However, Li Xuan did not know about these and would not pay attention to them.
At first, Li Yuan was asked to build the glass greenhouse just because he wanted to find something for Old Xiong to do so that he would not have so much time to trouble himself.
However, he did not expect that Old Man Xiong would be so courageous that he would directly build glass greenhouses on the entire Lijiazhuang's fields.
There are two hundred acres of vegetable garden and so many vegetables. Naturally, we can't just waste it. We have to get some capital back and make some money along with it.
Moreover, the farmers in Lijiazhuang are still so poor!
However, Li Xuan had already proposed the idea to Old Man Xiong on how to sell it to the officials, and they would implement the specific matters, so Li Xuan stopped thinking about it.
Now, every day when he had free time, Li Xuan took a small notebook and led Cheng Chusi and Li Chongyi into the forging workshop.
The house is the first priority!
Although Ying Qi and Wu Fu experiment slowly, there will always be results.
However, Li Xuan couldn't stand it anymore.
Anyway, these days, he has already finished teaching the numbers, arithmetic and alphabet pinyin to Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others. As for the more advanced knowledge, these people have no need, and he does not have the ability to teach others.
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Ying Qi and Wu Fu recorded the time every time they produced a piece of iron in the experiment, no matter it was good or bad, and kept the sample, and then marked the information.
On the first day, pig iron and wrought iron were smelted first, and then the calcination time was slowly deduced from the beginning and end to the middle.
Therefore, it took another five days to place more than thirty steel and iron blocks in the forging workshop before Li Xuan stopped the experiment.
However, as early as the third day, a piece of shiny black steel convinced Li Xuan and others.
However, Li Xuan still wanted to try to see if a better iron block would appear, so he did not stop the experiment.
"Master, the iron in this place is the hardest, harder than steel that is made a hundred times!"
All the steel blocks and iron blocks were compared in a circle, and Ying Qian held up the black shiny steel block the width of his palm and reported to Li Xuan with a happy face.
"Very good, thank you to the two craftsmen for their hard work these days!"
Li Xuan also looked happy, picked up the piece of steel, walked to the iron blocks on the side, and smashed them down one by one.
Li Xuan, Cheng Chusi and others' eyes shone brightly.
really!
Some iron blocks of poor quality were directly broken into two sections. As for some iron blocks and steel blocks of good quality, they also had scars on them.
Only on this piece, there are only marks of collision.
"That's the kind of steel!"
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said.
"I need at least 10,000 kilograms of this kind of steel, and I have to trouble two craftsmen again!"
"Ten thousand pounds?"
Ying Qi and Wu Fu were startled, and then nodded. It was only ten thousand kilograms, and they could make it in more than ten days.
"In a while, I will draw the size and style of the steel I need, and you two will make a grinding tool and refine it according to that style!"
"Yes, Master!"
Ying Qi and Wu Fu both handed over their hands.
"In addition, please make the cement as soon as possible. If you want to build a house, you will need at least 100,000 kilograms of cement!"
Li Xuan said again, "If there are not enough manpower, the two craftsmen can ask Gao Ming to allocate manpower to you, or you can go directly to the dealer in Lijiazhuang!"
"Master, don't worry!"
Ying Qi and Wu Fu both looked confident.
As for manpower, the two of them never worried.
Seeing this, Li Xuan ignored it and walked directly into his house.
I picked up the pen and paper and started drawing on the paper.
According to his imagination, he drew several specifications of steel bars on paper, as well as some useful molds and steel rings, and marked the required quantities.
Then, he handed it over to Ying Qi and Wu Fu.
Next, the firing of cement is also very simple.
In less than half a day, the two of them placed a bowl of blue-gray powder in front of Li Xuan.
Li Xuan had no comment on this. He just poured a little water into it, mixed it with some sand, and placed it next to the iron stove.
After an hour, it becomes as hard as a stone.
Upon seeing this, Ying Qi, Wu Fu, and Li Chengqian and others naturally looked shocked, and they all called out for divine means.
Li Xuan struggled to explain this for a long time before he explained it to everyone.
But his face was still full of shock.
Immediately, Ying Qi and Wu Fu walked out with happy faces.
Li Chengqian and Cheng Chusi were left behind, and they followed Li Xuan back to the house.
However, Li Chengqian and Li Chongyi were full of excitement.
Finally, several people discussed it and slowly came to Li Xuan's side.
"Master!"
"What's the matter?"
Looking at Li Chengqian and others with eager faces, Li Xuan was a little curious.
"Master, that piece of steel suggested so, I wonder if it can be used to cast a weapon for me and others?"
"weapon?"
Li Xuan walked around Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others and looked at them all over.
A teasing look on his face.
"Your body bones are not fully developed. Even if a weapon is cast for you, will you be able to wield it? If it's too light, you'll have to replace it in less than two years. If it's too heavy, you won't be able to wield it."
After hearing this, the expressions of Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others couldn't help but darken.
"Why not, let me forge a children's version of the weapon for you!"
Li Xuan chuckled again.
"Children's version?"
Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others all looked depressed.
Although they don’t understand what it means, they can still understand the word ‘children’.
"Is it possible that you still want my master's two weapons as heavy as hammers?"
Li Xuan sneered, "Okay, you can go back and think about what weapons you want. When tomorrow comes, just ask Ying Qi and Wu Fu to build them for you!"
"Thank you, Master."
No matter what, Li Xuan agreed to build weapons for them, and Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others all looked happy.
Then he spoke again: "Master, when you are building a house, can you also build a house for me?"
"The house is so simple, you can just build it yourself!"
Li Xuan refused without even thinking.
Just kidding, building a house is such a troublesome thing, he doesn't want to take that job.
"We also want to build it in Lijiazhuang!"
Li Chengqian said.
After hearing this, Li Xuan understood and nodded slowly.
"Can!"
Li Chengqian and others were overjoyed, "Thank you Master!"
"However, there is a large demand for steel and cement used in building houses, so you need to prepare more materials. In addition, when building houses with cement, you also need a lot of sand and small stones. You also need these items.
Gotta get ready!”
"Master, we know the use of sand, but what is the use of stones?"
Li Chengqian asked quickly.
"Mix small stones into sand and cement, and the resulting cement blocks will be stronger!" Li Xuan introduced.
"It's so true!"
After hearing this, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others looked surprised again.
I thought that the cement block made by mixing cement and sand was as strong as a boulder, but I didn't expect that there was something even stronger.
"Don't worry, Master, it's extremely cold in winter, and farmers can only stay at home, with nothing to do, and they are itching all over. As long as you pay some money, you can get as many rocks and sand as you want!"
"You can use those big boxes of money in the courtyard!"