After experimenting with cement, Lin Feng began mass production. He hired another twelve lime craftsmen and built three new cellars under Boss Liang's guidance. Soon, the four cellars began to produce cement in batches. One vertical cellar could produce three furnaces of cement every day, and each furnace could produce 200 catties of cement. Three vertical cellars could produce 2,400 catties of cement a day.
This cement was enough to supply the Fan family's civil engineering. If there were more, they could be sold on the market.
After the cement was produced, the masons in the Fan family village got their hands on this new cement material. He gave the finished cement to the masons who were building the barracks to replace the cement.
However, these masons, who were used to using cement, did not quite accept Lin Feng's cement.
Tao Youmao, the head of the masons, looked at the cement sent by his men and blew at his mustache in disdain. He said to the surrounding craftsmen,
"Captain is joking with us! I've been a mason all my life, and I've never heard of anything better than concrete! The only thing I've heard of is that rich officials in the south add brown sugar to Sanhe soil when building houses. The effect is slightly better than Sanhe soil, but the cost is much higher. The cement that the manager sent over was obviously cheap. How could it compare to Sanhe soil?”
Hearing Tao Youmao's complaints, the masons beside him also discussed,
"That's right. There's glutinous rice in Sanhe soil. How can other materials be more useful than Sanhe soil?”
"Could it be that the captain has been blinded by greed and wants to save some money by cutting corners?”
"It's really possible. Is the captain out of money?”
For a moment, the masons started discussing the concept of money. Lin Feng challenged the world view of these masons, and these masons criticized Lin Feng from beginning to end. They were unwilling to believe that cement was better than concrete.
A middle-aged mason walked up to Tao Youmao and said worriedly,"Chief Potter, a few days ago, you said that the management team had money and wanted to use us to repair the city wall. Now that the management team was even using the means of cutting corners to build a barracks, they probably did not have the money to build the city wall!”Shaking his head, the middle-aged mason continued,"We've been working so hard these days to build this barrack, and we've used so many materials because we want to take over the work of building the city walls and wrapping bricks. Now it seems that it's all wishful thinking!"
Hearing his subordinates 'discussion, Tao Youmao pondered for a moment and waved his hand."Alright, let's test the effect of this cement first and see if it's useful!”
Hearing Tao Youmao's words, the middle-aged mason said loudly,"What are you trying, Potter? This cement is black. It's obvious that it won't work!”
Tao Youmao blew his beard and said loudly,"I said try, so I will try. Let's talk after we try!"
Hearing Tao Youmao's words, everyone stopped complaining and began to try out the black cement. According to the boy servant who delivered the cement, the masons mixed the cement and sand in a ratio of 1:5. Then, they poured the well water on the mixture of cement and sand and used a shovel to stir it up bit by bit.
The black powder cement turned into a sticky paste under the stirring. Seeing this scene, the surrounding masons were all amazed.
"It's turned into something like water and mud!”
"Interesting!"
"Although it's definitely not as good as Sanhe soil, it might really be a little sticky!”
"Captain, you're still a little calculative about cutting corners. It's not all nonsense.”
When Tao Youmao saw the change in the cement, he was also filled with surprise. He asked someone to use the cement as a binding agent and build a four-foot-high wall in the dug foundation hole.
The masons were all experienced. The cement was now sticky and similar to the cement before it solidified. The masons quickly built the wall. In less than an hour, a four-foot-long and four-foot-high brick wall was built. After building the wall, everyone buried the foundation of the brick wall with soil and waited for the cement to dry.
When the sun was setting, the cement gradually dried up, and everyone returned to Tao Youmao's place to gather. When Tao Youmao saw that the shop assistants had returned, he said,"Alright, it's time to do it! Let's test him!"
Everyone's eyes immediately lit up as they watched Tao Youmao test the cement.
Tao Youmao pointed at the middle-aged mason and said,"Go kick him a few times!"
The middle-aged mason shouted," Alright!" He rolled up his sleeves and took three steps back. He shouted and kicked the wall.
Seeing the middle-aged mason kick so hard, everyone was afraid that the wall would fall and hit them. They all grinned and took a step back.
"Ah!"
However, they didn't see the brick wall fall. Instead, they heard the middle-aged mason scream. Then, they saw him hug his feet and jump up in front of the motionless brick wall.
"My leg! Damn Tao Youmao, you want me to kick this wall to kill me! My leg broke!"
Everyone was shocked when they saw the middle-aged mason. They were all stunned as they re-examined the cement wall.
The supervisor's cement was quite useful. It wasn't something that bad. At least this cement could withstand the impact of a small area, and it wasn't something that would leave a hole in it.
Tao Youmao looked at the middle-aged mason who was moaning like a pig being slaughtered. He blew at his mustache and pointed at another young mason."You, come over and hit this wall!”
The fact that it was not broken meant that the cement was still very hard after drying. However, if a person hit it with blunt force, it was another matter if the cement could withstand the blunt force.
The young mason rubbed his hands and stood in front of the wall.. After running a few steps, he slammed his shoulder into the concrete brick wall. The surrounding masons retreated when they saw this. They all thought that this broken wall would fall.
However, to everyone's surprise, the young mason's arm hurt from the impact, but the cement brick wall was as firm as a pillar in the south. It did not even shake.
Everyone fell silent.
After a long time, a mason said,"Damn you, Captain Guan's cement is as good as Sanhe soil!”
Everyone stood there as if they had just woken up from a dream. They looked at each other and heard someone say,"But the servant who delivered the cement just now said that this cement is much cheaper than the cement!”
Upon hearing this, the masons felt ashamed. He had spent his entire life making cement, but he still did not know that there was such a cheap and useful glue in this world. It turned out that his entire life as a mason had been in vain. If only he had asked the manager to bring out this cement earlier?
The crowd was still unconvinced. Someone shouted,""If one person can't knock it down, let's try it with two people!”
Hearing this, everyone agreed. Two people walked out and slammed into the wall.
The brick wall did not budge even after the first collision. The second time, they crashed into the brick wall again, but it still did not budge. When they bumped into each other for the third time, they were dizzy, but the cement brick wall was still standing there, unmoving.
The surrounding masons fell silent.
What was this? It was probably even stronger than Sanhe soil! Such cheap black cement mixed with sand was actually stronger and more reliable than the expensive cement. Where did such a thing come from? It was really unheard of. With this thing, his decades of experience in making Sanhe clay were all useless!
Even the experienced Tao Youmao had an awkward expression on his face.
After a long time, someone finally spoke.
"Captain Lin Feng is indeed the City East's Lin Feng. He made soap before, and now he made such a magical cement!”
Everyone was silent for a long time before Tao Youmao walked out. He walked into the house and took out a kitchen knife. He walked to the brick wall and used the kitchen knife to cut the dried cement in the crack of the brick.
He didn't believe that even a kitchen knife couldn't cut through the cement.
However, what happened next rendered him speechless. With a clang, the kitchen knife that had hit the cement was violently shaken off, creating sparks on the cement. When the knife slashed down, it only made a small cut on the cement that had dried in the cracks of the bricks.
This cement was too strong. It was like a rock! One had to know that even if it was mixed with brown sugar, it would not be able to withstand the slash of a sword!
When everyone saw this scene, they were all convinced. For these masons who used cement to build walls every day, this cement seemed to let them see the methods of the gods.
Tao Youmao threw the knife on the ground and sighed."Son of a b * tch, I've spent my entire life on Sanhe soil. It's all for nothing. This is the first time I've seen this thing! This thing was ten times better than Sanhe soil!”
The barracks of the soldiers and the city were all repaired, and the beds and bedding were prepared. He had earned 11,970,000 taels.
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