"I said to you, we are all wealthy people. Can we pay attention to our image in the future? Quality must be of quality! Look, Mr. Wen is just laughing at you. Are you willing to be looked down upon by people like him? These pieces are useless. The one I made is called cement. It is a one-time thing. After solidification, it cannot be used again. If it can be used over and over again, would you please?" Hong Tao glanced at Wen Nan and saw that Wen Nan had another problem, and he was unceremonious to transfer all the resentment of the maritime merchants. [Many of these rich people started from scratch. What they hated the most was that others looked down on themselves. Wen Nan wanted to contact the maritime merchants in private in the future. I guess he would not even be able to make a good meal and drink.

In fact, Jinhewan has been used for a long time. If the groundwater system of Jinhe New City is not built for five years without the help of cement, it will not be completed in five years. However, it is not real cement, but volcanic ash. There is an active volcano more than 200 kilometers upstream of Jinhewan. It smokes when you have nothing to do. I don’t know how many years have accumulated. Anyway, you can find a volcanic ash area that is more than one meter thick by going upstream along the Jinhe River. These things are made by boats, and after sifting them, mixed with lime and coal ash, which is something similar to cement. After mixing them with water, they are very good for construction, canals, and docks. The label is quite high, and it feels like waterproof cement.

When Hong Tao thought of defending against the attack of the Mongolian army, he immediately thought of cement. If cement could be made out and reached a certain output, it would make the city of the Southern Song Dynasty stronger, and even if it was temporarily destroyed by the Mongols' catapults, it would be repaired soon. Why should the Southern Song army resist the Mongolian cavalry? Isn't it just a strong city? Why were the Mongols not afraid of the city later? Because they learned to use siege equipment. If they improved the methods of building cities, the Mongols would probably have to be familiar with it for a few years. After they found a suitable method of siege, Hong Tao would have spared enough time to make arrangements around the world. (No matter whether they would attack the city or not, they would not have time to think about the Southern Song Dynasty. Hong Tao's fleet alone would be enough for them to work hard.

Is cement easy to make? It's easy to make, and it's no different from burning lime kilns. The only thing that requires technology is the grinding process. But it doesn't matter if there is no large ball mill. It can still be ground with a stone mill, but the degree is slow and the output is low. The problem is that Hong Tao did not plan to create a large cement factory with an annual output of millions of tons. There were limestone mines in the Southern Song Dynasty, so kilns were built everywhere and they were just going to burn. As for the problem of destroying the environment, don't consider it first. The country is almost gone, so who can I keep the green mountains and green waters for? After the country is preserved, I will slowly plant grass and trees to make up for it. In fact, after using cement instead of trees as a building material, it may be possible to reduce the damage to trees. Anyway, Hong Tao doesn't consider this issue.

However, Hong Tao did not want to be fully self-executed by the people. As he said, in this era, cement can really be regarded as a strategic material, and it is entirely possible to change the direction of a battle. Therefore, cement factories can be built, but they must be within their own control. It would be even better if they can get some support and control from the Southern Song government. Even if they are eventually requisitioned by the Southern Song government, it would be fine. This thing was originally prepared for them. They have a better appearance. They can think of more ways to do so in the future. If they are too ugly, they will ignore them in the future.

Luo Youde had to come to communicate with the Southern Song court. Who made him a lord who was the prime minister? Luo Youde did not refuse this job at all. He understood and agreed with the truths that Hong Tao said, so he happily got on the Clippers in Lin'an, and took another bag of volcanic ash cement. He happily went to Zheng Qingzhi as a lobbyist. If this matter could be done, his Luo family would not only be a matter of sharing the worries of the country, but could already be considered a pillar of the country. Maybe he was summoned to Lin'an directly. Although it might not be a good thing as a young son of a concubine. It would be a bad thing for someone in his family to be an official in the court. In ancient times, people valued the family very much, and they were a little enlightened that they would be prosperous and both prosperous and both lost.

In addition, he was responsible for another thing on his trip, which was to plead for the people. Hong Tao had already discussed with the maritime merchants and gathered a total of ten large sea boats. He would go out to Chameng in a few days. The Siam generation raised rice and was expected to return to Guangzhou City in three months. Then two Jinhewan warships joined in for escort, heading north and heading straight to the estuary of the Yangtze River.

If Luo Youde had agreed with the Southern Song Dynasty court, the fleet would go upstream along the Yangtze River and reach Jiangling Prefecture as far as the future Jingzhou, wherever it needed to unload grain. If Luo Youde had not agreed, it wouldn't matter. The fleet would unload the grain in Jiankang City and sell it to local grain merchants at a low price. Anyway, the ones bought were cheap and they would not lose too much. The trouble I came here was to be for Chairman Hong.

No one cares about his face. But if you only have this, don’t expect that the fleet will come. Hong Tao gave up. It’s not that he doesn’t help himself or that others don’t appreciate it. Then he will rush up to go up. It’s not that he can’t stop the attack of the Mongolian army, Hong Tao doesn’t care. He can’t stop the love, but he can’t stop it. Anyway, the Southern Song Dynasty has not perished so quickly in history. When it is hurt by the Mongols, he might come to beg for him.

Helping the Southern Song Dynasty court was only one of Hong Tao's purpose of coming to Ximaozhou this time, and it was not the most important. His main purpose this time was to invest, bring projects and technology investment. As long as these projects were implemented, they would soon see the benefits. As long as they saw the benefits, guess what? A large number of people who wanted to make money would flock to them. Whether it was perfume, soap, stove or cement, Hong Tao only sold the franchise in Guangzhou and Quanzhou this time, and most of the six provinces were not involved, and they could be sold many times.

Money is not the main thing. If the board of directors in Jinhewan can approve it, Hong Tao can give all these technologies for free. He just wants to make the business of the Southern Song Dynasty more and more abundant products. The merchants who join the Strait Company will be more influenced by themselves. In layman's terms, he is digging a pit for the Southern Song Dynasty court. This pit is very hidden and difficult to find. But if you step in it, you will have to lose the skin even if you don't die, which is extremely powerful. To put it in an idiom, this is called cutting off the firewood from the cauldron! Hong Tao is using the simplest, most direct and most effective way to dig the corners of the Southern Song Dynasty. He doesn't have to face every Southern Song merchant, he just needs to establish an interest group, and then the merchants in these groups will go down the line and influence the people around him, just like a snowball, and soon a huge snowball will roll up, and eventually become a force that even the Southern Song Dynasty court can't control.

What happened? Hong Tao didn't know after that. He just dug a hole, no matter burying it. As for whether this kind of ideological progress would lead to a civil war in the Southern Song Dynasty, or a Cromwell from the Southern Song Dynasty appeared, God knows that maybe a Napoleon from the Southern Song Dynasty could even pop up. With Hong Tao's ability, these things cannot be seen or predicted. You can only see many things, even time travelers do not have that much control, unless you travel to become Buddha + God + Allah, and the three saints are combined!!!

"Old Wen, you are satisfied now. I have completely shaken my family's fortune. Just to fulfill your wish, do you think I am a teacher? Although you are not a businessman, you should also know the value of these things? You can make a fortune with millions of wealth. If you are not satisfied with doing this, you must force me to take the Jinhewan children to the front line to fight with the Mongolians. Then it can only be said that our master and apprentice are over. In the future, you can walk on your Yangguan Road and I walk on my single-plank bridge." After fulfilling your wish, it was still relatively satisfactory. Hong Tao was still not satisfied. He wanted to use his investment to the fullest and fool Wen Nan, which would be considered as collecting some interest in advance.

"Pubang bang bang!" Wen Nan didn't say a word, and knelt down to Hong Tao in front of a group of students and kowtowed three times. It was so terrible, it was a stone ground!

"Okay, you've gotten up, there are children. If you're dumb, I have to go to other teachers. They all need wages, you don't want it! Since you really want to recognize me as a teacher, then the teacher makes a request and you agree. I'll accept this student. If you don't agree, you'll be white!" Hong Tao did not stop him this time, and received the gift of Wen Nan with a shy chest and belly, and immediately changed into a teacher's face. This student was not easy to collect. It took several years to fool him and he had to enjoy it.

"Sir, please teach me." Wen Nan heard that there were conditions, so he simply stopped getting up and asked on his knees, so as not to kneel down and then kneel down and would be more troublesome.
Chapter completed!