"These things, they can't be like them, right? It just looks sturdy, but it's not really good?" Some craftsmen questioned.

Zhu Han had already prepared for this, and directly ordered his guards: "Give them the hammer and let them try it themselves."

The guards handed the hammers to the craftsmen and turned back to Zhu Han's guards.

Wei Chi couldn't wait to grab a hammer and prepare to test the strength of the new wall himself.

Excited, he completely forgot his age. I had just lifted the hammer, but before I could smash it down, my movements suddenly froze.

"Oh, my waist!"

As soon as the hand that grabbed the hammer was released, the hammer fell straight down and almost hit someone.

The people next to him were in a hurry, and they held on, holding Wei Chi, who was screaming at the waist, and sat down slowly.

Wei Chi screamed in pain as he instructed the craftsmen, "Leave me alone, try this wall quickly."

Seeing this, the other craftsmen who came up didn't dare to toss anymore.

At this time, those who can come to the front are basically those craftsmen with relatively high qualifications. The biggest characteristic of these people is that they are relatively old.

A dozen young men were quickly called and the hammer was handed to them.

"Smash me with all my might!"

The young craftsmen spat on their hands, grabbed their hammers, and smashed them against the concrete wall when they were round.

Not to mention, after all, they are all craftsmen who work all year round. Although their strength may not be much stronger than Zhu Han's guards, they are still better at it than the guards with a hammer.

After smashing hundreds of hammers, the concrete walls were finally overwhelmed and cracks appeared.

"Look, look here, it's cracked!" Someone screamed excitedly as they pointed to the crack in the wall.

The old craftsmen hurried over and studied it carefully.

"It's made of the same material as the outside."

"You see, there are iron bars embedded in this wall, no wonder they are so strong, they are all cracked and have not collapsed."

"How did you get this iron bar so tightly connected to the wall?"

Listen to the exclamations of the craftsmen.

The students of Huangzhuang, if you look at me, I look at you, they all think it is incredible.

Why are the walls of the Yanjing Ministry of Industry made of reinforced concrete?

Why do these craftsmen not know that there is such a thing?

It doesn't matter if the people on the other side don't know, even they don't know when the prince did these things.

"This ...... What the hell is going on?"

Zuo Lang Cheng Jin's mouth widened in disbelief, and he couldn't understand the current situation at all.

Zhao Helun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Yanjing, felt even more incredible.

He was really impressed by the repair of the walls. But because it wasn't an important matter, I didn't care about it at all.

It's just that he never thought that Zhu Han, His Royal Highness the British King, would be involved.

After the initial surprise, Zhao Helun suddenly felt a chill in his back.

If he's not mistaken...... When they repaired the walls in Yanjing, Zhu Han had not yet arrived in Yanjing.

Could it be that he has already begun to lay out from that time? Everything that happens today is within the calculations of His Royal Highness?

Zhu Han said with a smile: "I think you all know the construction time of this wall, right?"

"It took less than two days to complete. As for whether it is strong or not, you have also tested it yourself, and have you found anything wrong?"

The craftsmen couldn't help but swallow when they looked at the cracked but towering walls.

Next to it, there is the wall originally built by the Ministry of Works, which has now completely collapsed, and the gap is simply not too obvious.

"Lord Wang." Wei Chi hurriedly ran over and knelt in front of Zhu Han with a bang.

"We lost this game, and we were convinced to lose. I just ask the prince to tell me what you used to build this wall."

"I've looked into it, and this wall is a whole thing. But if such a huge wall is sent into the Ministry of Works manually, we can't be unaware."

"Also, how did the iron bars in the wall fit in, and why did they fit so closely with the wall, that they almost blended in......

This guy asked a lot of questions.

Zhao Helun scolded sharply: "Shut up! What kind of thing are you, and you dare to inquire about the prince's secrets? Is this something that someone like you can know?"

This guy, obviously, is diverting attention again.

Zhu Han naturally wouldn't give Zhao Helun this opportunity: "Zhao Shangshu is a little restless, this is not a secret in the first place. In order to build the capital, this king has asked Yingtian to supply a large amount of cement, haven't you used it?"

"What?" The craftsmen of the Yanjing Ministry of Industry exclaimed one after another.

The materials for the construction of this wall were actually provided by the imperial court, how could they not know about this kind of thing?

Zhu Han clapped his hands: "Lift it up, by the way, let's do a live demonstration by the way."

Soon, two guards walked in with a bag of cement.

Judging by their movements, it is clear that the cement has been prepared for a long time.

The craftsmen of the Ministry of Labor, after seeing the cement brought in by the guards, were exclaimed again.

"Oh my God, this is it?"

"How can these things be such solid walls, when they are about the same as sand?"

"By the way, the person who sent it told me how to use it before, it seems that you can mix it with water and sand. If you leave it for two or three days, it will become as hard as a stone."

"Damn, why didn't you say that earlier?"

"At the time, I didn't believe it at all, can you believe that if you add a little water to the sand, you can become as hard as bluestone?"

Amid the discussion of the craftsmen, Zhu Han's guards opened the cement and stirred it with water and sediment.

Soon a stone mound was made. Their craft isn't very good, but no one cares about that right now.

All the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry watched with amazement, wanting to see how such a soft thing could become harder than stone.

Seeing that they hadn't moved for a long time, Zhu Han couldn't help but laugh and said, "It will take another day or two for the cement to be completely formed."

"When it's done, he'll be as hard as the walls over there."

The entire Ministry of Industry Yamen, whether officials or craftsmen, was silent.

They were not involved in the construction and repair of the wall.

But the huge engineering department, so many people come and go every day, and many of them have seen the wall construction.

Although during the construction, it was all fenced off with wooden planks, and no one knew what was going on.

But a few days ago, this wall was not like that.

The generals of the Ministry of Industry are now extremely excited, especially the craftsmen who are responsible for the construction, and their eyes are red.

In the past, when they built city walls, or all kinds of masonry buildings, the most troublesome thing to deal with was all kinds of stones.

Not only does this stuff have to be collected from the mountains, but it is also quite cumbersome to polish or transport.

And what about this cement?

When transporting, it is enough to pack it in a sack.

The most important thing is that this thing is really malleable. They could all see clearly that the two guards could easily shape the cement into whatever shape they wanted.

If it's them, it's even more handy.

"With this thing, it will be convenient for us to build anything in the future."

"I heard that this thing was made by the prince?"

"His Royal Highness is mighty!"

I don't know who shouted, only everyone cheered along

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"His Royal Highness is mighty!"

Many of them even shed tears of emotion.

In addition to the surprise, the craftsmen's hearts are also full of remorse.

If they hadn't had such a big prejudice against cement, they would have been able to use this convenient building material a long time ago.

It's not like now, the cement is still piled up on the construction site, and no one cares.

Nothing can satisfy everyone.

For example, now, many officials in the Ministry of Industry have red and white faces.

I thought I was going to win the game, but I lost it. finally found the flaws of the students in Huangzhuang, and thought that they could get back a city.

As a result, King Zhu Han casually moved his fingers and shattered their hopes.

The cheers died down.

Zhu Han looked at Cheng Jin, the left waiter of the Yanjing Ministry of Industry, with a smile: "Cheng Shilang still has any doubts, you can raise them now."

Cheng Jin could no longer maintain the appearance of asking for his life for the people, his legs were weak and he knelt on the ground, his face was as pale as paper: "Xiaguan...... The lower officials are ignorant, and they don't even know that there are such divine objects in the world, and they ask the prince to punish them."

At the critical moment, Cheng Jin's brain was also making money quickly, and he directly described his behavior as ignorance.

The officials are incompetent, and they are so great that they can be dismissed and return to their hometowns, at least their lives are saved. But if it is considered to have ulterior motives, then it is a big deal.

To everyone's surprise, Zhu Han took it lightly: "It's okay, this king understands that Cheng Shilang is also dedicated to the country, and this king will not blame you." I hope Cheng Shilang can take this as a warning and not make the same mistake."

"Okay, Cheng Shilang, you step aside, let's have the next competition as soon as possible, I see that the craftsmen are also impatient to wait, and want to try the effect of cement as soon as possible."

Cheng Jin couldn't help but be stunned, he originally thought that he had lost the face of the British king, and this time he would definitely be unlucky.

didn't expect Zhu Han to let him go so easily.

Hurry up and get up: "Thank you for your grace!"

Zhao Helun's sycophant followed: "The prince is magnanimous, which really makes the lower officials admire."

"Young people, there will inevitably be times when they make mistakes. As long as he is dedicated to the public, he is a good minister of my Ming Dynasty, and this king will naturally not be embarrassed by him."

Zhu Han's words were beautiful, but he sneered in his heart: "Wouldn't it be cheaper for him to let him quit his official position and return to his hometown now? Wait, when I have time to turn around, this king will settle accounts with you one by one."

Zhu Han naturally won't show half a point of these thoughts. said with a smile: "Zhao Shangshu, it's better to draw lots again in the second round of the competition, how about choosing a topic?"

Without waiting for Zhao Helun to speak, Wei Chi, who was kneeling below, hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, you don't have to. It was the lower officials and others who lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and they didn't even think they could do anything to suspect the prince's students."

"Now Xiaguan and the others have understood that Lord Wang, your students are unparalleled in talent, so they naturally disdain cheating."

"In the following competition, it is good to still follow the previous questions."

Although I lost a lot in the last round.

However, for the second round of the competition, the Ministry of Engineering has absolute confidence.

Due to the constraints of time, of course, it is impossible to really build a bridge. After discussing with the craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering, they proposed it to the students of the Imperial Village.

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To the students, they are still a little unconvinced.

didn't say much at the moment, and directly sent three craftsmen to work.

Wei Chi smiled and said to the students of Huangzhuang: "Our Ministry of Industry does not bully you children, the level of these three craftsmen is only at the average level in our Ministry of Industry, and you may not have no chance to win."

As he spoke, the three craftsmen were already busy. The sound of chiseling wood is as crisp and pleasant as music.

Zhu Han didn't care much at first, no matter how powerful these craftsmen were, they were definitely not as good as his students.

However, when Zhu Han saw a craftsman who was working with a carving knife in his hand, brushed a few times, and carved a lifelike flower in the midst of the flying sawdust, he was also a little stunned.

"This is only a medium level in your Ministry of Works?"

He seriously suspected that the people in the Ministry of Industry were bragging, and the craftsmen they sent to compete were definitely the highest level craftsmen.

Zhu Han's appearance of being shocked and having never seen the world made Zhao Helun feel extremely comfortable.

Now you know how powerful our Yanjing Ministry of Industry is, right?

He pretended to be very modest: "Xiaguan and the others will never dare to deceive the prince, the level of these three people is indeed not high in our Ministry of Industry."

"Their craftsmanship seems to be good, but in fact practice makes perfect, rigid and rigid, and the craftsmanship is too heavy."

……

Zhu Han's hands were a little itchy, and he had the urge to beat people.

The Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court is worthy of being the gathering place of the world's top craftsmen.

In just half an hour, a wooden bridge about one meter long and about thirty centimeters wide appeared in the eyes of everyone.

This is a kind of covered bridge, the roof of the bridge is covered by a shed, and the cornices are painted with arches.

The fences on both sides of the bridge are carved with flowers of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The crest beasts on the corners of the four eaves are lifelike, as if they could come to life at any time.

The bridge that has just been carved still carries the surging woody fragrance.

This thing is simply a work of art.

After Zhu Han finished reading it, he couldn't help but let out a sigh, the highest praise for this kind of work in later generations.

"Damn, awesome!"