Chapter 137 Cement
In his previous life, Zhao Huan was just a small business employee. He went to work and swimmers, read novels, and was a slutty person who was a person who was accustomed to drinking and bragging. It was really difficult for him to travel back to the Song Dynasty.
Not to mention that he traveled to the era when the Central Plains region opened its hell mode in the late Northern Song Dynasty. He finally managed to survive and barely survived. He did not have a clear direction for what to do in the future.
In fact, he didn't know whether the ideas he told the prime ministers could succeed. After all, no one could guarantee that he would succeed before he succeeded.
What's more, Zhao Huan, a political idiot, an agricultural idiot, and a technology idiot, is just a little better than the group of keyboard warriors in later generations. He didn't dare to think about it before.
But when people reach a certain environment and are forced to a certain extent, they dare to try everything. Anyway, there is some vague and fragmentary knowledge in their minds, which has allowed Qin Hui to find the group of people who are the best at scientific research in the Song Dynasty today.
So Zhao Huan still adheres to the principle of being a living horse. He, a guy who is not even a layman, went to give some guidance to the Academy of Sciences, and then took the mentality of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, after a while, it was actually done!
At the critical moment of salary cuts, the emperor planned to raise the salary for the people of the Academy of Sciences. Where should the money from the State Dynasty be used? It should be used on the blade!
The Song Dynasty was really good to those civil officials. The salary of civil officials in the Song Dynasty was the highest in ancient China, which was outrageously high. In a county town, the salary was converted into the money of later generations of more than 160,000 yuan, and the prime minister was even more awesome.
There are rumors that Bao Zheng, who once served as the envoy of the Three Sessions, had an annual salary of over 10 million yuan. What does this mean? Even if he is not as stingy as the Ming Dynasty, he can't do so.
This salary is seven or eight times that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
I am now going to be one-size-fits-all! Whoever loves to do it or not? The genius of the country is like a crucian carp across the river, and a lot of people are waiting. If anyone dares to stop me from saving money, he should die!
Zhao Huan is now increasingly able to understand the mood of Ying Zheng and Liu Che. The First Emperor changed the world. Six out of seven people in the world opposed him. If he wanted to change China from a feudal system to a county system, he had to fight with the people of the world to the end. Whoever fucked him would die!
The Confucian scholar talks the most nonsense, just burn it! Just bury it! Is there no knife in my hand?
In this era of changing the world, powerful figures must stand up, and Qin Shihuang is such a person.
Where is Liu Che? Damn, I am a great man. The first time in China, China has truly unified the empire for such a long time, is it that you, a savage Xiongnu savage, dare to act wildly. Do it for me!
But many people objected, saying that your emperor was a military force.
Haha, it’s great to get your salaries in the capital?
Anyone who dares to criticize the government will die! Come on! I will drag Sima Guang down and castrate me! Oh no! It's Sima Qian!
The theory that butt determines the head is correct. The position you sit in largely determines your vision. Sitting in Zhao Huan’s position, you are looking at the entire Song Dynasty and the surrounding countries.
Standing at the Zhou Dynasty, he only cared about the money of the national treasury. In the Xu Churen position, he cared about the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty, Li Gang and Zhong Shidao, and saw military affairs.
So the emperor is lonely, and no one can stand in the same position and look at the world with the same perspective as him. What's more, at this time, the emperor's ideas and practices are completely contrary to the mainstream, just like Qin Shihuang and Liu Che.
Only with the most iron-blooded wrist can you push it down!
My orders are for execution, not for questioning.
Zhao Huan and Qin Hui came to the Academy of Sciences together, and Han Gonglian hurriedly stepped forward: "I bow to the emperor."
There were several staff members from the Academy of Sciences behind Han Gonglian. These people dressed very strangely. Compared with the elegance of the officials of the Song Dynasty, they seemed a little dull, but in Zhao Huan's opinion, they were enough to specialize in research.
"I bow to the emperor."
"Everyone is free of gifts."
Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Chen Yongyi, you really got it right. You took half a month to make cement for me! According to the agreement, I want to ask for a wife for every bachelor you!"
Those people from the Academy of Sciences laughed. They were old, but they were not young anymore.
In the Song Dynasty, when he was thirty, he had no wife yet. It was unimaginable that even the farmers who had no money would have gotten married and had children long ago.
Look at these guys, they are all scattered all day long, like begging for food on the roadside. When they first entered the palace to meet the saint, Qin Hui arranged for someone to dress up and then returned to their original state.
Fortunately, the emperor didn't say anything, so he let them do it like this. The emperor didn't care about their usual clothes as long as they didn't wear clothes.
The honest and honest man named Chen Yongyi smiled: "Thank you Your Majesty."
Zhao Huan looked at them with a look that men knew, and smiled and said, "And Zhan You, Li Chong, Xu Da, you are all pillars of the empire's future, the daughters of my ministers in the court, and many granddaughters are not married, I will give you a marriage!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Come on! Let me see what you made of cement!"
Everyone came up with the results of the research. When Zhao Huan saw it, he was very happy. It was just such a thing. Although it didn't look as good as those of later generations, it was already very good.
In ancient China, the road outside the city was basically paved with gravel and then rammed earth. There were many official roads with cooked soil, which was to roast the soil with fire and then tamp it. This would not easily lead to insects and grass growth, and the road was preserved for a long time.
However, after wind and sun exposure, serious damage will soon be inevitable.
At present, Zhao Huan's requirements for roads cannot be like in later generations. He only requires this kind of cement to be roughly laid, which is much better than the previous roads.
This thing has been developed now, and we need to start to find ways to produce a large amount of production. Moreover, the technology of this thing must be kept confidential and cannot be disclosed for the Jurchens and Dangxiang to know.
Therefore, the imperial court must be the leader and recruit people from the people.
In addition, the raw materials needed for this thing must be found to be mined as soon as possible. There are no shortage of limestone in China, and it is available in many places. When the imperial court mined and dug iron in some places, it opened a large amount of limestone. After that, no one thought that thing was useful in the past, and basically gave up. Now it is different. The Academy of Sciences has compiled the original version of cement, which is of great use.
Zhao Huan was very happy. Things were developing step by step in a good direction. With cement, he asked the Political Affairs Hall to start planning the future road construction of the country. With some complete road systems, the cost of transporting grain will be reduced, the speed of marching will be accelerated, and even the intelligence information of the Imperial City Department will be accelerated.
In short, Zhao Huan's rule over the empire will be more reliable.
"This thing is top secret and must not be leaked."
"Abide by the order!"
After returning from the Academy of Sciences, Zhao Huan said to Qin Hui along the way: "Qin Hui, you can help Xu Churen to make a road proposal for the next ten years of the Song Dynasty. I need to closely link Kaifeng with the other four, and first cultivate the master's way."
"Abide by the order."
Zhao Huan thought for a while and said, "The establishment of the Academy of Sciences is very smooth. If you make a great contribution, you will withdraw from the Academy of Sciences and enter the Political Affairs Hall to assist Xu Churen in promoting the Jiaozi."
Chapter completed!