On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, it was finally a day off, and I didn't go out, and I stayed in the new house on the bank of the Qinhuai River, a two-story building, watching the scenery on the bank of the Qinhuai River, from morning to night.

So it came to the seventeenth day of the first month.

Nothing in the morning.

When I got up in the morning and finished eating, I received some documents from the palace.

One of them is about the pro-ploughing ceremony.

Today, the time is officially set, exactly one month later, on February 17.

Then there is the Gansu side, the official post news has not yet arrived, but every day, there are flying pigeons to return the book.

Tang He led the army to incorporate the headquarters of the Qi King Duo'er Division, and then sent Guo Ying to lead 3,000 cavalry to pursue the fleeing Duo'er Division, and returned 300 miles to the north.

Didn't catch up.

With less than 2,000 people left, there is no chance of a comeback.

When you arrive in Mobei, you are more likely to become a bone of other tribes, not even meat. As for Duo'er's identity as the king of Qi, the Yuan Dynasty has fallen, and it has lost its foundation, just like a lost dog, it is impossible for the northern tribe of Mobei to recognize it.

On the grassland, it is the most typical strength.

The latest news is that the pursuit of Duo'er was fruitless, Tang He left 10,000 troops stationed on the shore of the White Sea, and he led a large army, with a large number of prisoners, cattle, sheep and horses, and was already on his way back to Xiliang City.

The garrison of Baihai was to supervise and control the incorporation of the Duo'er Division.

The White Sea is a rare winter pasture, and forcibly letting the herdsmen of Duo'er Zhiban leave may cause a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to die.

Cattle and sheep are still second, preliminary statistics, only this time, the army captured more than 30,000 horses, this is a strategic material that can not be ignored, including adult elite horses, soup and direct takeaway, as well as nearly half of the mare and young horses, etc., or put in the winter pasture.

Zhu Yuan browsed and processed all kinds of paperwork in the small building overlooking the Qinhuai River in the morning, and after lunch, he had to leave.

Ride back out of the city in a carriage with spring-loaded seats, however, instead of returning to Xuanwu Lake, continue north.

I lived in a small two-story building two days ago, and this afternoon, I have to go to see another two-story building.

It was the one that was decided at the beginning of the month.

The cement workshop completed the prefabricated slabs, and carried out a certain test, Zhu Yuan then instructed, and then according to the common appearance later, build a two-story small building to see the actual effect, and it has been completed at the moment.

The small building was originally to be built in the University of Medicine.

Nearest.

However, in the obvious cautious thinking, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Shan Anren put the location back to the cement workshop, although it was farther away, Zhu Yuan didn't care.

The carriage traveled for an unknown amount of time, and Zhu Yuan, who had been resting all the way on the sack, felt that the car had stopped, so he opened his eyes, and happened to see Zhu Erniang, who was sitting quietly on the side, looking at himself.

Zhu Erniang didn't expect that her peeking would be caught by her own adults, and her face suddenly turned red.

There was a voice outside the carriage, and Zhu Yuan, who was about to say something, temporarily let go of a certain woman, got up, let the sack thoughtfully help him sort out his clothes, and when he walked to the door, he casually caught the woman's chin.

But just this time, Zhu Erniang hummed lightly, and fell to the side.

Zhu Yuan, who watched it, was speechless.

This......

How do you describe it?

A sturdy woman who can break a strong bow is always either fainting or softening, isn't it...... Well, this is the legendary contrast moe?

The sack just sent his adult out of the car door, and watched the adult step on the stool and get off the ground smoothly, so he quietly retracted his body and looked at Zhu Erniang who was softly lying on the seat, the corners of his mouth were crooked, but he didn't mean to help.

Because I know that Zhu Erniang is fine.

Helping her alone will make her even more embarrassed.

Zhu Yuan got out of the car, and Shen Quan, the ambassador of the Cement Bureau, immediately greeted him, gave a salute, and couldn't help but look at where Zhu Yuan's carriage came from.

Following a glance in the direction of the direction, Zhu Yuan said, "It should be delayed in other places." ”

Lao Zhu said that he would come over if he was ready, but he was not sure of the time, so he told Zhu Yuan in advance that he could go first, and he did not go to the palace to meet his ancestors before.

Shen Quan also relaxed when he heard Zhu Yuan's words.

I thought His Majesty the Emperor was not coming.

Then he was a little embarrassed and turned to Zhu Yuan again: "My lord...... Shall we go in first, or shall we wait? ”

Zhu Yuan didn't care, but he could see that Shen Quan wanted to wait a little longer. After all, if His Majesty the Emperor arrived, he didn't show up to greet him at the first time, which would be a bit impolite.

"Wait, it won't be too much time," Zhu Yuan said, and he was not in a hurry to enter the door to see any two-story small buildings, he had seen hundreds of floors, and took the initiative to find a topic at the moment: "Is there any special progress recently?" ”

Shen Quan saw that Zhu Yuan agreed to wait with him, his face was grateful, and when he heard the question behind, he thought about it for a while, and said, "My lord, you said that the mixer last time has already been made, you can take a look at it later." ”

Zhu Yuan was interested: "I painted that kind of ...... last time Well, how big? ”

Shen Quan subconsciously raised his hand to gesture, and then smiled again: "My lord, why don't you wait a while, seeing is believing?" ”

This is to surprise you.

Zhu Yuan didn't lack this bit of patience, and nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Shen Quan took the initiative to mention another: "My lord, the suggestions you came to make last time have been implemented by the lower officials recently, and the effect is very good. Let's just talk about those ...... After many improvements in the dust-proof process, the dust situation in the workshop is really much better. ”

"Heh, these details, in fact, this is the case, as long as you are attentive and willing to do it, you will definitely be able to do it well."

"What your lord said is very reasonable." Shen Quan replied, and continued: "There are ...... The hydraulic crushing workshop, Xia Guan and his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry have also recently chosen a place, just opposite the river of the Shogunate Mountain, planning to directly set up a workshop there and build a wharf. By the way, there is also a plan to build a paper mill near there. As a result, the lower officials were able to get to know Lord Wei and Master Gu. ”

Zhu Yuan smiled: "This place is becoming more and more like an industrial zone." ”

Shen Quanyi didn't quite understand the meaning of 'industrial zone' for a while, but after a little thought, he could probably understand it, and if he thought about it again, it wasn't like that.

Industrial area, but also appropriate.

After Zhu Yuan spoke, he thought of another question.

Environmental protection.

It's a paper mill and a cement mill, and there's definitely more to come.

The environmental problems here must be taken seriously in advance.

It's like the Shogunate Mountain, which is getting balder and balder.

Because the kiln consumes too much fuel.

Different from cement, ordinary bricks and tiles, when Zhu Yuan was in Mingzhou, he specially explored a set of fast firing methods, in addition to the short time, a kiln brick, three days can be baked, and there is also a only need to use conventional firewood for firing.

Although the green bricks that burned out quickly were not so strong and durable, the houses built in this way were much better than the mud houses common to the low-level people in this era.

Although the rapid construction of a large number of houses north of Red Mountain is promising, the consumption of resources is also staggering.

It has to be a virtuous circle.

Talking to Shen Quan so casually, Lao Zhu didn't let them wait for a long time.

After about a quarter of an hour, the group arrived on horseback or in a car.

Zhu Yuan and Shen Quan stepped forward to greet each other.

In addition to Lao Zhu, he was accompanied by Li Shanchang, the left minister, Chang Yuchun, Pingzhang Chang Yuchun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Anren, the waiter of the Ministry of Medicine, Dai Sanchun, and several other people, as well as after the guards had been arranged in advance, Lao Zhu's personal entourage quickly integrated into the inside and outside of the cement workshop.

Everyone greeted and saluted, and distributed masks, and the group entered the cement workshop together.

This time, when I just entered the door, the first thing I saw was not the row of fire kilns in front of me, or the figure of a certain building in the latest space opened up behind the fire kiln, but the three large 'rollers' on the east side of the courtyard, side by side.

It's the mixer that Zhu Yuan talked about when he came last time.

Moreover, the three mixers, except that they were not placed on the truck as in Zhu Yuan's memory, really gave people the feeling of traveling through time and space again.

The first thing I feel is 'big'.

It's just that the drum used for stirring is not less than one zhang in length and more than five feet in diameter.

If the volume is already surprising, what is even more surprising is the method of operation.

Through three wooden frames, with iron chains, bearings, levers and other mechanical parts, the huge mixer only needs three people to complete the basic operation.

Seeing the things in front of them, everyone forgot about the two-story building for a while, standing here, watching the whole process of the craftsman adding materials to the mixer, stirring and then pouring out, the huge mixer body made of pure iron, under the control of a reasonable mechanical structure, it seems easy and flexible.

When the craftsman transported away the mixed batch of raw materials, Lao Zhu, who was wearing a leather mask, exclaimed: "This mixer ...... It's really good. ”

Lao Zhu's vocabulary was obviously not enough, and he couldn't understand more of the joints for a while, so Zhu Yuan followed up and added: "Yes, the key is that such a heavy machine, through a complete set of mechanical structures, only needs three people to operate." Ancestors, this is actually the prospect of the industrial age. Through the amplification of machines, one person will be able to achieve the production capacity of ten or even a hundred people in the future. ”

Saying this, seeing that his lord had no intention of leaving for a while, Chang Yuchun simply stepped forward and operated it himself with great interest.

Seeing this, Lao Zhu did not stop it.

Zhu Yuan glanced at Shen Quan, and Shen Quan nodded.

Shen Quan still has enough confidence in the safety of these three machines, after all, they have been adjusted many times before and have been repeatedly reinforced.

Any harmonious atmosphere will not lack spoilers.

Zhu Yuan said it here, and Li Shanchang on the other side answered: "Pingzhang, if one person has the production capacity of a hundred people, it won't ...... You say that, with the help of a machine. I thought, how will the remaining 99 people make a living in the future? ”

Of course, Zhu Yuan was not stumped by this question, and said skillfully: "Zuo Xiang, first of all, you have to see that if one person completes the production of 100 people, then it means that 1 million people can complete the production of 100 million people." When the time comes, it will be an era of great material abundance. As a result of the great material abundance, people will no longer need to work too tiredly, but twelve hours a day, four hours of sleep, four hours of work, and the remaining four hours can be used to do other things, reading, entertainment, and so on, and this is the day when a truly harmonious world should be. ”

Lord Zuo Xiang obviously belongs to the kind of oil and salt that does not enter, or, Zhu Yuan's oil and salt are not easy to enter, and after listening to it, he said quietly: "This Datong world...... Could it be? ”

Zhu Yuan didn't give a clear answer this time, and said quietly: "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future?" ”

Once.

Before Zhu Yuan...... There were some brief periods of similar times in similar countries.

Then, there was no then.

Then, a similar life can only be carried by a few countries with sufficiently abundant resources and sufficiently sparse populations.

More ......

Probably many people forget that people have this ideal.

Or, not forget.

I just don't like this kind of thing very much, and it's remembered by too many people.

Zhu Yuan's thoughts drifted away briefly.

I thought of a supermarket that used to be very different, that supermarket...... It is simply a model of some kind of ideal world, but it is supposed to be the model of the ultimate ideal, but it has become an alien, and can only shrink into a few small towns, and is regarded as a legend or a dream by people.

Most people can only live in reality.

As they spoke, they looked at the mixer before turning to the back of several kilns.

This is the latest development, and it is also intended for expansion.

At this time, there was an additional two-story building on the vacant land that had just been opened, which made Zhu Yuan feel like a two-story building that had traveled through time and space again in a short period of time.

The two-storey building, with three rooms on each floor, is upright, stacked with blue bricks, but there are traces of cement in many places.

This made Zhu Yuan a little regretful.

The appearance should also be brushed with cement, but it is also understandable that the cement is too precious at the moment to be brushed indiscriminately.

So I walked over.

Lao Zhu led the way and entered the main house downstairs.

Compared with the simple exterior wall, the interior of the house, whether it is the floor, the wall, or the roof, is all covered with cement, which has been dried at the moment, and the workmanship is very meticulous, as if it has been polished, so it gives people a very smooth and even seamless feeling.

This feeling makes the people who enter the house reluctant to move for a while, for fear of stepping on the spotless ground.

However, after only a little hesitation, everyone continued to act.

Lao Zhu stepped forward, touched the wall on the west side of the house, and then entered the inner room, beating, digging, and trampling on the ...... The quality of the concrete walls is better than expected, and there are basically no traces left.

So he went out.

I walked along the stairwell, which was also made of cement slabs on one side, to the second floor, and after looking at it again, I followed the stairwell to the top of the second floor.

In order to show the effect of cement, Zhu Yuan deliberately told him not to build the kind of wooden frame roof that was mainly used for waterproofing later.

Therefore, at the moment, standing next to the railing of the blue brick on the roof of the building, looking around, the field of vision is open.

Many people still think of what Zhu Yuan mentioned before.

Such a so-called cement house can not only build a two-story building, but even ...... Dozens of floors...... No problem.

Dozens of floors.

If it were built, what would it be like?

Lao Zhu tried hard to step on the wall panel under his feet a few times, feeling a certain immovability, and also sighed: "Waterproof, fireproof, insect-proof, rodent-proof...... That's true, it's true, it's good, it's good! ”

(End of chapter)