Chapter 586: A Group of Princesses
The concrete is poured very quickly, the wooden mold is built and the pavement is laid in an orderly manner, every two zhang is a mold bucket, and the middle is separated by a thin wooden board with a thickness of five minutes, and it is laid in just half an hour for nearly 30 zhang.
Immediately after the concrete is paved, there is a supervisor who takes a straight wooden strip as wide as the road surface and puts it on the wooden mold to check the situation, and if it does not meet the standard, it will be required to be rectified.
The cement pavement is designed to be slightly higher in the middle and slightly arched on both sides, mainly to prevent water accumulation in the center of the pavement, especially in winter, the water will freeze and cause the pavement to be too slippery, so the supervisor can roughly judge whether there will be water accumulation in the middle of the road according to the gap between the wooden strip and the pavement, of course, this is the road is not the floor of the home, it does not need to be particularly strict, it is about the same, which is also Chen Xu's requirement, the most important thing is that the cement content in the concrete cannot be too little, otherwise the strength is not enough to be crushed soon and it will be very embarrassing.
Although the heaviest Tianzi chariot under Daqin is only about one ton, the wheels and frames are all cast in bronze, and the ordinary civilian carriages are only one or two hundred kilograms, and the maximum weight of the truck is three hundred kilograms, otherwise the wooden wheels will be crushed, and the bronze axles can not bear it, which is completely bearable by ordinary cement roads, but with the rapid popularization of steel, or the development of high-strength bearings, coupled with the smooth road surface, businessmen are estimated to be particularly fond of overloading in order to make more money. The wheels do not have tires to relieve the pressure, and the hard cement pavement is estimated to be damaged under repeated crushing.
But in any case, the advantages of cement roads are not comparable to dirt roads, and they are definitely an epoch-making mode of transportation.
Qin Shi Huang began to sit in the carriage to watch, and then came down to see the poured concrete pavement, and even squatted down and touched it with his hands, and as a result, he got a hand of muddy water, and the frightened Zhang Cang quickly explained that the road surface still needs several hours to completely solidify, and the road surface can be pedestrians after twelve hours, empty cars and horses can pass after three days, and full trucks can pass after ten days, but it is best not to pass during this period, because it is also necessary to lay a meadow and sprinkle water every day to maintain, so as not to crack......
Qin Shi Huang washed his hands in the bucket and looked at them side by side along the paved pavement, although he felt that this kind of pavement that could be turned into stone by pouring some sand and gravel mud into it was a little unreliable, but his heart was full of anticipation.
Qinghe Marquis never let him down.
The Divine Thunder Fireworks that day made him appreciate Chen Xu's magic, and he used to occasionally suspect Chen Xu's identity, but since the Divine Thunder Fireworks show, all his suspicions about Chen Xu have completely disappeared.
The Divine Thunder Flame is definitely an immortal method, and it is definitely not something that mortals can develop.
Therefore, now this road can see the results tomorrow, once it can really achieve the magic of turning mud into stone, then just like Chen Xu said, the world's galloping roads can be poured and laid with cement, and it is certainly not slow, because looking at the current group of craftsmen and slaves only two moments of time to lay nearly 30 zhang, the length of this road is only two miles, less than a day can be paved, if 100,000 prisoners and people are recruited, a day is two thousand miles......
I can't think about it, when I think about it, I feel that I can't hold my urine, and I feel a few swings with a slight excitement, and then I waved my sleeves and ordered to drive back to the palace.
However, if Qin Shi Huang's idea was known to Zhang Cang and Chen Xu, he would definitely jump off the Weihe Bridge with a stone.
Everything is simple to think about, and Qin Da has always thought very simply, anyway, it is piled up manually, but even if the cement is piled by people, it will never be piled up, and now Qin Shi Huang only sees the final result, but he does not see the grinding of raw meal, burning cement, grinding clinker, excavation and screening of sand and gravel, leveling the roadbed, transporting sand and gravel in the hard work and manpower, the people involved in it can be said that more than ten times the road builders, the construction of this short two-mile road, at least a total of thousands of people are working hard.
As the sun sets, the day will end again.
Under the red sunset, Xianyang City and the entire Weihe Plain are dyed red by the glow, and the river flows and surges, reflecting the glow and exuding a magnificent color.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the south of the city, all watching the cement road that was still being built.
The solidified part of the road surface has been paved with corn straw mats, and the prisoners are carrying water to sprinkle maintenance so that the cement can get enough water to solidify better.
Zhang Cang with a few supervisors and craftsmen is inspecting the repaired part of the road surface, and there are craftsmen constantly recording various solidification time and intensity data on the folder, the weather is hot, everyone is almost sweating, but no one shouts hot and tired, because this will be the first concrete pavement in Daqin born in their hands, which will be an epoch-making project.
These two miles of road are destined to be recorded in the history of mankind and will be remembered by future generations for thousands of years.
And after the road is repaired, a stone monument will be erected at the pier as a commemoration, and the names of all the officials and craftsmen involved in the construction will be named on it, which is enough to inspire everyone.
While the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences and the conscripted prisoners and slaves were working overtime to prepare for the completion of this road today, at the gate of the Qinghe Courtyard, a group of excited and inexplicable girls who were playing were also reluctant to board their cars at this time, and set up the royal guard of honor to go home.
"Thank you Qinghe Hou and my sister for your hospitality, today is the happiest day in Shi Yan's life!" Win Shi Yan Fu bowed and got into the car.
"Hou Ye farewell, Sister Shui farewell!" Meng Wan saw Chen Xu's eyes fall on her chest again, and she immediately blushed and lowered her head to get into the car.
Meng Wan was slightly hit today.
Originally known by everyone as the most beautiful little lady in Xianyang, she was invited by Shui Qingrou to play in the Qinghe Courtyard, although she knew that Shui Qingrou was the wife of Qinghe Hou, if she was to serve a husband in the future, she would inevitably lag behind Shui Qingrou in identity, and her parents and brothers at home had also warned her not to compete for favor, but the little girl's competitive nature made her eager to show her difference, and always wanted to use her best song and dance to get the favor of Qinghe Hou, so Chen Xu saw her beautiful dancing and immature and tactful and melodious singing.
But today's seemingly random family song and dance, whether it is the song of the two little girls or the song of Chen Xu and Yu Wuya, made him feel that his singing voice does not seem to be outstanding.
And when the fairy song and the ethereal dance of the water softness appeared, it directly made her ashamed of herself, and her competitive mind at the beginning was shattered.
But whether it's competing for favor or being ashamed, it seems that all his performances are not the focus of Qinghehou's attention.
From beginning to end, every time Qinghehou looked at her, his eyes always involuntarily stared at her chest.
It is said that women dance well and have small breasts, Chen Xu didn't believe it before, but now he almost believes it.
Chen Xu didn't see the two little princesses who were also twelve or thirteen years old, because those were not his dishes, Qin Shi Huang would never marry a group of daughters to him, and there were so many civil and military ministers in the Manchu Dynasty who needed to be wooed, and his daughters were not enough to be allocated.
But Meng Wan is destined to marry him as a wife, the little girl is good anywhere, she has a standard beauty billet for a long time, and she can sing and dance, but it is the two Wang Zi small steamed buns that make Chen Xu depressed.
It takes many years to keep it so small before it can be used.
And he loves dancing so much, the little steamed bun doesn't know if he can grow up.
If it doesn't grow big...... Chen Xu's tears were about to flow out in an instant.
"Sister Shui, we'll come back tomorrow!"
The car started one after another, and several girls turned around and waved and shouted together.
Watching the honor guard of Zhao Zhan and seven or eight carriages and horses bumping away along the dirt road in the countryside, and there were still people in the car constantly looking back, the smile on Chen Xu's face slowly solidified, and then his cheek twitched a few times.
If it's like this every day in the future, I can't live it.
Listening to the excitement of a group of young girls all over the yard all day long, swimming, singing, eating, drinking and having fun, walking pandas, teasing monkeys, playing with faucets, and even interested in bathtubs and toilets, Ying Liyan broke the toilet flushing toilet switch in the toilet.
I ate a few pots of ice powder, dozens of popsicles, and all the snails that I raised a few days ago for supper were all eaten, and the fruit vinegar snacks were consumed like running water, not including the chicken, duck, fish and various dishes eaten in two meals.
This is the luxurious life of the princely family.
On this day alone, Chen Xu's family consumed the income of dozens of ordinary families for several years.
And it looks like it's coming back tomorrow.
The most important thing is that Chen Xu is worried that there will be more people tomorrow.
Because Qin Shi Huang's daughters who have not left the cabinet are not only three of them, but six or seven, and the youngest is already eight years old, about the same size as apricots, which is the age when he likes to eat, drink and have fun the most.
If these princesses come to play, forget it, everyone has to bring a group of guards and palace maids, and Chen Xu has to solve all the food, drink and Lazar.
Thinking that tomorrow might be full of people and have to eat more food, Chen Xu felt a little dizzy and deprived of oxygen, and decided to go back to lie down and regain his blood quickly.
Chen Xu's guess was not wrong.
Before the next day, Chen Xu, who was sitting in the room worried, heard a sound of horses' hooves, and soon the doorman came to report, "Master Hou is going out to greet you, a total of six princesses are visiting, and Wan Niang is also here!" ”
Chen Xu stood up and staggered, and sorted out his clothes with some blackened clothes in front of him to greet him.
And as soon as he walked to the courtyard, a group of princesses had already been familiar with the road and all of them entered the Hou Mansion by car, and after more than ten carriages were parked, a group of princesses came down, lined up from tall to short, the eldest was fifteen years old, and the youngest was seven or eight years old, carrying the skirt together to give him a blessing.
"Chen Xu has seen all the princesses, the weather is hot, please inside!" Greet each other and invite all the princesses to rest in the house.
"Qinghehou, we're going to the pool to play in the water!"
"Qinghehou, I want to eat popsicles!"
"Qinghehou, I want to eat pulp ice powder!"
"Qinghe Hou ......"
Several princesses chattered and shouted around Chen Xu as they walked, Chen Xu was dizzy, and he didn't dare to offend, it seemed that behind each princess there was a faint dragon spirit, and it seemed that the law of Qin Shi Huang was staring at him seriously.
"Come on, take a few princesses to the pool and prepare swimsuits!"
"Come on, go get a popsicle!"
"Come on, prepare the pulp ice powder ......"
The six princesses plus one Meng Wan, the guards and palace maids and palace people added up to hundreds of people, and the entire Qinghe Courtyard was almost fried in an instant.
In the commotion, the housekeepers and stewards of the Hou Mansion were busy jumping up.
Chen Jiang, who was still smiling when he listened to the song yesterday, stood behind a bamboo forest in the company of a group of maids and didn't come up to say hello, his face was quite heartbroken, and the Hou Mansion was going to break the bill again today.
Surrounded by a group of little princesses in the middle, a few pairs of little hands pulled back and forth on their clothes, and the eight-year-old Huazhen princess Ying Qiuyan directly dragged the arm holding Chen Xu, and shouted: "Brother-in-law hug, Qiu Yan doesn't want to walk!" ”
Chen Xu was sweating profusely, Ying Shiyan's cheeks were flushed and he led Yingqiu Yan to apologize to Chen Xu again and again, just when Chen Xu was noisy about the six gods and no owner, Shui gently came with Xing'er and Yu Ji and a few personal maids, under the call of the two little girls, a group of little princesses suddenly ran away, so a large group of palace maids also ran, a monkey jumped out of nowhere and jumped together to join in the fun, two pandas were also screaming in the woods, and suddenly the whole courtyard was jumping and jumping.
"Husband, you go and rest for a while, I will take care of a few princesses and Wanniang!" Seeing Chen Xu's hurry, Shui gently and gently held Chen Xu's hand to comfort him.
"Well, be careful when playing in the water!" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief and admonished.
"Don't worry, husband, you will definitely take care of it gently, if you are noisy, go to the study, I will let Haruka and Akika serve you......"
"Lord Hou, there is a newspaper outside the door to deliver today's newspaper!" As Shui spoke softly, the guard guarding the door strode in with a newspaper in his hand.
"Take it and see!" Chen Xu stretched out his hand to take the newspaper and unfolded it after reading it for a few moments, closed the newspaper, said a few words softly with the water, and was about to go to the study, but he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the courtyard from far and near, and soon saw the doorman steward coming in a hurry with a palace person.
"Master Hou, Your Majesty invites you to go to the dock outside the south of the city!"