In the Three Kingdoms period, the opening scene features the killing of Huang Gai, shocking Zhou Yu!

Cao Jie, Sun Shangxiang, Ma Chao,

And there was Jia Xu practicing the Five Animal Frolics there in the morning.

They were all called over.

"look."

Zhao Yu pointed to the board that had formed a solid board.

"Who wants to give it a try?"

"Check if it's hard."

Ma Chao glanced at it.

"Isn't it just dried mud?"

"It was crushed with one step."

Ma Chao walked over.

I didn't use my full strength, I only used half of it.

He stomped his foot hard.

"Thump!"

Ma Chao felt a numbness in the soles of his feet.

It felt like stepping on a granite slab.

Look at that board again.

Not moving.

Not even a footprint was left.

"Um?"

Ma Chao squatted down.

He touched the board.

It is a seamless whole.

"this……"

"This isn't mud!"

"It's a stone!"

"Zhao Yu! Did you secretly replace this piece of land with stones while we were sleeping last night?"

Zhao Yu burst into laughter.

He swung the large iron hammer in his hand.

"eighty!"

It slammed hard onto the cement slab.

There is only one small pit.

Jia Xu stopped practicing his boxing.

Those fox-like eyes were fixed on the board.

As a top strategist, what he saw was neither the road nor the house.

Instead... it's the city wall.

Bunker.

Permanent fortifications.

"Water and powder, stirred into a paste, turn into stone overnight..."

"This means that as long as this powder is available..."

"It means you can build skyscrapers anywhere, and instantly construct fortified cities."

"There's no need to go deep into the mountains to quarry stones; just bring these powders with you."

Cao Jie didn't care about defending the city or not.

She walked over and stepped on it.

It jumped twice more.

"Hard!"

"Flat!"

"And it doesn't stick to your shoes!"

Cao Jie grabbed Zhao Yu's sleeve.

"My husband!"

"I want this!"

"Pave the whole yard! Pave the whole road!"

"Also! I want to build a two-story pavilion on the back hill! Can we use this to build it?"

Zhao Yu threw the hammer to Ma Chao, who was already dumbfounded.

"Granted!"

"Starting today, let's activate the infrastructure construction mania mode!"

"It's not just about building roads!"

"We also want to build a two-story red brick and cement villa!"

"We also need to build a large public bathhouse!"

"We also need to build a cement road leading to Ye City!"

"Ameng!"

Zhao Yu grinned mischievously as he looked at Ma Chao.

"Don't just stand there."

"You still need to practice your millstone skills. Make a few more, and you can have the donkeys do the work."

"Whether our Ice Crystal Pavilion can be transformed depends entirely on you!"

Ma Chao looked at the large iron hammer in his hand.

"Alright."

This is like going from being the head of a coal mining team to the head of a millstone team.

At least from now on, coal trucks won't get stuck in the mud and he won't have to push them anymore.

Meanwhile, Jia Xu stood to the side.

He then silently returned to his room and took out the bamboo slips.

I made a deep note of it:

In the spring of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Zhao Yu refined a magical mud, which he named cement.

"Once this item appears, the defenses of cities throughout the land will likely undergo a drastic change."

Finished.

He added another sentence:

"I must suggest to the Prime Minister that all the city walls in the north be covered with this stuff as well."

……

Then the solution becomes very simple.

Zhao Yu specifically went to the industrial zone to find Ding Yi.

When found,

Ding Yi was facing the peach blossoms outside the window.

He was composing a five-character quatrain.

"The peach tree is young and tender, its blossoms are bright and beautiful... Ah, what a beautiful poem, what a beautiful poem."

He had just picked up his pen,

I was about to write the four characters "之子于归".

Zhao Yu's large hand had already pressed down on his pen holder.

Ding Yi looked up.

I saw Zhao Yu with a wicked grin on his face.

"Brother? What brings you here? Do you need me to polish some articles?"

Zhao Yu shook his head.

They snatched the brush from his hand and casually stuck it into the brush holder.

"That's proper etiquette."

"What's wrong?"

"How long have you been at the Ice Crystal Pavilion?"

"It's been more than a month."

"You don't do any work or chores here, but at least Jie'er knows to cook for me every day."

"You can't be worse than a woman, spending all your time writing and drawing here."

"That would be bad; the people below would have complaints."

The hat was too big, which made Ding Yi feel embarrassed.

"ah?

But... but after searching for so long, I really haven't found anything suitable for me to do.

That's exactly what I was waiting for.

"Who said there isn't one? Starting today, this pen will be replaced with a ruler."

"Look at this Ice Crystal Pavilion, it's in dire need of reconstruction. It needs someone like you to handle the infrastructure, don't you think?"

Zhao Yu placed the drawings he had completed directly in front of Ding Yi.

Ding Yi picked it up and took a look, and was completely dumbfounded.

"Infrastructure...? Deputy Commander-in-Chief?"

"Brother, as you know, I can only write articles, I know nothing about building houses! What is 'four connections and one leveling'? What does 'load-bearing wall' mean? I really don't understand!"

Zhao Yu didn't care. He had already discussed it with Cao Cao. Even if you're neither a mule nor a horse, you still have to come.

"If you don't know something, learn it! I wasn't good at business either, but I was forced into it, wasn't I?"

"Brother Ding, broaden your horizons! A multi-billion dollar project at Tongquetai is waiting for you in the future."

This small village of about a hundred households is now your practice set!

"Just imagine, when you personally transform this muddy swamp into thousands of magnificent houses, the sense of accomplishment you feel is incomparable to a few sentimental poems!"

Zhao Yu's words were extremely inflammatory.

Ding Yi naturally couldn't understand what "a multi-billion dollar project" meant.

But ever since I met my older brother, he has never lied to me... That seems to make sense?

Just do it.

Zhao Yu quickly assembled the "Number One Infrastructure Team of the Great Han Dynasty".

Commander-in-Chief: Zhao Yu (responsible for making empty promises and providing funding).

Deputy Commander-in-Chief: Ding Yi (responsible for running errands, yelling at people, and taking the blame).

Materials Director: Liu Laogen (responsible for leading the villagers in making red bricks).

Concrete Supervisor: Ma Chao (responsible for grinding and mixing cement).

Steelmaking supervisor: Ma Jun (leading the blacksmith team to turn that pile of steel scrap into steel bars).

Logistics Minister: Cao Jie (responsible for providing meals and distributing money).

Security captains: Sun Shangxiang and Aya.

The first project: "Affordable Housing Project".

Objective: To build a 30-household complex radiating outwards from the Tinghou Mansion, with each household having a red brick and cement house, a courtyard-style house, enough for a large family to live in.

As for why we didn't build a mansion for the Marquis first?

Zhao Yu's reasoning was righteous and awe-inspiring:

"Be the first to worry about the world's troubles! I can't sleep at night if the people don't live in new houses!"

The real reason is:

Cement is a newly developed product, and the technology is not yet mature. We'll start by using villagers' houses to increase our proficiency (just kidding). When it comes to our own mansions, the materials will be more complex. It's a gradual process, from easy to difficult. That's all there is to it.

……