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Chapter 628 Responsibility

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    Since the stone wall was built, Pan Jixun has never left it and circled around the wall.

    Even lunch was done by squatting by the river with a bowl in hand, leaning against the wall.

    It is not an exaggeration to say this, because he really uses this wall as a food.  Every time you have a cup of tea, take some mortar and taste it.

    By the time Zhao Hao came over to see him after dinner, several holes the size of wine cups had been dug into the wall, and he didn¡¯t know how to digest them.

    "Zhongcheng, do you feel the change?" Mr. Zhao walked up to Pan Jixun, and Gao Wu immediately gave him the top position.  Zhao Hao Shiran sat down and asked Brother Gao to also move a handful for Mr. Pan.

    "I'm used to squatting to eat." Pan Jixun thanked him but replied seriously: "It's been an hour now, and the mortar has begun to harden, and it can't be deformed when you squeeze it with your hands. But the taste is better"

    Zhao Hao smiled bitterly upon hearing this, what the hell is the taste?

    "This Laoshizi concrete behaves completely differently from Sanhe soil and glutinous rice mortar." Pan Jixun said solemnly: "Let's see what happens next."

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded and watched Pan Jixun staring at the wall intently, just like an old farmer staring at his crops.

    It is hard to imagine that this is a third-grade official who was born as a Jinshi.

    Mr. Zhao felt that he was the most unlike Ming official he had ever seen, even more unlike Hai Rui.

    I couldn¡¯t help but sigh softly: ¡°There are too few officials who love water control like Zhongcheng.¡±

    "You are the one who loves water control. Your whole family loves water control!" Unexpectedly, Pan Jixun rolled his eyes and said angrily:

    "I hate this job so much. I get irritated every time I go up the embankment. Why am I, a second-ranked Jinshi from a scholarly family, soaking in mud all day long and turning into mud legs!"

    As he spoke, he pointed at his old face and said: "I used to have thin skin and tender meat, and was known as the 'little white dragon with jade face'. You see, after working as a river worker for several years, it turned into a 'half-cut jujube bark', which is better than  Those who were sent to the army are still old."

    "Actually, I used to be a very elegant scholar. When I was a local official, I got another nickname called 'Pan Bodhisattva'. Do you think I have such a good temper? I only became like this after I went to the embankment.  With a bunch of stupid and lazy officials, cunning subordinates, and ignorant people, how can we not get angry every day?"

    "Yeah." Zhao Hao didn't expect that Pan Jixun, the most capable official in water control in the Ming Dynasty and the one who tamed the Yellow River, would have such big complaints about his lifelong achievements.

    "Then why is Zhongcheng so concerned about this cement?"

    "Is this difficult to understand? I just want to complete my mission quickly and regulate the damn Yellow River. With this thing, I can get rid of the fate of muddy legs as soon as possible and put on my boots again!" Pan Jixun looked like you are an idiot.  With an expression on his face, he said: "The premise is that you didn't lie to me."

    "How could it be? The wall is already here, just take your time and taste it." Zhao Hao shook his head and smiled, and couldn't help but ask: "Since you don't like it so much, just find a way to transfer him. If it doesn't work, resign and return.  Just take a leisurely stroll in the woods."

    The Pan family is a wealthy family in Wucheng County and is known as the Ding Clan. Grandpa is one of the Nine Elders of Hongzhi, the late Crown Prince Taibao and Minister of Punishment Min Gui.  His brothers are all officials, so there is no need to rely on him to shine and protect the family.  You can definitely imitate Tao Yuanming, hang up your crown and leave, and see Nanshan leisurely.

    "Hey." Faced with this soul torture, Pan Jixun just sighed and said: "The Yellow River must be regulated, right? The Wusong River overflowed, and hundreds of thousands of people in your Kunshan County were affected. The Yellow River overflows every year, but more than a hundred counties,  Tens of millions of people were affected."

    "Then why can we let others do it?" Zhao Hao said quietly: "Without you, Pan Butcher, would we still be unable to eat pigs with hair on them?"

    "Don't be dissatisfied." But Pan Jixun said arrogantly: "That's the Yellow River. How many people in the past dynasties have been able to play well? If even I can't cure it, there will be no hope for others!"

    "Uh, okay." Zhao Hao couldn't refute. Who asked him to be Pan Jixun?

    "However, officials like Lao Pan'er who have such a strong sense of responsibility are still worthy of respect, and they were even rarer in the Ming Dynasty.

    After being in awe, Zhao Hao stopped hiding and explained to him the setting process of concrete.

    Zhao Hao told him that half an hour after adding water and mixing, the gel in the cement began to solidify. This process is called ¡®initial setting¡¯.

    The formation of cement gel is roughly complete after six hours, which is called ¡®final setting¡¯.

    But the cement gel formed at this time is still in a soft plastic state, and it will take a few hours to gradually harden and become a solid state.

    The hardening process is also?The process by which cement develops strength.  Usually, during this process, watering and curing are carried out, so as to continuously improve the strength of the concrete.

    The maintenance time is inversely proportional to the temperature and humidity. For example, during the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, a few days of symbolic maintenance is enough.  But in the north, you need to cover it with straw mats and sprinkle water regularly for a month to achieve the best effect of concrete.

    Pan Jixun listened very carefully and took out a small notebook to write it down for fear that he would forget.

    ¡°Then we really stood next to the rubble concrete wall and stayed there all night

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    Before it got dark that day, he found that the stone wall had completely solidified and he could no longer dig it out with his hands.

    Early the next morning, the mortar became very hard.

    And there is white alkali on the surface. You can put it on it and lick it, taste it briefly and close your eyes. It will feel a little bitter and then taste astringent again. You will feel so happy that you feel like you are traveling around the world.

    In the morning, Yu Ben brought people over to sprinkle water on the wall.

    Pan Jixun found that the mortar soaked in water did not become soft like Sanhe soil, but was still tooth-piercingly hard.

    This shows that cement is not afraid of water and loves water. It is simply a treasure that was born to build rivers!

    He can¡¯t wait to use this thing to build a real dam and try it out!

    He happily ran back to Nanshan Temple and dragged Zhao Hao, who had spent the night here last night, to his room.

    Pan Jixun showed Zhao Hao the graphic design he had drawn long ago.

    "The most practical construction method at present is to build a remote embankment to prevent collapse ten feet away from the existing earth embankment. Between the remote embankment and the earth embankment, build a grate embankment every one mile. Such a section  When the levee breaks, the flood will be blocked by the levee and prevent it from overflowing and invading distant levees elsewhere."

    "For the sake of safety, we should also build moon embankments and over embankments at critical points, so that we can have layer-by-layer protection and have peace of mind." Then he said cautiously: "Although the earth embankment has been replaced by a stone embankment, if the materials are guaranteed, it is best to  Cultivation is all done.¡±

    "The specific method of repairing it depends on Zhongcheng's advice. You don't need to discuss it with me. I don't understand it either." Zhao Hao waved his hand and laughed loudly: "Just tell me how much work and materials are needed?"

    "Hey, why didn't you ask how much it would cost?" Pan Jixun asked strangely.

    Zhao Hao smiled but did not answer.

    Pan Zhongcheng understands that Mr. Zhao is too lazy to worry about problems that can be solved with money.

    ps. I¡¯m sorry everyone, my head hurts after doing a day¡¯s outline today. Writing feels like eating cement. Just write as much as you can. I¡¯ll try my best tomorrow.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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