nownovels Chapter 717: Hired Road Construction In Full Swing [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe In Full]
Chapter 717: Hired Road Construction In Full Swing [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe In Full]
Fengyang Prefecture, Fengyang County, as Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, Zhu Yuanzhang would often prefer it with certain resources.
For example, according to the plan, generally only states, or administrative regions above the state level, are eligible to establish a state-owned cement production enterprise.
However, Fengyang County is also qualified to establish a state-owned cement production enterprise as a county-level county.
At this moment, in the Fengyang Cement Production Factory of the Ming Dynasty, the magistrate of Fengyang and a group of subordinate officials were watching the craftsmen nervously, fearing that there would be even the slightest mistake in the production of concrete and cement.
However, it turned out that the concrete and cement production formula issued to them by the imperial court was still fine.
As long as you know the relevant raw materials and master the proportions, concrete cement can be produced smoothly in all likelihood.
After the concrete cement was produced, the craftsmen directly mixed the concrete cement with mud, sand, and fine stones without any hesitation.
Then it was poured on a leveled open space under the sun outside.
After that, the magistrate of Fengyang County, a group of subordinate officials, and a group of craftsmen stared closely at the concrete cement spread on the open space, and from time to time they took a branch to poke it.
Feel the changes in concrete cement.
Half an hour passed, an hour passed, two hours passed...
The concrete cement spread on the open space is also in front of everyone, and with the sunlight, it slowly dries, solidifies, and hardens.
The magistrate of Fengyang County, a group of subordinate officials, and a group of craftsmen also watched from the morning until the afternoon. After seeing that the concrete cement previously laid on the open space had completely solidified and hardened, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. .
After a while, a craftsman hesitated and said:
"Looking like this, it should be considered a success, right?!!"
After hearing this, Magistrate Fengyang immediately took out the "Concrete Cement Production and Use Instructions" issued to him by the imperial court, turned directly to the section on the use and acceptance of concrete cement, looked at it carefully and said:
"Go push a big cart, and then put something weighing 500 kilograms on top of the cart and press it to see if there will be any cracks or anything!!!"
After hearing the magistrate's order, there were several craftsmen and subordinates, either pushing large carts onto the concrete road, or carrying large bags weighing dozens of kilograms and throwing them onto the large carts.
Immediately, the magistrate of Fengyang County and a group of craftsmen and subordinate officials stared closely at the concrete road under the wheels of the cart.
However, even if there were three to five hundred kilograms of things piled on top of the big cart, the concrete pavement below was so tight that there was only a mark made by the wheels.
Immediately, the magistrate of Fengyang and a group of craftsmen and subordinates walked to the poured concrete road together, jumping and jumping, and even pushed a cart weighing hundreds of kilograms back and forth on the concrete road. run.
Apart from leaving a series of marks on the concrete road that had just been poured, there were still no cracks or the like.
After the test, his forehead was sweating and he was out of breath. The magistrate of Fengyang stopped and looked at the concrete road in front of him with surprise, and said in shock:
“It’s exactly what the instructions said, from watering to solidification, it only takes a short day!!!”
"I know why the imperial court dared to issue an official document saying that all roads in the world will be rebuilt within two years!!!"
"With concrete and cement in hand, it is not unrealistic to rebuild all the roads in the world within two years!!!"
"The Saint of Science, Ban Heng, is truly worthy of the title of Saint. He can invent and create such divine objects!!!"
After confirming the efficacy of concrete cement, Fengyang County Magistrate immediately thought of more ways to use concrete cement.
Of course, there is no need for him to think about it. There are other ways to use concrete cement in the "Concrete Cement Production and Use Instructions".
For example, adding corresponding steel bars and then pouring concrete cement can make the reinforced concrete cement stronger and can be used for the construction of city walls, water storage reservoirs, and even houses, etc.
It can be said that the emergence of concrete and cement was definitely an earth-shaking reform for Ming Dynasty architecture!
After resting for a while, Magistrate Fengyang looked at the basically unchanged concrete road, but he became more interested [wanting to see if it really had nothing to do with the wind, sun and rain] loss.
"Go and bring a few buckets of water to me. I'll give it a try!!!"
On the contrary, as soon as Magistrate Fengyang spoke his words, the craftsmen on the side began to persuade:
"No, sir, this concrete cement road has just been poured and has only been exposed to the sun for a day. Now only the outer layer of concrete and cement has solidified, and the inner layer of concrete and cement has not yet completely solidified!!!"
"Even if you want to test by rinsing with water, you have to wait a few more days and wait for a few more days before you can do the rinsing with water test!!!"
"This is mentioned in the "Concrete Cement Production and Use Instructions"!!!"
The magistrate of Fengyang thought for a while and found that this was indeed mentioned in the instructions, so he couldn't help but give up the idea of water flushing test for the time being.
But then the magistrate of Fengyang County came up with another idea:
"Give me a heavy hammer and let me try to hit it!!!"
There is no problem with this. A group of subordinates and craftsmen also want to see how strong the concrete road is.
Soon, a craftsman brought a big hammer to Fengyang Magistrate. Fengyang Magistrate spit in his hand, then picked up the big hammer and smashed it on the concrete pavement.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After banging it hard seven or eight times, almost twisting his waist, the magistrate of Fengyang put down the sledgehammer out of breath, looking at the concrete road that had not changed much, and couldn't help but feel With a look of shock on his face he said:
"It's so hard?!"
Immediately, Fengyang County Magistrate looked at the other subordinate officials and craftsmen and said:
"Come and try!!!"
Everyone who received the order from Fengyang Magistrate also picked up the big hammer and started hammering without politeness.
Compared to the magistrate of Fengyang, who was a weak scholar, the craftsmen and subordinate officials were much more powerful.
In addition, they can also take over each other. When one gets tired, the other will take over.
So in this case, after two or three quarters of an hour, cracks finally appeared on the poured concrete pavement, and it further broke apart [revealing the concrete cement in the center that has not yet completely solidified.
Looking at the cracked concrete road, no one, whether it is Fengyang County magistrate, craftsmen or subordinate officials, would think that the quality of the concrete road is not good.
After all, the concrete cement in the middle that has not yet completely solidified has already shown that the current state is not the strongest time for the concrete cement road.
If you wait for three to five days after pouring the concrete cement road, the solidity of the concrete cement road will be even higher.
If steel bars are added as a skeleton, it is basically impossible to destroy something made of reinforced concrete and cement by just relying on manpower.
After thoroughly verifying the concrete and cement production and production formula issued by the imperial court, Fengyang County Magistrate did not hesitate at all and looked at the ten workers:
"From now on, all craftsmen who know how to produce concrete and cement will work together as a team!!!"
"Later, I will hire thousands of ordinary people to join the Fengyang Cement Production Factory to work for you and be responsible for assisting you in the production of concrete and cement!!!"
"You can produce as much concrete and cement for me as you have raw materials!!!"
"We must produce the largest amount of concrete cement as possible in the shortest time!!!"
All the craftsmen bowed and responded:
"Yes, sir!!!"
Then the Fengyang County Magistrate's eyes moved to the clerks and said:
"Now that the summer harvest has just passed, most people are in the off-season, which is a good time to build concrete roads!!!"
"Immediately post recruitment notices and publicity in the county, township, town, and even in each village!!!"
"The court wants to hire people to build concrete roads between counties and between counties and states. No matter men, women, old or young, everyone can come to work!!! "
"More work, more pay, pay according to quantity, all wages are paid daily!!!"
"No need to leave home, work at the gate of our county!!!"
"One more thing, you can come and go freely, the court will not force them to work, come if you want, and don't want to come if you don't want, it doesn't matter, at most you won't earn the current wages!!!"
"Do you understand?!!"
All the clerks nodded, and said:
"Understood, sir!!!"
After giving a simple order, the Fengyang County Magistrate immediately walked quickly to his yamen.
After verifying the true efficacy of the concrete cement formula, the next step is to vigorously build concrete cement roads.
Compared to other county magistrates who need to wait for the upper state government to allocate concrete cement, their Fengyang County now has its own independent cement production plant.
This means that as long as the cement production plant of their Fengyang County cement production plant produces cement quickly and produces enough.
Then their Fengyang County may be the first in the country to build concrete cement roads between counties and between counties and states.
What does this mean to him?!!
It means rewards and political achievements!!!
In order to urge local officials and speed up the construction of concrete roads, the court has set up generous financial rewards.
Of course, as an official of the court, money or no money, ahem, that is not very important.
What is more important is the political achievement of being the first in the country to complete the construction of concrete roads between counties and between counties and states!!!
With this political achievement, when his three-year term as the county magistrate of Fengyang County is over, coupled with the previous merits and qualifications, he is likely to be promoted a big step up, breaking the boundary between the county magistrate and the prefectural magistrate, and becoming the prefectural magistrate of a state!!!
The prefectural magistrate of a state is a fifth-rank official!
This is much higher than the status of the seventh-rank county magistrate!!
In the center of the court, he is also qualified to attend the court and enter the palace!!!
Of course, in addition to the county magistrate of Fengyang, he has such an idea.
Other provincial, prefectural, and state officials have the same idea after verifying the efficacy of the concrete cement formula.
One after another, concrete cement production plants and enterprises affiliated with the Ministry of Revenue in various provinces, prefectures, and states sprang up.
At the same time, the clerks of various county magistrates also went down to the townships, towns, and villages and began to hire common people to build roads.
At first, the people of the Ming Dynasty thought that the court was forcibly conscripting them for corvée labor again.
However, after the clerks explained again and again, the people of the Ming Dynasty finally understood that the court was not forcibly conscripting them for corvée labor, but
was going to pay them to work.
Not to let them work in vain!!!
The court will give them money!!!
Even with the employment certificates issued by the government, they can also take these employment certificates to the [supply and marketing cooperatives] opened by the court to buy salt and salted fish and meat at half price!!!
Although all the people felt that this sounded like they were being deceived.
But it must be said that they were indeed tempted by the coaxing.
Even some people who were in urgent need of money chose to participate in the court's employment.
Or help level the road, or help mix and pour concrete cement, or help transport the raw materials needed to produce concrete cement... After a day of hard work, the people of the court really kept their promise and paid them the corresponding wages on the same day. Although the money was not much, they were indeed paid and did not let them work for nothing. They even relied on the employment certificate issued by the court on the same day to buy salt and salted fish at half price in the supply and marketing cooperative. After that, without any hesitation, all the people who got the wages or bought salt and salted fish at half price. The next day, they called all the men, women, and children in their families to accept the court's employment and help with the work. Because they had heard the people who bought salt and salted fish in the supply and marketing cooperative say that because the road was temporarily blocked, the amount of sea salt and salted fish that the court could transport and distribute at one time was limited. First come first served, after they were sold out, they had to wait for the court's next distribution and transportation to deliver the goods before they could have the opportunity to buy sea salt and salted fish at half price again. Under such circumstances, "all the people want to be the first to buy half-price sea salt and salted fish as soon as possible. Otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, who knows when you will get such cheap sea salt and salted fish next time. And this news was not "hidden" for a long time, and it can even be said that the court deliberately released it to the people. Immediately, the enthusiasm of 60 million Ming people was mobilized, and almost all the people who met the court's employment requirements participated in the court's employment. Under such circumstances, one ton, ten tons, one hundred tons, one thousand tons... of concrete cement were produced rapidly in a steady stream. Out.
The roadbeds of concrete roads were leveled one after another, and then poured with thick concrete cement, and then dried, solidified, and formed.
If someone could look down from the sky, they could see the provinces, prefectures, states, and counties of the Ming Dynasty as pivotal hubs.
Concrete roads began to extend outward, and were linked to each other, and finally formed a concrete road transportation hub network throughout the Ming Dynasty!
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