Chapter 79 Meng Kui and Li Jie
Wen Fei said, "Yes, it's cement. It's made of my secret magic in the immortal family. It's harder and harder. Not only can I build my Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, but it's also the wall of Tokyo City. Although it's majestic, it's also built with rammed earth. We will replace it with stones in the future!"
Wen Fei thought to himself, Dao Ye turned the walls of the Tokyo city into reinforced concrete. Even if the Anxin Jurchens came here, they would only have the unearthed parts under the city, which is a good thing I did for the Song Dynasty!
Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this. The emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were very insecure. It was also the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom that were separated by Hebei. There was no danger to defend along the way. Henan and Hebei were all flat, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry of the Liao Kingdom could kill the city of Tokyo without any stop. This was also one of the reasons why the Jurchens could easily destroy the Northern Song Dynasty in the future.
It is really the place where Tokyo City is prosperous, but it is definitely not a good place as a capital of a country. Even though Song Taizu built the capital here, he couldn't sleep every day and wanted to move the capital to Xi'an.
Although Zhao Ji was so happy about his achievements, he was afraid that the Liao cavalry would sweep down deep in his heart... When he heard what Wen Fei said that he could replace the wall of Tokyo with stones, he was overjoyed. He took Wen Fei's hand and said affectionately to Wen Fei: "Thank you so much for your father!"
Wen Fei was suddenly frightened. He had been in the Northern Song Dynasty for so long. He now has a high status and has eunuchs like Yang Jian who defected, so he naturally knew some secrets in the palace. It seemed that Song Huizong and Wang Fu had a little more than ordinary people...
Wen Fei quickly threw away Zhao Ji's hand and said dryly: "It's just a small matter. Although these things can be transported from heaven, it's a bit difficult after all. I can only supervise it in the mortal world."
Zhao Ji waved his hand very proudly: "How many craftsmen does Shangfu need? Just say it!"
What is needed to make cement? Wen Fei really can't explain it clearly. Fortunately, he learns from his mistakes. Wen Fei's current notebooks record many recipes that cannot be separated from time to time, such as cement, glass, gunpowder, papermaking, printing, etc.
However, Wen Fei came to the Northern Song Dynasty to be a charlatan, but he did not come to enlighten the people's wisdom and spread technology. Therefore, Wen Fei naturally would not take it out casually. Cement is just fine powder ground into a certain proportion of limestone, loess, and iron ore. It is then calcined at a high temperature. If it is more particular, a certain proportion of gypsum, slag, fly ash, etc. should be added later. This simple cement is naturally not as good as those cements in later generations, but it should be enough.
These things were not difficult to get even in ancient times. In ancient times, building houses and other things were inseparable from lime. There were many charcoal kilns for firing lime in Tokyo, and other waste materials were even easier.
Wen Fei didn't expect to build a tall building with a height of hundreds of stories. It was dozens of meters high. It was estimated that a building of dozens of meters would become Tokyo City. No, it was the tallest building in the entire Northern Song Dynasty! So the cement mark almost came to Wen Fei, and it didn't matter.
I have to say that Wen Fei was a little too optimistic. I would like to say that it was the Kaifeng Iron Tower that was preserved in later generations. That is, the Kaibao Temple Iron Tower is more than 55 meters high.
With the order, Zhao Ji called the other minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Meng Kui and Li Jie, who were the general supervisor of the Ministry of Revenue, into the palace. Speaking of which, Meng Kui was the creator of Gen Yue. Now that Gen Yue has stopped working, this guy happened to send him to help Wen Fei.
And the general is in charge of palaces, city walls, bridges, and boats. These things are really impossible without the general being a supervisor!
Meng Kui Wenfei has heard of this. Last time, he bought a book called "Tokyo Dream Hualu" for his father to please him. The book was written by Meng Yuanlao. Many people in later generations have always believed that Meng Yuanlao, the author of this book, was Meng Kui.
As for Li Jie, the chief supervisor who will be the supervisor, Wen Fei is ignorant and has never heard of it. However, he doesn't know that Li Jie is even more famous. He once wrote and compiled the most complete architectural technology book in ancient my country, so that he became famous in later generations. Of course, with the virtues of Wen Fei, it is normal that he has never heard of it!
Wen Fei originally thought that these ancient craftsmen might have very limited skills. How could he know that these two of them were skilled craftsmen and such famous figures, so he naturally understood what Wen Fei told him.
Li Jie smiled and said, "I don't know what the purpose of Shang's father asking us to burn these things!"
Wen Fei said shamelessly: "Of course, we need to build the Shenxiao Heavenly Palace. Although the mortal craftsmen have limited ability, they also have to cultivate one ten thousandth of the real Heavenly Palace. It is enough to overwhelm all countries and become the number one in the world!"
Zhao Ji was even more happy when he heard this and said with a smile: "Not magnificent, no one can value power. Now our Song Dynasty is in a time of prosperity and prosperity. We are about to overwhelm the country with such magnificentness and show the magnificence of our Song Dynasty."
After hearing this, Meng Kui said in embarrassment: "Every in the city of Tokyo is worth every inch of land, where can I get the land to build such a magnificent building!"
Wen Fei said: "Didn't Gen Yue stop? I think it's good to build it there!"
Song Huizong suddenly became embarrassed. Although Gen Yue had stopped working, he was a little reluctant and hoped to resume work in the future.
Wen Fei waved his hand: "It's there, what's the beauty of that man-made rockery? When I have time, I'll take you to see the real landscape..."
Cai Jing saw Zhao Ji's wink at him, and knew that Zhao Ji was embarrassed to object. He complained in his heart, so he had to say, "This... Shenxiao Heavenly Palace is built near the palace. Wouldn't this be so clear about everything in the palace as you climb up to see the distance... There are so many imperial concubines and princesses in the harem, so this is not appropriate, right?"
Wen Fei thought it was the same. At that time, a Taoist temple was messy and people could see the things in the harem, which was really not appropriate. So hesitated, which made Zhao Ji breathe a sigh of relief. He quickly said, "Don't worry, Father Shang, I will definitely find a place for Father Shang to build the Shenxiao Heavenly Palace!"
Wen Fei was furious: "At worst, I can demolish the Daxiangguo Temple and build my Shenxiao Heavenly Palace!"
Several people turned green when they heard this, and even Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Don't worry, there will be somewhere!"
Before he finished speaking, Wen Fei's eyes lit up: "Are you there, isn't the mansion given to me by the official family? I think it's demolished there, and it's also good to build the Shenxiao Heavenly Palace." Thinking of building a dozen meters here and pressing it on the monks' heads, Wen Fei felt even more determined in his heart.
"Repairing at Shang's father's mansion?" Zhao Ji was stunned: "The mansion covers only about twenty acres, not even a fraction of the Daxiangguo Temple!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!