Hanbo

Chapter 186 Cement Red Brick Workshop (for Subscription)

After Huo Shan came out of the printing workshop, he took people directly to the cement red brick workshop on the other side of the manor.

Since a new capital city is to be built, these things must be prepared.

At this time, the construction of city walls is usually made of rammed earth, and rammed earth is relatively simple, and the materials are not very expensive, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Find wooden beams to fix on both sides, pull each other, leave a gap in the middle, then sprinkle soil in the middle, and then tamp the middle soil bit by bit.

Then, step by step, the wood on both sides was raised, and the earth was rammed up bit by bit.

After the repair is completed, the wood on both sides is removed, the surface of the city wall is repaired and leveled, and a city wall is completed.

This kind of city wall made of rammed earth, if it is made well, can't be penetrated by knives and forks, and water can't be poured in. It can only leave a white mark when it is chopped up, and it will be no problem for hundreds of years.

And like important places, such as important passes and key cities in various places, a part will be added on this basis.

The earth is rammed first, and after the ramming is completed, a city wall will be built outside the rammed earth wall to wrap the rammed earth.

The outer layer is made of stones or green bricks.

If there are stones in the surrounding area, use stones; if there are no stone resources, you can only burn green bricks with a lot of labor and resources.

The adhesive used is yellow mud, viscous yellow mud plus sandstone, lime, etc. At this time, there was no such thing as glutinous rice mortar.

If you really want to compare these two things in a general direction, they are definitely not as good as cement.

The fact that the ancient city walls survived for thousands of years did not depend on this thing, but on the reasonable planning between stones and stones, bricks and bricks when the walls were built.

This adhesive also plays an auxiliary role, filling the gap.

Therefore, if cement can be produced, it will naturally be produced. This thing is not only used for building walls, but also for building houses and roads.

The reason for making red bricks is that they are cheap and easier to fire than blue bricks.

Although the service life and hardness of red bricks are far inferior to those of blue bricks, they are simple, cheap and can be fired on a large scale.

The firing process of blue bricks is very complicated, consumes a lot of materials, and requires certain skills.

If the technology is not good enough, the blue bricks produced will become very crisp.

But it still has a certain degree of hardness, which cannot be seen just by looking at it. It is exactly the same, but its strength and toughness are very different.

This is also the reason why the name of the craftsman should be engraved on the brick, which is to eliminate the tofu dregs project from the source.

Others can't tell the difference, but the brick-burning and wall-laying craftsmen can tell the difference at a glance.

If the burned ones are unsuitable, then continue to burn them. Anyway, if they fail to meet the standard, they must not be used.

And in this era, if the red bricks are taken out, they can play a big role.

Blue bricks are only used in key places, and rammed earth walls are used in other places. It takes tens of thousands of people to ram the earth for several years.

Building walls with red bricks is much simpler and cheaper than rammed earth.

If it is all built with red bricks and cement, the quality must still be higher than that of rammed earth. Although the service life may not be as long as rammed earth, how much was saved in the early stage.

Of course, the walls of the new capital city, as well as the palace city, must be made of blue bricks. After all, Huo Shan's goal is to run for a thousand years.

But the squares and cities in the city can use red bricks!
How much wood can be saved, and the hidden danger of fire is greatly reduced.

However, the stone city is not good-looking, and the antique style is still necessary.

Moreover, at this time, the iron resources were underdeveloped, strictly controlled, and there was nothing for them to build high-rise buildings, so it was impossible for reinforced concrete cities to appear.

.........

When Huo Shan came to the cement workshop, a group of craftsmen were already waiting here.

"We will pay homage to the king."

"Well, let's get flat."

Huo Shan glanced at the twenty or so craftsmen, they were all masons and bricklayers, almost half of them were from the Mohist family, and half of them were original craftsmen from Shaofu.

After glancing at them, Huo Shan asked:
"Is there anything wrong with the red brick?"

One of them stood up and saluted and replied:

"Back to Junhou, there is no problem. The kiln has been made, and the red bricks are easy to fire. Coupled with the method given by Junhou, we can start mass production after a few experiments."

Huo Shan nodded, he had expected this.

"Have you gained anything from the green brick?"

"Hui Junhou, we have some ideas, maybe we can improve it."

Huo Shan nodded, and then encouraged:
"Then work hard and don't be afraid to spend money."

"promise."

Huo Shan turned his head to look at Wang Wei, and asked:
"Charcoal, stone, and other materials are all ready?"

"Hui Junhou, there is a shortage of charcoal, but there is enough for experimentation, and all other raw materials are ready."

Huo Shan turned to another group of craftsmen and asked:
"Is there any problem with the cement?"

Several people looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward to salute and asked:
"Returning to the Lord, the ministers and others are not very clear about what kind of stone material to use first, what kind of materials to use, how many ratios..."

Huo Shan heard them halfway, and interrupted their words directly:

"Don't ask me, I don't know if you ask me, I read it from an ancient book, but the stone is limestone."

Huo Shan really didn't understand the issue of cement.

All he knew was that cement was made from limestone fired and milled, but there must have been some other material added to it.

The only thing Huo Shan knew was that iron seemed to be added in it, and he didn't know what else was added.

He also didn't know the ratio of the ingredients.

"The purpose of calling you here is to test out the ratio and get me the best materials."

A group of craftsmen bowed their heads in thought, and then one who just spoke tentatively asked:

"Your Majesty, do you want the best or..."

"On the basis of the best, the most convenient and the cheapest."

Everyone bowed and saluted:

"We have already understood."

Huo Shan nodded, and then encouraged:

"Now that you understand it, let's work hard."

"promise."

Professional things are done by professional people, and Huo Shan doesn't understand these things, so I won't add trouble here, he just came here for a walk.

Stabilize their mentality and let them do research well.

Moreover, the red bricks, blue bricks and cement are here only to study the best and most suitable method.

It is impossible to manufacture on a large scale here.

Because the shortage of materials around is a big problem.

Moreover, Shanglinyuan has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and small-scale manufacturing is okay, but it is impossible to put it here on a large scale, so as not to damage the environment.

And these things are not the responsibility of the Shaofu, but the master craftsman.

After researching the method, directly pass the method to the general master craftsman, and let them handle and arrange it.

Huo Shan didn't have time to take care of these things.

If he hadn't come to see the papermaking business today, maybe he wouldn't have come here in person, it would be nice to stay at home.

But since he came here, Huo Shan was going to visit the workshop of the Shaofu Examination Office again.

.........

"We will pay homage to the king."

Huo Shan smiled and raised his hand:
"Be flat!"

Huo Shan looked at the little old man in front of him and said with concern:
"How is Gongshu's condition?"

This person is the old man Gongshu, the owner of the Gongshu family.

Zhang Hengan, the chief of the examination room, will have to focus on the papermaking side for the next period of time, so the workshops in various places are mainly workshop owners.

And the owner of the workshop here is the old man Gongshu.

The old man Gongshu chuckled, then saluted and said:

"Thank you Junhou for your concern, the little old man is in good health, and it will not be a problem to serve the big man and Junhou for ten or twenty years."

Huo Shan smiled and nodded, actually feeling a little helpless in his heart, this old man really never forgets to behave!
As for the reason, it is still for favor!

The Gongshu family is based on the family as the main body, a pure family of craftsmen, while the Mohist school is based on the philosophy of the school.

Therefore, the size of the public loser is not even one-tenth of that of the Mohist school, and it is not even comparable to the craftsmen.

So the old man Gongshu, in front of Huo Shan, had a strong desire to show off.

As for the Mo family and the public loser, there is actually no great grievance.

On the contrary, although the two have little communication, the relationship is not that serious, like life and death enemies.

But the relationship between the two is not good.

As the saying goes, peers should avoid each other, this is one reason.

Another reason is that the craftsmen of the Mohist school have always looked down upon public losers.

Because they feel that public losers are too unscrupulous, but this is really wronging them.

The Mohists have some ideas of their own, even craftsmen are the same, they both love non-gong!
Therefore, the research direction of Mohist craftsmen has always been defense and people's livelihood, and they don't have much knowledge in war equipment.

And the public losers don't have the confidence of the Mohists.

They are the so-called 'blind obedience', what the superiors want, they will make something.

Anything can be made, among which war equipment is the most prominent.

And this, in the eyes of the Mo family, has given them the reputation of being unscrupulous. In fact, the public losers are really suffering.

They don't have the confidence of the Mohists, they are a pure craftsman faction, living under the hands of the superiors.

What do the superiors ask you to make, and you can't make it?
The status of craftsmen is not high, and without people to support them, their life is full of food and drink.

The common people basically don't need craftsmen, everyone can do a simple two-handed job, and they can't afford people who are public losers.

And if the superiors make a big move, you can't do it if you don't make it.

So speaking of it, the public loser is the best craftsman talent for the upper class, and the Mohist school is not as good.

But they are much better now, Huo Shan never lacked their money.

And because Huo Shan has brought out a lot of things these years, the status of the craftsman has improved, and life is much easier.

Therefore, the public losers are more grateful to Huo Shan than the Mohists, and they also worship Huo Shan more.

As for why they worshiped, it was because of what Huo Shan brought out, and because of Huo Shan's whimsical ideas.

They are much simpler than the Mohists, they only have the knowledge of craftsmen, and as long as you can be like Huo Shan, it is easy to convince them.

And they have a good relationship with the Mo family now, healthy competition!

(End of this chapter)