After Qin Ming sat down again, he said to Huang Hu:
"Ahu, how many iron shops did you go to today? How many iron shops can Chang'an City buy for road construction?"
Huang Hu's face turned red when he heard this, and he stood up.
Qin Ming waved his hand and said:
"Just sit and talk."
Huang Hu sat back on his chair a little awkwardly after hearing this. He and Wu Ma did not write down the situation of each shop on paper like Li Chun did.
Therefore, it is inevitable that I feel a little nervous and guilty at this moment. I feel that I am not rigorous enough in handling things and I am ashamed of my trust in the young master.
"Sir, I and Wu Ma visited all the blacksmith shops in the East and West markets today. There are probably more than 500 iron shovels in these shops, and more than 100 hammers and chisels..."
Qin Ming frowned and thought deeply after hearing this. Hearing Huang Hu's report, there are not many tools in the blacksmith shop in Chang'an City, far from enough to build cement roads, but there is a lot of pig iron.
After thinking about it, Qin Mingchao Li Chun asked:
"Dean Li, how many blacksmiths are there in our house now? If we buy pig iron, how many iron shovels can we make in a day?"
Li Chun thought for a while and said:
"There are currently twenty blacksmiths in the mansion, and most of them have apprentices in the engineering colleges. Together with those apprentices, it is estimated that they can make two hundred blacksmiths a day."
Qin Ming nodded slightly and confessed to Huang Hu and Wu Ma:
"Ahu, Wu Ma, tomorrow morning you each take people to buy the ironware and pig iron from the blacksmith shop. The ironware is placed in the warehouse in the mansion, and all the pig iron is sent back to Zhuangzi by the transportation team."
"Ahu, you are responsible for going to the East Market, and Wu Ma, you go to the West Market. The money you need to buy will be ready before you go out tomorrow morning. All you need to do is to buy all the iron and pig iron you can before noon tomorrow. .”
After hearing this, the two of them walked up to Qin Ming, saluted, and said:
"promise."
Qin Ming chatted with a few people for a few more words, and then asked the maid to take Shopkeeper Guo and others to the guest room.
Li Chun was the only one left in the front hall.
Li Chun picked up the tea cup and took a sip before asking:
"Master, do you have something to confess?"
Qin Ming nodded, then got up and strolled in the front hall.
When Li Chun saw this, he didn't rush and drank tea by himself.
After Qin Ming walked around for a few times, he sat down on the chair opposite Li Chun and then asked seriously:
"Dean Li, suppose Zhuangzi recruits 1,000 people and Chang'an City recruits 5,000 people, and there are enough iron tools. Based on your experience, how long will it take for this cement road to be repaired?"
After hearing this, Li Chun lowered his head and thought for a long time, then slowly said:
"Sir, it's about 120 miles from Chang'an City to Lantian County. Based on the current number of people, it will take at least three months to complete the construction of this cement road."
Qin Ming frowned when he heard this, thought about it and said:
"Three months is a long time. If we recruit more people, can we shorten the time to two months, or one month?"
Li Chun shook his head and said:
"It's difficult. The official road built in the house this time is not as good as the small road on Zhuangzi. Moreover, as the first concrete official road in the imperial court, it will definitely attract the attention of the courtiers and the people."
"So to ensure that the cement road is strong and durable, more attention needs to be paid to all aspects, especially before and after cement paving, and the smoothing of the road surface is particularly important. This is also the most time-consuming part of paving cement roads now."
"In addition to smoothing the road surface, transporting cement and clearing from Lantian to Chang'an will also be time-consuming in the future."
After hearing this, Qin Ming lowered his head and pondered. He recalled in his mind the various steps Zhuangzi took to build roads and the tools they used, and then compared them with the mechanized road building process of later generations.
When crossing, it would be nice to bring a few rollers and transport trucks with you.
How much can be saved!
Oh, no, Datang did not have road rollers and transport trucks, but he could completely transform two purely "horse" powered transport vehicles and road rollers based on the principles and shapes of road rollers and transport vehicles!
Thinking of this, Qin Ming couldn't help but feel happy.
"Dean Li, if I could double the time for paving the road and transporting cement, could this road be completed within two months?"
Li Chun nodded when he heard this, and then said curiously:
"Of course you can, but Master, can you tell a certain family about the method you mentioned?"
Qin Ming smiled when he heard this and told Li Chun about the carriage he planned to build specifically for road paving and transportation.
After listening to this, Li Chun felt that he was nothing compared to Qin Ming. He had been working on projects for decades, but he had never thought about modifying some carriages specially used to build roads and bridges to speed up the progress of his projects. .
He can't wait to see the finished "engineering vehicle" now.
Li Chun stood up, walked to Qin Ming, put his hands together and rubbed them, and asked:
"Sir, when will the drawings of the engineering vehicles you just mentioned be produced?"
Qin Ming was in a good mood when he saw Li Chun's excitement. He dusted off the non-existent dust on his body and said with a smile:
"I'll go back and think about this carefully, and I'll give you a good picture in the next two days."
After a while,
Qin Ming, who was in a good mood, returned to his small courtyard alone.
Looking up, Qin Ming raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he saw his room lit with candles.
He walked quickly towards the room, opened the door, and saw that familiar figure.
Xiao Changxi heard the movement at the door and just turned around when she was hugged by Qin Ming.
Xiao Changxi naturally wrapped her hands around Qin Ming's waist and asked softly:
"Have you finished explaining everything?"
Qin Ming felt the softness in his arms and said in a hoarse voice:
"Well, I'm done."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Changxi pushed Qin Ming gently, turned her head to avoid Qin Ming's hot eyes, and whispered with a blushing face:
"The bath water is ready."
Qin Ming was stunned for a moment, and then an evil thought appeared in his mind.
It can't be suppressed no matter how hard it is pressed.
As if sensing Qin Ming's increasingly fiery eyes, Xiao Changxi moved back instinctively.
But before she could completely break away from Qin Ming's arms, her body began to spin, and then she was hugged by Qin Ming.
Xiao Changxi instinctively hugged Qin Ming's neck, opened her long autumn eyes, and said doubtfully:
"Qin Lang, aren't you going to wash up?"
Qin Ming grinned, kissed Xiao Changxi's little mouth, and said:
"Isn't this where we are going?"
After saying that, Qin Ming carried Xiao Changxi and walked to the bathroom.
Xiao Changxi also realized what Qin Ming wanted to do at this time.
Out of her daughter's shyness, she gave in after struggling a little in Qin Ming's arms!
【What an enemy! So ashamed of myself! 】
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