Chapter 598

Sun Wu picked up the small basin.

"Your Highness, this is that thing you called 'cement'."

"We have already tinkered it out."

"This thing is truly magical; it was originally like dust."

"Used to mix with water, it can solidify very quickly."

"But what I can't understand is that it is very brittle; a hard knock and it shatters."

"It is not at all as sturdy as we imagined."

Sun Wu talked about this cement without stopping.

He was truly too curious about this fresh thing.

Before, His Highness had said that this cement was used for building roads and walls.

If it wasn't sturdy, how could one build roads and walls?

It wasn't that it wasn't sturdy, just that if you scraped it with something, a lot of powder would fall off.

Ying Ying Zi Ye was surprised; cement had been tinkered out?

And Sun Wu had even mixed it with water; he hadn't even given instructions for these things.

But this guy Sun Wu had started tinkering on his own.

"How did you think of mixing it with water?"

Ying Ying Zi Ye was somewhat curious; in later generations, a normal person really wouldn't go study this 'cement'.

But Sun Wu had gone to study it; this spirit was also worthy of his praise.

Curiosity about fresh things; without curiosity, there would be no exploration.

Without exploration, there would be no progress.

"Your Highness, did I do something wrong?"

Sun Wu became somewhat nervous.

After all, this matter was something he had tinkered with himself.

There was no notification from above asking him to study this.

To put it lightly, this matter was nothing; it was just studying.

To put it heavily, it was deliberately wasting resources and would be punished.

Therefore, he was somewhat nervous.

Ying Ying Zi Ye stretched out two fair and slender fingers and pinched a bit of the cement.

Whether it was the color or the fineness, it was a bit worse than later generations.

But it was already very good; being able to make it was quite good.

After patting the cement off his hands.

Ying Ying Zi Ye patted Sun Wu's shoulder.

"No, you did very right."

"Only by being curious about it will you study and explore it."

"Otherwise, where would technological progress come from?"

Ying Ying Zi Ye was very satisfied with Sun Wu's performance.

Sun Wu was flattered by being patted on the shoulder.

His whole person became excited.

He had originally thought His Highness would punish him.

Who knew he was praising him.

Technology?

Another fresh term.

"Your Highness, what is technology?"

Sun Wu was somewhat confused.

Gongshu Meng, who was standing quietly behind, also furrowed her delicate brows.

She also had never heard this term.

Although she was also curious about this cement.

But she did not want to study it.

It was too dirty; women all love beauty.

Dirty work, of course, had to be done by men.

"This..."

Ying Ying Zi Ye was somewhat speechless.

"You can just consider technology as a practice that is indispensable for social development."

The two were still confused and wanted to continue asking.

But they were interrupted by Ying Ying Zi Ye.

If he were to explain it, he couldn't make it clear in a few words.

"Do you know why this cement mixed with water is not hard after solidifying?"

Ying Ying Zi Ye hurriedly changed the subject.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, both looked at the cement.

Technology, social development—all were thrown to the back of their minds.

"Your Highness, you know?"

"Hurry and tell us."

"I have studied this problem for a long time and still don't know."

Sun Wu was eager; he had studied for a long time and didn't know.

"Because this cement is singular; you left out one material."

"Just put that material in, mix it evenly, and wait for the cement to solidify."

"Even if you take a hammer to smash it, it won't be easy to break."

Ying Ying Zi Ye was calm and composed, his tone certain.

Singular cement mixed with water just becomes cement oil.

Cement oil, of course, is not that hard.

"Left out one material?"

"I wonder what it is?"

Gongshu Meng and the other were itching to know.

Both were eager to know what was missing. ===== CHAPTER 600 =====