Chapter 308: Cement's Ambition
"Awesome! It will be even more powerful in the future! Li Hang was a little proud.
This is only after the material has been upgraded, and when the steam engine comes out, they will know that it is powerful, because it is not something that can be compared to manpower, the steam engine is already the power of the machine, the power of nature.
There is nothing about this kind of steam engine, but once the steam engine is moving, it wants to be a terrible thing.
Now Li Hang is going to use these things to strengthen the industrial level in his fiefdom.
As for the improvement of the quality of life, wait until the cement is produced. Then this thing will be easy to do.
Coke and iron ore are smelted in blast furnaces, and the molten steel produced is cast directly into shape and then handed over to blacksmiths for processing. Quenching and annealing are carried out, so that high-quality steel can be created, and slag can also be used to add waste water and add about one percent of gypsum and alkali to make cement, which is an artifact in this year.
Improving the quality of life starts from the road under your feet.
As the saying goes, dare to ask where the road is, and the road is at your feet.
Compared with the current era of basically going out and walking, and relying on horses to hurry.
As long as there is no kind of dozens of tons of cars to roll over, as long as it is made into a cement road, it can be guaranteed that it will not rot for more than ten years.
This keeps the road smooth, which is not a small area, but it is meaningful for those who live here.
What the? Why is it so significant, you ask?
Very simply, most of these years are dirt roads, once it rains, it is muddy, especially when it comes to emergency rescue and disaster relief, why is the efficiency of ancient rescue and disaster relief not as good as modern times?
Once it rains and the roads are muddy, and you want to send things in, you have to look at God's face.
Once there are those big floods or drizzles, hehe! It's not as beautiful as in the poem, some kind of rainy season drizzle.
It's a dirty body that goes home, and it's still full of mud ideas, why do you say mud legs and mud legs in ancient times, that's what you mean.
If there is a cement road, a city or even a small town can be kept clean and tidy, and the price is cheaper and more cost-effective than the current mainstream bluestone pavement or bluebrick pavement.
Because cement itself is very cheap, and this itself is a by-product of steelmaking, this has to be made out, just pave the road.
As long as you pay a little attention, it is enough to leave some gaps in each section of the cement road, and as for these gaps, there is no need to fill them, after all, they will definitely not understand the hot expansion and cold contraction.
"This thing is not only a large-scale production of enough swords, when the time comes, we can also produce a kind of paving thing, as long as it is completed in the future, from this Donglin port to the city of Beiping County, you can use this kind of thing to pave the road, to ensure that it will not break within ten years, and it is still very clean, as long as it is easy to use, it can be promoted to other cities, and it can even be used to pave official roads in the future, an official road that will not be affected by rainy weather, presumably His Royal Highness knows the content of this thing better than me!" An official road that is not affected by the weather, whether it is disaster relief or transportation soldiers in this year, this is very awesome.
Once established, it is not only a matter of the happiness index of a resident, but also a comprehensive improvement of the transportation and logistics capacity of the entire Great Win Dynasty.
Think about how fast a horse-drawn carriage that can jolt dead people can run on such a special concrete road these days.
With the horseshoe, the horses on their side were not afraid of the problem of hoof wear, and when the nomads came, they dared to walk along these concrete roads, and within a few months, the horse's hooves were all polished.
What's more, in this way, the cement is in short supply, and he can have a lot of excuses to make steel.
As long as there is a need, as long as there is a need, you can not be afraid.
Li Hang excitedly picked up the steel weapons on the side, these weapons were his stepping stones.
And once the steelmaking is complete, you can use it to make more tools.
Relative to weapons, that tool is the most important.
Looking at these weapons, Ying Yun was a little excited. "I'll let someone escort this batch of weapons and armor back to Jinling City!"
This batch of armor and weapons has far surpassed those so-called "master" works, and can even be comparable to the so-called divine weapons, and these weapons and equipment are all mass-produced, what does this mean?
This meant that once Emperor Win Wu paid attention to Li Hang's side, he would be able to organize an invincible army in the next three to five years.
This means that Emperor Yingwu will implement super-large-scale protection of this Beiping county.
No matter what Li Hang does, as long as he doesn't rebel, it is equivalent to having a death-free gold medal on his head.
No one dared to touch him.
It is with this in mind that Ying Yun is so excited.
You must know that his second uncle has been peeking on his father's position for a day or two, what would he think if he knew that such a powerful weapon had been produced on his side?
At that time, no matter how powerful he is, this thing will always be established in Beiping County.
As for what kind of civil and military support he can grasp in Jinling City, there is one thing that cannot be avoided in the end, that is, whoever has the big fist will speak.
These things that Li Hang provides now are his biggest reliance, and after the real development of Beiping County, these things will be his political bargaining chips in the future, how rich is this bargaining chip?
Just look at the current Jinling City, once Beiping City can be on par with Jinling City in terms of hardware facilities, what will it look like?
In the end, the development of Beiping City will not be weaker than that of Jinling City, coupled with the needs of these frontiers, this place will also develop towards the military town mentioned by Li Hang in the future, and once it really develops, it will develop towards the city or even a super-large-scale block.
You must know that there are many mountains around this Beiping county, and as long as they can be used, they can build a lot of defense points, which will definitely not be much worse than the border passes.
What's more, Li Hang also promised that there will be more sharp weapons in the future, and it is not a dream to repel the enemy.
In addition, this workshop will definitely recruit a large number of people, not to mention Li Hang, the entire Daying Dynasty will benefit.
Don't talk about it, at this time, if you want to build bridges and pave roads, you have to ask for people, those displaced people can settle down, pig raising, planting, and mining here will be manpower at that time, as long as the price given by Li Hang is right, how many people can be placed in these places, which is a great thing for the north that has just been in turmoil.