The next morning, Wang Nian had someone deliver the finished product that was made according to the drawings given by Zhao Chen.
In the morning, the county government sent people to the Wei River to transport sand, pebbles and other things.
In the academy, Zhao Chen was sitting on a chair, and Lao Li was lying on the couch, looking more comfortable than Zhao Chen.
But others are not so comfortable.
At a quarter of the hour, Zhao Chen came to the academy and woke up the students in the academy.
Although they were not allowed to pull cement, they were not spared either.
After breakfast, there were about twenty people, some digging holes in the backyard and others carrying mud out.
The pit was dug enough for two people to be deep and two feet wide.
"Zhao Da, have we dug this hole almost? If we dig it again, the entire academy's students may be buried in it!" Everything changed when Cheng Chumo said it.
When the others heard what Cheng Chumo said, they all stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhao Chen.
Based on what they knew about Zhao Chen, it didn't seem impossible to let them dig a hole and bury themselves.
Zhao Chen glared at Cheng Chumo, waved to everyone and said, "Stop, everyone, go and carry a bag of cement. Three loads of sand, no pebbles yet."
"Hurry up." After Zhao Chen said that, Old Li Tou urged, looking much more anxious than Zhao Chen.
Everyone ran over and brought cement and sand.
"Sir, what should we do next?" Fang Yizhi looked at Zhao Chen expectantly.
Immediately, they can create a miracle with their own hands.
This miracle may affect the entire Tang Dynasty and even future generations.
And they are all participants in this miracle.
It's exciting just thinking about it.
"Tear out the sand from the middle, pour the cement in the middle, and pour a bucket of water..." Zhao Chen also said to everyone.
Then someone followed Zhao Chen's method.
A quarter of an hour later, the concrete mixing was completed.
"Come on, Duan Shang, don't you know how to build walls? Come on, I'll leave this place to you."
"Put a circle around this pit." Zhao Chen pointed at a student from the academy.
Duan Shang is the son of Duan Lun, Minister of Industry.
I used to work in the Ministry of Industry and learned nothing else, but I know how to build walls.
"Sir, do you want to use this?" Duan Shang pointed to the concrete on the side.
"Yes." Zhao Chen nodded, and everyone waved, and said: "Come here again, make concrete again, add cobblestones, and fill it up around here."
"Remember, don't cover this thing I put."
There is a small pit in the corner not far from the big pit.
One leg deep and two hands wide.
There is a strange thing placed in the middle. Under this thing, there is actually a long round ceramic tube connected to the mouth, which is seamlessly connected to the previous big pit.
These are all things that Wang Nian and the others prepared and sent over this morning.
Although everyone didn't understand what Zhao Chen was doing, they still followed the instructions.
The work lasted until noon when everyone was finished.
Watching the concrete begin to dry after being poured.
"Your Majesty!" Empress Changsun came in from outside the academy, followed by Wei Zheng.
They all came here today to see the miracle that the emperor kept talking about yesterday.
"Greetings to the Queen, Vice President Wei." All the students shouted in unison.
"Everyone has worked hard." Empress Changsun laughed with everyone, and then looked at the unused concrete aside.
"Is this the miracle your Majesty said?" Queen Changsun asked curiously.
"It doesn't look very good!" Wei Zheng was not very happy with the emperor yesterday, so naturally he wouldn't have anything nice to say now.
Old Li Tougang just wanted to introduce the use of this thing to Empress Changsun. When he heard Wei Zheng's words, he immediately glared at Wei Zheng fiercely.
"Yes, this is the cement that I and a group of students brought back from outside the city yesterday."
"Then it was mixed with sand, pebbles and other things. This thing is so hard that you can't break it open with a hammer." Old Li Tou and Queen Changsun explained, with a rather proud look on their faces.
"How can it be so magical?" Empress Changsun looked shocked.
There was no need for the emperor to lie to her.
But it’s unbelievable to say that you can’t even break it open with a hammer.
"I have lived for so long, and I have never heard of anything that cannot be broken open with a hammer." Wei Zheng looked like he didn't plan to walk out from here today.
Cheng Chumo, who was standing beside him, stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the hammer."
Cheng Chumo was stunned for a moment and handed over the hammer in his hand.
"I'm going to see how hard this thing is today." After Old Wei said that, he gave the concrete-mixed area on the ground a hard hammer.
"Dang--" I could only hear the sound of the collision of stone and iron.
The hammer in Wei Zheng's hand bounced back.
If the grip wasn't tight, the hammer would have flown out.
However, although the hammer did not fly away, the tiger's mouth was really painful.
Such hardness!
Wei Zheng was horrified. He had used all his strength to hit him just now.
He just wanted to smash the stone directly, so as to embarrass the emperor and give himself some vent.
Who wants to...
He hammered with all his strength, but only a small scratch could be seen on the stone in front of him.
"hiss--"
The one who made the sound was not Wei Zheng, but the academy student behind him.
Wei Zheng looked back and saw that everyone had surprised expressions on their faces.
Didn't they expect it?
"Oh my God, I thought I just couldn't kick it open, but I didn't expect that even a hammer couldn't leave a mark. It must be too strong."
"It's incredible. If we build a city wall, it will be really impregnable."
"Then it's also said that with this thing, Datang is already invincible."
"Sir, you are so awesome. You can find such a thing, and you only found it in a county journal."
"That's right, you don't even know who sir is..."
"Cough——" Lao Li coughed, interrupting everyone's discussion.
Old Li Tou felt that these guys in the academy had the same virtue as Zhao Chen and could not look down on others.
Do you think you can't stop mentioning Zhao Chen?
Isn't it good to let him, Lao Litou, save face?
Do you have to explain everything clearly?
Is this interesting?
"Oh, Zhao Chen, you are so awesome. I admire you so much!" Wei Zheng suddenly shouted.
It was obvious that he was teasing Lao Litou.
Anyway, Lao Litou's face turned dark at that time.
I thought Wei Zheng would make fun of him, but I didn't want Wei Zheng to just say to Zhao Chen: "Zhao Chen, your discovery is really enough to change our entire Tang Dynasty."
"On behalf of all the people in the world, thank you!"
After Old Wei Tou finished speaking, he bowed his hands towards Zhao Chen and bowed deeply.
"Old Wei, what are you doing? I actually don't have such grand ideas. You don't have to be like this." Zhao Chen quickly stood up.
Old Wei Tou was demoted to this hellish place because of himself, and he was so much older than himself.
How could he ask him to bow and thank him?
Zhao Chen doesn't want to shorten his life.
"Your Majesty, I feel that what Zhao Chen brought back this time is enough to be called a miracle. As a saint of our Tang Dynasty, do you..." Wei Zheng turned around and said to Old Li.?