There was a little firmness in Zhou Chen's voice. These things were the results of his research over the past few days.

Although many things were just guesses, since Zhu Zhanji asked, he also told them all.

Firstly, it is to prove oneself, and secondly, it is to prove the role of cement and glass.

Especially cement, when used in buildings, it is definitely a magical thing.

It can be poured into models, or solidified into masonry, or it can replace the expensive glutinous rice to adhere the masonry.

Not only is the cost low, but it also saves time and effort.

No matter what it is, we can see the potential uses of cement.

Zhu Zhanji nodded slightly when he heard Zhou Chen's words. It must be said that Zhou Chen's observation skills are quite good. Although his knowledge of glass is limited, his evaluation of cement is very pertinent.

The foundation for the future construction of Ming Dynasty.

Although this is just Zhou Chen's own idea, it is not wrong.

Given the importance of cement in construction, there is no problem in describing it as the foundation for future construction in the Ming Dynasty.

After all, from the moment cement appeared, it was destined that this cheap and convenient building material would replace most of the things belonging to this era.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji showed a smile on his face and said: "I have something here that I want to leave to you!"

When Zhou Chen heard this, his expression was shocked, and he immediately stood up and bowed: "Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty the Grand Sun!"

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and motioned for him to sit back, and then he calmed down slightly and said: "I plan to demolish all the houses in the civilian areas in Yingtian City, and then use cement to rebuild houses for these people. In this way, as long as the foundation is

Stable, with the solidity of cement, even if there is a sudden strong wind or snow, it will not have any impact, what do you think?"

Demolish all houses in urban areas?

When Zhou Chen heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

He looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Your Highness, you mean to use cement to build houses for the entire Yingtian people?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded when he heard this. Most of the houses in civilian areas are old and dilapidated.

Not only the environment is bad, but the management is also inconvenient.

But if they are all demolished and then built into residential areas like later generations, it will be more convenient to manage.

It has also solved a lot of problems with dilapidated buildings and made Yingtian tidier at the same time.

It can be said that it is accomplished in one fell swoop!

"Your Highness Taisun, if that's the case, I'm afraid it won't be easy to cope with the number of people in the civilian area!"

Zhou Chen shook his head and said with a look of embarrassment on his face.

Although cement is magical, it also has a cost, and there are a lot of civilians in Yingtian.

If every house was demolished and built, not to mention whether there were so many places in Yingtian, the cost alone would be extraordinary. It would take tens of millions of taels of silver to be invested to see the results.

The problems here are too big and cannot be easily solved.

When Zhu Zhanji heard Zhou Chen's words, he understood that the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry must have misunderstood what he meant, so he said:

"It is not about demolishing and building everything at once, but choosing a place with the most dilapidated buildings as a trial first. If any problems are encountered, they can be easily solved. If it is feasible, we can start building in sequence and completely build it in the next one or two years."

Solve the problems I just mentioned."

When Zhou Chen heard this, his face was stunned for a moment, then he nodded, with a bit of a wry smile on his face, and said apologetically: "In that case, it's my minister Meng Lang!"

Seeing that Zhou Chen understood, Zhu Zhanji also smiled and waved his hand to indicate that Zhou Chen didn't need to pay attention. Then he found a freshly drawn piece of paper from a pile of papers on the side and handed it to the little snot beside him.

After letting Little Nose pass it to Zhou Chen, he said:

"Look at this, this is a house I specially designed for cement. This kind of house has six floors. Each floor can build three to four houses. One house can accommodate one family, because this

The upper and lower parts of this kind of house are connected by stairs, so I call this kind of house a building..."

These drawings were just drawn by Zhu Zhanji. They are not professional and even a little sloppy, but with the explanations, the meaning can be seen.

These things are actually based on some community houses of later generations and then converted.

The construction system of the Ming Dynasty did not stipulate the number of floors of a house, but only limited the number of rooms and shelves. The number of floors could be adapted to local conditions.

This creates a living space for the building. Coupled with cement and Ming Dynasty's iron-making technology, it is not too difficult to make steel bars. In this way, the last obstacle to building a building is gone.

So after thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji decided to directly copy the buildings from later generations.

First, it can solve the problem of a large number of dilapidated houses in Yingtianfu.

Secondly, with the concentration of communities, it will be more convenient to manage these places in the future. It is completely possible to arrange several Yamen police officers to be stationed in each community.

When Zhou Chen saw this picture and the slightly moist ink stains on the drawing, he could probably guess that these things were probably things that His Highness the Grand Sun had just thought of.

After listening to Zhu Zhanji's explanation and looking at the drawings handed over by Zhu Zhanji, Zhou Chen's eyes lit up and he said: "His Royal Highness Taisun has a wonderful idea. Although this kind of house looks simple, if it is built, it will

The building has six floors, with four households on each floor, that is, twenty-four households. Based on four people per household, one house can accommodate nearly a hundred people. In this way, if the construction is concentrated, only thirty or forty houses will be built in an area.

A building can easily manage a population of three to four thousand people!"

"And if it is built with cement and there are enough manpower, a building can be completed in just over a month!"

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but twitching when he heard Zhou Chen talking about building a six-story building in one month.

Gu Huan

To build a six-story building in one month is not to build a shoddy project, right?

But thinking about it, he understood the meaning of Zhou Chen's words.

It takes more than a month to build a six-story building. With enough manpower, it is not a big problem without decoration.

Although it looks a bit ugly, for some people who have difficulty even sheltering from the wind and rain, even this is not bad.

But after all, this is Yingtian, so it is impossible for Zhu Zhanji to really do this. Should it be renovated or simply renovated? At least it should not affect the appearance of the city in terms of appearance, right?

However, explaining the decoration was too troublesome, so Zhu Zhanji decided to build a model directly when the time came, and then use this model to copy.

In this way, the house built will look more tidy, beautiful and beautiful.

If the time comes, Zhu Zhanji feels that Yingtian can even be built into a semi-modern city.

Of course, these things are only briefly thought about in his mind now. Specific things still require a lot of time and a large number of professionals to plan.

Otherwise, relying on him alone, even if he spends all his life on these things, he may not be able to accomplish anything.

But there is no problem in moving some things over now.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji straightened his body slightly, and then said: "In addition to building this, there is also the road to Yingtian. I think some modifications are also needed."

"What does His Highness Taisun mean?"

Zhou Chen was a little confused when he heard this, so... he didn't know what kind of modification Zhu Zhanji was talking about, so he could only look at Zhu Zhanji with a questioning look on his face.

Zhu Zhanji explained: "Nowadays, most of the roads in Yingtian are paved with bricks and stones. The bricks and stones are easy to loosen and break. After being crushed by a large number of carriages, it is easy to leave car marks."

"So I thought since cement can replace masonry, why not just use cement to build roads in Yingtian? In this way, the ground will be smoother and more durable."

The question Zhu Zhanji mentioned was actually one of the questions raised by Gu Zuo this time.

In this era, the roads in many cities were actually made of bricks and stones, or simply paved with stone slabs. Building city walls with bricks and stones was actually not a big problem.

However, it is not a good choice for paving the ground, especially in places that are heavily run over by horse-drawn carriages.

Because the masonry is not a single piece, it will sink very easily after being run over by a carriage. In addition, there are more carriages. If maintenance is not carried out frequently, a large number of tunnels will be left.

Especially places like city gates are often the most serious places, not only for horse-drawn carriages, but also for ox-carts pulling goods.

If the ground is loose, a big pit will be formed directly.

In bad weather, stagnant water will form, and sometimes carriages will get stuck in, causing road blockage.

These things are not big things, but they are small troubles. Every year, the amount of money allocated by the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Ministry of Works for road maintenance is not a small amount of money. If it is serious, just repairing roads every year will

It’s not unusual to spend millions of dollars.

So now that cement was produced, Zhu Zhanji's first thought was naturally to build roads.

If you want to get rich, build roads first!

First, the road in Yingtian was changed to create a model, and then the road construction was started from Yingtian. Once started, as long as there was money, Zhu Zhanji had no intention of stopping the road construction plan.

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up slightly when he heard Zhu Zhanji's words.

He had never thought of building roads with cement.

Although he has been exposed to cement for a while, what he thinks about most is actually building city walls, houses, etc.

But after hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, he couldn't help but think about it.

He also knew the cost of cement. It was cheaper than masonry, and it was not troublesome to make.

In addition, when using more sand and gravel, the cost is greatly reduced.

Moreover, cement can be directly solidified into a whole piece. If the entire road in Yingtian turns into a whole piece of stone...

Zhou Chen could think of the benefits of such a thing just by thinking about it.

"His Royal Highness Taisun is wise!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen immediately flattered Zhu Zhanji, and then continued:

"Your Highness Taisun, I think that not only that, this method can even be popularized, especially for official roads. If it can also be poured with cement, not only will travel be more convenient and faster, but it will even save a lot of money in clearing roads every year."

Zhu Zhanji: "..."

Hearing Zhou Chen's words, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but take another look at this guy.

I have to say, this guy's brain is really flexible.

He just made the beginning, and Zhou Chen revealed his future plans.
Chapter completed!