The six characters written by Ang Lee himself were quickly carved on the wooden plaque by the carpenter and sent to Ang Lee for personal acceptance.

"Li Shilang, we have done the plaque according to your requirements, you can see if it is appropriate."

The middle-aged carpenter waved his hand lightly, and asked several carpenters behind him to lift the red cloth that had been changed on the plaque, revealing the six big characters on the plaque.

"Anzhucheng Railway Station, good, the carving is very good, just as good as what the official wrote, you work harder, carry this plaque to the construction site in the northwest direction."

Li An opened his mouth to praise and gave an order.

"Yes, the little one understands."

The middle-aged carpenter nodded hurriedly, beckoned several young carpenters to hurry out, and walked to the northwest direction of the construction site.

Li An also led his men to the construction site in the northwest direction.

The huge project of building the railway station will soon begin, and before the official construction, it is natural to need to be encouraged and hold a groundbreaking ceremony to increase the enthusiasm of the people.

In fact, it is just a process of pretending to be forced, but it can often play a certain role and boost morale.

The foundation laying ceremony of later generations is a number of people with heads and faces, one person holds a shovel, and buries the engraved stele in the soil, this process is very short, and most of the time is spent on speech and pretending.

At this moment, the groundbreaking ceremony that Ang Lee wants to carry out is similar to the groundbreaking ceremony of later generations, but the use of a wooden plaque is not a stone stele, the specifications seem to be a little worse, and it is also to save time to do this, if you ask a stonemason to find a big stone and then carve it, the time will definitely be delayed for a long time, and wood is everywhere, you can use ready-made, the meaning is enough.

Since it is a plaque, it is obviously inappropriate to bury it in the soil, and it must be hung in a high place to be reasonable, so that more people can see it.

For this reason, Li An has already asked people to build a small wooden gatehouse on the spot, and in front of the small gatehouse is a temporary small high platform, only half a person high, and a row of seats are placed on it, and the front of the seats is covered with brocade, so that the audience outside can not see the lower body of the leader.

Since the northwest direction made a big move, the crowd of onlookers has not stopped, some businessmen look at it for a while and feel that there is nothing new and leave, but there will always be new businessmen running over to see the excitement, even if there is no scenery, they will be happy to see it, as if there will be a great loss if not looking.

In short, the construction site in the northwest can always maintain the scale of two or three hundred people, after a few people go, a few people will come, and some people will come back after an hour.

"Hey, less than an hour after leaving, there was such a big gatehouse here, and the speed was fast enough."

"Yes! When I came here just now, there was nothing here, and in the blink of an eye, the gatehouse and the high platform were built. ”

"Look, there's a row of tables and chairs here, and there's a cup on it, what is this for!"

"Looks like there's going to be a big guy coming over later, otherwise what would you do with these teacups?"

"Yes, yes, there will definitely be big people coming, we are waiting here, anyway, the temporary business is not very busy."

"Yes! The port has just begun to be built, the population is not much, as long as the port facilities are built more in the future, the railway station is opened to traffic, the business will be good, and it can be many times better, more than a hundred times! ”

"That's right, so, let's come over in advance to occupy the best position, and play the sign first, so that we can lie down and earn money in the future."

"Anzhu Port is good at everything, the only regret is that all the houses are built and rented out in a unified manner, which makes us have one less way to make money, now the value of the land and the house here is not large, but there will be great room for appreciation in the future, if you can buy the next batch of real estate, you will definitely get a hundred times the income in the future, but this way to make money was all robbed by the Tang Dynasty, and after living for so long, I really haven't heard that the court is responsible for building and renting houses."

"It doesn't matter! As long as you can make money, renting a house is less risky, and you can change places at any time, which is good. ”

The merchants gathered together and talked.

Soon, Ang Lee arrived at the scene and immediately caused a round of cheers to culminate.

Ang Lee's fame is very great, and there are still a lot of fans, and there are Ang Lee's fans everywhere in Datang and even overseas.

"A few of you come up and stand in front."

Ang Lee looked at several carpenters and asked them to raise the plaque on the platform.

The scene was slightly chaotic, and an official quieted everyone and spoke first, stating that the Tang Dynasty was going to build the Anzhu City Railway.

When the officials made a statement about the construction of the Anzhucheng Railway, Li An sat on a chair and drank tea lightly, relaxing his body and mind, and then he had a chance to speak.

"Next, I would like to invite Li Shilang to speak."

The Datang official looked at Li An and spoke.

At this time, there were only the audience who gathered, and there were no spectators who left, and the crowd of onlookers expanded to the scale of 500 people.

Li An hurriedly stood up, waved to the crowd of onlookers, accepted their cheers, and then spoke: "Everyone, today is a good day for the foundation laying of Anzhucheng Railway Station, Anzhucheng Railway Station is a project that the Tang Empire attaches great importance to, the Tang Emperor personally issued an order, let the official immediately organize the construction, to build it as soon as possible, the railway station can be opened to traffic in a year at most, and when the time comes, the goods transported from Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty will be able to directly arrive in Anzhu City!" There is no longer a need to travel thousands of miles from the sea, the time will be greatly shortened, the life of merchants and people will be greatly improved, in addition, Anzhu City is also a port city with a good port, the railway station and the port are combined, what does this mean, you should know very well that in the future, Anzhu City will surpass all the cities and become the largest city within a radius of thousands of miles, and it is not difficult for the population to exceed one million. ”

This remark is impassioned, of course, it is all the truth, there is not the slightest element of boasting, the geographical location of Anzhu City is too special, the importance is irreplaceable by all ports, this water and land transportation hub will inevitably have a bright future in the future.

After a short pause, Ang Li began a long speech, analyzing the huge benefits that Anzhucheng Railway Station can bring to Anzhucheng from various angles.

The crowd soon swelled to 800 and counted, and everyone was very excited, even a little excited, after listening to Ang Lee's passionate speech.

Especially the businessmen who came to do business, they were in the best mood, they listened to the blueprint described by Ang Lee, as if they saw how they would make a fortune in the future, the money was piled up, and the young woman hugged her left and right, and she felt very cool when she thought about it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this plaque next to it was written by the official himself and carved by a carpenter, and it is now hung on this gatehouse."

Li Ang asked several carpenters and soldiers to hang the wooden plaque on the gatehouse.

This plaque can not only tell everyone that the Anzhucheng Railway Station is under construction here, but also allow people to admire Ang Lee's calligraphy, which is completely okay as a scenic spot.

After hanging the plaque, the groundbreaking ceremony was over, and Ang Lee left the scene with his subordinates, leaving only some people to clean up the high platform and remove the temporary high platform and transport it away.

After the high platform and tables and chairs were removed, most of the crowd of onlookers dispersed, and only two or three hundred people remained and refused to leave.

Some of these people are really boring, they don't go if someone doesn't leave, and they don't have anything important to do anyway, and some are cultural people who know calligraphy, they are attracted by Ang Lee's unique calligraphy level, and they are so fascinated by it that they forget to leave.

"Look at it, Li Shilang's handwriting is strong, the rhyme is vivid, and he has the habits of the right army!"

A businessman speaks with praise.

"What's more, it's just a ghostly workmanship, smart and chic, and there is no second person in the world who can write such good handwriting."

Another merchant spoke.

"You guys are too good at blowing, these are just carved with a chisel after the carpenter rubbed it, it should be said that the carpenter has first-class skills."

A half-baked reader spoke.

"What do you know, the carpenter is just drawing a scoop according to the gourd, if there is no Li Shilang's handwritten calligraphy, with the carpenter's level, how can he carve such a level of words."

"That is, the handwriting carved by the carpenter can be so powerful and magnificent, then Li Shilang's calligraphy must be much higher than what we see."

"Yes! It's a pity that we can only look at the handwriting carved by the carpenter, but we can't see the handwriting written by Li Shilang on the paper, which is somewhat regrettable. ”

Several businessmen looked regretful.

If Ang Lee was at the scene, he would definitely be happy to write a copy for each of them, so that they could have a good look at it and fulfill their wishes.

However, Li An is also very busy now, and after returning to his residence, he has been looking at the map, which is the map of Anzhu City that has just been revised recently, and even includes the area dozens of miles outside the city.

The terrain is unlikely to change much, and the modification of the map is to add a lot of content to it, the original map is relatively empty, many places are blank, and it is impossible to see that this is a port city.

And now when you look at it, the map looks quite full, the city walls have been marked on it, the lighthouse of the port has also been marked, and all the facilities under construction have been marked.

The whole port is shaped like a human ear, with the train station in the northwest, the government offices in the middle of the inland position, and the commercial street in the middle of the seaside position, as for the residential area, it is mainly concentrated in the south, that is, the location of the earlobe.

The construction of the city wall has not yet been completed, but because the location has been determined, it can be marked on the map, but the dotted line is used to indicate that it is not finished for the time being.

According to the current scale of construction, most of the parts of the map city are still blank, and it is impossible to build it full without a few years of effort, and once the city is too small to accommodate more people, you can choose to build super tall buildings, or expand the city wall, which is all a later story, and there is no need to consider it for the time being.

Outside the walls is mostly forests and rivers, and there is also an area of wasteland, which naturally does not need to be marked, and all workshops must be marked.

For example, sand quarries not far from the port, quarries farther away, and growing brick kilns must be marked on the map.

The collection of timber is the responsibility of the nearby villagers, and the location of the collection is not fixed, so it cannot be marked at all, so it can only be noted, but the location of each village must be marked, and the location of all bridges must also be marked.

"Sand, gravel, wood, bricks, all these things, there is a shortage of cement and steel, and there are no lime and iron mines nearby?"

Li An looked at the map and sighed, feeling a little depressed, sending out so many people and horses, and not finding the needed veins for so long, of course he felt a little regretful.

"Li Shilang rest assured, his subordinates have already made people expand the scope of search, and I believe that they will be able to find something."

The subordinate spoke.

Lime ore is a very important mineral, not only for the production of cement, but also for the construction of a very important material in its own right.

The bricks of the wall have the best effect with cement mortar, followed by lime mortar, and then clay mud, that is, even if you don't make cement, you can directly use lime mortar to build the wall, and the effect is also very good.

And lime also has a very important role, that is, to paint the wall, the green bricks used in the building, the built house, the wall is cyan, bumpy is very unsightly, and the best solution is to apply lime material on the wall in the house, so as to make the room look bright.

This is very important, because if the walls inside the room are very dark, the whole room will be dull and it will be very uncomfortable to live in, so it is best to make the walls brighter, and the only way is to use lime materials.

In the house where Li Ang lived when he was a child in his previous life, the walls were made of lime mortar, and the main materials were lime, sand, and filamentous materials like hair, and Li Ang was not sure what it was, but Li Ang knew the effect, that is, to prevent the walls from cracking.

Because the quality of ordinary brick houses is not too good, it is normal for the wall to have a small crack, and as long as there is a little crack in the wall, then the lime mortar applied to the wall will be subjected to a certain tension, and it is easy to produce cracks, and if there are cracks, the wall is not beautiful enough.

The addition of a hair-like material strengthens the toughness of the lime mortar, thus resisting this stress caused by wall cracking, protecting the wall from cracking.

Although this measure is often not very effective and will still produce cracks in many cases, as long as it works, it can at least reduce the occurrence of cracks in the wall.