When Zhu Yuan returned home, it was already early in the afternoon, and it was more than one o'clock in the afternoon.

Brought back a couplet.

Because of the lunch, Lao Zhu readily agreed, and he was interested after eating, coupled with the homeopathic request of his baby twenty-third grandson, he asked people to find a large piece of red paper on the spot and wave his pen.

It was exactly the sentence that Zhu Yuan thought of the night before.

The days increase and the years increase the longevity of the people.

Spring is full of blessings.

There is also a horizontal batch: Fushou Tongchun.

This is the door that is going to be posted on the twenty-eighth day, as for the other small doors, of course, only Zhu Yuan can do it himself.

However, Zhu Yuan still asked for a few more 'Fu' words, and said about the meaning of the word 'Fu' to be pasted upside down in the house, Lao Zhu also felt very good, and wrote a stack in a blink of an eye, saying that other courtiers should also send some, of course, in their own palace, it is also necessary to paste a sticker.

Also, by the way, I also talked about the advertisement that I forgot to mention when I ate.

Again, it's a truth.

Zhu Yuan felt that he should have had another alias a long time ago: Zhu Daodao.

Well.

I don't know how far we are from collecting one hundred and eight names to ascend to the Enlightenment?

Lao Zhu was reluctant at first, thinking that this kind of thing was too unserious, but in the end, he was persuaded by Zhu Yuan.

Because Zhu Yuan took another example of another thing.

Post.

Daming's post station system, if it wants not to become a burden on the state in the future, it is also necessary to carry out a certain amount of commercial operation. Otherwise, if there is no sustainability in the future, it will lead to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng and the like losing their jobs because of this, it will be troublesome. "Daming Monthly", to some extent, is the same. Even, if you do not take the initiative to carry out commercial operations and only rely on state subsidies to carry out basic operations, in the future, it is very likely to become the mouthpiece of others.

Why?

Whoever has money will be tough when he speaks!

You are a group of poor magazine editors, and you can't earn a few dollars a year, so I give, is 1,000 taels enough, not enough, 10,000 taels...... I'm not very demanding either, as long as you publish the article according to my ideas.

This article ......

That's not to say.

Anyway, Lao Zhu agreed.

In the end, he was reluctant, so he personally set a price for the advertisement, according to the reference given by Zhu Yuan, it was determined to be 1000 taels of silver a page, and each issue of the advertisement should not exceed 10 pages.

Zhu Yuan thinks it's good.

Because, Lao Zhu said that the punishment object was advertising, and he did not say that "Daming Monthly" should bear joint and several liability.

In general, a full load.

When I got home, I didn't have time to take a lunch break, and things happened one after another.

Mingzhou, Huagao's New Year's gift has arrived.

Coincidentally, according to the time calculation, the New Year's gift given on the twenty-second day of his family almost arrived in Mingzhou today.

It was Hua Fu who came to give the gift, Hua Gao's housekeeper, who had a photo earlier.

Hua Fu was originally guarding the old house in Jinling, but after the three concubines in Mingzhou became pregnant together, they rushed over, and this side ...... Because there has never been a hostess, let alone a young master, it doesn't matter.

This time I came back on purpose.

Zhu Yuan also inevitably asked about Mingzhou's affairs, especially Hua Gao's body and the condition of the three pregnant concubines.

Huafu also knows everything.

Because of this, Hua Gao has been very energetic in the past few months, and the three Mrs. Ru are also in good health. However, there is another thing, Hua Gao wants to accept a few more concubines and have a few more concubines, and he is yellow, because when the three Mrs. Ru heard about it, they immediately felt uncomfortable together, and there was a commotion.

Later, he also invited a Taoist priest to advise Hua Gao to cherish the good fortune, and so on. Anyway, after that, Hua Gao didn't mention continuing to take concubines.

Zhu Yuan guessed that this Taoist priest should be invited by the three concubines, looking at Hua Fu's expression, he probably had similar thoughts, perhaps, with Hua Gao's shrewdness, he would definitely be able to guess. But it can be guessed on the one hand, the words of the Taoist priest still have to be believed.

These days are all superstitious.

After Zhu Yuan came back, he became superstitious.

After talking like this for a while, as soon as Huafu was sent away, Song Lian arrived.

His Majesty the Emperor sent it, on the one hand, to talk about the couplet, and Lao Zhu handed it over to the imperial literati, and on the other hand, it was the next issue of "Daming Monthly".

It has been determined that during the New Year's Festival, Baiguan will have a five-day holiday.

Of course, the Zhengdan Festival on the first day of the new year has not been canceled, but after that, unless there is something urgent, everyone can rest until the fifth day of the new year.

This means that if you want to take a good rest, in January next year, the first issue of "Daming Monthly" in the second year of Hongwu is best set before the New Year's Festival.

Actually, quite a few have already been set.

The three great events, 'Pacifying the Summer Kingdom', 'Mingzhou Winter Fishing' and 'Penicillin', are the top priorities.

Just these three things, the preliminary estimate will occupy twenty or thirty pages.

Then, the first 'three-year plan' that was formalized this morning, which was mentioned in the previous issue, will be more formal this issue.

There is also the "production chapter" of "The Science of Economics", which is also explained by Lao Zhu, and it is necessary to summarize it and publish it.

In addition, there are various events inside and outside the court recently, such as the transfer of important official positions, the establishment of the Dengwen Drum, some dress specifications and audience etiquette set this month, and so on.

Well.

Of course, the third episode of "Dream of Red Mansions", as well as the latest article of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", this cannot be missing.

Plus the sudden extra ads.

In order to be more serious, Zhu Yuan decided that he would also make a column to 'advertise widely'.

In general, 100 pages of plans, this time it is certainly not enough.

Lao Zhu has also spoken about this, but it just takes more paper.

Then it costs a little more.

However, for advertising, Zhu Yuan does not plan to take advantage of this, plans to design it himself, and use more high-grade paper to make a boutique page that people are reluctant to lose and just want to save after reading it, and then embed it in the monthly magazine. Again, these advertising pages, as long as they are saved, are a long-term advertisement. Just like the "Daming Monthly" itself, as long as someone preserves it, it will be a long-term influence of public opinion.

Zhu Yuan was chatting with Song Lian in the main hall of his second courtyard, when suddenly an internal servant came to report, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Shan Anren arrived, and Shen Quan, the ambassador of the Cement Bureau under the Ministry of Industry, came together.

It is said that it was made of cement.

After listening to the report, Zhu Yuan immediately sent someone in, and stopped Song Lian, who was about to leave: "Lord Song, it just happens to take a look together, this cement is a good thing, and it will be used for all kinds of large-scale infrastructure projects in the future." ”

Infrastructure engineering, this is a new word.

Because he was in charge of "Daming Monthly", Song Lian understood, and immediately took the opportunity to say: "In this case, the lower officials will take a look together." ”

As he spoke, Shan Anren and Shen Quan arrived quickly, and the family moved a bunch of things and put them in the yard.

Everyone saw the salute, and when He Xuan chased after him and put on his own adult's robe, Zhu Yuan went out and saw a series of cement blocks placed on the tarpaulin in the courtyard at a glance, and a row of cement powder samples in sacks.

Song Lian followed Zhu Yuan and Shan Anren, and came to a series of so-called cement blocks, and saw Zhu Yuan squatting down indifferently, so he didn't follow, but asked Shan Anren: "Is this ...... How can some of them be cracked? ”

Shan Anren had just arrived from the Imperial City.

He was very happy that Shen Quan remembered to inform himself before reporting the good news to Zhu Yuan, and he was worthy of doing his best to support it, and he was about to squat down with Zhu Yuan at this time, when he heard Song Lian ask, he smiled and signaled to Shen Quan: "This, let Ambassador Shen say something?" ”

Shen Quan also knew Song Lian's identity, the one who wrote "The Edict of the Plains" is still the editor-in-chief of the famous "Daming Monthly", and he arched his hand at the moment, and favored Zhu Yuan a little, explaining: "It's also the recklessness of the lower officials, this is ...... After the cement dried, I thought about trying the hardness first, and if it could reach the level that Lord Pingzhang said, I would be able to give you good news, so I ...... Then they were struck with a heavy hammer. Ladies and gentlemen, this ...... Although two were broken, the other four were all intact after being hit hard, and even if they were broken, they could be seen to be hard. Well...... Even so, the lower official still didn't care whether this was the cement that Pingzhang said, so he had to inform Lord Shangshu and come over together to let Pingzhang inspect it. ”

After Shen Quan finished speaking, Zhu Yuan, who was squatting on the ground, had already ordered: "Who is that...... Find a hammer too, not too big. ”

A moment later, a small hammer arrived.

Zhu Yuan's side also knew more about the previous test process, got the hammer, and turned to the pile of bricks in front of him first.

Several other people, including Song Lian, had already squatted down with Zhu Yuan, and when they saw someone knocking with a small hammer, they were still chanting words in their mouths, forty or forty or something, which made people wonder.

When Zhu Yuan struggled to separate a piece of green brick and cement, Song Lian commented: "This thing is more sticky than the glutinous rice milk." ”

"Yes," Zhu Yuan said with a smile: "It's just that for a long time in the future, it will definitely not be able to be used to build walls, it's too extravagant." ”

Song Lian was curious: "What does Pingzhang plan to do?" ”

"It's too cumbersome to make now, and it's only used for special projects, such as laboratories at various universities, like the museum I'm planning."

Saying this, Zhu Yuan squatted and moved in front of the two hardest pieces of cement that had been glued to the plank, and struck again.

casually stalked, quickly knocked off a piece, picked it up and looked at it for a moment, then put it down and carefully crushed it, while asking, "How did you burn this?" ”

Shen Quandao: "This is also the most cumbersome one, in addition to the limestone and clay mentioned in Pingzhang, iron powder, gypsum and other materials are added, and the fuel is also coal, or a furnace with a blast, only one...... The firing time, after Pingzhang mentioned the point that day, the lower officials shortened, and it was only burned for three hours. ”

Shen Quan said, and took out a page of paper and handed it over: "Pingzhang, this is the detailed firing process of this kind of cement. ”

Zhu Yuan took over and unfolded, not forgetting to lean towards Shan Anren and Song Lian.

This kind of thing, there is nothing to keep secret, as long as you can afford to spend money and afford high costs, you can do it.

Shan Anren pretended to look at it, but in fact, he had already seen it, but Song Lian looked at it with great interest, looked at it roughly, and said: "It's like that Taoist alchemy, it's too cumbersome and too expensive." ”

"So, for the time being, it can only be applied on a small scale." Zhu Yuan said, and simply handed the list to Shan Anren: "This process, the Ministry of Industry will save it, in addition, the other ones are actually good, viscosity and hardness, etc., in my opinion, they are all up to standard, but, um...... Since you want to do it, you still have to do the best, whether it is a laboratory or a museum, you can't accommodate it, so use this. ”

Shan Anren nodded: "I want the best, not to mention, the cement bureau is still trial production, or it can be better." ”

"There must be something better," Zhu said, "for example, in the future, we will try to study cement that can solidify underwater." ”

Underwater...... Congeal?

Now, not to mention Song Lian, even Shan Anren and Shen Quan feel ...... unimaginable.

Seeing that the three of them were full of disbelief, Zhu Yuan clapped his hands, stood up and said: "Everything is possible, not to mention, this underwater cement is actually very necessary, in the future, we will build various bridges on a large scale, such as the Yangtze River Bridge, such as the Yellow River Bridge, in which the pier part needs the corresponding cement." ”

Yangtze river bridge?

The Yellow River Bridge?

Even though Shan Anren had seen Zhu Yuan's demonstration of the industrial age in the mansion that day, at this time, it still felt a little incredible to hear someone say this.

The Yangtze River and the Yellow River are often several miles wide, and how difficult is it to build a bridge in them?

However, then again, if it is just a bridge pier, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he used to be the secretary, but Shan Anren knows that without that magical underwater cement, there is a way to make it. It's just, on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River...... It's just too hard.

Moreover, Shan Anren doesn't care too much about this now.

Now that Zhu Yuan has determined that this is the cement he needs, Shan Anren, who got up with him, paused slightly, and said, "Pingzhang, since you ...... Now that this cement has been made, can it be like penicillin to report good news to Your Majesty? ”

The recent scenery of the medical department, Shan Anren is very envious.

Zhu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Report, and, um...... It just so happens that Lord Song is here, let's discuss it later, get a beautiful article out, or tomorrow morning, you bring samples over and report them to your ancestors together. ”

Shan Anren suddenly showed joy.

Shen Quan was even more unable to hide the trembling of his hands and feet.

However, Zhu Yuan walked towards the cement powder samples in the row of sacks, and said: "However, you must also be mentally prepared, this cement is definitely not as good as penicillin, it is something that can save all people, and cement, at this stage, is ...... The scope of application is small, so it can only be regarded as a small credit for the icing on the cake at the end of the year. ”

The application of cement, in fact, is in the future.

Now, no matter how good the prospect is, it cannot be widely used, and it cannot touch the people like penicillin, and the credit must be average.

Shan Anren and Shen Quan both nodded subconsciously.

A small credit?

Don't mind.

This is the coming New Year's season, as long as you have merit and give a good impression to His Majesty the Emperor, it is enough, enough!

(End of chapter)