Besides, the emperor gave him the money to rebuild the fleet, and Tang Ming embezzled the money to such a ridiculous thing. www.biquge.info If there is no money to rebuild the ship, I don't know how the emperor will punish Tang Ming.

Everyone knows that although the emperor has not yet asked about this matter, perhaps it is just because the emperor is not in the mood at the moment, the queen's condition does not seem to be improving, and the second prince Zhu Gaoxi, who is far away in Beiping, has also returned to Nanjing recently.

On the surface, everything in the palace seems to be normal now, but the ministers with a little common sense know that this is the peace before the storm, and everyone begins to brew in secret, once the queen dies of illness, the city of Nanjing will once again set off the source of chaos.

Zhu Gaochi also learned what Tang Ming had done, but fortunately, he had always believed unconditionally in anything Tang Ming did. is also because of his relationship with Tang Ming, Tang Ming did not hide it from him, and this cement factory still has his shares in the end.

Today is the day when the cement plant is put into operation, and Zhu Gaochi, a shareholder, will naturally not be absent. But with him was Yao Guangxiao, he also heard about cement, if this thing is really what he said, Yao Guangxiao believes that this is definitely a good thing.

Imagine that in the future, those sandy dirt roads will all be paved with this cement as Tang Ming said. No more rugged and muddy on rainy days, and the process can be greatly reduced and shortened by both marching and transporting.

This is an invention that has great benefits for the country and the Ming Dynasty, and Yao Guangxiao also came to the scene for this, wanting to witness the production of cement with seeing is believing.

When everyone arrived, Tang Ming immediately ordered two bags of pre-fired cement, mixed them with some crushed stones, and placed them in a square mold bound with wooden boards.

When waiting for the air to dry, Tang Ming ordered someone to move the cement slabs that had been made in the first two days, which were a few cement slabs with one meter left over one meter, and the dry cement slabs were gray, and there was no difference between them and plaster when they were fried.

Zhu Gaochi stepped forward and touched it suspiciously, and found that it was very hard. Tang Ming smiled, took a small hammer from the craftsman's hand, handed it to Zhu Gaochi, and motioned for him to knock and see. Zhu Gaochi was not polite, and used all his strength to knock it down.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the cement slab actually flashed sparks, and although the surface was slightly damaged with a hammer, it was not broken or cracked. The hardness of this thing has reached the strength of ordinary stones.

Zhu Gao was stunned for a moment, the arm that grabbed the hammer had begun to go numb slightly, his heart was shocked at this moment, and he asked Tang Ming with a look of disbelief: "This thing is what the cement looks like after it is dried." ”

Yao Guangxiao's eyes flashed a strange light, the strength of this cement slab has far exceeded his imagination, and he is very satisfied with it. With a smile on his face, he asked Tang Ming a key question: "How difficult is it for you to fire this cement, and does it cost much?" ”

The old fox is the old fox, Tang Ming glanced at Zhu Gaochi, who was still in shock, and explained to Yao Guangxiao with a smile: "Although it is not difficult to fire this cement, it is more troublesome to fire and mine, and the current cost is not low, and it cannot be burned if it is used on a large scale, so it will take some time to pour the sand and dirt roads around Nanjing into cement roads." ”

"You don't need all of them, as long as you can pour the official road from Nanjing to Suzhou, and the rest can be poured slowly." Yao Guangxiao looked at the cement factory in front of him, and his expression was faintly excited.

Although Tang Ming didn't understand why Yao Guangxiao only ordered the official road from Nanjing to Suzhou, these were not his concerns, and what he was concerned about now was that he should sell this cement to the emperor. Facing this emperor who slammed the door, Tang Ming never had much confidence in his heart.

He didn't want to sell the cement to the imperial court if he could, and the daily output of this cement factory was not very large. Except for some that he kept for his own use, the rest were actually more affordable to sell to the people to build houses.

But Tang Ming still decided not to participate in this headache, and after looking at Zhu Gaochi, who was still studying the cement slab with great interest, he decided to leave this matter to him to deal with. Just make a fortune by yourself.

It's better to do less to show up, and it happens that in this muddy and unclear situation, he has to be more careful.

On the way back, Yao Guangxiao specially called Tang Ming to his side and asked him to pave the mountain road in front of the Buddha Hall with cement. After all, he will be a place for scholars to repair books in the future, and people will come and go, and the cement road can be paved to facilitate everyone's entry and exit.

This high spring is mostly hills, although the bad environment is good, but the road is really not easy to walk, sometimes it rains for several days in a row, the whole road will become muddy, and it is not uncommon for carriages to be trapped. It is not safe to walk on such a dirt road, so Yao Guangxiao is still very anxious to build a cement road from Gaochun to Nanjing.

Tang Ming was full of promises, and he also suffered so much that he made up his mind to make cement, and now Yao Guangxiao didn't say that he would also pave it first.

A month later, a large number of craftsmen began to gather in Nanjing, and the emperor was also quite interested in Tang Ming's cement. Zhu Gaochi also negotiated the price with him smoothly, in fact, the main reason for this was that Tang Ming gave Zhu Gaochi an idea.

It is said that if this official road is built on a cement road in the future, the emperor can get some toll booths, but only collect the carriage of merchants and transportation, so that the capital can be quickly returned.

This is a rotten method used in later generations, and Zhu Di was not willing to accept it at first. Because in this way, it is no different from those robbers who are entrenched in the mountains and forests. But under Tang Ming's explanation, and then offered not to charge civilians for the journey, Zhu Di reluctantly agreed.

Tang Ming didn't know that Zhu Di had been moved early in the morning, but he had to pretend on the surface, and the things that would negatively affect his emperor's reputation naturally had to find a reason that could be explained, or find someone who came out and prepared to carry the black pot.

Obviously, this idea was Tang Ming's idea, and if something goes wrong in the future, Zhu Di will naturally put the black pot on Tang Ming's head. This is a typical idea of making a table and setting up an archway, Tang Ming is quite ashamed of Zhu Di's thoughts.

The transportation capacity of the ancient carriage is not large, unlike the big trucks of later generations, which are easy to wear and tear the road, not to mention that there are often accidents. In order to keep the cement road strong, Tang Ming had to ask the craftsmen to do their best to pad the roadbed to the most compact.

More effort can save more cement, as long as the roadbed is compacted enough, the cement layer on the road surface is actually only a thin layer. Tang Ming had already settled the accounts, and the official road from Nanjing to Suzhou was enough to save him a considerable amount of cement. (To be continued.) )