I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 110
As soon as he entered the clarification workshop in a carriage, Li Tian discovered an interesting thing. The streets of the clarification workshop were actually filled with glutinous rice and clay.

The capital city is divided into the outer city and the inner city. Needless to say, the outer city is populated by ordinary people, and the streets are all original ecological dirt streets.

God shed a little tears, and the street becomes a depression, and half a catty of mud can be brought out with one foot.

In the inner city, because there are various ministries and government offices, most of the streets will be mixed with some gravel, and there will be half a foot of soil to drain water. Although it will be very muddy when it rains, at least it will not fall in three steps. .

The glutinous rice clay soil in Qingqingfang is much stronger than the gravel streets, because the loess mixed with glutinous rice is extremely hard after drying.

Ordinary rainy days have no effect on it at all. Only when the downpour lasts for seven or eight days can this kind of street be washed away.

Seeing that the emperor seemed to be interested in the streets of Qingqingfang, Zheng He took the initiative to say:
"Your Majesty, do you know the common name of Qingqingfang among the common people?"

"Common name? What's the common name?" Li Tian said casually, lifting the curtain of the car and looking at the surrounding environment.

"Because many princes' mansions are located in Qingqingfang, the common people have always jokingly referred to Qingqingfang as Wangyefang, and the clay streets in Qingqingfang were also funded by princes."

Hearing Zheng He talking about the street, Li Tian suddenly became interested, turned around and said:
"How much does this clay street cost, Uncle Bao, do you know?"

"Your Majesty, this kind of street is not cheap to build. This method was first introduced from the south of the Yangtze River. In the south of the Yangtze River, this kind of clay embankment can even resist disasters and floods."

"Can this thing prevent floods?" Li Tian was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, don't be surprised. The clay in this clarification workshop is easy to make, and naturally it cannot prevent floods." Zheng He chuckled and explained:

"However, when our family returned to Beijing from the north of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, we saw this kind of dam in Hangzhou. Uncle Zhang Mao, the prefect of Hangzhou, told our family.

This clay is made of seven or eight materials such as glutinous rice, river sand, gravel and clay.

A dam of only three feet costs 180 taels. After it is made, its texture is comparable to that of a solid stone, and it can be used for ten years without decay. "

After Zheng He's words, Li Tian couldn't laugh or cry. Even river sand and clay were used. Isn't this the ancient version of local method cement?
However, a dam of 180 taels and one meter is too exaggerated. If a kilometer dam is built, wouldn't it be hundreds of 2 taels of silver that will be gone in one breath.

Withdrawing his mind, Li Tian couldn't help thinking of Zhou Zhen, and wondered whether the Ministry of Industry could forge cement with just his little note.

"Uncle Bao, this matter will be settled in a while, you accompany me to the Ministry of Industry."

"Our family complies."

Nodding his head slightly, Li Tian originally wanted to ask Zheng He how his military training was going, but he heard Jiang Bao change his name and say:

"My lord, the Beitong Guild Hall is ahead."

Li Tian was refreshed when he heard the words, and hurriedly tidied up his clothes. After a while, it was a happy time to receive cash, and his appearance must be correct.

After getting off the carriage in front of the Beitong Guild Hall, Li Tian looked at the wooden building nearly ten meters high in front of him, and couldn't help but gasped.

What a great effort to actually build such a four-story pure wooden clubhouse in Qingqingfang.

"Son."

Walking quickly to Li Tian's side, Jiang Bao quickly said in a low voice:

"The East Factory of the gold master behind the Beitong Guild Hall has records. It is the property of Cheng Guogong and Zhao Wang, and Jin Wang also contributed part of the money."

Hearing the words Cheng Guogong, Li Tian couldn't help frowning. Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong is a die-hard royalist faction, so why did he get along with Zhu Gaosui.

Keeping this matter in mind for now, Li Tian nodded and walked inward.

Although Li Tian was wearing casual clothes today, it was also made of the best Sichuan brocade. Naturally, the maids in the guild hall did not dare to stop him, and let Li Tian and his party go straight to the third floor.

Walking on the pine wood stairs brushed with tung oil, looking at the various exquisite ornaments around, Li Tian swallowed, and silently raised the silver taels for forgiveness to at least 50 taels.

As soon as he entered the private room, Li Tian saw the fat shopkeeper with his ass up for auction at the Sea Lion Tower last time, he laughed and said:

"Shopkeeper Chen, I haven't seen you for a few days."

"Mr. Zhu is polite, I'll invite my master right away." Chen Santian said with a low posture and a smile on his face.

After finishing speaking, Chen Santian got up and left the room.

Li Tian looked at the furnishings in the private room with interest, walked to the window, looked down at the bustling crowd below, suddenly thought of something, and said casually:
"Jiang Bao, when Dongchang and Jinyiwei inspected the treasury two days ago, no prince in the city took any action?"

"What does the young master mean by action?"

"Guo Liuhu, Guo Liuhu resells foreign goods outside, no one wants to kill Guo Liuhu?"

Jiang Bao was about to reply, but when he heard footsteps outside the door, he quickly closed his mouth and gently opened the door.

Zhu Meiwan shook every step three times, striding leisurely, seeing the door of the private room opened, she was very satisfied in her heart, and raised her voice from a long distance away:

"I don't know which brother wants to see this king."

Jiang Bao cupped his hands slightly, Zheng He just glanced at it and then hurriedly turned his body, Li Tian suddenly felt a little familiar when he heard the sound, but he didn't think much about it, turned around and saluted with a smile:
"I'm thinking...it's you!"

"It's you!"

Li Tian and Zhu Meiwa looked at each other, their faces changed drastically, and they exclaimed at the same time, but Li Tian was surprised, and Zhu Meiwan was purely scared.

Chen Sandian was taken aback when he saw this, thinking that his eldest son knew this Mr. Zhu, so he hurriedly extended his hand to say hello:

"It turns out that Mr. Zhu and my family have known each other for a long time. It is really a fate."

But immediately, Chen Santian realized that something was wrong, why no one paid attention to him, and why his elder son was so pale, could it be that he was happy again on the fourth floor just now?
The moment she saw Li Tian, ​​Zhu Meiwan felt as if her legs had grown on the ground, and she couldn't pull them out no matter how she pulled them out; the same was true for her two hands, which trembled as if they were [-]-year-olds, but they couldn't control them.

Stiffly pulling out a smiling face, Zhu Meiwan stammered:

"Zhu... Brother Zhu, why is it you? It's... a coincidence."

Li Tianqiang held back his smile, sighed heavily, and signaled Jiang Bao to sneak in Zhu Meiwanti:
"Yeah, what a coincidence, I should have thought that Sea Lion Building is your family's property."

Dumbfounded, he watched as Jiang Bao slipped the eldest son in with one hand, Chen Santian swallowed and spit, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, it turned out that the master was also an eldest son.

Sneaked into the private room by Jiang Baoti, Zhu Meiwan couldn't hold back anymore when she looked at Li Tian with a strange smile on her face, she arched her small hand and begged all over her face:

"The last time I offended my elder brother in the Thrushcross Tower, I really shouldn't. My younger brother really knows his mistake. Eldest brother... Can my elder brother not hit my younger brother this time."

With that said, Zhu Meiwan took out the 1 taels of silver note Jiang Bao gave.

"Brother, here are 2 taels of silver bills, and 1 taels are from the younger brother to apologize to the elder brother."

(End of this chapter)