Concrete is made of cement, stone, and sand.

The round kiln in the Zhu's cement factory is firing cement around the clock using the raw materials stored in the warehouse.

The problem of stones is also easy to solve, the blasting of gypsum, clay, and limestone will produce associated ore stones, which can be broken into stones by using the steam hammers of the three ore steam plants.

The production of sand is difficult, and an ultra-fine grinder of 120~300 mesh is required.

Now I haven't even seen the shadow of the steam hammer, let alone this more sophisticated ultra-fine grinder, with the current talent thickness, it can't be realized for the time being, and can only wait until later.

Even now with an ultrafine grinder, Zhu Shun will not be reluctant to process it himself.

The Ming Dynasty, which is still in the era of small-scale peasant economy, is a treasure trove full of treasures for Zhu Shun, and many expensive raw materials in the industrial era are thrown on the ground in the Ming Dynasty.

Sand is divided into mountain sand, river sand, and sea sand.

Mountain sand needs to be processed by industrial machinery, and river sand and sea sand are everywhere, especially on the seaside, where they are piled up in patches, and they have been piled up for thousands of years.

The sand of the whole sea is Zhu Shun's!

Zhu Shun can take advantage of the transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and send Pingsha boats to the beach to pick up as much as he wants.

However, the sea sand is graded using a screen, which is divided into three grades, which can be regarded as the primary processing of sea sand.

If concrete wants to be truly indestructible, it also needs to add steel bars to it, but with the smelting level of the Ming Dynasty, the output of steel is very low, and the steel bars cannot be used for the time being, so they can only be replaced by wrought iron.

Using wrought iron, the cost is also very high, and Zhu Shun does not need to build a palace of much height, and the concrete is enough.

The smelting problem cannot be solved, Zhu Shun is now lacking in skills, so he can only find a way to recruit another world-class genius to carry the metallurgical system.

However, it is possible to use bamboo concrete technology.

Zhu Shun clearly remembers that during World War II, the little devil who lacked steel used bamboo concrete technology to build infrastructure, and until modern times, there are many buildings that use bamboo concrete technology with many advantages.

Zhu Shun sat in the main hall of Zhu's cement factory, thinking about the topic of letting Yang Baisui establish bamboo concrete technology, and the old lady Song walked in.

Old lady Song was followed by a squire, dressed in a standard pan-collar coat and Dongpo hat, and his appearance was also very ordinary, so he couldn't see the squire's temperament.

Born from the heart, many people's appearance has a certain relationship with his temperament.

Yang Bald, who has a fierce temper, has a fierce face on his face.

Song Yingsheng, who has a gentle temper, has a kind face on his face.

The squire crossed the threshold and walked into the main hall, arching his way: "In Xia Huang Zongyao, the head of the six rooms of the Tongzhou Yamen is in charge." ”

Zhu Shun knew that the household was generally the head of the six-room yamen, and the Huang palm case in front of him should be said to be the head of the officials in Tongzhou.

If Zhu's cement factory wants to take root in Tongzhou, it is indispensable to contact him, and the importance of making friends with him even exceeds that of making friends with Zhizhou.

The local governor of the state is just an outsider, but the official is a squire with complicated relations in Tongzhou, and the Huang Zhang's family, which is the head of the six houses, is one of the best squires in Tongzhou.

The stone liberation, the enrollment of new-style schools, the prison lawsuits that appeared with the increase of workers, and the ticket cases all depended on the care of this Huang Zhang's case.

Zhu Shun poured a cup of tea for Mrs. Song, and also poured a cup for Huang Zhang: "Please take charge of the case." ”

Huang Zhangshu took his teacup and took a look, it was actually a blue and white teacup produced in Ru kiln, not porcelain from a private kiln.

I have long heard that the new machinery is the Baoyuan Bureau, and when I saw this Ruyao blue and white teacup, Huang Zhang's heart had a bottom.

The three of them didn't speak, they sat on the official hat chair and drank tea cup by cup, the heat was almost over, Huang Zhangshu took the initiative to speak: "I came here this time to discuss something with Ambassador Zhu." ”

Here it comes.

Zhu Shun put down the teacup in his hand, knowing that this person should have made a decision, and it seemed that he could not resist the temptation of the new machinery to come over in person today.

Huang Zhangshu paused and continued: "There is a private kiln for the production of porcelain in my hand, and I am ready to buy Ambassador Zhu's clay, I don't know if I can give some mercy in terms of price." ”

Huang Zhang's sentence was completely out of Zhu Shun's expectations, not to buy new machinery, but to buy a pile of dirt that can be seen everywhere.

Zhu Shun thought about it, and quickly understood the intention of Huang Zhang's case, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in the end, it was the head of the six chambers, and his scheming was really not comparable to ordinary people.

While others were paying attention to the new machinery, he saw the greatest advantage of these steam factories.

Mass production and cheapness.

The main reason for the high price of porcelain is that the extraction of raw materials requires a lot of manpower and animal power.

The cost of raw materials for the clay produced by steam has been reduced to an unimaginable level, and it can almost be said that there is no capital to buy.

After all, clay is clay, and it is distributed everywhere in the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Zhang's purchase of the clay from the steam factory saved a lot of costs, and he could sell the porcelain produced in the private kiln to an outrageous price.

The market price of fine porcelain is basically maintained at 10 pieces of silver, and the Huangzhang case is completely sold for 20 pieces of silver.

The price is ten percent lower, and it is much more than the silver earned by ordinary porcelain workshops.

If this kind of cheap porcelain enters the market, as long as the quantity is large enough, it can destroy the porcelain workshop of Beizhili almost instantly.

The profit in this is even more than that of the shuttle loom, and there is no need to offend the Donglin Party, the Huang Zhang's case is really a good calculation.

Zhu Shun is ready to agree to this matter, not only agree, but also fully support Huang Zhang's case.

Don't want to offend the Donglin Party?

The Huang Zhang's case underestimated the assimilation ability of the industrial demon reform, and when the private kiln of the Huangzhang case expanded to a certain point, it was completely tied to the clay steam factory.

Only the clay steam factory can provide a large amount of cheap clay, and without the clay steam factory, the price of the private kiln porcelain of the Huangzhang case will be the same as before, and the biggest advantage will be lost.

The lifeline is in Zhu Shun's hands.

Huang Zhang's next words made Zhu Shun completely relieved: "With cheap porcelain, you can't sell it if you want to, porcelain involves the interests of many big people." ”

"With the strength of the following, I can't eat such a big silver mountain at present, and I hope the ambassador can help introduce the son of Xing'an."

The main property of Xin Ningbo is furniture such as official hats, chairs, and tables, and the main industry of Xing Anbo is the porcelain business.

It's just that in the past two years, the porcelain workshop has become more and more sluggish, and it has almost been suppressed by the Donglin Party and Jin merchants.

When Zhu Shun heard that Huang Zhang's case wanted to buy clay, he first thought of Xing'anbo, and saved the porcelain workshop in Xing'anbo's hands through cheap clay.

The ore steam factory and the new cement plant have already begun to be built, and Zhu Shun can return to the capital with confidence: "If you have time in the Huang Zhang, come with me to the capital today." ”

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