Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 148 Seeing is believing
"Oops!"

"Oops!"

The crisp sound of horseshoes hitting the stone slabs of Suzaku Avenue.

It is definitely not an ordinary person who dares to gallop a horse on Suzaku Avenue early in the morning.

Sure enough, the astute people immediately saw that these riders were urgent messengers sent by the imperial court five hundred miles away.

Although it is different from the expedited [-] miles, the urgent matter of [-] miles is already a very urgent matter.

"What? Luo Yi's subordinate Yang Ji led troops to attack Luo Yi. Luo Yi was defeated, abandoned his wife and children, and led hundreds of cavalry to flee to Turkic?"

Early in the morning, Li Shimin was shocked by the news.

"Yes, originally another general, Zhao Cihao, conspired with the commanding officer Yang Ji to get rid of Luo Yi, but things got leaked and Zhao Cihao was arrested.

At this time, Yang Ji noticed a change outside the city, and hurriedly led troops to attack Luo Yi, but unexpectedly defeated Luo Yi easily. "

Hearing this news, Li Shimin was a little speechless.

However, he is more joyful.

This proves that it is already unpopular for people like Luo Yi to rebel.

I don't have to worry about whether there will be other generals in various parts of the Tang Dynasty following Luo Yi's footsteps.

"I got it! Jun Xian, where is Wuji's army?"

Now that Luo Yi's rebellion has dissipated, Li Shimin naturally needs to consider the next move of the army.

We can't continue to let the army move forward, wasting manpower and material resources for nothing.

"Your Majesty, counting the time, they should have already passed Luoyang. Do you want to arrange a fast horse to chase them?"

"Chang'an City has already received the news of Luo Yi's failure, so Lai Wuji and the others must have received it as well.

From the perspective of Wuji and respect for morality, he should not continue to march according to the original plan, which wastes people and money.

However, people still have to arrange, let Jingde continue to take [-] cavalry to patrol, and Wuji take the remaining soldiers and horses back to Chang'an. "

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, there was a rumor circulating in Chang'an City that Qin Dalang thought that Changsun Shangshu would return without success this time, and that Luo Yi would be defeated in advance. I didn't expect that since he was right."

Li Junxian couldn't help the curiosity in his heart.

"It might just be a coincidence."

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and gave an answer that he was not quite sure about.

……

The Qin family's workshop is very lively today.

Because Qin Xiedao had someone report the cement situation and application prospects in detail in the "Datang News", this time the cement technology transfer meeting attracted the attention of many people.

Qin Xiedao also personally organized the meeting.

"Everyone, what you see in front of you, I named him concrete. These pieces are concrete made of simple gravel, sand and cement, and the next few pieces are made of bamboo in the middle. as a filler.

And the ones on the far right have iron bars added as filler in the middle.

Later, we will compare them with this pair of huge stone slabs in an experiment, so that everyone can see whether the stone slabs are harder and stronger, or things made of concrete are stronger. "

Before bidding, it is natural to let everyone see the usefulness of cement.

"There is also this wall, which is built using cement as the main bonding material. You can each take a hammer later to feel the firmness of this wall."

The main function of cement is to make concrete and act as a binder.

Qin Xiedao naturally wants to show these two functions well.

"Qin Langjun, do you mean that as long as cement is used, a pile of gravel and sand can be turned into something as hard and solid as a boulder?"

A businessman who obviously wasn't entrusted by Qin Xiedao, but asked a question that made people feel that it was entrusted, asked first.

Qin Xiedao saw that it was Ma Youcai, an old acquaintance.

"That's right! There are a pile of gravel, sand and other raw materials here. The craftsmen will also make some concrete on the spot in a while, but it will take a certain amount of time to dry completely. You can confirm the effect when everyone leaves.

For now, let's experiment with the concrete that was made in advance. "

Qin Xiedao didn't talk too much nonsense, and soon Fang Yiai made an appearance.

Among the noble children in Chang'an City, Fang Yiai's strength is definitely among the best.

Naturally, he would not miss such a lively occasion today.

So Qin Xiedao simply arrested him and made him a strong man.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

I saw Fang Yiai wielding a big hammer, smashing a huge stone slab into pieces with two or three blows.

After that, he came to the concrete again.

"Oh!"

Not broken!
Although a lot of dross was splashed on the contact surface of the hammer, it was still relatively complete as a whole.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After a few blows, the concrete slab without bamboo and iron bars fell apart.

The overall effect is no longer a slate.

This result has surprised many businesses.

However, what surprised everyone even more was the subsequent experiment.

Although Fang Yiai eventually smashed all the concrete slabs.

But everyone can clearly feel the difference in the degree of effort in the middle.

Especially the concrete slabs with added iron bars, even if they were beaten more than a dozen times in succession, they finally cracked, but they were still connected together by the iron bars.

Many of the people present were knowledgeable about architecture, and naturally realized the meaning behind this situation.

Obviously, if concrete is used as the beams of the house, not only the construction speed is very fast, but the cost is also much lower than that of giant wood.

Soon, the scene began to discuss.

Many merchants are discussing with people around them how to bid later.

"In the next few years, our Datang's demand for cement will be astronomical, and the cement workshop that our Qin family is currently building cannot meet the demand at all.

Chang'an City needs at least seven or eight cement workshops with more than 500 employees.

If we focus on the entire Guannei Road and the entire Tang Dynasty, then at least dozens of cement workshops of this scale are needed.

We invite everyone to come to the Cement Technology Transfer Fair today, just to share such an opportunity to make money with you.

Of course, many people may find it strange, are you Qin Dalang so kind to share good things with us? "

When Qin Xiedao said this, everyone's attention immediately shifted to him.

"I'm not a saint, and of course I'm not that great. Everyone knows that I asked the court for [-] acres of land to build a palace of [-] acres. The cement, gravel, sand, iron, wood, Bricks, tiles...

The Qin family simply doesn't have that much time and energy to produce all by themselves.

In order not to delay the construction speed of the palace, that's why I share this good thing with you. "

Before making an official bid, Qin Xiedao naturally had to gain everyone's trust.

Otherwise, everyone's enthusiasm for competition will not be so high later.

(End of this chapter)