"Haha, hello." Li Ke got off his horse and said with a smile, "I heard that your family is moving into a new house today, so I'm here to have a meal. Are you welcome?"
"Your Highness, you have embarrassed me." Liu Laosan was about to kneel down, but Li Ke held him up.
At this moment, in the courtyard of Liu Laosan's house, everyone in the village was excited, and almost everyone rushed towards the door.
The guards behind Li Ke became nervous instantly, and several guards pulled out the knives from their waists.
"Get out of here, who asked you to come here? Can they still hurt me? Get out and keep watch from a distance. I can't be hurt here!" Li Ke shouted directly, and the two men who came out with knives directly behind him The guards kicked their butts twice and drove them away.
Li Ke's actions made the people around him immediately quiet down, and everyone was a little moved.
"Stop squeezing, what will happen if your Highness is squeezed in?!" Among the crowd, Liu Laosan became anxious and yelled.
When Liu Laosan roared like this, everyone immediately stopped their movements.
"Haha, everyone, stop crowding, come on, come on, make way for me, I also want to chat with you." Li Ke laughed twice and said.
When Li Ke said this, the excited crowd around him laughed, and everyone's mood became much calmer. At the same time, the crowd made way for Li Ke from the middle.
When he arrived in the yard, Li Ke simply found a stool in the middle of the yard and sat down. There were too few chairs in ordinary people's homes, they were all stools, because they didn't have much wood, and the stools took up less space and were easy to use.
"Come on, come on, everyone, sit down. I'm here today just to chat with you. Don't be nervous." Li Ke greeted with a smile, and all the people sat down immediately. Many people even simply Sitting on the ground.
Some children climbed up the surrounding walls out of curiosity, and there were even half-sized children who climbed up the ladder to the roof to watch the fun.
Many people were sitting very close to Li Ke. Looking at the people gathered around him, Li Ke smiled. This scene... looked really familiar, but he had only seen it on TV in his previous life.
"This gentleman, you are the host today. What is your name?" Li Ke looked at Liu Laosan with a smile and asked.
"Your Highness, my name is Liu Laosan." Liu Laosan said with some embarrassment.
"Haha, okay, Liu Laosan, this house was just built?" Li Ke looked at Liu Laosan and asked.
"It was built this winter, but the walls were not dry before. The village chief and Li Zheng said that they would get sick if they lived in it, and it was not good to use fire in winter, so the house was dry in the shade. We are going to move in today." Mr. Liu Sanlao answered honestly.
"What materials is this house made of? Is it strong?" Li Ke asked again with a smile.
"Your Highness, the walls of the house are made of earth and rubbish. The roof is made of wooden beams, with rafters and sub-frames. Then we use tamarisk and reeds to weave a layer of mats, then add a layer of wheat straw, and use wheat straw on the top. Wheatgrass and mud are mixed on the roof." Liu Laosan heard Li Ke's question and explained in detail.
"Is this rubbish made of yellow clay?" Li Ke asked. He really knew this stuff, because this method of building houses was used in many places in the north when Li Ke was a child in his previous life. Either it was made of rubbish. , either adobe. It depends on whether there is suitable soil quality.
"Your Highness knows?" Liu Laosan was a little surprised. He never expected that Li Ke knew this.
"Just choose a piece of land with yellow clay, add water to the ground, and when it is almost dry, use a big stone rolled by an ox to compact the soil. When the soil is almost compacted, cut the compacted land into about one foot. Square pieces of rubbish are covered with grass. After these pieces of rubbish are dried, they can be used to build walls, right?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"Yes!" Liu Laosan's face was full of exclamation. Not to mention Liu Laosan, the people around him were all shocked. They never expected that His Highness actually understood this.
"Is this kind of house strong? Which one is better? Or adobe?" Li Ke knew that there are adobe houses in rural areas. For adobe, clay is mixed with wheat awns and straw, and then placed in a wooden mold and pressed hard. It is pressed into adobe, finally stacked together to dry, and then a house is built.
"Strong, strong! We build two layers of rubbish, and the wall is more than two feet thick, because the rubbish is pressed very tightly and is very strong after drying. As long as the house is not washed away by heavy rain or flash floods, it will last for dozens of years. It’s all right!” Liu Laosan smiled so hard that his uneven teeth came out.
"This house is faster to build than adobe. The adobe requires manpower and molds to press, which is time-consuming. The clay is faster, and the clay made from the whole piece of clay is stronger."
"And we also have the good stuff your Highness has prepared for us. After plastering the wall with lime, the outside will not be afraid of rainwater washing. This is much better than smoothing it with mud before!" Liu Laosan said quickly.
"Hahaha, this is not my credit, this is the credit of the craftsmen. I remember that lime needs to be mixed with asbestos, right?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
"Yes." Liu Laosan nodded.
Li Ke smiled. Pure lime would not have such a good effect. It would have to be mixed with asbestos. But in fact, the best mixture is lime mixed with glass silk, and then applied on the exterior wall. This can play a very good role. As long as it is not vandalized or blistered, it will be fine for decades.
Blistering and peeling can also be repaired later, and applying this product can also prevent insects, etc. Even mice have certain preventive capabilities.
There were no glass filaments in this era, but glass did exist, but it was not that easy to make glass filaments. However, asbestos was naturally occurring, so it was not difficult to obtain. Asbestos had been used in the Central Plains as early as the Zhou Dynasty, and even There are clothes made of asbestos that can be cleaned by burning them with fire. They are called Huohuan cloth or Huanan cloth. There is a record in the Book of Liezi.
Moreover, the shrouds of the Egyptian Pharaohs thousands of miles away also contained asbestos.
"I feel relieved to see that everyone can live in a new house." Li Ke nodded with satisfaction.
"Hello, Your Highness. If it weren't for Your Highness, we people would have starved to death long ago. It's Your Highness who gave us a way to survive." A commoner around him said loudly.
"You must not say that. I just gave you a chance, and you used your own hard-working hands to survive. So I hope that you will never forget this hard work in the future! We must use our own Work hard with both hands to create a beautiful life." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Your Highness, we will never forget what you said."
"Haha, just remember it, everyone. You have to believe in me and the court. Everyone has a good year this year. The court will launch more good policies in the coming year. When the time comes, everyone must support them. These policies, I will definitely participate in it." Li Ke laughed loudly.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, as long as you tell us to go east, we will never go west." The people all smiled and nodded.
Li Ke also nodded with satisfaction. There are almost 10,000 refugee households plus the people working around. Li Ke can influence a lot. It seems that he must quickly increase the burden on Li Taijia and do more work next year. .
While Li Ke was thinking about finding a new job for Li Tai here, Li Tai in the palace finally breathed a sigh of relief. After taking a sip of tea, Li Tai came back this time to think about some flavor.
Zhinu is right, this is all the conspiracy of the third brother. He deliberately asked me to come here to supervise the country and eventually become the emperor, just because he wants to be free and unrestrained! I want to be a happy prince, and I also want to build a city that never sleeps in the Tang Dynasty! And big brother!
I didn’t expect that big brother, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you are actually a bad person!
It's a pity that I, Li Tai, am so smart that I didn't notice their sinister intentions and fell into the trap of the eldest brother and the third brother! No, I have to resist! This emperor, Li Taicai, is not the right one. Whoever thinks he is a fool!
My father is in such good health that he can still be emperor for at least a few decades. In these decades, wouldn't those who want to be emperor have to supervise the country at every turn? !
Is there any way to survive? ! Anyway, I, Li Tai, can't do it. As for the eldest brother... The eldest brother has been the prince for so many years, so he must be used to it. It stands to reason that the eldest brother is the most suitable, but now that Sun Simiao and Sun Zhenren are here, the eldest brother can just take care of his body. Find enough excuses.
If his father wants to supervise the country after the new year... Li Tai's eyes rolled. He has quit anyway, so he should let his third brother do it!
My father will definitely return to the palace during the Chinese New Year. I will give him some advice then. The third brother has not made his father angry for a long time. According to the temper of the third brother, he will probably make his father angry soon. I I want to give advice to my father. If your third brother makes you angry, why do you hit him? !
After beating Third Brother for so many years, is Third Brother afraid of being beaten? Obviously not afraid! The third brother made a mistake, father, you can just punish him directly and punish him with a memorial! ! Yes, I will give this advice to my father when the time comes, hehehehehe.
Li Ke, who was chatting with the villagers, sneezed twice suddenly. Oh, what's going on? Li Ke couldn't help but muttered in his heart, is there something dirty? There are always troublemakers who want to harm me.
