Although it was only a short sentence, in Wang Yusheng's ears, it was no less than a bright light in the dark, which suddenly illuminated a corner of the fog in front of him, making him vaguely seem to have caught something, but he couldn't say it clearly for a while. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

I only heard Wang Xijun continue:

"Although the method of making cement has always been very mysterious, now I can be sure that cement must be calcined by fire, which is similar to the method of burning lime, at most in the proportion of ingredients."

Wang Yusheng, who had already suddenly realized, listened to his daughter's words, but he had new doubts, and couldn't help asking:

"Xijun, it is not difficult to guess that the cement is burned, after all, the biggest role of charcoal is burning, An Zhonglang will now be so eager to acquire the origin of coal, and this is also proved from the side, but how do you know that the method is similar to that of burning lime?"

"Father, have you forgotten what the new cement factory in the suburbs was for?"

Wang Xijun said proudly again. The new cement factory she was talking about was a new cement factory established by Bai Qing, the craftsmen who would be the supervisors, and the craftsmen who were transferred from the Ministry of Industry after the establishment of the Anhe Supervision Institute, and the cement used on the main roads of the eastern and western cities was produced there.

However, Anhe is very strict with the guards there, the craftsmen eat and live in the factory, and there are seconded Jinwuwei patrols within a radius of several miles, and no one is allowed to approach, so people outside can't know the situation in the factory at all.

"There? Wasn't it the Ministry of Works' lime workshop? Yes~! I understand! ”

Wang Yusheng was confused at first, then slapped his thigh, and finally figured out the key to it, there are so many workshops under the Ministry of Industry, why did he choose a lime workshop, and both things have to be calcined, in addition to the different colors, the appearance of lime and cement is actually similar, although this does not prove anything, but it is enough to show that Wang Xijun's guess has a great possibility.

After figuring it all out. Wang Yusheng was in a happy mood, especially for Anhe's acquisition of charcoal, and he was even more amazed in his heart, because the charcoal was difficult to ignite. It is not as convenient to use as firewood and charcoal, so it is rarely used by ordinary people, but it is suitable for large-scale calcination in the workshop, and it is more resistant to burning than firewood and charcoal. Coupled with the low cost, there is no fear that those who plan to build a cement plant will not buy it.

Of course, Wang Yusheng praised Wang Xijun's smart daughter, but it was already midnight, so after the family of three spoke, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

Knowing Anhe's plan, Wang Yusheng became more concerned about the purchase of coal, and the next day after Li Hui, the two went to Heishi Mountain in person, because of the influence of the open-pit coal mine. The two of them went to the local county government to register, and then paid no more than 100 yuan, so they bought all the land within a radius of dozens of miles around Heishi Mountain.

Next, Wang Yusheng inquired around to see where there were other places around Chang'an where coal was produced, and he asked him to find four places, but these places were a little far away from Chang'an, and the coal was buried relatively deep, which was not as good as the situation in Heishi Mountain. But he and Li Huiyi combined, and still spent money to buy it, anyway, these are wastelands, and they can't cost a lot of money in total.

Just when Wang Yusheng and Li would go around enclosing land. An He was also very busy, and the day after the imperial list of the Supervision Institute was posted, Li Xiaojiu officially agreed to Zhang Xingcheng's plan to build a road with cement in the court, and as soon as he made a move, he built two main roads, one from Chang'an to Songzhou on Jiannan Road, and the other was the main road from Chang'an to Luoyang. The first road is related to the security of Datang's southern border, and the other is the most frequent lifeline of Datang's commercial transportation.

As soon as the construction plan of these two main roads came out, Anhe's Supervision Institute became even more popular, and the merchants who were still suspicious rushed to the Supervision Institute, and Anhe had to borrow a group of manpower from the Ministry of Industry again, which alleviated the embarrassment of lack of manpower.

However, with the increase in the number of registered cement businesses, Anhe issued a new notice, to the effect that because there are too many people, he has insufficient manpower to guide the construction of the cement plant, so the registered manufacturers are divided into three grades, which are divided by investment funds, of which more than 200,000 yuan is the first gear, 100,000 to 200,000 yuan is in the second gear, and the lower than 100,000 is the third grade.

With the release of the notice, there are also registered merchants according to the ranking of funds, among which the number of people who can enter the first gear is very small, only Cheng Boxian and Li Jingye, who have been instructed by An He in advance, and the three small teams they have united have reached the standard of the first gear. And there are not many people who can enter the second gear, and there are less than twenty together, and most of them belong to the third gear, after all, there are not many people who can take out 100,000 yuan at once.

As soon as this notice from the Inspectorate was issued, it immediately attracted the dissatisfaction of most of the franchised investment businessmen, after all, everyone took the money to invest, why should those powerful people enjoy the privileges? Originally, they were inferior to each other in terms of funds, and now let them build factories first, so how can they play with those who are almost strong?

Of course, the investment manufacturers will not accept this unfair regulation, and many people will go to the Supervision Institute to oppose it, demanding that they be treated equally, otherwise they will unilaterally tear up the contract and no longer invest in the cement plant.

An He first deliberately rejected these people's requests, and insisted on the decision to classify them according to the level of funds, although he was the fifth grade, he was the fourth rank of the lieutenant general after all, and he had the support of Li Xiaojiu behind him, so he didn't have to pay attention to these people's 'unreasonable requests'.

However, after the people behind these businessmen came forward in person and showed favors to him, An He reluctantly added a clause after the regulations, allowing those who have signed contracts to add additional funds or carry out alliances, and it is up to them whether they can squeeze into the first two gears.

Seeing that An He, who had a tough attitude, finally relieved them, how could those investment businessmen still have anything else to think about? Those who have the strength will add funds, and those who don't have the strength will pull the relationship around, find people they know and unite together, and strive to get to the top of the rankings.

Before the cement plant was built, the cement investors had already begun the first round of reshuffle, and most of them chose the weak alliance, according to the geography or the relationship with each other, several or even a dozen of them joined together, integrated the capital, and competed with those strong businesses.

After this round of reshuffle, the number of businesses registered in the Supervision Institute has dropped sharply from a few hundred to less than a hundred, but the strength of each one is very strong, and the minimum funds are more than 100,000 yuan, and the number of businesses that have entered the first grade has suddenly increased to 25.

For this result, An He is very satisfied, this is originally a play he directed and acted in, the purpose is to let these investment manufacturers integrate capital, so that it is not only convenient for future management, but also more conducive to the development of the cement industry, he does not want to see that kind of small factories everywhere, management chaos into a mess of the scene.

After the capital integration was completed, the cement plant finally began to be built, most of the 25 in the first grade were built in the nearby Chang'an, Luoyang or the state capitals between the two places, and most of the second gear were distributed in the state capitals between Chang'an and Jiannan. The craftsmen of the new cement factory under the jurisdiction of the Supervision Institute guided the construction of 25 factories of the first grade at the same time, and these things were mainly supervised by Bai Qing, a petty official of the eighth grade, and Li Yifu assisted as a deputy. (To be continued.) )