Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 204 The speed of infrastructure construction that shocked the world
Paving with cement is actually very simple and not as cumbersome as paving with stone slabs.

The craftsmen have already used wooden boards to determine the shape of the road along the planned route in advance, and have compacted the roadbed.

What we have to do today is just to mix the prepared cement, sand and water, then fill it in, and finally smooth it out with tools.

In order to achieve the best advertising effect, Jia Qiong arranged for [-] workers to pave this road with a total length of less than ten miles at the same time.

After so many days of publicity, the people in Chang'an basically knew that a road would be built with fairy mud outside the city, so many people and businessmen gathered along the road to watch.

As truckloads of concrete were filled onto the road, a gray-white road emerged from scratch and took shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than half an hour, a wide cement road had been paved.

In today's era, this is definitely a speed of infrastructure construction that shocks the world.

The people standing on the top of the mountain felt it most intuitively. Emperor Longqing and the kings were almost dumbfounded.

Emperor Longqing asked uncertainly: "Is this... completed?"

Jia Qiong nodded and said, "Yes, it just needs to be exposed to the sun for a few more hours."

Prince Gong admired: "It's so fast. This time, I really opened my eyes."

Jia Qiong said: "The road has only been paved now, we still have to check the specific quality ourselves.

Your Majesty, all princes, I will go to Linjiang Tower to bring you some food.

Let's eat here and enjoy the scenery.

How about we wait a few hours for the road to dry out and then try this new road? "

Emperor Longqing smiled and said: "Okay, I also want to try the road built with immortal mud."

Near the construction site, many onlookers who were blocked outside were talking.

"Can we walk on this dirt-paved road?"

"Haven't you heard? This stuff is harder than stone when dried, and it's not afraid of water or fire."

"No, otherwise it's fairy mud. Maybe it's really a fairy recipe from heaven."

"This road has been repaired. It will save us a lot of unnecessary walking from the pier to the West City."

"To build a road, how can we cut down this large forest?"

"I heard that a town is going to be built in this area, and it will be built with fairy mud."

"Hey, how much money is it worth to build a house with fairy mud?"

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Three hours later, Emperor Longqing and others descended from Xiaoquan Mountain and stepped onto the newly built cement road from the north side of Weishui Pier.

The cement road is nine meters wide, enough to accommodate four carriages traveling in parallel.

The road is very smooth, and even if the carriage is traveling at high speed, you will not feel any bumps.

Emperor Longqing was so satisfied with this road that he even dismounted his horse, touched the road with his own hands, and named the road Shuangquan Road.

After this trip, Emperor Longqing and the kings no longer had any doubts about the magic of cement, and they also paid more attention to Jia Qiong's abilities.

The magic of cement quickly spread in the market through the mouths of onlookers.

Especially after an autumn rain a few days later, the road leading to Mingdemen became muddy, but the newly built cement road did not have this problem at all.

As a result, pedestrians and vehicles traveling between the dock and Chang'an City began to choose this road.

Shuangquan Road immediately became a lively road, with busy traffic and an endless stream of pedestrians.

As long as you walk on Shuangquan Road, it's impossible not to see the busy construction sites on both sides of the road.

Therefore, some situations in Shuangquan Town gradually spread among the people.Jia Qiong has a large labor force, and a group of craftsmen who are the best in construction in the world are responsible for central command.

Within ten days, hundreds of two-story buildings were quickly constructed on both sides of Shuangquan Road.

The main bodies of these small buildings are all made of bamboo as the skeleton, poured into concrete, and decorated with blue bricks and gray tiles as the exterior walls. They look very unique.

These small buildings are arranged neatly, and the roads in front of them are all paved with cement.

Jia Qiong also had people dig drainage culverts and reinforce them with cement, so there would be no fear of water accumulation even if it rains heavily.

Although Shuangquan Town is outside Chang'an City, it is located right between Weishui Wharf and Chang'an. It is very convenient for people who rely on the wharf to make a living living here.

Moreover, Shuangquan Road is now crowded with people and very lively, so doing business here will definitely not be bad.

Many businessmen who have sensed business opportunities have begun to inquire about the selling prices of these houses.

Soon, the Freemasonry Association issued a notice that it would sell the first phase of Shuangquan Town properties starting from the first day of September, with a total of [-] units.

On the same day, the Masonic Association will open a sales office branch, which will have model houses and project sandboxes for home buyers to visit and consult.

Those who are willing to buy a house can also go to Shuangquan Town for on-site house viewing.

The most important thing is a two-story standard residential house. The price given by the Freemasons is only 100 taels of silver. The price is the same regardless of location.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a heated discussion in Chang'an City.

You must know that before the Freemasons announced the prices, businessmen's predicted prices for these houses were generally not less than 300 taels.

After all, these are all new houses built from fairy mud, and they are all very unique two-story buildings with yards and terraces, which are eye-catching.

Moreover, the location of Shuangquan Town is also good. It is not far from Chang'an City and is on an important transportation road.

Even outside the city, the price should be more expensive than the old houses in the city.

This price was far lower than everyone expected, and it ignited the enthusiasm of many small businessmen, small landowners and wealthy households.

The real estate in Shuangquan Town has become the hottest topic in Chang'an City nowadays.

The Freemasonry selected fifty young people with good looks and eloquence from the victims, and began to teach the sales skills summarized by Jia Qiong.

And it was Jia Yun who taught them this.

Some time ago, Jia Yun had been working in the limestone collection field outside the city and was doing very well.

The limestone collection site has the harshest environment among all raw material collection sites, with very large amounts of dust.

Although Jia Qiong had people make simple masks for the workers, as long as he stood there for a while, his whole body would be covered with dust.

Because lime will heat up when it comes into contact with water, you cannot bathe with a bucket as usual.

Every day after work, I have to go to the river to wash myself.

In order to test the Jia family's relatives, Jia Qiong arranged for them to work as supervisors here.

As a result, these people basically didn't last more than a few days before they applied for transfer one after another.

Jia Qiong didn't force it, he didn't grasp the opportunity given to them, and Jia Qiong wouldn't reuse them again in the future.

Only Jia Yun persisted and completed the work very well.

He is hard-working and has good abilities.

Without Jia Qiong's intervention, he quickly stood out and was promoted to director of the mine by Guan Shanyue, who was in charge of the limestone mining area.

The output of the mine he manages has always ranked first among the five mines.

So as soon as the Masonic Sales Department was established, Jia Qiong kept his promise and transferred him back to the headquarters to serve as the sales office manager and lead the new home sales team.

(End of this chapter)