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"What is ashes?" Wang Shouzhe asked curiously after letting go of his maritime thoughts.
"Whet ash is a kind of building material processed from oysters, shells and other objects through kiln firing." Chen Fanghua accepted, "Using whet ash and river sand in an appropriate proportion can bond bricks, tiles and stones well. block, so that the stone is as hard as a whole, and is often used in aristocratic families or official city walls. Because the output is not much, the price is not cheap. You should be born in a noble family, young master Wang. It is normal for you to be unfamiliar with this basic building material .”
"So it is." Wang Shouzhe 'suddenly realized' and was overjoyed, "It is really better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. Wang has gained a lot of knowledge."
Sounds like a variant of cement? Wang Shouzhe pondered for a while, why didn't he think of cement before? If this thing is produced, even if it is not sold to the outside world for the time being, it will be extremely beneficial to the foundation of the family.
But speaking of it, Wang Shouzhe only had a vague idea of how cement was produced. However, as long as there is a general direction and you are willing to invest some manpower and funds, it will be a matter of time.
Moreover, buildings with concrete structures are very strong, whether it is building houses or building water conservancy facilities, it is also very beneficial to improve the overall safety of the family.
Immediately, Wang Shouzhe included the cement industry in his future research and development plan.
"Master Wang, the best seafood in Baidaowei is some sea treasure delicacies." Chen Fanghua said, "Fresh sea treasures are not easy to store and transport, so most of the sea treasures shipped to the inland are pickled and sun-dried products. .If you want to eat Haizhen, it’s best to eat it while it’s still fresh. Today I’ll arrange something for Young Master Wang to taste it…”
"Thank you Brother Chen for your kindness." Wang Shouzhe declined, "It's just that the journey at sea is hard, and my family members are a little tired. Why don't you rest for a few days and let me be the host to thank Brother Chen."
He and Patriarch Longyan worked so hard to come to Baidaowei, not just to eat two mouthfuls of delicacies. What's more, Wang Shouzhe was still suffocating to communicate with Patriarch Longyan.
"That's according to Young Master Wang's wishes. It's just that the young patriarch ordered us to entertain the distinguished guests well, so please don't embarrass me, Young Master Wang. Let us, the Chen family, do the work." Chen Fanghua said with a smile.
Then, walk and talk along the way.
After a while, they entered the Golden Sand City of Baidaowei. The city stands on the island, and the rocks used are very rough from local materials. Wang Shouzhe paid special attention to it. The middle of the rocks is filled with some kind of gray-white limestone, which should be the whetstone that Chen Fanghua mentioned earlier.
Even the main city wall is made of whetstone, so it can be seen that the adhesive made of whetstone mixed with sand is very strong, but I don’t know which is stronger than cement concrete
For this question, Wang Shouzhe has to "develop" cement to confirm his judgment, so let's not show it for the time being.
After entering the Sands City, everyone stayed in a high-end "restaurant" for the time being. Under the management of Chen Fanghua, a "local snake", he built a large courtyard with familiarity, and arranged for Wang Shouzhe and his party to move in now.
There are seven or eight rooms in that yard, and the environment is elegant, enough for everyone to live in.
Wang Shouzhe and the others went into their rooms to rest, and he also took a shower first. After resting for more than half an hour, I went to visit the ancestor of Longyan next door.
Standing at the door of the ancestor's house, knocking on the door, he called out in a low voice: "Ancestor, Shouzhe asks to see you."
After a while, fourth aunt Xu Zhirou opened the door and said, "Shou Zhe, the ancestor let you in."
"Fourth aunt, big girl. You are also tired all the way, go back to your room to rest first, I have something to talk to my ancestor." Wang Shouzhe said after entering the door.
"Yes, Shou Zhe." After Xu Zhirou saluted, she pulled Wang Lici, who hadn't understood the words, away, and closed the door by the way.
After they left, Wang Shouzhe walked up to Longyan Patriarch steadily, bowed his hands and saluted: "Shouzhe has seen Patriarch, I'm sorry to disturb you."
Ancestor Longyan glanced at Wang Shouzhe with his ancient eyes, and said calmly, "Shouzhe, you have a serious posture and a dignified expression. Could it be that you are here to persuade me not to sell my portable spirit treasure?"
Wang Shouzhe couldn't help but wryly smiled, Longyan Patriarch was really a head start. But regarding this, he already had some doubts in his mind, and immediately said seriously: "Looking at the intelligence information of Baidaowei before, I found that there is a famous black market on Jinsha Island, so I ventured to guess the purpose of the ancestor's trip. It's just that Shouzhe has some doubts. The ancestor wanted to sell the Longyan Sword, or the Turtle Scale Shield."
Ancestor Longyan said without any fluctuation in his eyes: "The tortoise scale shield is useless to me."
Wang Shouzhe's body trembled, and his heart was full of bitterness. It turned out to be the worst guess among his many guesses. The ancestor said that the turtle scale shield is useless, which means that the Longyan sword is still useful.
Baodun was defending and Spirit Sword was attacking, it was undoubtedly that she gave up defense and chose to attack.
"Shouzhe has the guts to speculate on the mind of the ancestor, and please correct me if it is wrong." Wang Shouzhe pondered, "The ancestor wants to sell the turtle scale shield to raise resources for Shouzhe to be promoted to the spirit platform. Wait for someday Shouzhe After reaching the Lingtai Realm, the ancestors will take away one of the ancestors of the Zhao family or the Liu family, so as to win future vitality for the family!"
At the end, Wang Shouzhe's voice trembled a little.
Patriarch Longyan was silent for a while, her ethereal eyes still did not fluctuate, and she shook her head slowly after a long while: "Shouzhe guessed wrong."
guessed wrong
On the contrary, Wang Shouzhe felt relieved, and his brows were beaming with joy. Fortunately, the ancestor of Longyan had some reason...
But he didn't want to, the ancestor Longyan said calmly: "If I wait until that day, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore."
"Old Ancestor..." Wang Shouzhe's face changed, and when he was about to speak, he was stopped by Longyan Ancestor, "Shouzhe, I know you love me, but I know my injury and I can't hold it anymore..."
The pain between her brows disappeared in a flash, and she returned to a calm state, and said in an ethereal voice: "What kind of person is I, Wang Longyan, instead of lingering until I can't kill and die slowly, it's better to be like a firework while I still have some strength." A brilliant show. I will definitely take away the two thieves, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Liu, so don't worry about Shou Zhe."
rest assured
I am at ease!
Wang Shouzhe's heart trembled, and he really wanted to curse. Patriarch Longyan's plan is too crazy and must be stopped. He took a deep breath and said, "Patriarch, even if you succeed, the conventional power of the Zhao family and the Liu family is stronger than our Wang family's!"
"There is Liu." Patriarch Longyan said calmly.
Liu's... Yes, Wang Shouzhe remembered that Liu's daughter is her fiancée. That's how it was, that's how it turned out, when Patriarch Longyan went to the Liu family to propose a marriage in person, and tried to find a way to facilitate this marriage, he had already drawn up this plan. If the two get married, the Liu family will definitely not sit back and watch the remnants of the Liu family and the Zhao family retaliate.
"That's the case." Wang Shouzhe said in a deep voice, "on the night of my wedding, it is the best time to do it. First, Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Liu never expected my ancestors to do it suddenly on my wedding night. Second, At that time, guests from my Wang family will gather, and the Liu family and Zhao family will not dare to fight back."
Patriarch Longyan's thin body trembled slightly, then slowly shook his head and said: "This trick is bad for you and bad for your reputation, so don't mention it again."
Wang Shouzhe laughed: "The ancestors can sacrifice their lives for the family, Shouzhe, a mere junior, what's the point?"
"You are still young, and you are the greatest hope for the future of the family." The patriarch Longyan said lightly, "After I die in battle, the Longyan Sword will be passed on to you. You must send my body to the Zifu Academy and hand it over to me." My teacher, Venerable Binglan, said that I, Wang Longyan, have been self-willed for half my life, I have failed my teacher, and I hope to return to the gate after death."
She asked Wang Shouzhe to accompany her to Baidaowei, so she had no real plan to hide it from him, after all, he needed to cooperate in this matter.
"I understand." Wang Shouzhe solemnly cupped his hands.
"You, stop persuading?" Patriarch Longyan felt a little strange. According to her original assumption, with Shouzhe's filial personality, she would definitely try hard to persuade her.
"If there are no other variables, this plan of the ancestor is the only plan that can make the Wang family turn around quickly." Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "The injury of the ancestor has obviously reached the stage where it is about to be uncontrollable. With your proud and unparalleled personality, the ancestor How could you allow yourself to die in bed in agony and withering? A glorious death in battle, which can relieve your family’s predicament and let the world remember your peerless youth, is naturally the best choice.”
"That's right, I, Wang Longyan, hate twitching the most in my life, mother-in-law and mother." A trace of heat flashed across Longyan's calm eyes, "Shouzhe, you can understand, that's what Wang Longyan is most gratified about. thing."
"Old Ancestor, the premise I said is that if there are no other variables, your plan is the best choice." Wang Shouzhe said with a relaxed expression, "I also have a plan, and the ultimate goal is-I, Wang Shouzhe, ascended to the Lingtai Realm and became a family member." Tingzhu, and Patriarch Longyan, you do your own things, since you are ashamed of your master, you should apologize to your master yourself."
"What?" Rao Yilongyan's ability to control his state of mind was also shocked, and there was a look of disbelief in his eyes.
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