Chapter 114: Your Majestys visit to Changan Palace has nothing to do with me
The sun is not too strong.
The wind is not too strong either.
The composite of cement, yellow sand, and stones that was flattened by the First Emperor with a shovel lost its moisture under the warm sun and breeze.
From a pool of mud-like fluid object, it slowly turned into a gray-black solid plate.
Time passed slowly. During this period, the First Emperor never left. Fu Zikang also took out a porcelain bottle from nowhere and poured the liquid into it, with reluctance in his eyes.
This is the extremely precious hardener that Changan Jun said. It is extremely precious. You need to pour some of it for every demonstration. Now there is only this small bottle.
Qin Shihuang didn't pay attention to Fu Zikang's expression at all, but looked at this piece of clay that he had gained from his childhood skills and five years of military pay.
It was just like when he stood on the general stage and watched the two Qin generals who had been loyal to him since childhood and told him how to conquer Chu all night long.
Full of hope.
His hopes back then were in vain, but now...
"Your Majesty, that's it."
Fu Zikang squatted down, smashed the gray-black solid plate with his fist, raised his head and said happily.
There was still a lot of cement powder left on the gray-black solid plate. The young Shi Zhizhi had already forgotten what he had just said to dissuade the First Emperor - this thing burned his hands.
"alright?"
"Okay, okay, it's turned into concrete."
"Concrete is another word I have never heard of."
The First Emperor muttered something, and squatted down, looking at the concrete that Fu Zikang had hammered hard just now without a single crack, and suddenly slapped it down with his palm!
Peng~
The palm of the Emperor's hand was sore from this slap. Even with the blessing of internal force, the force of the shock caused the Emperor's hand to quickly become engorged with blood and turn red.
The First Emperor felt that his slap was like hitting a hard rock.
"His Majesty!"
Fu Zikang exclaimed. Unexpectedly, the First Emperor himself used his flesh palm to test the hardness of the concrete, and hurriedly reached out to intercept it.
"Don't stop me!"
The First Emperor opened his eyes wide, full of surprise, without any sign of pain.
Ignoring the pain in his palm, he mobilized all his internal energy this time. The internal energy flowed into his right palm through the eight extraordinary meridians, making his right palm extremely strong and strong in a short period of time.
He then used his legs to stand slightly, slightly bent his waist to use the power of his legs, and swung his right arm heavily to use the power of his waist and legs.
"not open?"
The First Emperor used all his strength and internal strength to hit the concrete hard with his palm.
Peng~
There was a sound that was duller than the sound just now.
The entire block of concrete sank two inches, and smoke and dust spread everywhere.
"Ahem, Your Majesty, are you okay?"
Fu Zikang waved his sleeves to wave away the smoke, and while coughing, he grabbed the First Emperor's right hand.
At the moment of contact, Fu Zikang felt that the First Emperor's right hand was trembling uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty, I will call the guards for you to test. Chang'an Lord once demonstrated in front of me that even if you chop with a long sword, the concrete will not leave any cracks."
The smoke and dust dispersed.
The piece of concrete was safe and sound.
But the First Emperor's right hand, which was caught by Fu Zikang, seemed to be a little fatter and bigger.
"No problem, no problem!"
The First Emperor took out his right hand, ignoring the numbness and sharp pain coming from his palm. His eyes were as bright as the stars in the sky. He stared at Fu Zikang and asked: "How much does this cost? Just this warehouse? This can't be worth five years of military pay!"
"
Fu Zikang took out ten jade tablets from his body and handed them to the First Emperor with both hands.
The First Emperor took a look and found that each jade tablet was inlaid with a glass bead that was pure and not mixed in color, either red, green, blue, or purple. Each glass bead was round and smooth.
A nearly perfect sphere.
Each of these spherical colored glaze beads is a rare treasure. It is a rare treasure that can be used by the royal family as a national treasure, comparable to the Heshi Bi. The First Emperor has never seen such perfect colored glaze beads.
Although the jade tablet carrying the glass beads is also a top-grade jade, which is hard to find, it pales in comparison to the glass beads - its value is more than a hundred times worse.
The jade plaque has a glass bead on the front and is engraved with characters that the First Emperor had never seen before.
If there are modern people here, they will definitely recognize that it is the simplified Chinese characters used in modern times, and on the back is the large seal script of the Qin Dynasty.
The text content on both sides is the same, both are place names - Handan, Shangjun, Linzi, etc.
"This is what Cheng Xi did!" Emperor Shi Huang affirmed: "Such a perfect glass bead can only be made by Cheng Xi!"
"The production of colored glaze is extremely complicated. Lord Chang'an can get one of such quality colored glaze beads in half a year. Jade plaques can be counterfeited, but colored glaze beads cannot be counterfeited. With this jade plaque inlaid with colored glaze beads, Your Majesty can buy it in Linzi, Shangjun, Handan,
Yingdu and other places have taken out the cement that Chang'an Lord has hoarded over the years. Chang'an Lord now sends people to send ten jade tablets to his ministers, which is enough for your majesty to build fifteen galloping roads."
After a pause, the internal historian of Zhisu who had been reluctant to say anything said again: "I hope there will be no one in this world who is good at blending clay."
In order to ensure that the Chidao construction is strong and can be used for a long time, in the Qin Dynasty when basically all roads were dirt roads, the soil used to build the Chidao must be treated in multiple ways.
The first point is tamping: it needs to be rolled back and forth to narrow the gaps between the sand and soil, so as to achieve a state where it is hard, not easy to disperse, and can be used for long-distance driving by carriages and horses.
The second point is to add salt: the Chi Road should be turned into a saline-alkali road, just like those saline-alkali land.
Only such a road, in the Qin Dynasty where grass was abundant and there was no pollution from modern technology, could be left unmaintained for a long time without grass and trees growing, which would affect the progress of the Qin army.
The third point is to add ingredients and stir fry: this ingredient was developed by the Mohists and used on the walls of the imperial palace.
It can greatly reduce the water retention of Chidao soil and try to avoid soil erosion and muddy roads caused by rain.
Next there are the fourth, fifth, and sixth points, which I won’t go into detail here to avoid being overly descriptive.
It can be said that at least half of the huge amount of money spent in building Chidao in the Qin Dynasty was spent on materials and material processing.
The cement that Ying Chengyu provided to the First Emperor was different. First of all, the cement had already been made by Ying Chengyu. It was ready-made. There was no need to spend money to make it, which saved money on materials.
Secondly, the process of turning cement into concrete for paving Chidao is also very simple. Just mix yellow sand and gravel according to the proportion, and then add water. The operation is easy and hassle-free.
The cement from ten places in the world, plus the gold and money in sacks and carts pulled by the governor of Su Neishi Mansion, were enough to solve the funding problem of the First Emperor's plan to build Chidao.
Not only that, because the cement processing process is convenient and fast, it will also greatly shorten the construction period of the Chidao.
The First Emperor clasped his fingers upside down with one hand, gently tapped the solidified concrete, and said to himself: "If the Emperor and Heaven bless you, there will be no natural or man-made disasters. With this sacred object, Jiuchi Dao will be completed in three years."
He cherished ten jade medals and put them all in the pocket of the underwear he wore in his crown robe.
The appearance of these ten jade plaques treasured by the First Emperor is even worse than the appearance of the precious treasures of the past.
"Your Majesty, there is still cement on the jade tablet. If you put it inside, it will damage the holy body."
Fu Zikang then remembered that the cement would burn his skin and quickly tried to dissuade him.
"After I wipe your Majesty, please wash your hands before handing them over to Your Majesty."
"No problem."
The First Emperor fastened the buttons of his crown robe, and patted the ten jade plaques across the precious crown robe that only the emperor could wear, embroidered with black birds, and was satisfied.
The symbol of the power of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin totem black bird is painted on the noble black crown. The black bird flaps its wings, feeling extremely aggrieved - it wants to shake off the dust it has caught.
But its owner, the First Emperor of Qin, had no intention of helping him.
The First Emperor couldn't help but laugh silently, looking like a silly son of a landlord.
"Hahahaha, good, good, good, good! This thing is wonderful! This thing is wonderful! Hahaha!"
The more the First Emperor thought about it, the happier he became, and the more he thought about it, the happier he became.
He laughed heartily and showed no dignity as a king.
This laughter was so majestic and powerful that it grew from small to large. From this small warehouse, it spread throughout the Zhisu Neishi Mansion.
The busy officials of the Su Neishi Mansion looked at each other blankly.
What idiot smiles so happily when the work is done?
Zhisu Neishi Zuo Cheng and Zhisu Neishi Youcheng heard that this was the smile of the First Emperor. They were stunned for a moment and immediately started to get angry.
"Move, move, move! Why are you standing still? Will the money automatically go into the sack if you stand there? Or will the writing brush automatically record the accounts! Move the gold to record the accounts, look at what I am doing?!"
"Why are you so dazed? Do you want to go to bed on time today? You can't finish the work today! If you make it to the curfew time, you can all sleep in the house tonight!"
Prime Minister Wang Wan on the right, Prime Minister Li Si on the left, Mengyi the Nei Shi, and Zhao Gao, the magistrate of the CRRC Mansion, the four of them looked at the administration of the Nei Shi Mansion in full swing and were busy again.
Looking at Zhisu Neishi Zuocheng and Zhisu Neishi Youcheng, who were hoarse and drinking water to moisten their throats, I felt like they were out of place.
Your Majesty laughed so loudly, and Long Yan was so happy. Why did you, the governor of Su Neishi Mansion, react like this?
So bland?
Are all the students of the Zhisu Neishi Mansion now composed of Mohists and farmers?
"Wan, I haven't heard His Majesty's voice of joy for a long time." Wang Wan sighed.
"That day when Si presented the county system to His Majesty, His Majesty smiled like this." Li Si said with a serious face and a calm expression.
Wang Wan's heart moved.
Your Majesty has long been interested in the system of prefectures and counties?
Is Li Si authorized by His Majesty?
Then why did His Majesty change his mind again?
The Prime Minister on the right twitched his face, looking like he was angry but could not get angry. He took a deep breath and said: "More than ten years ago, His Majesty had only Wan by his side, and he often laughed like this."
Li Si nodded heavily and emphasized his tone: "More than ten years ago."
Zhao Gao smiled and said: "I don't know what Fu Zhi Su Neishi did to make His Majesty so happy. On the day when Zuo Xiang first proposed the system of counties and counties in the court, he went to the palace at night to talk about the counties and counties in detail, and His Majesty didn't even laugh.
That’s right. It seems that military pay should really be settled in the past five years.”
Wang Wan still looked vaguely angry.
Li Si's body was shaken, and the trace of complacency in his eyes instantly turned into shock.
Meng Yi looked in the direction where the First Emperor's laughter came from, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Nine roads, ten years of military pay, can be completed by one person, and the wealth of Chang'an Lord is as rich as that of ten countries..."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Wang Wan, Li Si, and Zhao Gao were all shocked.
This shock was at the same frequency as the iron chains on the warehouse containing the cement.
Wow~
Fu Zikang saw that the concrete in the treasury was shaken by the laughter of the First Emperor, causing smoke and dust everywhere. He was about to come out and hurriedly closed the treasury door.
The sound of metal banging against the iron chains on the door was endless.
On this day, the First Emperor's laughter shattered the iron chain on the treasury door of the Imperial Palace.
"Hahaha, this concrete is so strong that even if there are ten chariots stacked on top of each other, there will be no cracks. With such an indestructible divine object, how can Da Qin Chi Dao break it?"
The First Emperor seemed to have seen that nine concrete-paved roads connected the east, west, north, and south of the Qin Dynasty.
The majestic warriors of the Qin Dynasty traveled thousands of miles in a day, and thousands of chariots rumbled at an endless speed.
There was no dust on the road, no muddy depressions, and no vegetation blocking the road.
When the war is calmed down, this Chidao will be opened to the public.
The people of Qi who enter Qin will no longer have to escape death and have to climb mountains and ridges.
Food from Han can reach the land of Yan in ten days, and the people of Yan can also taste Korean food.
Zhao's shipment originally arrived in Baiyue for less than one tenth, and it was very expensive on the road.
Traveling on the Chi Road, nine out of ten people will survive. If things are plentiful, they are cheap. Everyone in Baiyue can wear Zhao clothes and drink Zhao wine.
In ancient times, due to road problems, the fatigue of travel and the unaccustomed climate, separation in life meant not seeing each other in this life, just like farewell in death, the separation of yin and yang.
This is the origin of the word "life, separation and death" from "Chen Shu·Xu Ling Biography". Both caused the same pain to the ancients.
But with the Chidao made of concrete, there is no need to cry when we are separated from each other, because it is not difficult to meet again.
In later generations of China, there are different theories about separation in life and farewell in death.
The Great Qin Chi Dao will truly connect China together and eliminate most of the barriers across long distances.
It's been like this for ten years, it's been like this for a hundred years, it's been like this for a thousand years.
Cha~
This is the sound of Genie drawing his sword.
呲~
This is the sound of Genie's sword slashing.
Cha~
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is the sound of Gai Nie sheathing his sword.
After three soft sounds, the concrete was indestructible in the eyes of the First Emperor. He tried his best not to create a crack in the concrete, but was cut into two pieces with a "crash".
The First Emperor's laughter stopped abruptly, extremely suddenly.
He looked expressionless, like Genie who had done nothing.
"What did you do?"
"Your Majesty said this thing is indestructible, please give it a try."
"..."
Fu Zikang smacked his tongue and looked at the livid face of the First Emperor, and then looked at Ge Nie whose expression remained unchanged.
The swordsman is really powerful, but his temper and temperament are still so bad, even in front of His Majesty...
Gai Nie was in the palace of Chang'an, and was nicknamed the Swordsman.
Just like Jing Ke is nicknamed the reckless man, Li Mu is nicknamed the drunkard, and Han Fei is nicknamed the stammer.
Whether you have a nickname or not is one of the important criteria for distinguishing the strength of Chang'an Junfu.
"Fu Zikang." The First Emperor said with anger.
"I'm here," Fu Zikang calmed down and replied.
"Go ahead and tell Wang Wan, Li Si, and Meng Yi to go back to their respective mansions, and then call Zhao Gao."
"only."
Soon, Fu Zikang led Zhao Gao back.
Zhao Gao kept his head lowered along the way, but his eyes scanned slowly, not missing any clues - he wanted to know, what caused the First Emperor to laugh so loudly?
But he saw nothing except some dust and two solid gray-black plates.
"When I go to Chang'an Jun's Mansion, I have to ask Cheng Xi. Is one of the nine ministers who blatantly installed his cronies to govern Su Neishi and want to sideline me?" The First Emperor said angrily, raised his head and left.
Zhao Gaoming had just heard the First Emperor laughing happily, but when he came in, he saw the First Emperor with an angry face. When he followed the First Emperor, he glanced directly at Ge Nie.
It must have been the work of this god of plague. Fortunately, I wasn't there just now, otherwise I would have been scolded again...
Ge Nie followed the First Emperor closely without squinting his eyes.
If you want to make a surprise attack, you can make a surprise attack, no excuses...
Fu Zikang followed behind with a frown on his face.
Young Master, I didn’t say anything more. Your Majesty’s visit to the Chang’an Palace has nothing to do with me...
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