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Chapter 399 It's Not Bricks, It's Not Stones, It's Cobblestones (Part Three)
Chapter 397

After a short time, Zhao Xu, accompanied by Wang Yang, arrived outside the Yuehua Gate, and saw ten bullock carts parked there, unloading stones.

But soon, Zhao Xu's face darkened. "Xu Degong! Is this the stone you bought?"

"Your Majesty, these are indeed the stones that the old slave personally sent competent people to buy. Each piece is extremely hard, and there is no mud or soil mixed with it..." Xu Degong really didn't think of Zhao Xu, a young man. The Son of Heaven will come too.

But even if Zhao Xu came over, he was really not afraid. Anyway, Wang Yang didn't say clearly what kind of stones he needed at that time, so he specially told his confidant to buy ten carts of cobblestones.

You're all these fucking round smooth pebbles, the kind of stones you can't build a wall with, that's definitely a typical violation.

"Bold, it's unreasonable for you to use such despicable means." Zhao Xu's face darkened, and he pointed like a sword, pointing at Xu Degong and said angrily.

"Officials, please calm down. All the stones that this old slave bought are hard stones... Please give me a warning." Xu Degong quickly knelt on the ground and sounded very trembling, but he kept saying that these were all hard stones. It really made Zhao Xu's lungs almost explode.

Wang Yang looked at the ten carts of cobblestones coldly, and felt a deep pain in his heart. He never thought that Xu Degong, a shameless old man, would come up with such a trick.

However, what he did was just to increase the difficulty. Wang Yang already had an idea to solve this problem in a flash.

"Please calm down your majesty. In fact, although the stones purchased by Eunuch Xu are too round, they are still useful. However, I have a request that I hope your majesty will grant."

"You said..." Zhao Xu stared at Xu Degong panting like a cow. If it wasn't for the sake of the emperor's grandmother, he really wanted to send the imperial army over to beat this old chrysanthemum to death.

"Wei Chen needs some planks and bamboo baskets..."

"I'm sure, um, come here, hurry up and inform the general supervisor. These things will be purchased by the general supervisor. But these stones..."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint you." Wang Yang nodded deeply towards Zhao Xu and said solemnly.

Zhao Xu looked at Wang Yang with a worried face, saw his confident face, thought of the countless surprises that Wang Yang had brought him in the past, in his dictionary, it seemed that he would never be destined for failure.

Thinking about this, Zhao Xu let out a sigh of relief, and patted Wang Yang's broad and strong shoulder.

"Okay! I trust you, come here, send me a team of forbidden troops, and station here again, except for the people from the right school office, and others, if anyone dares to approach this place, expel them, if you don't listen, kill them!"

"Then, that old slave, I'll resign first..." Xu Degong said with some uneasiness. Although he got Wang Yang, he was only a slave after all, so he didn't dare to show any disrespect in front of Zhao Xu.

"Get out!" Zhao Xu shouted sharply after his eyes fell on him.Seeing this guy leave in a hurry, Zhao Xu turned his head and asked Wang Yang in a low voice.

"Do you want me to ask someone to buy some more stones for you?"

"Your Majesty's kindness, I appreciate it, but I feel that it is more convincing to use such seemingly impossible ingredients to achieve success. I believe that by then, some unscrupulous ministers and His Majesty will be able to succeed." People are in a bad mood." Wang Yang said pointedly.

After Zhao Xu thought about it, he couldn't help but smile. "Forget it, since I said I believe in you, I naturally believe in your ability. If there is anything, just come to find me. Ma Shang, you will follow Wang Qing and assist Wang Qing these two days, understand? ?”

"Don't worry about the officials, save it for the slaves." Ma Shang could only roll his eyes helplessly, looking at those round pebbles, he was also really curious, and really didn't quite understand why Wang Yang was so sure that he would definitely success.

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When Wang Yang brought over the craftsmen who were remodeling the toilet, everyone looked at the pile of cobblestones with confused expressions on their faces.

How do you do this?These are cobblestones, not square bricks. Brother, are you fucking kidding us?

Seeing these artisans with dog-like expressions, Wang Yang smiled confidently. "You don't need to be like this. Come on, let's dig a hole first. After the wooden boards and bamboo baskets arrive, you will know how to build it."

What about pebbles?Not to mention building city walls, even Wang Yang has seen it used to build dams. In this era, it doesn’t matter if there is no steel reinforcement. I remember my relative who claimed to be a cement expert once said that when little Japan was in the land of China Build a bunker on top.

What should we do if there are not so many steel bars?Bamboo is used, even if these cobblestones cannot be laid directly, but as long as there is a tough bamboo basket, it will not only help the cobblestones to be solidified by cement in the bamboo basket, but more importantly, the bamboo basket can also increase the strength of the cement wall. Tenacity.

After digging out a foundation about three feet wide, two feet long, and half a foot deep, a large amount of bamboo baskets, cement, sandstone, limestone, and wooden planks have also been transported here.

First, fix the wooden boards around the periphery of the foundation, then put the pebbles into the bamboo basket, and then pour the mixed cement mortar into it. Because of the wooden board baffles, the excess cement mortar can only be saved. Within range.

From noon onwards, everyone was busy under Wang Yang's command. Even after lunch, they were messed up and continued to work overtime.

By the time the lanterns first came on at dusk, a cobblestone wall about three feet wide and three feet long, tightly wrapped in wooden boards, was completed.

Even if there were guards from the imperial guards, Wang Yang was still not at ease, and left a few clever craftsmen to guard the construction site, and then left with a large group of people.

After Ma Shang sent Wang Yang and the others out of the palace, he rushed back to where the emperor was, and told Zhao Xu what Wang Yang and the craftsmen had done.

Zhao Xu heard that Wang Yang used bamboo baskets to put those cobblestones into the baskets and then poured the mortar mixed with Yuanyou cement, so he couldn't help but slapped his thigh. "Wang Wushan is really powerful, he can think of such a simple way to deal with the embarrassment of that old eunuch Xu Degong, good!"

"In addition, Mr. Wang also said that today is considered to be completely completed. We only need to wait two more days. That wall will definitely be as strong as a rock." Seeing that Zhao Xu was in a good mood, Ma Shang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Forget it, then I will wait another two days with peace of mind. By the way, remember to tell those forbidden soldiers to keep a close watch day and night, and no one is allowed to make trouble there. It will ruin the important matter between me and Mr. Wu Shan."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will take care of it right now..."

On the third day, after the early court meeting, dozens of civil and military officials of the court, as well as the young emperor Zhao Xu, the empress dowager Gao Taotao, and of course Wang Yang, the protagonist who invented Yuanyou cement, all stood up. Outside the Moonlight Gate.

(End of this chapter)