Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 307 Cement Can't Be Sold
Chapter 303

Wei Hao heard what Wei Cong said, and immediately asked Wei Cong what was going on.

Wei Cong heard this, and said with a wry smile: "Now, in the court, there are very few aristocratic family members, and everyone is fighting fiercely, and now the court is also focusing on promoting those officials who serve in the local area. Those aristocratic families are basically difficult to promote now, starting from this summer. His Majesty and the Ministry of Officials have issued a verbal order that officials who have not served in the local area need to go to the local area!"

"Well, you haven't served in the local area?" Wei Hao heard it, looked at Wei Cong and asked.

"I have worked here in Chang'an for a few months. Now the county magistrate of Chang'an is Wei Yu. Now he is doing a good job. You told me to build roads. Now many officials have said that he is doing a good job. , But, these are all my plans!" Wei Cong said with extreme unbalance in his heart.

"Oh, why did you go up in the first place?" Wei Hao continued to ask after hearing Wei Cong.

"Didn't I think that serving as the county magistrate of Chang'an is the easiest way to offend people, and you have to be careful everywhere, but I didn't think of it!" Wei Cong looked at Wei Hao and said with a sigh again.

"I didn't expect that now the power is getting bigger and bigger, and no one dares to offend. Now Wei Yu is doing very well here, and no one dares to trip him up. This time, Wei Yu was approved by the court. 2 guan, continue to improve the roads around Chang'an, this is another great contribution!" Wei Cong looked at Wei Hao and said.

Wei Cong heard it, nodded, and said nothing.

At this time, the porter came again.

"My lord, the county magistrate of Chang'an is here. He has been here many times. Every time you were not at the house, he came here again today." The porter came over and said to Wei Hao.

"Well, let him come in, just right!" Wei Hao smiled and said to the porter in charge.

Then he looked at Wei Cong and said, "What do you think?"

"I want to go somewhere, such as Luoyang!" Wei Cong said while looking at Wei Hao.

"Go to Luoyang to serve as county magistrate? You are downgraded, how is that possible?" Wei Hao asked Wei Cong in surprise when he heard this.

"But there's no way. In Chang'an, maybe you won't reach the fourth rank in ten years!" Wei Cong looked at Wei Hao and said sadly.

"Chang'an, Wannian, Luoyang, Taiyuan, Henan, Jinyang, and Fengxian counties are all high-ranking counties. The chief is the first, Wannian is the second, and Luoyang is the third. If you want to be the magistrate of Luoyang, you may Don’t talk about His Majesty, I can handle it, Your Majesty, can the aristocratic family agree? What you can see, the aristocratic family can’t see. Now those county magistrates are the positions that the aristocratic family must fight for. You want to be in Luoyang County magistrate, that's impossible!" Wei Hao looked at Wei Cong and said.

"Hey!" Wei Cong also sighed when he heard what Wei Hao said.

"If you miss the opportunity, you will miss it. If there is an opportunity, I will transfer you to the Ministry of Industry. In the next ten years, the Ministry of Industry will have a lot to do!" Wei Hao said while looking at Wei Cong.

When Wei Cong heard this, he looked up at Wei Hao in surprise and said, "That's fine. However, the Ministry of Industry is even more difficult to get in. Officials of the Ministry of Industry need to be selected by the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and recommended by the left and right servants before His Majesty approves! "

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has a good relationship with me, so I don't need to shoot from the left and right, and I don't need to use your Majesty's side, but you are so frequently transferred, are you sure the patriarch will not scold you to death? Because of you, how many family resources have been used? Not now, it will take at least two years, now you just do your job honestly!" Wei Hao said after looking at Wei Cong.

Wei Cong used too many family resources. Last time he served as the county magistrate of Chang'an, Wei Yuanzhao went to find Concubine Wei Gui, and then it was settled. Of course, he didn't come to him to intercede, just to let himself not stop him.

"Yes, then I'll wait, hey!" Wei Cong said with a sigh at the moment.

Then Wei Yu went to Wei Hao's living room. After arriving in the living room, Wei Yu saluted Wei Hao very solemnly. This is still his nephew.

"I've seen Uncle Clan, and I've always wanted to come to visit, but since you took office, Uncle Clan, you've been very busy. You've come here several times, but you haven't been able to see him! I'm lucky today!" Wei Yu said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"Come and sit down, have you just been transferred from another place?" Wei Hao said to Wei Yu with a smile.

"Yes, it's been several months since I was transferred from Dongping County!" Wei Yu said to Wei Hao with a smile, walked over at the same time, then cupped his hands to Wei Cong and said, "I've seen the clan uncle!"

"Well, you did a good job!" Wei Cong said with a smile, and he was very pleased. If he worked in Chang'an County, maybe he would be promoted to the fourth rank faster.

"Come, drink tea!" Wei Hao said to Wei Yu with a smile.

"Thank you uncle!" Wei Yu said immediately.

"The road was repaired well. It's much easier than last year. This is your credit, but it's also your uncle's credit. If he doesn't leave, you have no chance!" Wei Hao said to the two of them with a smile.

"Yes, you have to thank the uncle!" Wei Yu said with a smile, very stiff.

He has never seen Wei Hao before, he has been an official in other places, after arriving here, he has heard a lot about Wei Hao's deeds, and knows Wei Hao's ability, now he can be said to be the No. 1 Duke of the Tang Dynasty, The dukes of the two countries are in the body.

"Well, don't be restrained, just do it well. I guess no one will bully you now. If you have nothing to do, walk around with the children in the family and exchange some news!" Wei Hao said to Wei Yu.

"Yes, I have. I have visited everyone's house. The first one was to visit you, but you were not at home, so I went to other houses, including Uncle Wei Ting's. I have been there! "Wei Yu said to Wei Hao.

"Well, okay, that's good, is there any difficulty?" Wei Hao asked.

"Yes, there is a problem. This is not. In order to reward our road construction in Chang'an County, His Majesty specially rewarded 2 guan. But this money, road construction does not need so much. The main roads have been repaired. Other roads , I just need to fix it, so I don’t know how to spend this money for a while, I used to try to keep the money from the court, but now I have money, but I don’t know how to spend it!” Wei Yu said to Wei Hao said with a wry smile.

"Building reservoirs, isn't this year's drought enough to warn you? If there are enough reservoirs, how can the people spend so much manpower and material resources to get water from the river? Find the Ministry of Industry and let the officials of the Ministry of Industry go Prospecting, selecting the location of the reservoir, building the reservoir, construction will start soon, I want to build a reservoir!" Wei Hao said to Wei Yu.

"Reservoir? Well, it's a good way. Hey, Uncle Clan, this way is good. This way is good. His Majesty attaches great importance to agriculture. If the farmland of Cheng Cheng in Chang'an County is irrigated by the reservoir, then there will be no need to worry about drought in the future. Already!" Wei Yu said very excitedly at this moment.

Wei Hao nodded and said: "That's right, try to achieve this goal as much as possible, I guess, when you let those people go to work, they will also go, this year's drought is also a warning to the people in Chang'an , but it needs to be done well!"

Wei Yu quickly stood up, cupped his hands at Wei Hao and said, "Thank you, Uncle Clan, for calling me. I'll go to the Ministry of Works when I get back, check out a few locations, and repair the reservoir and channels!"

"Well, sit down and talk!" Wei Hao nodded, pressed his hand and said.

At this time, Wei Cong was very envious. Originally, it was all his own work. Maybe he could be famous in history. Now that it’s good, the opportunity is gone. Such an opportunity may not be able to come across in a lifetime. Once, it can be said that if Wei Yu has done this, within three years, this person will definitely not be able to escape from the fourth rank.

Sitting there, Wei Cong felt very bitter. He didn't listen to a lot of what Wei Hao and Wei Yu said. After they stayed with Wei Hao for half an hour, they left.

Wei Hao is thinking, Wei Cong likes to speculate, this time the loss is big, the court still hopes to be able to do the truth, now if Wei Cong does not work in the current position for more than two years, it is completely impossible to transfer out, Even His Majesty will not allow it.

In the next few days, Wei Hao has been busy with his house.

And at the cement workshop, a large amount of cement is piled up in the warehouse, that is, Wei Hao bought a lot, but no one else has bought it. They don't know what to do now. The whole cement workshop can't be done, just Wei Hao a customer.

Soon, they went to Wei Hao's new mansion and found Wei Hao.

"Why are you here?" Wei Hao came down from the top of the fourth floor, and now he is pouring the pillars of the fifth floor. This is the only floor left, and the roof will be capped soon.

"No, you. Why are you building so high?" Li Dejian stood there, looked at Wei Hao and asked, Wei Hao's house could be seen from a distance, but when he walked in, he found that it was very big.

"Hey, come up, come up!" Wei Hao waved to them as he spoke, and led them up to watch.

They just went inside and found that the inside was paved with cement, which was very hard.

"Hey, cement, do you use this to pave the floor?" Cheng Chusi looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"Well, the first floor is laid, and tiles are still laid on it, and now we have to wait, the construction on it has not yet been completed!" Wei Hao nodded.

"Then how did you make such a white wall, isn't it a blue brick house? Why is it white?" Cheng Chusi continued to ask.

"Lime, oops, I can't tell you, come up!" Wei Hao beckoned them up the stairs.

Wei Hao's living room on the first and second floors was hollow and very high. After going up to the second floor, they also discovered that the floor was actually made of cement.

"Cement for the floor? Can this work?" Li Dejian looked at Wei Hao in shock and asked.

"Just kidding, it's okay to put steel bars? This is much stronger than a wooden floor, and it also has the effect of sound insulation, so people can live upstairs!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

"No, why are the windows in your room so big? It's so cold in winter?" Cheng Chusi saw that the windows in Wei Hao's bedroom were very large, and then they also discovered that the windows here were all very large.

"Hey, it's not finished yet, you'll know when it's done, keep coming up!" Wei Hao greeted them with a smile.

Soon they reached the fourth floor, where most of Chang'an City could already be seen.

"Look, how beautiful the scenery is!" Wei Hao said with a smile, but Li Dejian and the others didn't care to look at the scenery. They were all squatting down to study Wei Hao's cement board. They even jumped and found that there was nothing at all. question.

"This is really a good thing, but, hey, Shen Yong, our cement workshop is full of cement, and the warehouse is full of three, what should we do if we can't sell it?" Li Dejian squatted there and looked up. Wei Hao asked.

"Is the fifth warehouse still not ready?" Wei Hao asked.

"No, it will take a few days, no, we have no confidence in the production of so much, how to sell this cement?" Li Chongyi also looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"Hey, you go to my restaurant tomorrow. My restaurant will be hardened. Come and see it, and I will invite people from the Ministry of Industry to come and see it!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

"Ask people from the Ministry of Industry to come and see? Use cement to build roads?" Li Dejian looked at Wei Hao and asked. Wei Hao had told them about this before.

"Well, when the time comes to the straight road, we may use our cement for all! Just hurry up and produce!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

There is definitely no problem with cement. Once the Ministry of Industry purchases a large amount, it is not known whether the cement workshop will be sufficient, and it may need to be expanded.

When they heard what Wei Hao said, they were a little relieved. After all, this is a new product, no one has ever used it, and they don't know if it can be sold.

The next day, they came to Wei Hao's new restaurant and found that work had already started here, and those workers were mixing cement.

And Wei Hao watched with the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

"Have you seen it? That's it. Use a certain proportion of stones and sand, add water and mix it well, so that you can build roads. I calculated here. A total of 200 roads need to be built, which is more than one mile. Some, as you have seen, about 60 people, used a cart. This cart was made by me. It can be used to hold cement on flat ground. When it is used up, it should be cleaned in time.

You see, they can finish it in one morning. If Zhidao adopts this method, I believe that the road from Chang'an to Yumen Pass can be completed in less than three months, and it is very easy to walk! "Wei Hao was introducing Duan Lun.

Duan Lun nodded. He also went to see Wei Hao's floor slab just now. It is very strong. Although there are steel bars in it, it is just a cement slab, which is also very strong.

"All of you, take a look and register. It will be available when you repair the straight road!" Duan Duanlun said to the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry.

Those craftsmen nodded. Duan Lun, Wei Hao, and Li Dejian watched here for a whole morning, and all repairs were completed. Wei Hao invited them to have a meal in Juxian Building. After the meal, Wei Hao and them went to the new restaurant again. Here, Wei Hao has stepped on the road repaired earlier in the morning.

"Look, the weather is hot now, and it will be dry in one morning. There is no problem for people to step on it. If you come here at this time tomorrow, you will be able to see that all these roads have been repaired, and they are very strong!" Wei Wei Hao said to Duan Lun and the others.

"Tomorrow, the old man has to come over in person, and he may bring a hammer! I need to knock on your road surface to see how the quality is!" Duan Lun looked at Wei Hao and said.

Li Shimin also told Duan Lun to use cement to build straight roads, so he wanted to come and have a look. Ordinary straight roads need a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. It takes a lot of manpower to tamp the road surface, and glutinous rice is also used. And rice milk, these cost a lot.

If the use of cement can be faster, more cost-effective, and the effect is similar, then it is also possible to use cement. Of course, the road surface must be maintained for decades. Wei Hao is still confident in this point. There is no problem in ten years. Of course, some places with landslides and settlements may be broken, but they will be fine if they are repaired in time. There are no large trucks now. It is very difficult to crush the road surface. Those carriages, that's basically impossible.

Besides, to build a straight road, Wei Hao estimated that the thickness of the cement road should be at least [-] centimeters. With such a thickness, how could it be so easy to break.

"No problem, you can come here tomorrow. The weather is good. If it's cold, it may take a few days, but it will definitely be done. It's just a matter of time!" Wei Hao said to Duan Lun.

Many people have seen the road that Wei Hao built in the new restaurant. It is very smooth, much smoother than the road on the street. Those ordinary people and officials just think, can this road be walked?
The next morning, many people found out that the road surface was dry and turned white. They found the workers from Wei Hao's house walking on it.

"Okay?" Fang Xuanling was also watching at the moment, and stepped on the road herself, and found that it was very hard, like a stone.

"Fang Fushe, are you here too?" At this time, Changsun Wuji also came over, and he also came here to look at this road. Now in Chang'an City, everyone is discussing this road, mainly because it can be repaired quickly. , and it's still flat, so those officials want to come and have a look after they go down.

"Well, look, it's solid. It's the same as the stone road. The key is that it's flat. And I heard that Wei Hao spent a long time yesterday and it was repaired?" Fang Xuanling stepped on it hard, facing the eldest grandson Wuji said.

"That's right, this is the cement they used, it's amazing!" Changsun Wuji also squatted down, and deliberately crushed it with his feet, but there were no traces.

"No, I have to report this matter to His Majesty. Wouldn't it be better if the straight roads were built like this? It's easy to travel with carriages on such a road, and there are no obstacles at all!" Fang Xuanling stood up and said to Zhangsun Wuji .

"Well, that's fine!" Changsun Wuji nodded, thinking that his family also has a share in this cement workshop. Besides, this is indeed a good thing, at least for now, it is a good thing.

(End of this chapter)