Bai Minghe didn't care about the exam, which did not mean that he was just idle.
At this time, the white-known crane was in Shangyuan County, Nanjing.
Headed by the Minister of Works, Shangyuan County and several surrounding county magistrates followed. In front of them was a rocky mountain, with a fire burning in a kiln, and lime was burning there. There were about 20,000 people busy here.
The white-famous crane was biting a cigar and wearing a marten coat standing in the shed, her eyes closed, not knowing what she was thinking.
Four blue-eyed and golden-headed men muttered on a stone slab.
"Is it so troublesome?" Fan Liang stood up beside Bai Minghe and shouted at a man who knew Chinese: "I said, "Old Gilson, don't you just want to calculate how hard this thing is? Let me do it."
"You don't understand, this is science. Lord Bai understands it!" The middle-aged man named Kinelsen said calmly to Fan Liang.
Bai Minghe still had his eyes closed. He was anxious, but it didn't mean he was anxious. Roman cement is Roman cement, which was burned with feldspar and gypsum, and mixed with aluminum and vanadium bauxite was another kind of cement. Can this thing be used? Bai Minghe wants a very positive answer.
Fan Liang pulled Kinelson away, waved his fist and punched the stone slab.
Hiss... Fan Liang took a breath of cold air. This thing was almost the same as an ordinary stone strip, and it was definitely harder than a brick. If the red brick had his own fist, it would have been crushed into powder.
Kinelson ignored Fan Liang and walked to Bai Minghe: "Mr. Bai, this formula seems to be able to improve further."
Bai Minghe then opened his eyes and glanced at the county magistrate of Shangyuan County.
"Mr. Bai, don't worry. I guarantee that this workshop will be built in a hundred days. From now on, I will eat and live here until I have been built. I guarantee that these scientists..., scientists can make high-quality artificial stones. The officials understand that this is a powerful weapon for the country."
"I'm working hard." Bai Minghe quickly replied with a gift.
After saying that, Bai Minghe turned to the Minister of Works: "The Ministry of Works will also work harder. This thing will definitely be a powerful tool for building embankments and paving roads in the future. The Ministry of Works will definitely work hard, but it doesn't matter. All talented craftsmen in the Ministry of Works will be transferred to officials. The salary required is not a problem, and the problem that can be solved with money is definitely not a problem."
"Don't worry, I have written down your sentence. The problem that money can solve is not a problem. This summer, you will solve the Nanjing River Embankment first with silver and this artificial stone. There will be no problem."
Bai Minghe asked Wang Cheng again and nodded.
Without saying a word, Wang Cheng knew in his heart that the formula and craftsmanship of this thing are strategically kept confidential. It must not be rumored. If other provinces want to build such workshops, it will definitely be under the supervision of Dongchang.
Before, who would have thought that after a pile of ash, sand, gravel and water, it would be harder than a stone in just seven or eight days.
This is enough to prove that this thing is of great value.
The original Roman cement was not easy to deal with in the Ming Dynasty because ancient Roman cement used volcanic ash. Go find volcanic ash in the Ming Dynasty. There were volcanoes in the Ming Dynasty, but where did there be those that blew fire every day?
Scientists from the Byzantine Empire, their alchemists joined forces with the Ming Dynasty's alchemists. In addition, some knowledge that the White Crane knew, they summarized three cement formulas.
The first is to use the slag produced in large quantities from the blacksmith's workshop. However, no matter how large the coal the blacksmith can use, it cannot be as large as the amount of cement used, so this plan was placed after the test.
The second type is to grind bricks and tiles into powder, which is also subject to raw material restrictions.
According to the second method, kaolin is a good thing, but this thing is not allowed to be used because it is the raw material of high-end porcelain and it is too wasteful to use as cement.
The last one is feldspar, with bauxite as the main material, plus lime and gypsum. That is, the cement that has been tested now, and a closer formula needs to be tested, but this one can be put into production and can be used.
Leaving Shangyuan County, Baiming He led the high-tech construction craftsmen from the Ministry of Works to the island in the middle of Xuanwu Lake.
Xuanwu Lake began to be developed hundreds of years ago, and there are some ancient buildings. The best developed one is Liangzhou, which was the place where the prince of the Liang Dynasty studied. The scenery is beautiful and the various ancient buildings are very unique.
On Yingzhou Island, the white-famous crane pointed to the island with a width of about 30 meters and said, "Back to the inner circle, the short trees on the shore should not be left at the waist. Then draw a five-meter-wide circle and transform it into a grassland and a hard grassland. The outer circle of the grassland should have a tree wall and a forest that is ten meters wide. This is a racecourse."
Relevant personnel from Nanjing Ministry of Industry immediately started recording.
"No need to record. I have drawn pictures here. Now I have just mentioned some details. The choice of tree species must be diversified and it must be green in winter. The outer circle of the island should run along the lake, close to the woods and a road, with a width of one meter. The rest can be built into shops, all three-story buildings. When choosing tree species, you must pay attention to the trees that must be taller than the building in the future."
Bai Minghe ordered, and an official asked: "Mr. Bai, it's ten feet a small path, or twenty feet a small path."
"You can do this, and you will also leave a public toilet. You are not allowed to dirt the island in the woods."
“Yes, yes!”
"Lingzhou, you don't have to worry about it in the early stage. One hundred thousand soldiers are already working. They will build a stadium there. Apart from the stadium, the rest of the places to protect the original scenery and no road construction is needed. At the connection with the island, a door needs to be built, not on the door leaf, or the door frame is enough."
People from the Ministry of Works say that this is building a archway, and this thing is not called a door frame.
But who dares to disturb Bai Minghe’s interest in speaking?
"Liangzhou has been built with ancient times, and it is ancient and quaint. You are good at building this, just build it well. In the future, it will be a place to entertain guests. We cannot let the envoys of the small country underestimate our Ming Dynasty, pavilions, platforms, towers, and pavilions." This request made by Bai Minghe is not a requirement for the people of the Ministry of Works.
There are many craftsmen in the Nanjing Ministry of Works, but they are at the level of building the imperial palace.
This little job is not a job.
"Finally, Yingzhou! Here are four buildings in four corners, each building has four floors, the total height is more than five zhang. In the middle, a ten-story building needs to be built, with a total height of more than ten zhang. The design drawings have been drawn, so you can modify the details. This building is to show the best things in cement, and nothing is really good to see."
"Sir, ten feet high is not considered high, you can be higher!" An official from the Ministry of Works said.
Seeing that Bai Minghe didn't say anything, the official continued: "It is said that the tallest pagoda in the world is the Yongning Temple in the Northern Wei Dynasty, with a total of nine floors and a height of 49 zhang. At that time, the zhang was different from the zhang in the Ming Dynasty, and it was calculated to be about 40 zhang. Unfortunately, it was burned down by the war. The existing pagoda in Yingxian, Shanxi, which was successfully built in the sixth year of Jin Mingchang, was 21 zhang high!"
"How many years have you been practicing?" Bai Minghe asked.
"About seven years, 40,000 feet of red pine wood were consumed."
"This will take three months to build, but your suggestions are very interesting. This is a lake, and the foundation will inevitably be less stable on land. So, after building this building, you have experience in using cement, and then build another floor in Nanjing City. But I think that the wood is always a bit flexible, and the cement is as hard as stone, and it is also broken. In case of an earthquake or something, it will always be affected, so you need to consider this aspect more."
Bai Minghe said it reasonably, something that is too hard is afraid of earthquakes.
But there is no way to solve it.
"So, take it slowly. Be familiar with the performance and then exert its advantages. You are best at building a ten-story building, with a base of one zhang, and then two zhang on the base. This is already three zhang, and then there is a seven-story brick-concrete structure. By the way, some designs are added. How do you go upstairs if you are not as good as the old people with inconvenient legs? Consider these details and you can start in a few days."
After talking about the design of the five islands of Xuanwu Lake, Bai Minghe did not say a word. What will be used for in the future?
In fact, the Xuanwu Lake has started to move long ago. The foundations of several main buildings have been dug, and construction has started just waiting for the cement to be used. The prefabricated floor slabs have also begun in Shangyuan County. This is the first brick-concrete building in the Ming Dynasty. Baiminghe is looking forward to it.
I believe that if I build the main body for three months and then take two months for decoration, it will definitely be available in half a year.
After the summer harvest, it is definitely a good time.
Bai Minghe did not tell anyone what he spent his energy on building this, but the construction of Xuanwu Lake could not be concealed by the people of Nanjing City. A large amount of recruitment information has been posted to the four provinces in Jiangnan. Anyone with idle labor at home can come to Nanjing to find a job.
Whether it is the large amount of labor required by Baiminghe or the many newly added workshops in Jiangnan, there are a lot of manpower demand.
Piaoxue Tower!
There were several notices of recruitment on Wan Xueer's desk. Others didn't know what Bai Minghe was going to do, but she knew it.
Wan Xueer clearly remembered that Bai Minghe told herself that she would build a building in Xuanwu Lake for herself. This is the real top entertainment city and super casino in Nanjing.
There is pressure, not just a little pressure, but a huge pressure. Wan Xueer was thinking about how she faced Qinghe after the building was built, and faced the two wives of Bai Minghe. Bai Minghe was a bit too much this time. Unless he built this, there were other uses, people would say that it was for his own sake, and he would be afraid that he would not be able to live.
On this day, after Bai Minghe returned home, he received a secret decree from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
The secret decree was written very clearly, and I found a companion for a prince. Fortunately, Zhu Jianshen was only six years old a year, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would personally choose suitable companions for reading this year. The purpose was only one sentence, but it was an extraordinary sentence. Bai Minghe felt in his heart that there must be a story in it.
I am afraid that there is a story, so I can’t ask someone to discuss it. If you doubt Long Live, you will be unfaithful and will be crossing the red line.
Chapter completed!