I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Nanjing, the main road.

A team of soldiers drove the people out of the streets, and they were about to start construction, laying concrete roads.

After more than ten days of repeated experiments, the artisans recruited by Tong Youwei have successfully produced cement and achieved mass production.

However, at present, due to insufficient professional manpower and insufficient raw material preparation, the output is not high, and only a few tons are produced a day.

In order to present treasures to Wu Changqing, Tong Youwei hurriedly pulled the first batch of ten tons of cement into the city and began to lay the first cement road in history.

In the plan, this concrete road does not need to be paved too thick, a few centimeters are enough.

After all, there are no heavy trucks in this era, and a thickness of a few centimeters is enough to withstand all kinds of crushing.

"What is this doing?"

Although the people were driven away, they did not go far, but stood outside the blockade, looking at the construction workers curiously. They could see that those people were building roads, but they couldn't understand what kind of road building method this was.

In the past, roads were paved with yellow mud and then compacted with heavy objects.

Now, those workers are mixing water with a brown soil, adding a small amount of crushed stone, and then laying it on the ground to paint.

This novel way of building roads has opened the eyes of the people.

There were more and more onlookers, and even some well-positioned people couldn't help but come over to join in the fun.

"Shopkeeper Tong, what are you doing?"

Sun Daoming asked Tong Youwei who was in command.

"I can't see that? Of course it's building roads."

Tong Youwei disdainfully said that he has now climbed up Wu Changqing and is a celebrity next to Wu Changqing, so even Sun Daoming, who is at the same level, dislikes him a little.

"Of course I know this is building a road, but what is this black thing, and why do you paint this kind of thing on the ground?"

Sun Daoming didn't mind Tong Youwei's attitude and continued to ask questions.

He knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter for Tong Youwei to personally supervise the command. And everything in front of him made him incomprehensible, and he desperately wanted to understand this unknown thing.

Businessmen still attach great importance to information.

"This is called cement. It was invented by Wu Guogong himself. When it comes into contact with water, it will become extremely hard and can be used to pave the street. In the future, when Shopkeeper Sun walks on this street, he will no longer have to worry about the dirt and dust on his shoes."

Tong Youwei boasted that this kind of showing off his knowledge is very cool.

"And such a magical thing?"

Sun Daoming exclaimed, in his understanding, mud plus water will only become mud, how can mud plus water become hard, this is not common sense.

However, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he learned from Tong Youwei's words that Tong Youwei and Wu Changqing have a close relationship, otherwise he would not be entrusted with important tasks.

This made Sun Daoming envious, jealous, and hated, and regretted that he had not surrendered to Wu Changqing first, otherwise he would be the one who would gain the upper hand now.

After a few chats, Sun Daoming left to do business first.

When he returned at noon, he took a detour to the main road, trying to see what Tong Youwei called the cement road.

After a few hours of hardening, the concrete road is set and can even be stepped on.

However, because the road paved at the back has not been completely hardened, people are not allowed to step on the road, and they can only walk on the road that has not been paved on the other side.

Soldiers were still guarding the road, but Sun Daoming had an unusual identity, and he gave the guarding soldiers a few taels of silver, so the soldiers did not stop him from approaching the cement road.

Sun Daoming touched the road with his hand, and found that the cement road was extremely smooth and hard, stronger than ordinary stones.

tsk tsk......

Sun Daoming was secretly startled, this was amazing, it was unbelievable.

He has also seen artisans make ceramics with clay, but those ceramics need to be fired in a kiln, but this kind of cement can be hardened by mixing with water.

Moreover, this hardness is far better than ceramics.

As a shrewd businessman, Sun Daoming immediately realized the role of this cement.

It can be used not only to pave roads, but also to build houses, paint yards, build walls...

It is used in so many places, indicating that the market for this kind of goods is very large, as long as it is made, there is no need to worry about no sales.

This is a good business, but unfortunately this business is in Tong Youwei's hands.

How to please Wu Changqing?

Sun Daoxian clearly thought about it, he was not stupid enough to think that Tong Youwei would share this business with himself and wanted to get involved in this business,

Then we can only go the way of Wu Changqing.

After all, Tong Youwei said it himself, this kind of thing was invented by Wu Changqing.

The next day, the soldiers in charge of guarding had withdrawn, and this section of the road was also open to the people.

Curious people had already come over and stepped on it carefully.

Can you be careless? Ordinary people are most afraid of the government and the army. If this is accidentally trampled, wouldn’t it be courting death?

It's just that this kind of caution is completely unnecessary. Even if they jump up and stomp hundreds or thousands of feet, they can't damage the concrete road.

Before heavy trucks with a load of more than ten tons appeared, this road surface was completely sufficient.

"It's hard, like granite."

someone exclaimed.

"Bragging, how can it be like granite

Hard, these are all made of mud. "

While the others questioned, they tried to step on it.

After they stepped on it, their expressions were immediately the same as the previous one, with a look of shock and inconceivable.

Later, more and more people stepped on it and walked on the road to experience this magical road. And those children have long been running around on this road.

For a time, the road was crowded with people, and there was no one on the yellow mud road that had not yet been paved.

Novel things have always been so favored.

"What are you doing standing on the road, don't you have to work? This road is for you to pass, not for you to play."

Tong Youwei came to the main road again and reprimanded those bumpkins.

Those who overplayed forgot to get down to business and gathered on the road to block traffic.

Tong Youwei spoke, and the people hurriedly flashed.

"A bunch of uninformed pariahs."

Tong Youwei said with contempt, but he forgot that when he first saw the concrete road, his performance was not much better than those of the pariahs.

"Cover this side with cement. I want to let the grandfather see our achievements as soon as possible. This is the first cement road in the world."

Tong Youwei gave an order in high spirits. This is the first cement road in the world, and maybe it will be recorded in the annals of history in the future. Even if it cannot be recorded in the history books, it can definitely be recorded in the local chronicles.

And this is already a great honor for a businessman.