Chapter 180: Who Said I Was Going to Use Masonry
Li Ke, who returned to Chang'an City, directly took Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian to Chang'an County first, and after communicating with Chang'an County first, he will repair Suzaku Hengjie first tomorrow.
Suzaku Hengjie is the main street that runs through the east and west of Chang'an in front of Suzaku Gate, the entrance of the west gate is Jinguang Gate, and the east gate is Chunming Gate. It is the most crowded east-west street in Chang'an City! It is also the widest side street, and it forms a complete cross shape with Suzaku Street in the north and south.
Zhuque Hengjie and Zhuque Street are the main streets of Chang'an City, which are maintained daily, and the bluestone slabs used are also very good quality bluestone slabs, but because of the long age, except for this part directly opposite the Taiji Palace, the other parts are damaged.
"Your Highness, are we going to replace the slate?" Tian Meng asked.
"What slate to replace? The two main streets, Suzaku Hengjie and Suzaku Street, put concrete under the stone slabs, embed the stone slabs into the concrete, and pave the floor tiles for Chang'an City! We don't need any extra materials, just gravel and river sand. The river sand has already been prepared, and the gravel is either the waste material of the construction of the Daming Palace or our mine, so you can just pull it over. Li Ke said lightly.
"Dig up the intact stone slabs, clean them, set them aside, and use the stone pavements on both sides of the city gate instead of using them, but directly on the concrete. We don't need to purchase other slabs for such broken slates. As for other masonry roads, the original bricks are dug up, broken, and directly compacted with broken bricks before being concreted. ”
Although Li Ke's soil cement has no way to compare with the standard strength cement of later generations, it cannot be said that to be precise, the cement he produced is Schrödinger's cement, the strength is unknown, and it is worse than the standard cement, but it is enough to use it in the case of low engineering quality requirements in ancient times.
The quality of the project here is not high, which means that the ancient street has the highest load-bearing capacity and does not even have a horse-drawn carriage of two tons, and in modern times, dozens of tons of cars have to keep walking, and they are crushed back and forth countless times a day, of course, the requirements are high.
Modern tofu scum roads can be used for many, many years in ancient times, of course, Li Ke will not make a tofu scum project.
And the cement produced by Li Ke has the best strength...... It has almost caught up with the cement number used in modern super-strong concrete, mainly because it is really impossible to grasp the amount of ground iron ore directly, and sometimes the amount is just at that critical point, and the quality of this batch of cement is higher than that of standard cement.
Anyway, after his Schrödinger's cement was burned, it was mixed and maintained a good quality.
Li Ke doesn't understand the formula of concrete at all, and he is not engaged in engineering, but it doesn't matter, he has books. The proportions in the relevant books were given to the craftsmen, who had already tested various proportions of concrete, and finally concluded and tested a suitable ratio.
Don't underestimate the importance that ancient craftsmen attached to these ratios, and it was not easy for later generations to find the recipe for many ancient fired bricks.
And Li Ke doesn't have to worry about the degree of their serious work, in the consciousness of these craftsmen and ordinary workers, it is closely related to life if this thing is not done well, and no one will take their own life seriously.
The monthly income of the workers in those masonry factories has increased, and Li Ke couldn't be clearer about what they wanted, but he just ...... Who told you that Your Highness is going to buy bricks and slates?
"Yes!" Tian Meng agreed, he was a little worried, how can this be done? There is no need to buy new materials, and river sand and gravel are free of money, just pull them casually. Isn't the actual cost low? According to this calculation, even if it is five times the monthly salary of personnel, more than 2 million guan is enough to renovate Chang'an City.
More than 8 million yuan, this 100-fold increase in cement cost is not enough at all, Tian Meng estimated in his heart, according to this number, it is necessary to increase the cost of cement by 300 times.
After making an appointment with Chang'an County Cheng for three days, the western section of the Vermilion Bird Street will be paved, and then the entire western section of the Vermilion Bird Street will be closed, and all the soldiers on Su Dingfang's side will be deployed to maintain order and restrict the entry of the people.
Sign a contract with the people who come to work tomorrow, and then start transporting materials in the afternoon, and start construction in three days!
After Li Ke handed over to Chang'an County, he returned directly to his house, and Li Ke didn't have to worry about the rest.
But Li Ke's move today has set off a huge storm in Chang'an City, and the next day, a new issue of Datang Weekly was issued again, this time Li Ke printed 100,000 copies! Even the 100,000-point "Datang Weekly" was sold out in just half a morning!
Obviously, things that are closely related to the people, some people who are usually reluctant to buy the "Weekly" have also bought it.
There are too many dry goods in this issue of "Datang Weekly", first of all, the employment requirements for Li Ke to renovate Chang'an City, the standard of coolie work is 500 wen per month, and the salary has really increased by five times! And take care of a meal! And in addition to recruiting the main coolies who can work, we also recruit women who can cook, and the monthly salary is 200 Wen per month!
This month's money is too high! There were a lot of similar guys before, recruiting women to cook, not to mention 200 Wen, it would be good to be able to give 20 Wen meaning every month. There are many women who help for free.
For example, the monthly income of craftsmen such as masons with master craftsmanship is calculated consistently, but the number of these people is not large, and it does not affect the overall situation.
The second article is about Li Ke's "Labor Law" and the cancellation of the Datang non-editorial household in Chang'an pilot news, this news also shocked the people, this kind of family after the accident, free to borrow money to the people to tide over the difficulties, only need to add 20% interest, and then to work to compensate, even the monthly salary is not completely deducted, but also to keep 50% of the things for the people.
In particular, the monthly money is calculated according to the average monthly money of Chang'an City, that is to say, it is the same as the monthly money for recruiting coolies for this renovation of Chang'an City!
In the eyes of all the people, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is a living Bodhisattva! This is the prince, this is the Bodhisattva! It's a living Buddha! Billions of living people!
Some people who are afraid that they will not be able to choose and have no work to do are wondering if they should find a job in the name of selling their bodies! Working for His Royal Highness the King of Shu all year round, there is still such a good thing in this world?! Although it is more than 20% interest, but if you sell enough, then you can keep doing it! And also take a large sum of money in advance!
If it weren't for the article saying that His Royal Highness the King of Shu would conduct an investigation, if there was deception and conviction according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that many people would have really done so.
The third article is about the news that the construction will start two days later and renovate the western section of Suzaku Hengjie, asking all the people to have the necessary travel and detour.
The fourth article is to praise some businessmen with lofty ideals in Chang'an for taking the initiative to donate money to assist His Royal Highness the King of Shu in building Chang'an City.
It can be said that the entire "Datang Weekly" is closely related to the people of Chang'an City now! So it is understandable that these 100,000 copies were sold. It's just that Li Ke's move is big enough, but many people can't figure it out, for example, the eldest grandson Wuji and others are a little confused, and they will start construction three days later? What about your raw materials? Don't buy it?