Qin Shi Mingyue's infinite punch card

Chapter 83 The Lime That Crossed the Ages

Old Ye became interested when he heard the words, and said, "What is it? I wonder if I can take it out and let the old man have a look?"

Ye Chen took out a wooden box the size of a child's palm from his cuff, and handed it to the other party.

Elder Ye raised his hand to take it, and after opening the wooden box, he saw some off-white powder contained in it, and then put it to his nose to sniff it lightly.

Looking up at Ye Chen, he asked, "What is this?"

Ye Chen replied: "This is unintentionally figured out. It is made of stone and has a strong adhesive ability. Using it to pile up bricks and stones is much stronger than mud. I named it lime."

When designing the house, he naturally thought about the material, so he thought of lime.

In fact, the best material for building a house should be concrete, but with the level of this era, it is still quite difficult to extract real concrete, so we can only settle for the next best thing and replace it with lime.

After all, I don't want to build any big projects, so this thing should be enough.

Yelao looked at Lime for a while, and then asked, "Can I have a try?"

Ye Chen said: "Of course it can, but this thing is a bit special, let me demonstrate it first."

Ye Lao nodded slightly, and then returned the wooden box to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen picked up the box and said, "Please take a container and some water, Mr. Ye."

The former nodded in response, and then brought a gourd scoop filled with some water.

Ye Chen held the ladle in one hand, and poured the lime in the box into it with the other.

Immediately afterwards, several people saw that the water in the ladle began to bubble, and gradually heated up, and even began to boil after a breath.

Seeing this scene, both of the onlookers showed doubts and surprises.

Han Fei asked, "Brother, why is this?"

Ye Chen asked back: "Do you still remember the Shuixiaojin when the ghost soldiers robbed their salaries?"

Han Fei's complexion changed, and he said, "Shuixiaojin burns when it meets fire, and melts when it meets water. It's similar to this thing, and it's all against the principle of the five elements..."

When he said this, his eyes flashed, as if he had thought of something, and he continued: "Could it be that this lime is calcined by flames?"

Ye Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "How did you know?"

Han Fei said: "As the so-called water comes to cover the soil, it is reasonable to say that the soil restrains the water, but now the water is boiling after encountering the soil, as if it has been boiled, which is the effect that only fire can achieve.

Therefore, there is only one explanation, that is, this object was formed by burning and absorbed the energy of the flame. Although it looks like earth, it is fire in essence. "

Hearing such words, Ye Chen's heart was also moved. To be honest, he didn't think too much when he made this thing, but now listening to the other party's explanation, he thinks it makes sense.

However, there is no need to care about what the lime is, as long as it can play its due role.

After a while, the lime water subsided after boiling, and the lime water was also divided into two layers. The upper layer was ordinary liquid that was useless, while the lower layer precipitated things that could really be used for construction.

After the water was filtered out, the remaining lime slurry was left alone, and then some finely crushed gravel was found and mixed together for stirring.

So far, the simple and practical lime sand has been made.

Elder Ye went up to look at it, and said, "Is this thing really useful?"

"Whether it works or not, you'll know if you try it."

While talking, he found a brick, broke it in half, and put a thick layer of lime sand on half of the brick, and then glued it together again.

"Is there a stove here?"

Ye Chen asked.

Elder Ye nodded, and then took him to another room.

As soon as I entered the room, I felt that the temperature of the air was much higher. Two feet away in front of me was a large stove that was constantly releasing high temperature. Beside the stove, there were all kinds of metals that had been forged.

Seeing this scene, Ye Chen asked: "Senior is still good at forging? Could it be a swordsmith?"

Yelao shook his head: "I just forged to better understand the characteristics of these materials. During burning and continuous polishing, many characteristics will be naturally displayed."

"I see."

Ye Chen nodded slightly. The person in front of him has quite high attainments in architecture, mechanisms, and forging, and all of these can be summarized into one direction, that is, creation.

It seems that the other party has gone a long way on this road, and the pattern is very large.

Step up to the red stove and put the bricks on it to heat up.Under the high-temperature baking, the lime sand has completely solidified in less than 2 minutes, and the two halves of the bricks are tightly fixed together.

Old Ye took out the bricks and broke them hard, only to see that the joints were still firm without any sign of looseness.

Looking at the lime sand on it, he was also surprised. This kind of strong solidification ability is definitely not comparable to that of mud.

If it is used in fortifications, it can definitely build an extremely strong fortress.

Looking up at Ye Chen, he sighed: "I didn't expect that countless people could not solve the problem that countless people have been thinking about for a lifetime, but you can solve it. Sure enough, the world's outstanding talents produce young people."

"Don't dare to do it, it's just borrowing the wisdom left by the sages."

Ye Chen replied.

Ye Lao only thought he was being modest, and didn't say much, and then said: "With this thing, what you want to build will be fine.

However, the old man couldn't help in vain. "

"That's natural. I don't know how much money senior wants as compensation?"

Ye Chen asked.

"I want the method of making this lime, are you willing to give it?"

Elder Ye looked at the former and asked.

Ye Chen raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words. He naturally knew Lime's attraction, but he didn't expect the other party to bring it up so directly.

Just when he was about to speak, Elder Ye smiled and said: "Just kidding, it's just a mere house, how can it compare with the value of lime?
Being able to see this thing today, I am already satisfied. As for the reward for the construction, the old man is not short of money. "

Although there was a smile on his face, there was still a look of disappointment in his eyes.

Ye Chen said: "Senior just now knew that lime is fired from rocks. Even if you don't understand the specific process, you can always get results if you spend more time experimenting. Why do you still ask me?"

Ye Lao said: "It's easy to say, but I'm afraid it's not so easy to actually do it.

Besides, the lime was fired by you, if the old man takes this method as his own without consent, how is it different from stealing? "

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