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Chapter 737 Infrastructure
With that said, Yang Reform took out a box.

Open the box, there are some small iron rods inside, the iron rods are about the thickness of chopsticks, but much longer than chopsticks.In addition to the small iron rods, there are also some thick copper wires and thin silver wires.

Seeing that the emperor was picking up the contents of the box, Wang Chengen hurried over to serve him.These things are very clumsy, Wang Chengen is afraid that the emperor will tie his hands.

"This is what I mean by steel and iron... I've thought about it. I'm afraid that cement alone won't be able to build such a tall building. I'm afraid I have to add steel and iron to this cement..." Yang Reformed said with a smile.Yang Reform doesn't know anything about concrete building construction. All he can know is that steel bars are used to build houses.

"Steel and iron...?" Sun Yuanhua asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I have thought about it. Why can people stand up? Can they run and jump? Instead of a pile of meat? This is because people have bones. The flesh is attached to the bones, and the bones support people, so , people are not piled up with a pile of flesh... So, in the same way, pouring all the cement into a monument to the Altar of Humanity, I think, I'm afraid it won't work, this monument to the Altar of Humanity still needs to have bones..., the world The only thing that can be harder than stone is steel, and steel should be used as the skeleton of cement..." Yang Reform said.

"What your Majesty said is very true..." Sun Yuanhua began to consider the feasibility of what the emperor said.After all, cement is still a new thing, and there is no mature application technology.

"...However, Your Majesty, I have no experience in this field. Now, I'm afraid it's all about groping. Besides, the monument to the Altar of Human Beings is really important, and we can't use this uncertain method to the Monument of the Altar of Human Beings. In my opinion, how to repair it, it is best to find a place to try it out, and then use it to build the Altar of Humanity monument after gaining experience. In this way, it may be more appropriate..." Sun Yuanhua is also the same for building buildings with steel bars and cement. A layman doesn't know anything about it, and has never even thought about adding steel bars to cement.But now that he is forced to go to Liangshan, there is no other way but to cultivate, so he can only bite the bullet, so he can only seek a chance to experiment first, and at least don't mess up the monument of the Altar of Humanity. He can't afford this responsibility. If he really couldn't afford to build a [-]-foot building, it would be fine to build a [-]-foot building. He was sure of building a [-]-foot building, and he could build it with ordinary methods.

"Yes, the matter of the Monument to the Altar of Humanity is of great importance. It is impossible to repair this monument immediately with unproven technology. I have my own plan for this matter.... The Qing family will see that I will demonstrate this to you first. How to install the steel bars, I figured it out by myself, maybe it will be useful to the Qing family..." Yang Reform didn't intend to talk nonsense, although he didn't work on the construction site of high-rise buildings, but at least he had seen other people tie the steel bars and so on. What he knows and may be useful, Yang Reform is going to give Sun Yuanhua all his brains. As for how much Sun Yuanhua can understand, this is really not the scope of Yang Reform’s concern. This is what he can give, and the rest depends on Sun Yuanhua I went to find out for myself.

Yang Reform picked up the "pliers" and cut the thick copper wire into the same length.Then roll the copper wire into a "mouth"-shaped copper wire of the same size on a small square wooden stick.

Yang Reform is very dedicated to making these things by himself. For this kind of manual work, Yang Reform is very happy to do it by himself. When he came to the Ming Dynasty, he became the emperor. It's boring, I always have an urge to make something by myself, this time I took this opportunity to "play" myself.

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor with distress. Seeing that the emperor used "scissors" to cut the copper wire for a while, and rolled up the copper wire for a while, he wished he could do it for the emperor himself. If he succeeds, he can only anxiously watch the emperor busy.

Sun Yuanhua was a little stunned, the emperor would still play this trick...

After Yang Reform bent a certain amount of thick copper wire into a "mouth" shape, he was ready to start "tying" the steel wire.

"Big Companion, I'm holding this iron rod, and you tie the copper wire to the iron rod with silver wire..., pay attention, each iron rod is tied to the corner of the copper wire..." Yang Reform held the iron rod by himself. Iron rod, signaled Wang Chengen to help tie the steel wire.

Wang Cheng'en longed to take over the emperor's work. Hearing the emperor's order, he immediately took the silver wire and tied it up. According to the emperor's request, he tied up the iron rod at the corner of the copper wire.

After a while, the four small iron rods were almost bound together, and immediately turned into a three-dimensional "steel frame" structure.

"Look at the Qing family, this is the steel and iron skeleton I came up with..." Yang Reform proudly fiddled with his handicraft.I am very proud.

"Your Majesty, what does your Majesty mean to use this as a skeleton to pour cement into it to make a concrete pillar? So, this monument is also an extra-large cement pillar?" Sun Yuanhua stared at the "steel frame" made by the emperor. Immediately radiance radiated, and this opened a door to the world of architecture for Sun Yuanhua.

"That's right, I think, with this steel skeleton, the thing poured with cement will be strong enough. Otherwise, only cement blocks may not be strong enough. If you have to rely entirely on cement to pile up a building tens of feet high, I'm afraid it's impossible, just like human beings are not piled up with a pile of flesh..." Yang Reform said.

"Your Majesty is right..." Sun Yuanhua said. Yang Reform's words opened a door for Sun Yuanhua. Sun Yuanhua was almost completely immersed in this newly discovered world, and he seemed to be ignoring the emperor.

Yang Reform looked at Sun Yuanhua, who was distracted, and didn't bother him, leaving Sun Yuanhua in a daze.

"...Your Majesty, I understand, I understand... I need your Majesty's guidance. Shengchen has studied for ten years.... Use this steel as the skeleton, and then pour it with cement. After the cement dries, this thing, I'm afraid Even cannons can't make a splash easily!" In Sun Yuanhua's mind, there was already a strange building, these buildings suddenly rose from the flat ground, grew taller and taller, and finally grew into towering trees. A large forest was formed, a forest of steel and concrete.

"Hehehe, that's right. Once this thing is built, ordinary methods can't verify whether it is strong or not. The Qing family is also responsible for casting the cannon anyway. You can try to bombard it with the Hongyi cannon to test whether it is strong or not. See the bottom line How, if it is strong, it means that this path is right, if it is not strong, then see where the problem is and keep improving..." Yang Reform said with a smile.Regarding the experiment on reinforced concrete, Yang Reform did not mind using cannons as a means of verification. This is the benefit of the emperor, who can use the power of the state to combine various things that individuals cannot do.For example, even if ordinary people can burn cement, it is impossible for ordinary people to test the strength of reinforced concrete with Hongyi cannon.

"The minister leads the decree! After the minister is built, he must bombard the test with the red barbarian cannon..." Sun Yuanhua's eyes are shining, the emperor's small "steel frame" has opened a door to another world for him A new world appeared in front of his eyes, outsiders could not imagine the ecstasy in his heart.Looking at the emperor's eyes, there is more piety.

"...Well, the test of the cannon is still the same sentence. It is necessary to record the test results in detail, organize the data, and make a comparison. It is necessary to classify the results of different ratios of reinforced concrete subjected to the bombardment of the cannon, so as to obtain Considering the strength of this kind of reinforced concrete, if you want to build this kind of reinforced concrete building in the future, use this as the standard, it will have a multiplier effect..." Yang Reform said.

"The minister leads the decree!" Sun Yuanhua immediately agreed, recording the test data and summarizing the experience. This is what the emperor has always told him to do, and he has always done it very well.The brute force method of making steel and burning cement relies on brute force, and relies on recording test data.

"Come, come, come... The Qing family also learns from me, let's make a few 'steel skeletons' like this, after making a few skeletons, connect them with copper wires, there must be unexpected surprises The effect..." Yang Reform thought of something and said.A "steel frame" is still a bit simpler. Yang Reform plans to build a few more "steel frames" to form a larger "steel frame body".

"The minister leads the decree!" Sun Yuanhua's eyes were full of light, and when he heard the emperor's words, he immediately agreed.

The warm pavilion soon became busy. It was no longer an office for dealing with state affairs, but a work shed for "tying steel wires", "tying steel bars" and doing manual work.

After working for a while, I tied up a lot of steel frames.

After these rebar frames were tied up, Yang Reform took the lead again and tied the several rebar frames together with copper and silver wires. Thus, a rectangular "reinforcement body" made of rebar frames appeared. This rebar The body is a square with three layers of shelves.

"Not bad, not bad, it's interesting..." Yang Reform looked at the square "reinforced body" and nodded incessantly.

Sun Yuanhua's eyes were almost straightened. Originally, it was just a few iron rods plus some copper and silver wires, but now it has become a "building" several stories high. When he thinks of pouring cement on this shelf... Sun Yuanhua His eyes were already narrowed into a slit.

"...I understand, Your Majesty, if cement is poured on the foundation of these skeletons, then this will be an indestructible building, and it can even be used for people..." Sun Yuanhua's eyes were almost straightened, if reinforced concrete was used instead of wood beams, can this house be built very high?If it is said that five or six floors can be built with bricks and wood, but what if a ten-story or twenty-story building is built with reinforced concrete?Sun Yuanhua only felt that his eyes became brighter...

Yang Reform did not speak, but pushed the "steel structure" that had just been built with his hands. After this steel structure was promoted by Yang Reform, it did not collapse, but stood firmly.

"It's still quite strong. If it is poured with cement, it will be even more solid. It can indeed be lived in. However, the main thing now is to repair the monument to the Altar of Human Beings. After the monument is repaired, don't you worry that others will not believe this thing? ?..." Yang Reform said with a smile, regarding how to do engineering, Yang Reform basically took out everything he knew.As for reinforced concrete becoming a new type of building material, Yang Reform is not in a hurry. This industry has already been born to a certain extent. Now it is expending huge sums of money and energy to build this monument to the Altar of Humanity. In addition to gathering national cohesion and popularity, There is also a promotion for this new type of building materials and methods. After the Altar of Humanity Monument is completed, the cement plant will probably bloom everywhere, the steel plant will continue to expand in scale, and the production capacity will be overwhelmed. turn.

"...Your Majesty, this will almost certainly be more reliable. The construction of the Altar of Humanity Monument will be worry-free..." Sun Yuanhua actually laughed. There is no reason not to laugh at such a beautiful thing.

"No, I think there are still many problems, and the situation may not be as simple as the Qing family thought..." Yang Reform saw the "star" on Sun Yuanhua's face, and was afraid that Sun Yuanhua would speak big.

"...For example, regarding the issue of steel bars, can the Qing family be sure to make steel bars? The Qing family should know that I have built a frame. If steel bars are really used to make the skeleton, I am afraid that a single steel bar will be several feet long... "Yang Reform said, these are all technical issues, Yang Reform is not a technical expert, and he doesn't know much about today's metallurgical technology, so he dare not take the situation for granted.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I have a way to build this steel bar. Your Majesty has forgotten that if I can cast thousands of catties, or even tens of thousands of catties of Hongyi cannon at a time, how could I not be able to make a steel bar several feet long? This steel bar is only relatively long, and in fact, it is not heavy, compared to the Hongyi cannon, it is nothing at all..." Sun Yuanhua immediately explained.

"Oh, is it? That's good. I heard that when casting the Hongyi cannon, there will be trachoma. This steel bar must not have trachoma, otherwise, it will not be strong..." Yang Reform asked.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it won't happen. I have my own way. Your Majesty has forgotten that even the large internal structure can be made, so why can't this steel bar be made?" Sun Yuanhua explained again.

"This is also..., by the way, there is also this thread. If the steel bar is to be tied together, it must have this thread. Otherwise, if it is a bare iron rod, it may not be tied firmly..." Yang Reform Talk about a place where you think there is a problem.These are the places where Yang Reform finds it difficult. After all, this is the Ming Dynasty, not the later generations. The technology has just started, and there are many imperfections.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter. You can drill holes in the interior of the building. It's no problem to draw threads on the outside..." Sun Yuanhua smiled and relaxed.

"That's good..." Yang Reform relaxed again. Yang Reform didn't know much about construction projects, and he didn't know much about the level of craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty. He had been worrying blindly. He was relieved when he heard Sun Yuanhua's assurance that there would be no problem. .

"By the way, the Qing family will look again. The steel bars are at most three to five feet long when they are made, and the monument may be tens of feet high. The steel bars are afraid to be connected to each other. Well, the Qing family has a way to solve the connection method of the steel bars?" Yang Reform asked again, this is a welding problem, and later generations have various welding methods such as electric welding machines, and I don't know if the Ming Dynasty can solve it.

"This..." Sun Yuanhua thought carefully.

After a while, Sun Yuanhua said: "Your Majesty, I think that this is not impossible. If you want to connect two steel bars, you can connect them by forging..." Sun Yuanhua said.

"Forging?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is to use fire to burn the places where the steel bars need to be connected, and then beat them hard to make them connect together, that is, forging..." Sun Yuanhua said.

"Oh, that's it! Is this easy to do? When repairing the stele, the steel bars are all vertical, and the steel bars to be connected are also vertical. If you have to beat it, I'm afraid it will be difficult..." Yang Reformed .

"Your Majesty, this is really troublesome..." Sun Yuanhua thought for a while, then admitted that it was a trouble, and he was embarrassed. Usually it is placed flat on the anvil, which is easier to beat, but if it is erected, it will be difficult.

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while, and then said: "...But it's not impossible at all. You can fold two ends of the steel bar, and then put the two ends flat, and then you can beat it, or wrap a piece of steel pipe outside..."

Sun Yuanhua said a compromise.

After hearing this, Yang Reform said, "...Then the heating of the steel is also a problem!"

"...This, to report back to Your Majesty, is indeed a problem. This requires moving the stove to the monument under construction. This..." Sun Yuanhua said in a dilemma. This is indeed a big problem. Moving the stove to the monument is really a burden. .

"That's right! It's always dangerous to move the stove to the construction site...By the way, I don't know if alcohol blowtorch or kerosene blowtorch can work. If you can burn steel so that it can be forged, maybe you can try it. The blowtorch It is much smaller in size, and the fire is easier to control, and it is less likely to cause accidents..." Yang Reform thought for a while, and said, this may be a last resort, maybe it will work, maybe it won't work.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this may work, but I have to experiment..." Sun Yuanhua looked at the emperor in surprise, not knowing what to say, the emperor knows more than him, and perhaps, he will be a very good teacher and helpful friend ...

"...That's it. The Qing family can try it first. If it works, use this method. If it doesn't work, think of other methods..." Yang Reform can only hope for good luck now.

"I obey the order!" Sun Yuanhua agreed.By this time, Sun Yuanhua was no longer as "sunshine" as before.This idea of ​​reinforced concrete is still full of difficulties.

"After all, there is no precedent for this matter, and we still have to be cautious. The Qing family will try it first. After verifying the idea of ​​reinforced concrete, they will build a few real objects to see whether the reinforced concrete will work or not. Accumulated experience in building the Human Altar... I think it over, the Qing family can start building from the simplest reinforced concrete slabs, and after gaining experience, start to build reinforced concrete pillars, and after the cement pillars are built, start to use steel bars For more complex structures with concrete structures, such as houses, if reinforced concrete proves that high-rise buildings can be built, then the way I live in the future will also change drastically, and the opportunities in this are immeasurable..." Yang Reform said.

"I understand!" Sun Yuanhua quickly agreed.Using this kind of reinforced concrete frame to build a house... If it proves that this method is feasible, then indeed, the Ming Dynasty's construction method will be completely rewritten in the future.

"...I have thought about it. If the Qing family can build reinforced concrete pillars, they will try to build a lighthouse with reinforced concrete. The lighthouse in Tianjin was built by Han Ge. I heard that it is still digging now. Foot base, I will inform Mr. Han Ge to use reinforced concrete to build the lighthouse at that time, and the Qing family will use it to practice..." Yang Reform said.

"The minister leads the decree..." Sun Yuanhua said again.

"After such an experiment, I estimate that it will take at least a year or more to master the basic experience. I just happen to be soliciting plans and suggestions for the Altar of Humanity Monument from the people of the world, but I can win a year or so for the Qing family. Time, the Qing family has to work hard, and strive to officially start construction of the Altar of Humanity Monument in a year and a half. Before that, try to accumulate technology in place..." Yang Reform said again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I understand, I have received the decree..." Sun Yuanhua agreed, and then let go. The emperor also gave him a year and a half of trial time. With such a long trial time, his confidence is much greater.

(End of this chapter)