Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

But when she opened the tent curtain, a fragrance instantly hit her nose, making her feel like she was in a dream.

She had only smelled this milky and honey scent once.

That was during a good year. She passed by a wealthy man's backyard and the fragrance coming from inside was similar to the one she has now, but not as pleasant.

Only when she was pulled into the tent by the deer did she see two plates of exquisite pastries placed on a small square table with carvings.

There are more than a dozen styles of pastries here, with bright colors and very beautiful appearance.

"This this......"

It was the first time that Lu Zhou saw such exquisite food and she was a little overwhelmed.

"Mom, please sit down and eat."

"Just now Taotao and Lanlan wanted to eat, but I told them they had to wait for their mother to come back. They were very well behaved and said they would wait for your mother."

The two little guys also pulled Lu Zhoushi and called out, "Mommy, eat. Mommy, eat."

In fact, they were already extremely greedy.

Only then did Lu Zhou come to her senses.

"Lu'er, where do all these things come from?"

"It was given to us by the beautiful lady yesterday."

"Well, she also sent a medical sister to give Lu'er a lot of books and teach Lu'er how to read, and let this Jinyiwei brother protect us. The queen sister is so nice!"

Lu Zhou suddenly realized what was going on and quickly took her children to kneel down and thank the Jinyiwei at the door.

"Thank you for the reward, my queen! Thank you, general, for protecting my son!"

"No need to be polite, it's a gift from the Queen, just eat it with peace of mind."

After expressing her gratitude again, Lu Zhou took the children back to the tent.

"Lu'er, Tao'er, Lan'er, eat quickly!"

Looking at the delicious pastries on the table, she secretly hid the two broken buns she brought back.

"Mom, eat quickly too."

"Well, you guys eat more."

Chapter 386 If you are not allowed to wipe it, then don’t wipe it. Why are you so resentful?

At the hour of Chou, the victims had been busy all day and had already fallen asleep.

The sky above the resettlement site was filled with the sounds of snoring.

But even so, few people wake up from their dreams.

Unlike here, the construction site at Daomen is still bustling with activity.

Hundreds of kilns are all in operation, making the temperature here more than ten degrees higher than anywhere else!

Clothes soaked with sweat will be corroded by salt and will no longer be strong over time.

So the Taoists who were working were all shirtless, busy with their tasks.

The Minister of Works, Wu Chunfu, was sticking his butt out and watching Dao Ji start the furnace.

"Hiss... It's so hot. Can you guys go faster?"

"Don't worry, sir. It will come out soon..."

"Come on, come on, it's coming out, it's coming out, everyone, step back a little, I won't spray you all..."

As Dao Ji opened the furnace door, a cloud of dust rushed out of the furnace as the air flowed.

Very thin and smooth...

"Go beg me, and spray me in the face!"

Guo Yunhou was standing next to Wu Chunfu. He was caught off guard and got covered in cement powder. He immediately started cursing.

"Mr. Wu, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"

He had already fallen asleep, but Wu Chunfu pulled him out of bed. He was so upset, and he was in such a bad state. He felt so wronged...

Wu Chunfu, however, grinned. His old face was not much different from Guo Yunhou's, both of them were forcibly powdered.

Cement powder.......

Looking at Dao Ji and his men pulling the fired cement out of the furnace one handful at a time, he smiled at Guo Yunhou.

"Look, everyone here is covered in dirt. Why are you so angry?"

"It's just some cement dust, can I clean it up for you?"

As he said that, he reached out and brushed Guo Yunhou's face.

(￣▽￣)~*

Upon seeing this, the latter quickly took a few steps back, pointing at him angrily and shouting.

"go away!"

Wu Chunfu still had that cheerful look on his face, but he put his raised arm down again.

"If you don't allow me to wipe it, then don't wipe it. Why are you so resentful?"

"If you don't know, you would think that I am greedy for your body!"

Guo Yunhou: (╬￣皿￣)

"Tell me quickly why you brought me here so late at night!"

"Could it be that it is just to let me see the cement coming out of the oven?"

Wu Chunfu smiled and pulled him out of the crowd and walked in another direction.

"You have been questioning whether the two million taels I spent were worth it?"

"I asked you to come here just to untie the knot in your heart!"

Not far away, we arrived at another area.

The person in charge here is no longer the Taoist priest, but Miao Xuan, the Deputy Director of the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Works.

Torches were lit all around, and even at night, the work never stopped.

Under the instruction of him and a group of officials, more than a hundred women weaved bamboo strips into cylinders.

The cylinder is five feet long, one foot and two inches in diameter, and three inches thick.

The women worked very carefully.

In the face of natural disasters, human labor is the lowest and most despicable!

A large number of refugees run to Datong every day, so they know very well that if they don’t do well enough, they will definitely be replaced by others!

Guo Yunhou looked at these bamboo tubes and was still a little confused.

"Is this the tube-wall skeleton that Your Majesty mentioned? Why are you showing this to me?"

Wu Chunfu smiled and pulled him forward.

Passing through the women, they arrived at the casting site.

Miao Xuan was busy leading his men. When he saw his boss coming, he hurried over with a flattering smile to greet him.

"Your humble servant greets His Excellency the Minister!"

Wu Chun nodded slightly at him and pointed at a group of people busy working nearby and asked.

"how's it going?"

"Your Excellency, a portion of it has been cast. I will take you to see it."

After Miao Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and led the way.

When passing by the group of people, Wu Chunfu stopped and watched for a moment.

They stood up the bamboo tubes woven by the women, fixed the inner and outer circles with wooden boards, and then poured the prepared cement into them.

After doing all this, he took the hammer and tapped lightly on the outside of the wooden board, which made him frown.

"What are they doing?"

Upon hearing this, Miao Xuan stopped immediately and explained with a flattering smile.

"Your Excellency may not know that although this cement is good, it will produce a lot of bubbles when it is poured."

"If it can't be discharged in time, it will be wrapped in dried cement."

After hearing what he said, Wu Chunfu understood.

Because bubbles will be generated inside the ironware during the production process, which will seriously affect the quality of the finished product.

He nodded with satisfaction and gave Miao Xuan an approving look.

The cement had just been made and had only been in his hands a few hours ago.

This guy is quite meticulous, as he was able to discover such a problem in such a short time.

Continuing forward, he saw a dozen pipes standing in the open space, but the wooden boards used to shape the pipes had not been removed, so their true appearance was not visible.

Guo Yunhou walked out from behind the pipe, reached out and poked twice on the exposed cement at the upper end of the pipe, and found that even this layer of outer shell had not completely dried.

He stared at Guo Yunhou unhappily and said, "So, you dragged me here in the middle of the night just to see this?"

Wu Chunfu was also surprised and turned to look at Miao Xuan.

“How long have these pipes been poured?”

Miao Xuan answered truthfully: "My Lord, it has been six hours!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Yunhou exploded!

"The surname is Wu!"

"Did you hear that? It's been six hours and not even a layer of skin is dry!"

"Even if we use cement, it shouldn't be like this!"

"You actually let me spend two million taels to buy you the formula for something like this. You're such a spendthrift!"

Having said that, he sat down on the ground, clapped his hands on his thighs, and began to cry like a woman who had suffered a great injustice.

Two million taels!

How much food can that buy?

How many disaster victims can be saved?

Just thinking about it makes my liver hurt......

"Cough cough!"

Wu Chunfu felt embarrassed by this and walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder twice.

"Well, I didn't expect this thing to work so slowly."

"You also saw the cement block that His Majesty took out today. Is it very solid?"

Although Guo Yunhou was unwilling, he had no choice but to nod.

Wu Chunfu continued, "Brother, you should know that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, right?"

"Although cement dries a little slower, it is indeed better than cement mortar. You should be aware of this."

"Just think about it, if this batch of well wall pipes is made, it can achieve the expected effect."

"Then will the people of Shanxi and Shaanxi be blessed?"

"These two provinces have hardly had good weather in recent years, but as long as we dig enough wells for them, won't we no longer have to worry about droughts in the future?"

"Also, can this cement only be used to make pipes?"

"What if we build the wall like we build the pipes?"

"Based on the strength of the cement block Your Majesty took out, I can guarantee that if the wall built with this thing is thick enough, even the principle may not be able to break through it!"

Guo Yunhou couldn't help but widen his eyes.