Once you become a boy, marry a good man, and become rich together

Chapter 219: Went to Sichuan Academy

It was almost time for lunch when Jiang Ci realized that Lin Jingchen was not at home.

"Where's Jingchen?"

Lin Jingan, who was drawing water from the well, replied, "Lin Jingchen stayed at home for two days and then went to the academy. He went to the academy in the prefectural capital!"

The tone and expression of his voice were quite proud.

"Which academy in the city?"

"Baichuan Academy, I heard it's quite famous in several nearby cities."

Lin Jingchen ranked ninth in the imperial examination. After the results were announced, Baichuan Academy invited Lin Jingchen to study at their academy.

Baichuan Academy would invite those who ranked top in the provincial examination to study there. Even students from poor families could go to Baichuan Academy, and the tuition fee would be reduced.

After all, these people have a great chance of passing and getting good grades in the college examination, which also increases the reputation of their college.

This is exactly the same as how modern schools compete for good students when they are promoted to junior high school.

Their family is not short of money now, so Lin Jingchen naturally accepted the invitation. The teacher at Yunjin Academy was also proud that he could go to Baichuan Academy.

"That's great! There will be better teachers at Baichuan Academy."

After lunch, Jiang Ci hurried to Ye Shuyun's house.

"Brother Yun!"

Ye Shuyun, who was feeding the chickens with corn grits, was startled by Jiang Ci's hurried look, but was still very happy.

I heard that Jiang Ci had returned in the morning, and I knew he had to rest at home, so I didn't go to look for him. I didn't expect her to come to see him just after lunch.

"Brother Ci is here."

"I'm here." Jiang Ci hurriedly ran to Ye Shuyun's side, looked at Ye Shuyun's face, and then looked at his slightly bulging belly.

Ye Shuyun put the corn grits in her hand into the chicken coop.

Ask Jiang Ci, "Curious?"

"Of course I'm curious. It's been four or five months and I just found out about it. You didn't tell me before."

There was inevitably some complaint in his tone.

"It was difficult to tell others about the unstable fetal heart rate three months ago, and I didn't tell you because I saw you were so busy. It's not too late now. The baby is still more than a month away from being born."

"Huh~ It's been four or five months since I found out!"

The two of them sat on the benches in the yard. Ye Shuyun looked at Jiang Ci, who was still a little angry, and asked, "Do you want to touch it?"

Jiang Ci looked at it curiously. Ye Shuyun's belly was not big, but it still made Jiang Ci very curious and a little weird. After all, the boy's appearance was the same as that of a man. It felt awkward to think that there was a little life in this slightly bulging belly.

He couldn’t imagine what his belly would look like when the baby was eight or nine months old. Now he didn’t even dare to think about it.

"Okay!"

Jiang Ci reached out and touched it. It was a real bulge, not soft flesh caused by eating too much.

"Will he move?"

Ye Shuyun was also surprised by the coincidence. When Jiang Ci put her hand on it, the little guy moved a little. "It seems that he likes you very much. Now he can only move once in a long time."

"Is the morning sickness over?"

"Yes, I vomited a lot when I was three months pregnant."

"That……"

Jiang Ci was chattering away, asking all sorts of questions. He was really curious about his brother's pregnancy.

He couldn't help but show concern for Ye Shuyun and told her to take good care of him. The current medical level is limited, so be careful...

I stayed here for nearly two hours before going home.

On the way home, I happened to meet Lin Jing'an and Lin Jingxuan who were herding sheep home.

When there is grass at the foot of the mountain, almost every household has children leading the sheep to graze. It is an easier and more interesting job for children.

There was also a little sika deer mixed in with the sheep. It seemed that the sika deer had already adapted to the flock of sheep.

Jiang Ci approached the sika deer, and the deer did not hide but stretched out its nose to sniff Jiang Ci's hand.

"Brother Ci, this little Meihua is so well behaved. When I first took it out, I was afraid it would run away, so I tied it with a rope. But I threw the rope on the ground and it didn't run away. After two days, it was no longer afraid of people."

He had a little sika deer at home, which was very much loved by the children in the village. In the days when Jiang Ci and Lin Jingchen just went to Beijing, a lot of children came in and out of his house every day.

Jiang Ci said that it was this little sika deer that had seen so many people that it was no longer afraid.

Some of the bricks have been delivered to the place where they want to build the house, but the tiles will have to wait until tomorrow.

After dinner, I went to the room and asked, "Asheng, when will we start building our house?"

"The day after tomorrow, time is too tight tomorrow to start construction the day after tomorrow."

"The guy the county hired to build the house, is he available during this time?"

"When you are free, give us some time alone. I asked Ye Bei to pass the message today and ask them to come over tomorrow."

This house-building team in the county is well-known in these counties. They build big houses and yards, and the houses they build are beautiful and sturdy.

They all lay down on the bed, and Jiang Ci sighed, "It would be great if there was cement."

Lin Jingsheng got on the bed and hugged Jiang Ci sideways, "How about we try to see if we can do it?"

Jiang Ci had told Lin Jingsheng how good cement was, and Lin Jingsheng was also eager to get his hands on cement.

Jiang Ci placed her palm against Lin Jingsheng's chest and looked up into his eyes. "Then let's try it?"

"Let's try to make something as good as that. It doesn't matter if we can't make it. If we can make it... it will have many uses."

"Okay, then let's try to find some materials tomorrow."

I am excited at this moment, but I feel a little headache when I think about the difficulties I will face.

He knew how to make both ancient simple cement and modern cement, but he just didn't know which one to make.

Of course, modern cement is of better quality, with relatively better strength and durability.

But the difficulty has risen to more than one level.

The kiln has to be rebuilt. The brick kilns here cannot reach 1300 degrees. Perhaps a large brick kiln can reach more than 1000 degrees, but there are no large brick kilns in their area.

The iron powder or waste slag from the iron ore smelting furnace can also be directly placed in a cold water pool for quenching.

The only thing the iron powder could think of now was to grind the iron products at home into powder, but iron is strictly controlled by the state.

Even the blacksmith shop in the town did not use iron ore to smelt iron. Instead, they bought pre-smelted iron and then made it into the farm tools they needed. Moreover, the amount of iron they bought every month was still a fixed amount.

As for the waste slag from the iron smelting furnace, you can write to Wen Yu and he will probably be able to get it. By the way, you can also get the slag ash as well, which can produce a higher burning temperature.

"What kind of cement are we making? If we start working the day after tomorrow, even if the excavator digs for a few more days, I don't know if we can make it?"

"Why don't we let them build the servants' quarters near the gate and the wooden pavilion first, so that they have time to work on the cement."

"Okay, why didn't I think of that?"

Jiang Ci kissed Lin Jingsheng on the face.

Then don’t worry so much and sleep well.

Jiang Ci had a dream. In his dream, he managed to make cement in one go. Then he passed this method on to the emperor. In just a few years, cement roads were built directly in all the prefectures and counties of Dashun.

Then he and Lin Jingsheng took a horse-drawn carriage to travel around Dashun, and their buttocks would no longer hurt from the bumpy ride in the carriage.

The dream was beautiful, but when I woke up, I found that there was no trace of cement.

Jiang Ci lay on the bed with her arms and legs spread out, looking at the beam above her head and sighing deeply.