Chapter 51 Beijing Construction Division

Deng Zhen couldn't help frowning and said, "Lord He, why bother so much? There are hundreds of thousands of troops around Beijing, and it is very easy to mobilize more than 100,000 to participate in the construction. ”

He Xi felt a little headache.

The difference between people's minds is so great that it is almost impossible to understand.

The reason why Deng Zhen said this is very simple. It's so easy to think about it, because that's what it did before. Since the rise of the Ming army, the city has been built high, and a large number of cities have been built under the slogan of accumulating grain. It can be said that many of the ancient cities that survived in later generations were built in the Ming Dynasty.

So many big projects, all of them were built in this way.

Such a successful experience, just copy. What a new trick.

Sometimes, if you are really poor, you will change, and many things will not be able to change when they are unsustainable. He Xi faced great resistance, and there was a time when the Ming Dynasty was now booming.

Why is the prince against? Because there is no urgency. There is a danger of overturning the law in changing the law, and there is a danger of overturning the law in the law, and there will be hundreds of years of change in the law. The prince naturally wanted to take it slowly. Now Deng Zhen thinks the same, there have been so many successful cases before, and everyone has done this before.

What are you doing?

Not to mention, whether it is to recruit the people or call in the soldiers. It doesn't cost much. If the project is subcontracted to the construction company, it will cost money. It is to be paid. That's a lot of money.

He Xi turned around several times in his heart and said: "Guogong, the court also wants to rest with the people, before the court had no money, so it had to work the people, but now the court has money." The reason is that the people come out to work to earn some hard-earned money, and in addition, the big project of Beijing City, a construction company may not be enough. If the Guogong is willing, he can transfer the remaining members of the guard house and set up a construction society. Undertake the project. ”

Shen Guogong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "Is it okay?" ”

What kind of court has money or not, Shen Guogong doesn't care. Deng Zhen is the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, and he doesn't know the specific number of households. But in general, how much money there is, but I know. Although the imperial court has been somewhat rich in recent years, the money has not reached this point.

However, He Xi's suggestion Shen Guogong was very interested.

After all, there's too much oil and water in the project. Not to mention, the previous engineering people were conscripted, and at most cut corners on raw materials. Now there are more labor costs, as long as you move a little, you can make a lot of money.

Shen Guogong was also moved.

I have to say that before the opening of the sea, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were not very rich, otherwise there would not be many nobles who violated the law and discipline because of a little money and were punished by Zhu Yuanzhang. What made a large number of nobles rich was the opening of the sea promoted by He Xi.

In the Xungui circle, everyone knows about the rumors that He Xi has meat to eat.

Therefore, Shen Guogong ignored some unreasonable points and asked directly, is it okay? In fact, a lot of content is omitted. What he wants to ask is, is this matter allowed by the imperial court? Does the emperor allow it? Does it count as a violation of law and discipline?

After all, just to make money, there are too many opportunities in the position of Xungui.

But if you want to make money without being punished by Zhu Yuanzhang, there are not many opportunities.

He Xi naturally understood and said, "Is it okay?" It depends on how Guogong is going to make this money? ”m.

Shen Guogong Deng Zhen said: "How can you say this? ”

He Xi said: "For example, if a worker is paid a penny today, a total of 100,000 workers will be worked in some projects, or more. The court gave 100,000 wen. In general, each person can do up to 10 jobs per day. If we use better tools and advanced methods, let each person do 20 jobs a day, and make a profit. ”

Shen Guogong frowned and did not speak.

He Xi said secretly in his heart: "Sure enough, I didn't understand." ”

Some small things are just fine, once you encounter a lot of things in deep operation, you will encounter such a situation, 600 years of estrangement, everywhere.

He Xi didn't know, Shen Guogong didn't understand how to improve efficiency, but why did he want to provide efficiency? And why can't the working hours be raised, and so on. I don't want to explain it either. added: "As long as the quality of the project is not affected and the wages of the people are not deducted, the court will not ask for guilt." ”

Shen Guogong nodded and said, "Understood." ”

Then he made a comment in his heart and said secretly: "It's just hard-earned money." ”

He didn't know how much effort He Xi had put into building Beijing. As for the creation of the society, He Xi had already planned it. He Xi hoped that the city of Beijing he built would not lag behind for at least the next two or three hundred years.

This requirement is not low.

For example, sewer engineering and sewer engineering, leaving enough space for various pipelines in the future, such as power lines, gas pipelines, and so on.

Roads widen to make room for the cars of the future, and so on.

This also requires that we should not be too far behind in various technologies.

Cement has been used in Liaodong for many years. Although in He Xi's view, this cement still has such and such problems, but it is enough. And the city wall of Beijing, He Xi still has to use rammed earth brick technology. There is no other reason, pure brick walls, in fact, are not as strong as rammed earth bricks.

When subjected to shelling, the brick walls are relatively brittle. It's easy to break down layer by layer. The rammed earth wall can absorb kinetic energy, and the outer brick wall acts as a buffer, which can ensure the integrity of the rammed earth wall.

Of course, this is far from being compared to reinforced concrete, and as for why the entire Beijing city wall is not made of steel concrete, there are several reasons.

First, longevity.

The reinforced concrete buildings of later generations also have a lifespan, some say two hundred years, perhaps more. But the walls of Beijing will take much longer. Not to mention, there are still too many things to improve in today's cement.

He Xi didn't know how long the life of this cement was.

If it's only a few decades, the joke is big.

Second, the cost.

That's all that matters.

Although it is said that steel can already be produced on a large scale. Although it is said that the production of steel bar, it is also possible. Although, the price of steel bars is not too expensive. However, expensive and inexpensive are relative. And not absolutely. Before He Xi came, there were still a few places in Daming to popularize steel farming tools. Most of the people's farming tools were made of wood. And over the years, almost no matter how poor the people are, they will also change to a pair of good iron farming tools.

After all, if you work every day, you naturally know what is good.

From this point of view, it is cheaper too.

However, how many tons of steel and tons of cement are needed to build the city wall of Beijing. This is by no means something that Liaodong can support with the industrial system near Beijing that has just been built. And when converted into money, it is an astronomical amount that bankrupted the Ming court.

There are so many questions. He Xi naturally wants to let it go.

The entire city of Beijing is not without reinforced concrete structures. There are even a lot of them. But on the whole, it is still an embellishment, not a subject. However, according to the amount of work in Beijing, even if it is not the main body, it has considerable weight.

In addition to the use of these two new materials, there are many new tools, a large number of pulleys, and various non-powered lifting devices. Wait a minute. He Xi has introduced some convenient and practical gadgets on the construction site in later generations.

It will definitely improve the work efficiency.

And when He Xi checked the price of the project, it was mainly based on the official profits before the imperial court. Even if we do not mention the issue of people's labor service and labor enthusiasm, there is a lot of profit margin in terms of technological improvement alone.

So as to save a lot of manpower and material resources.

There are two reasons why He Xi is so bothered.

One is male.

Because He Xi can foresee, in the future, the entire Ming Dynasty will need a lot of big projects, whether it is to build a city, build a railway, or build a water conservancy project, etc., if you don't have to serve the way of forced labor, there must be an alternative way. That's a dedicated engineering and construction team.

Therefore, this kind of construction company will definitely be used in the future.

Moreover, there is a large gathering of people, and it is a strong laborforce, and if such an organization is not in the hands of the imperial court, many people will not be able to sleep. After all, these people can become the army when they are transformed. Not to mention that there is no shortage of steel on the construction site, and even weapons are ready-made.

Therefore, such institutions must be in the hands of the state, and not in the hands of others.

Some people died, but not completely......