Chapter 225 Are you satisfied with the speed at which I am building the house?

“The third invention introduced by Chen is called cement!”

“Cement?” Everyone was puzzled.

Lin Beifan smiled and said: “Cement is a building material. It is usually in the form of powder. Once watered, it becomes gelatinous, but it can solidify quickly! Once solidified, it becomes as strong as a rock! In this way, it can be used to build houses , Repair bridges and roads, repair city walls, etc., it is really useful!”

“The materials used are relatively simple, mainly quicklime, clay and some iron slag. After being calcined, cement can be formed!”

Seeing everyone’s ignorance, Lin Beifan was full of the arrogance of a science student.

What a bunch of science blinds, they can’t understand such a simple truth!

It’s really a chicken talking to a duck, and playing the piano to a cow!

So he said angrily: “Let me tell you this! If you use cement to build a house, you can build a house in three days! And the strength of the house is not inferior to that of a mansion!”

Everyone’s expressions finally changed.

Wang Rushui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, blurted out: “How can it be possible to build a house in three days? If you say you want to build a thatched cottage, three days is indeed barely enough! However, if you want to build a house that is not inferior to In a house in a mansion compound, how can three days be enough?”

“According to my knowledge, to build a large house, the first step is to excavate the trench foundation, which takes 3-4 days! The next step is to lay the foundation, which also takes 3-4 days, – don’t be careless !”

“The next step is to place the capstones and erect the large wooden pillars. It will take 2-3 days! At this point, the real house will be built, but it has already taken 8-9 days!”

“After the big wooden pillars are erected, bricks and walls can be built. If it is fast, it can be completed in 4 to 5 days! Finally, the roof is capped and the tiles are laid. This will also take 4 to 5 days!”

“So, to build a house, it will take half a month at the fastest speed, and the materials are sufficient! You actually told me that it only takes three days. Isn’t this a joke?”

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Seeing that Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry said clearly and logically, everyone questioned Lin Beifan’s words.

“It’s really impossible to build a house in three days! For example, the official’s mansion took another three years before it was finally built and ready for occupancy! A small house inside took three months More than time!”

“When I was a schoolboy, I used to like to watch other people build houses! They want to build a big house, and it is impossible without a month!”

“You built such a house in three days, I will never believe it!”

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Facing everyone’s doubts, Lin Beifan was very calm: “My lords, if you haven’t seen it, it doesn’t mean you don’t have it! Just like before, I said that I will research the flying artifact, do you believe it? No, you don’t believe it at all, but no Is it still made by the official, and now it is mass-produced!”

“This…” All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

“There is also a hovercraft, a powerful water tool, which I invented! Now it is also mass-produced, and it has played a huge role! Whether it is transporting people or transporting food, it is very good!”

The officials gradually fell silent.

Lin Beifan continued: “So, this official is not aimless! This cement is well used, not inferior to big balloons and hovercraft! In some respects, it is even more practical than these two artifacts!”

“As long as cement is used, I am fully confident that within two months, millions of disaster victims can live in strong and warm houses! Within three months, a new city will be completely built!”

Everyone’s expressions changed drastically again!

Within two months, solve the living problem of millions of disaster victims!

Within three months, a new city was built!

How could it be possible?

Just about to open her mouth to refute, the Empress waved her hand resolutely: “It’s useless to talk now, let Aiqing try it first! Aiqing has been an official in the court for more than half a year, why has she ever let us down? Try it first, and see the effect Support again!”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Lin Beifan raised his hand.

The Empress thought for a while and said, “By the way, since it involves building a house, the Ministry of Industry will fully cooperate!”

“The minister complies with the decree!” The minister of the Ministry of Industry led the decree.

After receiving the support of the empress, Lin Beifan began to make arrangements.

Holding a hand-drawn map around the capital, he led a group of people to run around outside the capital.

“This is Panji Mountain, and there is a lot of limestone in it. You led a group of disaster victims here to mine limestone! There is a river passing by below, and it can be transported to this place through the river!”

“Yes, Lord Fucheng!”

Then ran to another place.

“There is a large amount of high-quality clay here, which can be mined for forging cement! You bring the victims here to dig the clay, and then transport it all the way down the river to this place!”

“Yes, Lord Fucheng!”

“Talk to the Ministry of Industry, and transport here the iron slag left over from their usual production of weapons and various ironware! In addition, collect iron ore slag from the people, the more the better!”

“Yes, Lord Fucheng!”

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Then, Lin Beifan wanted to pull out the artisans from the Ministry of Industry and asked them to build a huge calcination factory in their own circle, specially for the production of cement.

Then, some craftsmen were arranged to make molds.

They also arranged for some people to dig and transport sand and gravel.

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There is a lot of work and the content is very detailed, but Lin Beifan arranges everything in an orderly manner.

After everything was arranged properly, everyone let go of their arms and started working.

Of the 1 million disaster victims, except for about 300,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, all of them came out to work.

Strong and strong men are responsible for the hard work on the construction site. Women who are not able to do physical work are in charge of logistics, cooking water and cooking, etc., a scene in full swing!

A week passed quickly.

The empress and all the officials were very curious about how Lin Beifan was doing, so they went out of the city to take a look.

As a result, there was a sense of seeing Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Everything was new and she didn’t understand anything.

“Aiqing, come and explain to me what these things do!”

“Okay, Your Majesty!”

Lin Beifan first brought the empress and all the officials to a steaming place.

“Your Majesty, this is the workshop that makes cement. Chen simply calls it the cement workshop! All the cement we need for urban construction is produced from here!”

“What kind of cement are you talking about? Can you let me have a look?”

“Of course!”

Lin Beifan led the crowd forward, pointing to piles of gray dirt, and said, “This is cement!”

Everyone was shocked: “Is it cement? This is…too ugly, right?”

“Don’t look at it as ugly, but it’s very easy to use!”

The empress asked curiously: “How do you use this cement?”

“This cement has to be mixed with sediment and water in a certain proportion, and then it will become extremely strong! It’s useless to talk, follow me!”

Lin Beifan brought everyone to a flat place, where there were pieces of dingy bricks.

“This is the place where bricks are made, and we are making bricks out of cement!”

“Bricks made of cement?” Everyone wondered again.

Lin Beifan explained: “First make bricks, then build a house! Compared with traditional bricks, our bricks made of cement have an unparalleled advantage!”

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“What advantage?”

“The speed is fast, saving time, labor and money!” Lin Beifan said with a smile: “In the past, when we made bricks, we first excavated the clay, and after about half a year of open-air accumulation, let the sun expose to the sun and let the rain erode, making the inside After decomposing and loosening, and then undergoing certain procedures, only fine and dense pure soil is left!”

“Then, the pure soil and water were repeatedly hammered into thick mud before they were made into brick embryos. After drying in the sun, they were fired in a kiln! After more than ten days of firing, the bricks that could be built into walls were finally formed. Brick!”

“The whole process is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it costs a lot of charcoal!”

After hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but nodded.

“But our cement bricks are different!”

“It takes about three days for us to produce cement!”

“After the cement is produced, as long as the cement, sand, and water are mixed in a certain proportion to form a clay shape, bricks can be made according to the current mold and placed in a dry place to expose them to the sun and let them solidify! It takes 2 to 3 days , it can form bricks that can build walls! Its quality is not much different from the bricks fired before!”

Everyone’s expressions changed.

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Lin Beifan grabbed two dried and solidified cement bricks from the ground, and said with a smile, “Take a look, how are these bricks different from the bricks you usually see?”

An old minister pondered for a moment, and said, “Except for the different colors, they are almost the same in terms of firmness!”

“This is another great advantage of cement. It solidifies quickly and is very strong!” Lin Beifan said with a smile: “With such bricks, it is naturally much easier and cheaper to build a house!”

In everyone’s hearts, there is a little more expectation.

“Everyone, please follow me!”

Lin Beifan led everyone forward again, and came to rows of bungalows.

Lin Beifan said proudly: “This is a house built with cement. It took five days!”

“It was built in five days?” Everyone was shocked.

“How to build it in 5 days?” someone asked.

“As you can see, transport the finished cement bricks, build them up one by one, and reinforce them with cement! In this way, it will be built naturally!” Lin Beifan laughed.

“Don’t we need to dig trenches to build the foundation?” the Minister of Industry asked.

“Yes, but you don’t need to dig so deep. It can be solved in half a day! Because all the houses here are connected by cement, relying on each other, as stable as Mount Tai!”

“Don’t you need a pillar?” The Minister of the Ministry of Industry asked again.

Lin Beifan shook his head: “No need! Because the walls built with cement are very strong! So we skipped this procedure and built the walls directly! It took a total of two days, one day to build the wall, and one day to wait for the cement to dry and solidify !”

“Then how to cap it?” The Minister of the Ministry of Industry asked again.

“This is the easiest, everyone look up!”

Everyone looked up, only to see a few large horizontal beams on the top of the house, and the cement wall on top was still there.

“After the wall is built, we will put a few crossbars on the roof! Then, we will spread the cement boards that have already been made on top, and then use cement to solidify them! The whole process will not take half a day!”

“So, give it another day, wait for the slate on the roof to dry and solidify, and you’re done!”

“This is the process of building a house. You only need to make cement, and you can make cement into bricks and cement boards, and you can stack them according to the process of building a house. The whole process is as simple as stacking wood!”

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Lin Beifan smiled slightly: “Your Majesty, and my lords, are you satisfied with the speed of building this house?”

The empress and all the officials were shocked! Bu.