In May, the land is already green, and the climate is much warmer.

A few days ago, Man Gui came back from Zhangjiakou in a hurry, Yang Reform only saw one time in a hurry, and sent Man Gui away in a hurry, the landing of the Sancha River was imminent, and the Songshan Fort, according to the news of Tanma, was estimated to be quite hard, and sometimes the explosion had not stopped all day, and it was necessary to land as soon as possible.

However, now that things have been arranged, the only thing left is to wait, and Yang Reform at this time is more relaxed.

Without Sun Chengzong's help, Yang Gai had to deal with a lot of military intelligence by himself, and he should have been busier than before, but because the war had been arranged, he was not as busy as before.

Hurriedly dealt with the military intelligence, Yang Reform and flipped through the "homework" in various places, the first one was Sun Yuanhua, opened it, and it was good news, the things burned out of Sanhe soil were the cement that Yang Reform needed.

Through the words of this "homework", Yang Reform can imagine an ecstatic, dancing, and crazy Sun Yuanhua, and Yang Reform nodded when he saw it.

In the operation, the process of firing cement is mentioned, and it is still exhaustive, and the triad is fired one by one according to the same as burnt lime according to different proportions, and finally something similar to lime is obtained, and after being mixed with water, it can get "very hard lime", which is used as a binder, which is far more ideal than lime, almost the same as stone.

Yang Reform saw the end, and basically affirmed that this "very hard lime" is cement, but there is no official name now.

"Big companion, did Sun Yuanhua send something?" Yang Gengai shouted excitedly.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, I sent a lot." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Let's go, go out of the palace, take those things with you, find an open space in the imperial city, and try these new things." Yang Gengai couldn't wait to see what the cement of the Ming Dynasty was like.

In addition to the Qianqing Palace, Yang Reform went out of the Forbidden City, to the Imperial City, under the leadership of Wang Chengen, to a place, this place is relatively large, previously in this place, but also with Sanhe soil to build a road, now, every day someone driving a four-wheeled carriage back and forth on it, according to the emperor, this is testing this road.

Today, this place is here again.

Yang reformed the four-wheeled carriage, in addition to the sound of kowtowing in one place, what he saw at a glance was the rotten mud road in front of him, the previous Sanhe dirt road that was quite strong, and now, it has been completely crushed into a "cement" road, full of mud, and a lot of dirty carriages were parked on one side, and there were a lot of buckets on the side of the road, which was estimated to be used to splash water on the road.

Yang Reform originally came to test the cement, but when he saw this road, he fell into his appetite, this road is really not so easy to get, even if it is the road of Sanhetu, under this high-intensity test, it is also incomplete.

"Big companion, bring the thing that Sun Yuanhua sent, and I'll take a look." Yang Reform has seen the shocking road, and began to make cement, if the cement is no problem, Yang Reform is ready to go on a large scale, after all, the new Shanghai is waiting for cement, Yang Reform has repeatedly pressed Shi Kefa, not let him build a house, Yang Reform wants to see a real new Shanghai.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed, and then asked someone to bring over the things sent by Sun Yuanhua, there were several packs, and they looked very heavy.

Yang Reform couldn't wait to open these bags of cement, and sure enough, the color of cement was similar to that of later generations, that is, there were more particles, not very fine, not to the extent of fine ash. …,

"Companion, ask someone to build a ditch on the ground with bricks, block it at both ends, and use lime in the brick joints, use this kind of thing, and wipe the surface inside and outside the ditch with this kind of thing, and don't leave gaps." Yang Reform doesn't care if he is very fine, he has to try the effect of this cement first.

"Slave and maid obey orders......" Wang Chengen agreed with some puzzlement, although he was puzzled, but he also carried out the emperor's order first.

Several craftsmen got the order and immediately started to repair the sink with this thing instead of lime, and as for why, they didn't dare to ask, the emperor was here. Trembling there and "Lime", trembling began to repair the sink.

"Your Majesty, why do you want to build a ditch on the ground?" Wang Chengen carried out the order before he began to ask the emperor why.

"It's nothing, it is said that this kind of thing is not afraid of water, and it doesn't even leak, if it's really as Sun Yuanhua said, I will use this thing to repair the culvert, and this culvert is also time to repair, since it has been repaired, it is best to take care of it for a few more years, otherwise, it will be repaired in a few years, and it will also annoy people." Yang Gai said.

"Ah," Wang Chengen said in surprise.

Yang Reform doesn't care how surprised Wang Chengen is, this thing must be released as soon as possible. The renovation of Beijing City, although it can not be fully rolled out, but it can be a good sewer, which is not a small progress, if the test is successful, let Sun Yuanhua send people to Shanghai to open a factory.

While watching the craftsmen busy, Yang Reform pointed out from time to time, and moved a few craftsmen, so he worked extra hard to take out the best book reviews to repair the ditch that was blocked at both ends.

In the end, under the guidance and requirements of Yang Reform, the inside and outside of this pool were thickly plastered with cement, and Yang Reform gave up.

"Companion, this thing, remember that in a day or two, let people sprinkle some water, and others will dry up." Yang Reform said regardless of the fact that Yang Reform still has some experience in repairing things with cement.

"Slaves obey orders," Wang Chengen replied in surprise, when did the emperor learn to be a mason?

Looking at the pool that had been repaired, Yang Gai felt that it was not bad, this pool was almost no different from the pool of later generations, and it looked very kind.

"Hehehehe......" Yang Reform suddenly saw that the people around him were looking at him in surprise, and suddenly laughed, they people would not understand what they were doing.

Only then did everyone come back to their senses, and they hurriedly lowered their heads, pretending not to see.

"Big companion, I'm afraid this road won't work, so don't get it, I feel distressed when I look at it, in a few days, Shaanxi Li Yanyi will send oil residue over, if it is delivered, you remember to let people use that oil residue to pave the road, how to pave it, you should also send someone over there, if not, you will first build a road of Sanhe soil, and then pave the oil residue on top of the Sanhe dirt road, mixed with stones to pave together, I remember, Li Yanyi said so in the letter." Yang Reform pointed to the road of Sanhe Tu Xiu and said, Yang Reform didn't care that others looked at him with strange eyes, the source of these things was not his own here, all of them were outside the palace, and he kept in touch with the outside of the palace at all times, and it was not a big deal to know some things that seemed magical to others.

"Slave and maid obey ......the order," replied Wang Chenen, and he was not at all surprised when the emperor said this, someone must have told the emperor in the letter, otherwise, how could the emperor be a mason?

"Go" Yang Reform "with his own eyes" saw the cement, and "personally" repaired the pool with cement, the busy thing is busy, I am ready to leave, I have seen it with my own eyes, and I have a lot of bottom in my heart, this kind of cement, grinding is not fine enough, you can see a lot of small particles with the naked eye, far from reaching the level of flour, this should affect the use of cement, as for how big the impact is not clear, the pool to be repaired, you have to wait for him to do it. …,

After a few days, wait for the pool to dry, if the water can be stored, it means that the cement is basically successful, and the details can be corrected.

The cement came out, then, after the Sancha River landed, you can use cement to build a fortress in the Sancha River, you can take root in the Sancha River as quickly as possible, and make the Sancha River a forward base.

Once the pool does not leak, Yang Reform is ready to directly use cement to repair water conservancy facilities, in this era without other large-scale power, the use of water power, this cement, can play a great role, can be regarded as complementary.

The carriage started, and Yang Gengai glanced at the pool for the last time, and prayed silently that there would be no problem with the pool, and the cement could be rubbed thick enough.

"Companion, go shopping, I haven't been on the street for a long time." Yang Reform said again.

"Slave and maid," Wang Chengen agreed.

Soon, the convoy clanged towards the gate of the imperial city.

……

Yang has not been on the streets for some days.

The trees on the street are already full of greenery, and the carriage has become extremely numerous, and there are four-wheeled carriages everywhere, especially the public carriages with the same appearance and different colors, which really attracted the attention of Yang Reform.

Now the four-wheeled carriage, because of the warm weather, the window has been opened, and you can see through the window that there are many people sitting in the carriage.

The flow of people on the street, more than usual, also more, it seems, it seems to be a lot more prosperous, Yang Reform almost subconsciously looked at the ground, indeed as he expected, this livestock is more, this feces problem, it is indeed a problem, almost every other way you can see a pile of dung, in this green, crowded, bustling street, it seems so discordant, the people on the street, it seems to have long been accustomed to it, have turned a blind eye.

Yang Gai closed the car window and wrote down in his heart that the problem of feces on the street had indeed been solved, how did future generations get it? Sanitation workers? Afraid that he would indeed have to become a sanitation worker, Yang Gai thought about it in his heart for a while, and came to this conclusion, this problem will be solved after he goes back.

Yang Reform's carriage walked along the road of the capital and walked around a few times, and Yang Reform was also tired, after all, he kept staring at the feces on the ground, and no matter how good his mood was, he would become bad.

Just looking at the street is disgusting, Yang Reform gave up the plan to go to the slums to see, presumably the sanitation situation there, even more unsatisfactory, looking at the street can already imagine other places, that is, sewers, public toilets, sanitation workers, these environmental sanitation measures, have to be put on the agenda, according to historical records, Beijing City is often plagued, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, especially the plague in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, directly related to the change of dynasty, this problem is not detected by history, Yang has also paid enough attention to the reform, which must be changed.

"Butler, so many carriages are going to Liulizhai?" Yang Reform is already very familiar with Liulizhai, for the carriages coming and going, at a glance, you can know where to drive, and see that many carriages seem to be driving to Liulizhai, so he asked casually.

"Hui Gongzi, yes, now the big square in front of Liulizhai has become the center of the carriages in the capital, and most of the carriages have to ......converge there," Wang Chengen introduced.

"Well, let's go to Liulizhai Square." Yang Reform knew that Liulizhai Square was the center of the carriage, which he deliberately obtained, and it was the same whether he went or not, but it was the place where the silver was displayed, Yang Reform wanted to go and see, and he had been thinking about it.

"The little one understands." Wang Chengen agreed. …,

Yang reform's carriage convoy followed the traffic flow and headed for the big square in Liulizhai.

……

In Liulizhai Square, there is a very special place, where there are many people watching.

"Look at Jinshan......" A person stood on a high platform, striking a gong and shouting at the same time, and with one shout after another, the crowd in the audience also watched with their necks open.

Yang Reform's convoy could only be parked far away, Yang Reform wanted to go up and take a look, but Wang Chengen refused to let him live, saying that it was too dangerous to be mixed in the crowd, and it was better to be in the carriage, Yang Reform couldn't resist Wang Chengen, so he could only take a clairvoyant mirror and hide in the carriage to see, fortunately, the carriage itself was higher, the platform was also higher, and with the help of the telescope, he could see quite clearly, but there was no sound.

The crowd didn't erupt in amazement, and many people's eyes were fixed on the huge silver ingot on the platform, all attracted by the golden mountain.

"Bang ......" The man on the platform slammed the gong, and then shouted at the top of his throat.

"Look at the gold mountain, a silver coin once, the person who looks at it will be fast, tens of millions of silver, but it is all in front of you, you can see it, let you have a good time, let you enjoy it......"

In order to make the people believe that they have silver, paper money can be dealt with at any time, Yang Reform deliberately made a place for the people to visit the silver, which is this "gold mountain".

Originally, Yang Reform meant to build a large glass room, pile all the silver in it, let the people see it for free, and shock the people with mountains of silver, but in fact, Yang Reform waited until the silver was in the warehouse, only to know that the 20 million taels of silver were actually not much of a pile, and after calculation, it was only more than 100 cubic meters, and 100 cubic meters were how big? Three meters high, ten meters long, and five meters wide, this is one hundred and fifty cubic meters, in fact, it is slightly larger than the living room of many people's homes in the 21st century, and it is indeed a bit reluctant to say that this small house is a mountain. Nowadays, the "Golden Mountain" has been cultivated quite large, and in fact, 20 million taels of silver are piled up in it, accounting for only a small part.

Yang Reform had to think of other ways, the people all believed in their own eyes, few people knew how much tens of millions of taels of silver weighed, how high they had to be piled, to suppress the people, let the people believe that they had silver, and they had to think of his way.

The man who struck the gong and shouted shouted around, and no one was willing to pay a silver coin to see the gold mountain, and they all waited for a good show.

“…… Since there is no one, then next, it depends on everyone's strength...... "The person who struck the gong saw that no one came up, so he didn't talk nonsense, and started the following program directly.

“…… The one with great strength, as long as he pulls this silver ingot out of the stone box with one hand, he can go to see the gold mountain for free......" The gong striker slammed the gong, and then pointed with his rod to a silver ingot wrapped in red cloth at his feet, this silver ingot, but more than 30 centimeters long, more than 30 centimeters wide, 10 centimeters thick, not big, but, in fact, there are more than 100 kilograms, worthy of the name of the iron lump.

"I ......"

"I ......"

"I ......"

With this person's words, the people below couldn't hold back for a long time and shouted one after another.

"Okay, you, you, you......, and you, you, you...... You ......" The man who struck the gong casually pointed with a stick and ordered a large number of people to come up.

Around this platform, there were officers and soldiers, and those who were ordered came to the stage happily, and the officers and soldiers did not stop them.

Seeing someone on stage, the crowd erupted in shouts.

"Okay, it turns out that the strong men who tried their skills have arrived, so we don't talk much nonsense, let's start, let's start first, this silver ingot, three feet long, three feet wide, three inches thick, a single weight of one hundred and eighty catties, or two thousand eight hundred and eighty taels, if anyone can pull out of this stone box with one hand, even if he passes, he can visit Jinshan for free......" This person repeated the rules, and focused on the size and weight of this silver ingot. …,

The crowd let out a sigh of amazement that this silver ingot, which didn't look very big, actually weighed more than 180 catties, which was really surprising. I don't believe in such a little bit of something, it's so heavy.

The silver ingot, tied with a red cloth, was put into a stone box by the combined efforts of the two big men, only about ten centimeters were exposed, and these ten centimeters were the place for people to pinch and hold, and the person who tried to pinch and hold the ten centimeters to pull the silver ingot out of the stone box, the difficulty was not great.

This is also carefully designed by Yang Reform, after knowing that silver can not actually be piled up into a "mountain", Yang Reform had to show the characteristics of silver with a large proportion, so that people have an intuitive understanding of "a room" of silver, which is why there is this activity of taking silver. If you want to visit the gold mountain, you can only pass this test except to pay a silver coin.

"Ahh......h

However, this silver ingot seems to be small, but it actually weighs 180 catties, and it can't be lifted at all.

One hundred and eighty pounds for the ancient people who were accustomed to labor, not very heavy, back, pick a stone of rice, is a manifestation of the maturity of the labor force, can carry more than 100 pounds of people in the people, but to rely on a few fingers to put out more than 100 pounds of silver ingots, the difficulty is not ordinary, not to mention that this silver ingot is not good to borrow, most of them are in the stone box, only three or four inches are exposed outside, it is really not good to exert force.

The person who carried the silver ingot, after wasting all his strength, still couldn't withdraw the silver, his face was flushed, and he reluctantly gave up.

The people in the audience sighed for a while, this is too difficult, that seemingly small silver ingot, is so heavy, I really didn't expect it.

A few more people were replaced, but they all wasted their strength to eat milk, and they couldn't pull it out, except that the silver ingot itself was extremely heavy, but it was not easy to bear.

Under the expectation of the crowd, a strong man hugged everyone with a fist, and then gave a fist to the "host" who struck the gong, and then put on a posture, luckily, pinched and grabbed the silver ingot, and shouted violently, and the silver ingot was lifted up a few points.

Yang Reform held the binoculars, and his eyes were about to fall off in the carriage, this silver ingot was specially designed by himself, but he didn't let people bring it up, but he didn't expect that there would be such a fierce person, and the silver ingot was brought out, which was really unexpected.

"Drink" The man who had put up a posture to carry the silver ingot was also flushed, and although he had made sufficient preparations, the weight of the silver still exceeded his expectations, and he had to shout again and increase his strength.

"...... Start"

"...... Start"

"...... Start"

Watching the silver ingot being lifted little by little, the audience began to cheer for this person, and with a sound, the silver ingot really got up little by little, and even the officers and soldiers in charge of security around looked at this cow man in surprise.

"Ah...... Ah......h

"Bang ......" saw that the silver ingot was raised, and the "host" immediately sounded a gong.

"It's a success, it's a success, it's finally proposed, you can put it down, you can put it down......" The host who was in charge of striking the gong was also the first time he met someone who could bring out the silver ingot, and he was also dumbfounded, and asked that person to stop with some admiring eyes, he had succeeded.

The man who carried the silver ingot threw it down. There was a dull sound of "clang", and the platform shook a little.

"Where is this strong man? …… Name? ...... "The "host" began to ask.

When the question was almost done, the bookstore on the side was also almost written, and when the writing was finished, a big seal was stamped, and a "pennant" was ready.

I saw that the pennant had a few big characters written on it, "Yinshan Hercules". The back is recorded in small characters with the person's name, place of origin, appearance, age, and won the title of Hercules in such and such a place in a certain year, and finally a bright red big seal ......,