Mao Geng didn't know how he returned to his residence that night. When he woke up the next day, he still felt a headache. He knew that he had drunk a little more yesterday. It seemed that Mao Geng's body was not a good thing to drink. He also thought of his request for this and that yesterday. Although Mr. Su didn't mind, it was obviously very abrupt and annoying. He suffered a lot of losses in his previous life, so he tried to speak as little as possible in the future.

Mao Geng was confused about his mouth. If he didn't drink a bar, the conversation would be unsuccessful. If he drank a bar, he would speak quickly, but he could not control his mouth. It was really a troublesome thing. Alas! He wouldn't count on this mouth in this life.

Baixi Official School has been suspended for almost a year, and it is said that it will not be possible to start again in one or two days. According to Mr. He's estimate, it may take twenty days to determine the number of students who will be admitted. Therefore, during these twenty days, Mao Geng can arrange everything freely.

Of course, Mao Geng has to use this period of time. The key points to make breakthroughs are the draft design of the single pendulum escapement mechanism, which is expected to be taken out in a few days, and then the auxiliary components can be designed. There is no problem in completing the design in June. Second, we must find ways to raise funds for the trial production of the clock.

However, when you think of the funding problem, you feel a little headache. It is even more unrealistic to expect to get the first pot of gold for burning cement. It is definitely not difficult to try cement. The problem is that even if you try to produce samples, it is only a verification of the formula and cannot solve the production problem. Large-scale production of cement requires considerable investment. The simplest way to prepare cement raw material powder can be used to refer to the water mill crushing and powder making method commonly used in Jingdezhen Ceramics. However, making water mills costs money, and blowers can also be driven by hydraulic power, which also costs money. The next step is to build a cement stand-alone kiln, but it is not easy to build a cement stand-alone kiln. There are no shortage of refractory materials here, such as silica, kaolin, and graphite, but there is no idea what the kiln shape of the stand-alone kiln should be designed to look like. It is always necessary to try a few more times, which requires a lot of money.

For Mao Geng, a pauper, he has less than ten cents of money in his pocket, and he may not even be able to make a water pestle, let alone a one-stop investment!

After all, Mao Geng was a little discouraged. To produce cement, it seemed that at least he had to wait until he found his first pot of gold. Everything was difficult at the beginning! At present, it was still serious to save money and get the clock out as soon as possible.

The Wang family was very concerned about him and sent Uncle Liu to call him and Wenyuan to go to the east wing for breakfast. It can be seen that when he came from Shandong to the south, the staple food was changed from pasta to rice. The Wang family was not used to it for a while.

What Mao Geng was most unaccustomed to was to eat only two meals a day. This eating habit was really unbearable. The most unscientific thing was that two meals were actually more than three meals. I originally thought that a soldier in the Song Dynasty ate two and a half liters of rice a day was Mr. Jiang's trick, but after asking Zhang Haisan and verifying with Mr. Wang, Mao Geng believed that people did eat more at this time. No matter how much they ate, they felt hungry, and they ate more in the second meal.

In order to save food, you have to eat three meals. Of course, insufficient oil and water is also a reason why you can eat more. I don’t know if you have to spend more money after saving rice and gas. In short, it seems that you have to use your poor cooking skills in your previous life. Why do you have to make careful calculations during this period? Until you make a big clock sale, you can enjoy the life of the rich people in the Song Dynasty.

Wen Yuan and Zhang Haisan were chatting in the opposite room. Luo Qi returned to the county town yesterday. Zhang Haisan's mission was not over yet. He had to wait until the Wang family, himself and Wen Yuan implemented the fields in Youxi before returning to the county town.

Mao Geng used a duck brush to draw pictures on paper. The lines of this duck brush were too thick when dipped in ink, and accidentally leaked a ball of ink, making Mao Geng particularly missed the pencils of later generations. When he was a child, he felt a little sweet when he bit the pencil. When he was a child, he kept pencils singing the absolute protagonist when he was making drawings in college. It was really not powerful if he had no pencils. Especially when he needed to obtain precise configuration design based on the homework on the picture, the more powerless he felt.

As soon as he was distracted, the chat sounds from the opposite side came to his ears clearly. Zhang Haisan said that plaster was not difficult to find, and he could help find it. Also, if you need charcoal, you can also find him.

Mao Geng thought that it would be great if Zhang Haisan could help find graphite. As long as graphite is available, pencils can be made. Before entering the graphite industry in the past, he always mistakenly thought that the reason why pencils were called pencils is, as the name suggests, of course they were made of lead. Only after understanding graphite, only then did he realize that pencils and metal lead actually had no relationship. The main raw material of pencils is graphite, and the auxiliary raw material is clay and antimony. With graphite, mix with clay and sintering, you can get the pencil core. Of course, it is best to have antimony in the pencil. With antimony, the quality of the pencil can be higher.

Antimony! Sb!

In short, antimony is really a good thing, and it is best to find antimony ore. It is said that antimony ore was found in the mountains of Lengshui River in a long time. The locals did not know what the use of this gray-shiny stone was, so they ignored this stone. It was not until 1543 of the Ming Dynasty that it was used as tin ore for tin refining. Of course, tin was not refined, so people called the refined antimony Lian Tin.

I believe that if I mobilize the masses to sweep the mountains to Lengshuijiang River, I can find antimony ore, and then follow the clues to find the famous "tin mine" antimony ore. However, I have no appeal here. If I were the magistrate of County Xu, it would be great, or Su Yuanwai, that would be fine.

Mao Geng thought hard about this, and it was hard to think of a road to getting rich quickly. Just dig coal. One-third of the area in Xinhua has coal underground, and half of the area in Lengshui River has coal underground. You can hit the coal seam even if you dig it casually. But even if you guide others to dig out coal, it will not benefit you very much, just because everyone knows how to use the value of coal, and it is not the turn of yourself to benefit from it.

So after thinking about it, one is antimony ore and the other is graphite. You must do everything possible to obtain these two minerals as soon as possible. Others get these two things for limited use, but after you get them yourself, it is completely different.

To get two things, following the mass line is the only reliable way. Later generations mobilized the masses to report to mines and prospects in the 1950s and 1960s and received many important clues. In this era when mineral development was at an extremely low level, only a little mineral knowledge was popularized, and mineral clues would come. However, it was a pity! I had neither appeal nor coercive means, and it was even more impossible to offer a heavy reward, so I had to think of another way.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. Mao Geng slapped his head and thought of his fishing skills in his previous life. Yes! We are also good at having a long skill, but we don’t have any other skills, but we are the masters of fishing. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were also successful cases there. One was that Zhang Haisan released the bait and caught more than 100 people in Xinhua. The second was that Wang Laozi’s family, the most difficult to catch, also obediently ate their own bait and is now opposite the door.

Mao Geng carefully sorted out his ideas and then listed them one by one. Finally, Mao Geng decided to compile a fascinating story. Once this story spreads, it will definitely be killed by far and near. All kinds of fish and turtles are afraid that they will catch the bait.

Mao Geng spent more than half an hour conceiving and writing this story, and then Mao Geng decided to try the effect first with Zhang Haisan.

Zhang Haisan was solemnly invited by Mao Geng to sit down in the hall. Wen Yuan also sat down at the lower head, and then Mao Geng slowly said:

"Brother Zhang, I have been with me for many days. I am kind-hearted and kind-hearted, and I have a lot of care for me and Wen Yuan's cousin. I really don't know how to thank me."

Zhang Haisan waved his hands repeatedly:

"What are you talking about Brother Mao? You and I are a fellow villager. I am a little bit too thin, so what's the point."

Mao Geng said:

"I heard that Brother Zhang will go to the sidewalk to recruit more people in the next few days. He will be away for several months a year. I'm afraid he will have to do this next year."

"This is the one I'm here to settle my two brothers. This time I'll be waiting for a few days at home and rush to Xiangyang. Haha, there's nothing I can do about this."

Mao Geng sighed and said:

"Brother Zhang has worked so hard, but unfortunately I'm here--that can't be replaced by going there."

Mao Geng then changed the subject:

"But one thing is said, maybe Brother Zhang just needs to stay in Xinhua, at most he only needs to go to Changsha without having to travel long distances - that side road is recruited. Brother Zhang just needs to sit at home, and there will be people everywhere - the Han people flock to Xinhua, thousands of miles away - the reincarnated person will come here."

As soon as Mao Geng said this, Zhang Haisan shook his head:

"Brother Mao is joking, that's such a good thing! Alas! In recent years, except for Jiangxi, there are few Han people who have moved here, and few people come to Xinhua to settle down. When it comes to Xinhua, people in the world are nothing more than the mountains and rivers of Meishan. If you want to come here with your fame, haha, it's a real joke."

Mao Geng smiled and said:

"That's the reputation now, yes, that's a bit bad. However, after the incident I'm talking about is spread, that's another matter."

"oh."

"Does Brother Zhang know that there is a master below?" Mao Geng practiced his killing skill when he came to the Southern Song Dynasty to bring out his legendary magic master at any time. This move is simply an example.

"Yes." Zhang Haisan nodded, of course he knew this.

Seeing this, the preparation has been done, and Mao Geng began to get to the main point of the story:

"The master of the following once said something - that secret." When talking about the word secret, Mao Geng's tone dropped several degrees, which made Zhang Haisan more focused. Wen Yuan, who was standing by, didn't know how secret the brother was about to talk about, so he was naturally focused.

"This secret involves a master from the Sui and Tang dynasties. His master has some connection with this master from the Sui and Tang dynasties. Only then can we find out some secrets. Li Jing, the first wise general under Emperor Taizong of Tang, probably Brother Zhang knew about it. The master mentioned below is Li Jing's name is Li Jing's - that sworn brother, the hero of this master was named Qiuyan. When the cool bearded guest, Li Jing and Hongfu Nu were sworn, they were called - the three heroes of Fengchen, who were a hero of a generation. However, later Li Jing followed Emperor Taizong of Tang to establish the Tang Dynasty, and the between the cool beard guest and Li Jing was a member of the heroes and heroes.

This disagreement, but the bearded guest valued brotherhood. Although he was unwilling to assist the Tang Dynasty, he did not want to be an enemy of Li Jing, so he chose to live in seclusion. Later, he simply led a group of disciples to sail out to sea. He arrived at a large island on the sea, and conquered the local people with his force and righteousness, and established himself as king. The country was very rich and not inferior to the Tang Dynasty. However, after the founding of the bearded, it was passed down for more than ten generations, but encountered a shocking change. The overseas country actually disappeared bizarrely. It only left some scattered records."

The story of the Quebeard is a popular theme in Romance novels. Mao Geng is familiar with it. In addition, he edited it in words, so the narration is particularly smooth. Looking at Zhang Haisan nodded frequently, perhaps the commentary at this time also involves Li Jing's story, but it seems that it has already had an effect.

Mao Geng continued to tell:

"In the scattered records of the bearded guest in the lower master's family, it is recorded that the bearded guest had lived in seclusion in a huge cave in the Zishui area. The record says that there is a section of river water in seclusion that is particularly cold, and even the surrounding well water is cold."

When Zhang Haisan heard this, he immediately replied:

"It's like this in Lianxi. The well water is very cold, and the river water in the Zijiang River from Lianxi is also cold. Could it be that the master who lived in seclusion here back then?"

Mao Gengxin said that we were talking about here, but said:

"Oh, maybe it's this place. The master who is here seems to have come to Jinghu South Road back then, and also wants to find the place where the bearded guests lived in seclusion."

Seeing Zhang Haisan's sudden realization, Mao Geng immediately threw out the ultimate bait:

"The records of the bearded guest say that there is a gray-black luminous stone here, and a greasy black carbon. This black charcoal cannot burn, and no matter how it burns, it will still be black. The record of the bearded guest says that he found these two things before he could go overseas to establish a country. The master and his uncle thought about it repeatedly, and finally speculated that it was probably because the bearded guest deliberately remembered it vaguely. It is very likely that this involves a huge gold mine, and it is found that the glowing stone, or that black charcoal that cannot be burned through, and perhaps that huge gold mine can be found."

(Note: Song Sheng is 0.6641 liters, and the specific gravity of the rice is about 0.8 kilograms/liter. The two and a half liters of the Song Dynasty were about equivalent to two and a half kilograms of rice today.);

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