Chongzhen said to Xu Guangqi, "Xu Aiqing, I will show you something." ”After speaking, Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to bring a plate over, which was still covered with a red cloth, which was mysterious.Chongzhen lifted the plate, Xu Guangqi looked at it, and it was actually a mess of things, including limestone, clay, and iron slag.Chongzhen said mysteriously to Xu Guangqi, "Aiqing, please see, this is what I want you to see, Aiqing knows what these things are for?"
”"Huh?"
Xu Guangqi said depressedly, "The minister saw it, but the minister didn't know what the use of this thing was." ”Chongzhen picked up a handful of limestone and let it slip through his fingers, "I just had a dream, in which an old fairy with a white beard once told me that I should find limestone, clay, and scrap iron slag, stir and calcinate it with water, and you can get something as hard as a rock, and the old fairy called this cement!"
After a pause, Chongzhen continued."
I thought it was just a dream, but when I woke up, I saw that it was all on my pillow."
Xu Guangqi looked at Chongzhen suspiciously, and then looked at the limestone in Chongzhen's hand, what did the gods and ghosts say?
This is too special and mysterious!
Xu Guangqi didn't believe a word of what Chongzhen said, but he didn't dare to say it directly, he just looked at Chongzhen in a daze.I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in this unreliable emperor's words?
But Wang Chengen was about to suffocate his internal injuries.The thing in Chongzhen's hand wasn't what he had just asked people to find, so why did it become a gift from the old fairy in his dream?
But?
After many years of court career, he has long learned to ignore all unreasonable existences, and he does not listen, watch, or ask about anything that is not under his control, the so-called three no's policy.This thing was born by the emperor Wang Chengen, and he admitted it.Straight to the point!
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he deliberately poured the tea in his hand into the plate and stirred!
However, the things on the plate did not give Chongzhen any face, how it should be, except that it became wetter, nothing changed.Chongzhen was not discouraged, but tempted Xu Guangqi, "Did Aiqing see it?"
It is by mixing these kinds of things together, you can get cement that is as hard as a rock, but the old fairy in the dream said that it should be calcined according to a certain proportion. ”Xu Guangqi's eyes widened and he listened, but Chongzhen suddenly stopped, and he let out a long sigh, "However, there is no trace of the spring dream, I don't remember it very clearly, now I will hand over the responsibility of making cement to you, I hope Aiqing can share my worries for me and benefit the people of Daming." ”Nani?
Xu Guangqi almost fell to the ground, the task given to him by Chongzhen was too fantastic.Cement?
He only knows one name, so how did he make it?
Could it be that these things can really get cement by mixing them according to the proportions?
This night, Chongzhen talked very happily.This night, Xu Guangqi was very confused.In view of the fact that Chongzhen was just a game otaku before the crossing, and his language expression ability was limited, he crackled and spoke for a long time, but Xu Guangqi didn't understand a few words, and he was so bored that he almost fell asleep.But no matter what, Xu Guangqi has already taken over the task, no matter how difficult it is, he has to bite the bullet.Early in the morning, the sun is shining!
Xu Guangqi took the limestone, clay, scrap iron ore and other miscellaneous things given by Chongzhen, walked out of the Qianqing Palace with vain steps, and began his cement forging business.The egg hurts, the chrysanthemum is tight!
The only thing that made Xu Guangqi happy was that the funds given by His Majesty the unreliable Emperor were still very sufficient, full of 100,000 taels of red gold.It's easy to do things with money!
Xu Guangqi exerted the charm of money and recruited thousands of craftsmen into the palace, anyway, Chongzhen said that after the invention of cement, it must be mass-produced, it is better to recruit all the craftsmen at once.Although this guy doesn't know what craftsman is needed to do it?
Whatever, he's a craftsman.In order to keep it secret, Chongzhen also opened up a vacant land in the harem for Xu Guangqi to study, and such a group of people have since lived a happy life of smashing stones, idleness and mud.Especially Xu Guangqi is dying happily.In order to let him study cement with peace of mind, Chongzhen was actually very gracious, and Xu Guangqi didn't have to go to court.Since then, Xu Guangqi has slept well every morning, eats some breakfast after getting up, and then leisurely wanders to the palace to study cement.This makes the ministers jealous.You must know that as officials, they all have three wives and four concubines, and even the most honest Erzhou Yanguan has concubines!
There are not many concubines these years, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a man, father-in-law, right?
Therefore, the officials of the Ming Dynasty have a lot of wives and concubines from top to bottom, although more wives and concubines can be pleasant, but it is very bad for sleep, which can be called a sleep killer!
What the ministers and officials hate the most is to get up in the morning, and now Xu Guangqi, a piece of garbage, can not go to court every day, he is simply jealous.Isn't it just supervising craftsmen to smash stones and live mud every day?
We will too, the Dog Emperor is so eccentric, he actually handed over this kind of fat to Xu Guangqi?
But?
His Majesty the Emperor asked Xu Guangqi and others to smash stones and live mud every day?
Didn't he want to build a new palace?
But building a palace requires a lot of wood, and these people didn't prepare wood, so I really don't know what His Majesty the Emperor wants to do?
The ministers were collectively speechless.Our Emperor His Majesty is not at a loss and the Emperor of the Apocalypse are brothers, wow, they all like to do some inconsistencies.Let's see, what kind of new house can you make?
Straight to the point!
As the saying goes, three stinkers are Zhuge Liang, even if these thousands of craftsmen are all big pig heads, and thousands of big pig heads are gathered together, they can also spark wisdom, right?
What's more, there is also Xu Guangqi, a man from the Ming Dynasty!
However, after ten days of hard work, they really experimented with cement, and Xu Guangqi also invented a simpler cement manufacturing method.It is to smash the marl of Yanyingling in Xishan, and then burn it, and the cement will come out, simple, right?
Chongzhen heard that the cement was made, and he was overjoyed!
On this day, he personally asked Xu Guangqi and the craftsmen, Xu Guangqi rewarded 1,000 taels of silver, and all the craftsmen each rewarded 10 taels of silver.This made these craftsmen very happy, and if ten taels of silver were saved, it would be enough for a family for a year.His Majesty the Emperor is indeed the Son of Heaven, and he is really good to our craftsmen, of course, what excites these craftsmen the most is that they really met His Majesty the Emperor!
Your Majesty the Emperor, this is the most noble man in the world, what an honor it should be to be able to meet His Majesty the Emperor?
When Chongzhen appeared in front of the craftsmen, these people couldn't even speak, and some of them had poor psychological quality, and even fainted directly.