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The length of this Suzaku Avenue is about 5020 meters.

The width has reached an exaggerated 150 meters!

This Suzaku Avenue can be said to be the most important street in Chang'an City.

It would take at least half a year to repair this street according to the way of laying stone slabs!

But according to what Li Ke said, it only takes 10 days to finish it?

Can it be used in 13 days?

This is too incredible!

"you sure?"

Li Shimin couldn't believe it.

"As long as the father assigns enough craftsmen and road repairers to my son, I will guarantee that the repair will be completed within 10 days!"

Li Ke assured Li Shimin in a confident tone.

As long as there is enough cement and enough manpower, the road will be built for you in minutes.

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"Suzaku Street is all built with the cement you mentioned. How much does it cost?"

Li Shimin asked again.

The speed is fast, and the cost is also very important!

"My son is willing to contract the construction of Zhuque Avenue at a price of 2 yuan!"

Li Ke directly offered a price, he wanted to contract the road project of Suzaku Avenue!

"One million pennies?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin and the ministers were a little surprised.

It's not that it's expensive, it's that it's cheap!

If this cement is really as miraculous as Li Ke said, building a Suzaku Street with 2 guan is indeed cheap.

After all, the length of Suzaku Street is only 5020 meters, plus the width of 150 meters, this is a big project!

"You make a sample first, if the cement is really as you said, then I agree!"

Of course Li Shimin would not agree just because of Li Ke's few words.

Instead, let Li Ke make a sample first.

He had to see something tangible to make a decision.

After all, although he is the emperor, 2 guan is not a small amount.

The other ministers also nodded.

Of course, you have to see the samples, otherwise it is impossible for everyone to agree with Li Ke's few words.

"My son obeys the order!"

Li Ke nodded immediately.

He could understand Li Shimin's caution, after all, as the emperor, he was responsible for the court's money.

"After you go back, you can't stop making paper and printing, and you need to print more books. The Analects of Confucius is too monotonous."

"At the same time, make cement samples as soon as possible."

Li Shimin explained to him the next task.

Li Ke nodded, and then left the palace.

After returning to the palace, Li Ke first explained the printing workshop.

"The next four books and five classics will be printed more."

Li Ke also felt that printing only "The Analects" was a bit monotonous.

"By the way, since 877, the five words 'Wu Wang Fu Publishing' must be printed on the cover of every book."

Li Ke suddenly thought of another point, and explained to the craftsmen.

He had forgotten this before, but now he suddenly remembered it.

This is a detail that can greatly increase his status in the minds of scholars!

In the future, every reader will know at the first glance of the book, oh, this book was published by Wu Wangfu.

The more scholars see this, the higher his status in the hearts of scholars.

Books were so expensive before, but now they are so cheap that everyone can afford them.

why?

Because the books published and printed by Wu Wangfu are good and cheap, everyone can have the opportunity to read.

As long as you pick up the book every time, you will see the five big characters of "Wu Wangfu Publishing" prominently on the cover.

He wants to hint at scholars all the time, he is the biggest contributor and benefactor for everyone to be able to read books!

After a long time, his influence among the scholars will definitely be huge!

At that time, Confucius and Mencius would have to be behind him.

"Yes!"

Although the craftsmen didn't know the meaning of adding these words, they were very obedient.

Li Ke's skills have completely convinced them, and now Li Ke's words are more effective than the emperor's decree!

Moreover, as the craftsmen in charge of printing in Wu Wangfu, people might thank them when they see them in the future.

After all, with such a big five characters on the cover, Wu Wangfu published it!

Isn't that what they are responsible for printing!

Thinking of this, they couldn't help showing a look of pride on their faces.

After explaining the printing, Li Ke took some craftsmen to the cement workshop in the suburbs.

It has been prepared here in advance, and the cement can be fired at any time.

The firing method of cement is also very simple, and Li Ke has studied it intensively before traveling.

The main thing is to grind limestone, clay, iron slag and other raw materials according to a certain ratio, and then put them into the cement kiln for high-temperature calcination.

What is burned in this way is the clinker.

Then the clinker is mixed with gypsum, and after grinding again, it becomes a cement product.

Whether it is simple firing of cement or industrial mass firing of cement, Li Ke has detailed theoretical knowledge in his heart.

Now, after all, the scale is still small, just trial production of some cement.

The cost will also be higher.

He proposed to Li Shimin to contract Suzaku Avenue with 2 guan, but in fact, the profit he could make was not much, it was estimated to be only 5 guan, and the cost was 1.5 guan.

But if cement is produced industrially on a large scale in the future, the cost will drop even lower!

At that time, there is still great hope that the cost will be doubled.

When the time comes to build a Suzaku Avenue, it is estimated that the cost will be around 75 guan.

Of course, this is not artificial.

If the labor cost is included, the cost must be more than that.

But in Datang, one of the tax policies is the corvee tax.

That is, each family has to send one person to serve the court for two months of corvee every year.

It means that each family has to send someone to the court for free for two months.

This is also one of the taxes.

If you don't serve corvee, then use cloth or money to offset it.

Therefore, if the road is really built, the cost of labor can be offset by corvee.

Li Ke guided the craftsmen to burn the cement quickly.

Thanks to his guidance throughout the process and the perfect firing conditions, the firing of cement went very smoothly.

Seeing the cement powder after grinding, Li Ke rubbed it with his hands, and it looked not much different from modern cement.

After all, it is completely made according to the most scientific and advanced formula of modern cement, so there should be no problem.

"Just experiment and you'll know."

Li Ke asked people to add water to a pile of cement, and then stirred to mix.

When the mixing was almost done, someone used a shovel to shovel the cement into the prefabricated mold.

This mold is a box with a length and width of 1 meter and a height of 10 cm.

Shovel cement into this box, then continue to mix and spread.

"After it dries a little bit, spread a layer of straw on it, and pour some water on it after an hour or two."

Li Ke explained to the craftsmen in the cement workshop.

Watering is to prevent air bubbles inside the cement block.

"Yes!"

The craftsmen nodded respectfully.

After explaining, Li Ke returned to the palace.

He took a look and found that there was basically nothing wrong with the cement.

So, I wrote some things to pay attention to in the next road construction in the palace.

During this period, Li Ke also received an imperial edict from the palace.

Officially canonize him as Minister of Rites!

I have to say that Lao Li is still very reliable in his work.

Soon, two days passed.

Li Ke thought that in two days, the cement block should have dried up.

So he came to the cement workshop early in the morning.

He noticed that a layer of straw was laid on the cement block, and the straw was wet. It seemed that the craftsmen still strictly implemented his requirements.

"Clean up the straw."

Li Ke commanded directly.

Soon, the straw was cleared away.

A gray-white stone appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Li Ke couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and then stepped on it directly.

As soon as you step on it, there is a sense of thickness coming from under your feet.

"Boom boom boom!"

He stepped on it hard a few times and found that there was no trace at all.

"Is there a sledgehammer? Hit it a few times to see."

Li Ke looked at the craftsmen.

Soon, a craftsman brought a sledgehammer and smashed it hard on the cement block!

"Bang bang bang!"

With every blow of the hammer, a few more hammer marks appeared on the cement block.