Chapter 50: Repairing The City Wall
Before Xue Ruhong could stop him, Zhan Qi had already stuffed the feed into his mouth.
As the others stared at him speechlessly, Zhan Qi’s eyes widened in surprise. With a mouth full of horse feed, he exclaimed, "It’s delicious!"
Hearing this, the others couldn’t help but pick out some corn kernels and try them as well.
Feng Xiyan shook his head helplessly at the sight of his generals eating horse feed. Leaving them to debate its taste, he moved on to inspect the other supplies. When his eyes landed on bags of glutinous rice flour in the corner, they lit up.
After the Yuezhi Tribe’s last attack, most parts of the city wall needed to be repaired. With this much glutinous rice and glutinous rice flour, fixing the entire wall wouldn’t be a problem. They might even have some left over to repair the houses around Xiqiang City.
Turning to Tan Pengtai, Feng Xiyan asked, "General Tan, do we have any quicklime left?"
At the question, Tan Pengtai stepped forward and replied, "Reporting to the Great General, we have less than 600 jins of quicklime left."
Getting the answer, Feng Xiyan frowned and muttered, "The ideal mortar mix ratio is one jin of glutinous rice soup to twelve jins of quicklime. That’s far from enough to repair the entire city wall."
When he said this, Tan Pengtai suggested, "Great General, how about we offer more things to Fairy Bai and ask if she could help us find more quicklime?"
Producing quicklime wasn’t difficult—all they needed were craftsmen to burn limestone in a kiln at high temperatures. However, they didn’t even have enough firewood for cooking, let alone for producing quicklime.
After pondering for a moment, Feng Xiyan agreed. "Alright. I will mention this matter to Fairy Bai later. For now, bring the glutinous rice flour to the city wall and have the soldiers begin repairs. Also, send the horse feed to the stable."