In the garden, the empress was in a daze as she looked at a small white flower not far away from her. Someone seemed to have told her that this flower was outstanding. When she recalled the serious look on that person's face at that time, she suddenly laughed. Ren Baqian turned around and asked Hong Luan, "Where did Deputy Prefect Ren go?"
"Deputy Prefect Ren went to the Ministry of Works," Hong Luan answered.
The empress nodded slightly. Soon after, she recalled something and said to Qing Yuan and Hong Luan, "Get someone to use the yiniao to inform the General-in-Chief Who Supports the Nation to find Lu Qi, Lu Pinghai, and bring the item back. As long as he's willing to trade, he can ask for anything. "
"Yes," Hong Luan hurriedly replied and hurriedly left.
…
In Jingtian Furnace, Tong Zhenye, Feng Hou, and a few others took the crystalline particles in the cement and placed them under the sun to examine them. They emitted all kinds of rays of light and confirmed that they were indeed not gems. However, they really did look like gems.
"Mix the gypsum powder and these stones according to the ratio of 3: 97." Ren Baqian continued to instruct the craftsmen of Jingtian Furnace to mix the cement and clinker. If there were no problems, this would be cement.
As for the specifics, they would know once it was mixed with coarse sand, mixed with water, and left for a night.
Everyone brought the cement and coarse sand that had been mixed evenly with the gypsum powder all the way back to the Ministry of Works. They couldn't wait to find a place in the backyard to pour the cement and coarse sand together according to the ratio, then add water and mix.
Ren Baqian found two stones to be used as bricks and covered the middle and four sides with cement powder. He was waiting to see the results tomorrow.
"Alright, come back tomorrow morning and we'll know the specifics." Ren Baqian looked at the sky and said. Dayao's current weather was still very hot. It could reach a temperature of 32 to 33 degrees Celsius, which made people perspire profusely. This cement should be enough for one night.
After returning to the palace, the first thing he did was to head straight to Qingxin Palace Hall to learn how to read. When the sky darkened, he stood up and left.
"Aye!" Lin Qiaole saw him stand up and shouted.
"What's wrong?" Ren Baqian looked down at her.
Lin Qiaole looked around and then asked, "I heard from them that Her Majesty has chosen you as her husband?"
Ren Baqian thought for a while. That was the case. Should he be considered as marrying into her family now?
"Why?" Lin Qiaole asked with her eyes wide open.
Ren Baqian spread his hands and thought, You're really slow to react. It's been a few months, and you only found out about it today? How closed off must you be?
But about this question, if you ask me, who should I ask? Everything happened too quickly. The wheel of fate rolled forward, and he was in a daze for a long time.
"You're so ugly and weak. I can knock you down with just a finger," Lin Qiaole said with a look of disdain. "Why would Her Majesty choose you?"
Ren Baqian's face darkened immediately. Could they still converse?
He stretched out his finger and poked Lin Qiaole's forehead. If he knew how to use the Six Pulse Divine Sword, he would definitely 'biubiubiu' today.
"No wonder you don't have any friends. It's been a few months and you only know about it now," Ren Baqian said with a look of disdain.
"What is a friend?" Lin Qiaole suddenly asked, "I have seen it in many books, but what is a friend?"
Ren Baqian looked at the little girl and suddenly couldn't bear to argue with her. At the end of the day, he was a "child" who grew up here and did nothing but eat and sleep every day until he was seventeen or eighteen years old.
Her chances of making friends were lower than winning the lottery. It was as if a meteorite had hit her on the head.
"Wives are like limbs and friends are like clothes. Having no friends is equivalent to running around naked, "Ren Baqian said sincerely after pondering for a while.
Lin Qiaole looked at Ren Baqian and pondered for a long time. Then, she said with a look of disdain, "Pervert."
"That's why I should still make a few friends if I have the opportunity," Ren Baqian said.
After he left, Lin Qiaole was in a daze. She had seen the word "friend" many times, but she never knew what it meant.
Ren Baqian went to Yangxin Palace Hall. Dinner was already served, but the empress didn't move. She was in a daze and no one knew what she was thinking about.
"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian greeted.
"Oh." The empress came back to her senses and asked, "How's the matter at the Ministry of Works today?"
There were only a few things that Ren Baqian could do at the Ministry of Works. All of them were very important to Dayao, and the empress wanted to know the progress.
Actually, if she wanted to, she could let the Ministry of Works report to her. However, she wanted to hear from Ren Baqian. After all, he had a better understanding of this matter.
"We still don't know the results. We will only know tomorrow," Ren Baqian said. "If it's successful, Dayao will be able to build some taller buildings. Furthermore, if we want to build city walls, we won't need to dig up stones from afar and transport them here. We can save a lot of labor."
The empress nodded her head and said, "Tell me the situation when the time comes."
"Accompany me for dinner," the empress said as she straightened her body from the couch.
Ren Baqian felt that she was waiting for him. With a smile on his face, he poured wine for the empress.
After dinner, Ren Baqian asked curiously, "Your Majesty, don't you need to train?"
He had been curious about this question for a long time.
He had seen other aboriginals train their bodies every day, but he had never seen the empress do this.
Logically speaking, for her to reach this level of strength at such a young age, besides her innate talent, she should be a hundred times more hardworking than others, right?
However, what Ren Baqian saw was not even a hundredfold, let alone a hundred times.
The empress shook her head slightly and said, "I'm training all the time."
Ren Baqian didn't understand, but he didn't ask any further. He seemed to understand and said, "So, walking, eating, sleeping, and sitting are all part of your training, right?"
The empress shook her head and explained, "I'm training all the time I walk, sit, and lie down. The aboriginals you see practice Four-way Heaven and Kismet Heaven. They use their bodies as heaven and earth to train their bodies. Cardinal Heaven experts are already able to control heaven and earth. Naturally, they don't need to train like them. "
Ren Baqian understood what she meant.
However, even if the empress explained it to him, he wouldn't understand, so he simply didn't ask.
"Your Majesty, do you want to play Gomoku?" Ren Baqian suddenly thought of something and asked.
The empress didn't even look at him when she heard this. She had lost interest in such things after losing the previous time.
It was unknown what she was thinking, but she suddenly looked up at Ren Baqian and said, "Since you are so free, why don't you sing that song for me?"
Ren Baqian spat out a mouthful of blood. The empress still remembered this? With a conflicted look on her face, she said, "Your Majesty, let me bring the erhu back to play 'Pomp and Circumstance' for you."
"Alright. However, you have to remember that if you have forgotten, I have heard of a term that is prepared for this. It's called the crime of deceiving the monarch, "the empress said unhurriedly.
Ren Baqian almost knelt down when he heard this. Was this what he learned from watching the Qing Dynasty drama? Indeed, he shouldn't have let her watch those messy things.
"Your Majesty …" Ren Baqian looked up at the empress's face and said, "How can I forget what I promised?"
Only after Ren Baqian left did the empress reveal a trace of a smile on her face. She picked up the wine cup and poured it into her mouth. Inexplicably, she thought of a sentence from the movie that she watched a few days ago, "The more wine you drink, the warmer you get. The more water you drink, the colder it gets."
Now, her heart was warm.
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