The cement firing cycle is about a week, and the output of the first blast furnace is only about one ton, which is far from meeting the requirements of the hole. So he built three more blast furnaces in one go, and the capacity was doubled from the first.

With the new blast furnace put into operation, manpower suddenly became strained. The bandits' food has increased by one meal a day, but the high-intensity work still overwhelms them.

Kong Fang accidentally remembered the wheelbarrow in his previous life, and he immediately asked a carpenter to make more than 20 of them. He also used the principle of pulleys to make several simple cranes to lift large stones; When the blast furnace is fed, it is loaded with a bamboo basket, and then lifted by a crane and poured into the blast furnace.

The production tools have been improved, the productivity has been liberated, the work efficiency has been greatly improved, and the labor shortage has been temporarily relieved.

Kong Fang started his next plan again.

Originally, he wanted to use the first batch of cement to repair the walls of Fangjiazhuang, as well as the hardened ground, but the cheap old man was the real head of the family, he was not at home, and Fang Shiqing did not dare to agree easily.

After all, this is a huge project, and it also involves issues such as feng shui, inheritance, and so on.

So he set his sights on the road from Fangjiazhuang to Qinghe County. He widened it from a single lane to a two-lane carriage (of course, the so-called carriage was a horse-drawn carriage) and then hardened the cement so that the road would no longer be muddy during the rainy season.

He doesn't understand engineering, but he can still do it with ordinary cement hardening. Just do it, and the next day, let Guan Yu bring the first team of the county to carry out engineering surveys with him.

The spirit guy is energetic and flexible, and he brought them out, one is to reduce his workload, and the other is to teach them some surveying and mapping knowledge, which may be useful on the battlefield in the future.

It took a day to measure the ten-mile road, where to widen and where to build bridges...... Draw a diagram at a glance.

To his surprise, almost all of the land to be occupied by widening the road was the Fang family's land. Since it is its own land, forced demolition will definitely not happen, and nail households do not exist.

Of course, in order to give an explanation to the cheap old man, he still made some compensation in the name of the county government. Building roads is heavy physical work, but it is also a technical job.

Repairing roadbeds, building bridges, and repairing culverts all require technology.

Qinghe has no shortage of these craftsmen, the only difference is that they have never used cement, Kong Fang personally trained, and the craftsmen are all masters, and they can get started very quickly.

Cement is easy to mix, quick to dry, viscous, convenient and practical, and 100 times better than mud.

Its advantages quickly spread through craftsmen in the construction industry, and during the construction days, people constantly visited the construction site and consulted. Some of these people were merchants, and some were wealthy families.

They saw the effect of the cement with their own eyes and were amazed. So they lowered their bodies and asked the craftsman in a low voice where the cement came from.

The craftsmen have been suffering all their lives, they have never been so valued by any rich man, and for a while they were a little dizzy, mistakenly thinking that the world has been unified and everyone has achieved equality.

The reason why they are craftsmen and what they are landlords and rich people is that the social division of labor is different, and there is no distinction between poor and low.

They didn't expect that it was the employer of Guiwei County who squeezed the last bit of value out of them and made them free commodity salesmen and spokespersons.

The visitor hurried away after getting the answer he wanted.

They can't go to the cement workshop, which is guarded by county soldiers and strictly forbids outsiders to enter.

So they turned around one after another and went to the yamen.

From ancient times to the present, no one has ever been so eager to go to the yamen as they are.

Their purpose is simple, that is, they also want to get cement, or resell it, or use it for their own use.

Kong Fang received the visitors very warmly, but he was helpless to tell them that his cement production could not meet the market demand at present, and he could not supply them for the time being.

Of course, he has been trying to increase production, and sooner or later the cement will drip......

The drum does not need to be hammered.

They immediately understood what Kong Fang meant. Like those merchants, they can't wait to place orders, and although the landlords and nobles are half a beat slower to react, they are rich and rich, and the silver tickets they shoot can shrink the merchant's hand.

Kong Fang is not refused. If you want cement, you need to pay a deposit first, and you will be sorted according to the order of deposit, first come, first served. He is not good at pen and ink, although Fang Shiqing is also very interested, but her hand likes to hold a sword more than a pen, so the accounting task fell to Fang Shiyi, the president of Red Powder, without accident.

Kong Fang collected the money, Fang Shiyi kept the accounts, Fang Shiqing supervised, everyone cooperated happily, and after a few days, the deposit actually collected 50,000 taels of silver tickets, and the order was scheduled until the end of next year.

A thick handful of silver tickets were placed on the table, and the three Fang sisters and brothers felt that they were dreaming. They were born into rich families and never lacked silver, but they had never seen anyone else earn money like this.

But those people are still enjoying it.

"Brother-in-law, I really underestimate you. The so-called 'profiteers' are talking about you! Fang Shibo sat on the high chair, shaking his little short legs.

In his eyes, those people are stupid, they hurriedly took out the money without seeing the shadow of the cement, their money was not blown by the wind, they were in such a hurry, it must be that the brother-in-law was too treacherous and fooled them.

There was a crisp "snap", and he was slapped on the back of the head again.

Alas, this bear child was beaten again by his strength.

He was aggrieved. When I went to the county school, I often taught the children to be honest, not to lie, and to tell the truth.

Why was he beaten when he told the truth? Is there a problem with the teaching, or is there a problem with the eldest sister?

Kong Fang shrugged, I hope that the cheap brother-in-law's three views will not be crooked.

Fang Shiqing locked the silver ticket in the safe, Kong Fang proposed to go to Baihualou for dinner, he invited a treat, and Miss Fang paid the bill.

Fang Shibo cheered, Fang Shiyi snickered, Fang Shiqing didn't speak, glared at Kong Fang and put his arm around Fang Shibo's shoulders and left first.

Baihualou is the most high-end restaurant in Qinghe County, and Buddha jumping over the wall is a must in Qinghe. Fang Shibo came up and ordered this dish, and Kong Fang ordered a steamed wild arowana.

Fang Shiqing and Fang Shiyi also ordered their favorite dishes, and Fang Shiqing also asked for a pot of wine.

The Peony Pavilion of Baihualou is a small family of four, and they are happy.

Kong Fang is very happy, he is not extremely Tailai, and finally has a successful career, his wife is beautiful, his sister-in-law is gentle, and his brother-in-law Xiong is a little bear, but it is quite worthy of deep friendship.

The first dish on the second grade is steamed wild arowana.

Kong Fang was looking forward to it, but when Xiao Er opened the lid of the white porcelain plate, his face changed instantly.