tkworld 0202: Really Unheard Of.
0202: Really Unheard Of.
In the morning, the young people of Baihua Manor started training.
Qiao Ji also got up early to exercise and eat breakfast, but she didn't go home to Mengou District because it was too late last night.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
The sound of footsteps sounded outside the wooden house.
"Master, Miss Yao is here." Ai Yu's voice came from outside the cabin.
"Let him in." Qiao Ji said loudly.
"Crackling."
The door of the wooden house was opened, and the little giant stepped in.
"Master." Yao Yue bowed slightly to salute.
Qiao Ji just had a full meal, so she raised her head and asked, "What's going on at the big restaurant?"
Recently, the little giant has been staying at the big restaurant for a long time, just to keep an eye on the situation there.
"Master, did you buy a piece of land in Xili District?" Yao Yue asked with excited eyes.
In fact, it was she who heard that someone in the capital bought a piece of land of 100,000 square meters. After inquiring, she found out that it was her own master.
The little giant felt that the lord must have new design drawings in his hand, so he rushed over without stopping.
"Hahaha……"
After listening to the little giant's words, Qiao Ji understood immediately, and asked with a hearty smile, "Do you want to ask me about the drawings?"
To make the little giant come to Baihua Manor so early, there is probably no other motivation to attract her to do so except the blueprint.
"Yes, Master." Yao Yue nodded excitedly, her exquisite eyes full of anticipation.
Qiao Ji opened the drawer, took out a large stack of drawings from it, pushed it over and said, "It's all here."
There are hundreds of drawings in this stack, and it's just a corner of the courtyard.
"So much?"
Yao Yue rubbed her little hands happily, and carefully flipped through the drawings one by one, for fear of damaging the drawings.
"There are more drawings that I haven't completely drawn yet, and this is just a small part."
Qiao Ji smiled slightly, "A few of them are layout drawings, take a look."
These drawings were drawn by him in his spare time. Ever since he wanted to build a Chinese-style courtyard, Liu started to think about the style and composition of the courtyard.
"Master, these blueprints look... so beautiful!" Yao Yue was stunned.
She has never seen such a beautifully designed courtyard. The last time the little giant was shocked was the blueprint of the Yellow Crane Tower.
Yao Yue looked at one of the blueprints and asked curiously, "Master, why is this design here?"
"This is to enrich the space of the courtyard. Have you seen the various holes in the drawings?"
Pointing to the content of a drawing, Qiao Ji explained, "These are called moon gates, pot-shaped gates, vase gates, etc., to make the interior of the courtyard space change...
He tried his best to explain it in an easy-to-understand way, who makes the Chinese courtyard the most elegant courtyard in the world.
The shapes of the gates in the yard alone are ever-changing, not to mention the styles of pavilions and pavilions.
"I see."
Yao Yue's exquisite eyes widened in an instant, looking at the blueprint, she said in surprise, "These long corridors, narrow caves, small bridges and water... are all so beautiful.
The little giant stood up excitedly, holding both sides of the drawing tightly with both hands.
If it wasn't for not fully understanding these blueprints, Yao Yue would have arranged for people to start building right away.
She really wants to realize the appearance of such a beautiful courtyard, because it will give a sense of accomplishment.
"How long does it take to build such a courtyard?" Qiao Ji asked gently.
He could predict the reaction of the little giant. In fact, when he drew these blueprints, Qiao Ji also had a feeling of anticipation.
Yao Yue looked at the layout map carefully and said, then raised her head and said, "My lord, it's been about a year."
"Which step is more delayed?" Qiao Ji frowned slightly.
He originally thought that half a year would be about the same, but one year is really too long.
"It's the foundation. The little giant digging the lake is actually the easiest thing. The more difficult thing is the foundation. To build such a large courtyard, the foundation must be laid firmly."
Yao Yue got serious and explained, "It takes a lot of stones to fill the ground, and then pound it hard, so that the foundation will be stable."
In the whole process of building a house, the foundation is the most time-consuming, and the superstructure uses a lot of wood.
Moreover, there is a lot of labor, and there are specific dimensions, but it is the fastest.
This is why one-tenth of the skilled carpenters in the imperial capital became Qiao Ji's workers.
"okay I know."
Qiao Ji smiled mysteriously, stood up and said, "I have a better way to speed up the construction of the foundation.
"Really?" Yao Yue asked in surprise.
"Let's go, I'll show you there." Qiao Ji said flatly.
"Okay." Yao Yue nodded heavily.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Qiao Ji took Yao Yue out of the wooden house and walked towards the pottery workshop.
In less than ten minutes, everyone came to the ceramic workshop.
"Master." The Qinglu family came out to greet Qiao Ji together.
"What happened to the thing I asked you to develop?" Qiao Ji asked with one hand behind his back.
Sanke walked out from the crowd, and said with a smile, "It has been developed according to the information given by the lord, please go this way.
After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the workshop, and the rest of the Qinglu family immediately gave way.
"Tap Tat Tat...
Sanke came to the workshop, took out some taupe powder and said, "Master, these are cement.
That's right, Qiao Ji gave the Qinglu family information about cement making before, and ordered them to send people to study first.
......" Yao Yue looked puzzled when she saw these taupe powders.
She didn't think the powder would do much for the foundation, which needed stone, not powder, to fill it in.
"Have you tried it?" Qiao Ji grabbed a handful of cement powder with his probe.
"My lord, I just had someone try it yesterday, but I haven't seen the final product yet."
Sanke nodded again and again, turned his head and shouted, "Take out the cement from yesterday's barrel and let the Lord inspect it."
"Yes." The man from the Qinglu family nodded.
"Tap Tat Tat"
A gray stone was moved in front of Qiao Ji, shaped like a wooden barrel.
"My lord, this is made of fired cement."
Sanke also looked at the cement with surprise.
In fact, he hasn't really seen the finished cement yet, and he left it there after drinking water and sand last night.
If the lord hadn't come over, he might have asked people to see how the cement block was doing at night.
Ai Yu, take a hammer and test its hardness. "Qiao Ji commanded.
Judging. "
Ai Yu nodded, took the hammer from the Qinglu family, and smashed it on the cement block.
"bang bang bang"
As Ai Yu smashed it several times, the cement block dropped a lot of fine cement slag, and the shape of the whole block did not change.
"My lord, according to what you said, you just need to add some sand and water to these powders, stir them well, and after a while, it will become like this... now.
While Sanke was shocked by the hardness of the cement, he did not forget to explain it to Ji.
He also didn't think that these powders would be so hard in the end, and it could be hardened without firing after adding water, which was really unheard of.
Yao Yue pointed at the dried cement on the ground, and said in shock, "Will it become like this after it dries?"
She couldn't believe it now, those inconspicuous taupe powders are so powerful?
"Yes." Qiao Ji was satisfied with the finished cement.
"Oh my god!" Yao Yue subconsciously covered her mouth.
"I didn't expect this called cement to be so..." Bella was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
When she saw her grandpa making these cement (De Nuohao) last night, she wondered what these things were.
"I'll give it a try." Yao Yue felt that Ai Yu's strength must be too weak, so she took the hammer and smashed it.
"boom………"
Yao Yue smashed it several times in a row before the cement block cracked.
You must know that she is a little giant, she must have great strength, but she has also tested it out, this thing called cement is really hard!
"With cement, how long will the construction period take?" Joe is also very satisfied with the cement.
The foundation of infrastructure must be cement.
"My lord, with cement, the construction of the courtyard will only take about three months, and the construction of the restaurant can also be sped up. Yao Yue raised her head excitedly.
"Okay, if there are not enough people, we will recruit people." Qiao Ji is also very satisfied with this time.
"Yes yes yes..." Yao Yue repeatedly responded.
"Master, let someone secretly burn a batch of cement and store it up. I need a lot." Qiao Ji said seriously.
For the time being, I don't want the cement to appear in the eyes of other nobles, otherwise it will be more difficult to rebel in the future. After all, cement is very good for repairing city walls.
"Yes, my lord." Sanke responded quickly.
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