mtlumby2d Chapter 241 Cement Experiment
Chapter 241 Cement Experiment
Magistrate Cao and Lawyer He were also frightened by the words of the Third Prince. Among the farm tools that Princess Anping gave them, the curved plow was worth thirty taels each. They had so many farm tools. What kind of treasure did they get?
The Third Prince continued, "They do seem to be robbing people of their money, but there are still many people lining up to grab this spot, just to buy more."
Zheng Sisi was speechless. It was too subversive to her worldview. She had money but nowhere to spend it! It can also be seen from this that they really made a lot of money and didn't care about these small profits.
Finally, the thresher was priced at one hundred taels of silver, and the windmill was priced at eighty taels of silver.
As for whether the common people can afford it, the Third Prince gave a suggestion: "County Magistrate Cao, you can open up policies that benefit the people and give each village one or two quotas to buy it. The price of a thresher is eight taels of silver and a windmill is four taels of silver. But you should emphasize that it needs to be used by the whole village before it can be sold to them."
Zheng Sisi's thoughts were reasonable. There were not many villagers like hers in the village, and it would be enough for a village to have one or two such machines, so she agreed with the third prince's proposal.
The third prince also said: "When the threshing machine is made, I will bring one threshing machine and one grain windmill back to the capital for the emperor to review, and also promote them to you. With the emperor's approval, you will earn more if you operate them properly."
Magistrate Cao and Master He were filled with gratitude and bowed deeply to the Third Prince: "Thank you for your support, Third Prince."
With the help of the Third Prince, County Magistrate Cao and He Shiye had no objections. Thinking that they could make a small profit from the new farm tools, the two of them were secretly happy. They no longer had to eat bland meals every day in the government office, and they also felt a sense of accomplishment.
Zheng Sisi said, "When you start the promotion, send me a message and I'll arrange for someone to come and support you and lower the price. I need to order at least ten units each, so you have to guarantee the goods."
Magistrate Cao bowed his hands and thanked him: "Thank you, Princess Anping, for your support of my work! Hahaha!"
Several people laughed.
After coming out of the county government office, the third prince took Zheng Sisi to another small courtyard. When they arrived at the door of the courtyard, Qingfeng knocked on the door first. The three long and three short knocks opened Zheng Sisi's eyes. She thought, there is something else going on here, even the secret code was used.
After a while, someone came to open the door. When he saw it was Qingfeng, he knew that the third prince had arrived. He opened the door and let Qingfeng drive the carriage into the yard.
After the carriage stopped, the third prince took Zheng Sisi out of the carriage.
Everyone in the yard came over to greet the two of them. Qingmu walked up and led them to the backyard. In the front yard of the backyard, there were a lot of stones and sand piled on the ground, as well as ash of unknown material.
Zheng Sisi looked back at the Third Prince and asked, "They are researching cement."
The Third Prince nodded. "We had already gathered all the materials yesterday, and they experimented with it and found that the proportions were wrong. They tried it a few times before they figured it out."
Qingmu pointed to a few brick-like stones nearby and said, "Master, County Lord, these were made during a cement experiment. The first one had a bad proportion and was easily broken. After adjustments, we have made the eighth one. This time, the hardness is very good. It is not yet completely dry, and your hand can no longer leave marks on it."
Zheng Sisi walked over and pulled it a few times with her hands. It really looked like modern bricks made of cement.
Zheng Sisi said, "Find some bricks and build a small wall with cement. Check tomorrow. If it can't be torn down the day after tomorrow, it means you have succeeded. Or you can find a section of yellow mud road in the yard, spread cement on it, and smooth it with a wooden board. Water it two or three times a day to prevent the cement road from cracking. If people or horses can walk on it without breaking it after a day, it means you have succeeded."