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

Chapter 282 The Worrying Reward

Chapter 282 The Worrying Reward
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the cement pile in front of him and was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long while, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahahaha, okay! Okay!"

Zhu Yuanzhang rarely expressed his feelings so relaxedly in front of his courtiers.

This shows that he is really happy!
After a hearty laugh, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little excited and slapped Zhang Shan hard on the shoulder.

"Well done to you Zhang Shan!"

"We didn't ask you to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in vain!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's body bones and big slaps can be said to have survived serious battles.

Even after Jianguo became emperor these years, he would practice his sword skills, boxing and kicking skills from time to time.

And Zhang Shan, a standard civil servant!

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's slap was obviously a compliment and appreciation, but Zhang Shanhao was not hit by the slap and fell to the ground.

Seeing how Zhang Shan just bared his teeth and then quickly held back, Zhu Yuanzhang almost didn't laugh out loud on the spot.

However, his loud laughter just now was already enough publicity, and now he had to maintain the majesty of the emperor.

Immediately, he looked at the burning furnace and asked.

"What kind of cement is this right now? How much can it be produced?"

Zhang Shan secretly rubbed his shoulders and then replied in a low voice.

"Back to Your Majesty, the craftsmanship has just been mastered now, and there are not enough skilled craftsmen."

"In addition, since it is a new thing, we have not prepared the raw materials."

"Therefore, the maximum daily output is 100 kilograms!"

"But in about ten days, the Ministry of Industry guarantees that it will be able to produce 1,000 kilograms per day!"

Hearing what Zhang Shan said, Zhu Yuanzhang also had a headache.

This thing is easy to get, but I can't get too much at once.

However, what Zhang Shan said was true, and it didn't seem like he was deliberately trying to push the envelope.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently as if he understood.

After waving his hand and letting everyone else do their own thing, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and enthusiastically picked up a small hammer and started knocking on the cement blocks one by one.

It's not that he is bored, but he is experimenting.

This idea came to him when he heard that these blocks were actually cement cubes of different proportions and different temperatures.

He really wanted to know how hard this thing was.

Jingle, jingle, jingle...

Zhu Yuanzhang was like a tireless little blacksmith at this time, holding the small hammer and banging it with joy.

The more he knocked, the happier Zhu Yuanzhang felt.

As an emperor, his perspective on certain things is naturally different from that of ordinary ministers.

In the eyes of the courtiers, this thing must be repaired quickly to build embankments, then bridges and houses.

But in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, the place where this thing should go most is the border.

With such divine objects, doesn't it mean that a small city can be easily built somewhere?
Not to mention the big city, it would be too expensive, but a small city with a small area should be used to garrison troops and store grain, which should be no problem.

Especially since this thing can not only replace stone, but is also easy to transport, this is perfect.

You know, on many borders, it is actually extremely difficult to build a small city for garrisoning troops.

The most important point is that there is nowhere to find the stones used as city walls!
Especially the place where it meets the remnants of Beiyuan on the grassland.

If you want to build a small military station, the stones needed will actually have to travel hundreds or even hundreds of miles to transport them. The manpower and material resources consumed in this process are simply astronomical.

But now with this cement, it's different.

As long as you can transport grain to a place, be careful not to get wet, and it will be easy to carry hundreds of kilograms of cement.

And there is another place here that makes Zhu Yuanzhang happier the more he thinks about it.

That is, this cement cannot be built too quickly.

According to what Zhang Shan just said, this cement only took one day to solidify?
Doesn't that mean that a complete city wall can be built in just ten days?
This magical method of suddenly building a city, when the two countries are at war, is like a magic weapon descending from the sky!
The more Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, the more open his mind became. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that there were not many places where this thing could be used.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even thinking quite proudly at this time.

With this magical object in hand, who else can break the Ming Dynasty's city gate?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt excited. This concrete is good.

The effect can no longer be simply described as huge. It can be said that this thing is definitely worthy of the word "god"!

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in high spirits, asked Song Li to call Mr. Hu as soon as he returned to the palace!

What he said now was to meet Mr. Hu!

The main reason is that Mr. Hu, who is so quiet, has just been transferred to the Ministry of Industry for a few days.

As a result, this turn of events gave me such a big surprise. It would be unreasonable not to reward it!
In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was also thinking about something.

He suddenly remembered!

In the past two years, Mr. Hu has actually made quite a lot of achievements if we take a closer look at them.

Don't talk about anything else, just talking about a potato, that is a huge contribution.

The contributions he made in those subsequent jobs seemed to be a bit inferior compared to that.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is really not sure of the credit for this potato alone.

What exactly should be the appropriate reward?

Today, Mr. Hu has quietly come close to the center of power again.

If the position of prime minister is not abolished, it may be that within a few years, Hu Weiyong will become a strong contender for the position of prime minister again.

It's the kind that ordinary people can't compete with.

But for such a person, he has made great achievements and cannot be rewarded.

If rewards and punishments are unclear, it will cause turmoil in the court.

In this kind of matter, all the officials will stand on the side of Mr. Hu with the same hatred.

After all, if Zhu Yuanzhang can turn a blind eye to Mr. Hu's achievements today, what will other people do when they encounter this situation in the future?
This is related to the authority of the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but have a headache.

Coincidentally, just when he was thinking about these things, Master Hu walked into the Jinshen Hall.

Directly waving his hand to tell Mr. Hu not to do those false courtesy, Zhu Yuanzhang asked very simply.

"Wei Yong, it seems like you have made a new achievement!"

"For you, we are really satisfied!"

"But now there is only one problem."

"That is, how should we reward you?"

"In this way, there are no irrelevant people here now, please explain to us!"

"Speak for yourself, what kind of reward you want, let's discuss it together, and if it can be done, I'll do it for you on the spot!"

"how?"

(End of this chapter)