Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 193, this is an artifact
Like Li Dongyang, so did Zhou Jing and Zhang Mao. While looking at the narrow official road behind them, and at the same time looking at the spacious concrete road under their feet, it was hard to believe everything in front of them.

"Is this still the way?"

Zhang Mao sighed like this, looking at the clean and tidy concrete road, he even felt that he dared not step on it, for fear of dirtying the road.

"Haha, of course this is the way."

Dong Xiaoshan on the side looked at the three of them, and also smiled. He has seen such expressions more than once. Almost every newcomer to Tianjin will be deeply shocked by this spacious and flat concrete road. Some victims are even afraid to walk on it, because the concrete road looks cleaner than their homes.

"All of this is thanks to Mr. Liu. He invented cement. The cement and sand are mixed in a certain proportion, and mixed with water. It can be used not only to build bridges and pave roads, but also to Build houses, build cities, etc."

"It is very simple, convenient and fast to build. The key is that the built road is not afraid of water erosion. As long as it is dry, no matter how heavy the rain is, it will not have the slightest effect on it."

Dong Xiaoshan is a very qualified commentator, and he explained the advantages of cement one by one.

In the past, he didn't believe that there would be such a miraculous thing in the world. Building houses and roads were always big projects, and it was definitely not an easy task.

But with this cement, everything becomes much simpler. The key is that the houses and roads built are very strong, not afraid of water invasion or fire, and the speed is very fast, saving time, effort and money.

"Three adults, please come and see."

After seeing the expressions of the three people, Dong Xiaoshan continued to lead the three people to the place where the cement slurry was stirred.

It is also very busy here. There is a cart of cement transported from the Tianjin Cement Plant, and a cart of cement is transported here. There are also long queues of victims picking sand and gravel from the Haihe River in the distance. , Cement mixed together, pouring water, and constantly stirring and mixing people.

"This is cement. Cement and sand are mixed in a certain proportion to form cement slurry. If it is used to build a house, as an adhesive, the sand should be fine sand. If it is used to build roads, use Ordinary sand and gravel are fine, there is no big requirement.”

Dong Xiaoshan pointed to the cement, and then pointed to the cement slurry that had been mixed. Here, the victims kept picking up one load after another, and carried them to the front to build roads.

Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao didn't care about whether it was dirty or not, so they went straight to the cement storage area, grabbed a handful of cement from the barrel, and looked carefully.

The cement is not slippery, it feels like fine flour, and there is nothing too special about it, but if they hadn't witnessed everything in front of them, they wouldn't have believed that this thing could be used to repair bridges Pave the road and build such a wide road.

"This is an artifact! With this thing, I, Da Ming, no longer have to worry about building city walls."

Zhou Jing couldn't help crying out.

He is the Minister of the Household Department, so he knows all kinds of expenditures of the imperial court. The annual expenditure of the Ming court to build the city wall is a huge expenditure.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, because of its strong military force, it was able to rely on powerful force to deal with the nomads in the north, so the dependence on the construction of the city wall was not serious, but since the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty has been building the original Great Wall On this basis, the Great Wall was built to defend against the attacks of the northern nomads.

After the Tumu Fortress Change, the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to conduct large-scale expeditions to the Mongolian tribes. Therefore, to strengthen the defense of the north, the construction of the Great Wall defense system became more urgent and important.

Starting from the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen, the Ming Dynasty carried out large-scale construction of the Great Wall. This process lasted until the end of Jiajing, and the whole process lasted for 130 years.

It starts from Hushan Mountain in Liaoning by the Yalu River in the east, ends at Juyongguan in the west, and reaches Jiayuguan in Gansu at the eastern foot of Qilian Mountain.

The construction of the Great Wall is extremely unsuitable. The eastern section of the Great Wall is mainly built of green bricks and strips of stone, which are very strong, and the cost is naturally high.

As for the western section of the Great Wall and most of the rest of the Great Wall, it is actually built with earth. The rammed earth wall is made of wooden boards, filled with clay or limestone, and built layer by layer with a pestle. The cost per meter is about [-] two silver.

From this, we can know how much manpower and material resources it took to build the Great Wall. From Zhu Yuanzhang to Emperor Jiajing, their old Zhu family almost ran through the entire Ming Dynasty. With the efforts of generations of emperors, It took 200 years to build the Great Wall.

It is almost impossible to calculate how much money, manpower, powerlessness, etc. were spent in it.

In addition to building the Great Wall, the towns in the capital and border towns also need to be built, which is also a huge expense.

Zhou Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, has a deep understanding of this. The Ming court was already poor, so poor that it couldn't get rid of it, but it still had to spend a lot of material and financial resources on the construction of the city wall every year.

Seeing the cement now, and the spacious road built very quickly and simply, he couldn't help but sigh.

With this cement, it will be very simple to build the Great Wall or build the city wall. It is just some sand and stones, plus some water, simply mix and stir, and the road built is as hard as Stones are not afraid of wind and rain, and are not afraid of water and fire.

"It is indeed an artifact!"

Like Zhou Jing, Li Dongyang also held a handful of cement in his hand, looked at the cement slurry being stirred around him, then looked at the spacious cement road next to him, and looked back at the road that was being built rapidly and continuously. I sighed inwardly.

"With this artifact, I, Ming, will never have to worry again."

Zhang Mao also nodded and said: "Just build a city wall with cement in the border town area, and the Mongols will never want to enter our Central Plains."

"It's not just about building city walls. If my Ming Dynasty uses this kind of cement to build such spacious official roads throughout the country, it will be extremely convenient for my Ming Dynasty to dispatch troops and generals, and to transport grain from south to north."

A smile finally appeared on Li Dongyang's face. Once he came to Tianjin, he seemed to see a brand new Ming Dynasty, a powerful Ming Dynasty. The cement in his hand was no longer cement, but an artifact, an artifact of the prosperity of Ming Dynasty.

　Cement appeared in ancient times, let's use your imagination~~
　　
　
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