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Chapter 557 Still Use Asphalt to Pave the Road

Yang Reform listened to the method of asphalt paving, and felt that it was not more than what he had seen before. It was a rather primitive paving method. Yang Reform did not intend to say anything. Any technological progress requires long-term accumulation, and it is impossible to do it in one pinch. However, it is not a good idea to backfire.

"Well, yes, I heard from Li Yanyi that this oil residue is really a good thing. It is used to pave the road. It is simply wonderful. You old man, work hard, and do everything possible to repair the road. I have never been stingy with rewards. Do you know?" Yang Reform just gave some rewarding words. As for rewards, if there are results, Yang Reform will really not be stingy, and there is no need to be stingy. Once the asphalt road is successful, he will definitely build roads on a large scale Well, the cost of road construction is not a little bit or two, so is it necessary for the craftsman who invented asphalt to pave the road to pay less?Do you miss his official?It's just a matter of saying a few words to a Jinyiwei hundred households, and for these craftsmen, the Jinyiwei hundred households are already very important officials.

"Back to the emperor, the grass-roots obey the order, and we will definitely repair the road for the emperor." Lao Zhangtou began to dance with joy, his face flushed, good luck can't stop it!Only then did I see the emperor, the emperor valued himself so much, it was really a turn of events.

"I can tell you what I said before. I am satisfied with the repair. Naturally, I will not be stingy, but if it is not repaired, it is another matter. I value the road repair very much. Look at that The road over there was also repaired by me. Every day, I asked people to crush it with a big carriage loaded with heavy goods, and poured water on it from time to time. The result is like this. If the road after repairing is still like that , I won't have any rewards..." Yang Reform laughed again, and gave Tianzao, and also didn't forget to give a bridle.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the grassroots understand that you will not disappoint His Majesty..." Old Zhang looked nervously at the bad road over there. Although it was bad, there were still large carriages running on it, and there were still eunuchs Splashing water on it, the rotten road is really unusual.Lao Zhangtou is very confident about using oil residue to build roads. After all, he himself has verified it in Shaanxi.

"Okay!..., Big Companion, Zhang Chun, I value this road very much. Old Zhang builds the road. You should try to make it easier and give him more support. Do you understand?" Yang Reform said to Wang Chengen and Zhang Chun with a smile .

"Slave obeys the order!" The two agreed.

After explaining the matter, Yang Reform watched the asphalt road construction scene for a while again. To be honest, it was much bigger than the road construction scene he saw in the village back then. At least the momentum was very strong. Pot, but it is not something ordinary people can do.

It is also because the concrete road has been repaired early, and the stones are also ready-made, so now it is enough to lay asphalt on it, which can be regarded as greatly speeding up the progress of road construction.

Looking at a section of asphalt road that already looks good, and hearing the unique smell of asphalt, Yang Reform is really reluctant to leave. How can industrialization leave the road?If you want to get rich, build roads first. This is a saying that every Chinese will keep in mind.

Seeing the emperor who had been unwilling to leave for a long time, Wang Chengen was in a dilemma. The burning oil residue and the smoke were really big. It seemed that several clouds of smoke had fallen on the emperor's forehead. Because the fire was too big and the smoke was too big, the emperor stood up again. It was so close, the smoke would blow the emperor down here from time to time, Wang Chengen saw it, and felt really distressed, and wanted to persuade him a long time ago, but seeing the emperor looking deep in thought, Wang Chengen was afraid of interrupting the emperor's train of thought, so he didn't want to stop. Dare to interrupt, hesitated again and again, Wang Chengen still decided to find something to interrupt the emperor's thinking, it is necessary to divert the emperor's attention, this smoke is so smoky, it will burn his eyebrows.

"Your Majesty, the ditch was repaired long ago with ashes burnt out of Sanhe clay, and now it is filled with a lot of water. The water has never been dried, and it seems that there is no water leakage. It is really amazing. Your Majesty should go and have a look. "Wang Chengen was worried that there was nothing to interrupt the emperor's attention. When he looked around, he saw the pool that the emperor asked to build earlier, so he immediately used this to interrupt the emperor's thoughts. He really couldn't let the emperor stand still. Here it is.

"... oh..." Yang Reform did not wake up until he heard Wang Chengen's call. In fact, he was calculating how much asphalt would be needed to build an asphalt road from Beijing to Tongzhou. However, I vaguely remember that when building roads in the village, 240 tons of asphalt can repair about two kilometers. Then, the asphalt of twenty cars, with twelve tons, should be able to repair two miles of roads. Forty miles, it takes 12 tons, that is to say, 5 trucks of asphalt like today need to be transported 180 times, which can almost pave the asphalt road from Beijing to Tongzhou. [It seems to be correct. Assuming that a road of 240 kilometers is [-] meters wide, it is a total of [-] square meters. If a [-]-centimeter asphalt road is paved, it will be [-] cubic meters of paving materials. The paving material is asphalt and gravel. According to [-]% ratio, there should be [-] tons of asphalt, [-] tons in the book, there should be a lot of margin, welcome to correct, I have been calculating for a long time...]

Yang Reform did some calculations for a while, and only felt that this would be much more economical than paving a cobblestone road. No matter what, it would not cost two or three million silver coins, let alone a cement road. Today's cement is at most earth cement, used For road construction, there will definitely be a bean curd project. After all the calculations, it is more cost-effective to asphalt road.

Once the road to Tongzhou is repaired, it can be regarded as a demonstration project. Once you know that the asphalt road is good, it will be no problem to build asphalt roads in other places. If you want to get rich, build roads first must become the slogan shouted by the entire Ming Empire .

The road from Beijing to Tongzhou is very special. Even if the road is built with stone slabs, even if it costs millions of taels, no one will say anything, because the road from Tongzhou to Beijing is so important. , It is related to the lifeblood of the capital, but there is no need to worry about investing too much in this road and causing ministers to be wordy. After all, everyone has to eat, right?
Yang reformed for a while, and he already had an idea in his mind. It seems that the road construction project needs to be put on the agenda immediately, and more transport vehicles must be sent to Shaanxi to collect oil residue. In other words, the oil production must be increased as soon as possible. , and it is a large-scale improvement.

That is to say, the price of kerosene still needs to be lowered. Lamp oil has almost become a by-product of petroleum. If it can be reduced to five cents, it will never be reduced to eight cents...

Although Yang Reform has woken up from deep thinking, his thoughts are still on the oil industry, roads, costs, and other issues.

Seeing Wang Chengen looking at him expectantly, Yang Reform followed Wang Chengen's kindness and looked not far away. There was indeed a pool. Yang Reform had noticed it before, and walked over, and the cement pool he had built earlier had been repaired. Although the grade of the cement is not very good, it can be applied thickly. The craftsmanship of the master craftsman is good. The effect of the repaired pool seems to be very good. On the pool, the water is rippling, and Yang Reform looks so kindly.

"The ashes from the burning of this triadic clay seem to be impermeable!" Yang Reform said with a little surprise.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is really amazing. Who would have thought that there is such a magical thing in the world, which can surround the water like a stone trough? I can't believe that people can make stones." Wang Chengen explained the pool with exaggerated words.This pool was not built just now. The news that the pool was repaired had already spread widely, but now, Wang Chengen wanted to use this pool to attract the emperor's attention.

"Well, I really didn't expect it to have such a magical effect. I just wanted to use him to repair the ditch, and it turned out to be a pool without leaking. Is it strong? If it is strong, then use this to repair the ditch. It can be managed for many years!..." Yang Reform said in admiration.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this one is solid, almost like a stone. I have tried it, and it is no worse than a stone-chiseled pool, and even stronger than a stone trough. If there is a break, at least you can use that ash to fill it up. The stone trough will not work..." Wang Chengen explained with a smile that once the pool was repaired, it became a legend and caused quite a stir. Now, it is no longer news.

"Well, since it's strong, let's try to ask someone to use that ash to build a house to see if it's strong. If you can build a few floors, that would be even better! After repairing it, you can put this kind of ash on the inside and outside, wouldn't you be afraid? Afraid of the rain again? Wipe the ground..." Yang Reform said casually.

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen happily agreed. The ash from this triadic clay is several times stronger than lime and can be waterproofed. It is no secret that the emperor wants to use him to build a house. Lime is used as an adhesive in the joints of the bricks. Now that there is this better ash, it is natural to use this kind of ash. I don’t know what the house will be like if this kind of ash is used.Wang Chengen is also looking forward to building a house, among other things, at least building a city in the future, the brick wall can be filled with this kind of mortar, wouldn't it be stronger?How could the emperor not care?
"By the way, since this kind of ash is better than lime, remember to use this kind of ash instead of lime when building roads, and see if there is a big change in the road made of triadic soil..." Yang Reform looked at the rotten road not far away. Sanhe Tulu said, this is the original intention.

"The servant obeys the order, so I will follow the order." Wang Chengen agreed.

"...By the way, the oil residue road paved now is made of composite soil. You might as well try it with this kind of ash. Maybe it will make a difference." Yang Reform said again.

"Slaves obey the order!" Wang Chengen promised again.

Yang Reform breathed a sigh of relief. The road construction has basically reached the level of road construction in rural China in the 80th century, [-] and [-]s. Judging from the fact that a car with a maximum weight of one ton runs now, it should not be a big problem.

After a while, Fu Mingde and Xiao Shunzi also arrived. Originally, they went to Qianqing Palace, but they heard that the emperor had gone outside, so they ran over again.

"Your majesty, servant!" Fu Mingde and Xiao Shunzi saluted respectfully.

"No need, get up," Yang Reform said with a smile.

The two of them were also wondering, this scene is really strange, what is it all about?So many people, burning so many cauldrons?Smokey.

"Do you two know what this is for?" Yang Reform asked with a smile, looking at his two confidants, Yang Reform thought of joking.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I guess I'm probably building a road. I'm just curious. How can I use this thing to build a road? Can it be done?" Fu Mingde was the first to come to his senses. What did the emperor do? He saw a lot of people dumping that kind of black thing on the Sanhe soil road. He knew that it probably had something to do with road construction.

"Fu Mingde, your eyes are really sharp! Yes, this is road construction. I called you here today because I have something to tell you about. I am going to officially launch the carriage subsidy. Now, once it starts, can the carriages in the carriage yard be built?" Yang Reform said with a smile, the subsidy matter has not been settled, one is that the fund raising is not in place; the production capacity of the second carriage yard is also limited, and priority should be given to disaster relief rations , I haven't had the time to build carriages for private individuals. Now that the carriages for disaster relief have been partly sold and the funds are in place, it is possible to bring this thing that is floating in the sky to the ground.

"Going back to Your Majesty, there is absolutely no problem. I guarantee that I will not miss His Majesty's important event. I will make as many as you want..." Fu Mingde assured.

"Well, can you build [-] vehicles a year?" Yang Reform suddenly asked.

"One hundred thousand..." Although Fu Mingde was mentally prepared, he was taken aback. This number must be too much.

"Hehehe..., Fu Mingde, come on! Just now you told me that you can have as much as you want, if you can't make it by then, hehehe..." Yang Reform laughed and teased Fu Mingde.

Fu Mingde had an embarrassed face, he was very embarrassed to be teased by the emperor, he just talked too much.

"... Fu Mingde, this is not just nonsense, but we need to make real preparations, understand?" Yang reformed a little seriously, indicating the importance of the matter******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Servants Understand, Servants Understand , will not miss His Majesty's business! Only then did Fu Mingde realize that the emperor was not joking with him, saying that there were hundreds of thousands, but it is estimated that there are not hundreds of thousands, but there are also tens of thousands.

"Well, it's good to understand. I don't want to worry too much about how to do it. You can figure it out. By the way, let me talk about it again. You should also know about Sun Yuanhua's stay in Tianjin. I think that if you want to reduce the cost , a lot of things should be prefabricated over there, such as the steering, and then the prefabricated parts should be shipped to the capital and assembled into a car in the capital. In this way, the cost and speed of car manufacturing may increase a lot, otherwise, All are built in the capital, I am afraid you will be too busy and the cost will not be reduced..." Yang Reform mentioned.

"Return to Your Majesty, this servant has made a note..." Fu Mingde immediately agreed, and was ready to do as the emperor said.

"Good!" Yang Reform said.

Zhu Shun also broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the emperor's words. The carriage cost one hundred thousand and one hundred thousand, which was too scary. The emperor's appetite was not ordinary.

"Xiao Shunzi!" Yang Reform said again.

"The servant is here." Zhu Shun carefully agreed.

"The matter of the subsidy will start soon. Do you know how to get the invoice?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"Return to Your Majesty, don't worry, Your Majesty, I promise that there will be no problem with the servants. Except for the carriages made in the carriage yard, the servants will not give invoices to anyone. I guarantee that they will not get a penny..." Zhu Shun said immediately.

Yang Reform thought for a while and said, "Both of you are people I trust and are family members. I hope you will carry out my intentions. Don't misunderstand my meaning, let alone misunderstand my affairs... Do you understand what I mean?" Yang Reform was a little worried and said some ambiguous words. From the experience of later generations, regarding the subsidy matter, there are too many tricks to play with. There are a lot of things going on, and Yang Reform doesn't want a situation where his money goes out and goes into the pockets of relevant people.Therefore, I said these things in an ambiguous manner, and hoped that these two people would check them out.

"Your Majesty understands! Don't worry, Your Majesty, your Majesty will not be disappointed." The two of them assured the emperor that there was no problem with serious faces. The emperor's meaning was clear after hearing it. The emperor asked everyone to keep their hands and feet clean.

"Okay, now that you know, I won't say any more. As for the subsidy, just do it as previously set. The cheaper the carriage, the more the subsidy, and the more expensive the carriage, the more the subsidy." Little, do you understand?" Yang Reform added.

"Slaves understand!" The two replied again.The cheaper it is, the more it means that it may be a car that a farmer wants to buy, which is strong and cheap. It is to give more benefits to ordinary people, and expensive cars are basically bought by officials and wealthy businessmen. They have money, so naturally they don’t need to subsidize them more. One car for them can buy several cheap cars. Cars, what the emperor means now is to build as many carriages as possible so that more people can use them.

Talked to Fu Mingde and Zhu Shun, and not long after, Wang Chengen reported again, saying that the news of Liulizhai came, and the skilled craftsmen also came. There is indeed such a thing in Sichuan. It is necessary to summarize the situation of salt production in the world. Sichuan happens to be one of the main salt production areas in the world. Therefore, it is not uncommon to produce salt from salt wells. It is not a day or two to dig salt wells in Sichuan. Wells of hundreds of feet are everywhere, and three hundred feet is not uncommon. Often a salt well is opened, and a well that can light its own fire is also opened by the way, which is used to boil salt. have to. [It should be natural gas. It’s really good. The ancient people knew how to use natural gas. The ancient people were not as ignorant as modern people think. Natural gas is also a branch of the oil industry. Speaking of which, Sichuan Yanjing should be the ancestor of the oil industry up. 】

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Leaving the busy road construction site, Yang Reform returned to Qianqing Palace with some unfinished business, and wrote a letter to Sun Yuanhua, telling him that the name of this kind of ashes burnt with tri-composite soil is called "cement" from today onwards, which is regarded as a gift from the emperor. Name, apply for a patent immediately, prohibit others from producing, and do exclusive business.

This kind of gray pool is not leaking, and it is trying to build a house now, and it may be used to build a city in the future...

Now there is an urgent need for a batch of "cement", which must be burned as soon as possible, and may be used in Liaodong. In addition, Shanghai needs large-scale construction. It must be good if this cement can be used to glue the wall joints. Outside the wall, it can also be waterproof, and it is rainy in the south, so it is very suitable. Once this product comes out, the demand will be huge, and it will definitely be a good deal. The technology and workers will be selected by him. Palace faction.In addition to building a workshop, further research is needed on the performance of this thing.

After writing to Sun Yuanhua, I wrote to Li Yanyi and his wife, telling them that they are very satisfied with this kind of road construction. They may build a road from the capital to Tongzhou. At least [-] vehicles of this kind are needed. Let them prepare as soon as possible. If it is not enough, Just lower the price of lamp oil one more time. If it is not enough, then lower it again. Be sure to prepare these oil residues properly. Let them be sent to the capital.

As for the matter of digging wells, there is already a plan. There are salt wells in Sichuan, which can be dug hundreds of feet underground, and it should be no problem to dig oil. Experts in this field will soon go to Shaanxi.

(End of this chapter)