Li An clearly remembers that the inner walls of the big tiled house he lived in when he was a child in his previous life were smeared with lime, as long as the foundation is well laid, there will be no cracks in a short time, but after a long time, cracks will slowly occur, and even, when the cracks gradually get bigger, you can see that there are hair-like materials in the middle of the cracks, and these materials are trying to pull to prevent the cracks from getting bigger, although it is futile, the cracks will continue to grow, but they can completely slow down the speed of the cracks from getting bigger.

After the cracking of the wall skin to form a scale, there will be small pieces of wall skin that will fall off, but at the same time, there will also be some wall skin that will fall off from the wall, but it will not fall to the ground, and this is the effect of the hair silk material, which will hook the fallen wall skin so that the wall skin does not fall to the ground.

Therefore, it is very important to add the material of the hair state in the lime material, and it can play a great role, if there is no such material, it is estimated that the lime wall will be more prone to cracking and falling off, so that the cost of maintenance will be much higher.

Of course, the paint made directly from lime and hair filamentous materials is the most primitive one, and as long as you experiment hard, you can use lime materials to make more advanced and durable white paints, which Ang Lee is confident enough to do.

And this time, Ang Lee plans to develop this material for the benefit of the world, but it is a pity that there is no lime mine nearby, if there is no lime mine, Ang Lee will not have enough experimental materials, and it will be very difficult to implement, and this makes Ang Lee quite disappointed.

"Li Shilang, good news! Great news, the lime mine has been found, it has been found. ”

The subordinate walked in and said happily.

"Found it, found the lime mine, really, it's great, haha!"

Li An looked very happy and slammed up from his seat.

"Where, where is the lime mine, how far is it from the port?"

Li An asked happily, the lime mine has found a great news, and the location of the lime mine is also very critical, if it is too far away from the port, it is not good, after all, the port needs a large number of lime materials, as well as various industrial products made by lime, if the lime mine is too far away, the transportation cost will go up, which is not conducive to controlling the cost.

"Not far, not far at all, twenty miles north of the city walls."

The subordinate replied.

"What, it's only twenty miles, and it's only discovered from the lime mine so close that these guys are eating."

Li An was suddenly a little dissatisfied, he sent out so many people and horses, and searched for so many days in a row, only to find a lime mine twenty miles in the north, this efficiency is really not flattering.

"Li Shilang is angry, this person is not familiar with the place, the lime mine is not close to any road, our people are not easy to find at all, so, it has not been found, recently, the subordinates have been more strict, and plan to give a lot of rewards to the discoverer, so that these guys are willing to work hard, and this is the only way to find it."

The subordinate said.

When Li An heard this, he smiled and said: "These guys usually don't want to work hard, they are willing to work hard when they say that they are rewarded for it, they are really a group of little bastards, and it is also your fault, if they had agreed to the reward earlier, wouldn't they have been able to find it quickly." ”

The subordinate paused for a moment, and pleaded: "What Li Shilang said is that his subordinates are not thoughtful, oh, by the way, this lime mine cannot be said to have been found by our people, it is our people who got the news from the woodcutter who went into the mountain to cut wood, and took a look at it in person, and after some inspection, it was determined that it was a lime mine, and it was also a lime mine with extremely high content and purity, and there was no pressure to mine it for a hundred years." ”

Li An agreed: "It's good, these guys can think of asking about the lime mine through the woodcutter, proving that they have brains!" Looking for information from the local population is the most correct way, but these guys are only thinking of using it now, which is really delaying the official matter. ”

"Li Shilang, when are we going to the lime mine?"

The subordinate asked.

Ang Lee said: "It's better to do anything sooner rather than later, just prepare briefly, let's go now, and go to the lime mine right away." ”

The distance of twenty miles is not very far, however, in order to ensure safety, fifty Tang soldiers and horses immediately rushed over in advance, while Li An led his subordinates, escorted by a hundred elite soldiers, to the location of the lime mine.

The main road is the smoothest, which can meet the travel of ironclad vehicles, so Li Ang chose to take the main road, even if it is a little farther.

"The lime mine is extremely important to Anzhu City, and the distance is not very far, but this road is really not flattering! It was too bumpy, and the width was not enough, so it had to be widened and reinforced, so that the lime for building materials could be transported more quickly in the future. ”

Li An looked at the scenery outside the window and spoke.

The subordinates in the same car nodded and said: "Li Shilang is right, in the future, the port will have a great demand for lime and cement, and there will inevitably be a large number of transport vehicles on this road. ”

"Ordinary reinforcement is not enough, it must be made into a solid cement road, only in this way can it be really strong and durable."

Another subordinate said.

Li An nodded and said: "That's right, this road in the north must be built as a cement road, and it must be a two-way passage, preferably a two-way four-channel, so that even if some vehicles break down halfway, the road will not be congested, and it must be built as soon as possible, and the construction of this road will begin after the railway station is completed." ”

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it."

The subordinates hurriedly answered.

When the vehicle was still about a mile away from the lime mine, Li An saw that the vehicle had stopped, so he stepped out of the car and looked around.

"Hey, where is the lime mine, where is it."

Li An looked around and found that there were green mountains and green waters all around, the environment was very good, and on some commanding heights, there were still fewer Tang soldiers standing guard, in short, there was no trace of lime mine at all.

"Li Shilang, the lime mine is in the west, and there is still about a mile away, because there is no road, so I can only grieve Li Shilang to go on foot."

The subordinate hurriedly said.

Li An doesn't care about the distance of a mile of road, this distance is nothing to him at all, although this road is very difficult to walk, rugged can not be regarded as a road, it is stepped on by the woodcutter with his feet, but because the destination has a lime mine, a lime mine that is crucial to the construction of Anzhu City in Datang, so, even if he is tired, Li An will not feel it.

Climbing up to a high ground, Li An saw the lime mine not far ahead, although the mountain was covered with vegetation, but some areas without vegetation exposed white lime ore, obviously, the lime mine ahead.

Li An was quite excited, and his pace under his feet quickened a lot, and he soon walked to the location of the lime mine, and squatted down to personally touch the lime ore of Baise.

"Lime, it's really lime, it's quite a burner? Good purity. ”

Li An excitedly clutched the lime block tightly in his hand, with an extremely intoxicated expression on his face.

"Let's go, let's look elsewhere."

It is obviously not enough to have lime mines in one place, because the construction of Anzhu City requires a large amount of lime mines, and Li An must personally check this, so that he can be more assured, this is not that he does not believe in the judgment of his subordinates, but a cautious character formed for a long time.

After personally inspecting the lime mines in many locations, Li An has already approved the report of his subordinates, and the lime ore resources here are indeed very large, enough to support the needs of Anzhu City.

"With this lime mine, the demand for lime and cement in Anzhu City will be solved soon, and this lime mine is too timely."

Li An said happily.

"Li Shilang, mining lime mines, building cement workshops, and manufacturing cement all need a lot of craftsmen, and Anzhu City now has a very high demand for cement, so his subordinates feel that craftsmen should be transferred here as soon as possible, and it doesn't matter if the city wall is completed one day earlier or one day later, so manpower can be transferred from the craftsmen who built the city wall to get the lime mine and pave the road as soon as possible."

The subordinate asked.

Li An nodded approvingly: "You are right, the demand for cement and lime in Anzhu City is too great, and the city wall is not very important, so it is necessary to transfer craftsmen here, mine lime mines, build cement workshops, and build roads. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

The subordinate answered.

Now, the location of the super-large lime mine has been determined, but the location is not close to the road, so it will be very inconvenient, and even a lot of mining and construction equipment can not enter the area where the lime mine is located, in order to solve this problem, we must take the lead in opening up the distance of this mile road, so that this undulating mountain road becomes a flat road that can be passed by vehicles, and then further build into a wide cement road, two-way four-lane.

Until the construction of this one-mile road is completed, the mining of lime mines and the construction of cement workshops will not begin, so it is necessary to concentrate a large amount of manpower on the road as a priority.

Li An took a closer look, this road of more than one mile, the height is very undulating, if you want to open up a wide road, the earthwork that needs to be transported is very large, without the support of a thousand manpower, it will not be possible to build it in a short time.

Fortunately, there are a large number of soldiers and horses in Datang, and there are already 6,000 people who have joined the ranks of craftsmen, and the human resources are still enough.

"Li Shilang, after the passage of this one-mile road is repaired, it is necessary to start building a cement road for twenty miles in a row, but now the cement in Anzhu City is extremely lacking, and the cement transported from afar is not enough.

One of his subordinates complained.

Li An also understands this truth, now the lime mine has not begun to mine, the cement workshop has not been built, it is impossible to produce cement resources in a short time, and the construction of cement workshops and road construction need to use cement, and the existing construction of Anzhu City has been very lacking in cement, it is really impossible to extract excess cement, specially used to build roads and cement workshops.

However, the construction of cement workshops and the mining of lime ore are very important, although it will take a lot of scarce resources for the time being, but as long as the construction is completed, it can provide a large number of scarce building materials for Anzhu City, so even if it is difficult, we must find a way to give priority to it.

Only when the cement workshop is built can it produce a huge amount of cement, and if these cement resources are to be better transported to Anzhu City, cement roads must be built, which is also essential.

After thinking about it, Li An finally made a decision and said: "Before the cement workshop and the construction of the northern road are completed, the construction of the city wall will be stopped, and half of the craftsmen of the railway station will be transferred to repair the road, the construction of the second street will be stopped, and the lighthouse by the sea will also be stopped. ”

In order to solve the problem of the lime mine immediately, Li An made the biggest move, and actually postponed the railway station that was originally planned to be completed as soon as possible, which shows how much Li An attaches importance to the lime mine.

"Li Shilang is right, lime mines and cement workshops are very important, even if the construction of the port is stopped, we must give priority to ensuring the demand for lime mines, and my subordinates will fully support them."

The subordinates spoke in support.

Li An opened his mouth and said, "Okay, everyone should go and prepare!" The official is going back. ”

On the way back, Ang Lee was still thinking hard about how to mobilize all the resources and prioritize the lime mines, cement workshops, and cement roads that had to be built in the north.

Of course, because resources are still relatively tight, so more than 20 miles of cement roads can only be built two-way two-lane first, and after the cement workshop can produce cement, two-way four-lane wide roads can be built.

After returning to the port, one of his subordinates ran over and said, "Li Shilang, several pirates have been killed, and their subordinates have taken matters into their own hands and buried the pirates' bodies. ”

"Well, it's good to bury it, so as not to cause a plague, well done."

Li An opened his mouth to praise his subordinates, paused, and said, "How are the remaining pirates, are they still arrogant?" ”

"Back to Li Shilang, all of them are like ashes, it is estimated that they will not live long, where can they still be arrogant."

The subordinate said.

Li An thought for a while, and felt that the time for the public display was too long, and the people should have vented and vented, so there was no need to continue to show the public, but if these pirates were cut down directly, it would be a little too cheap for these pirates, after all, they had done too much evil, and they had to continue to think of a new trick to torture these damn pirates.