(Thank you for the silent steps, Antonye and the third brother for their uncalm tips~)

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Seven days is not long, not short, in these seven days, Zhao Dezhao in addition to waiting for the concrete to dry, but also instructed the craftsmen to burn lime and prepare cement, in addition, let them try to say that cement and sand are mixed in different proportions, and then made into concrete blocks, one by one, so as to find out the best ratio.

Li Qing, who will be the supervising officer, is naturally full of confidence and gladly accepts the order, the matter of cement is very important, which shows the trust of Zhao Dezhao, the king of Liang, in him, and the cement is now ready to be made, but the proportion of it still needs to be adjusted, and it takes a little more effort within seven days, and anyone can do this matter, and there is no difficulty.

Li Qing thought about this, and was naturally grateful to Zhao Dezhao, King Liang is now a cement superintendent, and he is a small official born in a craftsman household, and he rarely sees the children of the royal family in ordinary times, and now he can see the face of King Liang, which is naturally Longen.

If the things that King Liang explained are done, maybe he will make a good impression in front of King Liang, and maybe he will be added to the rank of knight, and thinking of this, Li Qing will have to fight no matter what. After explaining the matter, there was nothing to do with Zhao Dezhao. Zhao Dezhao and Xue Juzheng returned to the palace together to resume their lives.

"Your Majesty (Father), the cement matter has begun to bear fruit!" As soon as the two met, they said.

"Is this true? Ziping, Zhao'er! ”

"Your Majesty, the cement has been baked today, and His Royal Highness King Liang has asked people to cooperate with the mixing of cement, and it is said that he will be able to give His Majesty a satisfactory answer in seven days."

The two reported the progress of cement production, Zhao Kuangyin heard that the cement test, then overjoyed, patted Zhao Dezhao's shoulder and shouted, if it wasn't for Zhao Dezhao to stop, it is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin would now run to appreciate the pool of mud-like cement slurry.

"What Xue Shilang said is very true, seven days later, please ask your father to move to Wazipo outside the city, and Zhao'er will surprise his father with the matter of securing cement!"

Zhao Kuangyin asked: "It's okay, then seven days, do you have anything else to tell?" ”

At this time, Chu Zhaofu, the envoy of the defense city, and Zhao Guangyi, the emperor's brother, came in outside the hall, and as soon as they entered the palace, they began to play: "The minister sees His Majesty (Imperial Brother)!" ”

"Oh? What is the water level of this Kaifeng? Has the project been completed, and how have the people arranged it? ......" Zhao Kuangyin began to ask urgently as soon as he saw the two of them.

"Under the joint efforts of the minister Chu Zhaofu and the palace Du Yuhou, several ditches have been dug outside the city, and the water has flowed to the bucket canal, and the water level in Kaifeng has dropped, and the houses of the people in Kaifeng City have been seriously damaged, and some houses have collapsed.

"The younger brother agrees with the words of the city defense envoy!"

Zhao Dezhao listened on the sidelines, as soon as this cement came out, the repair could be carried out, but at the moment, it was necessary to solve the arrangement of the affected people, so that they could have a stable house, so Zhao Dezhao said: "Father, the affected people can be temporarily arranged to live outside the city as a home, and there are still some idle residential houses in the sons, if not, they can be arranged to live in other farmers temporarily." ”

After speaking, Zhao Dezhao looked at Zhao Kuangyin with his eyes, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Xue Juzheng and Zhao Dezhao, and then looked at Chu Zhaofu and Zhao Guangyi, and said: "I will let the household department arrange this matter as soon as possible, in this case, let those victims live at home outside the city for a few days, and then let them move back after the house is repaired for a while." And outside the city, it is said that there are still some vacant lots, so it is better to build some there. During these days, the household department will allocate money to take care of the food used by the victims. Ziping, this matter will be handed over to your household department to allocate money and grain. ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhao Dezhao was temporarily busy with the cement matter, and went to the ordnance supervision to make firearms, that is, the improvement of armaments.

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Wazipo outside the city, cement experimental base. In the past few days since the cement came out, Li Qing has been working hard to test the finished cement products prepared in different proportions at the Wazipo Experimental Base.

After three days and three nights of experimentation, he finally found a piece of the best texture and the best ratio of these concrete slabs. Thus laying the foundation for the development of cement in the Great Song Dynasty.

On this day, he happily forgot to wear an official uniform, and hurriedly entered the palace in a craftsman's costume.

At this moment, the Imperial Palace is in the middle of the interior.

There was good news in the palace, the queen He had descended to a son, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin happily ran to the Renming Palace, and then he looked at his son, he was excited, although it was not the first time to be a father, but the joy was not reduced at all.

And Zhao Dezhao was also very happy, so that he had an extra brother, and originally there was a younger brother named Zhao Defang in history, but because history had changed somewhat, there was no follow-up, and he also hoped that this younger brother would be called Zhao Defang.

So he happily suggested to Zhao Kuangyin that the little guy should be given this name, and Zhao Kuangyin thought it was good, so he had this name.

Li Qing hurriedly entered the palace and was blocked at the palace gate.

"Who are you and why are you dressed like this? Could it be an assassin? When the soldiers guarding the palace gate saw this man, they showed their weapons, and then several soldiers next to him also used force.

Seeing this momentum, Li Qing was surprised and said, "This official is not an assassin, I ...... I have something to see King Liang! ”

"I'm sorry, King Liang didn't have time to see you! And...... Your origin is unknown, we can't let you into the palace without a token, and your dress, if you let you enter the palace......"

"It's... I have a serious matter to discuss with His Royal Highness King Liang, and the stakes are very high, please forgive me! ”

At this moment, Zhao Guangmei entered the palace, and when he saw that person, he looked up and down, and then vaguely saw from his behavior that this person was Li Qing, the official who would be the prisoner, and then took out the token for entering and leaving the palace, and said: "This person is indeed the person His Royal Highness King Liang wants to see, but he walked too fast, and I hurried to the harm." ”

"If you have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, you will let it go." The soldier who guarded the palace gate apologized.

Li Qing finally entered the palace, and Zhao Guangmei on the side asked, "What is the matter with Li Zhicheng today, is it?" "Except for the cement, everything else is fine.

"His Royal Highness King Liang explained a small matter, and now he has some eyebrows, so he came to the palace to report the cement. And today, at last, there is a big takeaway. ”

Zhao Guangmei blamed: "You guy, how can you enter the palace if you want to, you can still send someone to report this matter." And you are not wearing official clothes now, which is rude to see in front of the prince of heaven, fortunately you met me today, and I will explain everything to the imperial brother later. ”

"Thank you, sir." Li Qing didn't know who this young man was, and Zhao Guangmei had already rushed to the direction of Renming Hall at this moment, and Li Qing also followed in ignorance.

Li Qing went to Renming Hall with Zhao Guangmei, and at this moment the palace was full of joy, the Emperor Taishang, the Queen Mother, the Emperor, King Liang, the imperial brother Zhao Guangyi and others were all in the palace to celebrate the birth of the royal family.

And Zhao Dezhao, who was seeing it at this moment, found Zhao Guangmei and the dusty and mottled people, so he said, "Little uncle, who is the person next to you?" ”

"This is Li Zhicheng, who will be the prisoner, I have something to see you! You talk, I'll go see the kids. After speaking, Zhao Guangmei entered the hall.

And Zhao Dezhao then looked at it, sneered, and said: "Li Qing, you-why are you dressed like this, this is the palace inside, if you let people participate in a ......"

"Your Highness, the minister doesn't care, His Highness's explanation of the minister's matter has been done, and today's cement has been successful."

"Great! I want the chamberlain to help you find an official uniform in the palace, and you can freshen up before you can see the driver. ”

"Your Highness Xie, the minister obeys!"

After everything was ready, Li Qing, who would be the supervising officer, visited Zhao Kuangyin and told the emperor about the cement research. ”

Li Qingdao: "Your Majesty, through the efforts of the ministers and other craftsmen, the cement is finally made, and it is the hardest and strongest. ”

"Father, I will send a few craftsmen to transport the finished products to the palace, and in a few days the morning Chao Er proposed to build a cement factory, so that the ministers can see the amazing effect of cement."

"It's okay, save me another trip."

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Seven days later, at the court meeting.

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" The waiter Zhang Dejun said in a duck voice.

Chu Zhaofu was the first to come out and said: "Your Majesty has a good job, the construction of the houses of the victims of the disaster is slow, and the flooded houses are easy to collapse, if you use bricks and stones, the cost is extremely high, whether to replace them with adobe houses first." ”

Zhao Dezhao heard Chu Zhaofu's recital, stood up from his position, and said, "Father, the son has something to offer, which can solve the problem of building a house!" At this time, Zhao Dezhao suddenly stood up and said, looking at Zhao Kuangyin's confident face and the expressions of the ministers, Zhao Dezhao smiled secretly in his heart.

Zhao Dezhao brought the original book, and Emperor Zhao Kuangyin asked to make cement and build a cement manufacturing plant, which was widely used in urban construction, such as the maintenance of city walls, the construction of roads, the reconstruction of houses, the reinforcement of rivers, and so on.

"Oh? Is there such a thing in this world? Zhao Kuangyin asked knowingly, but he also made an expression at the court meeting.

"Erchen has something important to play, this thing is called cement, it is made of several very common materials, like gray flour, when you use it, add water, sand, gravel and stir, and then pave it on the road, after a few days it will become a slate-like cement pavement, the hardness is almost the same as the real stone, even if it is soaked in water for several years, it is no problem, and this thing can also build houses, city walls, strengthen river embankments, etc., it is indeed easy to use!"

Zhao Dezhao told everyone about the use and role of cement.

Some ministers had never heard of cement and were very suspicious of its use, so they made their own proposals.

"What is this cement? How have I never heard of it. "The ministers in the seats are talking about what this cement is.

And at this moment, Xue Juzheng, the head of the household department, said: "Your Majesty, ministers, the lower officials have personally seen this cement, and it is indeed as King Liang said, when it is first baked, it is powder, like flour, after being stirred with water, it will become as hard as iron after a few days of drying. ”

"Is this really the case?" At this moment, the courtiers were very puzzled, and they also wanted to unravel the mystery of the cement object.

"Zhuqing, I have already ordered the forbidden army to transport the cement to the palace, and I will be able to verify what King Liang said later." Zhao Kuangyin opened the skylight and said bright words, and the officials who knew about this matter had already understood what the emperor said, and spoke with facts, which made the opponents of the court and China much less.

Zhao Kuangyin stood up from the dragon seat, and immediately instructed the soldiers of the forbidden army to bring the cement prefabricated slab, and then asked the ministers to move to the square outside the hall to personally test the firmness of the cement prefabricated slab.

First, let a few Zaizhi stand on the cement prefabricated board and step on it, and then several bigwigs saw that it was very hard, maybe manpower could not be broken, and there were doubts in their faces.

In order to convince all the ministers of the DPRK and China of the solidity of this thing, Zhao Kuangyin let Shi Shouxin, who was born as a military general, and now is the forbidden army, grabbed a hammer and smashed it directly, and the cement prefabricated slab did not move at all, and there were no traces of fragmentation.

At this moment, the surrounding ministers were already dumbfounded, and they all believed that the cement was as solid as a rock, and most of their doubts were dispelled.

And at this moment, Wang Pudao, who is the head of the hundred officials: "Your Majesty, this thing is strong or not, but I don't know how much it is worth?" Will the treasury of my Great Song Dynasty be able to afford the mass production of this item? ”

At this time, Xue Juzheng, the head of the household, said: "Xianggong, this piece of Eastern and Western King Liang has already said that it is made of ordinary sandstone, limestone, etc., and it is easy and convenient to take materials. ”

At this time, Fan Zhen said: "This thing is very powerful, but I don't know how many days it will take to make it." ”

At this time, Li Qingdao, who will be the supervisor, said: "It takes seven days to make such a prefabricated board, and then wait for it to solidify, while it takes half a month to a month to make other large objects!" As His Royal Highness King Liang said, cement is very important for building houses, city walls, etc. ”

Wang Pu said: "Your Majesty, it is rainy in the south, and the road that has just been repaired has been washed away by the rain, and it has immediately become muddy and difficult to walk, and now most of it is deserted, and most places are impassable at all. ”

At this time, Zhao Puyan said: "Your Majesty, the matter of cement is unique to my Great Song Dynasty, and it must not be leaked out, and cement should be included in the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Father, cement should indeed be in the hands of the imperial court, but my Great Song Dynasty wants to build so many houses, roads, and city walls, and the imperial court can't solve it all of a sudden, so the sons suggest that this thing be promoted in Kaifeng for the time being, and the cement needed is to build several cement factories near Kaifeng, this matter is responsible for the imperial court, under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and when the amount of cement required is more in the future, you can let private businessmen participate in the shares, and businessmen run cement factories, but the cement factories run by businessmen must be officials of the imperial court who master the cement formula, And the taxes were customized by the imperial court. Only by obtaining the official 8 documents of the imperial court can the cement factory be opened, and the cement sold can only be shipped to the Great Song Dynasty, not exported to other countries, if it is found, the merchant's right to operate will be revoked and severely punished, which is conducive to supervision, but also to avoid the leakage of cement formula, causing unnecessary trouble in my Great Song Dynasty. And this matter still needs to be decided after the deliberation of several Zaizhi and the Chinese military minister, and the courtiers only stated their own ideas. ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, the suggestions of the ministers are good, and Zhao Dezhao's pros and cons are also good, this matter really needs to be decided after the discussion of the ministers of the DPRK and China.