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Chapter 380 Cement Road

As soon as I went to work after the new year, someone sent batches of scrap iron ore and cinders to the county government.The officials stared at the pile of slag for a long time, and asked Chen Fan in unison: "What is this for, my lord?"

Chen Fan replied: "Master wants to recycle waste, try firing bricks."

The county lieutenant's mind turned quickly: "The waste ore, broken tiles and cinders in the whole county are all collected, just to burn bricks?"

Zhang Ci nodded.Officials are full of doubts, can it be successful?
A few days later, they saw with their own eyes a pile of gray-black things coming out of the stove, and when they knocked, they all shattered into powder.

Everyone looked very depressed, and they dared not say anything to comfort them, for fear of being considered a mockery.

"Put these all in a bag, use a denser bag, and be careful not to leak out." Zhang Ci instructed the kiln worker.

The officials all felt a little distressed, such a good bag, is it used to hold ashes?
The kiln workers packed the bags neatly, and Zhang Ci took a bag back to the county office.He drew a path in the courtyard, mixed yellow sand and water to make it look like mud, and paved the path all over.

"Don't step on it, wait for it to dry before leaving." Zhang Ci told everyone.

No one dared to step on it, and walked far away.

In the evening of the next day, the road looked very dry and hard. Zhang Ci said that he could not step on it yet. Wait a few more days, and even covered the path with a straw curtain.

After waiting for a few more days, it began to rain heavily, densely and urgently, and the courtyard turned into a small pool for a while.

When the rain stopped and the water was drained away, everyone was surprised to find that the mud on that path was not muddy at all, it was still flat and wet and very shiny.

Zhang Ci pressed it with his hands, and took two more steps on it, calling everyone to go up and take a walk.

The officials looked at each other and stood up cautiously, for fear of stepping on the mud.

Huh?Did the road sink in?Didn't the mud stick together?
Everyone stepped on it again, and stepped on it again, and the road was still fine.A group of men suddenly stomped their feet on the road like children, laughing hahaha.

"This road is really good! It is still clean and smooth even in rainy days." The county magistrate was full of joy.

"Paving a few roads like this in Yuanshuo will surely make the neighboring counties greedy," said the chief secretary.

"If you are greedy, you can sell it to them and earn their money." Zhang Ci said.

The officials immediately got excited.

The county lieutenant quickly calmed down: "Should I report this new technology and material? If the method is told to the governor's office, it will become theirs."

Zhang Ci smiled: "I will send someone directly to the capital and report to the imperial court. Except for the imperial court who arranges the Ministry of Industry to burn and build roads, we are the only ones who can master this technology locally."

The officials are relieved now.

"Hurry up and mass-produce it. I think this year, the main roads in Yuanshuo County will be poured like this." The county captain was very excited, "What is this material called?"

"Like mud, let's call it cement." Zhang Ci said.

"Cement, cement road." The county magistrate said it twice and smiled: "It's called cement road. Yuanshuo County is the first county to have a cement road."

Chen Fan said: "You planned to build roads last year, and this year you will make this big event beautiful. The main road from Yuanshuo County to other counties will also be built with cement, so that people and goods from outside can come over more safely and conveniently, and attract more people. Merchants come to do business."

Zhang Ci sent Xiang Jian and two guards to the capital.Officials began to be busy firing cement.Due to the relatively large amount of smoke and dust, the yamen servants went door to door to notify the residents to do dust prevention work.

Kiln workers and masons from all over the county were recruited, each with ten apprentices, to learn how to burn cement or pour cement roads.At this time, the county government sent [-] days of corvée to perform tasks such as transporting and mixing.

While training, producing and building roads, officials and yamen servants were all busy without touching the ground, but they all had a sense of accomplishment, and Chen Fan also gave them generous subsidies, which made them very motivated.

Half a month later, half of the concrete road from the east gate to the easternmost part was repaired.Routes were also planned for major roads, weeds were cleared, materials were moved, and a lot of preparatory work was done.

In addition to spring plowing and spring planting, going to school and working, and being injured and pregnant, almost all the labor force in the county has devoted themselves to road construction. The county government pays small workers a day's wages of a bucket of millet, and skilled workers mostly a bucket of millet a day.

The people are very happy. This is public infrastructure construction. The county government told them to do it for nothing, so they shouldn't complain.Now the county government also distributes food to them as wages, which is a gift.

Xiang Jian found Qi Liangyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and met the emperor with Qi Shangshu.

The emperor looked at Xiang Jian: "A bodyguard, now he dares to face the saint."

Xiang Jian knelt on the ground: "The matter is of great importance, and I need to present this technology to the Holy Spirit in person."

Yu Chenglin put a cement slab in his hand in front of the emperor.The emperor touched the surface of the board, pressed it again, and asked Yu Chenglin to put it on the ground and water it.

Qi Shangshu stared at it intently, the water flowed away, but the surface of the board was still smooth, flat and hard.

Yu Chenglin said with a smile: "With this kind of concrete road, you won't be afraid of rain and snow."

The emperor looked at Xiang Jian: "When did you figure out this technology? When did you start preparing the materials?"

Xiang Jian replied: "Since the establishment of Changping Township, my son has learned to burn bricks and works in the brick kiln every day. The combination of yellow clay, yellow sand and lime has existed since ancient times, and my son also wants to try other combinations. After the coal is burned, it can be paved. The son wanted to use cinders as road construction materials, and he also wanted to use waste ore to make lime, but the experiment was unsuccessful. He only made bricks that were not like bricks, and ash that was not like ash. Later, he was busy with other affairs, so he didn’t do it again. Do, but the material is being collected all the time."

The emperor snorted softly: "Where did you collect the materials? You have sold all the industries in Changping Township, and you have not found so many abandoned mine factories and cinders there."

Xiang Jian replied: "The materials have been collected in various counties. The governors and county magistrates have transported rice seeds to Changping Township, and the son contacted them and asked them to help collect them. The governors and county magistrates are also happy to have someone spend money to help them collect them. Waste, centralized storage, saves garbage everywhere.”

"I've been collecting scraps for so many years, how can I still have such leisure time?"

Xiang Jian continued to answer: "Think of it as raising flowers and birds, drinking and gambling, after all, it won't cost much. Maybe one day it will be useful? Even if it can't be done, it can be built directly on the road."

The emperor was silent for a long time, and said: "You all like to think about it. That Chen Zhongmei is thinking about sewing wounds and dissecting corpses all day long."

This jump was a bit big, and Xiang Jian was stunned for a moment: "Sewing the wound is beneficial to the recovery of the wound, and dissecting the wound is conducive to carefully observing the condition, injury or cause of death. The issue of punishment and prison is of great importance, and should not be taken carelessly. Fortunately, Yu Mingjun has a heart for the common people in the world, so his first-hand skills can be popularized and carried forward."

The emperor gritted his teeth, a guard was so eloquent.

Suture was promoted by his order, and autopsy was also promoted with his permission. A teenage child has already attracted the attention of the court and made such a contribution.The members of the Feng family are talented, and the children of the Chen family are also talented, which is gratifying and hateful.

"You guys are happy, and immediately ran over to report on your performance."

(End of this chapter)