Chapter 175: Portland Cement

Zhao Xin crossed into an ordinary traverser, he can not even start with cement and bricks, after the steamed bun opens the situation, the restaurant chain, soap opens the daily chemical industry, and the glass opens the treasure industry, which is used as a basis, and then gradually develops, after having money, and then the imperial examination, has enough status, power and wealth, whether it is to become the prime minister of the powerful side, or to become the rich man of the rich side, you can do it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Five years is not ten years, ten years is not twenty years, age is the biggest advantage, there is enough time to develop, to become a behemoth, change the fate of the Song Dynasty, let Jingkang shame, let the change of Yashan not happen again.

It's a pity that he crossed over and became a prince, and Xiao He became a prince, and Xiao He was defeated, the identity of the prince will give him a natural protection in power, as long as he can be independent, he may even be on the Ninth Five-Year Plan, after all, he is the only son of Renzong.

This kind of identity has also become one of his biggest weaknesses, he blocks the way of others, under the premise of gradually facing the crisis, he has no time to do so many things, even the business of steamed buns and steamed buns is a shallow taste, the important thing is always force and defense.

On the canal, I tried my best, and finally, I successfully passed the crisis on the canal and came to Miaojiazhuang, but I didn't expect that just after taking a breath, the crisis came again.

The appearance of Wang Xiansong has already sounded the alarm for him, and everything needs to be speeded up.

800 regimental training, has begun to recruit, this is also before the crisis, Zhao Xin can organize the most powerful protection force, more than this number, it seems that the number of soldiers is increasing, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened.

Now, cement and brick represent the other aspect, protective, longbowmen attack sharply, but attack strong and defend weak, without enough protection, they can't fight against the forbidden army at all.

Cement is an indispensable strategic commodity, and it also needs to be of high quality.

Time, time is the most important thing, even if Zhao Xin can obtain a huge amount of money, he has successfully made cement, but after the Baozhou Mutiny, cement and bricks are placed there, and they do not play much role.

There is no choice but to wait, temporarily pass the test, and make the cement first.

These two craftsmen, at this moment, are still a little apprehensive, I don't know what Zhao Xin is looking for them to do, especially when they hear the previous arrangement of the brick kiln, some professional things, so that those skilled bricklayers are happy and convinced, and even because of the difference between green bricks and the so-called red bricks, several bricklayers also had quite a fierce quarrel with Zhao Xin.

They are all masters of making green bricks, and they are more familiar with green bricks, suddenly from water cooling, to air cooling, slightly unaccustomed, not accustomed to it, should be used to it, Zhao Xin head is the way, all the technical indicators, as well as the difference between green bricks and red bricks, tell the story, and immediately stopped these bricklayers.

They thought about it again and again, Zhao Xin was the funder and the person who built this brick kiln, since he was able to take the secret recipe without reservation, they had no reason to refuse, but they said it first, if they did everything according to Zhao Xin's requirements, in the end, they were not responsible for any problems that arose.

Zhao Xin doesn't care, with the accurate description of ancient chemistry, as long as these craftsmen are not really so bad that they can't even control the heat, red bricks will inevitably appear, and as long as the brick kilns are established, everything is not a problem, and it will be produced in a steady stream.

This made the two potters even more worried, they came here for money, Miao Yuan in order to invite these professional craftsmen, the salary was very high, and the two of them were according to the standard of 15 yuan, which was at least 10 times higher than what they had before.

Originally, I wanted to come and fool around, they didn't have no professional skills, but they never took charge of themselves, as long as they groped and explored, maybe the best ceramics could not be made, and some ordinary ceramics could still be.

Who knows, in front of Zhao Xin, I knew that everything they were thinking was wrong, so professional, it was not that the nouveau riche wanted to be high-grade, it was really the result of the investigation, they looked at each other, and made up their minds in their hearts, it seems that it will not work, say it early, everyone is good.

Zhao Xin knew when he saw their expressions, if he was replaced by someone else and looked for them to burn the kiln, it might not work, even if it was Zhao Xin himself, when he didn't light up the ancient chemistry, it wouldn't work either.

Pottery and cement, these are completely different things, the difference is not ordinary, plus these two guys who are half a bottle of water, it may really take a long time to make.

Now, it's okay, there is a detailed process in ancient chemistry, as well as a variety of recipe ingredients, this is almost a guide book, in Zhao Xin's hands, as long as there are a few qualified operators, this process can be reproduced.

Among the 300 products of ancient chemistry, there are 4 types of cement, namely Roman mortar, English cement, natural cement and Portland cement.

The earliest Roman mortar was in the ancient Roman era, that is, the era of the Colosseum, and the tall buildings of the Colosseum were made use of this ancient Roman mortar.

After the ancient Roman mortar spanned thousands of years, to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the birth of British cement, natural cement this different category, as for the last Portland cement, has the characteristics of modern cement, in terms of performance, even if there is a certain difference with modern times, this difference is quite limited.

Zhao Xin originally thought that all the compounds in ancient chemistry were in ancient times, but in fact, the farthest even reached 1850, that is to say, Portland cement, which was among them, and even had a detailed formula.

With the best, even Jin Daiyi's Portland cement, Zhao Xin specifically chose Portland cement

Portland cement, the overall formula is very simple, lime, clay, and a small part of the slag, after crushing and precipitation, and then in the lime kiln, calcined over a large fire.

In fact, the birth of Portland cement, quite tortuous, it took nearly a hundred years to gradually improve, the general raw materials and production process, are almost the same, the only core is the formula.

Different formulas bring different performance indicators, and even Portland cement and natural cement, compared with British cement, there are only very small differences in raw materials, but it is this adjustment that makes Portland water's performance develop by leaps and bounds.

This is a great thing, I thought that there would be experiments, and who knew that as long as these formulas were accurately controlled, Portland cement could be burned.

Zhao Xin did not drive the two potters away, but helped them speak, and pointed out that he was not here to make ceramics, but something else.

Other things, the two of them, are even more blindfolded, and they can't even burn pottery, can they do other things?

Zhao Xin confidently gave some information, even including some basic construction methods of lime kilns and cement kilns, and the most they used their professional knowledge was to look at the heat and control the temperature and time.

The two potters were a little skeptical, they were all masters of the technology, the heat aspect, is the basic skill of making ceramics, this should not be difficult, and seeing that Zhao Xin said such a head is the way, they reluctantly let go of the doubts in their hearts and stayed.

There are not many mountains in Miaojiazhuang, but there are many hills, just find a place, you can build a brick kiln and a cement kiln, bricks will use clay, cement needs to use lime, these have found some veins nearby.

The brick kiln is just a simple change, from water cooling to natural cooling, and the heating is a little higher, a little longer, you can use coal, which is much more economical than firewood, as for cement, it is simpler, the earliest prototype of cement, is in the ancient Roman era, there is already a prototype of cement.

With the help of the adhesive of volcanic ash and lime plaster firing, the glory of ancient Rome has long been known, and the famous Colosseum of ancient Rome was built with the help of this, the ancient Roman Colosseum with all masonry structure, different from the buildings of ancient China, the large palaces of ancient China are basically built of giant wood, which not only costs a lot, but also is easy to cause huge turmoil.

The magnificent palace that hundreds of thousands of people can build will be wiped out in a short period of time, and war and fire are its worst enemies, but even if it does not go through war, general termites and pests and diseases will reduce his lifespan.

In feudal society, giant trees are not very valuable, but they are not easy to find, those wood on the periphery of the forest have long been cut down by those who built palaces and large buildings before, and the giant trees that can be used as the main beams of large palaces need unique tree species and need to grow for a long time, less than fifty or sixty years, and more than a hundred years.

In addition to natural enemies such as pests and diseases, lightning strikes are also one of the important factors affecting the growth of giant trees.

In the Song Dynasty, tall trees are more difficult to find, even if they are found, they are mined from the deep mountains, the transportation cost is terrible, in order to ensure that the giant trees are not affected, they need to be mined from the deep mountains and old forests, and gradually transported to the palace, and then through a period of treatment, drying, moth-proofing and many other treatments, they can be used, and the construction of the palace is often a time-consuming thing.

Especially in the Song Dynasty, the palace was terrible, only the original palace was much smaller, and even if there was an occasional fire, it was impossible to repair it for a long time, because there was no money.

Zhao Xin didn't think about extravagant hopes before, in the Song Dynasty, fired cement similar to the Roman era, which is actually the easiest cement to make, the temperature requirements are not high, as long as the lime plaster and volcanic ash, it is more difficult to find volcanic ash, but the substitute lime plaster and clay, to find the right ratio, it takes a certain amount of time to explore.

What can be done before is to build at least 30 or so small caves, and then gradually fire, and strive to make cement, as for the cement to be made, the card system that can be used in the short term is realized, such a strategic material, even if the price is higher, is enough for Zhao Xin to support.

Now, with the recipes and processes of ancient chemistry that are extremely detailed, the difficulty of making cement is almost non-existent.

These two craftsmen, have never eaten pork, at least they have seen pigs run, they still know how the kiln was built, in fact, the brick kiln and the cement kiln, there is a certain commonality, in ancient chemistry, there are also some descriptions, with the green bricks that have already been bought, began the construction of various kilns.

First of all, of course, it is a brick kiln, Zhao Xin remembers the gossip brick kiln, using different openings, closing the brick kiln, and then rotating, the bricks consumed a little too much, the bricks purchased before, temporarily not enough, Zhao Xin can only be careful to show himself, and then with the help of a large number of manpower, the construction was quickly completed.

In fact, the brick kiln also needs cement, but it can be replaced by others, although it may be wasted, but it can ensure production, the appearance of Wang Xiansong, Wei Gui's refuge, although there is no news at all now, but the invisible sense of urgency still makes him a little worried, the sooner it is completed, the more you can let go of a heart.

In addition to the brick kiln and cement kiln, he is also doing some planning, with the current mansion as the center, to make a complete plan, when the time, as long as the first batch of cement and bricks are fired, a series of processing will be carried out on the house, mainly on the periphery, ready to expand the mansion 3 times, build a complete city wall, similar to a small urn city like processing, the height of the above, can be as high as 30 meters.

At such a height, cement can only be used as a binder, and it is not possible for the time being until the cement is manufactured.

The simple, several times smaller than the usual ceramic kiln, was completed in just one day, and then it was burned, which the two craftsmen were familiar with, which was much more convenient.

The process of mixing is more difficult, limestone and clay, all have to be crushed, and then dissolved into water, mixed together, and then precipitated, dehydrated, even if this piece of material is less, it took more than a day to complete, after that, it is the process of mixing, must be mixed evenly, otherwise, the combustion is not sufficient, the reaction is not sufficient, and the cement can not be generated.

A process of crushing materials bothered them, but fortunately, they didn't have enough tools, but they had masters, whether it was Sun Ji or Xue Yu, they were all masters of a thousand catties.

They were shown two iron bumps by Zhao Xin, that is, steel mills, and using this to crush them, maybe it is not possible to complete the process of mass production, but there is no problem with the simple experimental nature.

Sun Ji and Xue Yu were found, and when they heard that they were doing this, they were a little reluctant, Zhao Xin said it badly, and finally persuaded them, the key is that Zhao Xin mentioned that this is a magical powder, and even to some extent, it is more magical than a foaming agent.

Foaming agent, the production of an industry, so that Miaojiazhuang monthly income of tens of thousands, more than 300,000 per year, this is not a small amount, is not a small amount, Zhao Xin and a new industry, it is this kind of idea, so that Sun Ji they accepted Zhao Xin's somewhat excessive requirements, began to grind manually.

Fortunately, the number of first attempts is not much, Zhao Xinzai's technical problems and productivity problems have been completely solved, there has never been an extravagant expectation, Miaojiazhuang can produce cement in large quantities, he is not demanding, as long as it is produced, it is okay to light up the card system, and the cement can be replaced by the embodiment of the card system for the time being.