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Chapter 584 To remain innocent in the world

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    After passing through a forest, Hua Boxhen saw several small, crude earthen kilns the size of tombs, with black smoke rising from their chimneys.

    A group of shirtless men were pounding white stones with hammers next to the kiln, and then grinding them into powder.

    "Are you burning lime?" When Hua Bozhen saw this, she was inevitably disappointed.

    "Brother, don't look down on burning lime. This is a traditional art of the Chinese nation. It is very noble." Zhao Hao said in a serious tone:

    "You haven't heard of Yu Shaobao's poem, which says, 'Thousands of hammers have carved out the deep mountains, and the fire has burned them as if it were nothing. I am not afraid of my bones being broken into pieces, I want to leave my innocence in the world.'"

    "That's also burnt lime" Hua Boxhen said with a bitter smile: "This thing is of little use and not worth much. It's better to just ask for money from Liu."

    "This thing is worthless, but if it is treated with scientific methods, it can become magical." Zhao Hao shook his head and laughed: "It can even change the world!"

    "Change the world?" Hua Boxhen couldn't believe it.

    ¡°What you say is unfounded, seeing is believing.¡± Zhao Hao smiled without explaining and asked Yu Ben, who was in charge here:

    "Is there a finished product?"

    "Back to you, sir." Yu Ben took off his big mask and replied hurriedly: "I burned the first batch this morning, and a few bags have already been released."

    "Very good." Zhao Hao ordered him to get a bag and open it to show Hua Boxhen.

    Hua Bozhen reached out and twisted a handful of fine gray powder, and said with a smile: "Your lime powder is mixed with ingredients."

    He supervised the work of the Hua family¡¯s garden in Dongting, so naturally he was no stranger to all kinds of building materials.

    "You know what you do." Zhao Hao smiled without explaining, and asked someone to carry the bag of gray fine powder back to the camp wall under construction outside the village.

    Under the supervision of the militiamen, the prisoners laid a layer of bricks, smeared a layer of mortar, then another layer of bricks, then smeared a layer of mortar, and then laid a layer of bricks

    Several prisoners were mixing the slurry. They mixed lime powder, clay and sand together and kept stirring them into a paste, which was ready for use.

    This is also the traditional Sanhe soil. The city walls in Nanjing and Beijing are all built with this mortar.

    Zhao Hao asked people to pour the ash they brought on the ground, mix it with three times the lake sand and water, and then use this new mortar to rebuild a section of the wall.

    "We'll see you again in two days." Zhao Hao winked at Hua Boxhen.

    "How can it be done in two days?" Hua Boxhen said with a smile: "The mortar will take seven or eight days to dry."

    "I will be very strong tomorrow, but the effect will be better the day after tomorrow." Zhao Hao patted the dirt on his hands and said with a smile: "Let's walk around in the past two days to see what other good things there are on the island."

    "Sure, let's make peace with it now." After all, Hua Bozhen had to wait until three days later when Liu Yuanwai had the results before going back, so he readily agreed.

    ??~~

    In that room, Liu Zhengqi returned to Dongshan and invited all the fellow villagers from Xishan to his home for a drink.

    By the time everyone arrived, it was time to light the lanterns.  Member Liu held a grand banquet outside and toasted three glasses of wine to all the fellow villagers, without even opening his mouth to shed tears.

    "President, what's going on?" A group of Xishan businessmen and wealthy people looked at each other.  "But what difficulties did you encounter?"

    "Come on, tell me, we are all brothers from Xishan, we will definitely help!"

    ¡°That¡¯s right, if you have money, give money, and if you have strength, give strength!¡± The unity of Dongting businessmen is undoubtedly evident at this moment.

    ¡°Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo¡­¡± Liu Yuanwai was so moved that he blew his nose hard and said, ¡°Liu, thank you so much for your fellow countrymen¡¯s righteousness. It¡¯s really hard to express my gratitude.¡±

    "Just say it." Everyone urged: "The president is not so coy on weekdays. Hurry up!"

    "Okay, then I'll tell you the truth." Liu Yuanwai took a deep breath and bowed deeply to everyone: "I have something to ask of you, and I ask all of you fellow countrymen to agree - to transfer all your properties and homes in Xishan to me.  .¡±

    "Oh?" Everyone couldn't help but be surprised.  "There isn't even a decent field in Xishan, it's all barren mountains. What does the president want with that?"

    "I have a last resort reason, so don't ask if I'm a brother." Liu Zhengqi couldn't say, I'm going to let a child hold my balls and kneel down, right?

    "It's really too shameful to speak out, and it's not enough for outsiders."

    "This" All the fellow villagers looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.

    "Sure, don't ask if you don't want to ask. How much will Brother President pay?"

    "The market price in Suzhou Prefecture is one tael of silver per acre of barren hills." Liu Zhengqi tried out: "The price of our land in Xishan is only half of that. Of course I can't let my brothers suffer, and I will calculate it as one tael of silver per acre. If so???  "

    "One or two" Everyone started calculating.

    ¡°They have gone out to do business for generations, isn¡¯t it because the Western Mountains are mountainous areas where neither rice nor mulberry trees can be planted?

    In the past few years, Xishan has been depopulated, and those lands have completely become barren hills, making them even less valuable.

    Liu Zhengqi offered one tael of silver to buy an acre of land, and they were naturally happy.

    You can be happy and happy.  If you don't take advantage of others, can you still be considered a qualified businessman?

    Someone said with a heartbroken look on his face: "President, you should buy it somewhere else. One or two taels are fine. Only our Xishan that is an ancestral property passed down from the previous dynasty. It is really difficult to let go of it."

    "Yes, President, my family plans to pack up and move back in the next two years."

    "President, my ancestral graves are still on the mountain. How can I sell all my ancestors?"

    "Okay, okay." Liu Zhengqi naturally knew what they were thinking, and waved his hands impatiently: "I'll add more money!"

    "How much more?" the Dongting merchants asked in unison.

    "Add half a liang more." Liu Zhengqi's cheeks trembled a few times.

    "Two liang and one acre, not a penny less!" Everyone held out two fingers together, with such shameless looks that Liu Zhengqi almost cursed.

    "Chengcheng, two taels is two taels!" However, the price was within Liu Zhengqi's expectation.  Time was limited, and he couldn't care about the mushrooms anymore, so he said angrily: "Bring the land deed before noon tomorrow. If you delay the time, I won't recognize the price!"

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Brother President, I¡¯ll deliver it early tomorrow morning.¡±

    "I can't miss your business." A group of Xishan businessmen were overjoyed.  Each of them owns tens of thousands of acres of mountain land, and it would be in vain to abandon it year after year in Xishan. Being able to sell it at such a high price is actually a big worry.

    After a hasty drink, everyone went back to their homes to look for their respective land deeds.

    Liu Zhengqi also asked his servants to take out all the silver in the cellar and count it to see if it was enough for delivery tomorrow.

    Seeing the white money piled up in the yard, his mother-in-law, Ma, was distressed and cried: "Master, if you really want to use all the money in the family to exchange for the wasteland in Xishan, how crazy are you?"

    "What will happen if your son is not replaced? What will happen to our family?" Liu Zhengqi sat slumped on the steps, as if all his strength had been drained.  "It's all about losing money and eliminating disaster."

    "What kind of god did you offend?" Ma asked in confusion, "How can you force our family to be like this?"

    "Just leave it alone." Liu Zhengqi buried his head in his crotch depressedly.

    That boy should have called his father-in-law

    ¡°Hey, what a difference in thought, a world of difference!

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