On this day, most people put down their work and enjoy the festival.
Su He held a brief meeting to arrange festival rewards and duty arrangements for various departments.
He discovered that there was something different in the way Wang Zhongce looked at him.
Su He was a little confused. During this period, he often asked Wang Wenjun to come to the palace under the pretext of seeing a doctor.
Wang Zhongce, what did you notice?
After Su He finished the meeting, he just walked into the back house.
Mother Su was waiting for him here and said with a smile: "Son, you can rest assured when your mother is doing things.
The Wang family has already agreed that when his eldest brother Wang Bonuo comes back, you can go and greet the bride."
Su He's mouth widened as he listened to his mother's words. The proposal of marriage was too fast.
Nowadays, marriage, especially for people with a certain status, is very particular about procedures.
Marriage must go through six major steps: accepting, asking for name, accepting, accepting, asking for date, and welcoming.
Every step took a long time, and he didn't expect that his mother would finalize the marriage in a few days.
"Mom, why did you decide to get married so quickly?"
Su's mother glared and said: "How old are you? How can you not be happy?
Don't worry, I specially asked Taoist Master Ma Qiankun to calculate your birthdays and horoscopes, and your horoscopes match very well.
The Wang girl is already eighteen, and her family is worried at such an old age.
I went to propose marriage in person, and the Wang family agreed immediately.
It was only said that both parents were dead and the eldest brother was the father. The wedding could not be held until his eldest brother came back.
This is human nature, and I immediately agreed.
Mother has already taken care of things for you, and you just wait to get married and give me a grandson."
When Su He heard what his mother said, he finally understood why Wang Zhongce had that expression.
Things are certainly not as simple as his mother said.
His mother has always wanted to have a grandson, and now she has this opportunity.
Su He could imagine that when his mother proposed marriage, her attitude would be very good, but her tone would be firm.
The marriage has been decided, so let's do it.
Su He should also have his own offspring, so that the hearts of the rebel team will be stable.
…
On New Year's Eve, Su He held a banquet at the palace.
He personally invited civil and military officials to spend the festival together.
…
New Year's Day, the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Su He got up and rubbed his head.
He only drank a little bit of liquor and became drunk.
I just woke up and my head is still groggy.
"Uncle Wuniu, are you okay?"
Su Que's questioning voice sounded outside the door.
"It's made of cement. This thing is amazing, a hundred times stronger than glutinous rice juice.
The walls I built with it cannot be broken down by cannons."
When Su He heard that cement was made, he immediately became sober.
Simply put on your clothes and walk out the door.
"Uncle Wuniu, you have made cement."
Su He asked again, he was afraid that he heard wrongly.
Su Wuniu affirmed: "Yes, we have made cement, and the quality is very good."
Cement is extremely important, it represents infrastructure.
Su He only remembered that the cement formula was limestone plus clay, plus some auxiliary materials.
The ordinary cement manufacturing process is two grinding and one burning.
With only this little information, it's difficult to make cement.
When they were in Dashanguan, limestone was mined, so Su He asked Su Wuniu to organize craftsmen to study cement.
Until now, cement has finally succeeded.
Su Wuniu used a mule cart to pull a cart of cement.
"Commander Su, the working environment in the cement manufacturing plant is too harsh, so you don't need to visit.
I've brought the cement over here, you can take a look at the finished product."
Su He knew that the cement production process requires grinding into extremely fine dust.
There is dust everywhere in the cement factory, and the workers in the grinding workshop of the cement factory are all heavy-duty labor reform prisoners.
Even if you wear a cotton mask and work in the grinding workshop of a cement factory for a long time, you will suffer from serious lung diseases.
Su He looked at the cement. This cement was almost the same as what he had seen in his previous life.
He hired a mason to mix cement, sand, and stones with water according to a certain proportion.
Use this cement to build a cement road in the palace.
Su Wuniu used his index finger and thumb to mark the width of ten centimeters.
"Commander Su, it's just such a thick cement board with only a few iron bars inside.
Even if you hit it hard with a hammer, it won't break.
The reinforced concrete you mentioned is really hard, harder than rock.
I build a one meter thick cement city wall.
The 110-meter cannon was used to bombard the city wall, but it was not broken."
Su Wuniu looked at cement. Based on his experience, this is an excellent building material.
The most important thing is that cement is easy to transport and construction is very fast.
The cement city wall he built took only three days to completely solidify.
Su Wuniu told Su He about their process of developing cement.
Su He gave instructions on cement manufacturing, which was divided into three steps.
In the first step, the limestone and clay are ground very fine, and craftsmen mix different auxiliary materials into them.
The second step is to build a kiln to calcine the cement and burn the cement into a molten state.
The third step is to grind the calcined cement blocks.
Craftsmen add different things according to this process.
There were hundreds of craftsmen to study, and Hong Feiyu, a craftsman who used to make colored glaze, stood out.
He showed outstanding talent and continuously improved the formula to produce qualified cement.
Hong Feiyu found that iron ore was added in the first step, coal powder was added in the second step, and gypsum was added in the third step.
We can produce the cement Su He was talking about.
Through continuous experiments, he found the optimal ratio of raw materials and successfully produced cement of extremely high quality.
"Commander Su, I have approved Hong Feiyu's ninth-level work review application and am preparing to apply for a gold medal for him."
When Su He heard about the award Su Wuniu had applied for, he said boldly: "This is a talent, and the cement he developed is extremely important.
Let him join the Academy of Sciences and reward him with a Jade Medal.
Let Lu Jin and Li Sanshi also join the Academy of Sciences and be awarded the Jade Medal.
Other important assistants will be rewarded with gold medals."
Such innovative talents must be adequately rewarded so that they do not have to worry about life.
Only by giving them enough money and honor can they continue to explore on this path.
Su He looked at the cement path that the masons had created.
While they were discussing, the cement was set.
It is not possible to walk on it now, but by tomorrow morning, mule carts will be able to walk on the cement road.
Su He ordered: "Increase the output of the cement factory, and I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds to the cement factory.
Now the Ministry of Works is recruiting a large number of masons to build Chencang Road into a cement road.
After that, a lot of cement will be used to build roads, houses, and canals."
Su He thought for a while and then ordered: "Send some craftsmen to build a cement factory in Dashanguan.
Use concrete to build the Dashanguan city wall and the Weihe defense line fort."
…
Along Chencang Road, each county is responsible for organizing local villagers.
Work for the Ministry of Industry to build the cement road on Chencang Road...
They are not corvees. They provide three meals a day and pay one hundred pence.
The bottom foundation of the cement road is compacted earth.
Spread gravel on top of the dirt road and continue to compact it.
On the gravel road, craftsmen lay cement.
The Ministry of Works recruits a large number of masons and undergoes simple training.
In order to keep up with the progress, the county is used as the unit.
Each county has multiple road construction teams that build roads in sections.
The cement road is closing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
