The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 390 Completion of the City Wall
There is no optimal, only better.

One plus three plus three, one bag of cement has the effect of ten bags.

The result is also very gratifying.

I saw that this last section of the city wall was changing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The first is the foundation. In just two days, nearly five meters of the foundation was filled.
Just keep adding soil and you don't need to worry about the template. This is the easiest.

After all, if you can keep up with the materials, the rest is all physical work.

What comes next is called difficult.

It is not so easy to pour and shape the formwork that is several kilometers long.

The wood is made into moulds, a job that is significantly more delicate.

Zheng Xiong's time simply doesn't allow for this.

Fortunately, the sky is endless.

Construction started for two days and the foundation was filled. On the third day, there was a slight pause for an hour. The transport ship sent by the Gyeonggi Water Transport Envoy arrived at the riverside.

It is piled with adobe bricks fired from various places.

The good news is there are bricks.

The bad news is that only the bricks and matching stones that serve as the main part of the wall are still waiting to be transported.

Normally it is unusable.

These adobe bricks serve more of a decorative purpose.

Basically, it is to wrap a layer of outer clothing on the main body to make it look beautiful.

It's okay to do renovations first before doing construction.

It was obvious that he had taken great pains to deal with people like Zheng Xiong.

Things that have been done are no different than things that have not been done.

But everything has two sides.

In the eyes of others, these bricks are the last to be laid.

In Zheng Xiong's eyes, it was completely different.

You can definitely build it first!
After it was built, a layer of soil was added to the outer layer for reinforcement, which was enough to withstand the pressure from the main part.

Moreover, the wall tiles were larger than the ordinary bricks in later generations, and each one weighed ten to twenty kilograms.

It's perfect for reinforcement, and it saves a lot of trouble in future construction. It serves multiple purposes.

Sure enough, powerful people are more favored by God, otherwise even if you are given an opportunity, you will not be able to grasp it.

"The Marquis has given instructions. The bricks have arrived. Lay the outer layer of bricks first. After the bricks are laid, fill the outer layer with a layer of soil. After laying one layer, pour another layer. We don't have much time left. Pass it on quickly and get started quickly.”

"By the way, the Marquis also ordered that you don't need to use glutinous rice juice or the like to connect the bricks, just use cement mixed with sand."

"Okay, head."

The order was passed from Zheng Xiong to Tieniu's head, then from Tieniu to the foremen below, and finally to the workers.

Do what is said above.

Workers just have to work.

There is a goal.

Workers are strong and motivated to work.

The city wall, which is several kilometers long, is rising rapidly at a rate of one meter per day.

The further to the back, the faster and faster it goes.

The situation that was originally thought to be insufficient of cement did not appear, but there was still prosperity.

The city wall is narrow and wide at the bottom. The bottom is more than ten meters wide, and the top is only four to ten meters wide.

So the easier you do it, the faster you do it.

From start to finish, it took more than half a month. With the pouring of the last layer, the entire city wall only had the last step of capping.

There's no rush, just wait for the concrete to dry for a while.

"You're saying that before the most important stone arrived, Zheng Xiong built the wall using Nao Shizi's cement and river sand and gravel, right?"

"Yes! The stones have just started being sent here in the past few days. The last section of the city wall over there has become the same as the connecting section. The stones are piled on the riverside pier, and no one has gone to pull them. I guess it’s not needed anymore! It’s completed.” “Hahahahaha, now I think you’re not dead, building a sand wall with sand and gravel is okay! He is indeed a talent. I don’t know how to combine the soil outside with the How can I explain to His Majesty, how can I explain to the people of the world this project that is as rubbish as tofu when the wall bricks are removed? I am suddenly very excited!"

"Haha, haha, goose goose goose~"

After waiting for a few days, with only two days left before the construction deadline, the cement began to solidify and its hardness increased greatly.

The final capping has officially begun.

It is also made of cement and sand connected to the wall bricks. Inside, some slates and strips of stone were pulled back from the river and laid on the ground. At the same time, guardrails were built to withstand attacks.

On September 25, the last section of the city wall undertaken by First Construction was officially completed.

This also marks the official completion of the third phase of the Nanjing City Wall project.

On this day, the morning after the completion of the project, Wang Peng was being questioned by Zhongshu Sheng and Baiguan.

"Wang Fucheng, although the Central Secretary issued a letter to supervise the construction period, but the situation has changed, it is not that we cannot be accommodating and handle it as appropriate."

"But as far as I know, before the capping was completed yesterday, only a few stones were removed from the riverside, and most of them were not used. The inside of the city wall was completely filled with river sand and gravel."

"The city wall is related to the safety of the capital. Such a city wall will collapse after two cannon blasts!"

"Wang Peng, Prince Fu Cheng, as the Fu Cheng of Ying Tian Mansion, do you have to give an explanation to His Majesty and the world?"

"Why does Zheng Xiong act like this when he is in charge of the position of governor? Why does your majesty care about the safety of the people?"

"I wonder how Wangfu Cheng can teach me?"

Hey!
Wang Peng sighed deeply.

Damn it, don’t think of yourself when good things happen.

The whole day is filled with these nonsense.

How can I explain it? It’s not me who did it. If you have the ability, go to Zheng Xiong!
What the hell are you doing to yourself!
Wang Peng reluctantly cheered up and replied quickly.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, Zheng Fuyin has his own reasons for doing things, and Ying Tianfu has also followed its promise to complete the project before the construction deadline."

"I don't know what you guys mean by this, sir? But I, Ying Tianfu, have already reached my limit."

"When I came here, Zheng Fuyin once said it."

"No investigation, no right to speak."

"The same sentence, I will also give it to all your lords."

Without investigation, do you have no right to speak?

interesting.

Lao Zhu quietly looked at Wang Peng who was standing up in the audience.

As always, continue to wait and see.

To be honest, ever since I learned that Zheng Xiong filled the city wall with sand and gravel, my expression was the same as the one at the scene.

The first feeling was anger, and the second was wanting to kill Zheng Xiong.

But Lao Zhu's investigation was still more detailed.

The things investigated by the Zhongshu Ministry of Education and other places are still too superficial and one-sided.

First, when Zheng Xiong went to Guanyao Mountain to make cement, Lao Zhu had a clear idea.

But I just paid attention and didn't care.

After the cement has solidified, its hardness is just that, which is not enough to make Lao Zhu look at it.

However, people in Guanyao Mountain have been in contact with it for a long time and know some of the properties of cement. In addition, during the construction of the city wall, the small pieces of concrete sputtered out and the concrete blocks on the construction site became harder and harder over time.

These details are most directly felt by people on the construction site.

However, there are very few officials who can go deep into the grassroots level to investigate, and they continue to be kept in the dark.

At the same time, the one with the most direct senses is Lao Zhu.

While shocked, he also obtained cement from Guanyao Mountain for experiments.

Practice brings true knowledge.

Therefore, after learning about Zheng Xiong's construction of the city wall, he did not stop it immediately.

Instead, it's the default.

(End of this chapter)