The royal mansion.

At night, it was already dark.

In the study, Wang Chen called Wang Yuncang over and asked, "How did I let you do the work a year ago?"

Wang Yuncang reported truthfully: "The largest factory...... The factory has been built, and about three smaller factories have been completed, and the remaining small factories are expected to be completed in a month and a half. ”

The progress is a little slower than you think.

However, considering that there were no modern tools in ancient times, they could only rely on pure handwork, and it was normal to be slower.

Wang Chen snorted and said, "Tomorrow, let the family go to the largest factory to clean up, and then set up some tables and chairs, and then use it as Jinghai Prefecture for the time being." ”

Wang Yuncang sighed and said, "Don't you become a state official?"

"Let go of the things in the field first, now that I have become the governor of Jinghai, the officials under my hands have no place to deal with official business, and it just so happens that the big factory is empty, so let's use it first." Wang Chen then instructed, "Also, you will recruit plasterers and carpenters in the name of Jinghai Prefecture, you will need about 100,000 craftsmen, I will build a Jinghai City, I will write to the imperial court on this matter, and it should not be difficult to approve it." ”

Yes, Lao Zhao wants Wang Chen to get electricity, and he needs to keep it secret in all aspects, so he should agree to build a closed city wall to prevent spies from stealing secrets and external forces from learning the news to attack, Wang Chen has already thought of an excuse.

And, even if Lao Zhao suspects that he has bad intentions, he will hold it for the sake of electric energy temporarily, after all, Lao Zhao put four thousand forbidden troops by Wang Chen's side, except for the 1,000 soldiers under Wang Chen, who really have combat effectiveness, there is no other military strength at all, as long as he doesn't get the 4,000 forbidden army away, no matter how presumptuous he is, in the honeymoon period, Lao Zhao will tolerate it.

Wang Yuncang was dumbfounded and said, "Build a city, we don't have that much money." ”

Wang Chen waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about the money, the imperial court just gave me 500,000 yuan, you take it and use it first, and call Qiu Gongliang to me tomorrow, I want to talk to him about the scope and construction of the city, he has experience in using reinforced concrete, I want him to help me build a steel city made of reinforced concrete, even if a million troops can't attack the city!"

As the saying goes, the city of three miles, the Guo of seven miles, normally speaking, the inner city of a city is about three miles in a radius, and the total area of the whole city is seven square miles.

Since he learned that Lao Zhao had murderous intentions towards himself, then Wang Chen would definitely not be able to sit still, he wanted to build the largest city in history, or rather, use reinforced concrete to enclose the entire Jinghai, which of course also includes Tongzhou, but who makes Tongzhou now in the "circle" of Jinghai can only accept the fate of being circled.

Today, the entire Tongzhou area is about 4,000 square kilometers, and what Wang Chen has to do is to use reinforced concrete to enclose the border of these 4,000 square kilometers, and the length of the city wall may reach 8,000 kilometers, which is slightly shorter than the Great Wall of Qin.

The Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty took about nine years to build, mainly at that time, it was built brick by brick, so a lot of manpower and material resources would be wasted.

Wang Chen's "Great Wall" is different, he is ready to use all reinforced concrete, as long as the workers dig the foundation well, the steel bar is tied, and the other irrigation cement is on the line, in comparison, it will be much less manpower than the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty, and the progress will be much faster, and he expects to be built within four to five years.

Once it can be built, the entire Jinghai will become an iron wall, with the current military strength of the Song Dynasty, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to break through the city wall made of reinforced concrete, no matter whether Wang Chen's wings are plump or not, as long as the Song army cannot be broken, the most with hybrid rice, high-yield wheat or something, food will not be a problem, and then slowly develop modern weapons, as long as the research and development of modern weapons is a little eyebrow-raising, hey, even a million Song troops can only accept the fate of extinction.

Yes, Wang Chen does not lack the capital to dominate the world, what he lacks is time, after all, it is impossible for all weapons to be purchased from modern times, if that is the case, it will definitely be investigated, not to mention that Wang Chen is now worth more than 100 million, even if he is replaced by a big man of Ma Yun's level, he will not be able to withstand a comprehensive investigation by the state machine, for the sake of safety, it is best to develop elite modern weapons in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It takes too much time to develop modern weapons, electricity, precision lathes, etc., anyway, it is a laborious thing, and if you want to be safe, it is better to have an impregnable city.

……

The next day, dawn.

Wang Chen led a group of officials from Jinghai Prefecture to march towards the original location of Linjia Town.

Because there are too many things, it takes a lot of time.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, everyone rushed to the factory area.

Wang Chen, who got down from the carriage, looked forward, only to see that the largest factory building covering an area of 20 acres had been built, although there was no decoration, there were no tiles outside, but the 13,000 square behemoth building was still very shocking in this era.

This can be seen from the demented eyes of Judge Ding, Judge Zhou and others.

Ding signed the judgment and sighed, pointed to the big factory and said, "This ...... Isn't this a mountain?"

"The Iron Behemoth, it's just a Steel Behemoth!" Judge Zhou was shocked.

Wang Chen pouted, this is called a steel beast? If you see a building like Jin Mao Tower, which soars into the sky, wouldn't you shout out about the Divine Palace Immortal Mansion?

He didn't say anything to the crowd, just asked the miscellaneous servants to move the tables and chairs in first, and then led the officials in.

Inside the factory.

Because more than 13,000 square meters is too big, Wang Chen chose a relatively small room on the east side as an office area, about 1,000 square meters.

Tables and chairs are being set up.

Wang Chen stood at the door and talked to Qiu Gongliang, who had just been called, "Uncle Qiu, are you still used to using reinforced concrete?"

Qiu Gongliang, who was dressed in sackcloth, bent down slightly and said respectfully: "I was not used to it at first, but later I found that reinforced concrete is very trouble-free, just irrigate it and wait for it to dry, and the old house has never been so comfortable." ”

Wang Chen snorted, "Did I leave the pipes and wall holes reserved for you?"

"Stayed. Qiu Gongliang said with a smile: "The pipeline is not much different from the drainage ditch in the city, it is easy to build, but there are some novelties in the wall pipes and holes, I compared the architectural copywriting you left, it took a lot of effort to repair, otherwise the rest can basically be built." ”

There is a drainage system in the ancient city, for example, Chang'an City in the Western Han Dynasty, the drainage system is composed of moats, drainage nullahs, culverts, in addition to the wide moats, in the suburbs will also excavate Kunming Pond and other ponds, with the role of flood control and water storage, very developed, not worse than modern society.

Wang Chen thought for a while and said, "Okay, you can transfer a group of people out in the afternoon to help me install something." ”

"Good host. Qiu Gongliang agreed.

Wang Chen said: "In addition, I may recruit a large number of plasterers and carpenters to build a city wall recently, and it is still necessary to use reinforced concrete, and then you will give me full responsibility to teach the new craftsmen how to use reinforced concrete." ”

"In other words, we won't have to worry about running out of work for the next few years?" Qiu Gongliang said.

Wang Chen said with a smile: "It's not the next few years, it's the next few decades, as long as you are still alive, most of the newly recruited masons and carpenters will build the city wall, of course, I will also divide a group of people out and start building houses on a large scale along my factory as the center, in the future, this will be the most prosperous place in Jinghai, of course, you need to worry a lot about Uncle Qiu." ”

Hearing that he had always had a livelihood, Qiu Gongliangle's mouth couldn't close, and he hurriedly said: "Don't bother, don't bother, it's my honor to be able to do things for the owner." ”

"Well, I suggest you set up a construction company...... Workshop, specializing in the construction of reinforced concrete houses, as long as you keep doing it, I believe that it will not be a problem for your family to have a lot of money in the future. Wang Chen mentioned that for many years in the future, Qiu Gongliang will do things for himself, and reinforced concrete is a novelty in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Qiu Gongliang's craftsmen will do it temporarily.

Follow the buddies to eat dry meat.

Wang Chen believes in a sentence, everyone picks up materials and has a high flame, and if they have money to earn together, the people under their hands can work harder, so he reminded him.

The two walked out of the factory while chatting.

As soon as he arrived outside, Wang Chen saw Wang Dalang, Wang Erlang and several other people's daughters-in-law carrying vegetable baskets, and he asked casually: "Yu Niang, what are we going to eat at noon?"

Wang Dalang's daughter-in-law, Yu Niang, said busily: "Uncle, in addition to mutton and vegetables at noon, there is also a river silver saury sent by Chenghe Guan. ”

Big river cobaole saury?

In the Song Dynasty, the long saury was called Dajiang, and the silver saury was the saury, that is, the Yangtze River saury with sky-high prices in modern society?

No way!

This thing can't be eaten even if you have money in modern society, because the country prohibits fishing!

As the head of the four fresh foods of the Yangtze River, as long as people who like to eat fish know, the Yangtze River saury is definitely located at the top of the fish pyramid, and before the ban on fishing, it has reached a terrifying 6,000 to 10,000 yuan per catty!

To tell the truth, Wang Chen had never eaten this thing before, and he was a little itchy and said, "Where is the silver saury?" ”

Yu Niang lifted the bamboo basket and saw a few silver fish lying inside, basically silent, obviously dead.

Wang Chen stared at it, the largest Yangtze River saury in it has chopsticks length, I'm afraid it has to be a pound in size, in modern society such a big Yangtze River saury has become extinct, you must know that in 2012, a 325 grams of Yangtze River saury auctioned a sky-high price of 59,000 yuan, if the largest saury in the basket to the modern society, I'm afraid it will be no problem to sell for 100,000 yuan!

Yu Niang explained: "The silver saury dies when it comes out of the water, and I have to steam it immediately, otherwise it won't taste good." ”

Wang Chen hurriedly said: "Then you hurry up and cook it, and you will bring me the two largest ones later." ”

"Okay uncle. Yu Niang and the other two Wang Yuncang's daughters-in-law left with the vegetable basket.

……

Midday.

Inside the factory.

About 30 officials sat around three round tables and ate lunch.

Because the position was a bit crowded, Wang Chen specially gave up to others to sit, and sat at his desk, holding a bowl of rice and two Yangtze River saury covered with plates in front of him ready to eat.

Suddenly, Ding Judge came over, and he smiled and said, "Zhizhou, do you eat one dish alone?" It's too cold, why don't you go to the table and squeeze with us and eat some together?"

Looking at the two big Yangtze River saury on the plate, Wang Chen smiled dryly: "No, no, I eat less, one dish is enough." ”

Ding Qian sighed: "I didn't expect your family to live so frugally, just eat with a dish, no, I have to learn from you, I'll bring a plate of mutton over, let's eat two dishes together." ”

Wang Chen hurriedly said: "Don't, I'm used to eating alone." ”

"Okay. Ding didn't dare to disobey, and continued to pat himself on the back and said: "The plate is still covered, I'll help you open it." ”

Wang Chen wanted to stop, "No, ......"

As soon as he said a word, Ding Judge had already reached out and opened the plate covering it, and the two big swordfish were instantly exposed to the air.

You must know that the Yangtze River saury is also the best river fresh in ancient times, because the Yangtze River saury dies when it comes out of the water, it can not be transported to a far place at all, it needs to be steamed immediately, and the price is not cheap, even the famous seafood lover Su Dongpo in ancient times was fascinated, and he also made a poem "The river fish is fresh in the Qingming Dynasty, and the silver knife is out of the net", it is conceivable how heavy the Yangtze River saury is in the minds of the ancient people.

At first, Ding Judge thought that Wang Chen was really thrifty, and he only ate one dish at a meal, and he sighed in his heart, but he didn't expect that as soon as the plate was opened, he was shocked, Nima, two chopsticks long Yangtze River saury, Wang Chen is eating alone!

Ding Judge looked at Wang Chen with dark eyes, and stammered, "Know...... Zhizhou, you ...... You enjoy two large silver saury by yourself, not ...... Isn't that too extravagant?"

Wang Chen coughed, "What, you hurry up and eat, there are still many things to do in the afternoon." ”

Ding was reluctant to leave at all, but Wang Chen had no choice but to eat alone, so he had to reluctantly look at the Yangtze River saury, turn around three times, and finally return to the table to eat helplessly.

Wang Chen didn't care what Ding Judge thought, smelling the freshness of the Yangtze River saury, his saliva was about to stay, he hurriedly picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of knifefish meat and put it in his mouth to taste it carefully.

There are a lot of spines, but the taste is so delicious that you will swallow your tongue.

Wang Chen has never eaten such delicious fish, at this moment, he is immersed in the delicious taste of the Yangtze River saury, that kind of enjoyment, don't mention it!

Fortunately, he won the jurisdiction of Changqi and the sea area, if there is really only Jinghai, the river official who manages Changqi will definitely not send the Yangtze River saury, as a foodie, it would be a pity to miss the Yangtze River saury, the first of the four major river fresh.

Delicious.

It's so delicious.

The meat is delicate, delicious, fat but not greasy, and slightly fragrant, which is worthy of being a top delicacy, even if there are many thorns, Wang Chen still eats happily!