Squeak squeak squeak...

The cast iron mill was filled with sand, and four horses were dragged in front of them. The old handheld style had to be watched, so that the horses could not run like a market. It was necessary to let the mill crush the construction surface as smoothly as possible at a constant speed.

An unpleasant smell filled the air, and in the simple funnel, there were evenly turned oil sand-like things. Not far away, the black liquid was rolling in the huge iron bucket, gurgling, and one bubble after another exploded.

"How about it?"

The construction roadbed is a test pavement, separated by a section, and there is also a cement experimental road from two years ago.

"The material is not as good as the one in the Western Regions' Mori North. The gentleman said that natural asphalt is not easy to make. Our asphalt was obtained from Lizhou. Then again, is it that asphalt is still artificial?"

"Since there is artificial stone, artificial asphalt is normal."

"But I've never seen it."

"You haven't seen many things before!"

The experimenters were busy observing and calculating the dosage. Since they discovered natural asphalt, they have been used as adhesives. Suddenly they were used in road construction, which also caught the disciples and grandchildren in the construction industry a little unexpectedly.

Lao Zhang actually didn't expect to discover a small mine. The natural asphalt in Zhang De's impression is definitely not this level, but the lake asphalt in Tobago.

Of course, I don’t have the ability to go to the Caribbean.

I was always impressed by this thing while hanging out on the sea platform, at least more profound than the "Bright Moon on the Sea". Lao Zhang almost went to Myanmar to develop a century-old oil field. Fortunately, it almost happened. Fortunately, the leader of the liberal arts student before illegally traveling through time was so flattered.

Beep-

A whistle sounded, and the testers saw that it was lunch time.

"Goro, please stare at it."

"Okay."

Someone went to eat first, but after finishing the meal, he came to change shifts.

When the experiment was revealed and laid out, two days later, Zhang De called the staff and assistants responsible for creating French styles, as well as the "rich man and rich man" in Ezhou, Mianzhou, to hold a political and business meeting.

There is no pure businessman, either white gloves or a family child who is willing to do anything.

"Sit all, sit all!"

The conference hall was originally in chaos, just like a vegetable market. After Zhang De and his group arrived, they immediately stood up to salute him one by one, and Lao Zhang hurriedly greeted him.

The servants added tea to those who sat down, and then left two at the door, most of them waiting outside.

"Today's meeting is mainly related to road construction."

As he said that, Zhang De nodded and signaled Zhang Qian to send the materials down. Soon, the printed materials were placed in front of the attendees.

"I didn't expect it to be so fast. I thought I would always use cement to build roads, but now I can save a lot of money. It's also God's blessing, His Majesty the Emperor."

After hearing what he said, everyone burst into laughter.

"This asphalt was originally discovered by the expedition team near the Turkic royal court after the Western Army captured Shule. The locals used it to stick things and make up the ceiling. Oh, there was a nomadic corpse in the Wudulu tribe of the Western Turkic former Wudulu tribe. It is unknown whether it is easy to use asphalt to stick arrow feathers. It is easy to use or not. Back to the point, this thing is really a lot of money for building roads. You have read the documents you have at hand. It is estimated that two lanes are one mile and three thousand stones are used."

The members of the congregation all listened and watched. Ezhou was in charge of Fangang Wharf and asked directly: "Observe, if it is transported from the Western Regions, it is too expensive and I am afraid it will not be affordable. If there is such a mine in Lizhou, if it can be dug out, it will definitely save a lot. If we communicate properly with Lizhou, we can still use water routes, which will save even more."

"In addition to Lizhou, natural asphalt was also found in the northern border of the Piao Kingdom southwest of Liuzhao. However, it is not known whether it is true or not. It was brought back by a tea merchant. I can only say it is serious."

"Didn't the above say that there is also in Guangzhou?"

"There is no in Guangzhou, it's overseas."

"Hiss... I'll have to cross a thousand miles of stone pond?"

"The South China Sea is still easy to walk now. The newly opened route can reach the end of the South China Sea. There were several boats that had already traded with the Tu-state called 'Barani' at the end of the South China Sea. There were ridges and dense forests to the south. Then it was the sea again. Two boats bypassed the eastern land of 'Barani', and there was another sea. First east and then south, you could go around. Looking across the sea, there was a big island, and there was also such a thing on that island."

"The road is not good for Chang'an official road. I'll show up in the experiment. I'll tell you all. After observing it, I went to see it and walked on the road. It's really good. Cement roads are really expensive now, and cement is used elsewhere, so I'll go to build roads, which is a pity."

Everyone started to discuss it. After discussing it, it took half an hour to change the tea twice. The accountants who gathered together were all calculating how much they invested.

Strictly speaking, as long as the price is the same as the cement road, it is a net profit. Because cement is saved, not to mention its own use, it will be another investment when throwing it into Luoyang.

The most profitable thing about cement last year was the business of smuggling to Fusang. The local warlords in Fusang like to build fortifications like building secret fortresses. It would be no problem to exchange cement for dozens of Japanese slaves for one stone, which was a huge profit. Because of the three major fleets, nearly a hundred countries in Fusang could not even integrate into the Fusang court in name. Now it is on the verge of "holding troops and respecting themselves" and "warlords' melee", and civil war breaks out at any time.

In addition, the interception and killing of the "Tang envoy" in the early years was completely covered up under huge profits. Not to mention the decency of nearly a hundred countries in Fusang, even Silla, even the "Queen" became Princess Hanhai's foot washing maid, what else can I say?

"I think I'll put it aside first."

Zhang De held the teacup and looked forward, "The road must be built, otherwise the white painted characters painted on the walls of Hanyang City will be white? If you want to be rich, build the road first. In recent years, the expansion of the workshop in Jiangbei has been very fast. I am sure of this and encouraged it. Fast speed may not be a good thing, but slow speed is definitely not a good thing. There are few people who farm in Wuhan and many people who work. If you expand and expand production slowly, I, as the Jianghan Observer and colleagues from the Wuhan Recording Department next door, will have a headache."

Seeing Zhang De's index finger pointing his temples, everyone burst into laughter again.

Old Zhang also smiled and continued, "The newly added workshop area in Jiangbei is a bit far from the Yangtze River. The cement road was built before, but cement was precious. How many roads could it be built? What's more, I, the Jianghan Observer, still have to listen to the words of the Governor of Jingchu Province, otherwise who would give me the wind and rain? However, our Governor is not easy to live, and we have to be taken care of by the official hat of the Secretariat Order. The three provinces and six ministries asked him for cement. In the past, he was tough and said he would not give it, but now he would not give it. Is it possible to give it? If you don't give it, you will be afraid that the censors will scold him for being a second-minded? As a foreign relative, you just need to be more angry, otherwise how can you call him a foreign relative?"

Everyone laughed even more. Zhang De took a sip of tea, and then continued: "We Wuhan people must take care of the face of the Governor. So, cement should be paid tribute. Since there is asphalt, let's think of a solution from here. Even if we build roads in the new construction areas in Jiangnan and north, we calculate according to the double lanes. Even if... even if we use asphalt south of the South China Sea, five hundred pieces of 'eight years' are built, it is enough to transport them once? Perhaps one more can be built to Wuchang and Fanchuan, which is unknown."

"Observe, if there were 500 'eight-year-old', I'm afraid the road has been built to Suzhou, and I'm still waiting for these hundreds of big ships?"

"Just say that, I really want to collect 500 boats to travel south of the South China Sea to transport asphalt? There are no 500 pieces, but there are always 20 pieces, 50 pieces, there are still 50 pieces, it can't be transported in a day, 1 year, or 2 years, or can't be transported in two years? All the solutions are come up with a little solution."
Chapter completed!