Chapter 426

Cement pavement, the largest consumption, of course, is cement, so Wang Yang left the official office and went to find Wan Bin as soon as possible, and inquired clearly, now this goods have been pounded out of eight kilns to burn cement, which can produce 32,000 catties per day.

Such an output seems to be not small, but if it is calculated in tons, it is only sixteen tons, and you must know that a heavy truck in later generations will have no problem pulling thirty or fifty tons of cement.

In other words, these eight kilns are not enough for a heavy truck in later generations.

“…… If you work overtime, this output can be doubled, it should be enough, right? Wan Bin saw Wang Yang frowning and looking dissatisfied, and hurriedly said.

"It's not enough, now, because of the problem of the renovation of the royal street, the renovation of the toilet ditch can only be temporarily stopped, so it's better for you to open a few more kilns for me to burn cement, at least to ensure that there are 100,000 catties per day, if it can be more, it will be better."

What Wang Yang wants to do is to strive for a cement pavement that can make everyone blind, in order to highlight the convenience and firmness of cement, so Wang Yang is ready to take the unusual road.

The more it can be completed in the shortest time, the more shocking it can be, and it also lets everyone know that my Wang is dedicated to creating all kinds of impossible.

Wan Bin is also an excellent businessman who likes to take on difficult challenges. He also realized that if this cement pavement could be built in the shortest possible time, so that the people of Bianliang could realize the advantages of cement, then at that time, why should he worry about sales.

"Okay, I'll spare three more kilns to burn cement, and in addition, let those brothers build three, no, five more kilns, so that after ten days at most, when the two shifts take turns to start work, at least 120,000 catties of cement can be guaranteed to you every day, how about it?"

After the discussion was confirmed, news also came from Tushan, and the gravel could only provide 2 to 30,000 catties a day at most, as for lime, fine sand and other things, you have as many as you want.

It doesn't matter if there are fewer stones, there are no dozens of tons of heavy trucks in this era, and there will be worries about crushing the road surface, and the heaviest fear in this era is to load a one or two thousand pounds of ox carts or something, such a carrying capacity, do you need to be afraid?

It doesn't matter if there are fewer stones, it doesn't matter if there are no steel bars on the ground, and even Wang Yang decided not to let go of the bamboo tendons, after all, if that thing is woven up, it will have to increase the amount of work.

It's just a big deal to increase the amount of cement used, but cement is a thing that will expand and shrink from heat and cold, so you need to separate some ditches on it to facilitate drainage.

Beginning the next day, an endless stream of ox carts began to transport cement and sand to the city, and the more than 2,000 original soldiers will now serve as prison craftsmen. It is a unit of 20 people, receiving training from those old craftsmen.

The section from Xuande Gate to Suzaku Gate, which is about two miles long and two hundred steps wide, has completely become a construction site full of people.

Countless people are stirring the cement mortar, and then when it is finished, it begins to spread out, and each piece of cement mortar is about the size of three zhang, separated by a half-inch thick plank, and the surface will be as flat and smooth as possible.

However, under the advice of Chen Andao, an art master, as many beautiful moire patterns as possible were added to the top to increase the feeling of tallness.

More than 2,000 people started at the same time, because the division of labor is reasonable, coupled with sufficient raw materials, and it is also a sectional construction at the same time. In addition, Wang Yang also adopted an incentive mechanism, that is, every day, what is the fixed workload of each group, when you complete your fixed workload, and there is a surplus, then you will receive a certain subsidy.

For example, being able to eat two taels of meat per meal is very motivating to the workers, and in addition, all the old craftsmen act as supervisors to ensure that each piece of work does not travel to the pool, and as for the young people, they all become masons, learning how to level the cement surface with the tools in their hands.

With the joint efforts of more than 2,000 craftsmen, the hardening of the cement pavement of more than two miles, that is, more than 1,000 meters, is soon coming to an end.

At the beginning, when all the officials saw this scene, they all had a feeling that it was not a big deal to see the excitement, and they would point in the direction of the construction site every day when they went to the court.

But from the fourth day, it seems that every day, the royal street from Xuande Gate to Suzaku Gate will change its appearance, and the clean and tidy, and very huge cement hardened pavement will appear in front of people's eyes.

It's really catching people off guard, as if it's changing every day, and it's changing drastically.

At first, they were discriminating and ridiculing the ministers who would be able to complete this section of the road by the end of this autumn, and even the ministers who were good gradually fell silent, looking at the changes in front of them with a kind of surprise.

And Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, also heard about this, and went up to the gatehouse of Xuande Gate to see it twice, and was surprised to find that it was only ten days, and it was actually more than half completed, which really made Zhao Xu a little reluctant to believe his gaze.

However, he did not ask Wang Yang to inquire, but every day after the dispersal of the dynasty, he would go to the gatehouse of the Xuande Gate to take a look, watch the workers dump buckets of cement mortar, and then stir it, and then put it on the wooden planks and start to level the cement surface.

Then wait for the surface to dry a little and then press down the moire, and then cover the wet sack, and then wait for a day or two to open the sack, you can see a huge and flat three-zhang square circle, but with a beautiful pattern of cement surface appeared.

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Half a month later, Gao Taotao finally had leisure and decided to inquire about the progress of the project, but Chen Andao's words made her almost think that she was hallucinating.

"Chen Qing, what did you say?" Gao Taotao was a little stunned, and subconsciously plucked his ears and asked. "What do you mean by almost finished?"

"Niangniang, what the minister means is that the renovation and hardening of the pavement from Xuande Gate to Zhuque Gate is almost finished......" Chen Andao couldn't help but say with some regret.

During this time, Chen Andao has been holding back, just like a person playing a game who is holding back his big move, and when he was about to hold back, he suddenly pricked a needle on the other side, oh ho......

Just like now, he originally wanted to wait for the completion of the renovation of the royal street from Xuande Gate to Suzaku Gate, he jumped out directly to startle everyone, but now he is still a little short of the end of his hand, and there are still a few days to finish, and now he has leaked the stuffing.

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"Chen Qingjia, you're not joking, are you? How long has it been? Half a month, this is still a few days away from the beginning of the autumn capital, you said it is almost finished? Gao Taotao's eyes widened in disbelief. This old boy can't fool himself, right?

"Niangniang, how dare Weichen deceive you, yesterday Weichen also personally saw it until now, and now, it is only close to the area of Suzaku Gate and the river between the royal road and the imperial corridor has not been completed, and other places have ended."

"So soon, it can't be a hasty thing, right?" Ning Shangshu snorted, and muttered in a small voice, clearly to let that Gao Tao hear.