kingnovel Chapter 357 36 diamonds! ! !
Chapter 357 36 diamonds! ! !
Dishes are placed, including both meat and vegetables.
A table full.
Everyone has finished their dishes.
Zhuang Zhou stopped being polite, picked up a piece of tripe with his chopsticks, and boiled it in the pot.
Up and down, probably less than 15 seconds.
Then dip it in condiments and put it in your mouth to chew.
One word: cool!
"Come on, Brother Cheng, you can try it too!"
Seeing Zhuang Zhou's satisfied look, Cheng Yaojin also imitated it.
After a few ups and downs, dip it in the sauce and put it in your mouth.
The spicy taste immediately hits your taste buds.
This tastes amazing!
"Oh, brother Zhuang, you really opened my eyes!
I have lived for so many years, and I have never known that tripe is so delicious! "
The two chatted while cooking hot pot. Cheng Yaojin was full of praise for the ingredients and seasonings brought by Zhuang Zhou.
Especially the chili oil specially brought by Zhuang Zhou made Cheng Yaojin hooked.
"Brother Zhuang, your chili oil is really amazing!
It's spicy and fragrant, especially the spiciness that goes straight up to Tianling Gai. It's really addictive! "
Cheng Yaojin was full of praise while eating.
I originally thought that guarding the brick kiln would lead to a hard life.
But who knew it would be so refreshing.
"Haha, Brother Cheng, as long as you like it!"
Zhuang Zhou was very happy to see Cheng Yaojin eating with gusto.
The two of them were chatting and enjoying the food.
Time passed unconsciously.
Fast forward five days.
The first batch of refractory bricks was finally fired.
After inspection, although the quality of this batch of bricks needs to be improved, it is enough to satisfy Li Er.
This at least shows that we are going in the right direction.
in the following days.
Zhuang Zhou and Cheng Yaojin took turns supervising the work, constantly improving the process and improving the quality of the refractory bricks.
Sometimes they are busy in the brick kiln, and sometimes they sit around the fire and cook pots.
Although the conditions were a little rough, the two lived a fulfilling and happy life.
It is not until the second time that the refractory bricks are fired.
Li Er came to inspect the results in person.
After a night of natural cooling, the entire kiln was cold and there was no heat.
Cheng Yaojin also seized the opportunity to show his strength and personally used a hoe to dig out the sealed soil.
After a while, the kiln door was dug.
Unexpectedly, the door was frozen.
"Brother Zhuang, what's going on?"
"Just smash it open! This kiln has to be built anyway."
After Zhuang Zhou finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin picked up a big hammer and smashed open the kiln door in two or two strokes.
At this time, rows of neatly stacked refractory bricks in the kiln suddenly appeared.
"Brother Zhuang, come and take a look, how is this brick? Why is it yellow?"
Yellow is right!
Zhuang Zhou entered the kiln first and took a closer look.
Almost consistent with what he knew before.
Then I found a piece to verify it.
Knock it lightly and the sound will be clear and crisp without any noise.
Apparently the heat was just right and it was cooked through.
"Brother Qin, it's done!"
Zhuang Zhou said excitedly, "This refractory brick has been fired successfully!"
When Li Er heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and hurried into the kiln to check it out in person.
I saw the pieces of yellow refractory bricks, neatly stacked, like little soldiers waiting for inspection.
He picked up a piece and looked at it carefully, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Haha, Zhuang Zhou, you have really made a great contribution!"
Li Er patted Zhuang Zhou on the shoulder and said happily:
"With these refractory bricks, the brick kiln can greatly increase its output!"
Zhuang Zhou and Cheng Yaojin were very pleased to see Li Er so happy.
Next, Li Er immediately asked the supervisor to expand the production scale.
Also.
The requirements for the Ministry of Industry have also increased accordingly.
In the past, bricks and cement have become the most common building materials.
And demanded that a cement road be built between Chang'an and Lishan as soon as possible.
The supervision naturally fell on Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin originally refused this.
Now I am full of energy.
The court has stopped fighting recently, so he has some free time.
Since His Majesty attaches so much importance to this matter, there is no reason why he should not contribute.
Moreover!
As for supervising the brick-burning, Cheng Yaojin showed his full face in front of the ministers.
With Chang'an as a demonstration site, cement roads will be promoted nationwide.
Cheng Yaojin even enthusiastically threatened to lay cement roads to the 18th grassland.
There are also surrounding foreign countries.
It reaches Goryeo in the east, Tubo in the west, Turks in the north, and Nanzhao in the south.
If anyone dares to live in peace in the future, he will directly lead his army to fight against them.
Zhuang Zhou couldn't help laughing when he saw Cheng Yaojin's excited look.
Although this man is usually careless, he is really capable of getting things done at critical moments.
With him as the supervisor, the construction of the cement road will definitely go much smoother.
Even the construction period will be greatly shortened.
Also happy.
Cheng Yaojin invited Li Er and Zhuang Zhou to have a banquet at his house.
He also asked his servant to get a deer seed.
This was an eye-opener for Zhuang Zhou.
You said it was a treat, but it was common to kill pigs and sheep.
It seems a bit rare to directly slaughter deer seeds to entertain guests.
Zhuang Zhou asked and found out that Cheng Yaojin had his own manor.
On weekdays, you can also practice archery, hunt, etc. in the manor.
Moreover, Zhuang Zhou only knew it at this time.
Cheng Yaojin's mansion covers an area of 3,800 acres.
And this is nothing.
The most impressive thing is Changsun Wuji's mansion.
It covers an area of more than 5,000 acres.
Ok!
Originally, Zhuang Zhou thought that his Zhuang Mansion was considered a wealthy family.
But compared to these big guys.
It was simply an extremely small room that was just needed.
This is called improved housing.
It was a good time to eat and drink together, and Zhuang Zhou also tasted delicious venison for the first time.
Bake it and eat it!
Season with fine salt and pepper.
It smells so damn good!
There was no such thing as wildlife protection laws in this era.
Everyone in the wealthy family likes to eat wild game.
Venison, for example, is an extremely common ingredient for Li Er and Cheng Yaojin.
And it seemed that only venison could be served by Cheng Yaojin.
There are also deer blood, deer liver, deer antler, and deer skin, all of which are good treasures.
I also made a special pot of deer soup.
This time, not only Zhuang Zhou, but also Cheng Yaojin made great contributions.
Naturally there are rewards.
But Cheng Yaojin wouldn't care about the rewards.
What matters to him is that he showed his face this time.
That's the point.
But it was different for Zhuang Zhou.
Showing your face means nothing.
The rewards are meaningful.
Zhuang Zhou is no longer interested in silk and satin.
Gold and silver, same thing.
But until the list of rewards included diamonds.
Zhuang Zhou suddenly became interested.
After checking the rewards, Zhuang Zhou got a total of 36 diamonds.
Zhuang Zhou still knows about this thing, it is also called diamond.
It is a mineral composed of carbon element.
In nature, it is the hardest substance naturally occurring.
That is the original form of diamond.
Zhuang Zhou visually inspected them and found that each one was about the same size.
The diameter is basically about 1.5 cm and the weight is about 2 grams.
Calculating this way, each one is probably no less than 10 carats.
Take such diamonds back to Hyundai and sell them.
At least 100 million.
Counting 36 pieces, it’s at least 3600 million.
This has been busy for more than twenty days, less than a month.
Another small profit of 36 million.
Well, this is so damn interesting!