Zhang Chu and Wang Jijie went down to the city of Fugu, and along the way, they soon came to the Baoan University in the east of the city, where the students of the school were in class, and Zhang Chu ordered people not to disturb them.

On one side of the school, many workers are busy building houses. Although Zhang Chu remembers that a certain master said: "The so-called university is not a building, but a master." But as a leader, Zhang Chu, who is accustomed to modern life, is still full of resentment about the first university he established, only a few bungalows, and no building. So when the cement was successfully developed, the first thing Zhang Chudid was to allocate funds to build a teaching building for the security university.

When they came to the construction site, the workers stopped to say hello to Zhang Chu, Zhang Chu greeted the workers, these workers were very familiar with Zhang Chu, and Zhang Chu was with them almost every day when they used cement to build a house, and jointly solved many technical problems and designed many new tools. However, the first cement house they built with Zhang Chu ended very miserably, after the completion of Zhang Chu ordered people to use a sledgehammer to smash the key parts of the house is not counted, after testing the strength of the building, Zhang Chu let the artillery battalion pull the cannon, a cannon bombardment, observe the bearing capacity of the house, and finally completely knock down the house before stopping.

Wang Jijie looked at the dust-like thing that Zhang Chu brought over, and was very puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Can this thing really become as hard as a stone?" ”

"Come over and see how they work." Zhang Chu took Wang Jijie to see the mixture of cement, sand and stones, and saw the workers adding the mixed cement to the formwork.

Zhang Chu introduced while taking him to see: "The steel bars here are like the skeleton of the building, and these cement and sand are muscles, and the combination of the two will make the building extremely strong and will not fall down for a hundred years." ”

"Is this really going to work?" Wang Jijie looked at the long-span beams in the first floor that had been built, and was very worried. The length of the beam was beyond his comprehension. Based on Wang Jijie's social experience, he understands that it is very difficult to build tall houses, and the key material is to find hundred-year-old giant trees to make beams and columns.

"There's no problem with this level of robustness, and we've done a lot of testing before, and it's no problem. To ensure safety, this time the entire house has been strengthened with materials and only three floors have been built. Zhang Chu explained.

"Only three floors, how many floors can be built with this material?" Wang Jijie looked at the height of the first floor that had just been built in front of him, and imagined the appearance of the three-story construction, which was already a high-rise building in his mind, if it was higher, it would be enough.

"With the current technology, we can build five or six floors, and we will definitely be able to build higher in the future." In Zhang Chu's eyes, five or six floors are very ordinary heights.

"You can build even higher!" Wang Jijie was taken aback, Chinese do not dislike tall buildings, mainly because the strength of Chinese-style brick and wood structures limits the increase of floors, and there is no good adhesive for using stone as building materials. Therefore, Chinese architecture has developed for thousands of years, and there is no particularly tall building, the dangerous building is hundreds of feet high, and the stars can only exist in the poet's romantic fantasy.

"There's a beam here that we used for testing before we started, so let's go and see it." Zhang Chu took Wang Jijie to the test site next to him, a beam was overhead and horizontal there, the thickness was thinner than that on the house, and a large number of heavy objects such as masonry were pressed on the beam, and there was still no sign of breakage there.

There were several cement blocks of different sizes placed there next to him, Zhang Chu took a hammer and asked Wang Jijie to beat the cement block to try, and Wang Jijie smashed it with a hammer and made a sound of gold and stone. Hitting it hard only knocked out a few white dots on it. Wang Jijie asked Zhang Chu: "This thing is really strong, but I don't know how much it costs." ”

Zhang Chu thought to himself that this Wang Jijie was really a businessman, and he cared about the price of everything. So he replied with a smile: "Now the output of cement is still relatively small, and the cost is high, but if it can be produced in large quantities, the cost will be reduced, and the average rich family can't afford to buy it to build a house." ”

"Can you sell me some and I'll go home and build a house with him?" Wang Jijie saw the business opportunities and wanted to get some back to see if the performance of this cement was the same as what Zhang Chu said.

"That's fine, you can get some craftsmen to come over and the workers here will teach them how to use it." Zhang Chu wished that he would promote cement, and if the rich fell in love with the high-rise buildings built of cement, Zhang Chu's life would be much better.

"You want to use this cement to reinforce the walls of Yuncheng?" Wang Jijie thought of the purpose of coming here.

"Yes, it's not difficult to build a city on flat ground if there is enough cement, but it will require the expansion of the cement plant, which is why you are investing." Zhang Chu's goal was to build a large cement factory, capture one and fortify the other, and leave the Ming army helpless against the cold concrete walls.

"If there is a surplus of this thing after the city is built, it will be very popular if it can be sold to ordinary people." Wang Jijie wondered if this was a new way to make a fortune.

"Eventually, cement will be spread everywhere, and if it can bring the price down and more people can afford it, then the factories that produce cement will make a lot of money. After this campaign to capture Yuncheng, I will allow the sale of cement to the private sector, and those who have paid before the war can act as agents for the sale of cement in various places. Zhang Chu knew what Wang Jijie was thinking, and directly made his words clear.

"That's great, I'll go back and see if there is a possibility of selling this cement in Shanxi." Wang Jijie laid a foundation for himself to be able to intervene in the future, but he was not sure to pay for Zhang Chu's expedition to Yuncheng.

"There are many ways to make money, as long as there is technology, everything can make money, for example, there are many cattle and sheep in the Fugu area, wool is not a valuable thing before, my factory uses the technology of spinning wool to weave exquisite wool cloth, but also produces felt, blankets and many other things, it can be said that it is a waste to treasure, if Boss Wang is interested in these things, sell them in Shanxi." Zhang Chu never forgets to promote the products of his factory.

"I've seen all of these things, and it's really good. I will cooperate with Dashuai Duoduo in the future. Wang Jijie is really optimistic about these wool products.

"If we occupy Yuncheng this time, there is another advantage, that is, there is a trade route to Jiangnan, and Boss Wang doesn't want to do business in Jiangnan?" Zhang Chu threw out another bait.

"Of course I think about it, Jiangnan has always been the land of fish and rice, a land of abundance, if you transport goods to Jiangnan, you will definitely make a fortune." Wang Jijie has never hidden the idea of making a fortune.

"That's good, the opening of the trade route depends on strength, come to Zhongyang with me in a few days, I will let you see our new weapons, and then you will not doubt whether I have the strength to defeat Yuncheng." Zhang Chu is full of confidence in his team. (To be continued.) )