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Before Geng Jingzhong returned to the mansion, he ordered someone to immediately go to Mawei to give an order, ordering the two ports under construction to be suspended and built with new materials after a period of time. Mawei Port has been built for half a year, and many places have been built with lime, so it is impossible to dismantle and rebuild, so it can only be reinforced on this basis. The Monkey Island Commercial Port under construction has not been built for a long time, most of it has not been built, and the remaining part must be cemented.

After returning home to eat, he immediately went out again, and gathered people to go to the lime kilns around Fuzhou. In this era without mechanization, cement production is also a labor-intensive industry. A primitive cement kiln would not have been able to operate without hundreds of workers. Geng Jingzhong immediately ordered people to purchase lime kilns from major merchants in the name of Jingnan Wangfu, and at the same time recruited a large number of workers who could burn kilns.

Geng Jingzhong's ports to be built are not Mawei and Houyu, but the commercial ports that the ocean trading company plans to build are three. In addition to the port, a large amount of cement is required to build bridges, paving roads and houses, and the cement that needs to be used is not calculated in catties, but in tons. Such consumption, three or two cement kilns can never meet the needs, the most conservative estimate, also need eight to ten cement kilns to work day and night. The purchase of lime kilns and the need to spend a large amount of silver coins, however, at this time, Geng Jingzhong did not lack silver coins, but what he wanted was to speed up the construction speed, and spending silver was not a problem.

Brother-in-law Shu Shu is quite shrewd, so that Geng Jingzhong can be so solemn, it is definitely not an ordinary thing, he follows him all day long, inseparable, I want to understand what this brother-in-law is talking about cement and what it does! Geng Jingzhong also ordered a group of workers from the port to come back to build the cement kiln, and at the same time stayed in the cement kiln to work in the future.

According to statistics, there are more than 30 large and small lime kilns in Fuzhou Prefecture, and there are 18 in the vicinity of Fuzhou City. The owners of these lime kilns had no objection to the price given by Geng Jingzhong, and they happily sold the lime kilns to him. Geng Jingzhong did not let them lose their jobs, these people were all veterans in the kiln, and they were all talents, so they were all retained with high salaries. Limestone, clay, gypsum, the main materials for firing cement are not uncommon, especially limestone, which is stocked in large quantities in every kiln.

This time, Geng Jingzhong did not fail again, and it took a few days to officially burn the usable cement. Cement fired from limestone, clay, and gypsum is not the best, but it is a breakthrough for this era. It is this relatively primitive cement kiln that has made Geng Jingzhong very satisfied.

Now the cement burned by Geng Jingzhong belongs to the most common Portland cement, and Geng Jingzhong himself knows very well that this kind of cement is not bad for building bridges, paving roads and houses, but it is really a lot worse for building harbors, but now there is no better material to use than it. After the cement was produced, almost everyone thought it was a special kind of lime! So Geng Jingzhong personally explained to the workers what cement mortar is and what is concrete. Once all the workers were acquainted with it, they began to be transported to the port for construction.

Cement, which hardens quickly after being mixed with water and stirred, is comparable to stone, and this property is called hydraulic. In particular, this hydraulic hardness has already worked underwater and is an indispensable building material for underwater construction in later generations. However, because cement has strong adsorption and will chemically react with moisture in the air, cement cannot be stored for too long after it is produced. There is a lot of rain in Fujian and it is still close to the sea, so Geng Jingzhong ordered the cement to be transported away after it was produced.

Unfortunately, there is not so much steel available, otherwise a harbor or other structure made of reinforced concrete would be so strong that ordinary people can't imagine it. At present, cement can only be supplied to the construction of seaports, and when the number of cement kilns increases, the matter of road construction will be put on the agenda.

These days, Shu Shu has been following Geng Jingzhong's side, seeing all of them in his eyes. For this thing called cement, he immediately saw its "money" scene. Shu Shu is still very sober, this kind of cement production scale is huge, the output is not too high, but it is very practical, much stronger than lime, but the input of burning cement is not much more than that of burning lime, the key is the process and formula. If he asked Geng Jingzhong for the recipe for firing glass, Geng Jingzhong would definitely think that he didn't know him, but this cement was different, and he could still give it a try.

This is still on the way back, so Shu Shu can't wait to bring it up.

"This, brother-in-law, Seventh Brother, I have a reluctant request, I hope you can agree!" Shu Shu said.

Geng Jingzhong tightened the reins and slowed down: "Oh, what's the matter with Brother Seven, but it's okay to say it." ”

"I'm really embarrassed to say this. You gave me the general distributorship of perfume and glass, and I shouldn't have asked for anything else. It's just that your third brother is an auxiliary general and is responsible for the construction of the Fengtai camp, so the seventh brother wants to ask you for this, this cement recipe, I don't know if it's okay, how much silver you should ask! ”

Seventh Brother laughed. This cement is meant to be built, and I have decided to start building roads with cement on a large scale after the port is built. Therefore, I wish there was cement everywhere in the country. And this cement production is more difficult, as you have seen, it is impossible to transport it from Fujian to the capital so far. Originally, I wanted to tell Brother Qi, I hope that Brother Qi can build more cement kilns after he goes back, and at the same time play the imperial court, and build roads around the capital to facilitate transportation! ”

"Oh, that's a good feeling. Building roads is also a good thing for the benefit of the country and the Ming, I think the imperial court should allow it, and the seventh brother confessed again. ”

"Hahaha, Seventh Brother, this is not your business alone, as far as I know, several brothers in your business firm have shares, right?" Geng Jingzhong said narrowly to Shu Shu.

"Hehe, hehe! You know this, I don't have a knighthood, Seventh Brother, so"

Unconsciously, the group arrived at the gate of the palace, and the guards came forward to lead the horses away, and several people walked into the palace.

At this time, Huanxi was already more than six months pregnant, although Geng Jingzhong was not by his side every day, but with Huanxi's biological mother and two sisters-in-law by his side, he was in a very good mood. This also made Geng Jingzhong feel that it was a wise decision to send someone to the capital in time.

At this time, the body has begun to feel clumsy, the center of gravity of the body has shifted forward, because the first child, the body is not used to this change, so it is easy to fall, the waist and back are also not used to this change in the body and are particularly easy to fatigue, often feel a little difficult when sitting down or standing up. Therefore, every time I walk, I am very careful, and there must be a maid by my side. Now, the waist of Huanxi has obviously begun to thicken, and the baby in her belly is growing day by day. In this regard, no matter how busy Geng Jingzhong is during the day, he will come to Huanxi's room to talk to her at night, and at the same time talk to the child in her belly.

For serving pregnant women, Geng Jingzhong has no experience at all, far inferior to himself and Huanxi's mother, they are all from the past, they have given birth to several children, and they know everything. But Geng Jingzhong is not unable to do anything, for when he was studying teacher books, he had carefully read the content about prenatal education. Now she is more than six months pregnant, and the book says that prenatal education can be carried out when the fetus is more than five months old.

Since more than ten days ago, Geng Jingzhong began to come over every night to talk to the child in Xi's belly and conduct preliminary prenatal education. I remember that the book says that at this time the fetus not only has the ability to hear, but also responds differently to the sounds heard. Parents should first call the child's name whenever they talk to the fetus, and then call the fetus after birth, so that the baby can have a special sense of security after recalling this familiar call. Choosing a name is definitely not something that Geng Jingzhong can decide, it is up to his father Geng Jimao to decide. But it's still okay to give your child a nickname, because I don't know if it's a man or a woman, so Geng Jingzhong has a generic name "Wenwen".

For his first child, Geng Jingzhong worked hard, treating the fetus as a listener every night, chatting with him, telling him stories, and singing ballads and nursery rhymes from time to time; I have never heard these things before, and I have listened to them with relish. Every time Geng Jingzhong talks to his child, his tone is full of emotion, and it is said in the book that the tone information transmitted in this way will have an infectious effect on the fetus.

Even Geng Jingzhong worked so hard, he was unanimously condemned by everyone in the family. They all said that Huan Xi was inconvenient, and he should stay at home to accompany Huan Xi, and should not run around at will. Under the unanimous impeachment of the family council, Geng Jingzhong had no choice but to surrender obediently and spend half a day every day to accompany Xi. In the past few days, Geng Jingzhong has returned to the palace before dinner at the latest.

There are too many people in the city, you can breathe more fresh air outside, you can bathe in the warm sunshine, and enjoy the beautiful flowers and trees, which can make people's hearts get rid of distractions, and the troubles will disappear and the joy will arise spontaneously, and enjoy this great time with the child in the belly, which is the best way to maintain health. You must know that natural beauty is the result of millions of years of nature, Fujian has many mountains and rivers, beautiful mountains and rivers abound, under the viewing, people can forget a qiē. The natural scenery acts on the senses of pregnant women, arouses their aesthetic psychology and pleasure, and sublimates the spiritual realm.

Ren said that his saliva was dry, and the family was unmoved, and they all thought that pregnant women should cultivate more because of their inconvenience, just walk around the garden, and they couldn't travel tirelessly, but turned around and criticized him. Geng Jingzhong really shouted that he was wronged, and it was not far outside the city, okay, he could get out of the city in only a quarter of an hour by taking a steady carriage. I can't help it, so I can only let it go.