The locusts, the "flying prawns", had been eaten by the people of the Tang Empire until they were out of stock. It could be said that a "prawn" was hard to come by. Li Er was in a good mood.
It was time to meet Qin Mo to see the effect of the cement.
Li Er brought Old Qin and the others over. Other than them, there was also Li Jing, Li Ji, and Chai Shao.
"Brat, were you the one who instigated His Majesty to let us eat those 'flying prawds'?”Chai Shao was Li's second brother-in-law. At this time, he was granted the title of Duke Huo and changed to Duke Qiao in the seventh year of Zhenguan.
Qin Mo said," Uncle Chai, where did you start? His Majesty is wise and mighty. Who can instigate him?”
He was just a child. He would call these big shots uncle when he saw them. Could they beat up a child?
Chai Shao snorted." I heard from His Majesty that you invented something called cement that can quickly build a city and make it as hard as iron.”
Qin Mo said," Uncle Chai, please take a look. This is it."”
Qin Mo pointed at a small castle in front of him." This thing was built in half a day. How many days did it take to maintain it?”
"It can be built in half a day?"
Li Er, Old Qin, and the others who knew about it were all shocked. Qin Mo had agreed to meet them in ten days, but because of the locusts, it was delayed by three days.
They had thought that it would take ten days to complete, but it only took half a day.
If that was the case, the effect of the cement would have to be reevaluated.
"If that's the case, this item can be said to be a weapon of the country.”Li Jing walked to the front of the fort and used his hands to hit it.
"What's the use of touching it? Watch me." Foolish Yuchi walked over with a ferocious expression.
He held a horse lance and struck the fort with great force, producing an ear-piercing sound.
However, only shallow marks were left on the concrete fort. Instead, the counterattack made his arm numb.
"Not bad! It's indeed a good thing."
Li Er was shocked." It's really as hard as iron and stone.”
" If we use this thing to build a city on the grassland, it will definitely eliminate the foreign invasion of the Central Plains," the old cunning fellow said.”
Li Er nodded with a fervent look in his eyes.
"Bring up the ballistae and battering rams.”Li Jing waved his hand. Soon, soldiers came over with battering rams.
The arrows of the ballista were as big as javelins, and their range could reach up to a thousand meters. Ancient city walls were mostly made of earth, so this thing could be used to nail arrows into the city wall at close range. During the siege, it was quite shocking. After a round of volleys, hundreds of " javelins " were nailed into the city wall, allowing the soldiers to climb up.
The battering ram was used for ramming.
"Brat, can you be confident?" Li Jing asked with a smile.
Qin Mo smiled." Uncle, you'll know once you try."”
Ballistae and battering rams were naturally great weapons against the walls in other places, but they were useless against the bastions made of concrete and steel.
"It's good that you have confidence." Li Jing nodded." Fire."
The ballista required three people to operate, and three soldiers fired the bolts.
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
When the arrows hit the fort, they bounced off, leaving only shallow pits on it.
Li Er and the others had fervent looks in their eyes.
"Change the battering ram."
More than a dozen soldiers operated the battering rams to hit the concrete fort, making a deafening sound, but the fort remained unmoving.
The soldiers rammed for a full fifteen minutes before Li Er waved his hand to stop them.
He rubbed his hands and looked at the cement fort." It's really a divine item. With this divine item, the Tang Empire will be safe.”
"Congratulations, Your Majesty."
Foolish Yuchi and the others congratulated Li Er.
They were already imagining how the Central Plains would be pacified and free from foreign invasion once the forts were erected on the plains.
Qin Mo pursed his lips. The Great Tang had indeed conquered the grasslands, and there were no more foreign invaders on the grasslands, but they had moved the foreign tribes into the Central Plains, but they hadn't scattered them. For example, the Uighurs.
They even stupidly used the Central Plains 'things to feed them, causing these foreign races to wreak havoc when the Great Tang was weak and cause great harm to the Central Plains.
At this time, Qin Mo naturally wouldn't bring up such a disappointing topic, but he would never allow such a thing to happen. They would either fuse or perish.
"Where is this cement?" Seeing that the effect of the fort was so good, Li Er was interested in cement.
Qin Mo asked the craftsman to bring up a bag of cement and opened it.
"This ash is cement? The fort is as strong as iron and stone?" Li Er and the others were all puzzled. They could not associate the cement powder in front of them with the cement on the fort that was as hard as iron and stone.
"This is just cement. After mixing cement with sand and adding water to mix it, it becomes concrete.”Qin Mo explained to them.
Seeing that they didn't understand, Qin Mo asked the craftsman to mix a pool of cement." This is concrete. It will only take six hours for it to dry.”
Li Er nodded." It's indeed a divine item. Record the method of using it.”
Qin Mo said," I have something to ask of Your Majesty.”
"Speak." Li Er glanced at Qin Mo. When this kid had something to ask of him, he would call himself a minister. Whenever he had something to ask, he would always call himself 'me'. He was simply snobbish.
"Your Majesty, please reward the craftsmen who made the cement and promote the others.”The craftsmen worked day and night to figure out the formula for the cement, which was worthy of a reward.
In addition, Qin Mo also had the intention of buying a horse's bone for a thousand pounds. He wanted to develop science. His Majesty had to raise the level of the craftsmen and let them see hope. Only then would more people invest in inventions.
Li Er nodded. All craftsmen will be registered as civilians."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Mo was very happy.
"What are those cement houses next to you?”Foolish Yuchi looked at the row of cement houses and asked.
Qin Mo said," That's the bathroom."
"The bathroom? What is it?"
"It's the toilet! The toilet!" Qin Mo said.
Li Er's face turned green. Damn it, this kid must have torn down his King Qin's mansion to build a toilet. As for this fort, it must have been taken out to atone for his crimes after being caught.
However, Li Er did not plan to pursue Qin Mo. The invention of cement alone was worth it even if he had to tear down his Prince Qin's mansion.
"You tore down His Majesty's Prince Qin's mansion just to build a latrine.”Old fool Yuchi laughed loudly." I want to see what your bathroom looks like."”
Thus, Old Yuchi went in foolishly, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden." This toilet is good. I want to build one too."”
Qin Mo felt that this was an epoch-making hygiene revolution.
Old Yuchi's silly shout also aroused the interest of Li Er and the others, and they all ran over to take a look.
Qin Mo curled his lips in disdain at this country bumpkin who had never seen the world.
As a result of these bumpkins 'interest, a toilet revolution was set off among the nobles of the Great Tang. Before cement was used to build forts on the grasslands, it was first used for civilian use.
Old fool Yuchi shamelessly stole the remaining cement from Prince Qin's mansion.
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