Daming: I asked you to supervise the country, Daming is all crazy?

Chapter 86 Daming infrastructure starts from now on! ! !
His Majesty the grandson insisted that the project should be completed in one year, and he didn't know what to say.

Even if it is a small yard, it will take two or three months. The foundation is laid, bricks and tiles are fired, walls are built, beams are installed, and then tiles are built. This does not include other details. , two or three months is fast.

If it is slower, it may have to add months or even years of effort.

Some large courtyards have only been completed through the efforts of several generations.

What's more, it is a college with almost 6000 mu of land, which is almost equivalent to a smaller city.

How is it possible in a year?

Zhu Zhanji ignored Liu Zhe's words. Since he spoke, he was naturally sure.

According to the construction speed of this era, it would indeed take a lot of time to build a college covering an area of ​​[-] mu.

But just now, he heard what Liu Zhe said, and he also guessed where the time was spent.

It doesn't take too much time to build a house, mainly the various materials in the early stage.

Just collecting materials is not a simple project. There are also things that are too huge and heavy like stone pillars, which not only require a lot of manpower, but also need to be transported under special circumstances.

After all, it is not a later generation. All kinds of large-scale construction machinery are completely beyond imagination, and they can play tricks on construction.

In this era, it can be said that it is completely dependent on the wisdom crystallization accumulated bit by bit by people in this era, but it still does not get rid of manpower at all.

For every building that shocks the world, behind it is absolutely unimaginable time for future generations.

But for Zhu Zhanji, he has more choices than people in this era. Since the selection of materials is troublesome, why not change to another material!
Like...cement?
As the most important and also one of the most indispensable materials in the construction industry in later generations, the role of cement is beyond doubt.

As a qualified traveler, when encountering this kind of architectural problem, he will naturally think of this thing at the first time.

After all, cement can be said to be a key material for a country's infrastructure.

The cost of cement is low, and the materials used are also very common materials, such as iron ore, limestone, clay, coal and so on.

With cement, no matter whether it is road construction, bridge construction, or something in the future, it will not be too convenient.

Moreover, the technology of cement is not difficult, and the production process is not complicated. It can be said that it can be made by hand.

So after hearing Liu Zhe's words, Zhu Zhanji immediately thought of cement.

Thinking of cement, Zhu Zhanji lost interest in looking at it here, and said to Liu Zhe who was beside him: "Let the Ministry of Industry arrange for all the workers who are chiseling stone pillars to stop, and the stone pillars will not be used."

"No more stone pillars..."

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Liu Zhe was a little confused. Does His Royal Highness intend to build the gate of the academy according to the original idea?
He is actually looking forward to the gate designed by Zhu Zhanji. If it can be supervised by him in the future, it will undoubtedly be a political capital for him.

If it is not built, it will naturally be a loss for him, so it is inevitable that he will be a little disappointed when he hears this.

"You come with me!"

Zhu Zhanji didn't explain anything, let Liu Zhe follow him to the other side, and asked:

"Is there any place where bricks are fired nearby?"

When Liu Zhe heard Zhu Zhanji's question, although he didn't understand what Zhu Zhanji was going to do, he still said respectfully: "Not far to the south is a brick kiln that was just built a few days ago. Does His Royal Highness want to go and see it?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded when he heard the words. The calcination temperature of the brick kiln is not much different from the calcination temperature of the cement, which is just right for use.

After thinking about it, he told Liu Zhe:
"Just let me know, let someone prepare some iron ore, limestone, gypsum, coal, and clay, send them all to the brick kiln, and then let someone grind them all."

Hearing these things Zhu Zhanji said, Liu Zhe was a little confused, so,
He can still understand clay and lime. Clay is the main raw material for firing masonry, and lime was also used in construction long ago.

But iron ore, and coal, especially gypsum, are you sure this is not something to make tofu?
But after all, it was Zhu Zhanji's order, so he nodded and immediately asked people to prepare these things.

For the Ministry of Industry, it is not troublesome to prepare some limestone, gypsum, iron ore, clay, and coal.

In addition, Huang Fu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, doesn't take much care of things, and the people below dare not take Zhu Zhanji's orders lightly.

Zhu Zhanji's order was issued, and within an hour, all these things were ready.

When he followed Liu Zhe to the brick kiln here, the shed of the brick kiln was already filled with all kinds of materials that Zhu Zhanji needed.

Limestone, coal, iron ore, gypsum, clay, and so on.

Not only that, but I don't know how these people did it. Zhu Zhanji looked at it and found that there were quite a lot of various materials, and all of them had been ground into fine particles according to his requirements.

In winter, the brick kiln is close to the kiln, and the temperature is not low.

In the fiery workshop, some craftsmen are making mud embryos. Everyone has divided an area, and some of the made mud embryos will leave their own unique marks on the mud embryos.

For this era, this can also be regarded as a way of pursuing accountability.

According to Zhu Zhanji's knowledge, in the Shuntian Mansion built by his grandfather, it is said that each floor tile can be clearly traced to the craftsman who made it.

Although this method is not friendly to these low-status craftsmen, it has to be said that it can barely be regarded as another form of craftsman spirit in this era.

The person in charge here saw Liu Zhe coming with Zhu Zhanji, accompanied by a large group of guards in Jinyi, and suddenly ran out with some trepidation.

Zhu Zhanji had no interest in the person in charge, and after he finished his salute, he dismissed him casually.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's eyes resting on those mud embryos, Liu Zhe smiled beside him and said, "His Royal Highness, the bricks and stones fired in this brick kiln will be transported to the academy in the future to be used as the foundation, and The bricks and stones that are actually used to build houses will be fired in better brick kilns, and special personnel will be responsible for selecting them, and only qualified bricks and stones will be transported."

Hearing Liu Zhe's words, Zhu Zhanji nodded, but his interest in masonry comes more from the various institutional issues of this era.

After listening to Liu Zhe say a few words, he stopped paying attention.

Instead, he walked directly to several materials that had been ground for firing cement.

He casually picked up a wooden plank that was supposed to be used to smooth out the mud, and then made out several materials separately, and said to Liu Zhe who was beside him:
"Arrange a few craftsmen, roughly according to the amount I just got out, select some of each material, and then let people mix these materials, send them all into the brick kiln for firing, and burn them until they almost melt. Turn off the fire immediately, wait until the temperature drops, then add some gypsum into it, and grind it into powder again!"

"What does His Highness Grandson mean?"

Liu Zhe was a little confused, not understanding what Zhu Zhanji was going to do?
He would understand if it was about firing bricks and tiles, but Zhu Zhanji obviously wanted to make some kind of powder.

Iron ore, limestone, coal, clay, and even gypsum were used.

Could it be that His Royal Highness recently met some kind of alchemist who can make alchemy?

Thinking of this, Liu Zhe's expression suddenly turned bitter. Although he didn't know much about warlocks, he knew that most of these people were deceiving people.

If His Highness the Grandson fell in love with this kind of thing at a young age, it would not be a good thing for officials like them who came out of the Prince's Mansion.

Zhu Zhanji glanced at Liu Zhe, and was too lazy to explain so much. After all, there is no real thing about cement. Even if you ask him to explain it for three days and three nights, he may not be able to explain why. It's better to wait until you get the real thing. .

So after thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji said: "Just follow my instructions. The firing time should not be short. When the real objects are finished, you can directly send these things to the Prince's Mansion. I have big use."

"Yes!"

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Liu Zhe didn't dare to ask again, and nodded in response.

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he paused and said: "By the way, you can find a few more craftsmen to study and see if there is a way to add a layer of smooth ceramics to the surface of the fired floor tiles. The floor tiles can be made thinner, and when they are successfully made, they will be sent to the Prince's Mansion."

Liu Zhe was thinking about the warlock, and when he heard Zhu Zhanji say something new, he nodded after thinking about it and said:

"The combination of ceramics and masonry should not be difficult to think about, so I will let people try to make it!"

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and he didn't stay here much after arranging these things.

The matter of cement is not complicated, and the process is simple. As long as you follow his instructions, it will definitely be done in a short time.

He only needs to wait until Liu Zhe fires the stuff, and then test the strength of the cement, and then he can decide whether to use it.

When the time comes, someone will build a special factory area for firing cement, and mass production can begin immediately.

As for the last tile, this thing Zhu Zhanji was also a temporary idea.

After all, cement is a good thing, but it has to be said that it is a lot worse in terms of aesthetics.

Since it was decided to build the world's first gate of Ming Dynasty, at least the appearance should not be bad.

Naturally, Zhu Zhanji couldn't just use cement.

And tiles are a very good choice.

Although this thing was first invented by Italy because of the aesthetic relationship.

But for Daming, it is very simple to get this thing out in advance.

After all, compared with these Westerners, Ming Dynasty's porcelain craftsmanship surpassed several levels.

Zhu Zhanji has even thought about it. When the Ministry of Industry has researched the ceramic tiles, he will have all the 56 stone pillars in the Royal Academy fired and pasted on them.

All kinds of humanities and history of Ming Dynasty are printed and painted on it. In this way, although there are no stone pillars, the ceramics will definitely not lose their grade.

Even after thousands of years, as long as there is no human damage, these things can definitely be preserved with the strength of porcelain.

Maybe it will become a good talk by then!
(End of this chapter)