Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

After returning to Chang'an City, Li Ke took Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian to Chang'an County first, and communicated with Chang'an County first. He will repair Suzaku Hengjie first tomorrow.

Suzaku Heng Street is the main street in front of Suzaku Gate that runs through Chang'an from east to west. The entrance of the west gate is the Jinguang Gate, and the east gate is the Chunming Gate.It is the east-west street with the largest traffic in Chang'an City!It is one of the widest side streets, and it forms a complete cross shape with the north and south Suzaku Avenue.

Zhuque Heng Street and Zhuque Street are considered the main streets of Chang’an City, and they are maintained daily, and the bluestone slabs used are of very high quality, but because of their long lifespan, they are outside the part directly opposite the Taiji Palace. , other parts are damaged.

"Your Highness, do we want to replace the slate?" Tian Meng asked.

"What kind of slabs should be replaced? Zhuque Heng Street and Zhuque Avenue are the two main streets. Put concrete under the slabs, embed the slabs in the concrete, and lay floor tiles for Chang'an City. We don't need any extra materials, we only need gravel. , River sand. The river sand has already been prepared, whether the gravel is waste from the construction of the Daming Palace or our mine has a lot, just pull it over." Li Ke said lightly.

"Dig out all the intact stone slabs, clean them, and put them in reserve. Instead of using stone slabs on both sides of the city gate, we directly put concrete on them. We don't need to purchase additional damaged stone slabs. As for other masonry roads, the original bricks All the bricks were dug up, smashed into pieces, and the broken bricks were used to lay the foundation and tamp it firmly before adding concrete.”

Although Li Ke's home-made cement cannot be compared with the standard-strength cement of later generations, well, it can't be said that. To be precise, the cement he produced is Schrödinger's cement, and the strength is unknown. At the very least, it is worse than standard cement. , but it is enough to use in the case that the quality of ancient projects is not high.

The engineering quality requirements here are not high, which means that the ancient streets had the highest load-bearing capacity and did not even have two-ton horse-drawn carriages. In modern times, cars with dozens of tons have to keep walking, and they are rolled back and forth countless times every day. Of course, the requirements are Taller.

Modern bean curd roads can be used for many years in ancient times. Of course, Li Ke will not build a bean curd project.

And the cement produced by Li Ke has the best strength... It has almost caught up with the cement grade used in modern super-strength concrete. The main reason is that it is really hard to control the amount by directly putting ground iron ore in it. Sometimes the amount is just right. At that critical point, the quality of cement in this batch is stronger than standard cement.

Anyway, after his Schrödinger's cement was fired, he mixed it to maintain a good quality.

Li Ke didn't know anything about the formula of concrete, and he wasn't an engineer, but it didn't matter, he had books.The proportions in the relevant books were given to the craftsmen. They had already tested various proportions of concrete, and finally concluded and tested a suitable proportion.

Don't underestimate how much the ancient artisans paid attention to these ratios. It is not easy to find the formula for many bricks and stones fired in ancient times.

And there is no need for Li Ke to worry about how seriously they work. In the consciousness of these craftsmen and ordinary workers, if this thing does not work well, it is closely related to their lives, and no one will take their lives seriously.

The monthly wages of the workers in those brick and stone factories have been increased. Li Ke is very clear about what their plans are, but... who told you that His Highness will use it to buy bricks, stones and slabs?

"Yes!" Tian Meng agreed, he was a little worried, how can this be fixed?There is no need to buy new materials, and river sand and gravel are free, you can just pull them.Isn't the actual cost lower again?Based on this calculation, even if it is five times the monthly salary of personnel, more than 200 million guan is enough to renovate Chang'an City.

More than 800 million guan, this [-]-fold increase in cement cost is not enough at all. Tian Meng estimated in his heart that according to this figure, it would take [-]-fold increase in cement cost.

After making an appointment with Chang'an County Prime Minister, three days later, the western section of Zhuque Heng Street will be laid. At that time, the entire western section of Zhuque Heng Street will be closed. Su Dingfang's soldiers will be dispatched to maintain order and restrict people from entering.

Tomorrow, we will first sign a contract with the common people who will come to work, and then start transporting materials in the afternoon, and start construction in three days!

After Li Ke handed over to the Chang'an county magistrate, he went back to his mansion directly, and Li Ke didn't have to worry about the rest.

However, Li Ke's actions today have caused a huge disturbance in Chang'an City. On the second day, the new issue of Datang Weekly was released again. This time Li Ke printed [-] copies! Even the [-]-point "Datang Weekly " was also sold out in just half a morning!

Obviously, some people who are usually reluctant to buy "Weekly" also bought things that are closely related to the people.

There are too many dry goods in this issue of "Datang Weekly". First of all, it is about Li Ke's labor requirements for renovating Chang'an City. The coolie standard for working is 500 cash per month, and the salary has really increased by five times!And manage a meal!And in addition to recruiting the main coolies who can work, women who can cook are also recruited, and the monthly salary is 200 cash per month!

This month's money is too high!In the past, there were many similar guys who recruited women to cook, not to mention 200 liters, but 20 liters a month would be good.There are many women who help for free.

The monthly wages of craftsmen such as masons with master craftsmanship are calculated in terms of money, but the number of these people is small and cannot affect the overall situation.

The second article is about the "Labor Law" proposed by Li Ke and the news of canceling the pilot program of Datang non-registered households in Chang'an. This news also shocked the people. It only needs to add 20% interest, and then compensate with labor. Even the monthly wages are not fully deducted, and 50.00% is reserved for the people.

In particular, the monthly money is calculated according to the average monthly money of Chang'an City, that is to say, it is the same as the monthly money for recruiting coolies for the renovation of Chang'an City this time!

In the eyes of all the people, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is a living Bodhisattva descending to earth!This is not a prince, this is a Bodhisattva!It's a Living Buddha!Billions of living people!

Some people who are afraid that they will not be selected and have no work to do are wondering whether they should find a job in the name of prostitution!Working for His Highness the King of Shu all the year round, is there such a good thing in this world? !Although the interest is 20.00% more, but if you sell enough, you can keep doing it!And get a lot of money in advance!

If it hadn't been said in the article that His Royal Highness the King of Shu would conduct an investigation, and if there was any deceit, he would be convicted according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that many people would have really done so.

The third article is about the start of construction two days later to renovate the west section of Suzaku Heng Street, asking all the people to make a detour if they need to travel.

The fourth article is to praise some businessmen with lofty ideals in Chang'an for their initiative to donate money to assist His Highness the King of Shu in building Chang'an City Yunyun.

It can be said that the entire "Datang Weekly" is closely related to the people of Chang'an City!So it is understandable that these [-] copies were sold.It's just that Li Ke's move is big enough, but many people can't figure it out. For example, Changsun Wuji and others are a little confused, and they will start construction in three days?What about your raw materials?Don't buy it?