Chapter 241: Making Cement from Wood Ash
*Crack, crackle…* The flames in the kiln burned ever more vigorously, and the large pile of dried grass was quickly consumed.
After each batch of dried grass was completely burnt, the wood ash from the bottom of the kiln would be collected and placed in a wooden barrel.
After more than an hour, over ten barrels of wood ash had been placed beside the kiln.
“Shaman, all the dried grass has been burned, and the ash has been collected.” Yan Jiao reported.
“Have a group of people prepare some water, as much as possible. Fetch it from the storage tank.” Su Bai instructed as he stepped forward and reached into the wooden barrel to examine the ash. Fortunately, the perfectly burned ash contained almost no charcoal.
“Yes.” Yan Jiao immediately had the slaves continue fetching water.
After about ten minutes, the slaves brought over more than ten barrels of water and placed them beside the kiln.
Su Bai said nothing. He just demonstrated what to do first, putting one barrel of ash together with one barrel of water.
He added all the ash from the barrel into the water, then took up a wooden stick and began stirring, trying to mix them as evenly as possible.