Chapter 83 Cement Building

Li Dong said: "I have a suggestion, not far from our Xiurong, there is a smelting factory, and I work there." In our Ming Dynasty, we can produce 90,000 stones of iron a year, and two out of three come from Shanxi. There are many smelters like that, most of which are government-run. There are also a small number of private ones. The government-run ones are greedy for ink at all levels, so they can't do it well, but fortunately, the court allocates money, and it can be maintained. But now the imperial court has no money, so it is difficult to maintain those kilns. I think we have a kiln, so we might as well find a way to spend some money and buy the smelter. The smelter is a cash cow in our hands. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's just right, King Jin wants to see me in a few days, and then see if I can think of a way through him." In the future, we will buy a copper mine and lead mine, which will be very important for our future development. But it's all far water, and my current near-fire is that I need more rebar. Look, can you build a bigger iron furnace first? Don't dismantle the little one. Li Dong said: "This is all easy to do, the materials are complete, and the construction will be completed in a few days." ”

At this time, I saw a team of people coming from afar, and when I got closer, I saw that it was Fan Chengkun who brought a team of people to the kiln gang to train. Zhang Zhimu said to Fan Chengkun: "Come on, don't train first, help me work first." Those people are busy building houses, and you people need to help me dig twenty big pits first. Fan Chengkun said: "No problem, as soon as we brothers heard that we could come to the kiln, we couldn't sit still for a long time." Here, it's right to do some work first. Zhang Zhimu said: "When you go back to the dock, if you meet a merchant who can transport porcelain clay, let someone bring some of it, and we will buy it at the price." Fan Chengkun said: "I'll do this when I go back." ”

Li Dong went to Lu Chengxiang and Li Yunhe to study the matter of the iron furnace. Zhang Zhimu asked people to arrange the people brought by Fan Chengkun, and led Fan Chengkun to the bottom of the southern slope of the kiln, chose an open place, and said that right here, dig two rows of pits twenty-five meters long, five meters wide and five meters deep, ten in a row, and then build them with bricks. Fan Chengkun asked: "Mr. Zhang, what are you doing here?" Zhang Zhimu said: "This year, it is a drought and locusts, and the crops are basically not harvested, and I estimate that the grasslands in the north will not be able to hide." There is no grass over there, and cattle and sheep will be cheaper in autumn. I want to buy more and raise it back, but we don't have any grass here. I want to use the straw of this crop to feed these animals. This pit is the storage of the farmer's straw. Fan Chengkun asked: "Can the farmer's straw be fed to livestock?" Zhang Zhimu said: "Others can't, I'll get it." Just look at it. Fan Chengkun said: "I don't understand how Mr. Zhang got it, but I must dig this pit as soon as possible." Zhang Zhimu said: "First dig two pits as soon as possible and build them with bricks." I'm waiting to use it. ”

When he came to Huang Yukun, Zhang Zhimu deliberately asked: "Mr. Huang, is there any milk or goat's milk?" Huang Yukun smiled and said, "What Mr. Huang." Cow's milk and goat's milk are available. Zhang Zhimu said: "Make a few large basins, mix the milk and goat's milk with a little water, and put it outside until it is sour." I worked. Finding Lu Chengxiang, Zhang Zhimu said, "Mr. Lu, you send someone to buy some wine and koji back." ”

I saw Yan Boju leading the two of them back on horseback. Zhang Zhimu said: "Uncle Yan, these horses you left behind are really good horses, you look at their coat color, how bright. This Mongolian horse has been living in the Mongolian steppe, and the environment is harsh, but Mongolian horses rarely get internal diseases. And the endurance of Mongolian horses is particularly good. This Mongolian horse is definitely the blue-collar among horses. Yan Boju didn't understand and asked, "What did you say?" , what order. "Zhang Zhimu thought to himself that it was right if he didn't understand, if you understood, I should be confused. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Uncle Yan, we should cultivate new horse breeds purposefully, not only to maintain the hard-working quality of Mongolian horses, but also to absorb the strengths of other horse breeds, like what kind of sweaty horses, Arab horses are tall and strong. Several horses are crossbred to produce excellent horses. In fact, there are several varieties in Mongolia and Mali, and we can all get some to breed. Yan Boju stood with small eyes and said, "Oh, I used to tell you about horses, but today I see that you know better than me." You're saying so well, it's all on point. Zhang Zhimu hurriedly said: "What do I know, I haven't learned a little from you, plus I think about it myself." Yan Boju said: "Your suggestion is too good, I don't have to sell these ten horses, but I can't always keep them like this." Well, this time, it's the best as a stallion. You said that the sweat and blood BMW, where will Arabia get it right away. Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't know if Lu Qi and they can get a few horses back, I asked them to pay attention." Sweaty BMW will have a chance in the future. Sweat and blood BMW wants to go to Uyghur to get it. ”

A few days later, Fan Chengkun came to Zhang Zhimu and said, "Two pits have been repaired, and all of them have been built with green bricks." Zhang Zhimu said: "Great. Ask how many Lu Qi's straw kneading machines have been made? Someone went to ask and came back and said, "Ten have been made, and the day before yesterday it was changed again, and now one cow can pull a machine." Zhang Zhimu said: "Arrange people tomorrow to cut corn stalks." Lu Chengxiang came over and said: "The corn stalk has not grown yet, although it does not bear corn, let them grow longer, and it is better to burn some in winter." Zhang Zhimu said: "I will take advantage of the time when the corn stalks are green, and I will make them into the best feed." Tomorrow you can arrange for ten people to cut the corn stalks, and if you want to cut them, you must knead them out with a silk kneading machine immediately. It is then stored in a dug pit. "Now no one can understand what Zhang Zhimu has to do. But everyone will implement Zhang Zhimu's arrangement to the letter.

Zhang Zhimu pulled the cut corn stalks into the yard, and set up several straw kneading machines in the yard, and the cut straws were directly processed with the kneading machine. Huang Yukun saw that there were not enough people, so he transferred a few women to help and transported the cut straw to the edge of the pit. Zhang Zhimu first asked Huang Yukun to boil a few large pots of hot water, let it cool again, poured some of the already sour milk into the water, kneaded and poured the yeast into the water, diluted it, and carried it to the edge of the pit with a bucket. Zhang Zhimu personally commanded to add these kneaded corn stalks to the pit by the pit, add a layer of material, let people go down and step on it carefully, and then sprinkle a layer of diluted solution, and then sprinkle a layer of straw material. In this way, the straw material is piled out of the pit layer by layer and becomes a bulge. Zhang Zhimu asked everyone to go up and step on it, especially to step on the corners. Then cover it with a mat, and cover it with another layer of tarpaulin. Finally, completely cover the trampling with soil. Tell Huang Yukun that someone has to come here every day, and if there are cracks in the soil, they must be filled with soil in time, but they can't show a little wind into the pit.

At this time, the kiln gang was like a big construction site, which also reminded Zhang Zhimu of the lively scene when the development zone was built in his previous life and the beginning of construction. Every day, there are cars coming and going, people and horses shouting. Here is Chen Yufeng commanding people to build houses; Over there, Li Dong was directing people to see the iron furnace; Here, Fan Chengkun is directing people to dig a pit, and the women are helping to add kneaded straw to the pit; The restoration of the kiln in the north has begun.

Lu Bingyi, his disciples, and the artists of Liu Banzhu, people come to watch the excitement every day. Fortunately, there are now two four-wheeled steel-reed carriages that pick them up and drop them off every day. These people have been attracted by the construction scene in full swing. They are even happier when they see the rapid changes. Little Hongyu is one of the most frequent visitors, and she says she feels that the difference between this place and other places is that everyone feels hopeful and confident. Zhang Zhimu has always felt that Xiao Hongyu is definitely not as weak as the image she gives people, she is a thinking elf. But such a person is often very painful in reality, because she knows more, the more confusion she has, and the more pain she has. Zhang Zhimu sometimes wanted to see her, but he didn't dare to look into her eyes. In my heart, I used a fashionable phrase from my previous life: "It's very tangled." ”

Zhang Zhimu suddenly remembered something, these southerners are not having a good time in the north in winter. A few more things immediately came to mind. The first one is heating, and there is a chemical iron furnace where can you use waste heat for heating? Thinking of this, he immediately went to Li Yunhe and asked, "Can you make an iron pipe?" Li Yunhe said: "Oh, Mr. Zhang, you still don't let people live." I'm just a little eyebrow-raising with this roller press, and you're here again. What's so difficult about making steel pipes and iron pipes, we have built all the barrels. Zhang Zhimu said: "You don't need to ask for such high quality, you can just send water." Li Yunhe said: "There are two ways, one is direct casting. The second is to wait for my roller press to be ready. First, press the steel that has just been set into a long plate, and press it into a tube on the roll. Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, you can get the roller press first." ”

Back in the house, Zhang Zhimu drew a few drawings, which were drawings of a vice, also called a vice. This kind of pliers is very important when doing machining. The key to this plier is the screw and the thread mother of the pliers, which are still very laborious to process under the existing conditions. The drawing is the tap plate tooth, which is the outer diameter screw and the inner diameter screw of the pipe fitting, as well as the matching wrench. These things are very laborious to do by hand, but this is the basic thing of machining, and it must be made as soon as possible. At least the fasteners are out, and the structure of many things is simple. Otherwise, it's too hard to make something now.

After more than ten days of hard work, Yaogang finally ushered in a harvest peak. First of all, Chen Yufeng's house has been built. This time, several rows of houses were built in a row, all of them were blue brick to the top, black tile houses, and the windows were very large, although there is no glass now, but it is necessary to leave a place to change the glass in the future. The dormitory has large rooms for 10 people, as well as many quadruple rooms, double rooms and suites, and the cafeteria has a separate row of houses. There are two large rooms inside, and the existing kiln gang people can sit down and eat if they squeeze a little.

The production workshop was repaired in two rows, one row for Li Yunhe, and the other row was empty for standby. The storehouse built a separate yard, and the storehouse was also repaired in two rows.

Pig houses and livestock sheds were specially built outside. According to Lu Chengxiang's request, the fox specially built a small courtyard and usually did not allow outsiders to enter. Chickens, ducks and geese are also specially built sheds, and like the pig house, they can be closed at night in winter to keep warm. Around all the buildings, Zhang Zhimu asked for trees, and the aisles were paved with blue bricks and stone slabs.

Since twenty straw kneading machines are involved in the work. The straw in the twenty pits was quickly filled and sealed.

When Li Dong's large-scale iron furnace was built, Li Yunhe's roller press was also successfully tested. Although it takes a few cows to drive, Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't be afraid, as long as you can use it, you can add a few more cows." Anyway, soon we're going to build a steam engine. Li Yunhe said: "What is a steam engine? Zhang Zhimu said: "In a word, it is a machine powered by steam. There is no doubt that everything I said has been fulfilled one by one. Li Yunhe thought about it, too. Every time Zhang Zhimu said something, everyone didn't believe it, but soon it became a reality. Then wait for the steam-powered machine. When the time comes, we'll see what that looks like.

Li Yunhe's roller press is very efficient, and the cast steel bar becomes a thin bar after several rolls, and when the chopsticks are thick, it means that the steel bar is directly stretched. After a few days of steel bar production, Li Yunhe improved the pressure roller according to Zhang Zhimu's requirements and pressed out the thumb-thick rebar. In order to make a appearance, Zhang Zhimu designed a three-story small building for himself according to the structure of the villa in his previous life, which was completely pounded with cement. This small building is integrated with both the staircase and the frame. First of all, put sand, stones and big stones in the foundation pit, wash the sand into the gaps between the stones and stones with water, and then pour the sand cement into the cracks with the reconciled sand and cement, shake repeatedly, let the cement and the sand and stones fully contact, put the rebar of different thicknesses on the foundation, tie it with thin wire, use the wooden board as a template and then pour the stones and sand ash. In this way, the entire staircase frame is pounded out layer by layer with formwork support. After a week of health, I began to lay green bricks from below, and after the brick wall was divided into a room, I used cement to cover the surface, and when the cement was about to dry, the inside and outside of the building were plastered with lime. The ground is sprayed directly on the cement with water and sprinkled with a smooth surface of dry plaster. Upstairs, the bedroom and study are inlaid with timber floors. The roof of the building is still black tiles. This small building, after the tiles are finished and the windows are painted with red paint, it looks very beautiful from a distance. Such a small building, almost all the processes of the entire cement building construction have been used, and all the skilled craftsmen who participated in the construction have been summing up experience for a long time after the construction, because this is a new construction model, and has accumulated a lot of experience for the future construction of large-scale projects. Zhang Zhimu whispered to Huang Yukun: "I will marry you in that building." Huang Yukun was so ashamed that he turned around and left. The people who live in Xiurong keep moving over the kiln. The new house is covered with new bedding made by Huang Yukun and the women. In order to take care of the artists, their quilts were made of southern silk. Originally, these people thought that when they arrived in the north, everything must be very shoddy, and each of them prepared a lot of things by himself. But Huang Yukun is a female celebrity master, and it is difficult to find fault with the clothes and quilts she sews. Therefore, these very picky people also have to admire the thoughtful and meticulous preparation of the kiln workers.

And what makes these newcomers feel fresh is that no matter how tired they are during the day. Every morning, a cohort training must be performed. No matter what kind of work you do, you must wash your face and feet at night before you can sleep. Everyone here has a smile on their face.