Cement is also very simple, mainly the problem of proportion and temperature, lime ore, plus clay, plus aluminum ore, there is no crusher in Datang, it is a little troublesome to crush the raw materials, and then I can only buy a super-large stone mill, pulled by two oxen, to solve this problem.

After the raw materials are blended according to the proportion, the rest is firing, and in this way, it took a month for Su Bai's first batch of cement to be produced, and on the same day, he received another good news, the liquor workshop in Huangniu Village also produced the first batch of spirits! This is still Cheng Chumo personally came to report, and now he is squatting on the ground with Su Baiwang Fatty, looking at the concrete solidification of cement and sand, the first batch of cement burned is not much, there can be about twenty bags, of course, this first time is mainly a test, so the output will be so low. Su Bai used cement to pave the ground in the backyard, and now the cement has begun to dry up, and it will be almost the same in two days, and there is no need for watering and maintenance in winter.

"My father moved the wine back yesterday and invited a group of old brothers to drink, Uncle Qin. Uncle Lee. Uncle Niu went, my father said that the wine is good, but the output is too small, and he plans to expand his business, these two days my housekeeper is looking at the store in Chang'an, and when he finds two good ones, he will buy them, specializing in selling wine, my father said, there is absolutely no problem with this wine within half a year, and the rest of the things will be handed over to him, and you will be the county commander with peace of mind."

As soon as he said this, Su Bai remembered that he had also set up a military order, and Cheng Chumo didn't say that he had forgotten it! Fortunately, it's okay now, Cheng Chumo stretched out his hand and pressed the already hard ground and said, "This is your new invention?" Su Bai nodded and said, "That's right."

Cheng Chumo didn't understand what cement was for, in his eyes, it might be similar to ordinary decoration materials, and he was not interested in cement at all. Wang Fugui saw Cheng Chumo's thoughts, and explained to him: "Little grandfather, the cost of this kind of cement is very low, but the effect is countless times better than Sanhe soil. After the large-scale production of cement, we Datang can use him to repair the city wall, and even if it is a trebuchet, it will not be able to break our city wall! As soon as he heard about the war, Cheng Chumo cheered up, and his eyes were different when he looked at the cement again.

Wang Fugui continued: "This is just one use of cement, there are many uses, such as building a house, it is definitely stronger than any clay house. Road! The ground built with it was extremely smooth, and the horses, which had worked hard to pull ten stones of grain, could pull even fifteen or twenty stones on such a smooth road. And it has a very long service life, and it will not be washed away by heavy rain, and it is very strong, which can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people! ”

Wang Fugui is also desperately selling, you must know that there is half of him in this workshop, can he not care? Cheng Chumo's eyes were also getting brighter and brighter, and when he looked at Su Bai, he smiled a little weirdly and said, "How can you always come up with such useful things?" Su Bai smiled: "Read more!" Sure enough, Cheng Chumo didn't ask in an instant, reading or something was like asking for this guy's life.

"Who are you going to sell this cement to?" Cheng Chumo continued to ask, Su Bai smiled and said: "When the time comes, this guy will find a market for me", Su Bai stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Fatzidao, Cheng Chumo nodded, and then said: "But he also said just now, this kind of thing is a sharp weapon for building a city, and he doesn't plan to give it to His Majesty?" ”

"Of course it will be dedicated to His Majesty, do you need to ask?"

"After dedicating to Your Majesty, how can you make money?"

Su Bai said with a smile, this is not a top secret thing, besides, even if cement is produced, it is not enough, and there is no need to consider saturation at all now. Even if it is dedicated to His Majesty, doesn't His Majesty need to find someone to produce? Obviously, we are the most off-the-shelf producer. At that time, we can only earn processing fees, and we will sell the excess to the merchants."

Cheng Chumo nodded and didn't say anything more, jumped on the cement twice, but didn't even leave footprints, and there was a sense of shock from jumping on the stone, and he became more and more interested. "When are you going to dedicate it to Your Majesty?"

"Don't worry, ask me if I plan to build a road in the county now, just build it in the direction of Chang'an, and build ten miles first!"

"Ten miles? How much does that cost? ”

"I've calculated with Wang Fugui these days, and if I count everything, it will cost about one hundred and fifty taels of silver a mile."

"Fifteen hundred taels, it's okay, this price is acceptable"

Su Bai stretched his waist and said, "Didn't you say that there were still staff members when you gave me the part before?" How long has it been since this has been, why hasn't it arrived yet", Cheng Chumo said with some embarrassment: "That staff member told us that there was something at home, and then the person disappeared and couldn't be found", Su Bai was stunned, and there was no one the Cheng family couldn't find? Cheng Chumo was a little embarrassed and said, "My father is giving you a new look."

Su Bai shook his head and said, "No need, help me thank Uncle Cheng, forget it, I'm used to it this month", Cheng Chu smiled a little embarrassed, obviously feeling a little embarrassed. It was also a little cold outside in winter, and the three of them returned to the room to continue chatting, Wang Fugui was still a little nervous in front of Cheng Chumo, and most of the time he listened to the two talking.

The three of them sat on the kang, and Su Bai asked, "How does Uncle Cheng plan to sell liquor?" Cheng Chumo wondered: "How else can you sell, that is, raise the price and sell it, otherwise what else is there to sell?" "What's the price?" , Cheng Chumo shook his head and said: "These things are handed over to the housekeeper, I didn't ask" Su Bai nodded, which echoed the style of the wealthy family.

Su Bai said with a smile: "Go back and tell your housekeeper that the wine should be divided into four grades, and it doesn't matter if the first grade is a worse wine, you can sell it for five or six cents, and sell it to the poor. The second grade of wine is more expensive, priced at ten cents, and sold to the common people who have a little money at home. The third grade of wine is more expensive, selling Baiwen and selling to wealthy merchants. The fourth grade sells for one tael, and the main one is sold to big merchants. After becoming famous, some hardcover wine will be released, the quality of the wine is not important, the main thing is that the packaging must be good! The wine was sold to foreign merchants for gifting".

Cheng Chumo memorized Su Bai's words attentively, and he understood that the main thing was that the price of wine should not be single, no matter how much money you took to walk in, you could buy wine that met the money in your hand. Wang Fatzi was fascinated by what he heard, a child like him, who had grown up among businessmen since he was a child, could naturally understand what Su Bai's plan was, and admired it more and more.

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"Tell Your Majesty, that Wang Chouniu has been in Juxian County for more than a month, visited the people ten times, and most of the investigations are about the affairs of the servants collecting safe silver, and it seems that it will be rectified in the near future, and he hired people to build a workshop in Dongshan, Juxian County, which is to produce a building material called 'cement', and I heard that it is used to build houses and build roads", Wang Xi stood behind Li Shimin, and said in a voice without any personal feelings.

Li Shimin smiled: "This kid can really toss, but the cement is made?" ”

"Your Majesty, samples have been made and are currently in the experimental stage"

"Well, this kid is awake, I want to see what good things he comes out again, Wang Xi, since this kid is going to clean up the errand service, you should keep an eye on it to prevent someone from jumping off the wall in a hurry."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there are twenty members of the Cheng Mansion here, and it doesn't hurt to expect it."

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Su Bai got up early the next morning to check the hardness of the cement, although it was not yet dry, he could see that there should be no problem, and ordered Wang Fugui to go to the workshop to inform him, and began to produce cement with all his might, until the big warehouse next to it was full! Wang Fugui learned to look like a play, and shouted an order~ He ran out with square steps.

Su Bai began to do morning classes, boxing and stepping, for a full hour, after all the exercises, the kitchen also sent the food over, a month's time, the cook has long been accustomed to Su Bai's living habits, and knows when to send the food.

"Good morning, sir!" Tang Ju walked in, he and Su Bai have also become familiar with each other in the past two days, and the conversation is not as restrained as before, Su Bai pointed to the porridge in front of him and motioned him to eat together, Tang Ju shook his head and said: "Thank you for your kindness, I have already eaten at home in the morning", Su Bai did not force it, and continued to drink his porridge and eat small pickles. After eating, put the tableware aside, someone will come to clean it up later, Tang Ju smiled and said, "My lord, will you go to the construction site today?" ”

Su Bai shook his head and said: "Don't go to see it, you will go to the door to post a notice in a while, continue to recruit people, recruit 200 people first, build roads, pay 80 wen a day, manage food at noon, and have meat", Tang Ju smiled and said: "Okay adult" Now recruiting people is not too easy, sure enough, the notice has just been posted for less than half an hour, and all the people have been recruited, I don't know how many people are waiting for the opportunity to recruit people.

All the people are recruited, go to Baiweiju to cooperate, so many people's meals, the chefs in the county government can't do it at all, the rest is to wait for the cement production to reach a certain amount, you can start work, I believe that this cement road can definitely cause a sensation in Datang! Haha, I don't know if future archaeologists will be surprised to fly after discovering that there was a jump of cement road during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty!

All the maps of Juxian County are all in Su Bai's mind, the route planning has also been done, the project budget and so on Wang Fugui has been calculated, and the rest is to wait for the start of construction, the estimated time is one month, because it is in the Tang Dynasty, there is a lack of cars and other tools, and the road construction must be slower. Ten kilometers of road is built in modern times with 200 people, and I am afraid that it will not take a week to repair......