"Xiaobao, don't worry." Wang Zhihui nodded and agreed.

After Wei Bao finished speaking, he smiled at everyone, and then said to Xu Rui, Wang Qiuya, Song Yingxing and a group of followers beside him: "Let's go, it's time to go and see how the cement is!?" ”

Wei Bao spoke, his eyes revealed a dignified brilliance, cement is too important, to engage in construction, first of all, a large number of cement must be used!

Although it is still in the experimental stage, it is a pure manual work stage, but it is already the highest quality he can make, and if he wants to improve the quality, he has to rely on the training of the team, which is not something he can do.

Wei Bao can't do a certain thing, he can only play a leading role.

If Wei Bao is allowed to concentrate on a certain trade, then just planting trees can make people specialize in a lifetime, and hybrid rice alone can also make people study for a lifetime! A masonry engineer, or even a blacksmith, is enough for a lifetime of experience.

Because every discipline is endless.

Obviously, this is not the life that Wei Bao wants, it does not fit his character, what Wei Bao wants is to play, to be cool, not to go to ancient times to be a 'pioneer', even if for the future, he must be this kind of pioneer, that is also the head of the pioneer, what he needs to consider is how to be a good 'head', to be a good family, it can be regarded as doing his duty. He positions himself as a manager, not a technology pioneer.

Most of the time, for a 'head', it's actually about how to play, just grasp the general direction. The 'head' is the king, the handsome, and the strategist. Of course, it would be better if you could be a strategist and a master tactician. It's just that this kind of person is rare in history, and Chongzhen and the chairman of the committee in history want to do this, but the result is only to hasten their demise.

Therefore, if you want to concentrate on being your own 'head' and being a strategist, Wei Bao not only needs people like Song Yingxing, but also tens of thousands of Song Yingxing and tens of millions of Song Yingxing, so that his 'society' and his 'country' can play a fundamental role.

Wang Qiuya saw Wei Bao smiling while walking, she seemed to be in a good mood, and she also smiled slightly, and was seen by Wei Bao.

"What are you laughing at?" Wei Bao asked.

"No, I'm happy to see Xiaobao happy, and I'm also happy." Wang Qiuya said.

Wei Bao said with a smile: "I'm happy because the crops just arranged are all high-yield crops, especially sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts, and corn, which are not delicate, and barren land, just opened wasteland, can also be planted, planted for a few years, and can also turn wasteland into good land!" Even the wasteland period has been saved. Otherwise, it will take at least two years to open up the land and loosen the land! ”

"So powerful?" Wang Qiuya said in surprise.

Wei Bao nodded and mumbled. In the early twentieth century, in the era of warlord chaos, there were many natural and man-made disasters, but except for Henan, there seems to be no large-scale hunger.

"If this is really the case, the people of Daming will be blessed." Song Yingxing sighed.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, but didn't say anything. Wei Bao had already heard Song Yingxing's voice, and obviously didn't believe in his high-yield crops.

The finished product is already there, why don't you believe it?

However, Wei Bao does not like to make meaningless disputes with people, he likes to speak with facts, and believes that in a few months, the world will be able to see a large green wonder.

When Wei Bao returned to the cement kiln with a group of people, more than ten bags of cement that had been asked by Wei Gongzi to complete the cooling process had been bagged.

Of course, in this era, there were no sealed bags with resin packaging, and they could only be simply filled with burlap bags.

If the amount is large, even the sacks cannot be supplied, so they can only be pushed directly to the construction site by a small car.

The carpenters are stepping up to build wheelbarrows to pull cement, stone, and coal, and hundreds of carts are enough.

"Let's start experimenting with cement bricks!" Wei Bao said to a group of craftsmen.

Cement brick refers to a new type of wall material made by using fly ash, cinder, coal gangue, tailings slag, natural sand, mud, etc., one or more of these raw materials as the main raw material, using cement as a coagulant, and calcination at high temperature.

Cement bricks have light weight, high strength, no need to fire, and are more environmentally friendly. The only disadvantage of this type of block is that it is not as good as red brick when combined with plastering mortar, which is easy to produce cracks on the wall and affect the appearance.

But the walls are perfect, and they are much stronger than the red bricks that burn paper.

In modern times, there is no place to make city wall bricks, these bricks are mostly used for various government projects, which can ensure quality and can be durable for hundreds of years!

Wei Bao prepares the city wall with pure cement bricks, I believe that with this kind of city wall, it is to do it with the Ming Dynasty in the future, this steel city wall is also unbreakable, and here by the sea, there is a solid road base, and there are water transportation resources, if you want to blockade him, you can't do it, steadily!

Whether it is taking the official route in Daming or taking the rebel route, it will be stable!

Watching a group of people sweating and working for themselves, Wei Bao was excited, full of expectations that cement bricks could succeed, but he didn't expect that a modern ordinary person would be able to rely on his own efforts to make so many achievements in just one month.

Although these results did not contribute much, they still made Wei Bao feel very happy.

The production cost and market price of cement bricks will vary depending on the raw materials and other costs in different places. It is significantly more cost-effective than red bricks.

Cement bricks have good compactness, low water absorption, good frost resistance and high strength. With these advantages, it can be applied to a variety of urban construction projects.

Weibao values the advantage of low cost the most. More than 80% of the stone powder, waste stone or construction waste can be mixed into the cement bricks, so that the cost of cement can be greatly reduced.

For example, in the four miles around here, if you want to open up, you have to remove a lot of stones, stones, these things are not convenient to deal with, and all of them are used to make cement bricks, which is perfect. And a lot of garbage has a place to clean up.

"Okay." Zhou Shimason agreed, and according to the requirements that Wei Gongzi began to make, he brought over the brick mold that had been made.

"Guys are ready, let's do it!" Zhou stonemason's voice was like a loud bell.

Dozens of craftsmen agreed together, and Wei Bao felt that the scene was shocking.

Wang Qiuya and Xu Rui, who were beside Wei Bao, also had bright eyes.

The clay of cement bricks should contain a certain amount of loose particles to facilitate mixing cement. Clay with less sand content can be mixed with sand in the soil. Clay with less sand content and harder clay must be ground and then mixed with sand. Add a little bit of ordinary Portland cement, almost a tenth is enough, and you don't need to use all cement. It can improve the strength and water resistance of the brick, and it will not crack after immersion. Otherwise, the bricks will crack in general.

Zhou asked more than a dozen people to lay the 50 wooden cement brick molds on the outside, and then began to mix the ingredients.

These 50 wood and cement brick molds are for experimentation, not for formal production.

However, Wei Bao is not in a hurry about wood products at all, he has the most carpenters in his hands, or in other words, among the craftsmen of this era, the proportion of carpentry is the largest, accounting for more than ninety percent, and everything is made of wood.

As long as the experiment is qualified, tens of thousands of brick molds can be made overnight.

"Childe, how much water do you need to add to this?" Zhou stonemasons had cement and stones mixed and sediment added, but the proportion of water was unclear.

"Just put it in about 10%." Wei Bao said: "If the water is right, the strength of the brick will be high. The molding moisture is less, the strength of the brick is poor, the material resistance in the mold is large, the pressure on one side is pressurized, and the bottom surface of the brick is not compact; There is a lot of moisture in molding, the bottom surface is damp, and it is easy to be damaged when the mold is discharged. Specifically, you can figure it out for yourself, right? ”

"Okay, make this batch first, if it works, when you can do it again, add a little water to make a batch, and then reduce a little water to make a batch." Zhou stonemason said.

"Well, you can do whatever you want." Wei Bao looked at everyone and said, "The mixing time is long, and the mixture can be evenly mixed." The mixing time should be that the material does not agglomerate. The storage time of the mixed material should be about an hour, and if the time is too long or too short, the compressive strength of the brick will be reduced. Clay cement bricks are formed at a pressure of 500 kg preferably. Under this pressure, its products have high compressive strength and good water resistance. The pressure is too low and it is not easy to compact. ”

These are all Wei Bao's observations from the information of the three 'Crossing Giant Enthusiasm' brothers, "Now our steam engine is not imitated, and can only be manually pressed!" Wait for the steam engine to come out and see if you can make a set of assembly lines. A steam engine is designed to pressurize downwards. ”

The stonemasons didn't know how to press down on the workmanship, and no one asked.

"Childe, how many kilograms is 500? Let someone smash it with a 20-pound hammer, almost, right? Zhou asked the stonemason.

"Maybe it will take forty or fifty pounds of hammer to smash it, right?" Wei Bao thought for a moment and said, "This is hard work. ”

"Forty or fifty pounds of hammers?" Stonemason Zhou was surprised: "Not many people can afford it. At least both of them have to pick up the hammer at the same time. ”

"Well, let's do it first." Wei Bao said: "When the steam engine comes out, no one will need to do it." Cement bricks have one of the biggest advantages, which saves the process of burning paper and is fast molding. After molding, it can be cured by spraying water in the natural environment, and the strength of the 7-day-old period can be maintained. But we're just using it to lay the foundation now, and if the test is successful, we can produce it in large quantities today! You don't have to wait seven days to lay the foundation, because it's all poured in solid. ”

In fact, Wei Bao didn't understand anything, let alone engaged in construction work, he said according to the information, "You are an expert in the specific effect, you look at it." ”

Zhou Mason nodded, understanding that Wei Gongzi was anxious to build city wall bricks and rush the construction period, "I'll see the hardness and strength later, and I'll know if I can use it the next day." ”

"Okay." Wei Bao was a little relieved when he heard what Zhou stonemason said. What he is most afraid of is that the people under him rely on him to do things, he knows that he is a second hanger, if he obeys everything to himself, it will be a bad thing, Wei Bao still likes the people under him to have independent ideas. In particular, these craftsmen are already experienced, and although they are new varieties and understand the principles and manufacturing methods, he believes that they are the same.

"Can bricks that don't need to be burned by fire really work?" Wang Qiuya asked softly beside Wei Bao. In fact, this is also everyone's question, but the craftsmen don't dare to question Wei Gongzi, at least no one dares to raise it, they all take it to heart.

Wei Bao didn't know whether the information found by the three 'Crossing Giant Enthusiasm' brothers was perfect, so he was afraid that something would be missing, so he didn't dare to pack the ticket, "Wait, at this time, I can't say it well." ”

Wang Qiuya snorted, "I will definitely succeed at one time." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "I hope." ”

At this time, in the previous meeting, more than a dozen gentlemen from outside were asked to get 1,000 commonly used Chinese characters as literacy textbooks, and three of them had already come up with them. The three of them came to see each other.

Wei Bao looked at the words of the three people and asked Lin Wenbiao: "There are 12 gentlemen in total, right?" ”

"Yes, there are 12 gentlemen. Childe left Mr. Song, and the remaining 11 gentlemen remained. Lin Wenbiao replied.

Wei Bao snorted, the content of the three of them was almost the same, and the words were not too much, he knew that these 11 people were all famous for their talents, and the scholars who had talents and fame in this era must have exploded his literary attainments.

"What's your name? What experiences have you had before, what is your family background, can you briefly talk about it? Wei Bao asked.

The three introduced themselves separately, one was named Zhang Bin, one was named Xue He, and the other was named Fu Jiguang. The three of them are all from poor backgrounds, all in their thirties and almost forty years old, and the situation is similar, they can do farm work, carpentry and so on.

Wei Bao nodded and said to Lin Wenbiao: "Then let's do it, Zhang Bin will be the secretary of the Industrial Bureau, Fu Jiguang will be the secretary of the Military Industry Bureau, and Xue He will be the manager of the Education Bureau." The other gentlemen are all teachers in the Education Bureau. ”

The reason why Wei Bao arranged it this way was that he saw that Xue He's words were the best, and he was the first to deliver the manuscript, indicating that he was the most enthusiastic. In addition, these characters are not traditional characters, but simplified characters that were found after these gentlemen learned to look up the dictionary. Being able to complete it so quickly shows that they have a good grasp of how to use the dictionary, which is also very important to Wei Bao, which shows that they have more brains than the other eight people.

The three of them happily agreed, so that they seemed to be one level higher than the remaining eight people, right? They are especially envious of Xue He, who can be in charge when he comes up.

Wei Bao said to Xue He: "Synthesize what the three of you have written, and use it as a textbook for the literacy class." In addition, I will give you another article, people who have attended literacy classes, in addition to recognizing these more than 1,000 words, must also be able to write this article silently. ”

Xue He said: "Well, that's good, I'm just trying to advise Gongzi if I want to get some simple poems as teaching materials." ”

"Poetry doesn't have to be." Wei Bao said: "I can let everyone know the basic words, and I can read some articles in the future, just read a notice or something." ”

Wei Bao planned to use Liang Qichao's "Juvenile China Theory" as a literacy article, and he seemed to have seen this article stored in his computer that day. However, he needs to revise it, to change the names of the people in it, and to change the names of places, which many countries do not have yet.

Juvenile China is an essay written by Liang Qichao in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, written in 1900 after the failure of the Wuxu Reform, in which he vigorously praised the vigor of the youth, pointed out that China under feudal rule was not the "old empire" as outsiders say, and fervently hoped that "Juvenile China" would appear to boost the spirit of the people. The article is informal and uses many metaphors, which is strongly encouraging. It has a strong enterprising spirit, which embodies the author's love and expectations for young China.

"Yes, Childe." Xue He agreed.

At the beginning of "Juvenile China", the Japanese call China an aging empire, triggering thinking, and then giving an argument, "Juvenile China", the author believes that the key to the rise and fall of the country lies in the old and young people, and then by comparing the character, thoughts, living conditions and habits of the elderly and the young, "the country is rich when the youth is rich, and the country is strong when the youth is strong". The central argument is very convincing to compare the "discouragement" of the elderly with the "old vigor" of the young people, and to contrast the "only adventurous and therefore able to create the world" with the "only adventurous, so they can create the world" of the elderly.

In particular, "when the youth is strong, the country is strong" has become the symbol of the whole article, and it has also become one of the central ideas of modern teenagers' enterprising.

Wei Bao thinks that Liang Qichao's thinking is limited by the times, and it is too absolute, whether it is old or young, they have their own strengths and weaknesses, and it is biased to blame the old people for the demise of the country.

However, it is still very good to modify it and use it as the beginning of education, to motivate students, and to clarify the direction of everyone's learning and struggle.

"In the future, we will officially run schools, and we will make primary schools, junior high schools, high schools, junior colleges, undergraduates, and research institutes." Wei Bao further said: "There are two years of primary school, everyone attends literacy classes, and school-age children who pass the literacy classes in the future should have universal primary education, two years of primary school, those with excellent grades can go to junior high school, and those who have excellent grades after graduating from junior high school can go to high school." One semester each for middle school and high school. Those with excellent grades in high school can take the undergraduate or junior college examination, and the semester is also one year. After graduation, those who can be assigned to the research department of the Tiandi Office will also have the opportunity to obtain a graduate degree. ”

Wei Bao has thought about this question before, in this way, he can train a college student in five years! And it's completely modern. Wei Bao's junior college and undergraduate degree are actually one-year semesters, because Wei Bao feels that if he learns some theoretical knowledge, he should go to his professional work early to temper it, and his academic qualifications are useless.

Seven or eight times out of ten, modern people do not do professional work.

The time for the literacy class is too tight, but Wei Bao feels that the compulsory education of the universal literacy class is enough, at least to prevent illiteracy from appearing under him.

The literacy classes are not out of production, and they are only finished in two or three months, which is actually very low.

Wei Bao has a set of compulsory education textbooks in hand, which is the information stored in the computer by a 'Crossing Giant Enthusiast' brother, and Wei Bao plans to hand it over to Xue He and ask him to recondense it and get out the primary school textbooks first. All people attend literacy classes, and those who have graduated from literacy classes with excellent grades can go to primary school.

Xue He is in his thirties, and he has the heavy responsibility of supporting the family in the disaster year, seeing that the son values himself so much, he vows to do the things that the son has explained.

Wei Bao asked Xue He, Zhang Bin, and Fu Jiguang again: "Are you all willing to develop here for a long time?" ”

All three said yes.

"Childe, I have already broken off the idea of scientific examination, it is better in the south, Xiucai can still mix with Mr. Private School, there are not many children in our Yongping Mansion who have money to go to school, and they are admitted to Xiucai, it is not convenient to work in the field, and the whole family suffers." Xue He said.

The other two said the same.

Wei Bao smiled: "Okay, you all take your family over!" He said to Lin Wenbiao: "You can arrange this matter, and take a look at those gentlemen, as long as they are willing to develop in our country for a long time, they will all take over their families, and they will be officially established in the future!" ”

"Yes, Childe." Lin Wenbiao immediately agreed.

In these years, the scholars are too precious, and Wei Bao has paid enough attention to them.

Wei Bao left three people to talk about the fact that literature and mathematics should be mainly studied in primary school, and that physics and chemistry should be increased in middle school, but they simply talked about concepts.

Song Yingxing silently observed Wei Bao's education arrangements on the side, and admired Wei Bao even more. He now understands a little bit why Wei Bao is engaged in simplified Chinese, and just now he heard Wei Bao talk about mathematics, physics and chemistry, and secretly thought that the people who learned things in Wei Bao's education will stay here to help him do things in the future, with so many 'learned' people to help him do things, which business can compare to Wei Gongzi's Tiandi business in the future? This Wei Gongzi is indeed a genius.

After Wei Bao talked with the three of them for a while, he asked the person who sent the 'thousand-character text' to him later, without showing it to him, just discuss it with Xue He, and encourage them to do a good job, appointing Xue He as the manager of the Education Bureau, which is temporary, and looking at their performance in the future, they will have the opportunity to be the deputy manager of the department.

When everyone heard this, they all expressed their enthusiasm and said that they would do a good job here for Wei Gongzi. They didn't expect that in the year of the catastrophe, people like them, who were useless scholars, could be so valued and get a good job with a good income, and they were all overjoyed.

"Mr. Song, what do you think of my arrangement? You are now the deputy chief steward, if you have any good advice, you can put it forward, don't hide it in your heart. Wei Bao said to Song Yingxing.

"I can only admire Childe's foresight and admiration for Childe's erudition. There really is no admonition. Song Yingxing was convinced: "I originally planned to use a set of practical books to describe some methods in various industries, but now I think it is useless, compared with the education of my son, it is too immature." ”

Wei Bao heard Song Yingxing say this, his vanity was greatly satisfied, and he smiled: "Mr. Song doesn't have to be presumptuous, I sincerely hope that Mr. Song can stay with me for a long time, and after 4 years, the first batch of high school students will graduate, and I also want Mr. Song to help me compile academic textbooks for various junior colleges and undergraduates." ”

In Wei Bao's vision, the junior high school students trained by his education system are already qualified for county-level official positions. If everything goes smoothly and history is not changed, three years later, it will almost be time for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to hang up, and at that time, the entire court officialdom will be reshuffled! The talent in his hands is one of his important commodities. Doing business with officialdom is a higher realm, and it is much more profitable than doing physical goods.

Thinking of this, Wei Bao was full of longing, full of hope, and even wished that time would pass faster. Compared with personal development, he attaches more importance to the development of his own training team! Therefore, Wei Bao doesn't really care about whether his personal imperial examination is smooth or not.

"Then it's up to Childe, Childe won't forget our agreement, right?" Song Yingxing smiled slightly.

Wei Bao smiled: "Naturally, I will not forget that as long as I can surpass Mr. Song in fame within four years, Mr. Song will follow me for the rest of his life." ”

"Never break your word." Song Yingxing smiled and stroked his beard.

Wei Bao blinked, feeling a little weak.

"Childe, it's done!"

An hour passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Zhou Shimason said to Wei Bao.

"It's finished?" Wei Bao was overjoyed.

"Well, Childe, please see." Zhou stonemason picked up the hammer and smashed it against a cement brick except for the brick mold, there was only a trace, and there was no crack, let alone crack.

Everyone was shocked by the hardness of this cement brick, even the hardest stone polished stone brick will not have this strength and hardness!