He smiled ironically to himself without attracting attention, and then looked at Pan Deshan: "But it doesn't matter."

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With a respectful look on his face, Pan Deshan led the crowd to walk some distance further.

After turning around a bend in the river, Pan Deshan led everyone to look at the large construction site under the embankment that had been cleared and paved.

On this large construction site, there are still countless bricks, stones and wood piled up. In the middle, a huge workshop has quietly risen from the ground.

Several workshops looked so familiar to Zhu Yunxi.

He couldn't help but look at Pan Deshan on the side, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

Pan Deshan said softly: "After I left Xuzhou Mansion, I went to Yingtian to reply to the letter. I asked the master craftsman to send some people over and help me use them on the Yellow River.

These are the concrete workshops that have been built in a hurry not long ago. Stone is not produced here, so the cement production is decided to be in Henan Prefecture. This place is only used for the production of concrete."

Under Pan Deshan's introduction, Zhu Yunxi and everyone once again focused their attention on the construction site under the embankment.

I saw that in those workshops, carts of concrete are being transported out one after another. Then they will be gathered together and handed over to another group of people to pour the concrete into the wooden molds on the ground.
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In a large open space around it, countless wooden fans are placed together, like a neat and dense military formation.

In terms of color, the further away from the wooden template, the lighter the color of the concrete inside, and the further in, the darker the color.

In the open space on the other side, there are countless light-colored concrete strips connected to each other, like thick city walls.

Pei Benzhi, Gao Guang and others do not know the reason and rationale.

However, Zhu Yunxi could tell Pan Deshan's intention at a glance.

He couldn't help but said softly: "Are you going to use cement to replace the stone strips?"

Pan Deshan nodded, but then shook his head: "I have been studying daily recently, and I deeply feel that if these cement bricks are poured using the cement method, the progress of building the river embankment will be greatly accelerated.

Although cement-poured brick slabs seem to have many and complex processes, they can be mass-produced at the same time. However, the stone strips used in the construction of the Yellow River embankment in the past dynasties had to be completely removed from the mountain, and it took a lot of manpower to specialize.

Chisel them into shape, and then transport those heavy stone strips to the required place.

On the other hand, the cement method is not allowed to be so complicated

Time is tedious.

However, I still believe that the stone bars still need to be used in many places, so it cannot be regarded as a complete replacement of the stone bars."

This is the interpretation of professionals.

Whether it is Pei Benzhi, the newly appointed chief envoy of Henan Province, or Gao Guang, the inspector general, or he is the commander of the envoy, he is already ignorant about this.

Only Zhu Yunxi continued to speak and chatted with Pan Deshan: "Does the Governor's Yamen have any other opinions or attempts on the use of cement methods?"

Pan Deshan nodded heavily, with a hint of joy on his face.

He waved his hand and pointed to the embankment at the feet of everyone, pointing towards the bottom of the embankment.

"Your Highness, the Governor's Office talked with the people sent by Master Zhang, and then came up with a feasible method.

Just use wooden boards to build a mold to block it in advance, then drain the river water, and then use bamboo strips...preferably iron bars or...steel bars as the frame keel, and finally pour concrete and wooden molds.

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As long as these are dried and solidified, it will be a natural dam gate that can withstand the power of floods for thousands of years.

If we use this method to build dams and water gates where the branches of the Yellow River thousands of miles up and down are connected, we can control the connection between the Yellow River and the branches, and the discharge and release of water into the river can be decided by people's will."

Pan Deshan spoke very carefully, but Zhu Yunxi listened with joy.

He knew that Pan Deshan's talent in water control was as good as that of the ancients and not lagging behind.

But he did not expect that Pan Deshan would do so much research on cement, which is still a new thing in Ming Dynasty, and even thought of using cement to pour the dam water gate.

And the most important thing is.

He has already finished a finished concrete water gate.

Right at the bottom of the embankment under your feet!

Pan Deshan continued: "Your Highness, I have been discussing with my colleagues in the Governor's Yamen recently whether we can bring the steam engine made by the master craftsman from the Taiping Mansion mine to the Governor's Yamen?"

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows: "What do you want a steam engine for?"

Pan Deshan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, rubbed his hands and said, "I believe that the current embankment of the Yellow River can be used as the main body, and my method of regulating the river and building embankments must still rely on the current embankment.

But today's embankments are countless times higher than the ground. It is quite labor-intensive to transport materials up and down by manpower. But the steam engine can easily lift tens of thousands of heavy objects. I heard that the master craftsman is laying a kind of steel rail, and the steam engine can move

On it, heavy objects can be transported.

I am thinking about whether this method can be used on the embankment of the Yellow River to save people's resources."

Zhu Yunxi no longer knows what to say.

Pan Deshan, whom I haven't seen for a long time, brought me many surprises today.

However, Pan Deshan's words did not seem to end there.

He continued: "This is one. In addition, I think that if you make a clever mechanism, you may be able to place a steam engine on the water gate of the cement dam to open and close the water gate. It can also be used as a way to protect the river if it runs aground.

It is used for bottom boat rescue, pulling the boat out of trouble."

Pan Deshan said his last thoughts, then raised his head and looked at the emperor's grandson in front of him.

He blinked, feeling a little worried whether he would dissatisfy the emperor's grandson if he said so many requests at once.

However, Zhu Yunxi's heart is already in turmoil.

What kind of talent is this?

He looked at Pan Deshan and felt that he had accidentally met a man who he thought was only an expert in river management, but he didn't expect him to have so many insights and abilities.

Just when Pan Deshan was still hesitating whether his petition would be rejected.

Zhu Yunxi had already spoken in a deep voice: "Everything requested by the Governor's Yamen will be accepted."

His voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.

Everyone turned their attention to it.

Pan Deshan is already overjoyed.

He quickly bowed and clasped his fists: "Thank you."

Zhu Yunxi took a step forward, reached out and patted Pan Deshan's held hands: "Pan Qing, will the Ming Dynasty prosper in the future..."

Ta-ta-ta.

"Report!"

"Urgent report!"

Just before Zhu Yunxi finished his sentence, there was a dense and messy sound of horse hooves in the distance, accompanied by the roar of people on horseback.

….

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows.

As everyone turned around and looked over.

I saw officers and soldiers belonging to three different yamen, Jinyiwei, Henan Dusi, and Yulin Youwei, galloping on the Yellow River embankment in groups, all the way to the crowd.

The officers and soldiers turned over and dismounted. Before they could keep their feet steady, they hurriedly bumped into Zhu Yunxi's eyes.

Plop.

The officers and soldiers all knelt on the ground with their hands clasped in fists.

Zhu Yunxi's face had become solemn, and he withdrew his hand from Pan Deshan and hid it in his sleeve.

Obviously, I have already made all the predictions about what is going to happen at this moment.

But when things are really about to happen, I still feel nervous.

The officials present frowned, not knowing what happened. They could only watch and wait for the officers and soldiers to report.

Zhu Gaochi on the side looked at Zhu Yunxi's sleeves where his hands were hidden, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"What happened?"

Zhu Yunxi lowered his voice and asked.

"Urgent report!"

"Henan Province rebelled, Guangzhou Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, Shaanzhou Prefecture, Ruzhou Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture, Chenzhou Prefecture, Guide Prefecture, Huaiqing Prefecture, Weihui Prefecture, Zhangde Prefecture

, rebellions broke out all over the country, and the momentum was so great that all prefectures and counties in Henan Province were involved, with thousands or even tens of thousands of people involved."

"The situation in Kaifeng Mansion is very tense. There are hidden rebels in the borders of the government, threatening the safety of Kaifeng Mansion."

"Your Highness, the Henan Road is full of smoke at the moment. The military camps ask Your Highness to move back to Kaifeng City. The armies are guarding Kaifeng City. They call on soldiers and horses from all over to come to the aid and put an end to the chaos in the Central Plains!"

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