It's as simple as that, mix the waste residue, quicklime, and hydrated gypsum in a certain proportion, and then grind it carefully, which is mixed cement. It must be, because Hong Tao got this thing in his last life, to be precise, it was not he who got it, but his father who sent factory labor. At that time, my grandmother's family wanted to build a small house, and there was no place to find cement, so I planned to use yellow mud and quicklime mixed with hemp to build a house. When Daddy heard it, he couldn't do it! How could he easily let go of this opportunity to turn knowledge into productivity, and it was also an opportunity to shoot his father-in-law's horses, so he showed his skills and turned a pile of waste into this mixed cement. In the production process, he was not idle, and he taught Hong Tao, who was only in the second or third grade of primary school at the time, and then taught the knowledge to his son.

It turns out that this thing is indeed cement, which is very easy to use, Hong Tao has gone to college, and the small house has been demolished and rebuilt, and the cement ground is still solid. It's just that this thing has a natural enemy, that is, the temperature, it must not be done in winter, as soon as the temperature is low, it will become slag, and cracks everywhere. Mingzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is basically no need to consider the problem of low temperature, and it is suitable to use this simple mixed cement.

In fact, the cement of Jinhewan is very close to the Portland cement of later generations, which is much higher than this mixed cement in strength and setting speed, but the acid and alkali resistance is not as good as that of mixed cement. However, the cement of Jinhewan cannot be promoted, because there seems to be no active volcano in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no place to get volcanic ash. According to local conditions, there are limestones everywhere in the Great Song Dynasty, and there is enough labor to open mines and burn quicklime. The best is not necessarily the most suitable. A lot of things are like that. There's no need to go too high. It's good to apply.

With government support, mature technology, and stable sales, there is still one thing missing, that is, funds! In fact, with the first three conditions, plus Chairman Hong, who has gradually become a myth in the Da Song Hai business circle, is endorsed, there is no need to find funds, they will jump out by themselves, and they can't stop it.

"I've never seen a merchant be so generous, I wonder if Mr. used any spells?" When the equity of the cement workshop was snatched up by several local businessmen brought by the general judge, it was instantly snatched up. When he was clamoring to build a second workshop to expand production, Wu Qian's worldview was subverted again. He couldn't understand why when he usually talked about supporting the state capital and building his hometown, those poor businessmen who were crying poor one by one came to Hong Tao, and after chatting for less than an hour, they became great benevolent people who were enthusiastic about public welfare? Compared with the race, taking money out of one's own house, it seems that if you pay slowly and pay less, you are not a person.

"Generosity? …… Lord Wu should have thought of something wrong and thought of them as good people, right? Hahaha...... Your Excellency, remember the principle that if a merchant becomes generous, he will make money. It's not necessarily about making money right away. The time to obtain benefits may be a year, a few years, or even a dozen years later, but it must be profitable. There is no second reason. Hong Tao thinks that Wu Qian and Wen Nan are sometimes very naïve, just like a child, they always like to think about people for good, compared to themselves, they are really like angels.

"I wonder what is profitable about cement? Before the workshop was built, they had already donated 100,000 catties for the river embankment...... "Wu Qian still didn't believe Hong Tao's words, or he didn't want to think of these businessmen so dirty, after all, people had just donated money and materials to their river embankment project, so they couldn't turn their faces and scold their mothers."

"100,000 catties? That is, Lord Wu, you are pure and kind-hearted, if you change to me, you will start with a million catties when you open your mouth, otherwise you won't use their cement! Cement, cement! No matter how nice it sounds, it's just the dirt that has been burned with fire, 100,000 catties, which sounds like a lot, but it's actually just a handful. As I said earlier, the imperial court will soon repair the border passes, and a fortified city will have to cost at least one million catties. How many cities are there at the border gates? More than fifty, right? You do the math, how much is at stake here, and now you know why they are crying and shouting for a second cement factory, right? They were afraid that others would take the lead, so they couldn't sell the cement to the imperial court to repair the border city. In addition, I have just placed an order of one million catties with them, and the workshop has not yet been built, and a large order is coming, even if there is no bulk purchase from the imperial court, they will not lose. All the wool is out of the sheep! Lord Wu, you are the sheep, they have sharpened their shears and are about to shear the sheep from you. "The officials of the Great Song Dynasty actually understand economics very well, otherwise they would not be able to make so many economic means that are beyond the times, but it is a pity that when it comes to business negotiations, hard-working officials like Wu Qian are still ineffective, and they help people count the money when they sell it.

“…… As long as he can benefit the people and share the worries of the court, he is willing to be this sheep! If they don't cut it, I'm afraid no one will want to do this kind of work next time, right? Wu Qian listened to Hong Tao's explanation and should have understood, but he didn't squeeze the treachery of those merchants with Hong Tao, but calmed down, and even a little proud, proud that he could be a sheep sheared by others.

"What Master Wu said is extremely ...... The nature of a businessman should be to make money, and the nature of an official should be to benefit the people, and on this point, I am not as clear as you think. The matter of the cement workshop is basically decided, and I will arrange the right person to follow up on the specific work behind, you can rest assured, there will be no delay for a day, as fast as you can. In addition, in my personal name, I donated five tank boats to the Mingzhou Mansion, and you will build a river embankment in the future, and you will never be able to do without a boat. Don't shirk, these ships are of little use in my hands, they are not suitable for entering the sea, and if it weren't for the grain that needs to be pulled, I will give them to you. Hong Tao's face turned red again, and Wu Qian's answer made him feel that his heart was too dirty, and this situation also happened to Wen Nan. At this time, Hong Tao is very generous, he wants to pay tribute to people like Wen Nan and Wu Qian in this way, they don't have as much knowledge as themselves, but they have something they want to have but have never had.

Wu Zhizhou, Sun Tongju and a group of Mingzhou officials left with five tankers and a large number of perfume gift boxes of bamboo leaf green brands. The next step was to conduct a field survey to determine where to build a river embankment to hold back the seawater. Hong Tao can't interfere in this kind of thing, even if he has more modern survey technology, he can't interfere. He had a principle, that is, not to interfere too much in the political affairs of the Southern Song court, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. Sometimes, the more you do, especially after doing a lot of work that doesn't belong to you, you find that instead of praise, you will attract a lot of criticism. Therefore, the ancients said that more is better than less! What can be more, what can not be more, it is all up to you, no one can tell you.

The merchants of Mingzhou also had a bumper harvest, and in addition to investing in a promising business, each of them also held a model sailboat with a bamboo leaf green perfume in his hand. But this is what they spent money to buy, a hundred expensive sets, and they didn't want to go, saying that the price was too cheap, and it should be five hundred sets to barely be worthy of Chairman Hong's identity!

Of course, Hong Tao will not be polite, he found a way for them to make a fortune out of thin air, and it is normal for them to have some blood, so he made up a perfume shop in Mingzhou passing by Jiang Zhuyi's family, and after smelling her perfume, he immediately felt that this was the story of the best smell in the world, and the meaning of the words was: buy more in the future, not only buy it yourself, but also call on others to buy, this is to give yourself face, not to do this is not to give face!

Whether to give Chairman Hong this face or not, a group of businessmen don't need to be taught at all, and the answers are the same. I'm afraid that Jiang Zhuyi won't have time to find an excuse to go to the dock to talk to Hong Tao about perfume in the past few days, and whether the perfume in her store will be out of stock is a big problem. As far as the current situation is concerned, Chairman Hong's face is still so big, not only businessmen, but also who in Mingzhou Mansion is not allowed to cheer up? Zhizhou and Master Tongju have gone, who is so ignorant?

Hong Tao is destined to be a tired life, the first day just sent Wu Qian's group of people away, and the next morning another fleet sailed over on the river, which can definitely be described as mighty, a bit of a feeling that there is no end in sight, and this fleet is still heading straight towards the transshipment wharf. This time, Hong Tao didn't let the ships enter a state of readiness, it was no one else who came, the first ship was Kong Pei's Haibo, Wen Nan and Luo Youde's grain fleet is back!

After going deep into the war zone for more than a month, he came back with all his beards and tails, even though Hong Tao had already been mentally prepared, he was still very excited, and took the initiative to run off the boat and wait for the return of the heroes on the dock. That's right, in Hong Tao's eyes, Luo Youde and Wen Nan are much more heroic than themselves, they don't have their own foresight, just with their patriotic blood, they are willing to risk their lives, and they take the initiative to approach the enemy than the vast majority of Southern Song Dynasty officials and people, and complete the task, this is a hero.

Hong Tao's concept of heroes is different from most people, he does not think that only dead and injured people are heroes, let alone that people who must fight with their lives must be counted as heroes. As long as he fulfills the responsibility of a common person to the country and the nation, and can still exceed the amount, he thinks that he is a hero. If every citizen can fulfill his or her obligations to the country 100 per cent, and every government can fulfill 100 per cent of its responsibilities to the people, then there will be no need for heroes. For him, the hero, with its tragic and regretful overtones, deserves to be celebrated, but not encouraged. (To be continued.) )