The Mi family is indeed one of the three major families in Wanling County. The largest family in Wanling County arranged for three small boats to be delivered the day after reaching an agreement with Li Changxian.

On the spot, Li Changxian arranged two small boats for the Yang Han tribe to directly transport limestone and paving stones.

As for the remaining small boat, Li Changxian asked Li Zhu to arrange for people to temporarily dock it at the simple dock of the old military camp. After the dock was completed, he planned to let Abu Da's friends learn to drive the boat.

Li Zhu was muttering to the side that he also wanted to learn to drive a boat, but was frightened into silence by Li Changxian's glare.

Aren't you seasick? Did you go there just to be lazy or for excitement?

Li Changxian looked at the listless Li Zhu and suddenly had an idea. He sent him to Wang Jingmei to teach the children how to read the Three Character Classic.

Now Li Zhu was dumbfounded. He didn't want to go. Although it was okay to follow Young Master Li, when everyone saw him, they all respected him as the number one housekeeper in Li Changxian's house. What's the point of teaching children to read now?

He also disliked these children. None of them were afraid of him. They were all spoiled by Erya and the others.

In the end, Li Zhu still couldn't withstand the pressure from Li Changxian's eyes, so he had to go to the simple school to report. Who told him that he was the second most knowledgeable person in the men's group?

The first learned person must be the eldest young master, except of course the few people who stayed behind in the county government office.

Seeing that Li Zhu had been tricked by him, Li Changxian was a little happy, but also a little relieved. He hummed a little tune and walked around the old military camp shaking his head.

Outside the old military camp, Li Changxian would not go out alone. On the one hand, he was concerned about his own safety. On the other hand, there was really nothing to see outside the old military camp. There were grass, gravel, dirt roads, and mountains and streams in the distance everywhere.

There is no way to see the beautiful scenery. At this time, the deep mountains and old forests in Wanling County are still in a primitive and undeveloped state.

Passing by the warehouse where the limestone is stored, he saw that tens of thousands of kilograms of limestone had been shipped back one after another. Old Man Bai was instructing people to smelt the limestone. Li Changxian suddenly thought of his own small courtyard. Is it better to use blue bricks or red bricks? Anyway,

It won't be like the adobe houses built by Old Man Bai and others, it will be better to have a masonry structure.

Thinking of this, Li Changxian stepped forward and asked Old Man Bai if he could bake a batch of bricks so that he could live in a brick house.

"Mr. Li, firing bricks is very simple. You need to build a brick kiln and then use the clay here to make bricks and then bake them."

Old Man Bai even recommended his eldest son Bai He to come out. Bai He used to make bricks and tiles for people in his hometown, and there was no technical problem at all.

Li Changxian looked at the honest and honest old man Bai's eldest son Bai He, and he couldn't believe that he was also a technician!

Bai He was appointed as the first person in charge of the kiln on the spot, responsible for the future production of quicklime and slab bricks.

Seeing Old Man Bai's eldest son happily taking over the work of the kiln, Li Changxian suddenly realized whether there were other technicians among the victims who came with him, such as bricklayers, carpenters, blacksmiths, etc.

Li Changxian couldn't help but want to call Old Man Bai over to ask.

If you do some digging on your own, you might actually be able to find a few technicians among these dirtbags and country bumpkins.

There are also people who have been robbers before, and maybe some are technicians. We need to make statistics on this. We must gather these people together and establish a technology development team.

As the saying goes, "The blacksmith is short, the carpenter is long, and the stonemason is a skilled man." This group of people should not be underestimated. They are the earliest scientific and technological personnel in ancient times.

Thinking of this, Li Changxian couldn't help but laugh. Isn't that what Liu Xiaoer is like? Now he is a member of his own gunpowder research and development team and a member of the cement technology research team.

Li Changxian couldn't help but look at Liu Xiaoer, who was muttering in a corner of the warehouse. At this moment, he was intently looking at the cement in the experiment.

Li Changxian stepped forward and patted Liu Xiaoer on the shoulder, "How is the cement experiment going?"

Liu Xiaoer stood up and saw that it was Li Changxian. He quickly replied: "Master, mixing quicklime and clay is the best now, but I am still experimenting with adding other materials to see what the effect is."

"Don't worry, study slowly, and if it doesn't work, try it a few more times to see which material works better and is more affordable!"

Fa Zheng Li Changxian also knew nothing about cement. He only knew that cement was made of quicklime, and it was up to Liu Xiaoer to decide what materials to add.

Suddenly, Li Changxian thought of coal and asked the people around him, "How is it in Meishan?"

To be honest, Li Changxian had heard from Zhang Kewen that there were coal mines in Wanling County, but he had never been there and didn't know whether the coal there was easy to mine.

"County Master, the roads in Meishan are not easy to navigate, and the excavation tools are not good either. The amount of mining is not very large, it is only enough to burn limestone!"

In order to pay attention to coal, Li Changxian used all the horses in the old military camp to mine coal this time, and used baskets on horseback to transport the coal every day.

"Why not use gunpowder to blast open the coal seams? Also, if the roads are not good, we must build them first. Cutting wood does not require skill. Only when the roads are good can we transport coal in large quantities!"

In Li Changxian's mind, coal is the most important part of Li Changxian's road construction and house building. Without coal, he would have to cut down the surrounding trees. How could he make quicklime and burn bricks?

Liu Xiaoer agreed on the spot to go to Meishan tomorrow to see if he could use gunpowder to open the mountain.

Li Changxian left. When he passed Old Man Bai, he did not forget to remind Old Man Bai to arrange for people to spread quicklime on the surrounding grass, sewers and rivers to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes and flies during the day.

The mosquitoes at this time were so powerful. Not long after Li Changxian stayed in the warehouse, he got a few bites on his legs, which made him itchy. If he had known this, he would not have worn such short pants when he came out in the morning.

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In this era, if you are bitten by a mosquito, you can only pinch some anti-inflammatory grass on the roadside, chew it a few times, and stick it to the bitten area. There will be a large green area around the red and swollen skin, which is unsightly.

I miss the tiger balm and toilet water of later generations so much! Even if there is no tiger balm and toilet water, alcohol will do!

Li Changxian suddenly thought of alcohol. Although he swore not to drink anymore, he could see Zhao Yuan and others holding a wine bottle and filling their stomachs from time to time. Looking at the turbid wine and the alcohol smell in the air, it looked like

The beer content of later generations was about the same, and the quality of the wine was still very poor.

If I could improve the wine of this era, would anyone like it?

With high-concentration alcohol, can’t you make toilet water yourself?

Li Changxian did what he wanted and hurried back to the small courtyard, called Zhao Yuan who was training guards, and asked him if he wanted a few jars of wine.

Zhao Yuan was also very surprised. Everyone knew that Li Changxian did not drink. What happened today? He was interested in his wine.

Full of doubts, Zhao Yuan followed Li Changxian into the kitchen with a jar of soju.

Li Changxian ordered Zhao Yuan to pour the wine in the jar into the pot, cover the pot lid, take out a piece of bamboo pole, open up the inside of the bamboo pole, and then insert the bamboo pole diagonally into the gap in the pot lid.

Then he ordered Zhao Yuan to light the fire and start cooking the pot until the wine in the pot boiled and the distilled water slowly flowed down the bamboo pole.

A strong aroma of wine came to my face, and as more and more wine flowed out of the bamboo pole, the whole yard was filled with the aroma of wine. All the training people gathered around, and everyone couldn't help but water flowing and their eyes were eager.

He watched Li Changxian and Zhao Yuan working in the kitchen.

Not bad, not bad, this is the taste!
Chapter completed!