Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

When Yu Yuan heard Jiang Tuan say that there were other ways to cook the fire kang, his cold eyes brightened and he decided to try it later.

"Shaofu, if I want the people to use heated beds this winter, is that possible?"

After asking Jiang Tuan, Jiang Qi continued to ask Yu Yuan.

“Your Majesty, the difficulty of the kang lies in the construction method and the bricks used.

If Your Majesty wants all the people to use it, these two difficulties need to be resolved.

I can send people to teach the people how to build it, but there are too few bricks to be used by all the people."

When Jiang Qi heard that there were not enough bricks, he immediately asked, "How much is missing?"

“Your Majesty, a lot.

Square bricks can only be made by craftsmen in the Shaofu and some ministers' houses. Usually these bricks are mostly used to build palaces, repair roads or build walls.

Now, even if all these bricks were used to build kangs, they would not be enough for the entire Ningping City."

Yu Yuan gave a realistic answer.

"Master Yu, are bricks so difficult to make?"

Jiang Tuan didn't understand why bricks, which seemed very common to him, had become a scarce commodity in Daxia and were not even enough to build kangs for the common people.

However, he unexpectedly asked directly about Yu Yuan's major.

Yu Yuan explained to him everything in detail, from how to choose the clay, how to make adobe bricks, to how to fire them.

He saw stars in his eyes and felt as if his brain suddenly received knowledge beyond his ability to accept. It was about to freeze!

After listening for a long time, Jiang Tuan understood that the bricks of Daxia were different from the bricks he understood, both in terms of production requirements and production methods.

Making bricks in Daxia is very troublesome and requires many steps.

This is mainly because bricks here are mainly used in royal palaces, city walls and roads.

In ancient times when there was no reinforced concrete, the quality of a building often depended on the quality of its wood and bricks.

In order to meet the standards, the craftsmen naturally tried every possible way, used multiple processes, and spent a long time to make the bricks good and strong.

Modern bricks, with the support of reinforced concrete and a more scientific and convenient production method, are naturally much simpler than ancient bricks.

In addition to the craftsmanship, the fuel used to make bricks in Daxia and modern times is also different.

In ancient times, firewood or charcoal was used, while nowadays, coal is mostly used.

Compared to coal, charcoal not only requires wood and has a complicated production method, but also the temperature is not high enough.

Don't ask why coal is not used to make bricks. Don't forget that before Jiang Tuan pointed out the harm of bronze ware, coal in Daxia had always been the royal fuel for bronze ware, and nothing else was allowed to be used.

Bricks, which have nothing to do with God, certainly cannot be used.

After understanding the situation, Jiang Tuan decisively expressed his suggestions.

First, the bricks used to make kangs can completely reduce unnecessary processes, and the quality does not need to reach the level of building city walls or palaces, as long as they can be used.

Second, the fuel for burning bricks was directly replaced with coal, which is black stone.

Yu Yuan didn't say anything about the first suggestion. In his opinion, Jiang Tuan was right, the bricks for the kang didn't need to be that good.

The bricks used for palace walls need to be able to withstand wind, sun, and rain, but the bricks used for kangs do not need to be strong enough to withstand high temperatures.

As for the other party's second suggestion, he did not dare to express his opinion. As the Shaofu who managed the royal assets, he fully understood the significance of Jijin to the royal family.

Although he knew that the palace had requested a large number of pottery in the past two days and replaced all the gold utensils, but as a qualified minister, he would definitely not ask why if His Majesty did not tell him some things.

Jiang Qi knew Yu Yuan's hesitation. After all, the other party didn't know Jiang Tuan's origins. If he suddenly asked to use the black stone for making Ji Jin to make bricks, the other party would definitely not dare to agree directly.

Jiang Qi didn't know how to deal with this. It was not impossible to directly order all the people in the world to use black stone, but it would definitely cause some confusion.

If it was just chaos, it was not that he could not handle it, but he was afraid that the chaos would delay the kang and subsequent heating, which would not be worth the cost.

However, if we don’t give direct orders, what method can we use to make the people accept it smoothly?

Jiang Tuan finished speaking, but did not wait for everyone's approval, and was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Jiang Qi brought Jiang Tuan and Yu Yuan to the Wenzheng Hall. After there was no one else around, he expressed his concerns.

Jiang Tuan thought it was something difficult, but after listening to Jiang Qi's explanation, he said directly: "Your Majesty, what's the difficulty? Just use magic to defeat the demon."

"What is magic? Is it a kind of spell? Do you know spells?"

Jiang Qi's question made Jiang Tuan laugh and cry.

What magic? If he knew magic, wouldn't it be more convenient to just use it to kill the Huns and cure the Queen and the Prince's illnesses?

Why bother making tofu and building a kang?

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking it. What I mean is, since everyone believes in the existence of God, why don't we use God's name to let the people use the black stone?"

Jiang Tuan’s idea was very simple. He felt that since the ancient people believed so much in the existence of God, and simply believed that God’s will was that the black stone could only be used for auspicious purposes.

Based on this, Jiang Qi could completely use his status as the emperor to find a random excuse, such as a dream from a god or something.

It is said that God had mercy on the people's suffering, provided the method of making a kang, and allowed everyone to use black stone, but it had to be used under God's guidance.

In this way, not only can the kang be promoted, but the correct way to use the black stone can also be taught to the people. Wouldn't that solve the problem smoothly?

Jiang Tuan’s method is very good, but it is not without any problems.

"This method is possible, but I have always told the people not to believe in sorcerers, demons and ghosts. Now talking about gods, isn't it contradictory?"

To be honest, sometimes Jiang Tuan doesn’t quite understand Daxia’s view of gods.

Let’s say they believed it. From the emperor to the ministers, every time they saw something strange, the first thing they would think was, is this a scam?

If they said they didn't believe it, they thought the emperor was the son of destiny and believed in the existence of dragons.

However, even though he didn't understand, it didn't stop him from using this to give Jiang Qi some advice.

“Your Majesty, you have already said that it is a sorcerer, a demon or a monster.

Are you a sorcerer? No, you are the Son of Heaven!

Are you talking about demons and monsters? No? Are you talking about the guardian of Daxia? For example, a dragon or something!

Your Majesty, do you think this is the case?"

Jiang Tuan's words made Jiang Qi suddenly enlightened.

Yes, he is the Son of Heaven, and they in the Great Xia believe in the dragon god. Isn't this more convincing than some sorcerer, demon or monster?