"It's not a new path."

Fang Jue smiled when he heard this, and suddenly remembered something: "I heard that someone once participated in my book, saying that I was guilty of privately casting armor in Liangzhou?" ”

Zhuge Qingshan: "It's just the heart of the villain, the young master doesn't have to care, the official is like this, if you are angry, you are afraid that you will call the heart of the villain." ”

"Lao Shoufu is really powerful, I might as well too." Fang Jue said.

Those who dare to participate in Lao Tzu, find a chance to see how I disgust you.

However, Fang Jue didn't really take it seriously, otherwise he wouldn't have talked to Shousuke.

"Huh?" Zhuge Qingshan was suspicious, "The young master talked about this, could it be that the new way of making money has something to do with it?" ”

Fang Jue nodded: "I cast stone armor in Liangzhou, and I use the method of eating, and I need a new creation called cement. ”

"Cement?"

Zhuge Qingshan suddenly became interested: "This old man has already heard about it, and when the Hanging Sword Division reported to His Majesty, the old minister happened to hear it in the imperial study. ”

The matter investigated by the Hanging Sword Division did not need to be concealed, Fang Jue already knew that he had instructed Ye Hongyi to send a message to the emperor.

This kind of good thing, since it has been taken out, there is no need to cover it up, and it is only useful to let it be recognized openly.

"I don't know what kind of good thing this cement is?" Zhuge Qingshan only knew one name, and he didn't ask about the specific details.

Take this opportunity to find out more.

"Shoufu can know that when building large buildings today, what is used to bond the masonry and stone?" Fang Jue asked rhetorically.

"Naturally, it is glutinous rice mortar, the old man is repairing it at home recently, and I see that the craftsman has prepared this thing, which is indeed very effective. I heard the craftsman say that the ancient buildings on the city wall are all used in this thing, but the formula is slightly different. ”

Fang Jue nodded: "The glutinous rice mortar is indeed very useful. ”

"But the cement made under it has more advantages."

Fang Jue said: "Do you know that when Jinling City was built, how much glutinous rice was used to make glutinous rice mortar on the city wall?" ”

Zhuge Qingshan shook his head and smiled: "I don't know, but the Ministry of Industry should have an archive." ”

"You don't have to check, I know that when Jinling was built, the city wall consumed more than 100,000 catties of glutinous rice every two miles."

"What?!" Zhuge Qingshan had no concept before, and when he suddenly heard this data, his eyes widened.

Fang Jue sipped the tea and said indifferently: "This is still a case where no one is corrupt." ”

"This ......" Zhuge Qingshan took a deep breath, he suddenly understood something, "No wonder Your Majesty has repeatedly proposed to repair the city wall, but has been rejected by Yan Shangshu many times. ”

Jinling has been built for hundreds of years, and maintenance is also a large amount of money.

It can be re-protected, after all, the years are ruthless, and there are flaws in many places that need to be repaired on a large scale.

The emperor mentioned many times that how could the walls of the capital be tattered, that represented the dignity of Great Xia, and foreign envoys would laugh at it when they came to see it.

But the reality is that the household department has no money to repair it.

I can only do conservative maintenance and dare not start the project.

The Erli city wall needs 100,000 catties of glutinous rice, that is, more than 1,000 taels of silver, which is just a binder, and other materials are more expensive.

Coupled with manpower, after a reconstruction, every two miles of land must not ask the household department to ask for seven or eight thousand taels of base?

The city wall of Jinling is more than 70 miles long......

Who would dare to open this mouth?

"So, the young master's cement?" Zhuge Qingshan's eyes lit up, "Can you save money?" ”

"The cost of cement is low, and it costs less than 100 taels for every two miles of the city wall." Fang Jue said conservatively.

In fact, it can be discounted, but now the technology is not perfect, and there is still a long way to go in cost control, so Fang Jue is more conservative.

"What!?" Zhuge Qingshan stood up and stared at Fang Jue's eyes, "The young master won't be tricking the old man, right?" ”

It was difficult to accept for a while, and I was shocked.

But when Zhuge Qingshan thought about it, he understood that what Fang Jue said was true, because the interest rates of fireworks and glass before were all amazing.

Cement seems to be more reasonable.

Less than one-tenth of the cost of glutinous rice mortar!

It's too much of an exaggeration

"Shousuke-sama don't be shocked, I haven't finished speaking, cement needs to be used with other materials to effectively replace glutinous rice mortar."

"The cost still needs to be doubled, at least every two miles of city walls, the cost of adhesives made of cement still needs two or three hundred taels." Fang Jue said regretfully.

If it is not for the temporary inability to control the cost and the technology is limited, this price can still be pressed.

"Two or three hundred taels?"

Zhuge Qingshan couldn't sit still, and immediately walked over and grabbed Fang Jue's wrist:

"Let's go, the young master will follow the old man into the palace!"

Fang Jue was pulled to his feet by him, and laughed: "What is Old Shoufu doing?" ”

"Go to the palace and report this matter to Your Majesty, this cement should be built immediately for production, and a delay of a moment is not conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood!"

Zhuge Qingshan Zhengse: "The young master has such a treasure, why didn't he say it earlier, he didn't have to go out of the palace, and he could ask His Majesty for lunch." ”

Ha ha.

Fang Jue was laughed at by this old man, and his feelings were that he wanted to take the opportunity to enter the palace and rub His Majesty's lunch.

That's a good reason to start.

"There is no need today, I have ordered the chef in the house to show his skills and cook a table of delicacies to entertain adults, and it will never be inferior to the palace banquet." Fang Jue patted the back of Zhuge Qingshan's hand, pulled him back, and sat back.

Being pressed by Fang Jue to sit down, Zhuge Qingshan's mood eased a little, and he thought again: "It's just right, this time Jiangnan water conservancy, I'm afraid it will also use a lot of glutinous rice mortar, and cement can just reduce a lot of costs!" ”

"Young Master, this is really a treasure...... It's just, is it really so wonderful? ”

Zhuge Qingshan remained skeptical.

It's so cheap, people can't believe it, and subconsciously suspect that there is a pit.

The sense of anti-fraud is not bad, Fang Jue smiled secretly.

"Don't worry, you won't disappoint you, it's just that the New Year is coming soon, let's talk about it after the New Year...... The project in Jiangnan will not start in the early spring, at least after March. ”

Fang Jue said: "Wait for Your Majesty to make a copy of the opening of the dynasty, and after the sixteenth year, I will write a book to inform you about this matter." When the time comes, it will be in the name of the Ministry of Industry. ”

"Isn't it Tobe?" Zhuge Qingshan said, "The young master promised Yan Shangshu to open up a source of wealth for the household department?" ”

"Now that I am in charge of the Ministry of Industry, I naturally have to think about the Ministry of Industry, the cement is controlled by the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household is responsible for marketing...... Yan Shangshu will be satisfied. ”

Zhuge Qingshan: "Then the old man will rest assured......"

"It seems that the young master is really prepared," Zhuge Qingshan said slowly, "New grain, gunpowder, glass, cement...... How much preparation did the young master make in the Emperor Pavilion? ”

couldn't help but Zhuge Qingshan was not surprised, he really admired these things that seemed to be strange and ingenious, but the practicality had to be respected as the highest grade.

Being able to come up with so many things in a short period of time is by no means something that was made up in the capital.

It must be the strong support of the Emperor Pavilion behind it, otherwise how could so many epoch-making creations appear at the same time in half a year.

"Shousuke-sama will see it." Fang Jue didn't say much, the hole cards should be lifted one by one, and no one will play cards with a handful of cards.

"Well...... Zhuge Qingshan smiled, "The old man is looking forward to it." ”

"There is one more thing," Zhuge Qingshan remembered, and when he came to consult today, he really wanted to ask about another thing, "Your Majesty has ordered the cabinet, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War to draw up a detailed plan and list for the dispatch of officials and garrisons in the four prefectures of Frost, Cold, Rin, and Yan......"