Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Li Shen finally got permission to leave the palace and began to prepare for leaving the palace. The first is to quickly build the palace. He could only leave the palace after the palace was built. So I went to Xiaohuangzhuang that afternoon. Because there is a mountain near Xiaohuangzhuang that is full of clay. A must-have for burning bricks and tiles. Cement is also simple limestone clay gypsum coal iron ore. Crush it, calcine it at high temperature, grind it into fine powder and mix it to make cement. It’s all taught in junior high school chemistry. It's just that many people have forgotten it. And simple cement only requires limestone and clay. A few more trials will lead to success.

Li Shen asked Wang Hongfu to build two earthen kilns according to the drawings drawn by Li Shen. One burns bricks and the other burns cement. Wait until the bricks are fired before building again. And it's winter now. The foundation cannot be laid either. We can only build a cave dwelling on the ground to make do, since the villagers have nothing to do in winter anyway. Give them money and they can do anything. It will be completed after the Zhengyuan Festival.

This Zhengyuan Festival is the last Zhengyuan Festival that Li Shen spends in the palace. But except for Concubine Wei, there was no one in the palace that he could miss. The same peaceful atmosphere. The same festive atmosphere. The only downside was that there were a few fewer people at the dinner party. Several brothers have gone to other places. Some of my sisters are married. What makes Li Shimin sad this year is that Qin Qiong is seriously ill. Li Shen has watched TV dramas and listened to storytelling. Qin Qiong died in the 12th year of Zhenguan. But not yet. Li Shen probably wrote the history incorrectly. It should be 13 years. Li Shen also went to see it. The old disease recurred, so Li Shen used penicillin several times. The inflammation is gone. The fever has gone away. But still not optimistic. The output of Li Shen's penicillin has remained the same in the past two years. It's just that the production can be faster. At present, he can only produce enough. It's not yet popular. Qin Qiong's main illness is due to too many injuries in the past. Excessive bleeding. I didn't feel anything when I was young, but now I'm getting older. My body is no longer good. Plus a relapse from an old illness. If it were a modern blood transfusion, it would be better. There is no medical solution at this time. If the deficiency is not replenished, I can't bear anything I eat. So Li Shimin has a sad face these days. Very sad. The doctor has already said it. There is still at most half a year. The imperial doctors are also working hard to find a solution.

Li Shen has also been thinking of ways to search his memory for ways to identify blood types and blood transfusions. The method is now available. The first thing that must be solved before blood transfusion is environmental pollution. That is bacterial infection. Li Shen could have someone make a silkworm room and spray it with high-quality alcohol. The utensils would be chicken intestines in bamboo tubes. Then he would have the craftsmen make a few needles and then soak them in high-temperature sterilizing alcohol. This was all common sense. But the only unresolved issue now is the blood type issue. In movies and TV dramas, blood transfusions are done by close relatives. But Li Shen's doctor friend in his previous life told him once. Hospitals generally avoid blood transfusions from immediate family members. What complications will there be? Later, Li Shen also searched online specifically. Indeed, the chance of complications is as high as 20.00%. But Li Shen couldn't find a way to identify it and finally had to use his son. If you die. It's a big responsibility. Anyway, there’s still half a year left. Let’s talk about it finally.

After the first year of Zhengyuan, Li Shen arranged for people to mine limestone and clay. Although it is freezing and cold, mining is laborious. But Li Shen didn't ask for how much he could mine. I just want to create some income for the people in the village. Every family except those working in workshops. One person can come out. Three meals a day are included for 10 cents. The villagers also knew that Li Shen wanted them to make more money in their free time. So I work hard. The two earth kilns have been completed long ago. As soon as Zhengyuan passed, Li Shen arranged for people to start burning bricks. The kiln built is a small kiln that can burn about [-] bricks at a time. However, due to limited conditions at this time, it takes about ten days for a kiln to be fired. Add another day to cool. At present, fired cement can only be made from limestone, a small amount of clay and cinder. Calcining for seven days is enough. When the time comes, grind it into powder and mix it together to make cement.

Li Shen spent a day in Huangzhuang instructing them on how to sift soil and make bricks to dry. Then how to put it in. How to burn. When to fill coal. Li Shen has a lot of coal now. More than a year of mining has not been sold. After Li Shen finished arranging for the bricks to be burned, he went to arrange for the cement to be burned, smashed, calcined, ground and mixed. It was not until the evening when the city gate was about to close that I returned to the palace. Li Shen thought it was time to build a manor outside the city. There is the Pianhe River in the south of Chang'an City, and a large piece of land bought by Li Shen is there. It would not be bad to build a manor next to mountains and rivers. Just use it as a resort.

The first batch of finished products will be ready to leave the kiln in half a month. Li Shen left the palace early and went to Huangzhuang. After loading the men, he opened the kiln and took out pieces of red bricks. Li Shen picked up two bricks and knocked them hard against each other. If it's not broken, it's a success. The cement has been out for a long time. Mixing. Li Shen asked someone to make several large iron rollers in order to crush and grind the powder. It takes three or four people to push it forward, although the focus is on it. But it works great. After testing the finished cement, it basically meets Li Shen’s requirements.

Li Shen asked people to continue to bake bricks and cement, and at the same time started to build new kilns. This time Li Shen built a large kiln that can bake bricks worth 5 yuan at a time. The cement kiln is also a large kiln. Li Shen estimated that he should be able to provide for the expenses of his palace. We will consider selling it after the palace is completed.

Li Shen also asked people to build a new road from Huangzhuang to Chang'an. The road should be widened with gravel on the top and burned cinders on the bottom and cement on top. We need three carriages that can travel side by side. There were not many manpower to build the road, so Li Shen asked Wang Hongfu to go to the surrounding villages to find people. Get it fixed as soon as possible. Fortunately it's not far away, otherwise I wouldn't know how long it would take to practice.

Li Shen arranged everything and returned to the city. He went directly to the Ministry of Industry and asked Shangshu Yan Liben. He was going to let Yan Liben plan the palace. Now the garden, rockery and lake are basically completed. All that's left is to build the house. He needed to ask Yan Liben to draw the blueprints, build a brick house, and locate the kang chimney. Originally, Li Shen also wanted to build a boiler room and geothermal heating. Isn’t that what is written in novels? But in reality it is not allowed. The first one you have to deal with is the plumbing. Copper pipes have the best conductivity and are not prone to rust. But in this era, copper is money. Even if Li Shen had money, he wouldn't be able to cover all the courtyards of the palace with copper pipes. What's more, there is the problem of the circulation system. There is no circulation pump in this era. If it depends on heat conduction. In which life can it be hot? Even he can't make radiators in rural areas now. Therefore, Li Shen can only be used in a few places.

Li Shen discussed with Yan Liben for more than two hours. Li Shen’s request was confirmed. Planning in progress. He expressed disbelief in Li Shen's statement that cement can bond bricks and is as hard as stone after drying. But Li Shen asked him to go to Huangzhuang tomorrow to see the experiment and find out. In addition, Yan Liben also needed to go back and verify the pillars made of steel and concrete before he could draw the drawings for Li Shen. Another point is that Li Shen's purpose in asking Yan Liben was because Yan Liben knew what size of palace a prince should build. How a house should be built and decorated should not go beyond the rules of etiquette. Don’t finish building the house by then and be impeached for transgression. It’s so unfair that the house has to be knocked down and rebuilt. Moreover, Li Shen's palace also has an underground part, with cellars for storing vegetables and grain, and ice cellars for storing ice, all underground. There is also the treasury requested by Li Shen. It was a large vault. Because it had blue bricks, steel, and concrete, Li Shen didn't worry about it collapsing, so he built a large vault, just like an underground air-raid shelter. The biggest headache for him was that the copper coins took up too much space. So we can only build a big treasury.