Reborn as the beloved of the crippled king

Chapter 569: Find a devoted husband!

The people of Hanjia Village had just returned from the fields. The men were lying under the shady trees for an afternoon nap, while the women were doing embroidery and chatting about family matters at the entrance of the village.

The person the women were talking about this time was Han Muzi. They said he was idle all day and never went out to do carpentry work. Now he is well. His father is seriously ill. He just saw a girl from the next village a while ago, but she turned out to be unlucky. He is almost 20 years old and hasn't even married yet.
Just then, they heard the sound of gongs and drums.

"what happened?"

"Who's getting married at this time?"

"Who would get married at this time?"

Everyone stood up and stretched their necks to watch the fun.

A boy in his teens ran over quickly.

"Mom! Han Muzi has made a fortune!"

"Who?"

"Han Muzi?"

"How did he make his fortune?"

No one believed it and thought it was funny.

Han Muzi's family was in such a bad state that the money for expensive medicinal materials became a problem. How could he get rich? It was almost the same as the onset of illness.

"It's true! He made money from all the wooden objects he pulled out! The Queen herself rewarded him! The official made a mistake, and to compensate him, he specially hired a gong and drum team to send Han Muzi home!"

"Oh my God! Queen?"

Now everyone showed an expression of disbelief.

"Quick, go tell Muzi's mother the news!"

Everyone went out to greet him, and upon seeing, the young man being carried away with an embarrassed look on his face, who else could it be but Han Muzi?

There were many people surrounding the team, and many of them were saying auspicious words.

Han Muzi touched the silver bills in his arms, feeling happier and more satisfied than ever before.

When they arrived at Hanjia Village, he hurried down and gave money to the gong and drum team as a reward. He also took out copper coins and gave one to each child present.

"You all see, my invention is not useless. Even the Queen praised me for my quick thinking. In the future, I will make more practical wooden objects and give them to the Queen!"

All the children who got the copper coins cheered and clamored to learn from Han Muzi.

Later, because of Han Muzi, everyone in Hanjia Village began to learn carpentry, and Hanjia Village became a well-known carpenter village. After a few more years, Hanjia Village became the first village in the surrounding area to become prosperous, and every household built a brick house.

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After leaving the yamen, Murong Jiu did not return to the palace, but went to find Jun Yuyan.

Jun Yuyan is repairing the road.

Yes, you heard it right, he was paving the road with the officials. This was the first cement road in Dayan.

Cement had actually been made a long time ago. After Wang Yingluo explained how to make cement, many craftsmen began making cement.

It is just possible that the formula or steps that Wang Yingluo knew were inaccurate. Although the cement made was much better than ordinary construction mud, after it dried, it was not as strong as Wang Yingluo said. There are safety hazards if it is used to build roads, city walls or houses.

In addition, with Dayan's capabilities, they are unable to calcine raw materials at ultra-high temperatures.

We spent more than half a year making continuous improvements, adding other raw materials to the original basis for experiments.

Hard work pays off, and by chance, a large steel furnace was created. Using coke, wood bellows, water bellows, and limestone, and after countless improvements on the original ironmaking furnace, the temperature in the furnace finally reached the melting temperature that Wang Yingluo mentioned, and steel was successfully produced. This was a real surprise.

No one knew that for more than half a year, the most famous and powerful blacksmiths in the country have been concentrated here.

These blacksmiths worked together to forge an extraordinary steel knife, which was harder than iron and brighter in color, closer to the color of silver.

But everyone knows that this little bit of steel is countless times more valuable than silver, and it is the result of hundreds of people's hard thinking and research.

All beginnings are hard.

Once you get over the difficult beginning, many problems can be easily solved.

The cement powder that Wang Yingluo mentioned was finally fired. She added water and sand to make mortar of appropriate consistency. After paving it and drying it, it became a solid cement road.

A horse-drawn carriage can travel on it as if it were flat ground, and even a wheelbarrow can be easily driven on it.

What other two-wheeled vehicles, three-wheeled vehicles, four-wheeled vehicles, etc. may craftsmen in the future invent? Wouldn’t they be more convenient?
Murong Jiu is full of hope for the future.

When her carriage arrived outside the city, she saw from afar the people surrounding the city in circles. She couldn't squeeze in, so she chuckled and said she might as well go up to the city wall to take a look.

When they got on the city wall, the guards saluted her respectfully. Murong Jiu nodded and looked into the distance, taking everything in.

The road construction team consisted of only more than 20 people, including Jun Yuyan, Lou Zixi and several other important officials.

There are guards guarding nearby, but the common people will not go up to disturb them, as they are on guard against assassins who may suddenly appear.

At this time, the cement road had been paved for dozens of feet. It was not the main road leading into the city gate, but another paved road.

The sun is shining brightly now, and part of the cement road that was paved at the beginning has dried. According to previous tests, it will be completely dry in a day and a half. If it is midsummer, it will dry even faster. Similarly, the lower the temperature, the slower it will dry.

After drying, you need to sprinkle water to prevent the cement from drying out and cracking.

Looking from the city wall, the two-meter-wide cement road was paved very smoothly, worthy of the meticulous work of the craftsmen.

Jun Yuyan does the physical work of mixing cement, but he works very hard.

Perhaps he noticed Murong Jiu's gaze, he raised his head and looked at Murong Jiu on the city wall from a distance.

The two of them smiled and Murong Jiu waved at him.

The people below saw the interaction between the two, and they all looked excited and started talking in low voices.

"Your Majesty and the Queen have such a good relationship! Look how happy His Majesty is smiling. He even has the energy to work."

"Your Majesty has done this personally. This road is of great significance to our Great Yan. I didn't expect that the Queen would also come. This road will definitely go down in history!"

"I will definitely find a devoted husband and learn from the Queen!"

"What's the point of looking for a husband? Reading more is useful. Do you know what cement roads are made of? I'm sure foreign merchants from other countries will soon smell the scent and come here. Cement can bring huge income to our Dayan!"

Everyone spoke in different ways, some of which were even heard by Murong Jiu on the city wall.

She was very pleased that many people had awakened, especially women. They no longer believed that women could not show their faces in public, and some even had a profound view of the overall situation.

As for cement, the formula will certainly not be sold. Moreover, even if it is sold, those small countries will not be able to produce it.

Dayan will sell cement powder, as long as they don’t mind the long journey, then they will sell it.

However, once the roads to Dayan are clear, those long journeys will not be that far away.

No?
(End of this chapter)