In the 21st century, there was a saying that if the foundation was not strong, the earth would shake!
It could be seen how important the foundation was to a building!
The people of the 17th century were no exception!
Since ancient times, the eastern architecture represented by the Chinese Empire had stood at the peak of the world. They had built many great buildings, such as the Great Wall, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Epang Palace, and other famous masterpieces in history!
People generally had a deep understanding of architecture. No matter what kind of building it was, the foundation had to be solid and could not be falsified.
When Zhu Long announced that he was going to build a city, the Han people were excited for a while before they all said to Zhu Long,"Your Highness, when building the city wall, the foundation must be solid!”
Zhu Long nodded." Don't worry about the foundation. I know what to do!"”
The world's first reinforced concrete city. Zhu Long placed more importance on building the foundation than anyone else.
According to the design on the blueprint, the foundation of the city wall was four meters deep and six meters wide. Zhu Long directly told Li Hu this data and asked him to tell everyone.
After hearing this data, Li Hu immediately became a little suspicious and said,"Your Highness, the city wall we are building is 20 meters high. I'm afraid this foundation is too shallow, right?”
Zhu Long smiled faintly and did not respond directly. Instead, he asked,""Division Commander Li, how deep do you think the foundation should be?”
Li Hu thought for a moment and said," I think it's better to be at least 8 meters tall. It's best to be 10 meters tall. It's safer to reach more than half the height of the city wall!"”
It was obvious that Li Hu had some general knowledge about architecture. However, Li Hu's idea was only based on the level of 17th century architecture. He did not know that the foundation built with reinforced concrete was very strong!
Zhu Long waved his hand and smiled faintly.""Hehe, you don't have to worry about the foundation. Just tell everyone according to the data this king said!”
Seeing Zhu Long's determination, Li Hu knew that Zhu Long must have his own intentions for building such a shallow foundation. He nodded and said,"This subordinate will obey!"
Then, he told everyone the basic data of the foundation.
The Mongolians and Russians didn't have any concept of such a huge building. After hearing the data of the foundation, they took hoes and shovels and buried their heads in the ground to dig. When the Han people heard the data of the foundation, their faces revealed an incredulous expression.
"What is it? Four meters? Wasn't such a huge city wall too shallow?？？”
Many of the Han people who had common knowledge about buildings cried out in shock. They couldn't believe this number!
"Commander Li, the data of this foundation is completely against common sense. You should persuade His Highness to increase the depth of the foundation!”
"Yeah, such a shallow foundation is not stable at all!!”
the Han suggested to Li Hu.
With the standard of construction in this era, the foundation was definitely too shallow to build such a huge city!
As long as one had some common sense in construction, they would definitely not do this.
Li Hu was also very puzzled. Ever since he left Lan Province, Zhu Long had experienced too many miracles, which made him admire Zhu Long very much. He was determined to listen to Zhu Long's orders. However, Zhu Long had completely violated the common sense of construction in this era when it came to the depth of the foundation. With Zhu Long's intelligence, he would definitely know.
However, the depth of the foundation still did not conform to common sense!
Li Hu was puzzled.
However, he was determined to carry out Zhu Long's orders.
After hearing the Han's advice, he said,""His Highness naturally has his reasons for doing this. Just follow the orders and don't worry about the rest.”
"Alright, when you have time, you should persuade wangye.”
Many of the Han people still felt that there was a problem with the depth of the foundation.
Zhu Long stood in the distance and heard the Han man's words. He sighed confidently and said,""Sigh, even if I explain the awesomeness of reinforced concrete to these people, they won't understand. It's better to leave the suspense. When the foundation is completed and they see the real thing, they will naturally understand!”
……
Many Han people were confused.
Zhu Long didn't explain. He just got someone to shape the steel bars into pillars and put them in before filling them with concrete!
Now, all they had to do was wait for the concrete to solidify!
Many Han people were worried. They felt that the foundation was definitely not strong enough, and they did not know how effective it would be after solidifying it. They expressed some doubts.
After another two days, when the concrete had completely solidified, everyone finally noticed a change.
The solidified concrete was completely combined with the soil, as if they were glued together.
Moreover, because of the steel bars inside, the foundation seemed very solid.
At this moment, everyone finally understood.
"Your Highness is indeed wise!"
"Not bad, this can save a lot of concrete!”
The Han people, who had been very puzzled before, finally understood Zhu Long's intentions after seeing the real thing. They all praised Zhu Long.
Zhu Long's gaze swept across the people in front of him who admired him greatly. He thought to himself that the strength of reinforced concrete was no joke!
This depth was clearly just right!
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