Yu Ruhai said this, reached out and took the hammer from the hand of the government servant next to him, and hammered the wall hard twice, only to find that he could only leave a shallow dent on the wall.
Even Yu Ruhai's hand was a little sore from the shock, and then he smiled bitterly at Zhao Feng.
"Mr. Zhao, I knew that the thing you made was definitely not ordinary, but I didn't expect this thing to be so good!"
"Mr. Zhao, do you know? It only takes such a short time for this gun to solidify and become harder than stone. It can not only be used to build roads, but also city walls. This is much better than the city walls we have built now. much better!"
Zhao Feng couldn't help but spread his hands when he saw Yu Ruhai talking endlessly about the benefits of cement.
"Master Prefect, I have already told you that this can make a lot of money!"
"It's a pity that you didn't believe it at all at the time. Do you believe it now?"
Yu Ruhai nodded quickly, then walked over and lowered his voice and said to Zhao Feng.
"Mr. Zhao, since this thing is so good, we must promote it. With this thing, we will definitely shock the entire Zhou Dynasty!"
Zhao Feng chuckled, nodded directly, and said.
"Prefect, don't worry, I will do it."
"But before that, the first thing to usher in is the great changes in architecture!"
Cement concrete has natural advantages over the brick and wood structures currently used in the Zhou Dynasty.
First of all, the brick-wood structure used by the Zhou Dynasty did not have very good thermal insulation properties. At the same time, the brick-wood structure could only build a two-story building at most. If it were higher, it would not be able to support such a heavy building. weight.
But if concrete is used at the base or one or two floors below, a brick and wood structure can also be used above, so that the building can be directly four or five floors high!
And because this concrete is very easy and fast to construct, some originally very complex projects will become very simple after using this concrete.
For example, if the original streets in Fucheng want to be renovated, they need to re-fire stone bricks or use natural stones to pave them. This not only requires a lot of labor to transport the stones, but also requires masons to transport them. The stones are all polished smooth.
But after using this concrete, you only need to lay the concrete on the ground and smooth it, and it will become as hard as stone. Moreover, the ground laid in this way is not only very smooth, but also very quick to repair.
That is to say, the Zhou Dynasty had very strict control over iron ore and iron tools. Otherwise, if steel bars were added, a lot of things could be made.
Fortunately, even without steel bars, the advantages of cement concrete cannot be denied, so after Zhao Feng comes up with this thing, I believe it will definitely shock the entire Zhou Dynasty.
Before Yu Ruhai looked at Zhao Feng with great solemnity, he thought that what Zhao Feng said was to deceive these businessmen, but now he believed that Zhao Feng really wanted to use this thing to make big money.
Soon, some businessmen also noticed that the wall Zhao Feng had made here had become very strong. This shocked them. They had no idea that the wall Zhao Feng had made could actually become stronger than stone. Hard situation.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Feng finally launched cement.
"Come and take a look. This is a new type of building material. It looks softer than mud now, but once it solidifies, it will be harder than stone!"
"And this bag of cement only sells for 20 cents. With a few dozen taels of silver, you can build a solid house with cement!"
"This cement can even be used to build a second floor and pave the ground. It's also top-notch!"
After the cement appeared, all the businessmen were shocked, because they now discovered that this cement actually made them a little tempted. Many businessmen who invested in this cement actually took the lead in buying it, hoping to rebuild their houses. Build it up.
Zhao Feng even took them to visit his cement factory. After more than a month of construction, the cement factory now completely looks like a real factory.
Not only have dormitories and canteens been prepared for all the workers, but the floors of the factory buildings have also been hardened with cement.
Seeing the very neat and beautiful cement houses, more and more people began to buy this cement. After all, this cement is really not expensive, and you only need a dozen bags of cement to repair your home.
If you spend more than ten taels of silver, you can build a house directly, and the cement construction is very simple, and even the labor cost is less than before.
Cement just appeared and it detonated the entire city!
Naturally, Zhao Feng's goal is not only this city. After all, his cement factory has already attracted tens of thousands of workers. With these workers producing continuously every day, at least tens of thousands bags of cement are shipped out of the factory every day.
In addition to this prefecture, Zhao Feng also set his sales targets in several surrounding prefectures and even some wealthier places.
In the first month, the cement factory's financial report did not show anything, but in the second month, the cement factory's profit reached hundreds of thousands taels!
Tens of thousands of bags of cement are sold every day, bringing huge profits to Zhao Feng's cement factory, especially the dividends he and those shareholders will have to pay to them at the end of the year, so now he can put most of the money into the treasury. Among them, it will be used as the treasury’s dividend this year.
Seeing that the treasury suddenly became full, Yu Ruhai couldn't believe his eyes.
Before Zhao Feng opened this cement factory, he was still worried about the tax revenue of 10,000 taels at the end of the year. However, he did not expect that this cement factory had only been opened for a month. Not only did he collect the tax revenue of 10,000 taels at the end of the year, There were even tens of thousands of taels of silver at his disposal.
You know, this is all the surplus except the wages of those workers!
In the process, Zhao Feng also completely convinced Sun Peng and Zhou Fei of his abilities, and they obeyed his boss's words and became loyal for a while.
The twelfth lunar month is approaching, and Yu Ruhai needs to be responsible for escorting the tax money and at the same time going to Beijing to report on his work. Before Yu Ruhai left, he turned to Zhao Feng and said.
"Mr. Zhao, this time you created the cement plant and the public-private partnership model. I have written all these things in the memorial."
"If everything goes well this time, Mr. Zhao will be promoted soon!"
When Zhao Feng heard this, he couldn't help but smile and wave his hands.
He never considered promotion, his only goal was to make a fortune.
