Su Song subconsciously glanced at Li Jie, and saw that Li Jie's face was indeed a little ugly. He was the leading architect in the Song Dynasty. Su Song had already asked him to be responsible for the construction of the school building. He actually answered like this. Isn't it right? Dislike your own poor craftsmanship?

Several temporary sheds were built inside. Shen Long took them into one of them and saw a large sand table inside, with a model of the school building on the sand table.

"What is this?" Li Jie was greatly surprised when he saw it. Before building palaces and temples, he would also make models out of wood for reference. He was no stranger to this practice, but the appearance of the school building given by Shen Long was It was different from the various buildings he had built before. There were no brackets and cornices, no giant red-painted columns, just some boxy boxes of different sizes and heights placed there.

Moreover, I don’t know what the material of the model is made of. It looks like sand is stuck together, but it is extremely solid to the touch. Looking at the window, at first glance, it seems that there is only a window frame and no window paper to cover it. At first glance, it is blocked by thin sheets that are as transparent as mica, which not only blocks the wind, but also does not affect the light.

"The name of this thing is cement. Add water to a certain proportion of sand and gravel and leave it there. It will soon become as hard as stone. The name of this thing is glass. It is quite similar to colored glaze, but it is more transparent than colored glaze." Shen Longna He took out a bag of cement and a piece of glass, which he had previously built in a kiln nearby.

With Lao Bai's Nobel-level chemical technology, it is very easy to produce this basic material, which is just right for building schools now.

Su Song and others took the glass and passed it around one after another. Even the blind Wei Pu touched it. Everyone was amazed, "If all the windows of the house were covered with glass, it would indeed be much brighter, and the students would spend less time studying every day." Could be more."

Today's schools are almost entirely illuminated by daylight, and the adobe houses cannot open large windows, so the time that can be used for teaching every day is only the period with the best sunlight. If it is cloudy and you can't study, then Glass is much better.

Li Jie was more concerned about cement and quickly urged Shen Long to demonstrate. Shen Long took some sand and gravel, mixed cement with water, used a cement knife to create a shape and left it there. He continued to explain to them the layout of the sand table. There is a teaching building there, and there is a teaching building there. There is a dormitory area, there is an area for faculty and staff, there is a stadium, there is a laboratory, etc.

Everyone listened and asked questions, and after a while they poked at the cement block. They saw that the cement block was getting harder and harder. In less than two hours, it was really as hard as a stone.

"How much are these cement and glass worth? If they are not expensive, they are really good materials!" With the facts in front of them, everyone understood the benefits of these two things. Li Jie immediately asked the key point. For building materials, Price is the most important thing. If the price is too expensive, no matter how good the product is, it will not be cost-effective.

"They are all made of sand and gravel. The price of glass is a little bit more expensive than cement. It's not much more expensive than bricks." Shen Long replied with a smile. He still didn't tell the truth. Countless time travelers regard glass as a way to make money. You can't lose face as a profit-making tool, and it can also stimulate students' enthusiasm for learning.

"So cheap?" Li Jie was surprised. It doesn't matter if glass is more expensive. Compared with cement, the amount of glass is not large. If cement is so cheap, the cost of building the house will not be very high.

"The things are good, but the houses they build are not very good-looking." Su Song felt that these boxy buildings had no aesthetic value and were simply too awkward.

"School, it's only right to give students a place to attend classes earlier. As for whether it looks good or not, I don't care so much for the time being; and there is a large piece of land behind it. Once these improvements are completed, Mingzhong can think about the next house. How should I repair it so that it looks good?" Shen Long was quite curious about what kind of buildings a top traditional architect like Li Jie could create using cement and glass.

This reason left everyone speechless for a moment, and then Shen Long took them outside and showed them with his own hands how to build a brick-concrete house. He wanted to teach Li Jie and his apprentices first, and then These people then teach it to ordinary workers, and only after they have learned it can they officially start building houses.

Li Jie realized that this was an excellent opportunity. The master they worshiped as house builders was Lu Ban, and Lu Ban had never used cement or glass. If he could sort out a set of relevant building methods, wouldn't it be great? Can you think of yourself as a celebrity like Lu Ban?

Therefore, he worked harder than anyone else. He brought his apprentice over early every day, spent half a day studying theoretical knowledge, half a day doing practical operations, and at night he would light up a lamp to review what he had learned during the day.

It is not difficult to build a house with a brick-concrete structure. To build a house in Shen Long's hometown, several strong laborers came together and bought some cement, red bricks and steel bars and started working directly. A construction genius like Li Jie did not spend much time learning how to build a house. .

Then he led his apprentices and a large number of workers to start building the entire school building. Shen Long prepared teaching materials with Su Song, Wei Pu, and Jia Xian, and enrolled students with Wang Yu.

When he recruits students, he prefers children from businessmen and craftsmen families, and does not like children from scholarly families. However, people from truly scholarly families will not come to him. He has made it clear that this The school does not teach the knowledge required for the imperial examination.

Time passed quickly. The school building was built and the first batch of students were recruited. Shen Long, Su Song, Jia Xian and others began to teach according to the formulated syllabus and carry out some research activities.

In the court, there were also big changes. Zhang Dun did not know what method he used, but he managed to get it done. He got Sado Island from the Japanese country. The Song Dynasty had already sent a fleet to land on the island. , began to build settlements and prepare to mine gold.

Wang Anshi also went to Xuanma to pay homage to the prime minister, as in history, and was appointed as a counselor by Zhao Xu, and began to preside over reforms. Wang Anshi did not carry out reforms as in history. Instead, he followed Shen Long's advice and started by promoting high-yield crops and The development is mainly in Huguang, and it has not received much attack for the time being.

Wang Shao also met Zhao Xu. Wang Shao presented the revised "Pingrong Policy". Zhao Xu was overjoyed and immediately appointed Wang Shao as Qinfeng Road Manager Yiwen and asked him to go to Shaanxi to prepare for the recovery of Hehuang Prefecture.
Chapter completed!