I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Liu Tan took a look and couldn't help but suffocate a little, as if he felt the fear of being dominated by air bubbles when he was playing with resin molding.

But... this is not a mold, why are there so many bubble pits?

When Liu Tan picked up the brick, he felt that it was not particularly heavy. The size and weight indicated that there were likely to be such bubble pits inside.

He looked up at Li Buyan and asked, "Have you seen it? How is it?"

Li Buyan said in a low voice: "The inside is also like this, so it doesn't seem right to say it."

Liu Tan was a little confused: "Why is it like this?"

Li Buyan was a little at a loss, he thought that Liu Tan would know the reason, in his heart his Highness is omnipotent, but now even Liu Tan doesn't know what's going on, and Li Buyan doesn't know how to continue.

Liu Tan took a closer look at the brick, and found a very serious thing: If you look closely at this brick, you can see that the cross section is very rough, the soil is not particularly fine, and the graininess is obvious.

Only then did he remember in a daze, as if he hadn't been screened!

Hey, I thought I had to sift the flour even to make a dessert, and I forgot about making bricks in a blink of an eye.

However, Liu Tan looked at the appearance of these soils, and it didn't seem like they could be settled by sieving.

He thought for a while and said, "Well, you should send someone to get some kaolin first, preferably with a weathered surface."

If there is no weathering, it needs to be dried and pulverized, which requires manual work, which is too difficult.

Later generations who need a lot of clay every day can only do this, but no one has discovered the effect of kaolin, so there must be weathered soil on the surface.

Liu Tan asked Li Buyi to look for the weathered soil and at the same time asked him to dig out the soil to dry the weathered soil. For this purpose, he had to draw a weathered field.

After Li Buyan found the soil, Liu Tan wanted to go to the kiln again.

After Miao Rui and Bi Gao learned about it, they could not wait to kneel down and beg His Royal Highness not to go there - the whip wounds on their bodies were just right!

Although after being punished, Liu Tan gave medication and money as compensation, but it hurt.

The first time they were only punished with twenty lashes, if it happened again, it would be knowingly committing a crime, who knows how much they will be fined then?

Liu Tan coughed lightly: "If I don't make a move, just take a look, um, on-site director, if I make a move, you can just stop me."

bar?Can you stop it?If they can stop it, they can stop it now.

Miao Rui and Bi Gao looked at each other, and decided that if they couldn't stop them, they would take off their clothes and show the whip wounds. This method is probably much better than other methods.

Liu Tan led the people to the kiln in a mighty way, and when he got there, he saw those veterans gathered together to discuss something.

After seeing Liu Tan, he dispersed and saluted.

Liu Tan took a closer look at the soil while asking them to get up, um, he wasn't the one who did it this time, it was Li Buyi who pinched a handful and put it in his hand and showed it to Liu Tan.

After carefully examining the soil, Liu Tan was satisfied to find that it was indeed more delicate than the one he used before.

But this was not enough, he insisted on sifting it again.

The sieving tool has long been prepared - a sieve woven with fine copper wire.

Because the screening process was too dirty and there was nothing to see, Liu Tan turned to the veterans and asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

An old soldier with a slightly better eloquence said, "I'm talking about the hollowness here."

Liu Tan felt a pain in his head when he saw the air bubbles in the bricks. He was going to scratch his head and bald these days, but he didn't think of any way to eliminate these air bubbles.

To be honest, according to his experience, the best way to eliminate air bubbles is a vacuum machine.

Just put it in and vacuum it, and any air bubbles will disappear.

But the problem is that now there is a ghost vacuum machine.

And even if it is fired bricks in later generations, it should not be equipped with a vacuum machine, right?A few cents a brick and a vacuum machine, how much does it cost?

So there must be another way to eliminate it, but he couldn't think of it.

Getting used to the convenience of the industrial age, returning to the farming age when there was almost nothing is simply too difficult for a human being.

Liu Tan asked while thinking: "Have you thought of a way?"

He didn't report any hope at first, but just asked a casual question, and then he heard the veteran gesture and say something very excitedly.

Liu Tan was at a loss when he heard this—this guy stopped talking when he got excited.

Li Buyan at the side said with a wink, "His Royal Highness, he said that it would be fine as long as the air in the mud is blown out when mixing the mud."

Liu Tan was helpless: "I also thought about this method, but it would be too much of a waste of energy. How many people would it take to knead the mud?"

If you really want to knead manually, I am afraid that the difficulty is not as simple as kneading the film for the bread.

It's okay to say that one piece or two pieces will be used, and the amount used will be large at that time, not to mention the reconstruction of Shuofang City, just a single palace, the amount needed to build it is estimated to be enough to exhaust a group of people.

Li Buyan scratched his head and said, "This...then what should I do?"

Liu Tanxin said you asked me?If only I knew I could come up with an idea.

At this time, a veteran beside him said something cautiously, but this time, Li Buyan couldn't understand it.

Fortunately, the old soldier who knew a little bit of polite words tried his best to say: "He said he could use cows."

Li Buyi asked stupidly: "What does it have to do with cattle?"

However, Liu Tan was suddenly blessed, and blurted out: "Tread with a bull!"

The veterans on the side nodded hard, and Liu Tan showed joy on his face: "Yes, this method can be used instead."

Anyway, the air bubbles are squeezed out with heavy pressure. What method can't be used?

The working people are wise!

Liu Tan was overjoyed, and directly rewarded the veteran who proposed this method at the beginning with consistent money.

The usual money was not much to him, but the veteran knelt down with tears in his eyes.

Until Liu Tan was dragged away by Huo Guang, the veteran was still kowtowing.

For some reason, Liu Tan suddenly thought of the poem "The wine and meat of the Zhumen stinks, and the road is frozen to death."

But even if he felt emotional, he would not think about sacrificing his living standard and distributing money to the people. Since he has this idea, he must make everyone rich. What's the matter with distributing money?What's more, a long time will only make everyone lazy.

After Liu Tan got into the carriage, he looked at Huo Guang: "What's wrong?"

After Huo Guang looked at Liu Tan carefully, he found that the other party was still clean and tidy. Although the corners of the clothes were a bit dusty, it was much better than the clay baby that day. We are about to arrive at Shuofang City, so your Highness should not run around in these two days."

Liu Tan patted his thigh: "Yes, I haven't shown you the old note about the exam that I wrote before, and you happen to be here, so why don't we all have a meeting to discuss it."

Huo Guang responded. To be honest, he was also quite curious about what Liu Tan made.

The main reason is that this form is very novel, but because it involves too many aspects, he still has reservations. If there is anything inappropriate, he will directly call back, and will not give Liu Tan the opportunity to harm the majority of scholars.

After everyone arrived, Liu Tan took a look and found that there was only one copy in his hand, and it was not possible for everyone to read it once, so he had to use the oldest method: circulate.

Anyway, there is no rush, I will talk about it after everyone has finished reading.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Tan did not exclude Sang Qian in the end.

Sang Qian felt that His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory was benevolent, but Liu Tan just wanted not to be caught.

What if it is too obvious that Sang Qian is unhappy, or if Sang Hongyang finds out and transfers him back?

If Sang Hongyang is not happy, he will send a powerful one at that time, even if Liu Tan is not afraid, he will still have a headache.

Huo Guang was naturally the first to read it. He read it out of curiosity, and at the same time he was more rigorous than any documents Liu Tan had read before.

However, what he didn't expect was that although this statement only had a general framework, this framework had almost built the skeleton of the exam.

After reading it, Huo Guang couldn't help but glance at Liu Tan, with a hesitant expression on his face.

If he didn't know that Liu Tan didn't have any peerless experts around him, he would have suspected that someone gave advice to his highness. He couldn't say it was perfect, but at least from his point of view, he couldn't see any problems. .

And Liu Tan didn't ask. He was very confident. After all, it was passed down by the flower planters for thousands of years of examination civilization, and he had been taking the examination since he was a child.

Huo Guang handed the document to Jiang Chong with a pensive face.

To be honest, even Huo Guang couldn't see the problem, let alone Jiang Chong.

Even Sang Qian is better than Jiang Chong in terms of cultural level.

After all these people had finished circulating, the main hall was quiet. Liu Tan was waiting for someone to ask questions, but everyone bowed their heads in thought without saying a word. Oh, Li Buyan and Wei Buyi were not among the people who bowed their heads in thought.

Of course, the two of them were not qualified to participate in the discussion, and Sang Qian was quite critical at the beginning, but because the two people were from good backgrounds, they didn't explode for a while.

Later, after he was beaten honestly, he would not protest anymore.

But now he has been completely absorbed by this rigorous examination process, and his eyes are brighter when he sees it. At the end, he can't wait to show this document to his father!

Liu Tan sat on it and waited for a long time without waiting for a response, so he had no choice but to ask himself: "Is there anything else you want to add?"

After hearing this, Sang Qian came back to his senses, and glanced at Liu Tan with some pity.

As far as this level of rigor is concerned, if it weren't for being a prince, not to mention Sangong, Jiuqing could do it.

Now he can only be a vassal king, and if he wants to manage affairs, he must cooperate with the state-a few days ago, he heard that Liu Tan seemed to be persuaded by the state prime minister not to let him do anything, and then Liu Tan really didn't do it.

For a while, Sang Qian only felt that the power was still in the hands of the prime minister of the country, and the attitude of the country towards the king of the northern border. He looked at the note in his hand and understood Huo Guang's thoughts for a while. It seems a pity to be idle and only be a prince of eating, drinking and having fun in the future.

However, what Sang Qian didn't know was that Huo Guang's so-called punishment was no different from a joke for both him and Liu Tan. Huo Guang's seriousness didn't stop Liu Tan from running to the county mansion to play in the mud.

Liu Tan was a little surprised when no one spoke: "Don't you have any ideas?"

For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Huo Guang, Prime Minister of the country, this is the time to stand on top!

Huo Guang: ...