planning to rebel?"
The five of them were all stunned.
Gu Wei's eyes widened: "Is it obvious?"
Xie Ling thought, your policies seem to be centered around Sinan County, but in fact they are all based on the national conditions of Beijiang. You are just short of overthrowing Beijiang. How can I not see that?
Xie Ling glanced around and said, "I have many complete plans, whether it is the official system, land system, financial system, or talent selection... It can not only strengthen centralization, but also enhance national strength and improve productivity."
After that, he took great pains to explain again what centralization and productivity are.
Gu Wei knocked on the table with one hand: "Please explain briefly."
Xie Ling briefly described the three-province and six-department system, the imperial examination system and other systems.
Looking at the shocked eyes of Xu Xingzhi and others, Xie Ling sighed, it is so comfortable to have an imaginary dynasty.
The five thousand years of Chinese civilization is not boasted for nothing. Just talking about a system can scare these ancient people.
They even took out paper and pen, and wrote down everything Xie Ling said, not wanting to miss a single word.
But a genius is a genius wherever he is.
Xu Xingzhi and Fengjian Qingli immediately discovered the drawbacks of the imperial examination system and the three-province and six-department system.
Xu Xingzhi cupped his hands and said, "Master Xie's plan is indeed good, but the excessive concentration of power is prone to corruption and injustice. There are too many departments, and the efficiency of government affairs will be low. Finally, the government affairs of the three provinces overlap, making it difficult to effectively allocate and manage resources... But I have to say that this plan is close to perfect, and I can't think of a better one for the time being."
Feng Jianqingli propped up his chin and said, "The imperial examination system also has certain flaws. The examination content is too rigid, which will restrict students' thinking, and cheating and bribery will definitely be serious. However, there is indeed no more fair talent selection system than the imperial examination. At least it is better than the current one."
Xie Ling nodded, "You are right, that's right, so I will just briefly explain it. I think our current goal can be summed up in three words: win the hearts of the people.
As the saying goes, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world. The people of Beijiang have long been disgusted with the Beijiang court. As long as we show good political achievements and attractive conditions, and use the method of surrounding the county town and the state capital with the countryside to gain the support of the people, when the day comes for us to rise up, we will surely be able to break through like a bamboo and directly attack Huanglong. "
Gu Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Then how do you think we can gain the support of the people?"
Xie Ling curled her lips and drew a square pattern on the white paper with the brush in her hand.
"Build a school. Enroll students from poor families, charge little tuition or even nothing, and cultivate talents."
"Build a city. Sinan has a vast territory. We will expand the area of Sinan County and turn Sinan into a paradise that everyone aspires to."
"Recruit soldiers and take in refugees. Expand the population base and improve strength."
Gu Wei and the others stared at Xie Ling in shock.
Xie Ling continued, "The first step of all this is to ensure that everyone who comes to Sinan has enough food and clothing. As for how to ensure that everyone has enough food and clothing, it depends on the land and food. I accidentally obtained many kinds of high-yield plants before, which are very easy to grow. After this autumn harvest, we can cultivate the land and plant on a large scale. Once this problem is solved, we can start the next stage."
Gu Wei knew that the high-yield crops Xie Ling was talking about were potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes.
Xu Xingzhi and the others listened to Xie Ling's words with excitement in their eyes and their hearts pounding. They felt as if they were going to compete for the Central Plains in the next moment.
Gao Cunyi was most concerned about the issue of money and asked, "Where does the money for all this come from?"
Xie Ling curled her lips, "Of course it's to take advantage of others."
Some people didn't understand what she said.
Xie Ling drew a picture on the paper.
Everyone understood and smiled meaningfully.
Xie Ling looked at the guards outside the window and suddenly remembered something. She immediately said, "Oh, right, there is also the military camp. Sanitation must be maintained! Definitely! Otherwise, cholera will easily break out."
Wu Daqiang scratched his head, "Isn't it a good idea now?"
Xie Ling shook her head, thinking that these men had too low standards for hygiene.
"It's early autumn now, the weather is cool, and it's good for construction. Let's get started right away."
On the second day, Xie Ling airdropped into the Sinan military camp.
The soldiers thought she was here to give them a snack and were very excited. Every time Xie Ling met a soldier, the soldier would come up to her and ask, "Madam, what are we having for dinner today?"
Xie Ling smiled sinisterly.
I was thinking of adding more work today.
Wu Daqiang dispersed the soldiers and said, "Go, go, go. Now we need to call Xie Zhubo. Those who can't remember should go out and run ten laps."
After Xie Ling walked around and drew a plan for the entire military camp, Wu Daqiang gathered all the soldiers together.
He said loudly: "The county magistrate has ordered that the reconstruction of the barracks' mess and toilets begin today."
Wu Daqiang deliberately kept the audience in suspense and stopped talking here.
The soldiers' wails rang out.
“Why rebuild it?”
“Yeah, I think it’s pretty good now.”
"General, can you please tell the county magistrate that we won't build it? We are one of our own people anyway, so it's okay if we are a little rough."
After the soldiers had howled enough, Wu Daqiang raised his eyebrows and said slowly: "From today on, we will train in the morning and not at night, and we will increase the subsidy by 50 coins per day, and the food in the canteen will be more delicious. Ha, you guys will be so happy."
The soldiers' wails instantly turned into cheers, howling like monkeys that had just been let down from the mountain.
One by one they were roaring and shouting.
"The county magistrate is mighty, the general is mighty!"
Wu Daqiang stroked his beard and laughed.
"Who just said that he didn't want to build a new kitchen toilet? Where is it?"
The soldiers responded opportunistically.
"No, no, I don't know who it is."
Xie Ling glanced at Wu Daqiang and found that he seemed to like this kind of face-slapping behavior and liked to see the soldiers cry and laugh.
Wu Daqiang felt embarrassed by Xie Ling's gaze, so he put away his ferocious smile, coughed twice, and said solemnly: "Quiet, no more noise! Let's start training now, and after the training in the afternoon, we will start building according to Xie Zhubo's drawings!"
Xie Ling waved her hand, "No construction today, make cement today."
Wu Daqiang scratched his head, "What is cement?"
Xie Ling curled her lips, "You'll know when it's done."
When building a toilet, you must use cement to seal the bottom, otherwise it will still be stuffy and smelly after fermenting in the summer.
With the help of this group of strong soldiers, Xie Ling planned to make more cement and store it for use in road construction and city reinforcement in the future.
After the soldiers were trained, she rode to the city to order raw materials.
Various clay bricks, pottery fragments, and water-quenched slag were ordered at one thousand shi.
The amount of quicklime was set at 500 stones.
The amount of plaster of Paris was set at one hundred stones.
After making the decision, Xie Ling waited for the soldiers to finish their training under the shade of a tree.
In the afternoon, the soldiers finished their training, and Xie Ling needed a hundred people to go with her to get the food.
The soldiers vied for the right to accompany her, and in the end almost came to blows.
In the end, Wu Daqiang solved the conflict by blindly selecting a hundred people.
One cart after another was pushed towards the ceramic factory.
The workers at the ceramic factory looked at Xie Ling as if she were a fool.
These broken tiles cannot be disposed of on normal days, but they didn't expect that there would be a sucker who would buy them, and he bought one thousand stones at a time, almost buying up all the junk in their factory in the past few years.
I'm afraid it's the silly daughter of the landlord who's here to ruin the family's wealth.
The owner of the house was still worrying about how to deal with the situation, but he didn't expect that the sucker would come. It's really amazing.
But when they saw that it was soldiers who came to move things, the workers became confused again. Could it be that the girl was a daughter of an official?
The soldiers looked at the various broken porcelain and pottery pieces, as well as quicklime and slaked plaster on the cart and were very puzzled.
"Xie Zhubo, why did you buy these broken porcelain pieces?"
"And this quicklime, isn't it used to spread on the ground to kill insects?"
"What is this plaster of Paris for? Master Xie, are you going to open a porcelain factory?"
Xie Ling put her hand to her mouth and hushed, "Shut up. You'll know in a few days."
The soldiers shut up and quietly pushed the pile of "junk" back to the barracks.
Wu Daqiang saw from afar his soldiers pushing dozens of carts back.
He thought it was something rare, but when he got closer, his eyes widened, "Isn't this junk?"
Xie Ling frowned.
Wu Daqiang quickly slapped himself on the mouth, "What are you saying with your rotten mouth? Everything my niece A Ling has is a treasure!"
As he spoke, he looked around, his eyes wide open, "If anyone dares to say anything, I will skin you alive!"
Soldiers: Who is gossiping?
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Xie Ling’s task for the soldiers today is to make cement.
She divided the soldiers into four groups.
One group started a fire and prepared the kang.
The second group moved the broken porcelain pieces.
Three groups carried quicklime and plaster of Paris.
The last group grinds the cement blocks into powder.
Each group worked separately, and Xie Ling was the only one who knew the formula, so there was no need to worry about someone stealing the cement formula.
After a while, the first set of fire pits was completed.
The soldiers were smart enough to use yellow mud to build an arched wall with a diameter of about two meters. They hollowed out the middle and placed the collected firewood in it.
Xie Ling was not idle either, and followed him to the nearby mountains to collect firewood.
The soldiers took good care of her and everyone would throw a piece of firewood into her backpack.
Before Xie Ling had picked up two, her backpack was full. This was always the case, so she had to return empty-handed and planned to grind gypsum.
Plaster of Paris is a solid mineral that must be ground into powder and heated in an iron pan until it turns yellow-gray before it can be used.
Xie Ling went straight to the kitchen and borrowed a large iron pot from the cook.
"I'll help you clean it later."
The cook quickly waved his hands and said, "How can I let the county magistrate's wife wash my clothes? I can wash them myself!"
Their cooks were the ones who were most happy to see Xie Ling reorganizing the barracks.
You have to know that in the past military camps, when summer came, it was as hot as a steamer. While cooking, beads of sweat would drip down.
Every time they had dinner, the cooks felt guilty seeing everyone eating so happily, with each person finishing four or five bowls of rice.
It is even worse in winter. It is so cold that I can't even hold the spatula tightly. My hands are so stiff that I can only warm them up on the stove before cooking.
At this moment, the cooks saw Xie Ling squatting on the ground. She was a small ball with fair skin and long eyelashes, like a little glutinous rice dumpling. In her hand, she held a fierce big iron hammer and violently hammered the plaster in front of her.
Hit them once and these cooks will tremble.
Xie Ling had a cold expression throughout the whole process.
After pounding for quite a while, the three lumps of plaster were finally turned into fine powder.
Xie Ling shoveled the powder into the large iron pot and said, "Here, help me heat the fire. I'll fry it."
The cooks were bewildered.
This little glutinous rice ball must have come to the military camp to play house. He actually put gypsum into the iron pan and fried it?
The county magistrate dotes on her too much and lets her do whatever she wants.
Xie Ling blinked, "What are you doing?"
Looking at the girl's slightly raised round almond eyes, the cooks' hearts as old fathers were simply melted by her cuteness.
One after another, they came to help Xie Ling add fire and collect firewood.
A tall cook saw Xie Ling's thin arms and legs, so he grabbed her spatula and said in a strong voice, "Big sister, go over there, I'll help you stir-fry."
Let’s just play house, since she is the darling of our military camp.
Note: Due to the sudden update of 10 chapters, there was an error in uploading the chapters. If you can't continue reading, just go back a few chapters and you will be able to continue! Sorry!