Chapter 305 Why are you busy all day?

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 305 Why are you busy all day?

At Sishizheng, when he came out of Shoukang Palace and had not gone far, Emperor Hongzhi immediately asked: "Can you still make kuoji?"

"Won't."

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Hearing these two words, Zhu Youtang was speechless, and then became angry, "If you don't know, why don't you tell me, what do you want me to say to you? I usually see you as quite alert, so why are you doing so on this matter?"

Are you being stupid? Not even as good as a thick photo."

Zhu Houzhao next to him was stunned when he heard this. Who has he offended? What does it mean that he is not even as good as me?

"Your Majesty, although I'm not 100% sure, I might be able to make it."

"Don't you know how to make it?"

"Although I won't, it's not difficult. I know the principle. I'll try it with amber when the time comes."

Empress Zhang asked: "Can amber still be used to make amber?"

"It can be made, but you have to use the pressing method to make the amber transparent and colorless first, and then polish it. Anyway, it's not difficult."

The purging method has a history of at least thousands of years, but it is not available in China, but in the West.

As for why China doesn't have it, it's because the Chinese people like amber that the darker the better. For example, if amber is deep red, it's called blood amber or fire amber, which is worth a lot of silver.

What's more, what China pursues is pure nature.

There is no market for transparent and colorless artificial amber. There is no market, so naturally no one is thinking about making the color lighter or even transparent.

The pressure cleaning method is not difficult, it just requires applying pressure and heating.

Xia Yuan didn't regard this as a difficult task at all. When he had time, he would go to the market to look for it and buy a suitable amber to make it. It would just take some time.

When he heard the professional term "Suppression Method", Emperor Hongzhi's expression immediately softened, and he said with a bit of relief, "You will make a good one, and when the time comes, it will be regarded as a filial piety to the old lady, the imperial grandmother, in this life.

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Speaking of this, Zhu Youtang couldn't go on. Xu thought of those unbearable memories again and asked: "I heard that you are helping others to raise their wives and daughters recently? Give each of those hundreds of prisoners a

Every household was given grain, rice, cloth, and silver?"

"I really can't hide anything from Your Majesty."

"Or in my name?"

"yes."

Although he had learned about this matter from the factory guard two days ago, seeing him admit it now, Emperor Hongzhi still felt a touch of warmth in his heart. He pursed his lips and said, "Take your own money to help me gain fame, and it's your fault."

You can figure it out."

"Actually, that's not the case. I used His Majesty's silver, the one hundred thousand taels you gave me back then."

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Most of the warmth in Zhu Youtang's heart disappeared.

"How much money did you give each family?"

"Twenty taels of silver, five stones of rice, and five pieces of cloth."

After a rough calculation, the warmth in Emperor Hongzhi's heart suddenly disappeared, "Didn't it cost tens of thousands of taels?"

Xia Yuan praised: "Your Majesty is so good at calculating. The total is fifteen thousand seven hundred taels."

"The money I gave you is for you." Emperor Hongzhi made a serious face and wanted to glare at him, but thought of the Chinese New Year, he gave up and said, "If it's not enough to build a post office, I don't have the money to allocate it to you again."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it's enough."

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Emperor Hongzhi didn't want to pay attention to him and walked away quickly.

This emperor is quite arrogant.

Xia Yuan looked at the very gorgeous green crown with two phoenixes and two phoenixes next to it. The crown was decorated with a golden phoenix on the left and right, and there were dozens of filigree silver birds on it, and

Countless large and small pearls.

How much silver is such a gorgeous pearl crown worth?

Sensing her husband's gaze, Zhu Xiurong raised her little head with some effort, "Husband, what are you looking at?"

"Are you tired of having this crown on your head?"

"Kind of."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao came over and suggested: "Master, let's go to the East Palace to set off firecrackers later?"

As he said that, he turned his eyes again and said, "Sister, do you want to go with me?"

"No, I have something else to do."

"Why are you busy all day?" Zhu Houzhao frowned, "I haven't asked you yet, why haven't I seen you on duty for so many days?"

"I have something to do."

"What's the matter with you?"

"The fire kiln in the eastern suburbs should be built. I have to take a look."

Xia Yuan thought that he might be a hard-working person, celebrating the New Year, and he still had to spare time to take a look at the furnace in the eastern suburbs to see if he could get cement out.

"Fire kiln? What kind of fire kiln? Take me with you so that I can take a look."

"Okay, I'll take you with me."

Xia Yuan agreed simply, because there was no point in refusing.

Then he looked at Zhu Xiurong again and said, "Don't go, Xiaoqiuzi. It's too inconvenient for you to leave the palace in this outfit."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused, glanced at the dog prince, and then whispered into his wife's ear. Before he finished listening, the little shepherd's eyes widened a little, her cheeks quickly turned red, and she finally bit her

There seemed to be a hum on the lips, but it didn't seem like there was one.

"What did you say to my sister? Why is her face so red?"

Zhu Houzhao listened hard with his ears bent, and vaguely heard something about going home, rewards, ventriloquism, etc., but when he put these key words together, he was completely confused.

"Don't worry about it. Let's go out of the palace."

Twenty fire kilns have been built here in the eastern suburbs. According to Xia Yuan's instructions a few days ago, the surroundings of the fire kilns are already filled with lime and clay.

Unlike the workers who built these furnaces, they only followed orders and spent great efforts to build the furnaces. They didn't know the purpose, but they didn't ask.

Zhu Houzhao had to know what was used to build these furnaces, and he also had to know the uses of lime and clay.

Xia Yuan just prevaricated and said, "You will know after the burning." Then he ordered people to put the lime and clay into the kiln and start burning.

On New Year's Eve, when it was supposed to be the time to celebrate the New Year, they were pulled out to burn the kiln. These hundreds of people did not complain at all, but worked harder than the others.

There are twenty fire kilns, and each fire kiln adds lime and clay according to different proportions. Xia Yuan only knows that cement is made from two things, but he does not know what the proportion is.

We can only try this stupid method, with twenty different kiln openings and different proportions, but I don’t believe it can’t be fired.

There are blazing flames and twenty furnaces. In the cold winter, it is extremely warm to stay here and no one wants to leave.

Gu Da sat on the ground with his hands clasped in his hands. Since the last time his leg was broken, he did not receive treatment immediately. After he recovered, the root cause of the disease was left, and he walked with a slight limp.

He felt the heat coming from the sealed furnace and narrowed his eyes with enjoyment.

Zhu Houzhao squatted in front of him and looked at it for a long time, then he couldn't stand it anymore. This was not interesting.

Xia Yuan looked expectant. This cement is a good thing. It can not only be used to pave roads and build bridges, but also build city walls and houses.

There are so many places where it can be used, especially in such a country that is obsessed with infrastructure.

If you can make it, how much money will you earn? Why do you want to earn money? I, a certain person, have broken away from vulgar tastes. It is not for earning money, but purely for the country and the people, and to benefit people's livelihood.

PS: Sorry, let’s do the third update today. I haven’t been able to figure it out since I stayed up last night until now. My head has been dizzy these past two days. I have to control my brain and adjust it, otherwise I won’t be able to control the plot.

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This period of time has been a beautiful work and rest period, which has a great impact on my mental state. I don’t want to ask for leave, so I will leave it like this. Tomorrow may be three updates. If I can do four updates, I will try to make four updates, but I have to adjust my work and rest schedule.

, try to ensure continuous updates.
Chapter completed!