Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 475 Another Great Contribution

Imperial City, Meridian Gate.

"My lord, this... This really won't work. The superiors can't afford to blame you! Don't embarrass your lowly position." The guard at the Meridian Gate turned green when he saw Liu Hongjian's posture.

A majestic prince was driving an ox cart. The guards thought it was something precious, but there was a pile of bricks on it.

Behind him is the Forbidden City, which is an important place for the royal family. If an ox cart enters the city grandly through the Meridian Gate, wouldn't the ministers in the court be turned upside down?

At that time, the king of Anguo County will be fine, and his guard will have to be laid off.

"What are you dawdling about? This king has a very important matter, hurry up and blame me, you can claim my name!" Liu Hongjian was excitedly going to announce the good news, but he never thought that he would be handed over by a small guard. stop.

"My lord, don't embarrass me." The guard knelt on one knee, hoping that Liu Hongjian would let him go, but his eyes were on the cow's butt.

Another... another lump... OMG!
"What's the noise?" The two were in a stalemate when Fan Jingwen, who had just left the early court, came from the palace.

"Oh, it's His Royal Highness Anguo County, why is the prince so pompous?" Fan Jingwen softened his tone when he saw that it was Liu Hongjian.

The air was filled with the smell of cow dung, Lao Fan felt that Liu Hongjian had gone too far this time.

No matter whether you are a hundred officials or nobles, when you enter the Forbidden City, you must dismount from your horse and sedan chair and enter on foot.

Don't say it's an ox cart, even a horse cart!

Just as he was about to say a few words, Fan Jingwen's eyes were attracted by the bricks and a lump of hard objects on the carriage. Liu Hongjian said arrogantly that this was a sharp weapon to strengthen the dam mouth, and Fan Jingwen immediately lost his composure.

"Let's go, let's go, if there is any guilt, I will bear the responsibility of my official and the prince, let me go!" The severe drought in the north and the obstruction of water conservancy. As the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Fan Jingwen is now facing not only the pressure from Chongzhen, but also the pressure from the four northern provinces. The livelihood of millions of people.

If this thing on the car can really solve that problem, what's the point of violating the rules once?What's more, although the prince likes to joke, he has never messed around with such important matters as the national economy and the people's livelihood.

Seeing that the lord and the second minister of the court said so, what else could the guard say, and immediately let him go.

"What are you looking at? Go and clean up the cow dung!" Liu Hongjian just pulled the carriage away when the guard yelled at his subordinates.

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"Youming, this is what you said... cement?" Chongzhen looked at the things on the ground with his hands behind his back in a dragon robe, but he didn't see anything strange.

Liu Hongjian didn't explain, and immediately ordered Wang Erxi, the supervisor of ceremonies who was following Chongzhen, to fetch a hammer.

"Use your breastfeeding strength to smash this brick for Your Majesty!" Of course Liu Hongjian refused to do the hard work, and he handed the big hammer to a big Han general who was guarding outside the palace gate.

This big Han general was a little flattered by his bright armor, he was just a guard.

"Hey——" In order to show his face in front of Chongzhen, the big Han general spat in his hand, picked up the big hammer and smashed it at the cement-bonded brick.

There was only a bang, and the bricks were smashed and shattered, but the bricks and the cement were still not separated.

Chongzhen hadn't understood Wei'er yet, but Fan Jingwen's eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty, look, this cement is really solid. It has not cracked even after being smashed by such a large external force. It should be a good material for casting the mouth of a dam!" Fan Jingwen casually picked up a piece of solidified cement from the ground and took it with excitement. Show Chongzhen.

"Youming, is this product easy to produce?" Chongzhen's face also improved a lot, but the construction of the dam consumes a lot of materials, if it can't be mass-produced like that steel, the distant water can't quench the near thirst.

"This thing is made of limestone, clay, coal stone, iron slag and other materials mixed and calcined. We have a lot of materials, but the difficulty is to control the proportion and the temperature of the fire.

However, after a day and night of experimental research, Chen and Song Dangtou have now mastered the key, and mass production only needs to build more cement cellars. "Liu Hongjian said in a deep voice.

"My lord, if this thing is used to build masts, is it feasible?" Li Banghua didn't pay much attention to those bricks, but stared at the concrete on the ground and asked solemnly.

He is the minister of the Ministry of War, and his thoughts and thoughts are all about the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, the city walls in various parts of the Ming Dynasty are all built on huge stones and covered with blue bricks, which are no longer enough to resist the increasingly sharp artillery.

"Of course, using concrete to build the city wall is much stronger than bricks. If you add steel bars from the Ordnance Institute, it's not for me. If the current artillery wants to blast the city of Beijing, don't even think about it in a month!"

The city wall of the capital city is seven feet thick at the gate, and the outer city wall is more than two feet thick. If it is built of reinforced concrete with the same thickness, anyone will be desperate to bombard it with the current solid shells.

"Your Majesty, this thing can be used not only for people's livelihood, but also for national defense. It is indeed a sharp weapon of the Ming Dynasty. The method of development must not fall into the hands of others!" Li Banghua immediately advised.

"Well, Youming has made a great contribution this time. Since it is your contribution, the production should be handed over to Xishan Workshop. You can discuss with Fan Aiqing about the number of manpower and raw materials needed." To strengthen the city defense, Chongzhen is also in a good mood.

Liu Hongjian was willing to accept Chongzhen's will. In fact, it didn't hurt to hand over the work of producing cement to the Ministry of Industry, but this thing, like many heavy industries such as steel, was very polluted by black smoke and waste water.

It's in his hands, and he can pay more attention. Liu Hongjian didn't take care of the urgent battle before. Now that he has time to plan, he is planning to move the steel workshop.

After all, the Xishan workshop is too close to the capital, and the output and scale of that workshop are too small. He plans to move all the steel workshop and cement workshop to Zhending Mansion at the junction of Beizhili and Shanxi.

Whether it is steelmaking or cement, a lot of coal is needed. The coal-producing province close to Shanxi can use local materials, and it is also close to the three dams.

It's just that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households have suffered. Now Xishan Workshop has mastered many technologies that Ming Dynasty did not have. The Ministry of Industry can only provide the craftsmen needed by Xishan Workshop and cannot learn.

It was even more difficult for the Ministry of Accounting. It became the raw material supplier of Xishan Workshop, and then Xishan Workshop produced and processed it, and then sold it to the Ministry of Accounting. Although it was a cheap price, Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, complained.

Discussed with several uncles about the matter. Liu Hongjian was about to leave the palace with a lot of worries, but was stopped by Cao Huachun, the governor of the East Factory.

"My lord, let's go, our family will show you something new." Cao Huachun greeted with a smile.

"What's the matter? I'm busy!" He had to arrange everything inside and out, and Liu Hongjian was really not in a very good mood.

But he couldn't resist Cao Huachun's enthusiasm, so he had no choice but to follow him to see the so-called new things.

The two left the Forbidden City and walked through several streets to the outside of the prison in Dongchang Yamen.

"Old Cao, why did you bring me to this prison, I don't have that much time to spare!"

"It's all here, let's go and have a look, our custodian prince will have a big feast!"

Liu Hongjian followed in with a frown, thinking that if this matter was not new, this old Cao would definitely be unable to bear it.

Cao Huachun didn't stop until he got to the innermost part of the prison, and signaled the cell boss to open the cell door.

Liu Hongjian covered his nose and frowned, looking inside.

"Fuck, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I!"

(End of this chapter)