No Regrets In Flourishing Tang

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Harbor ’s plan was designed by Li An himself. Every step was executed strictly in accordance with Li An ’s will. The subordinates would report in time and predict the various needs in the future.

Among the more than 10000 soldiers and horses of the Great Tang, there are more than 1000 Armed Forces built by themselves, all kinds of craftsmen have come along, although some have been left along the way, but many new people have also been recruited along the way. The number of people not at all decreases, so every time you arrive at a new place, you can initiate construction activities in a timely manner.

After solving the housing problem of more than 1000 soldiers and horses, the more than 10000 construction personnel and horses began to build lighthouses and Harbor berth facilities according to Li An’s requirements.

The requirements of the lighthouse are relatively high, and the demand for building materials is very large. Whether it is cement, sand, crushed stone, or steel, there is a great demand. If there are not enough materials, the construction of the lighthouse will be idle.

Because the pre-construction speed is not fast, the required construction materials, except for cement and steel, are built by the craftsmen themselves in the vicinity. Sand and broken stones are produced by themselves. Sand can be produced directly in the slower rivers. Now, the production of crushed stones is simpler. You only need to crush the big stones. It is not too difficult.

However, after splitting the hands of Loose Practitioner in this way, there are few people responsible for building the lighthouse. The serious shortage of the number of craftsmen will inevitably delay the progress of the Harbor construction.

But despite all this, the construction will not be accelerated if there are not many people. If there are not enough raw materials, the construction will stop.

The construction of later generations was stopped because of funds, which eventually led to the building becoming a lousy building, because building materials can be bought everywhere, as long as you have money, you can definitely buy materials.

However, the situation is very different now. It is not possible to buy materials with money, because there is no material at all, for example, the most technical steel material, which is impossible in the local area, and there is no broken stone in the construction of local houses, so You ca n’t buy crushed stones. On the premise that you ca n’t buy building materials, you can only let construction artisans produce the building materials yourself.

Because the process of producing sand and broken stones is too simple, Li An intends to let the nearby villagers do the work, let these villagers produce nearby, and then sell them to Great Tang, which can solve the problem of insufficient manpower.

As for the reinforcement material and cement, we can only hope to transport from beyond a thousand li for the time being, there is no better way.

When Li An said his thoughts, the subordinates naturally supported it and thought it was a very good opinion.

“Minister Li, everything else is easy to say, the demand for these two materials, steel and cement, is too high, and the prices of these two are precisely the highest. If most 2 2-Layer buildings use these two materials, The money spent is too high, and it is difficult to supply. Should we use as little steel and cement as possible? “

The subordinate’s opening pointed out the difficulty.

Li An also understands this reason. In this era of low steel production, the cost of large-scale use of steel bars is very high, but if you want to build a strong building, it is obviously not possible without this material. Steel bars are the skeleton of the building. If there is no bone, how can the building be strong?

However, the problem of lack of steel materials is indeed a big problem. If the supply is really not available, it is necessary to use less steel materials. As long as the building is not too high, less steel is used in a building, such as There must be several slabs in the building, and the main bearing points should be added to increase the strength of the building and prevent the building from collapsing.

The reason why the wooden building can build many layers is because the material of the wooden building is light, the upper layer is not easy to crush the lower layer, and the flexibility of the wooden material is also very good, so it is no problem to build many layers.

Concrete building materials are very bulky and far less flexible than wood. If steel bars are not added, the collapse of the house is likely to happen.

However, large living people cannot be suffocated by urine, and lack of materials can help them.

“Brick-wood structure, you can use the brick-wood structure, so that there will not be too many problems, but also to solve the problem of insufficient reinforcement.”

Li An said happily.

The so-called brick-wood structure is a large tile house before the emergence of commercial houses in later generations, but it is a multi-story tile house.

The tile house is built with bricks, the walls are made of bricks, the doors and windows are made of wood, the roof is made of wood, reed rods, and tiles. The main body of the building does not have the slightest reinforcement material, and this building can also be used for many years And even, it is possible to use yellow mud directly to build walls without cement. Of course, if cement is used, the building will be stronger, and using yellow mud will reduce the lifespan of the building.

Although the tile houses are mostly single-storey, it is also possible to build 2 or 3 floors. For example, you can make the foundation stronger, use cement to build bricks, the floor between the 2 floors, use wood, each The area of ​​the house should be as small as possible, as long as it is designed in this way, it can completely avoid the collapse of the house.

The difference between this kind of brick-wood mixed building and an all-wood house is that the wooden boards supporting the walls are replaced with masonry materials. The solidity and fire resistance will be greatly enhanced. It is a very good building.

With this type of construction, there is no need for reinforcing steel, and there is very little demand for cement. Concrete may or may not be needed. The only large demand is bricks and wood.

There are enough trees around the harbour, the problem of wood is not difficult to solve, just buy it, and the problem of bricks and tiles is not difficult to solve, as long as there is soil, I am afraid that bricks will not be made.

When the subordinates inspected the surroundings, they found a location nearby that was very suitable for building a brick factory, and construction had already begun.

Building bricks requires relatively simple materials, mainly soil, and soil with a certain viscosity is even better. If there is no viscosity, the bricks will be difficult to form, so it is not a brick.

In addition to the raw material of soil, fuel is also needed. The cheapest is wood, which uses wood to generate high temperatures and burns the soil into hard bricks.

The soil reserves are massive, and there is no need to worry about insufficient raw materials, and there will be no problem with fuel. Now the villagers of the village have begun to cut down trees and sell them to Great Tang. The trunk of the trees can be used to build buildings and build Furniture, but the side branches of the trees can be used as fuel, and it is the most suitable thing to transport to the brick factory.

Because bricks are very heavy construction materials, they are reasonable as long as they are placed close to the harbour. It is understandable that they are a little further away. If they are too far away, it will be more troublesome and transportation will be a big problem.

Therefore, the brick factory selected by the subordinates is a place closer to Harbor, and even this place is inside the planned Harbour City, that is to say, as long as the city wall is built, the location of this brick factory is in the city.

Li An’s building structure was quickly drawn and handed over to his subordinates to let them study and prepare to build as many houses as possible in the early stage to reduce The demand for reinforcement materials.

After the research, the subordinates felt that Li An’s plan was very possible and expressed their full support.

The Great Tang has many soldiers and horses, and all important positions are guarded by soldiers and horses. Therefore, it will not be built without the pirate remnant forces not resolved. On the contrary, it will also be carried out on a large scale and on a large scale. At the same time, all the pirate remnant forces were wiped out in one fell swoop.

After a night, Li An got up early in the morning, and after breakfast, he set off in a hurry. He had planned to go to the nearby village in the afternoon to see if the villagers had completed the construction of the arrow tower. This plan will not change Yes, so you must use the morning thing to see the brick factory.

Still leading 50 guards, Li An rode to the brick factory 6 miles away.

Now the brick factory has started to produce bricks, so the smoke from the chimney can be seen at a long distance. Because the scale of the bricks is somewhat large, the scale of the kiln is relatively large, but No matter how big the brick kiln is, it usually only needs a chimney. After all, it is not easy to build a chimney. One is enough.

After getting closer, you can see a lot of mud billets around the brick factory. These all are drying clay billets. Only after they are dried, can they be transported into the brick kiln for firing.

There are also some craftsmen working with the mud and pressing the mud into the finished wooden mold. After a little drying and setting, they can be taken out and placed outside to dry.

At present, there are not many artisans in this brick factory. There are only more than 100 people. In addition, there are more than 100 soldiers who are responsible for protecting them to prevent completely crazy and ridiculous pirate remnant forces from raiding here.

Because the terrain is not very flat, the brick factory has no courtyard walls, even wooden fences, but only erected towers in several directions. Each turret can accommodate 5 Archers, and there are soldiers inside the brick factory day and night. Constant patrols to ensure absolute control of the brick factory.

Li An glanced at the surrounding arrow towers and felt that the security defense measures were still in place. As long as these arrow towers were used as support, even a few hundred pirate soldiers could defeat the Great Tang soldiers and horses. Moreover, There are few soldiers and horses left by the pirates. Under the suppression of the Great Tang, simply cannot gather so many troops.

There is a small river next to the brick factory. The width of the river is only 2 3 meters, and the flow of the river is not big. However, the supply of the brick factory is enough.

He mud needs water resources, and artisans also need water for laundry and cooking. After the bricks are burned, because the temperature is too high, water cooling is needed, or water resources are needed. Therefore, the brick factory must be close to the water resources. It is necessary beside the river.

The reason why the fired bricks are irrigated with cold water is to improve the efficiency of firing the bricks. Imagine that the newly fired bricks have a high temperature of a few 100 to 1000 degrees. It takes a long time to cool down, and then the craftsmen can work hard to remove these bricks and then enter the next round of firing.

This cooling process is very long. In closed brick kilns, high temperature bricks are difficult to dissipate heat, and if cold water is used to pour from the top, the cooling rate can be greatly increased, so that it can be very fast Entering the next cycle, the speed of firing bricks can be greatly improved.

Of course, there will also be energy loss. The cold water cools the entire brick kiln, and the next round of firing will increase the temperature a little bit.

After the development of science and technology in later generations, in order to avoid the waste of heat and at the same time to save water resources, the natural cooling method was adopted, but only if advanced machinery helped.

It is a kind of forklift truck, which can directly transport a large number of hot bricks without manual contact, and then put the finished rough mud bricks into the brick kiln for second round firing.

Doing so can greatly increase production and maximize the utilization of brick kilns. At the same time, it can also save energy, reduce the use of firewood, and completely use no water resources.

However, in the current brick kiln not at all forklifts, the bricks still need to be moved in and out manually, so they must be cooled with cold water.

Bricks cooled with cold water are azure, also known as blue bricks, while bricks that are cooled naturally are red, known as red bricks.

Now, this brick factory can only use water cooling, so it can only produce blue bricks.

The mud bricks piled outside are arranged in a cube according to the rules. Each pile is no more and less, exactly 510 pieces of mud bricks.

The bricks of later generations are all placed in this way. Such small bricks are very convenient to use and much more practical than the large bricks manufactured by Great Tang before. Therefore, Li An decided to use such small bricks.

“This is the first trial firing. How long will it take to get out of the kiln?”

Li An saw that there were no blue bricks outside, and naturally knew that this was the first time a brick factory fired bricks.

“Minister Li, you have to wait for nearly one hour.”

Brick Factory Chief-In-Charge replied.

At this time, Li An was still able to wait, nodded, opened the mouth and said: “You continue to work, Harbor has a great demand for bricks, you must step up the firing, and do not delay the construction of Harbor.”

“Yes, familiar with and understand.”

At a glance, Li An saw at least 100 cubic meters of clay bricks piled up on the open space, but all of them could be burned in 2 times.

The most physical part of making bricks is not the firing process, but the process of making mud bricks and transportation. One side of the mud bricks needs to be transported to the cart one by one. After being transported into the brick kiln, it is unloaded The neat code is placed in the designated location. After the firing is completed, it must be transported out in small carts, and the yards are neatly placed on the outside.

In short, the process of carrying is very tiring, and it consumes a lot of physical strength. People with poor health can’t bear it anyway. Therefore, the young man in the brick factory is very strong, even if he is thin. Yes, I went to work in a brick kiln and it will soon become very strong.

After ascending the arrow tower, you can see the whole picture of the whole brick factory more clearly, and you can monitor a large area around you. As long as an outsider breaks in, you can be found outside the severe li.