Ang Lee rode slowly on horseback, and from time to time there was dust blowing in his face, and Ang Lee, who was choking, had to cover his face with his sleeves to reduce the dust that entered his mouth and nose.

Not to mention the craftsmen who were working, their position was much lower than that of Li An on horseback, and they were more vulnerable to the dust raised, their mouths and noses were full of dust, and even their faces had a thick layer of dust, which looked a little dirty.

This is the laborers, they do the hardest and most tiring work, but the income is not high, but they are very satisfied, and they do not feel how hard they work.

Most of these craftsmen were temporarily joined by soldiers, and although their skills were not good enough, they did not have a high level of skill in laying roads, and as long as they had physical strength, they would definitely be able to do well.

At a distance of about fifty steps from the road, there is a river almost parallel to the road, and the existence of this river makes the construction much more convenient, and allows the craftsmen to wash their faces and make themselves comfortable while resting.

Except for the roads that have been walked for a long time and the dust will be raised during large-scale construction, the rest of the place has vegetation such as grass and trees, and the scenery is still very good.

Ang walked slowly all the way, and soon reached the position near the lime mine, and dismounted to a small hill nearby.

Standing on a small hill that is not very high, it is enough to see all the construction scenes in front of you, 1,500 people gathered in the range of only one mile in length, which seems very dense, because the organization is relatively good, so there is no situation of nest labor, and the progress of the work is very fast.

The earth and stone at the high place are transported to a low place, and compacted to a certain extent to prevent the road surface from being loose and unable to withstand long-term vehicle crushing, turning into a tofu slag project.

The subordinate officials who were in charge of coordinating the work saw Li An standing on top of the small mound, and hurriedly put down the work in his hand and trotted up the small hill.

"Li Shilang."

The subordinates panted and greeted.

"Not bad! Fifteen hundred people gathered together and worked in an orderly manner, it was your organization that was good, and the official should take credit for you. ”

Li An looked at his subordinate officials and spoke.

"These are all things that the lower officials should do, and they don't dare to take credit."

The subordinate said modestly.

"At the current pace, when will this section of the road be repaired?"

Li An asked with great concern.

"Back to Li Shilang, the foundation of this section of the road will only take two days to dry, and after that, if the cement road with half of the road surface is built, it may take three or five days, and the total will definitely not exceed a week."

The subordinate said confidently.

Li An nodded with satisfaction, it only takes a week to pave such a road, no matter how it is calculated, it is very good, and it is impossible to be fast.

Of course, all this can only be achieved when there is a very sufficient amount of manpower, and if there are insufficient human resources, it will not be possible to achieve the task of building and completing the road in a short period of time.

Because the distance of this section of the road is only one mile, therefore, the earthwork is carried by manpower, and does not need the help of vehicles, but when compacting the road, it is not possible to use only manpower, because the weight of people is very limited, and the road must be pressed with the help of mechanical force to be the most strong.

"Tell everyone that the quality of the road must be guaranteed, and when the road is pressed, it must be stepped on by manpower first, and then compacted by machine, and it must be pressed several times to ensure that the road can be completely compacted."

Ang Lee asked.

"Li Shilang rest assured, his subordinates personally supervise the work, there will be no problem, and the quality of the road is definitely strong enough."

The subordinate spoke.

In order to ensure the progress of the construction, the investment in all aspects is relatively large, not only the manpower and resources are prepared in sufficient quantities, but at the same time, it has greatly improved the supply level of craftsmen, so that they can eat more nutritious and abundant food, so that they have more energy to work, but also make them more willing to work hard, not to play tricks.

The twenty miles just now were dusty during construction, but the one mile in front of me, during the construction, I couldn't feel the smoke and dust at all, because there was no smoke and dust at all.

Because this section of the road is a mountain road, it is uneven, there is a lot of vegetation on it, the soil is moist, and the soil that is dug up is even more moist, and without dry soil, the ground will certainly not raise smoke and dust, which allows the craftsmen who work here to avoid the damage of dust.

While laying the foundation, there are also some people who are carrying cement, gravel, sand and other building materials, and as long as the foundation is laid, the cement road can be laid.

Laying a solid foundation is the first step of laying a cement road, and it is also the most important step, as long as the first step of the work is completed, then you can start the next step, the next step of the work is to lay gravel and sand on the basis of the foundation, as well as semi-dry cement, and flatten it with a machine, the purpose of this is to further increase the firmness of the foundation, because the previous foundation is a soil material with poor hardness, if you lay concrete directly on it, the bottom support force of the concrete will be insufficient, once the vehicle passes for a long time, It is easy to cause the road surface to collapse and crack, and adding a thick layer of crushed stone mixture between the two can solve this problem, so that the road is stronger and can be used for a longer time.

Moreover, laying the crushed stone mixture, not laying a layer, but laying a good layer, layer by layer, each layer is compacted with a machine, after laying to a sufficient thickness, you can lay the concrete material on the top, after the concrete is dry, you need to cut a certain depth and width of cracks on the top to resist the cracking of the road surface, after that, the cement road can be used.

Now, it is still in the first stage of laying the foundation, from the road to traffic, it will take a long time, even if the cement road is paved, waiting for the road surface to dry, it will take a long time, however, the cement road only needs to be paved half of the width for the time being, and the remaining half of the width is the dirt road, which can be used for the time being, and will not delay the output of lime resources, and the lime that cement resources can also be exported can start to build the other half of the cement road.

Because Li An personally came to inspect, his subordinates were all very active in commanding, and the craftsmen worked very hard, and they did not find the phenomenon of laziness.

Before noon, the cook, who is in charge of cooking, starts cooking for the craftsmen in the neighborhood.

When the smoke rose, Li An stepped over to inspect it, wanting to see with his own eyes whether the level of food of the craftsmen was rich enough.

"Li Shilang is early."

Chef greeted with a smile.

"It tastes so good! This braised pork is very well done. ”

Ang Lee opened his mouth to praise and motioned for the chef to serve him a piece.

"Li Shilang, please."

Of course, the chef didn't dare to slack off, put the best pieces of braised pork in a small bowl, and respectfully handed them to Ang Lee with both hands.

"Well, it's very good, it's delicious, you guys should have some first."

Li An was very satisfied with the taste of the braised pork, and motioned to several subordinates behind him to eat it too.

Of course, several subordinates did not dare to take the initiative to ask for it, but the chef was very clever, and immediately served a bowl to several officials and handed it to them.

In addition to braised pork, there are also vegetarian dishes such as fried vegetables with eggs and stir-fried mung bean sprouts, and there is also green vegetable and bean sprouts soup, with a layer of sesame oil floating on it, which is oily and smells very fragrant.

These foods are better than the usual artisan meals, with more dishes and better quality, such as braised pork, which is usually never tasted by ordinary artisans, but this time, in order to boost the morale of the artisans, braised pork is served every day so that the artisans can eat enough.

It was almost noon, Ang Lee's stomach was hungry unconsciously, and after eating some delicious braised pork just now, the hunger not only did not disappear, but became even stronger.

"The official is hungry, prepare the meal, let's eat first."

Li An took a small number of subordinates and walked into the tent not far away, the tent was simple, there was only a table and a few chairs in it, it could be regarded as a small restaurant, which was specially used by managers to eat and rest.

Ordinary craftsmen do not have this kind of treatment, they can only sit on the ground when they are resting, or find a random stone as a stool, and when eating, they can only squat with a bowl to eat, and they can also eat standing up.

Mainly because the conditions of the port are relatively poor, there are not so many materials, many resources are in a state of shortage, and manpower is relatively lacking, so they will not deliberately mobilize resources to build enough tables and chairs, so they can only be wronged by these craftsmen first, anyway, these workers have long been used to it, and they don't think it matters.

As soon as noon came, all the craftsmen stopped their work on time and began to come to eat in an orderly manner, because there were so many people, so the place where the food was served was divided into five places, and there were three hundred people in each place.

In addition, there were a small number of tables and chairs in the dining room, and some suggested benches, but the number was so small compared to three hundred that all the stools were used as tables, and all the tables were full of artisans who were eating, that is, these craftsmen were either standing or squatting, or none of them were sitting to eat.

However, because the quality of the food is not enough to say, and the soup is also infinitely available, the craftsmen are very happy, they are all real people, and they value the real things the most, and they don't care about the empty things.

The so-called real things are that the quality of the food is hard enough, they eat very happily, and the virtual thing is the dining environment, they don't care much about the dining environment, even if they eat standing up, they will not have an opinion, anyway, no matter what kind of environment, the quality of the food will not change, it will not be, braised pork will become more delicious in a good environment.

If the quality of the food is reduced and a better dining environment is given, and they are allowed to choose whether to maintain the status quo or go to a good environment to eat the food they order, they will definitely be willing to maintain the status quo, and what they eat in their mouths is the best, as for what environment they eat, it is not too important.

Seeing the craftsmen eating, Li An patted his stomach and strode over.

Many of these craftsmen joined temporarily, and they belonged to the soldiers who unloaded their armor, so they naturally recognized Li An, and when they saw Li An coming over, they hurriedly saluted to show their respect for Li An.

"Don't worry about the official, you continue to eat, you're tired all morning, you have to eat more, eat quickly!"

Li An said gently.

Some craftsmen continued to eat when they heard this, but some craftsmen looked up at Li Ang after taking a bite, and some were smirking, as if they didn't know what to say.

"How does the food taste, are you satisfied with the food?"

Li An asked with concern.

"Okay, it's delicious, haha!"

"It's delicious, it's delicious."

"It's delicious."

These guys don't speak very well, and they can barely speak words other than delicious.

Li An nodded with a smile and said: "It's good, it's delicious, only when you eat well and eat well, you will have more strength when you work, don't you say!" ”

"Yes......"

Everyone's interest is high, and it's good to eat good food.

"Rest assured, from today onwards, the food will be like this every day, it will only be better than today's, not worse than today's food, everyone work hard, don't be lazy."

Ang Lee encouraged.

"Wow......"

All the craftsmen were excited.

"A bunch of foodies."

Li An smiled softly, and took a few subordinates to the location of the lime mine not far away, where the craftsmen were also eating, however, Li An did not eat to watch the craftsmen eat in the past, he wanted to see the lime mining, as well as the construction of the cement workshop, as soon as possible to produce lime and cement, which is extremely important to the construction of Anzhu City, and has to be paid attention to.

There is no technical difficulty in mining lime mines, just the construction of some rooms next to them for storing tools and for people to live in.

The technical difficulty of the cement workshop is not great, only some basic equipment is needed, and the construction can be completed and put into use in a few days.

At this moment, some craftsmen have begun to try to mine lime mines, and the mined limestone is placed in an open field and piled up in the open air.

"It's not good to pile up in the open air, in case it rains, it will be troublesome, and now the construction of the port also needs lime, let people transport this lime to the port!"

Ang Lee casually gave the order.

"Li Shilang, now the road has not been repaired, and even the foundation has not been laid, so much limestone, it is really not easy to transport to the port, it is better to wait one more day, and after the foundation is firmly laid, then transport it over!"

The subordinate glanced behind him and refused in embarrassment.

Li An was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's not bad for this day, it's the official's lack of thoughtfulness, it's the official's fault, then wait another day, let's transport it tomorrow!" ”

The port is relatively short of lime materials, but Li Ang wants these lime materials for a more important purpose, that is, to try to research a better quality paint, the effect of which is better than lime powder.