Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Bricks and cement can be said to be two powerful tools for construction. If Dazhou needs to carry out construction, it must be researched.

Under this premise, the firing of square bricks requires the establishment of a special brick-burning factory, which consumes a lot of manpower, material resources, and transportation capacity.

At this time, they are busy with everything within the Great Zhou Dynasty, so how can they have extra labor to do this?

But cement is different. While it can also be of great help to construction, cement is more trouble-free to study. The difficulties in research mainly focus on individual components and specific ratios.

Although this requires a lot of time for trial and error, it does not require too many manpower. Arranging three people like this is almost enough.

Zhou Xu had already arranged the specific research work as early as winter.

The content arranged at that time was mainly based on the information provided to him by Wang Pengfei. He himself also appropriately described the "cement" so that the researchers could have a relatively clear direction during their research.

However, from the fact that they haven't researched it yet, it can be seen that it is really not that easy to research something easily just by relying on the information provided by this guy. .

However, judging from the current situation, the general direction has definitely been found, and we still have to invest time and energy in trial and error.

It would take a lot of time to wait for the cement to dry. Of course, Zhou Xu couldn't stay here. After briefly confirming the situation here and letting them notify him of the results, he went about his own business.

In the next period of time, he was mainly busy inspecting the work of various departments.

During this period, I also took the time to go to the Salt Lake Village next door to see the paper mill that Wang Dong was running.

By the time Zhou Xu arrived, the paper mill seemed to be in a decent state under Wang Dong's management.

No matter what it was like at the beginning, at least after Zhou Xu arrived here, the movements of the paper mill workers seemed to be somewhat skillful.

Anyway, the subsequent related work was left to Wang Dong, and he didn't bother to ask more about some things.

After walking out of the paper mill, before leaving Salt Lake Village, he stopped by to inspect the situation at the mine and the two farms here.

The chicken farms and rabbit farms here in Salt Lake Village shouldered quite arduous tasks when food was in short supply in the previous winter.

As a result, after one winter, the numbers of broiler chickens and rabbits in the two factories dropped sharply.

And incidentally, the prices of related products such as chicken, rabbit meat, and even eggs have increased.

If there is a market for something, once the supply exceeds demand, the price will rise. This is natural.

This wave of price adjustments was personally operated by Zhou Xu. After all, these places were actually his property, and the factory directors were just working for him.

Before the broiler chickens and rabbits in the two farms resume their original breeding scale, it will be almost impossible for this price to come down.

This has also resulted in fewer related ingredients and dishes on the market and in canteens.

Of course, this does not mean that they cannot afford meat.

In fact, they still had fish to eat.

The fish resources in the lake are still quite abundant, and the accumulation over the years cannot be wiped out in one or two strokes.

Therefore, the price of fish has been very stable.

If this were a year ago, they would have enjoyed eating so much that they would never get tired of eating fish every day.

But I have to say that people do change.

In the past, there were at least two or even three kinds of meat and vegetables for you to choose from.

Although it is not impossible to choose now, chicken and rabbit meat are expensive. In their big week, the monthly wages of most people were not enough to make them too inflated.

There are even some people who have almost no money at the end of the month and have to eat relief meals for a while.

The village chiefs of each village had actually reported this issue to Zhou Xu.

Zhou Xu didn't think it was a big deal. Let alone these primitive people, even he used to eat dirt at the end of every month before time travel, and sometimes even in the middle of the month. Isn't this normal?

If each of these people is guaranteed 60 meals a month and still enjoys every meal, then the self-motivation of some members must be eroded?

It is only when life is not so perfect that everyone will pursue a better life and work harder.

In this way, at a time when the prices of chicken and rabbit meat have increased significantly, you want them to spend the price of two meals to eat one meal of chicken or rabbit meat?

Many people are still undecided about this decision.

After briefly inspecting the conditions of the two breeding farms here, Zhou Xu set off back to Black Moon Village.

The two villages are very close to each other, and under normal circumstances, it is easy to go back and forth in the same day.

Just after returning to Black Moon Village and handing over his mount to the guards nearby, news came from the equipment department.

Cement research and development was successful!

After hearing the news, Zhou Xu perked up and hurriedly ran towards the testing site.

After arriving at the place, the three researchers who had been waiting there saluted Zhou Xu. In the process, the excitement on their faces could not be concealed at all.

"See the leader!"

"Without courtesy, let me see that cement."

While gesturing to the three of them to excuse themselves, Zhou Xu quickly walked towards the place where cement had been laid before.

At this moment, there was already a flat cement floor there. From a distance, it looked very different from the cement floor in his impression.

Only after walking in can you notice some subtle differences.

To put it simply, the cement they developed was not as delicate as the ones he had seen in his previous life. The texture was relatively rough, with obvious gravel mixed in it.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. You cannot ask primitive society to meet the technical standards of modern society.

Zhou Xu stretched out his hand and pressed hard on the cement floor. The cement floor was almost motionless. At this moment, the researcher next to him handed over a hammer with an excited look on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows and took the hammer.

Then without saying anything, he hit the cement floor with two bangs.

With these two hammers, some debris was immediately smashed out of the surface of the cement floor.

However, Zhou Xu was not surprised by this. Even in modern times, two hammers on the concrete floor can still break out some debris.

Zhou Xu stretched out his hand to wipe away the debris on the surface, but the cement on the inner layer was still firmly solidified.

After confirmation, Zhou Xu's face suddenly showed a look of satisfaction.

"You did a good job this time. I'm very satisfied. I'll give you a reward of one thousand dollars!"

"Hurry up and teach the construction engineering department the formula of this cement, let them learn how to prepare cement, and let the relevant departments prepare the required materials, and strive to prepare a batch of cement as quickly as possible for subsequent construction. Use it."