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Chapter 396 The Miraculous Yuanyou Cement Appears (Part [-])

Chapter 394

The fate of the two Quanzhi Guozijian offering wine, as well as the unlucky young master craftsman Chen Wenyong who wanted to grab credit, really made Chen Anzhuo, who has always been low-key and cautious in his words and deeds, really worried about Wang Yang, this shit-stirring stick. , no one knows when he will attack again.

Walking in the palace, although Chen Andao is an important minister of the court and often goes in and out of the palace, it is just a few halls for discussion at three o'clock and one line. As for many places in the palace, it is not him A foreign minister can wander around casually.

If Wang Yang didn't renovate the toilets in the palace, I'm afraid I wouldn't have a chance to wander around these places, so I rushed to the under-construction building under the guidance of the little eunuch in the palace. In front of the hut.

However, Wang Yang, a dignified eighth-grade official, did not look official at all. He did not wear a black gauze hat on his head, and his official robes were taken off and put aside.

And he was standing under the sun in his middle coat, pointing to somewhere in the septic tank below, and reasoning with the craftsmen.

"In a word, two more bricks must be placed in this position. Since the design is designed like this on the design drawing, then you must follow the design drawing."

"But in that case, half an extra tile will be wasted... The little ones just want to save a little bit." The head craftsman explained helplessly.

"I know your good intentions, but the problem is that if the position is too high, it will not have the effect of purification and decomposition..." Wang Yang gestured there without any airs, while talking patiently to the craftsman Chiefs discuss.It wasn't until he convinced the other party that he climbed up the wooden ladder.

But he really didn't expect that Chen Andao would appear here.After Wang Yang jumped up, he saluted Chen Andao who was walking slowly. "Master Chen, why are you here? It's such a hot day..."

"It doesn't have to be like this. On such a hot day, the supervisor of your majestic school office has worked so hard to share the joys and sorrows with these craftsmen. Why can't I come and have a look." Chen Andao looked at Wang Yang with a smile.

I didn't expect this guy to be so aggressive in the court, but when facing these humble craftsmen and officials, he seemed very friendly.

"Haha, I'm making you laugh. But Mr. Chen, you came here in person, so you didn't just come here to see it?" Wang Yang laughed, a little confused about the purpose of this future master craftsman.

"You're not wrong. The old man is indeed a little curious. I accidentally asked about the progress of your project today, but I heard that you have a new adhesive now, and you don't need to use glutinous rice juice. This is really disappointing. I'm quite curious...so I came over here today to see what's new."

"Oh, you came to see the effect of Yuanyou cement, right?" Wang Yang suddenly nodded, raised his finger and pointed to the dozens of dusty oil paper bags placed there. "Those are the adhesives newly invented by Xiaguan: Yuanyou Cement."

Chen Andao stepped forward and looked at those dusty oil paper bags, which were covered with a layer of iron gray fine dust. "The old man really can't see these things, but it feels a bit like the kind of dust that appears after a stonemason beats and crushes..."

"Boss, these are fired with limestone as the main ingredient, and its effect is not inferior to that of glutinous rice juice, and it is even better... Boss, if you don't believe it, please follow me to have a look , you will know." Wang Yang led the way.

Chen Andao followed Wang Yang's footsteps and came to a toilet that had been renovated before. Looking at this brand new, clean and tidy toilet, there was a piece of edge with a radius of about five feet on the ground. An iron-gray open space that is as neat as a stone.

"This is..." Chen Andao saw Wang Yang who was smiling when he stood there, his eyes fell on the open space under Wang Yang's feet, and he stepped on it, as if stepping on that hard stone slab Above, there is no soft feeling of mud.

"This is the ground formed after the cement has hardened. Although its strength is not as strong as granite, it is not too bad..."

"And you see, the fillers for these wall joints are made by mixing cement and fine sand with water..."

Looking at this clean and flat ground, which was as clean as a huge stone slab, Chen Andao even stamped his feet hard, causing a faint pain in the soles of his feet, but he could not feel the free space under his feet at all. The flat ground made of cement and fine sand showed signs of cracking.

"Old man, I heard that the Yuanyou cement you invented seems to be very cheap to make. You can get two thousand catties of Yuanyou cement for a stone of glutinous rice?"

"Not bad." Wang Yang nodded and explained. "Although this cement is also made by firing, it is fired centrally. In addition to the mining cost of limestone, there are only transportation costs and the cost of mechanical wear required for grinding. In addition, each The total price of fuel for a thousand kilograms of cement is equivalent to that of a stone of glutinous rice."

"However, when it is used, every two catties of cement and one catty of glutinous rice can have the same bonding effect, that is, one catty of glutinous rice mixed with ten catties of water can be boiled for an hour and a half. Adhesive effect, two catties of cement is enough."

"As for the effect, you have already seen it, and I believe you have already felt its hardness..."

"You mean to say that two thousand catties of cement can bind a thousand catties of glutinous rice, but their cost is only equivalent to one stone of glutinous rice..."

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, a stone of rice cost only between [-] and [-] wen. During the reign of Renzong, the price was between [-] and [-] wen. In this dynasty, a stone of rice cost about [-] yuan. Money around.

As for glutinous rice, because it is not only used in food, but also in construction, the demand for glutinous rice has not been small, not only for wine making, but also for some food, and more importantly, the construction industry Also very much needed.

That's why in ancient China, except for a few city walls and necessary buildings that were constructed of bricks and stones, most of them were constructed entirely of wood?
One of the biggest reasons is that there is a lack of good and cheap adhesives.After all, the main function of glutinous rice is to eat it.

However, because of its stickiness, sometimes it has to be used as an adhesive for construction, and even for books, calligraphy and paintings, window paper and so on.

Even building tombs required a large amount of glutinous rice. For example, the tomb of Emperor Shenzong was supervised by Master Craftsman Chen.

That is, glutinous rice is mixed with lime and neem leaves are added. After being pounded, the tomb is wrapped layer by layer around the tomb and the coffin. The top is especially thickened so that the tomb can be insulated from air, impermeable to water, and does not crack.

Its hardness is very hard. In addition, like the palace city wall of the Song Dynasty's imperial palace, of course it is not made of yellow mud, but is wrapped with a layer of bricks and stones. Between the bricks and stones, it is The porridge used is mixed with lime to imprison it.

But in this way, its cost is astonishingly high.But now, the Yuanyou cement that Wang Yang made out of it really made Chen Andao almost speechless.

(End of this chapter)