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Chapter 167 Making Cement
"Lu Ban! Lu Ban! Come here!"

"Take a look, how about using this thing for Huo Cement?"

……

"plant ash?"

Lu Ban frowned.

"This thing can indeed be used to make things similar to cement, but it is slightly inferior in terms of adhesion and firmness after drying."

"My lord, is it because we don't have enough cement?"

not enough?

What a joke.

I want to sell it!

but
If you really want to sell this thing, there are still difficulties.

Qian Haoduo ordered people to start preparations and glared at Lu Ban angrily.

"You know there is a way to make cement, why didn't you say it earlier!"

"Subordinate."

Qian Haoduo didn't bother to listen to Lu Ban's explanation.

After all, the method has already been found.

A large bag of plant ash, a wooden board, an iron bucket filled with water, and a wrapping cloth.

These are the materials used to make cement.

Go to the stove and throw the ashes into the iron bucket first.

The wooden barrels are not roasted, and those big turtle shells, coconut shells and the like have long been eliminated.

The iron bucket is the facade!
Taking out a bronze stick, Qian Haoduo personally stirred the ash in the bucket until it settled.

Then, Qian Haoduo ordered people to light the stove and burn the iron bucket.

Put the board on the ground and the wrapping cloth on top of the board.

Wait until the plant ash in the iron bucket has completely settled down.

Use the Pak to scoop out large pieces of debris floating on the water.

Then some of the water was drained, and the plant and ash mud mixed with water was picked up and placed on the wrapping cloth.

Cover the mud with a wrapping cloth and press firmly to squeeze out the moisture inside.

When the wrapping cloth was opened again, the grass, wood and ash mud inside had been squeezed into a spherical shape.

Grass gray ball!

Beside, Lu Ban did not speak, but operated with Qian Haoduo.

Put this plant ash ball next to the fire to dry.

Feel it with your hands, and when the moisture is almost baked, throw the plant ash ball directly into the blazing fire in the stove.

"Quick, fan the fire with something like a wooden board to raise the temperature!"

There is no need for Qian Haoduo to do this kind of work himself.

What's more, he is still not as good as Lu Ban in grasping the specific details.

Hoo ~ Chi ~
Hoo ~ Chi ~
The flames burned more vigorously under the influence of the wind.

on the island.

There is an area of ​​smoke billowing that draws attention.

at last.

After another period of time.

Ceasefire.

Someone was responsible for picking out the orange-red ash balls from the flames.

Then throw it directly into the bucket.

"Bah..."

When the ash ball in the high temperature encounters water, it immediately emits a fire extinguishing sound and a string of bubbles.

By the way, the little bottle that blows bubbles seems to be a murder weapon for girls?

Qian Haoduo was thinking.

While picking up another clean bronze stick, it began to stir in the bucket.

Soon after, the burnt plant ash was stirred evenly again.

Immediately afterwards, someone poured fine gravel and sand into the bucket.

By this time, the mixture in the bucket had turned into a lump of gray mud.

Pour out the dough and flatten it.

Then put it not far from the fire for roasting to speed up the evaporation of water.

Soon, a cement board was fully formed.

Except for Qian Haoduo and Lu Ban, the other participants were stunned and their eyes widened.

"This...this is!"

Someone squatted down and tapped the mud cake with his hands.

Face full of disbelief.

This stone slab, made of those ash? !

When I flicked it with my fingers, it even made a crisp sound, which was the sound of nails hitting stone.

Squeeze it, it's really hard!
Seeing this, Lu Ban smiled and said:

"Don't try it, the stones formed after this thing solidifies are not much worse than cement. If you encounter low-quality cement, it may not be as good as this thing."

"This... is this really made of plant ash?!"

Someone looked at the slate and asked in shock.

"Of course, in fact, whether it is mixed with stones, sand, iron powder, etc., it can be made successfully. It's just that the strength of the imitation cement obtained by adding different stone powder and metal powder is also slightly different. Really. Looking at it, this thing is much simpler and cheaper than cement production and cost."

Isn't that cheap?
Look at the ash left in the stove just after burning.

Just shovel it directly into the bucket and put new wood underneath to burn it. Wouldn't it be new cement?
And when the new cement is formed, the wood below turns into plant ash
"My lord, you actually know this method of making cement? You are really amazing! This... What is the principle of this?"

Qian Haoduo smiled faintly, but did not speak.

This method of making cement is what he learned when he watched short videos and read online novels.

And just remember a general idea.

It was Lu Ban who really grasped the details.

but
This kind of credit, as the master, there is no need to explain.

"My lord, although this kind of material can be made, if you want to get a lot of plant ash, you have to burn a lot of wood."

Right.

In this game world, there is no mention of burning and polluting the environment.

Just talking about the wood itself, it is also very wasteful to burn it directly.

"It doesn't matter, the lord has his own way."

Find other players to buy, no!
A bottle of 500 or even 200 milliliters of water is exchanged for some plant ash. Qian Haoduo feels that someone must exchange it.

After all, the world is so big and there are so many players, there will always be needs.

As for why such a small amount of water is used to change it.

Of course, because almost no players deliberately store so much plant ash.

It is the right way to take the amount!
It means that the lords of the sub-islands and Zhen Mi have to work hard.
At worst, double the salary? !

So, one last question.

Time to sell!
You can't wait for the plant gray cement to be fully formed before selling it?
That's still useful.

We can't just sell the plant ash directly back. If the secret recipe is revealed, how can we still do a gross business?
Only the two time periods before and after mixing sand and gravel are the most suitable.

but
If it is before mixing sand and gravel, will anyone doubt the problem of iron powder?

After all, there are three materials in the formal cement formula.

Now it is equivalent to become different.

It is useless to tell the players that they must join the hardcore fans.

After all, with so many players, if anyone who doesn't add iron fans comes out, it will be exposed.

Really talk about it.

This formula is plant ash, water, soil, sand or gravel.

Of course, if there are clay and iron powder and the like, the strength of the finished product will be correspondingly higher.

But isn't this clay rare!

Then.

The cooling time of the mud ball after mixing with sand and gravel is actually the best time for sales.

But, I have to explain to such players that these are all Huo Hao's cement. If the time is delayed, the cement will naturally cool down, and there will be no refund or compensation!
Moreover, it cannot be combined with the purchase of plant ash, that would be too obvious!
"It seems that it's time to think about how to fool around and save these poor guys."

(End of this chapter)