Chapter 2600 The Fourth Master is overjoyed

  Although they were booming, the day Hongzhang and Sisi moved, they still cried a lot and were reluctant to part.

   made Mu Jin feel sad too, she endured tears and made a relaxed smile, and after a long soft coax, she coaxed the two away.

   Fortunately, there is still a little son by his side, which is somewhat comforting.

   On the day the two children moved, there was great news from Yuanmingyuan.

Because of Mu Jinte's instructions, no matter which craftsman makes any progress, even if it is only a trivial little bit, he must report it to her and the fourth master, so as soon as there is progress, there will be a report there. .

  The reason why Mu Jin did this was because he was afraid that if there was any progress, the managers at the Baigong Institute would not pay attention to it, and would not report it at all.

   This possibility is still very large.

Although in the beginning, Baigong Institute was full of energy, and everyone was confident and high-spirited, but for such things as experimental research, it is difficult to produce any results in a short period of time, maybe a few years. A technological innovation that can really be turned into a benefit.

   Over time, the skilled workers on the front line will be nothing more than those in charge, and they will become slack after a long time.

   In addition, the status of craftsmen in this era is very low, belonging to the so-called lower class. Although Mu Jin and the fourth master expressed their importance to the craftsmen, how can the long-term cognition be changed so easily.

   Subconsciously it will manifest.

   If it is reminded by knocking from time to time, people will report it in time. After a long time, even if there is any small improvement and innovation, the stewards are lazy, and they may not report it.

   Today's report shocked Mu Jin quite a bit.

   One of the raw materials that artisans needed when they were researching how to improve glass was lime obtained by calcining limestone.

   As a result, by chance, and somehow, it was coagulated with other substances into something similar to cement—naturally, the craftsmen did not call this thing cement at this time.

   I just found that a pothole on the ground was filled by some unknown substance. It felt hard, but very flat.

  This phenomenon has touched people who are interested, so they started to experiment consciously - after all, there are only so many raw materials in the pile, and experienced craftsmen deliberately try, and there will always be certain results.

  So, the cement was tested like this

   The steward brought the craftsman into the palace, reported it to Mu Jin and the fourth master in detail, and demonstrated it on the spot.

   The cement they have tested at this time is naturally not as high-quality as the one made by modern technology, and it can be said to be quite rough.

   However, building a road with cement is much better than a loess road!

   Making cement bricks to build dams and embankments must be much stronger than ordinary civil engineering!

   In short, this may be useful in engineering, infrastructure, industrial defense facilities, etc.

   Mu Jin was overjoyed.

   Fourth Master was even more ecstatic.

   As soon as he was excited, he rewarded the master craftsman with 5,000 taels of silver and 50 acres of fertile land. The rest of the assistants were rewarded for their merits, and the related stewards were also rewarded for their merits.

It was impossible for a craftsman to be an official, so Mu Jin suggested to the fourth master to let the master craftsman continue to develop and improve it as much as possible. Certificate.

  The Fourth Master agreed without hesitation, the value of this thing can be foreseen without thinking, and this reward is justified.

  The craftsman was so excited that he kowtowed, his eyes were red, and he quietly wiped his tears.

   (end of this chapter)