Earth cement is not difficult to burn. The three raw materials are mixed in proportion. After being smashed into adobe, they are placed in the earth kiln and burned for more than a day. After cooling, they are taken out and smashed with a hammer. Then they are crushed into powder with a stone grinder. Finally, they are obtained by obtaining the finished earth cement.

In this process, with the addition of Cui Weng, the pottery making shop, Luo Yong and others avoided many detours.

Because the main component of this earth cement is loess, the cement that is burned naturally turns yellow.

Luo Yong felt that the color was good. At least it looked warm in winter, and the people here were used to living in adobe houses, and they were used to such colors.

The first batch of earth cement produced was paved with his disciples, and from the courtyard built by his disciples in the village, they paved all the way to the Xu family's guest house.

The cement road is not very wide. It was just a path about three feet wide paved beside the original dirt road. It winds down the hillside next to the entrance of the village, passes through the Luo family yard, and exits the entrance of the village, leading to the Xu family's guest house. Everyone originally wanted to spread it a little further, and it would be best to spread it to the sheep pen, but it was finally given up because of insufficient materials.

It is early autumn now, and the climate is relatively dry. The roads they paved the night of the first day, and by the next day, they will basically dry out.

The cement road is very flat. Walking by Yan'erfei, it seems like floating on the clouds, fast and steady. It is also extremely relaxing to push the wheelbarrow on it.

In the days that followed, people came to Xipo Village to visit this path almost every day. A group of big men touched and looked, and stepped on them to experience the feeling of their feet. It was so rare.

Someone asked Luo Yong to place an order, and Luo Yong refused to accept it, asking his disciples to work overtime to continue the next batch of local cement production. Of course, their wages are also indispensable.

For Luo Yong, it is more at ease to use his own disciples than to use outsiders. For his disciples, not only can he learn more about his work for his masters than to give others work, but Luo Yong did not hide this local cement production technology from them, but Luo Yong also said that he did not intend to spread this technology for the time being, and asked them to keep it confidential first.

The reason for keeping it confidential is nothing special. I don’t want to steal the limelight from His Majesty the Emperor. No matter how easy this earth cement is to use, as long as he does not disclose the formula, the impact will be limited. If you want to promote it, you can wait until the corn harvest is in full swing.

As for the price of this earth cement, Luo Yong's asking price is not too much, just a load of earth cement costs 6 cents.

This price is in Lishi County, and it is acceptable to ordinary Xiaofu Family. They bought earth and cement from Xipo Village and put some fine sand and gravel dug from the Sanchuan River on the walls and ground of their own houses. In this way, mud will not fall off the walls, and there will be no mud on the ground when it rains.

For a time, almost every household in Lishi County was repairing the houses with soil and cement. On the dirt road from Lishi County to Xipo Village, there were carts carrying loads and people came and went every day.

In early September, when Tang Jian and his group came back from the north prairie, they saw such a busy scene of prosperity and prosperity.

When they went to the food shop to have a meal, they found that the floor in the shop was as clean as the stone surface that had just been washed with clean water, and was extremely flat and smooth.

Looking at the kang again, it was as clean as if there was not even a trace of dust. Near the window, there was even a faint reflection. A few pieces of green solid wool felt cushions were laid on the earth-yellow smooth tabletop, which looked clean and elegant.

"What kind of thing is used for? Why is it so flat?" Tang Jian and others reached out to touch the kang surface, which was hard and cool. When they tapped with their fingers, the feel was exactly the same as when they hit the stone surface.

"I guess my husbands have come from afar. The walls and floors of my kang are all made of a kind of object called cement. They were built by Luo Sanlang in Xipo Village. Nowadays, most of the shops in this city are made like this." Although Tang Jian and his party did not wear official uniforms, they obviously had a background in their outfits. The shop owner dared not neglect and came forward to receive them in person.

"Are you talking about Luo Sanlang from Xipo Village?" Tang Jian said in his heart that it was true.

"You also know Luo Sanlang?" As soon as Tang Jian spoke, the shop owner guessed that the other party knew Luo Sanlang, and suddenly felt honored.

"I've seen it once." Tang Jian said with a smile.

"If you are free, you can also go to Xipo Village to see this time. I heard that Luo Sanlang built a cement road in Xipo Village. The car was walking on the cement road, just like floating in the clouds." The shop owner recommended them to Tang Jian and others for famous attractions in Lishi County.

Tang Jian really planned to go to Xipo Village to take a look.

Earlier, when the saint sent him to the prairie to teach the method of soap making, he expected that this technology would inevitably bring great improvements to the relationship between the Central Plains and the prairie, but he still did not expect that the reaction on the prairie would be so great. Now, almost everyone is celebrating the greatness and kindness of Tian Khan.

The nations on the grassland are brave. The harsh living environment has created the brilliance and courage of the grassland people, but they are also simple, and most grassland people do not have too complicated thoughts.

Many tribes on the grassland still live almost isolated lives, only trading goods with a few merchants who are recognized by them. They are full of guard against the outside world, because there are always legends about how cunning and untrustworthy people outside are, and how their ancestors were betrayed.

However, this time, when Tang Jian and others took the soap making technology to the grassland and spread the news, some tribes with higher levels of Chineseism came to learn, and then passed on one to ten thousand and a hundred. Gradually, many tribes that were not willing to communicate with the outside world began to try and test carefully.

Later, every time they went to a place, they could receive extremely warm welcome. There seemed to be no barrier between nations.

People in the grassland know that these Han people brought them technology that can benefit the grassland this time. As long as they learn this technology, they can make excess animal fat into soap in the future. This soap will not break even if it is left for a long time and can be accumulated. When there is a market, they will replace them with grain, salt and cloth.

As long as they change more food, their children can get less hungry and more cloth. Their women can get less frozen and more salt. Everyone will become stronger. If they give cattle and sheep some salt, they will grow stronger.

This trip to the grassland by Tang Jian and others was welcomed with unprecedented warmth.

When the always fierce and ferocious grassland people open their hearts to embrace you, you will realize that their arms are so hot and sincere.

In the next few years, it would be difficult for some ambitious people to arouse hatred and war between nations to ascend to heaven.

Through this incident, Tang Jian also deeply realized the importance of technology. Even a small soap-making technology can bring such a huge change to the lives of the lower classes and have a profound impact on the entire country.

At the same time, he realized earlier than anyone that Luo Sanlang was such a terrible existence in this world.

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"Ah Yeh!" Mr. Luo, who was far away in Xipo Village, sneezes fiercely at this time.

"Are you catching a cold?" Erniang was taking off the clothes hanging on the bamboo pole one by one. Their locally produced stone bamboo pole is very thin, with a strong and compact texture, and it is very edible and can be eaten and accommodated. It is the best thing to use to dry clothes and quilts.

"Nothing happened." Luo Yong felt a little drowsy. It was because he hadn't had a good rest these days. He was digging a fermentation pool and doing cement business. Although he was hiring people to do it, he had to worry about it.

Speaking of which, his body is still not strong enough. Although it is much better than when he woke up, if he is tired for several days, he will immediately show that he is not energetic. A 15 or 16-year-old boy should not have been like this. To put it bluntly, his foundation is still too poor.

Luo used the dustpan in his hand to pull out some wood ash from it, covering a pool of chicken shit on the ground.

It was getting dark just now, and when their chickens came back, they refused to go back to the chicken pen and stayed in the yard. They were wandering around for a while, and some of them were not self-conscious and were scattered in the yard.

Luo used wood ash to cover all the chicken poop, and then sweep the wood ash and chicken poop with a broom. The wood ash has a strong ability to absorb water and dirt. After this, the yard looks very clean again.

The main hygiene work of the Luo family is still under the responsibility of Erniang and Peng Er. Luo Yong often tells the family that a few young people in his daily life, asking them to do more things within their ability and try to share the burden with Erniang and the others. Luo Yong himself has always done this.

"Brother..." Goro came in from outside with a sausage at this time, and his eyes looked at Luo Yong with obvious disgust.

"What's wrong?" Luo Yong didn't understand.

"This broom is used for the livestock shed." Goro said.
Chapter completed!