"Before that, let me take you to see something first."

Wang Fugui did not continue to talk about the procurement as everyone expected, but instead took the lead and led everyone to the yard.

Hum, I'll let you know later who is begging whom?

Although Ashina was unhappy, she still followed everyone's steps to the courtyard.

"Can you see the difference between these stone slabs?"

Wang Fugui pointed to several stone slabs and pillars of different sizes made of concrete in the courtyard and asked a question.

"I don't think I've ever seen this stone before. It's not granite or marble. I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge, but I've never seen it before."

A businessman walked around the stone slab, bent down and struck it with his hand, but failed to recognize it.

"Shopkeeper Wang, does this stone need to be used in the construction of the new palace? Didn't the previous palaces all use granite?"

Ashina felt that today's situation seemed to be a little different from what she expected, so she frowned and asked.

"Yes, well, the paths in my yard are paved with granite, but what I want to tell you today is concrete."

As Wang Fugui spoke, he motioned to the servants next to him to start demonstrating how the concrete was made.

Sand is the most common river sand, everyone can see it at a glance.

Some of the gravel is pebbles, and some is ordinary rough stone. In short, they are all common things.

The only thing that made everyone a little confused was that after the servants poured a pile of sand and gravel together, they poured a bucket of ash-like stuff into it, which looked a bit like wood ash, but also a bit different.

Then someone continued to add water and stir.

In just one cup of tea, the servants of the Wang family began to use shovels to put the stirred things into the wooden shelf nearby.

"This is how the slate in front of you came from. In about half an hour, the pile of things in front of you will turn into a hard slate. Our prince calls this kind of slate concrete."

"Concrete? Just ordinary sand and gravel mixed together can turn into hard slate?"

"Could it be that the new palace will use a lot of concrete?"

"According to what you said, are the original granite strips no longer needed?"

"Shopkeeper Wang, it seems to me that this pillar is also made of concrete. Could it be that even the giant wooden pillars used in the construction of the new palace were made of concrete?"

"No wonder I see horse-drawn carriages constantly transporting gravel and sand into the construction site of the new palace. On the contrary, I have never seen horse-drawn carriages transporting huge rocks and huge trees."

"I just saw that the concrete is very simple to make. Except for the gray thing that I don't recognize, there is nothing special about it. May I ask Shopkeeper Wang what the gray thing is?"

After Wang Fugui finished speaking, the current businessmen were buzzing with questions.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to what I have to say."

Wang Fugui is very satisfied with everyone's feedback.

However, Guo Yang and Deng Feng on the side looked pale.

Can the palace pillars be made of concrete instead of giant wood?

What should I do if I have hoarded so many giant trees?

Who to sell to?

Ashina's reaction was no better than Guo Yang's.

Doesn’t granite strips need to be used in the construction of the new palace?

how so?

This is not common sense.

It's over, I'm done!

Have you ever been in conflict with the Prince of Chu's Mansion in your life?

At first, I just led people to destroy a treasure pavilion, which was a big disaster.

I finally lived a good life in the past two years, but as a result...

What should I do?

"The Shibo Governor's Office will purchase a large amount of gravel, sand, cement, wooden barrels and other materials from Chang'an. As long as everyone transports these materials to the gate of the new palace construction site, we will buy as much as we can and the price will be favorable."

Although the various workshops in the Chu Palace are constantly expanding their production, they mainly produce glass and other high-tech products.

Li Kuan hopes to buy gravel and sand from the market.

Wang Fugui had already bought a lot before, and the palace itself was also preparing.

However, Yan Wenwen recently felt that according to this progress, the entire city wall of the new palace can be built first, and some key internal roads can also be poured out first, so that when it is delivered for use, some places will not appear broken.

Tattered.

When Li Kuan heard this, he thought it made sense.

So Wang Fugui got busy.

"Shopkeeper Wang, is that gray thing just now the cement you mentioned?"

There are savvy businessmen who have keenly realized that the key to concrete is cement.

Whether it's gravel or sand, these things don't have a big threshold, and the profit is not very high, but the competition is very fierce.

On the contrary, it is cement. I have never heard of it before. I don’t know what Wang Fugui has planned today. I always feel that there seems to be some opportunity in it.

"Good question from the shopkeeper! The key to this concrete lies in two points. The core of which is cement, which is the gray powder just poured in. As for the second point, it is nothing more than sand, gravel, cement and water.

The ratio, you can understand it once you talk about it.”

Whether it's sand or gravel, Wang Fugui can always find someone to buy it from the market whenever he needs it.

Cement is what Wang Fugui wants to focus on today.

"This cement looks magical, but in fact it is not difficult to make. It is not difficult for any workshop that has fired ceramics to make cement. And everyone has also seen the use of this cement. In the future, whether it is building a building

They are all very good materials for paving roads, and after the new palace is built, everyone will be able to see its power. Today, when we gather everyone, the key thing to talk about is cement."

"Manager Wang, could it be that the Municipal Governor's Office is planning to purchase cement from us? But we have only seen cement for the first time today and we don't know how to make it."

"Yes, we want to provide cement for the construction of the new palace, but we don't know how to make it."

The businessmen present had very vicious eyes.

Naturally, we can see that cement has unlimited potential for money.

If your own workshop could produce cement, then making a fortune every day would not be a dream, right?

"Everyone, be quiet!" Wang Fugui pressed his hands, "You don't know how to make cement yet, so of course I know this. I called you here today, and what I want to talk about is how to make everyone learn to make cement."

"Ah? Shopkeeper Wang is willing to teach us how to make cement?"

"What's the price?"

"Yes, how much money do we need to contribute?"

Except for Ashina, Guo Yang, and Deng Feng who were lost, all the other businessmen were staring at Wang Fugui with their eyes open.

"Everyone must have heard about the changes in the papermaking workshop and printing workshop in Chang'an City in the past two years, right? Our cement craftsmanship teaching will use the same method as them. As long as everyone agrees to sell cement and pay half of the fee,

Starting tomorrow, you can send guys to be apprentices in the cement workshop of Prince Chu's Mansion."

Wang Fugui showed a smile that met social expectations.
Chapter completed!