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Chapter 264 Cement Road

Jiang Ci went to the warehouse of the cement factory and said, "We have opened the small kiln to increase the amount of cement produced these days. The village is going to build a cement road, and this amount of cement is not enough."

"it is good."

"I'll get a few people to help in the next few days, and I'll send you some more ice. When you're burning cement, pay attention to your health. Don't get heat stroke. Eat more mung bean soup to cool down."

The smiles on the faces of the two people following Jiang Ci grew visibly bigger.

Since the cement factory was handed over to them, there is no other place where cement can be used except for building houses.

Therefore, the amount of cement used is not large, but it is burned day and night. A large amount of cement is burned every day in the cement plant. Now two sheds have been built next to the original cement shed to store cement.

It seems like there is a lot of cement, but it is still not enough to build roads. Jiang Ci doesn't want to just build those main roads, but to build all the roads that people use.

He also wrote a letter yesterday and sent it to the mine in Jizhou, to the prince's people there.

The prince had mentioned in a letter to Jiang Ci before that if a large amount of iron slag and gravel was needed at the moment, he could just write a letter and send it to the mine in Jizhou, which would save a lot of time.

Jiang Ci wanted them to send more stones for paving the road. If they were to mine these stones themselves, it would take a lot of effort, so it would be more cost-effective to purchase them directly.

However, from the letter sent to Wen Yu last time, it mentioned that the capital city has started to build cement roads, and a large amount of gravel is needed there. I just don't know how much gravel can be transported to him this time.

However, Jiang Ci felt that what was transported was more than enough. After all, he had handed over the cement and road construction methods to the prince. These two things were very important for a country's infrastructure. As a future monarch of a country, he could not fail to understand this.

The people on the prince's side would not be so stingy as to not even give him a stone.

This was just as Jiang Ci expected. There were more than ten cars more than he wanted, which really surprised Jiang Ci.

A man got off the front carriage and came to Jiang Ci.

"Hello again, Mr. Jiang. If we are going to build a road for the village, I feel that 50 carts of gravel will not be enough. However, we only have more than 30 carriages at the mine, so we will transport 32 carts of gravel this time, and we will transport more when we go back. With more gravel, it will be convenient to build other places in the future."

"Okay, thank you very much."

"You're welcome, this is what we should do."

Linjia Village is building cement roads in full swing, and the latest batch of cement roads in Beijing has been completed.

Ji Chen returned home and checked several rooms, but he didn't see Wen Yuting. Not to mention Wen Yuting, he didn't even see a single person.

He knew that there were few people in their yard, but he had never felt so few.

At this time, he saw a person walking by the door, "Hey, don't go."

The man stopped and said, "General."

"Where is your young master?"

"Young Master took Yuan Yu and Yuan Qi to Changde Road, saying he wanted to check the road."

Ji Chen was confused for a moment, "Look at the road?"

“It’s a road called Cement.”

"Oh!" Ji Chen knew it when it came to cement roads.

He also rode to Changde Street to look for Wen Yuting and to see the cement road.

He didn't even know that the cement road was repaired and open to traffic. It had only been completed a few days ago, and he hadn't paid much attention to the cement road during this period.

Changde Road has been built with nearly 100 meters of cement road, and now all the railings around it have been removed. This was done when it was first built to prevent pedestrians and carriages from accidentally running over it.

This is the first section of cement road in the entire capital, and we are afraid that it will affect the final effect displayed to people.

This ordinary Changde Road, some distance away from the most prosperous place in the capital, is home to many high-ranking officials and dignitaries today.

The most honorable person among them is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing on the cement road.

"This is the cement road I mentioned to you all before. Now that it has been repaired and maintained, it is officially open to traffic. Feel free to come up and try it out."

This section of cement road was also decorated with anti-skid marks as Jiang Ci mentioned before.

As soon as the prince finished speaking, people around him walked onto the cement road.

Some people have long been looking forward to trying out what it feels like to walk on this cement road, while some others feel that this cement road is just a decoration. However, since the prince has spoken, they have no choice but to take action.

But everyone was surprised after stepping on it.

The prince's men brought another carriage. This carriage looked very ordinary and did not look like the carriages that high-ranking officials and dignitaries would ride in. That meant it was not as comfortable as their carriages.

"Please, Master, ride in the carriage with me and try out the feeling on this road?"

The Master's eyes narrowed with laughter, and he said in a loud voice, "Okay!"

After the prince and the tutor's carriage left, several similar carriages were brought over. These high-ranking officials and dignitaries also rode in the carriages to feel what it felt like to drive on the cement road.

This was more shocking than the feeling they had just had walking on the cement road.

They didn't mind the flatness at the beginning, but such a long section of the road was extremely flat without a single bump, which they had never experienced before.

To be honest, the only road as smooth as this one is the road inside the palace.

The Grand Tutor was also amazed at the road and couldn't help but pat the prince on the shoulder a few times, "You are really great to build such a good road. This is a great thing that benefits the country and the people."

"You are overpraising me, Master. I am just copying his achievements."

The prince had long ago proposed in the court to build a very flat road that would be used for at least 20 to 30 years and would cost very little. At that time, he told the tutor everything that needed to be said.

"People who can make roads like this are truly pillars of the country."

The Grand Tutor was full of admiration when he said this, but there was also a hint of regret in his eyes. Such a pillar of the country did not even think of coming to the court, and even the prince was unwilling to reveal who he was.

Next, the prince asked someone to use a hammer to test the strength of the cement road, and also asked these high-ranking officials and nobles to try it out themselves.

Now, those who had not gotten along well with the prince before could not help but admire the cement road and looked up to the prince again.

In the capital, cement roads like this are still being built one after another.

This road was the first to be built. Now no one would stop the prince from building a cement road. It was time to submit suggestions on the official roads between the various prefectures to the emperor.

A very funny scene appeared when Linjia Village started to build a cement road.

All the cats and dogs in the houses were tied up with ropes to prevent them from running around, for fear of leaving paw prints on the newly leveled cement road.

In addition to cats and dogs, we also have to watch over children whose age is too much for the cats and dogs.