The next day, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting.

Since Zhu Houzhao came out with this set of dynasty system, everyone has been much more relaxed, and their complexion is much better, after all, they can sleep for a few more hours, they have more time for activities at night, and their complexions are much better, except for the Great Dynasty Meeting.

"Hundreds of officials go to court."

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Flat."

"Thank you, Emperor Longen."

Zhu Hou sat on the dragon chair officially, looking down, the dragon chair is really uncomfortable, and it is a little bit of a buttocks, but psychologically, it is a different situation, the world is unique, looking at the mountains and rivers, swallowing thousands of miles, the height is unbearable, and so on.

At this moment, listening to the mountain below shouting long live, he felt very deeply, and today, he is going to have something new, let everyone see the results of the Royal Manufacturing Bureau first, so as to stop the minister's mouth.

"I have a thing for you to take a look at today, this thing is made by the Royal Manufacturing Bureau I set up, I want you to see if I am as ridiculous as Wang Qiong said, and bring it up."

Suddenly, more than a dozen guards carried up a huge stone with a snort, went straight to the top of the golden hall, prepared a few hammers, put them on the ground, and then retreated from the palace.

Ladies and gentlemen, look at me, I look at you, Liu Li Xie and the three pavilion elders glanced at each other, and Yang Tinghe looked at the boulder puzzled.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said; "Do you know what this is?"

The crowd was pointing around the stones, and for some reason, everyone shook their heads.

"Isn't it possible that with your erudition, you can't recognize what this thing is?"

Xie Qian is more upright, if he doesn't know, he doesn't know, not to mention that Wang Qiong and the others, who have been kneeling outside for a day and a night at the moment, are not more important than a broken stone, he stood up first and said; "Your Majesty, this is a mountain stone, the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, it is not to create this thing, there are many such stones on the West Mountain, if Your Majesty needs, the old minister can collect a few pieces and send them to Your Majesty, why is it exhibited on the Golden Palace." The words are very disrespectful, this old guy has not changed his style at all, and he is still the same.

It's just that Liu Jin suddenly felt uncomfortable when he heard this, he has been accused and reprimanded by this old guy many times, which is commonplace, but can you blame the emperor?

"Xie Qian, you are so rude, the stone shown by the emperor is not another stone, it is indeed a treasure, you don't know this thing, but you laugh at the mountain stone, the language is disrespectful, the king is reckless, arrogant, how can you be at the head of the ministers." Liu Jin doesn't care what kind of scholar you are, if you offend the emperor, you will offend him, and if you kill you, he will dare, not to mention just scolding.

"You~." Xie Qian was angry, his body shook, and he couldn't say a word.

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian supported him, and the ministers looked at Liu Jin angrily, what he said was too vicious.

Zhu Houzhao secretly praised Liu Jin in his heart, a good slave, he played well, it is not in vain that I value you so much, continue to carry it forward.

On his face, he pretended to be unhappy and reprimanded Liu Jindao; "When is it your turn to accuse, Master Xie, and you won't retreat."

Liu Jin was secretly happy, knowing that he had made meritorious service again, The emperor was obviously protecting him, so he bowed down and stepped back without saying a word.

Zhu Houzhao comforted Xie Qian, stopped teasing everyone, and said to the ministers in the palace; "Although Liu Jin is presumptuous, but his words are really good, this thing is really a treasure, I am exhibiting it today, just to let you refer to it in detail, this thing, where can it be used, as for what this thing is, you can try it first, and then I am telling you, everyone, who wants to try it."

The warriors in the palace picked up the sledgehammer and sent it to them, and the Wenchen shook their heads while looking at it, what a faux pas, it was simply unseemly.

On the side of the generals, there is not so much to pay attention to, Yang Yiqing, as a military general who was personally mentioned by Zhu Houzhao, was praised by history as comparable to Yao Chong, and the force value was not low, at least stronger than most people in the palace, he was in the prime of life, snorted, grabbed the hammer, strode out, and arched towards the emperor; "Since the emperor said that this stone is a treasure, then Wechen is willing to give it a try for His Majesty, please forgive Wechen for his presumptuous sin."

Boom.

Sparks fly.

Yang Yiqing held the hammer in both hands, raised it high, and fell towards the boulder, shocking the ministers, and even the ears of some ministers, buzzing that sound, and the anti-shock force of the cement stone shook Yang Yiqing's hands numbly, and the pain was hot, but the boulder was intact, and the ministers were shocked.

Zhu Houzhao used forged steel to bundle it inside, and there was a keel inside, of course the hammer could not be broken, and the hammer did not rebound, which was already considered Yang Yiqing's greatness.

In order to deter this test, he almost exhausted all means to strengthen the strength of the cement, that is, to deter this group of turtles, if it was an ordinary mountain stone, it would have already been shattered.

Yang Yiqing was dumbfounded, he still knew how strong he was, and the hot pain in his hands at the moment was unrealistic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yang is ashamed, this thing is extremely hard, and it also has a peculiar toughness, and the power of the shock makes my palms ache and numb, and what the emperor said is true." Yang Yiqing has something to say, the reason why he stood up was just to help Xie Qian vent his anger, since His Majesty said it was a treasure, then try it, if not, Liu Jin reprimanded Xie Qian, then he had to ask for an explanation.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile; "What do you think?"

"The ministers don't know about this, please make it clear to Your Majesty." Liu Jian stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, please."

The warriors in the hall came in with some cement again, this time it was unprocessed cement, and the boulder was carried out, and the ministers were puzzled and looked at His Majesty above Jin Yi.

Zhu Houzhao said; "I will tell you now, that the boulder that was before came out of this thing, and the name of this thing is cement."

Cement? What is this?

The ministers talked about it, and the imperial history in front of the palace did not stand up to drink, which Zhu Houzhao had already ordered.

Yang Yiqing was very puzzled, why this powder like fine sand could be so hard, and the ministers were also puzzled, and after a while, a guard came in and said: "Your Majesty, the palace is ready." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded; "Then please go out and have a look."

"Yes."

The ministers don't know why, the emperor is doing something mysterious.

Zhu Houzhao got up and walked down the imperial steps and said to the ministers; "Ladies and gentlemen, follow me to have a look."

He walked in front, the three pavilion elders followed, followed by the six departments and nine secretaries, in turn, respecting and humbling positions, and in order.

In fact, before entering the palace to see them, these ministers saw some craftsmen and forbidden soldiers fiddling with things in front of the palace, but because of the sky, they didn't see it too clearly.

Now they can see clearly, which is actually a beast-shaped stone carving, I don't know what the emperor wants to do, and the ministers point fingers.

Zhu Houzhao ignored their arguments, but instructed the craftsmen to start mixing cement and sand and stones, and then pour them into molds.

"The Qing family doesn't need to be in a hurry, don't be impatient."

The craftsmen were busy pushing the windmills, the fire was burning, the cement in the mold began to solidify, the sun was rising, and the time of the noon dynasty was almost over.

Except for the three pavilion elders who had a chair to sit on, the others didn't have this qualification, which really hurt them.

The three pavilion elders couldn't stand it anymore, Liu Jian was quite stable, and the emperor told them not to be impatient, so wait and see what tricks the emperor can play.

Xie Qian had been impatient for a long time, he was anxious about Wang Qiong and the others outside the gate at noon, it had been a day, and what sins were enough, was the emperor hard-hearted, not to mention that they were also asking for their lives for the people of the world, what was wrong?

"Your Majesty, the old minister wants to ask when he will be closed." Xie Qian said angrily.

Zhu Hou took care of the sand carving standing in front of the hall, and said in his heart, it has been five hours, plus the weather is dry now, and there is a fire to promote drying, it is almost.

"Liu Jin, tell them to open the mold."

"Yes."

Liu Jin turned to the craftsmen and commanded; "Open the mold."

The craftsmen began to hammer on the grinding tools, and soon an identical beast-shaped stone sculpture appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

There was an uproar.

Two and a half hours, a beast-shaped stone sculpture of two or three meters, how did Your Majesty do it.

Liu Jian looked at the carving in amazement, unable to believe it.

Xie Qian was speechless, this is really a thing made by those craftsmen, it's amazing, cement.

Li Dongyang squirted out a mouthful of tea, and didn't wipe it, as steady as Liu Gong, didn't he look at each other and be speechless?

Zhu Houzhao smiled and pointed to the cement stone carving road; "This cement is not afraid of water and fire, if it is mixed with steel and placed in it, it also has the effect of resisting the bombardment of artillery and iron shells, please take a look."

Liu Jin was instructed and instructed the forbidden army; "Ignition."

"Yes."

Bang.

Boom, a dull voice sounded.

After the sound, the ministers looked at it, and the stone statue was intact, only the place where it was hit by the cannonball, which was slightly dented, and it actually resisted the iron bullet.

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu saw it, and was amazed, such a magical cement, it is really a weapon of the country, if it is used on the city wall of the side plug, it is better than the three-way earth wall made of rammed earth glutinous rice juice.

And the most important thing is to form quickly, in addition to the city wall of Beijing and Nanjing, basically rammed earth construction, the use of Sanhe soil is very little, tinkering, once encountering the torrential rain, there is the danger of collapse, Hongzhi ten years, the imperial city wall collapsed because of the old, after three years, it collapsed again, causing the government and the opposition and the people to discuss.

Zhu Houzhao was not very satisfied, since it was a little sunken, it made him blush a little, and it seemed that he was boasting, and secretly glanced at the ministers, and found that they were all shocked, and no one cared about this, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and complained about them in his heart, turtles.

And the ministers were shocked, this is cement, the stuff made by the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, this is also amazing.

Subsequently, three musketeers from the Shenji Battalion, holding muskets, shot at the cement stone sculpture fifty paces away, and this time, they did not even leave a mark.

The crowd was in an uproar again.

I don't know anything, Zhu Houzhao secretly slandered to himself, if the cannon is replaced by a cannon made by me, it can blast this cement into slag in one fell swoop.

"What do you think, this thing can be called a treasure?" Zhu Houzhao glanced at everyone, especially Xie Qian, who asked him the opportunity, and this old guy talked the most.

Xie Qian was embarrassed and served the emperor again, just to let everyone recognize the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, he really did everything, he just said a few words of doubt, and now he is here for the old man, it is really ·····.

Li Dongyang's forehead; "This thing does have merit, if it is used in construction, I believe it will make a great difference, but how does Your Majesty plan to dispose of it... Cement? ”

Zhu Houzhao said; "Official roads, city defense, imperial cities, and construction can all be used, I intend to start with the roads in the capital first, try the effect, under your feet, what you are stepping on now, is what I ordered to pave last night, how, have you been smoothed, these are all paved with cement."

Li Dongyang bowed his head; "Your Majesty is talented, his mind is sensitive, the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, the old minister has nothing to say."

The emperor mentioned this, they reacted, the feet seem to be really smooth, and it is comfortable to step on, it turns out that it is all the credit of cement, this thing really has to be useful, think about the past, if it rained, a foot down, it is muddy water satisfaction, but now I don't have to worry about soiling my boots.

"This thing is not only widely used, but also can be produced on a large scale, not only the imperial court can be used for its own use, but also the people can supply and demand, the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, what has been manufactured, I am ready to take the lead in selling it to a few imperial merchants, I am in the family, there are also operators in the family, don't refute, no one can avoid the eyes of Jinyiwei, I don't blame you, my Ming salary, it is indeed low, as long as you don't hurt the heavens and make some money, I will not be guilty of you, and the Qing family will do it for themselves." Zhu Houzhao wanted to take the opportunity to mention the matter of secret music.

This is to warn them that I am going to do something, you should be conspicuous yourself, I have your handle in hand, do not oppose me, be obedient, and everyone will be safe.

Although the generals did not start with the businessmen, who dared to say that they were innocent in reporting military supplies, even Yang Yiqing, who pretended to be upright and selfless, did not dare to claim his innocence, otherwise, no one would accuse him of corruption later, and there would be no wind and no waves.

The three pavilion elders sighed, it seems that His Majesty has already had an idea, I don't know what to do this time, as long as it is not the boiling of public resentment again, the affairs of Nanjing Mansion are not over yet, and they sent people to check the news yesterday.

Now, the reason why they don't make trouble is to wait for news, if it is really what Wang Qiong said, they will not be so easy to talk anymore, and their Majesty must admit their mistakes, even if they lose their official resignation and die without a place to be buried, they will not hesitate.

The cement matter came to an end, Zhu Houzhao ordered that the cement should be temporarily supplied by the royal family for the construction of the streets of the capital, and after the effect came out, he chose to resell it from the emperor's merchants, and the ministers did not object this time, and they obediently agreed with the emperor's will.

When the Great Dynasty Meeting was about to disperse, a six-hundred-mile urgent letter entered Beijing.

The guards trotted and came up.

"Your Majesty, the joint performance of the six Shangshu of Nanjing Mansion, with 600 miles of expedited entry into Beijing to reach the Tongtong Political Division, Yang Shen entered the palace to deliver the news, please visit Your Majesty." The guard replied.

When Zhu Houzhao heard the news from Nanjing, he was also shocked in his heart, calculating the time, if Jiao Fang and Zhang Zhong had already completed the disaster relief, they should indeed have sent a letter, but, how could it be the Nanjing Six Ministries Lianmin? And not their recitals? Could it be that things have changed again?

It should come, it always comes, the matter of Nanjing has made these ministers resentful, since this is the case, then let me see what the six ministries of Nanjing have said.

Yang Shen as the general administration of the experience of the official, although only seven products, but but directly presented the authority of the Son of Heaven, now the court, the top boss into the palace, he as the general administration of the experience, of course, can enter the palace to meet the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao smiled, Yang Shen, this guy, I'm afraid I'm going to be surprised this time, hehe.

"Xuan."