Tang Dynasty good husband

Chapter 140 Cement Becomes
Li Shimin had a headache when he thought of the word Qin Chao. This is a guy he both loves and hates. He always wants to get rid of it completely, but in the end he has to pay attention to it due to various reasons.

But Qin Chao is obviously not a master who likes stability, without the forbearance of Fang Xuanling and others, on the contrary, he has learned the impetuous aura of Cheng Yaojin very thoroughly.

It would be a good way to have Cheng Yaojin's achievements and way of handling things, but the problem is...

Forget it, headache, let's not talk about Qin Chao.

Li Shimin discussed with the three important ministers some detailed plans on the promotion of potatoes and forcing out hermits, and then asked Changsun Wuji to send people to Youzhou to investigate Wang Junkuo.

It's not that Li Shimin doesn't have any understanding of Wang Junkuo, the anger in the court earlier was just a superior's due love for his subordinates.

For his subordinates, Li Shimin still loves them very much, and Li Shimin has always adhered to a rule of sharing adversity and wealth.

Even though the censor below had impeached Wang Junkuo countless times, Li Shimin was still not disappointed with Wang Junkuo, and still maintained the greatest love for him.This is the principle of Li Shimin's imperial order, and it is also the basis for him to be able to rise to the top.

More and more spearheads are pointed at Wang Junkuo, and Li Shimin cannot help but be cautious, but no matter what, Li Shimin does not want to affect the friendship between him and Wang Junkuo before the final conclusion is made, so he sends his most confidant minister, the eldest grandson Wuji was secretly responsible for this matter.

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Qin Chao, who was deprived of his honor, title and military official, was not hit hard.

Oh no, the real hits are still there.

For example, Qin Chao's titles and honors, as well as the career fields obtained by Wu Sanguan, are now gone, and the career fields must be returned to the court.

In addition, Qin Chao is now considered a big landlord, and he has also shared the land. In addition to being obliged to take classes, he also has the qualifications to be appointed as a soldier.

Of course, having a single family makes Qin Chao avoid the passage of joining the army.

Generally speaking, except for the need to take classes and reduce some fields, the impact on Qin Chao is not too great.

But what really makes Qin Chao feel depressed is that all Mao deprived him of are casual officials and honorary positions?Why should I not deprive him of the powerful position of Shaoqing of Sinong Temple?
In Cheng's residence, Cheng Yaojin, who had just entered the door, pulled out a rattan stick out of nowhere as if he was juggling, and when he spotted Cheng Chumo, who was covered in cement, he lashed out violently.

At first, Qin Chao watched it with interest, but later on, Qin Chao had developed immunity to the beating of Cheng Chumo.

This guy gets beaten once every two or three days on average, but the reason for being beaten is always because of trivial things, and because he didn't make any mistakes at all. Cheng Yaojin just felt that his hands were itchy, so he wanted to beat people.

Why did Mao want to beat Cheng Chumo?Who made this guy the eldest son?He will inherit the title in the future, and his younger brothers are not qualified for this.

As the saying goes, the more you get, the more you give.

"This bastard kid has made me so angry..." After beating Cheng Chumo, Cheng Yaojin sat down on the rocking chair and said angrily to Qin Chao, who closed his eyes to rest.

Qin Chao just laughed and didn't reply.

As early as when Cheng Chumo was being beaten, Qin Chao began to observe the cement in the courtyard. From the color of the finished cement, and the color of the cement waiting to dry after mixing, Qin Chao basically had confidence in his heart, although This is not the cement he wants, but it is not far from the cement he wants.

Qin Chao is not a perfectionist. Although cement is indeed very important, the gap in quality will cause many follow-up problems.

But this is the Tang Dynasty, most of the equipment that can be used for detection by later generations, Qin Chao can't do it, he can only observe with his eyesight, and observe with the help of the subsequent collision test.

"Cheng Bo, thank you, use that hammer to smash these cement blocks one by one." Qin Chao slowly opened his eyes and said, pointing to a pile of cement blocks at the corner.

Cheng Chumo did a good job in this aspect. According to the marking method Qin Chao said, he marked the dried cement blocks one by one, and wrote down the corresponding data on the paper.

The advantage of this is that every time you see a block of cement, you can find the corresponding data on the paper, the label of the cement, the mixing ratio and label of various building materials, and so on.

It seems to be a useless effort, but it is not the case. The test is completed step by step in this way. The whole record is clear, avoiding the same test with the same material, which greatly saves time and cost.

"Does the old man have to do it himself? If you don't use any force, those things will break into foam." Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully.

"Cheng Bo, some things can be replaced by others, but some things can never be replaced. If you are a general and don't know the strength of the guarded city walls, how should you arrange your troops?" Qin Chao still asked Cheng Yaojin tested it himself.

"That's all, it's really troublesome..." Cheng Yaojin was a little unhappy, but felt that what Qin Chao said seemed reasonable, so he could only mutter and get up and walk to the corner.

Swinging a sledgehammer is not difficult for Cheng Yaojin, nor is it difficult for any general.

Cheng Chumo excitedly ran to the front to give Cheng Yaojin a hand, took out a block of cement from the wall, put it on the ground steadily, and waited for Cheng Yaojin to smash it.

And every time Cheng Yaojin smashed a piece, Cheng Chumo immediately moved out a new one.

The air-dried cement blocks were smashed one by one by Cheng Yaojin without any effort.

But the later, Cheng Yaojin became more serious.

When the fifth block was hit, Cheng Yaojin could not break the cement block like the previous ones with a hammer.

Although he didn't say anything, his hands gradually increased his strength.

By the eighth block, Cheng Yaojin needed three hammers to smash a cement block.

When it came to block No. 15, Cheng Yaojin had already exerted [-]% of his strength, but when he hammered down, the cement block on the ground, which was no different from other cement blocks, only slightly foamed. Based on his previous experience of smashing cement blocks, Cheng Yaojin chose a corner with the second hammer. When he hit it with the hammer, there was only a crack in the corner, and the separated cement blocks did not fall off.

Cheng Yaojin smashed it a few more times, until the detached cement block was completely smashed into powder, and then he could see the internal structure clearly. Two 'reinforcement bars' that Cheng Yaojin personally made were tightly holding these Cement holds together.

"Done?" Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin looked at Qin Chao excitedly.

Even the city wall of Chang'an, Cheng Yaojin can smash a small hole with a hammer, and this kind of cement block can only smash a small corner after more than ten blows. If it is used to build a city, wouldn't it be indestructible?
"My lord, it's basically done, but according to my observation and experiments, this is not the strongest solution. It will take several experiments to find the strongest solution." Cheng Chumo showed off a little proudly.

This method was proposed by Qin Chao, but it was Cheng Chumo who experimented from the beginning to the end, and only Cheng Chumo knew the proportion of each cement block best.

Although the old man didn't praise him, Cheng Chumo was also very relieved seeing his shocked look, ah no, it's double cool, the compulsion in his heart is double high...

(End of this chapter)