I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 303 Sending Buddha to the West

I heard the third lady say that it will take three months to produce the first batch of fine steel.

Li Tian thought about it, and Zheng He's shipbuilding progress felt a little slow.

He frowned and said,

"Whether it's the venue or the personnel, basically everything is ready, and the forging hammer has been improved, so it still takes two months."

The third lady smiled wryly and said,
"Young Master Li may not know that it is already late autumn and the temperature has become extremely low, regardless of whether it is Foundation Establishment.

It still takes a long time for the composite clay used to build the blast furnace to dry out, otherwise it will break when touched, and it will not be worth the loss to start work rashly. "

"Another point is that the bricks used to build blast furnaces are refractory bricks, which need to be fired in a special way and take a certain amount of time."

After listening to her explanation, Li Tian nodded slightly, feeling that what she said was reasonable.

However, if the refined steel can only be refined after two months, it will take a lot of time to make the refined steel into the parts required for the steam engine, which may delay a lot of time.

He didn't have the patience to wait for such a long time, so he said to the third lady,
"I don't know that the third lady has heard of it, but there is no such thing as cement!"

The third lady was slightly taken aback. She had really heard about cement, but as far as she knew, cement seemed to be a good thing that Tiangong Institute devoted itself to research to replace Sanhe clay.

And no matter it is cost or performance, it is much better than the three-component clay.

Originally, after she heard that such a good thing came out, she tried her best to get the formula from Tiangongyuan, but she gave up after hitting a wall one after another.

Instead, I want to buy some of these things from Tiangongyuan.

But she was still severely rejected by Tiangong Academy, so she gradually gave up.

But when she suddenly heard Li Tian mentioning this thing, she suddenly exclaimed,
"Mr. Li can even get this kind of thing?"

Li Tian smiled faintly,
"Haha, there is nothing in this world that can stop Li, it's just a trivial matter, nothing to worry about!
Since the third lady has heard of cement, she should know its advantages.

If Li can get the cement for the third wife to look at, I don't know if the construction period will be earlier. "

At this moment, the deer in the third lady's heart is about to pop out of her mouth.

She really couldn't figure out who this mysterious Mr. Li was. It didn't matter if he could get soap, after all, that thing was originally for sale.

But such things as cement are currently the only ones in Tiangongyuan, and they have never been sold outside. What kind of energy does he have, and he can even get this thing.

At this time, she was sure that Li Tian was definitely a member of the royal family, even if he was a prince, she couldn't guess for a while.

For her to be able to climb such a high branch, it is absolutely a rare opportunity for her.

So she nodded madly and said,
"Yes, definitely, I heard that the cement can be completely set in three or two days, and it can be dried and firm in half a month. It is a sharp tool for building cities and bridges.

As long as there is enough cement supply, the concubine is sure to build the workshop within half a month, and start production within a month! "

Helping people to send the Buddha to the west, since Li Tian has decided to give cement to her for use, other things, if you can help him, please help him.

It happened that Tiangongyuan had prepared a large number of refractory bricks when it was preparing to build a blast furnace for firing cement, and it was not a big problem to mobilize some of them temporarily.

So he said to the third lady again,

"It's still a little slow to start production in one month. How about this, I will help you with the refractory bricks. In this half month, it doesn't matter if you ask the craftsmen to work overtime or hire more people.

I hope that you can build the workshop within half a month, and after one and a half months, you can see the first batch of refined steel. "

Hearing that Li Tian even solved the refractory bricks for her, the third lady was completely impressed by Li Tian's ability.

With such a rich and powerful employer, her role was almost reduced to the minimum, and she said with a helpless wry smile,
"Young Master Li is able to bear with the slave family. Since Mr. Li has prepared everything, the slave family will not disappoint Mr. Li no matter what.

Within one and a half months, if the delivery cannot be made on time, the slave family is willing to hand over the remaining shares of Chen Ji. "

Having received her assurance, Li Tian smiled slightly,
"Third Madam, don't worry about it. I have never liked to wait. What I want to do, I always do it when I think about it. You will get used to it gradually!"

The third lady complained in her heart,

"You don't like to wait here, you are clearly impatient, and you are the most impatient among impatients."

Although I was complaining in my heart, I still said very respectfully in my mouth,
"Where, I can put it into production as soon as possible. The slave's family can't wait for it. How can I care about it?"

The site, construction, and commissioning have basically been resolved, and Li Tian doesn't know what else to do other than wait.

Only after the two discussed some details, the matter of the workshop was finally finalized.

Before leaving, the third lady eagerly wanted to invite Li Tian to have a big meal.

Originally, Li Tian didn't plan to go, but he still wanted to ask her to help introduce the talent who drew the blueprint, so he agreed half-heartedly.

After the third lady and others left, Li Tian, ​​Wang Fu Jiangbao and others came to the place where the Huangzhuang households lived.

Because Huangzhuang has been thrown by Li Tian to the management of the third lady, the manager here has left a few days ago.

At this time, the farm households didn't know that they were no longer from Huangzhuang. They were still sorting out the land according to the previous regulations, planning to prepare for the next spring's sowing.

In Huangzhuang's original steward's residence, Jiang Bao and Wang Fu knelt on the ground and dared not speak a word.

Li Tian drank his tea slowly, tapping his fingers on the table rhythmically from time to time.

In fact, he also knew that although Jiang Bao and Wang Fu had great power in the inner court, they really had no control over Huangzhuang, and Huangzhuang was also considered part of the imperial property.

It was handed over to Zhu Gaosui to take care of it before, so they couldn't intervene even more.

He didn't know that the life of the people in Huangzhuang was worse than that of ordinary people.

Seeing it with his own eyes at this time, how could he not be angry.

He is an emperor, and his farmers are oppressed like this, which makes him lose face.

In the past, he was struggling in the court and carrying out reforms with passion, but in the end, the most suffering in the whole world was his own farmer, how did he suffer.

Even his own farmer can't make them rich, how can he talk about governing the world.

(End of this chapter)