Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 281 Weiyong is the old Zhu Jiafu general

Chapter 281 Weiyong is the old Zhu Jiafu general

For Hu Weiyong, he had actually seen too much cement in his previous life.

But how to make concrete soil and cement.

Especially how to produce it in this era, Hu Weiyong really only knows a rough idea.

This is what he saw in a certain online novel whose writer was said to have done a lot of research and was very cautious.

No, Mr. Hu is now pointing people to start trial production.

"Yeah, quicklime, that's it. Grind it first!"

"It has to be made a little thinner, the thinner it is, the better!"

"The clay also needs to be crushed several times with a roller. Anyway, these two things need to be made fine, so hurry up!"

Mr. Hu is really only responsible for talking at this time.

He was actually trying at this time.

After all, he probably knew how to do it though.

But he actually didn't know the specific proportion.

What's more, the measuring instruments these days are really untrustworthy.

If you really want to measure accurately, I'm afraid you'll have to use a small scale and do it slowly, little by little.

However, it’s probably okay to at least give it a try.

Maybe the effect of the cement produced in the early stage was not as good as he remembered, but it was definitely much better than relying on clay as the adhesive now.

The people working at this time are all the most skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, and there are even a few officials nearby who are responsible for helping, supervising and learning at the same time.

For these officials, they really like to do something themselves.

Seeing the quicklime and clay being ground like flour that could be eaten, Mr. Hu nodded with satisfaction.

"Well, so, where are the cinders and iron slag that I asked you to prepare just now?"

"Bring it over and crush it in the same way. The requirements are the same as before, it must be crushed finely!"

"And the freshly ground quicklime and clay are mixed together in a one-to-one ratio, stir evenly, and then put into the kiln to be burned!"

As expected, Mr. Hu is only responsible for talking. With these few words, everyone in the room was put to work.

Thanks to the fact that there is a process of calcining, the Ministry of Industry has already moved the raw materials and tools to the vicinity of the furnace.

Therefore, as soon as Mr. Hu gave the order here, he began to carefully weigh out the appropriate amounts of quicklime and clay, and then mixed them together.

The Ministry of Industry was very strict about the trial production this time. Basically, after every step was completed, Mr. Hu had to take a look.

Only when Master Hu nodded would they proceed to the next step.

There are also two full-time record keepers on the side.

They had paper and pen in hand, and they would meticulously record whatever Mr. Hu ordered.

Obviously this is the most original test record.

Regarding this arrangement from the Ministry of Industry, Mr. Hu felt that it was pretty good.

At least for Mr. Hu, it's good to be able to get things done with just his words.

Anyway, as long as this trial production is successful, everything after that will have nothing to do with Mr. Hu.

Hu Weiyong is actually very self-aware.

He is just a bastard who is good at eating, drinking and having fun.

Of course, what his previous life brought him was insights and all kinds of messy knowledge that transcended the entire era.

But he would never look down on the ancients just because of this.

Under the urging of Zhu Yuanzhang's raised whip, this group of people can definitely do a very good job.

Whether it is prospecting, preparing materials or building workshops, these Ministry of Industry officials are more familiar with them than Mr. Hu, a big boss who has never worked in the Ministry of Industry. That's good.

As long as this thing is done well, the rest of the work, including the rest of the credit, belongs to these people.

Mr. Hu doesn't care about this.

Next, Mr. Hu began to point and ask people to start calcining cinders and iron slag again.

These two things also need to be mixed in.

And after everything was ready, Mr. Hu was very excited this time.

Under his careful instructions, the old craftsman with the steadiest hands carefully put the four things into a large basin in proportion, and then slowly mixed them.

After mixing it over and over again for many times and feeling that it was basically in place, Mr. Hu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, I think it's almost done. Let's get some water and let's try the effect first!"

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the officials from the Ministry of Industry who had been waiting for a long time lit up.

As the saying goes, it's the mule or the horse that moves around.

No matter how good Mr. Hu said it before.

How good this thing is depends on the effect.

Many people are actually secretly thinking, maybe it’s just a joke?
But in fact, I don’t know whether it’s good luck or the knowledge Mr. Hu gained in his previous life was too insightful.

Anyway, it was just left there for half a day, and everyone came back after having lunch.

The cement that was originally as dusty as mud has barely solidified into a hard block.

After taking a look, Mr. Hu nodded and told people to remember to water, but not too much.

After saying that, he turned back to his workplace.

As for the issue of recording, and small things like creating a few more "control groups" to help find problems.

There was no need for Mr. Hu to open his mouth at all. The Ministry of Industry, which had already had various trial production experiences, had already started.

Just kidding, the Ministry of Industry of the same country!

It seems to be inconspicuous among the six parts, but it is also one of the six parts of Ming Dynasty.

When he really gets going, who can doubt the energy of the Ministry of Works?

No, Master Hu just made a copy to see the effect.

The Ministry of Industry here turned around and produced hundreds of copies.

Then experiments were started based on different variables such as different proportions, different temperatures, different amounts of watering, etc.

The next day, seeing the good results of the trial production, Zhang Shan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, reported the good news to Zhu Yuanzhang directly at the court meeting.

After Zhu Yuanzhang went to court, he went straight to the Ministry of Works without any delay.

He really wanted to see the effect.

After all, if it is really as described by Hu Weiyong, the effect will be too great.

But when Zhu Yuanzhang actually saw the fired "ash pile", he withstood all kinds of hacking with knives, axes, and chisels, and even smashed it with two hammers himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang was completely shocked!

At this moment, he thought of a lot!

With such invulnerable artifacts, Ming Dynasty will be blessed in the future.

Not just dams and bridges, but will these be used at border crossings in the future?

Also, can this be used when building houses?
It can be said that this one thing alone is enough to change too much for Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang not only sighed again at this moment.

Weiyong is really the lucky general of my old Zhu family!

(End of this chapter)