The system forced me to be emperor

Cement is the adhesive. In the mainland of China, lime was first used for smearing, and then grass mixed with yellow mud was used to build walls, and it was also used to line wall bricks on earth walls, until today's lime.

The method of using lime is to mix lime and water to make lime slurry, and then use the slurry to build stones, brick walls and masonry arches and to paint the walls. Most of the current multi-storey pavilions or cities are in this way. .

However, using lime as a binder has certain disadvantages, such as large dosage, poor effect, and relatively high cost. If cement with better effect can be produced through deep processing, wouldn’t it be beneficial to the construction of houses.

Lime is made of products with high calcium carbonate content such as limestone, dolomite, chalk, and shells, which are calcined at 900-1100°C. Now craftsmen in mainland China are proficient in this calcination process.However, Xiao Rui vaguely remembers that Portland cement with better effect uses limestone and clay as the main raw materials. After crushing, batching, and grinding to make raw meal, it is then fed into the cement kiln to calcinate the clinker, and then the clinker It is made by adding an appropriate amount of gypsum and grinding. The production process is a little more complicated than burning lime, but once it is found out, the output can be much larger than that of lime.

Once the cement is in circulation, it will not only benefit the people, but also road construction and city building are major events that benefit the country and the people.

Xiao Rui only remembers the general process, and the specific process depends on the groping of these craftsmen.Now the scale of Huben Pavilion is getting bigger and bigger, and there will be more than a thousand craftsmen soon. The salary of Huben Pavilion is too rich. If you become a master of skills, you can even work in Zhan Shifu, and you will eventually have an official position.

Therefore, countless highly skilled craftsmen came to vote, coupled with the recruitment of talents in the recruitment hall, so the number of craftsmen is still increasing, and until now, the fields involved by these craftsmen have begun to be comprehensive, no longer limited to the original papermaking, engraving and Alchemy, now including agriculture, casting, smelting, shipbuilding, etc., is in full bloom.

Not far from Huben Pavilion, a college covering an area of ​​140 mu is being built!

Before Xiao Rui went to Zhao State, he had a whim, if he could set up a college to train oriented talents, would there be any surprises in the future?

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. The college is a great cause, not focusing on the present, but focusing on the future!

After the establishment of this junior college, the excellent craftsmen of Huben Pavilion can serve as teachers, and set up research projects to fund their research and development. Xiao Rui always believes that as long as they are given a starting point, they will help Xiao Rui move the earth!

Xiao Rui dare not hope to enter the industrial age, but can we expect the steam age in the future?In Xiao Rui's lifetime, he really wants to see that the people in the capital of Dazhao can use steam engines and know what electric lights are!

To unify China is to be one emperor through the ages?

Xiao Rui's ambition is even bigger.

but…

When Jia Xu took out the bills of Huben Pavilion, he heard that Zhan Shifu only had 40 million taels of silver left. It's really stretched.

During this period of time, Zhan Shifu spent a lot of money, one was the cost of Huben Pavilion, and the other was Xiao He’s purchase of land, which spent all the silver accumulated by Xiao Rui in the past few years, and even those few boxes of gold were exchanged for silver. , This does not include the support of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce. If the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce did not support it with money, Xiao Rui's little money would have been spent long ago.

Jia Xu laughed and said, "Your Highness, you haven't seen Xiao He now. After seeing him, the first thing he will do is ask you for money!"

Yes, I want money!

In the spring of next year, Zhan Shifu will purchase the corn and potatoes grown by the people in Gyeonggi, and will also give them subsidies. Although these corn and potatoes can be exchanged for money later, Zhan Shifu has to buy them first. Man, that lost the face of the prince Xiao Rui!

Before Xiao Rui left, he said to Xiao He: Money is not a problem, money is a trivial matter, there is no gain if you don’t give up!Don't worry, I will get you money if you don't have money!

This sentence gave Xiao He motivation, so the promotion of corn and potatoes was in full swing, but now Xiao Rui is suffering.

Xiao Rui couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows, and couldn't help complaining.

Of course it's not to blame Xiao He, Xiao He has done a very good job, what's wrong with spending some money, what's wrong!Money is a bastard, we are making money when we spend it!

What Xiao Rui complained about was his father. Tell me, Shen Wansan went through hardships and drifted in the sea. He finally made millions of taels, and his father took half of it in an empty glove White Wolf!

In addition, the money from those corrupt officials who he inspected the state capital before and stole it all flowed into his internal money, who knows how much his internal money is!

Although we are now fighting against Zhao and Qi, the expenses are all paid by the treasury. To put it bluntly, the treasury belongs to the Ministry of Households, not your majesty. Only a little money is squeezed out of the internal funds.

Besides, although wars cost money, but after occupying so many territories and looting so much money, will the treasury be short of money?There are also many treasures that were dedicated to His Majesty, and entered into his inner money!

So it is said that making war fortunes will lead to sudden wealth, and it is true!Now Daxia's treasury and His Majesty's internal funds are absolutely full.

Xiao Rui felt sorry for himself, he looked in his pocket, there was nothing left.

It made him very tasty.

"Aren't I the emperor yet, should I pay the money?" Xiao Rui questioned his soul.

Zhang Liang, Guo Jia, and Jia Xu looked at each other.

Zhang Liang asked him: "Your Highness, can you get money from His Majesty?"

Can you get money from His Majesty?

Got money from His Majesty?

Got money?

money?

……

Xiao Rui restrained his voice and said: "He is the emperor of Daxia, and even the father of this palace. If he doesn't pay, whoever pays! You can't keep cheating on your son. Now the promotion of potatoes and corn, the manufacture of gunpowder, the specialty The construction of the academy, the recruitment hall, the operation of the Huben Pavilion, and the maritime trade, all of them are for my benefit, and they are all for your majesty! So you must ask your majesty to pay for it, and you will get it if you don’t pay!"

Xiao Rui made up his mind.

Zhang Liang and the others didn't want to hurt Xiao Rui's self-confidence, so they could only silently wish him a successful start and get the money.Just one sentence: Come on, Ollie!

Since Xiao Rui was going to ask for silver, he naturally couldn't go empty-handed. He asked Jia Xu to sort out the bills, and said that since he became the prince, the amount of silver spent for the prosperity of the Great Xia was as much as 1000 and two million taels. One-tenth of the national treasury revenue for the whole summer!

Can so much silver be piled up into a silver mountain?

Chapter 519: So, you want me to abdicate?

Xiao Rui took the ledger and started the difficult process of asking for salary.

In the carriage back to the palace, there was a letter in Xiao Rui's hand, which was left for Xiao Rui when Qi Guohui Concubine Yuan Yuan left.

Qi Huang finally exchanged Yuan Yuan with more than 2000 Daxia captives.This transaction is very suitable for Xiao Rui, but it is a bit regrettable.

I am really a gentleman!

Outsiders all slandered him because he snatched Concubine Hui because of her beauty, but he didn't do anything!

It is rare in the world to be as calm as myself!

As for the reason for the regret... Nima, I was wronged for nothing, and only myself and Yuan Yuan knew about the reputation of being undisturbed. If I had known today, hey...

When I opened the letter, there was a beautiful handwriting on the letter paper, and I saw that it said:

"When I write tonight, the wind is waning and the moon is waning, I wish you peace.

This farewell, I'm afraid it will be hard to see in this life.Although I was captured by the king, I am also grateful for the experience along the way.

Leave this letter to say goodbye, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, I hope you don't read it. "

Just a few short sentences, full of free and easy, but the delicate handwriting was a little messy at the end, and the pen and ink seemed to be wetted by water droplets and spread out.

"Could it be saliva?" Xiao Rui joked. Although he had other thoughts in his mind, he just thought it was unlikely.The two of them haven't been together for a long time. She is the prince of Daxia and she is the concubine of Qi. What kind of intersection can there be?

Although Xiao Rui is very handsome.

Fold the letter and put it away. To him, this charming concubine of Qi is just a passerby.