As he said this, Gongsun Nian suddenly stared closely at Chu Suiliang.
"Chu Changshi, is the cement invented by Your Majesty really as magical as you said?"
"I am absolutely telling no lies!"
Chu Suiliang quickly raised his hands and saluted.
"So good!"
Gongsun Nian looked overjoyed and shouted to the driver outside: "Speed up!"
"Here!"
With a response, Chu Suiliang fell back involuntarily.
It was a bumpy journey, and when Chu Suiliang felt that all the bones in his body were about to fall apart, the group finally arrived at Lijiazhuang.
However, with Chu Suiliang leading the way, the imperial guards did not stop him.
Along the way, Gongsun Nian, a group of officials from the Zuo School Office, and a few Zijiangs all looked around, and from time to time they took out a compass and marked everywhere!
Seeing this, Chu Suiliang stood aside and watched quietly.
In this way, after struggling for almost half an hour, several people finally arrived at Li Xuan's courtyard.
"Gongsun Nian, the general serving as a prisoner, has met the Supreme Emperor, His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the King of Jin!"
Gongsun Nian was shocked when he opened the door curtain and went in.
Behind him, a group of generals, supervisors, officials, and craftsmen also saluted quickly, a little panicked.
Why are the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince here?
After the ceremony, Gongsun Nian and a group of officials stood on one side respectfully.
"Why are the general prisoners here?"
Li Xuan asked.
"Back to your Majesty, I'm here for the cement!" Gongsun Nian replied directly.
Forehead!
Li Xuan was stunned.
At this time, Gongsun Nian also seemed to realize something, and said quickly: "Chu Changshi said that the king will use cement as the main material to build the courtyard. I am worried and want to see for myself whether it is really that magical. So,
Only a low-ranking official can work with a group of master craftsmen to plan and build a separate courtyard for the king!"
"Um!"
After listening, Li Xuan nodded lightly.
He raised his head again and looked at Li Baoding beside him.
"King Huaiwei will take you with him!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" "Thank you, King Wei!"
Gongsun Nian quickly saluted Li Xuan and Li Baoding.
Li Baoding nodded slightly and walked out without waiting for Gongsun Nian to speak.
Chu Suiliang took Gongsun Nian with him and quickly followed.
Even though they were familiar with the road, they still showed it to a group of old leaders. Ying Qi and Wu Fu tried their best to show various methods of cement. Even the reinforced concrete column block they used in their previous experiment,
He also took it out.
After a while, Gongsun Nian and the generals, supervisors, officials, and craftsmen were all excited.
"It's a divine thing, it's a divine thing, and its merits will last forever! As long as this divine thing is used on roads and houses, the people of the Tang Dynasty will no longer be exposed to rain and cold!"
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin is truly a sage!"
"His Royal Highness the Jin Dynasty's courtyard is built with this cement, there will be absolutely no problems!"
"That's Mr. Gongsun Youlao and all the great craftsmen!"
On the side, Chu Suiliang said with a happy face.
"Don't worry, Chief Chu. With this magical artifact, I only need to dispatch fifty Zi people, two hundred craftsmen, and five hundred laborers. In less than half a year, I will be able to complete the construction of the king's courtyard."
Gongsun Nian's face was full of confidence.
Zi Ren is a senior craftsman, who is now the foreman. Great craftsmen such as Dagong and ordinary craftsmen need to listen to Zi Ren!
In the Tang Dynasty, although the Ministry of Industry was the highest authority for industrial revenue, it was only in charge of government orders for all industries, farming, and mountains. To put it bluntly, the Ministry of Industry was responsible for general regulation and control and was in charge of public works.
The actual office handling specific projects is still the Shaofu Supervisor, who will supervise these departments.
Therefore, at this time, there are more than 16,000 registered craftsmen in the Shaofu Prison. And they will be the prison guards, and there are also 13,000 registered craftsmen!
In addition, among the people, there are many individual craftsmen. If there are not enough, you can find Si Nongqing and deploy them from Si Nong households.
After Li Xuan understood this clearly from Chu Suiliang's mouth, he couldn't help but be surprised.
He originally thought that he had a good understanding of Datang's industrial development, but he did not expect that he had underestimated it.
Sure enough, apart from being of noble birth and possessing more advanced knowledge than these people knew, he would be crushed by these people.
At the end of the day, I feel frustrated.
However, the good thing is that I can direct these people to work for me.
Thinking about it, Li Xuan couldn't help but feel better again.
However, it was a hardship for Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others.
Within a day, their master's expression changed rapidly, even more erratic than that of their own Aye, which made them tremble and frightened for a whole day.
Early the next morning.
A huge team appeared outside Lijiazhuang.
The Forbidden Army, Cheng Laosi and others who were guarding outside Lijiazhuang all looked wary.
Although Chu Suiliang and General Supervisor Gongsun Nian were present, all the forbidden troops were staring closely at the group of craftsmen.
Li Xuan was awakened by the noise of this group of craftsmen.
Get up, get dressed, stand outside your yard and look around.
Below, the general supervisor Sun Nian who we saw yesterday is leading a group of officials, as well as some of the great craftsmen we saw yesterday, each of whom is commanding a group of craftsmen, and the people who are surrounded by darkness should be the five hundred
Li Yong, holding a shovel and a hoe, shoveling the soil vigorously.
Fortunately, winter has just passed and the weeds are sparse, making it perfect for leveling the land.
After looking around, Li Xuan turned around and went back.
When Li Yuan brought Li Chengqian and others to Lijiazhuang, they were surprised to find that Li Xuan had already gotten up today.
"The little man has met the king!"
Then, in less than a while, the housekeeper Li Chang also came to Li Xuan's courtyard. At the same time, Ma Xi came with a team of palace guards.
“Just in time!”
Seeing Li Chang, Li Xuan said: "Steward, in a moment, bring up a box of money from the side room. The wages for the laborers and craftsmen have been paid! In addition, each person will be given two cents more!"
Even though two pennies is not much, the laborers' daily wages are only five pennies, which means they can only buy one bushel of rice, enough to feed a family of four for three days. The craftsmen, on the other hand, earn eight cents.
As for the Zi people, it is at least twenty-four cents.
"Your Majesty, it's not yet noon, and the day is not even half over yet!"
Li Chang looked surprised.
"It doesn't matter, they won't run away after taking the money. On the contrary, they will be full of motivation!"
Li Xuan waved his hand indifferently and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Hearing this, Li Chang was thoughtful, quickly responded, and walked out.
Let the two palace guards carry a box of copper coins and walk downstairs.
It just so happened that at this moment, the cakes and water that Li Xuan had asked his uncle Liu to help steam and boil were brought out.
"Come, come, everyone, come and collect your wages, eat some bread, and drink a sip of water!"
The steward Li Chang held a gong in his hand and was beating it while shouting.
All the craftsmen and laborers rushed over with their tools in hand.
However, it was such a mess that many craftsmen could not hear Li Chang's words clearly, and Li Chang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh and walked straight to the forging workshop.
"I've met the king!"
Ying Qi and Wu Fu quickly saluted Li Xuan.
As Li Xuan's dedicated craftsmen, no matter how busy the construction site below is, Ying Qi and Wu Fu cannot easily leave the forging shop.
"I want to forge a loudspeaker out of iron sheets!"
Li Xuan said directly: "It's like an iron tube like a chimney, except that one end is getting bigger and bigger, and the other end is getting smaller and smaller, until there is a hole two fingers wide, and then it spreads out to be as long as a thumb.