Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 101 Zhou Chen: His Royal Highness is wise! ! !
There is a little firmness in Zhou Chen's voice, these things are the results of his research these days.

Although many things are guesses, since Zhu Zhanji asked, he also said it.

One is to prove oneself, and the other is to prove the role of cement and glass.

Especially cement, which is definitely a fetish when used in construction.

It can be poured into models, or it can be condensed into masonry, or it can be used instead of expensive glutinous rice to stick masonry.

Not only is the cost low, but it also saves time and effort.

Either way, the potential uses of cement can be seen.

Zhu Zhanji nodded slightly when he heard Zhou Chen's words. It has to be said that Zhou Chen's observation skills are still good. Although his knowledge of glass is limited, his evaluation of cement is very pertinent.

The foundation of future construction of Ming Dynasty.

Although these words are only Zhou Chen's own thoughts, they are not wrong.

The role of cement in construction is so important that it is not a problem to say that it is the foundation of the future construction of Daming.

After all, from the moment cement appeared, it was destined that this cheap and convenient building material would replace most of the things that belonged to this era.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji showed a little smile on his face, and said, "I have something here, and I want to let you do it!"

Zhou Chen's expression was shocked when he heard the words, and he immediately got up and bowed: "Please give orders, Your Highness Grandson!"

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and motioned him to sit back, then he calmed down a bit and said: "I plan to demolish all the houses in the civilian areas in Yingtian City, and then use cement to rebuild the houses for these people. In this way, as long as the foundation is Stable, with the solidity of cement, even if it encounters a sudden strong wind and snow, it will not be affected, what do you think?"

Demolish all houses in civilian areas?
Zhou Chen couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Looking at Zhu Zhanji, he said, "Your Highness, do you mean to use cement to build houses for the people of Yingtian?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded when he heard the words. Most of the houses in the civilian areas are old and dilapidated.

The environment is bad, and the management is not convenient.

But if they are all demolished, and then built into a community like later generations, it will be more convenient to manage.

It also solves the problem of a large number of dilapidated houses, and at the same time makes Yingtian more tidy.

It can be said that it is a success in one fell swoop!

"His Royal Highness, if that's the case, it may not be easy given the number of people in Yingtian's common area!"

Zhou Chen shook his head and said, with a bit of trouble on his face.

Although cement is miraculous, it also has a cost, and there are a lot of civilians in Yingtian,

If every house is demolished and newly built, not to mention whether there are so many places in Yingtian, the cost alone is not ordinary, and I am afraid that it will take tens of millions of taels of silver to see the results.

The problem here is too big, and it is definitely not something that can be done easily.

Zhu Zhanji heard Zhou Chen's words and understood that the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry must have misunderstood him, so he said:
"It is not to demolish and build all at once, but to choose a place with the most dilapidated buildings first, as a trial first, and any problems encountered can be easily solved. If it is feasible, you can start to build sequentially. In the next year or two, completely Solve the problems I just mentioned."

Hearing this, Zhou Chen's face was stunned for a moment, then he nodded, with a wry smile on his face, and apologized: "If that's the case, it's Chen Menglang!"

Seeing that Zhou Chen understood, Zhu Zhanji also smiled, waved his hand, and signaled Zhou Chen not to care, then found a piece of paper that he had just drawn from a pile of papers on the side, and handed it to Little Snotty, After passing the little snot to Zhou Chen, he said:
"Look at this, this is a house I specially designed for the material of cement. This kind of house has six floors, and each floor can build three to four houses. One house can live in one family, because this This kind of house is connected up and down by stairs, so I call this kind of house a building..."

These drawings were all drawn by Zhu Zhanji just now. They are not professional, and even a little scribbled, but with the explanation, the meaning can be seen.

In fact, these things are all based on some residential quarters in later generations, and then converted.

The building system of the Ming Dynasty did not stipulate the number of floors of the house, but only restricted the number of rooms and frames of the house, and the number of floors could be adjusted according to local conditions.

This has the living space of the building, plus cement, and the iron-making process of the Ming Dynasty, making steel bars is not too difficult. In this way, the last obstacle to building the building is gone.

So after thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji decided to copy the buildings of later generations directly.

First, it can solve the problem of a large number of dilapidated houses in Yingtian Mansion.
Secondly, with the concentration of communities, it will be more convenient to manage these places in the future. It is entirely possible to arrange several yamen policemen to be stationed in each community.

When Zhou Chen saw this picture, and the slightly wet ink stains on the drawing, he probably guessed that these things were probably something that His Highness the Grandson had just thought of.

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's explanation, and then looking at the blueprint Zhu Zhanji handed over, Zhou Chen's eyes lit up, and said: "His Royal Highness has a wonderful idea. Although this kind of house looks simple, if it is built, a The building has six floors, and there are four households on each floor, which is 24 households. Based on the calculation of four people per household, one house can accommodate nearly a hundred people. In this way, if the construction is concentrated, only thirty or forty buildings will be built in one area. It can easily manage a population of 4000!"

"And if it is built with cement, there are enough people, and a building can be completed in just over a month!"

When Zhu Zhanji heard Zhou Chen talking about building a six-story building a month, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

To build a six-story building a month, isn't it planning to build a tofu project?
But thinking about it, he also understood the meaning of Zhou Chen's words.

It takes more than a month to build a six-storey building, and there are enough people, so it is not a big problem without decoration.

Although it looks a bit ugly, for some people who can't even shelter from the wind and rain, even so is not bad.

But after all, this is Yingtian, so it is impossible for Zhu Zhanji to do such a thing. It should be decorated simply, at least not to affect the appearance of the city, right?
However, it was too troublesome to explain the decoration, so Zhu Zhanji decided to build a model directly, and then use this model to copy.

In this way, the built house will appear more tidy, beautiful and beautiful.

When the time comes, Zhu Zhanji feels that Yingtian can even be built into a semi-modern city.

Of course, these things are just a little thought in his mind now. The specific things still need a lot of time and a lot of professionals to plan.

Otherwise, relying on him alone, even if he spends all his life on these things, he may not be able to accomplish anything.

But it's not a problem to move some things here first.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji straightened his body slightly, and then said: "In addition to building this, there is also Yingtian's road. I think some modifications are also needed."

"What does His Highness Grandson mean?"

Zhou Chen was a little unclear when he heard the words, so... he didn't know what kind of amendment Zhu Zhanji was talking about, so he could only look at Zhu Zhanji with a questioning face.

Zhu Zhanji explained: "The roads in Yingtian are mostly paved with bricks and stones. The bricks and stones are easy to loosen, not to mention broken. After a large number of horse-drawn carriages are rolled over, it is easy to leave car marks."

"So I thought that since cement can replace masonry, why not just use cement to build Yingtian roads? In this way, the ground will be smoother and more durable."

The question Zhu Zhanji said was actually one of the questions Gu Zuo raised this time.

In this era, the roads in many cities are actually paved with masonry, or directly paved with stone slabs. It is actually not a big problem to build city walls with masonry.

But it is not a good choice to pave the ground, especially in places where a large number of carriages are rolled over.

Because the masonry is not a whole piece, it is very easy to sink after being run over by a carriage. In addition, there are more carriages. If maintenance is not carried out frequently, a large number of tunnels will be left behind.

Especially places like city gates are often the most serious places, not only horse-drawn carriages, but even ox carts pulling goods.

If the ground is looser, it will even directly form a large pit.

When encountering bad weather, not to mention water accumulation, sometimes the carriage will sink in, causing road blockage.

These things are not big things, but they are small troubles. The money allocated by the Ministry of Households to the Ministry of Industry for road maintenance is not a small amount of money every year. It is not surprising to spend millions of silver.

So now that the cement was produced, Zhu Zhanji's first thought was to build roads.

Build roads to get rich!

First change the road in Yingtian, with a model, and then start repairing from Yingtian. Once started, as long as there is money, Zhu Zhanji has no intention of stopping the road construction plan.

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up slightly when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words.

He had never thought of using cement to build roads.

Although he has been in contact with cement for a while, what he thinks most is actually building walls, houses and so on.

But after hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, he couldn't help thinking about it.

He also knows the cost of cement, not to mention that it is cheaper than masonry, and it is not troublesome to make.

In addition, more sand and stones are used during use, and the cost is greatly reduced.

Moreover, the cement can be directly solidified into a whole block. If the entire Yingtian road turns into a whole block of stone...

Zhou Chen can think of the benefits brought by this kind of thing just by thinking about it.

"His Royal Highness is wise!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen immediately flattered Zhu Zhanji, and then continued:
"His Royal Highness, I think that not only that, this method can even be popularized, especially if the official roads can also be poured with cement, not only will it be more convenient and fast to come and go, and it will even save a lot of cost for dredging roads every year."

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but take another look at this guy.

I have to say, this guy's brain is really flexible.

He just made a start, and Zhou Chen told his future plans.

ps: Hey, I’m sorry for the update these days, you guys, I’m crying if I talk too much, so let’s not talk about it, the code word is gone...

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