Chapter 16 Cement (2) Of course, Li Zhen did not just visit the cement kiln this time, the cement kiln had already been built, and even a lot of cement for the test had been burned, and he came to preside over the cement strength test.
"Your Highness, the thing is here, please move your Highness."
Wu Xiangyang stretched out his right hand and invited Li Zhen to the other side.
Under Wu Xiangyang's orders, several men quickly peeled off the straw covering it, revealing a blue-gray cement slab, and beside it, the original cause holding the big hammer was also in place.
"Your Highness, there are a total of ten cement slabs here, the composition ratio and firing method are different, and a few more have not been thoroughly dried, and it will take a few more days."
"Well, Benin, try this piece."
Li Zhen touched the cold cement slab, and saw that the color was no different from the cement pavement of later generations, but he didn't know how unqualified the strength was.
"I'm here to help, Your Highness."
After a few months of cultivation, Ben Yin can also speak a little Chinese, and the most familiar of them is these sycophants, and I don't know who taught him.
"Drink!"
In the roar, Ben Yin lifted the big hammer, which was tailor-made for him by Li Zhen, weighing a total of one hundred and seventy-three catties, which ordinary people couldn't lift, but it was just right to use it in Ben Yin's hands.
"Boom!
Click.
The sledgehammer struck the cement slab, making a violent roar, followed by a cracking sound, and the one-foot-thick cement slab was smashed by Ben Yin's waist.
"No."
Although she was mentally prepared, Li Zhen was still slightly disappointed and said: "Because of this, the strength is only about a thousand catties, and a thousand catties can't withstand it, which is a bit ......."
"Your Highness, don't be disappointed, this is just the first piece, there are many later, there are always successes."
Wu Xiangyang's face was not very good-looking, although the strength of the cement slab was already good in his opinion, but Li Zhen was not satisfied, so he could only deny it.
"I'm fine, I'm just a little disappointed."
Li Zhenshuai shook his head, threw out the messy thoughts, gritted his teeth and said, "Ben Yin, give me all the try." ” "Yes, my Highness."
Ben Yin said respectfully, raised the sledgehammer against the second cement slab, and smashed it down.
"Boom!
Click.
Unqualified, a trace of disappointment flashed in Li Zhen's eyes again.
"Boom!
Click.
It was also unqualified, and Li Zhen's disappointment became more and more obvious.
"Boom!
Click.
"It's still unqualified, and the sweat on Wu Xiangyang's face is about to fall.
"Boom!
Click.
It was still unqualified, and the faces of the cement masters who were watching also changed color.
"Boom!
"Click......
"It's still like that......
Well?
Li Zhen's face changed, and she instantly changed from disappointment to surprise.
"Stop."
Li Zhen shouted, and Ben almost flashed his waist.
Li Zhen didn't care what the cause was, he was now full of joy, and quickly came to the sixth cement slab, and then the surprise turned to disappointment again, the sixth cement slab did not break, but under the heavy blow of the cause, cracks had also appeared, the situation was much better than the previous five, but it still did not meet Li Zhen's requirements.
"Your Highness, don't worry, it's only just over half of the numbers now, and there are still four pieces left, there must be qualified ones."
Wu Xiangyang can only use this sentence to support, to put it bluntly, he is gambling that there is cement in the back four pieces that can withstand the blow of the cause, if there is, he will naturally have a big credit, but if not, although he will not be punished, it will be difficult to be reused in the future.
"I know, Ben Yin continues."
Li Zhen's disappointment was only for a moment, although the sixth piece was not qualified, but after all, it was not broken, which was also a victory for Li Zhen, which showed that his thinking was right, even if none of the ten pieces were successful, but as long as there were more experiments, it would always succeed.
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"Yes."
The cause continues to experiment.
"Boom!
Click.
"The seventh piece, unqualified.
"Boom!
Click.
"The eighth piece, still not qualified.
Wu Xiangyang's lips were about to be bitten, and he worshiped the gods and Buddhas in his heart, not seeking a future or money, only asking for one of the remaining two cement slabs to survive the attack of the big black man, so that he would look better.
I don't know if it was his prayer that worked, or if he was lucky enough to be on the ninth slab......
"Boom!"
The voice is obviously different from the front, this will not need to be stopped by Li Zhen, Ben Yin is very sensible to stand aside.
Li Zhen quickly stepped forward, and when the dust cleared, the ninth cement slab appeared in front of him, looking at the cement slab in front of him, Li Zhen had a smile on his face.
I saw that there was a small pit on the blue-gray cement slab, which looked very miserable, and it was obviously badly damaged under the heavy blow of Ben Cause, but it was only there - except for the pit, there was no scar on the cement slab, including the back.
"Ben Yin, do it again."
Li Zhen is mainly afraid that there will be dark wounds on the cement slab - although there are no scars on the surface, the cracks inside are more deadly.
"Yes."
Ben picked up the sledgehammer and slammed it on the cement slab again.
"Boom!"
The pit on the No. 9 cement slab is bigger and more miserable, but it is still as strong as this.
"Okay."
"It worked."
"Woohoo!
It's done, it's done. ” "Hahaha......" “......”
The cheers were endless, these people had been dealing with cement for several months, so they naturally knew what this scene meant, and when they saw the success of cement, they couldn't even care about Li Zhen, and they cheered happily.
In fact, Li Zhen is also very happy, the cement finally appeared, what this means Li Zhen is too clear.
It is different from the horseshoe, the horseshoe can only be said to be a technological innovation, the technical foundation is originally there, as long as a little inspiration, it is a person can succeed.
But cement is different, cement is a new material that has never appeared, it was Li Zhen who brought it to this world from scratch, and this sense of accomplishment is naturally not comparable to a mere horseshoe.
What's more, the horseshoe can only act on war horses, which can only bring victory to the Tang Dynasty, but cannot bring a broader territory.
But the role of cement can make Datang's tentacles extend further, because the appearance of cement means that the spread of information will be faster, and the two are not the same at all.
Originally, to deliver the news from Shule Duhufu to Chang'an, even if the messenger did not eat, drink or rest, and ran non-stop for twelve hours a day, it would take about a month to reach Chang'an.
But if there are concrete roads, this time will be greatly reduced to about half.
What this means, naturally, is self-evident.
"Don't be in a hurry to rejoice, everyone."
Li Zhen was excited, but he knew that there was still a test he hadn't done.
"Yes, it's Meng Lang, the subordinates."
Wu Xiangyang also remembered, and hurriedly took out a new No. 9 cement slab, the previous cement slab was hammered twice by Benyin, and it can no longer be used as a test product, but fortunately, it was prepared in advance, and each cement slab was made into three pieces as a backup.
"You put the cement slab on it."
Li Zhen pointed to the four stone piers next to him.
"Yes."
The cement slab is still very heavy, up to one zhang, the width is also six feet, and the thickness has reached one foot, three or five people can't lift it at all, and a dozen or so men work together but barely lift it.