Liu Renyu rode on a horse, and saw that the city wall on the east side of Jingbian Fort had been repaired, so he asked Ma Tianjun: "Tianjun, this city wall has been repaired so quickly, you and Father Chen are really troubled." ”

"My lord, the people want to build their own homes, naturally it is extremely positive, and some people even spontaneously ask to work overtime at night in order to speed up, which was originally supposed to take a month, but it was completed in more than 20 days."

"That's right, it's not active in building your own home, so what will you do, can the houses in the city be built?"

"My lord, we have just repaired the city wall, but the houses in this city have not been repaired yet, and, my lord, you have come back with so many homeless people, and you don't know how to settle them?" Ma Tianjun looked at the dense crowd of homeless people behind the army, and asked with a frown.

"Tianjun, it's okay, I don't plan to place them in Jingbian Fort, I plan to build another Liujiabao on the old land of the original Zhangjiabao, so that these displaced people can be placed in the new Liujiabao."

"My lord, it's okay to say where you live, but dare to ask your lordship, how many homeless people have you brought back this time?"

"Not much, not much, only 14,000 people."

"How much!? Fourteen thousand!? When Ma Tianjun heard this number, his facial muscles suddenly shook violently, and his mouth was crooked in fright.

"I know it's a lot of people, but we've started working with the Du family to sell carriages and glass mirrors, and I'm also planning to make Tessie's soap, and when this thing is produced, we can make a lot of money. As for food, I have asked Miss Du to buy seeds for potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, and when these crops are planted, our food problem will naturally be solved. ”

"My lord, the prospect you said is indeed very gratifying, but at the moment you have accepted more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, in addition to Mr. Teacher, the official servants, there are nearly 100 people, these people's silver expenditure is a large amount of expenditure, in addition, we also have to buy iron materials, horses, this is very expensive, now our Jingbian Fort treasury is about to run out of money, what do you say?"

"Alas! When I came back triumphantly, I began to cry to me as soon as I saw you, so I will go to Miss Du again to urge him to send the rest of the money and food quickly. ”

Liu Renyu saw that as soon as he came back, Ma Tianjun cried and collected debts, so he had no choice but to let Ma Tianjun calm down for a while, and he went to the fourth lady of the Du family to find a way.

Ma Tianjun saw that Liu Renyu promised to allocate silver taels and grain as soon as possible, so he smiled and said: "My lord, there is no way to humble my position, if there is no silver taels and grain in the account, our Jingbian Fort will not be able to open the pot, so today I saw that the adults brought so many homeless people back, worried that our money and food would not be enough, and I was very anxious. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, we've always only been in charge of military and political affairs, and we don't care much about this financial aspect, so I still need you to remind me more, after all, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first."

"Since your Excellency said so, then the humble position is also relieved. By the way, my lord, you plan to build Liujiabao, I don't know how you plan to start the construction and who will be sent to supervise the work. ”

"Let's not talk about this matter first, let's arrange it when we have a meeting later, and now let's settle these displaced people first."

After Liu Renyu finished saying this, he turned to Yang Desheng and said, "Desheng, you take your troops and horses to choose a place in the east of the city, and ask the homeless people to dig a nest to live in first, and then we will find a place for them to live." Remember, if one of the homeless people is a traitor, you don't have to tolerate it, just kill it. ”

"Yes, sir." Yang Desheng commanded.

"Tianjun, you have to quickly send someone to compile these homeless people into Lijia, compile the household registration information, and then make an ID card, you can write it down."

"Yes, my lord, the humiliation has been written." Ma Tianjun commanded.

"Well, alright, let's stop clubbing here and let's all go into the city."

As soon as Liu Renyu gave the order, Yang Desheng took more than 100 of his subordinates to arrange for the homeless people to dig their nests and rest for the time being, while the rest of the people followed Liu Renyu into the Jingbian Fort City.

When he arrived at the Dejing Border Fort, Liu Renyu saw that the newly opened urban area in the east of the city was full of construction sites, and the people in the city, regardless of men, women, and children, were building houses in a hurry.

When some sharp-eyed people saw Liu Renyu coming, they immediately threw down the work in their hands, took three steps and made two steps, ran to Liu Renyu's side, and bowed their heads.

Seeing this, the rest of the people hurriedly put down their work, knelt on both sides of the road, and asked Liu Renyu for peace.

"Everyone, get up, and fix the house quickly, so that you can have a place to live." Liu Renyu commanded loudly.

"Yes, sir." The people agreed, and they went about their own work.

And Zhao Tiezhu, who has been serving as a supervisor, heard that Liu Renyu was back, so he ran to Liu Renyu's side, and first boasted to himself: "Lord Liu, you are back." How do you see the city wall of Lao Zhao? It's fast! ”

"Daddy Zhao, you did a good job, the speed is really fast, I admire it very much." Liu Renyu saw that the city wall was being repaired very quickly, so he praised it from the bottom of his heart.

"Hehe, my lord, Erlao Zhao built the city wall so quickly, are you still satisfied?" Zhao Tiezhu asked.

"Naturally, I am extremely happy."

"Then my lord, I'm afraid you'll be even happier when you hear the news!" When Zhao Tiezhu said this, he suddenly smiled mysteriously.

"Daddy Zhao, tell me, what news will make me even happier?" Liu Renyu asked suspiciously.

"Your Excellency, you will know when you see this person. Come on, go and call Song Shijun. Zhao Tiezhu faced the servants beside him.

As soon as the servant answered, he trotted and ran towards the west of the city.

When Liu Renyu heard the name Song Shijun, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered something, and asked Zhao Tiezhu incoherently excitedly: "Could it be that the development was successful?" ”

Zhao Tiezhu heard this question, but he didn't answer, he first chuckled for a while, and then replied: "My lord, this matter, let's wait for Song Shijun to come and tell you." ”

"Okay, okay."

Liu Renyu looked at Zhao Tiezhu's expression and knew that the good news brought by Song Shijun must be that the cement had been developed, which was really good news.

With the hardware foundation of cement, he Liu Renyu can completely change the living habits of the people under his rule, and he is even already considering that when building the new Liujiabao, cement will be used, but when the city wall of the house is repaired, cement alone is not enough, and it is also necessary to have steel bars to make a skeleton, and then pour it with concrete.

As long as there is reinforced concrete, you can build all kinds of buildings, Hitchcockian, Baroque, Renaissance, of course, these may not be very versatile, it is better to build a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

When Liu Renyu was thinking about himself, the servants sent by Zhao Tiezhu had already invited Song Shijun.

When this Song Shijun saw Liu Renyu, he first knelt on the ground and said, "The villain Song Shijun has seen Lord Liu." ”

Liu Renyu saw that this Song Shijun was smiling, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be smoothed out, so he also asked with a smile: "Father Zhao said that you have good news to tell me, what is the good news?" ”

"Yes, my lord, villain!" When Song Shijun said this, he suddenly had a sour nose for some reason, and remembered all the bitterness when developing cement.

Working 18 hours a day, doing experiments day and night, failing and doing again, doing re-inspection, failing to pass the inspection, pushing to do it again, no holidays, even the New Year did not go home for reunion, and finally by chance, the ratio of limestone, clay and coal ash was tested.

This cement, after being mixed with sand and gravel, is not even inferior to granite.

After the successful development of cement, the Zhenbeibao Industrial Manufacturing Plant from Zhao Tiezhu to all the boiling.

Song Shijun himself felt that it took Liu Renyu so much money and so long to make the cement, and he first had a sense of pride in inventing a new product, followed by a sense of pleasure that he could finally give an account to Liu Renyu.

After Song Shijun finished this emotion, he tried his best to suppress his excitement, and said word by word with moist corners of his eyes: "God willing, the cement developed by the adults and the small ones has finally succeeded." ”

Hearing this, although Liu Renyu had already prepared in his heart, he still turned over and dismounted with great excitement, helped Song Shijun up with both hands, and said repeatedly: "You have worked hard, I decided to promote you to be an engineer, equip you with a carriage, and then wait for us to build a big house with reinforced concrete, and I will send you a house." ”

Song Shijun heard that Liu Renyu was so kind, he hurriedly waved his hand, shook his head and said: "My lord, this is unacceptable, if it weren't for the time and money given by the adults, and so many helpers, how could the small ones develop cement, adults, the small ones will give the cement recipes to the adults later." ”

"Alas, alas, I said you, it's really true, I have to use this trick, if you don't follow me, I will expel you from Zhenbei Fort."

"Your ..........., my lord."

Liu Renyu said this, and Song Shijun really couldn't answer.

"I heard that you worked hard when developing cement, only slept 3 hours a day, and didn't even go home during the New Year, without such perseverance, how can you succeed, so you must be an engineer, in addition, you keep the formula of cement, this formula will be your patent in the future, you will open a chamber of commerce, be a president, and produce cement to make money."

"How does this make, little ........"

Song Shijun was shocked when he heard Liu Renyu say such words, and he planned to make a long speech and say something refusal.

Liu Renyu didn't wait for Song Shijun to say something to refuse, so he stopped him and said: "Look at you, here you are again, I still say the same thing, the name of your chamber of commerce is called Shijun Brand Cement Manufacturers Association, I will invest in you, accounting for 49% of your shares, your Song family accounts for 51% of the shares, if your cement is sold, you and I can split the account fifty-fifty?" ”

"Adult, little .........," Song Shijun originally planned to refuse, but he was afraid that Liu Renyu would criticize him, so he could only change his words: "Everything small is at the command of adults." ”

"Very good, you remember, you must keep the secret of the cement formula, this secret can only be known by you, no one else can know, understand?" Liu Renyu suddenly emphasized solemnly.

"The little one is written down."

"Well, it's really time for you to come, I'm planning to build Liujiabao, and now you've developed cement, then you can take the team from your cement manufacturing institute to Jingbian Fort first, and then we will directly make cement on the construction site, and then we will use it directly."

"Yes, my lord, the little ones have written it down, and the little ones will go back and call them." Song Shijun agreed, then said goodbye to Liu Renyu and left.

Liu Renyu looked at Song Shijun's distant back, and secretly said happily: "If you really want to sleep, you will have a pillow to lean on, this time I will use reinforced concrete to build Liujiabao into a copper wall." ”