Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 60
Yang Xian returned to the government office, finished his meal and took a nap.

Then he asked people to pick up some dry food, desserts and snacks and left the city again.

When we arrived at the cement processing plant, we could see black smoke rising from the furnace chimney in the distance.

The workers were knocking limestone, mixing, stirring, and firing. It was all at this point, and they were still very busy.

"Master Yang, you are back." Lu Mingyi said.

"Let everyone take a rest first. I brought you some food." Yang Xian smiled.

Liu Kun on the side began to instruct the workers on site to stop work and take a break for meals.

"Master Yang is so kind to us coolies."

"No, Mr. Yang is a good official who truly loves his people like his own son!"

"Look, Master Yang is greeting us cordially."

Yang Xian looked at the group of workers with a smile, and nodded slightly in the face of their respectful gazes.

Alas, I accidentally harvested another wave of merit points.

Mosquito legs, no matter how small they are, are still meat.

Can't be wasted.

"Is there any finished product that has been fired?" Yang Xian asked while keeping a smile.

"Back to you, sir." Liu Kun wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied. "The first batch has just been burned, and a few bags have already been released. I will ask someone to carry them over."

Soon a worker came over carrying a big bag.

Yang Xian opened it and saw that it was filled with fine gray powder, which was almost the same as the cement in his memory.

Lu Mingyi asked from the side: "Sir, what is the effect of mixing gypsum soil, clay, and cinders into the lime powder?"

After a morning, Lu Mingyi naturally knew that the lime burned by Yang Xian was somewhat different from what he had in mind.

But in his opinion, the main body is still lime. What can be changed by adding such a little something else?
"You'll find out later." Yang Xian rubbed his hands, threw the cement powder in his hand back into the bag, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile. "Don't forget that the lime you know has only changed a little bit, but just that little extra bit is enough to change the whole world."

Yang Xian asked someone to carry the bag of gray cement powder and walked out until he reached the original wall and then stopped.

Instruct the workers to knock down the previously built earth walls.

Someone was asked to bring a cart of bricks.

Then construction began.

Under Yang Xian's command, the workers poured the gray fine powder on the ground, added three times the amount of lake sand and water and kept stirring until it turned into a paste, and then they stopped.

After completing this step, the cement can be used normally.

Master craftsmen have old experience in building walls. They first lay a layer of bricks, then apply a layer of freshly mixed mortar on top, then stack another layer of bricks, then apply a layer of mortar and repeat.

Soon a wall was built.

Yang Xian nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go back and come back to see you in two days."

"How can two days be enough?" Lu Mingyi on the side asked directly. "It takes at least seven or eight days to build a wall using three-component soil mixed with lime mortar."

"I never said this was lime."

Yang Xian looked at Lu Mingyi, who was confused, and said with a smile: "Generally speaking, it will be very strong tomorrow, but if you come over the day after tomorrow, the effect will be better."

Beijing.

Duke of Wei.

"Big girl, I heard Yungong said that you went to find that boy from the Li family secretly before." Xu Da looked at Xu Miaoyun with a fatherly smile on his face. "Why, if you really have thoughts about him, I can talk to Bao'er for you." Although they were both the six founding Dukes of the Ming Dynasty, Li Wenzhong was the youngest among them both in age and seniority.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Xu Da is Li Wenzhong's big brother.

Based on Lao Zhu's relationship, Li Wenzhong would have to call him uncle after all.

In fact, in Xu Da's heart, although Li Jinglong was quite good, he was not worthy of his eldest girl.But as long as his daughter likes it, he doesn't care about anything else.

Since Xu Da stayed in the capital, Xu Miaoyun has been annoyed by her father these days.

"Dad, you really want your daughter to get married." Xu Miaoyun rolled her eyes at Xu Da and said angrily. "Also, just because you haven't been appointed as the head coach of this Northern Expedition, it doesn't mean that you have nothing to do. Stop staring at me all day long. If there is nothing wrong with your health, go to court."

"No! Whoever wants to go will go!"

When the subject of going to court was mentioned, Xu Dalila's face turned down and he did not give any face to his elder brother, the emperor.

"And do you think the emperor likes me to go to court at this time? He wishes I could stay at home to recuperate longer."

Only in this way can the coaching change for the Northern Expedition be made logically and no other ideas will come up.

The emperor and his ministers knew this very well.

What Xu Miaoyun said to Xu Yungong a few days ago was exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about during this time.

If the ministers under his command really reach the point where they have no titles or rewards, then what should he, as the king, do?
Just when the father and daughter were bickering.

The servants came to report in a hurry.

The prince is visiting!

A lot of the superficial work is done for outsiders to see.

After all, he is his brother, so he still needs to calm down his emotions.

The same is true for Xu Da. He had complained to his daughter before, but now that he saw the prince Zhu Biao coming, there was no trace of the resentment on his face.

"Uncle Xu." Prince Zhu Biao took the initiative to greet him as a junior.

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Seeing this, Xu Da quickly gave way. "Your Highness, by doing this, you are subverting the evil spirit and becoming a minister."

Zhu Biao smiled and said: "We are not in the imperial court today. Just think of me as just a junior who comes to see the elder's condition. It is only natural that the eldest nephew salutes his uncle."

Zhu Biao's personality charm lies in this.

After saying these words, even if Xu Da was still a little sullen in his heart, it dissipated at this time.

"Uncle Xu, are you feeling better?"

"Much better." Xu Da said with a smile on his face. "No, let's take advantage of the nice weather today and go out for a walk in the yard with the girl."

"That's good." Zhu Biao nodded with a smile and waved his hand, indicating to the officials behind him to deliver the gifts to the Xu Mansion.

Then he and Xu Da were walking and chatting in the Xu family courtyard.

Xu Miaoyun originally wanted to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Biao, so she could only silently follow behind the two of them, two or three steps behind them.

Zhu Biao and Xu Da talked about daily trivial matters. Both parties had a tacit understanding and did not lead the topic to the war that was about to happen in the Mobei grassland.

While chatting, the conversation suddenly led to a common topic between them.

Yangzhou, Yang Xian.

For Yang Xian, both Zhu Biao and Xu Da admired him very much.

This made Xu Miaoyun, who had followed behind and listened all the way, even more curious about Yang Xian.

(End of this chapter)