Cement cannot be wetted before use... This is still the government's interpretation of cement. But now, on such a rainy day, the government actually ordered the soldiers to remove the cement from the cement factory in Huazhou.
Load it into a rail carriage...
The camp is ready. As long as the officials don't want to blindly rescue the people of Huazhou, the rest will follow the officials! This is the idea of the accompanying ministers... Mainly the result of many times of opposition to the officials, in the end
They were all slaps in the face. Even Han Qi didn't say a word. Wasn't it just to make the soldiers a little tired? It doesn't matter, just play if you want.
To a certain extent, the fact that the New Army is carrying out official orders does give people a genuine feeling.
Soldiers in the past would also execute orders, but the efficiency and atmosphere could not be compared at all.
Such a scene and atmosphere made even the accompanying veterans a little excited.
Tens of thousands of people formed a line, one after another, loading bags of cement from Huazhou Cement Factory into the carriage...
They all forgot about the heavy rain and just carried out the order selflessly.
"Officials, there is no precedent for the imperial court to invade someone's property! Now, the owner of Huazhou Cement is controlled by the Supervisory Office, and the new army soldiers are mobilized to move their inventory. This is not appropriate to control!"
Han Qi finally figured out that the officials wanted to seize the cement.
Not only did he enter the Huazhou Cement Factory without saying hello, but he also loaded all the cement directly into the truck without the consent of the factory.
"The Huaju Dam is the only dam in Gyeonggi Province that was not purchased from Gongfangcheng cement. I asked the supervisory office to control Huazhou officials and seal up the Huazhou Cement Factory because I suspected that the Huazhou cement was of inferior quality and was used for the construction of the dam.
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"Official..."
Han Qi really didn’t know what to say. The imperial court used this name to appropriate other people’s property...
"I would like to ask all of you, if the cause of the Huazhou dam collapse was due to shoddy cement, how should the owners of the Huazhou Cement Factory and the officials of the Huazhou Yamen deal with it?"
When the dam breaks, the people of a state are devastated, and the entire Huazhou is destroyed... Is it enough to just seize and confiscate property?
"Guan Jia, this is just a guess after all..."
"Mr. Han Ge, when was the first time I let you see cement? What about the situation after solidification? It will become clear later!"
When Zhao Xi arrived at the Huazhou Cement Factory, he immediately mixed the cement with water and mud...
In fact, Zhao Xi had basically understood it when he saw Huazhou Cement.
Although today's earthen cement is not as strong as the bluestone that was made in later generations, it is much stronger than ordinary bricks.
Moreover, Zhao Xi couldn't tell the difference between the two in terms of color.
But Zhao Xi can see the earthy yellow color of the cement in Huazhou!
At this time, with cement, earthen furnaces, uncomplicated formulas, and simple techniques, firing was not a difficult task. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for those Xiang soldiers to make it.
Even so, basic raw materials are still needed. For example, bluestone and pebbles. In the Central Plains Plain, to a certain extent, both bluestone and pebbles need to be transported from other places.
At the same time, due to the sale of cement formulas and processes in Gongfang City, cement factories were almost spread across all states in the country, resulting in no longer high profits.
Zhao Xi and his ministers could not accompany the soldiers loading cement all the time, so they returned to the disaster relief headquarters.
"Zhongzheng, move up here!"
Wang Zhongzheng knew what the officials asked him to move. When he set out, he didn't understand when the officials asked him to bring a bag of cement from Gongfang City. When he arrived in Huazhou, he didn't understand when the officials asked him to mix the cement. At the same time, he didn't understand.
When blending Huazhou cement, he had some understanding; at this time, he understood it completely.
Two copper basins of cement were brought up and placed upside down in the center of the headquarters tent.
"All of you, ministers and ministers, can compare the difference between the two!"
Zhao Xi was too lazy to try and saw through it at a glance.
Everyone was confused and tried to identify it.
How to identify this thing? In fact, it is very simple. You can just stamp your feet or pound it with a weapon...
How could it be like this? Isn’t it all cement? Why does the block formed by one basin of cement remain unchanged no matter how hard I try, while the other block just breaks into pieces...
The ministers and workers looked at the officials, waiting for answers...~
"The solid and unchanged piece of this pot is made from cement from Gongfangcheng after it has solidified. The other piece is made from Huazhou cement!"
They are not fools!
"If the officials don't kill, the people will not be angry!"
"The official family, I think the owner of Huazhou Cement should be sentenced to death in front of the people of Huazhou!"
"This is the real culprit!"
"The imperial court should completely shut down Huazhou Cement to prevent such a situation from happening again."
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We all know that this kind of cement dam, which can be broken by human power alone, cannot withstand the pressure of the high-level Yellow River water. It is an accident that the Huazhou dam did not break...
"Actually, there is nothing wrong with the furnace of Huazhou Cement, the formula is OK, and the cement produced is also OK! These have been inspected by the Imperial City Department and the Supervisory Office."
"The real reason is that the Huazhou Cement Factory, because of the low profit due to the purchase of raw materials, mixed loess into the cement..."
Although Zhao Xi wasn't completely right, he had a pretty good guess.
Compared with the original rammed earth used for dam construction and straw mud used for construction, they believed that even cement mixed with loess would be stronger than those.
They don’t understand that cement is not as good as rammed earth when there are debris...
Zhao Xi has such a memory. He remembers that when mixing cement in later generations, he would pick out the messy debris...
"As for how to deal with it, I believe that the Supervisory Yamen will make them understand!"
Zhao Xi is really angry!
The official family emphasized the word "death" very seriously, and everyone knew that the official family was really going to kill him.
Although all ministers and workers know that the Huazhou Cement Factory is by no means pure, there must be some involvement from local gentry, and it is very likely that there is also involvement from local officials and courtiers whose ancestral home is in Huazhou.
So what? No one said anything at this time. They all knew the importance of personal gain or the disaster of a city.
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"I report to the officials and ministers, Xu Mo, the person in charge of Huazhou Cement, told me that the profits of Huazhou Cement from building dams, 20% and 150,000 yuan, will all be dedicated to Zhizhou Linghu Jiu..."
“10% of the profits are divided up by the judges, judges and other relevant officials!”
Fan Chunren reported it with gritted teeth. From the moment he saw the investigation report to the time he returned to the headquarters, his anger has not subsided!
Why not kill the scholar-bureaucrats! If we don’t kill such beasts, where is the prestige of the country?
It's a pity that he originally thought that all ministers would be very angry, just like he was when he heard about the discussion just now.
As a result, after the detailed report came in, the entire headquarters was actually so quiet.
"General Inspector, I ordered the Supervisory Office to cooperate with the Imperial City Department to tie up all the officials and merchants involved at the dam break site."
"Now! Remember, there must be no protection, and they must all kneel down to Huazhou City..."