Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 313 Building Tianshu Town

   Sending off the two, Li Fushou saw that it was getting late, so he got up and went to the backyard.

  Inside the house

There was no wind at all in the heavily curtained interior room, and a faint scent of sandalwood wafted. Mrs. Gu Liuyan was leaning against the bed with a brocade cushion behind her, and the sweet lady (sweet girl) who came to visit Mrs. Qin (Shi Qin) talked and turned around to look at the sound of footsteps.

   Seeing the master come in, Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Qin hurriedly got up to salute, earning a fortune.

   "You don't need to be polite, I'll see my wife." Li Fushou walked to the bed and sat down and asked softly; "I look good today, but have you heard the news from home?"

"You can't hide anything from the lord." Gu Liuyan's beautiful face glowed with the charming luster of a young young woman, and she smiled lightly, and told the nurse to say; "Bring the lord to the lord to see. It's not a coincidence that the lord is here today. , I just fell asleep after playing a while ago."

  Nanny Yiyan carried the little son, which is very different from the few days before she was born. She has a pale and fat face and is really cute, and she is sleeping with her eyes closed.

  Looking at these brows, they looked like Li Fushou.

  The family sat together and chatted quietly, with a warm atmosphere lingering around. This moment was exceptionally beautiful.

  Shangri-La Island, Qingshui River Basin

Entering the wide Qingshui River from the Coral Sea, going back about 40 kilometers in a wide bay, two freighters anchored along the river bank, and two 280-ton sailboats are moving between the anchorage and the wooden trestle on the shore, transporting various materials. .

  The time is already early October

It has been ten days since the colonization fleet arrived in the planned Tianshu Town. A simple wooden trestle bridge with a length of more than 200 meters has taken shape, straight into the depths of the river bend, and the construction coolies are expanding to both sides. Another sharpened log was driven into the riverbed silt. The logs were connected by heavy channel steel, and then thick planks were laid on it to form a "T"-shaped wooden wharf.

This work was mainly carried out by Dutch captives. They stood on the wooden frame around the log. Seven or eight people were bare-chested carrying a 500-pound sledgehammer, shouting labor chants, and smashing them again and again. On the sharp log, the log was smashed deeply into the silt on the shore.

   There are large scorched black marks left on the shore, and the cleared land is surrounded by fences, and rows of neatly arranged tents are arranged. One stilt building is under construction, and the outline of the town is beginning to appear.

  In the camp

Under the simple wooden shed, a row of more than 20 large stoves were built. The fire in the stove was burning vigorously, and the boiling broth, steamed buns, steamed rice, and the aroma of the meals were far away. Floating away, it's salivating.

  On the planned site of Tianshu Town

  After large-scale burning, all the branches and leaves of the bushes turned into thick black ashes. The towering trees were felled down. The Dutch coolies planed out the roots of the trees one after another and used tractors to tow them away to clean up the site.

The tractor team then went on the field and pulled the rotary tiller to turn the land out deeply. After the muddy fertile land was deeply turned over, it lost its moisture and became dry after exposure to the sun, and then used machinery to break it layer after layer. Tamping, adding coal ash powder layer to tamping, adding crushed stone layer to tamping, it becomes a solid town site.

On this basis

  Use white lime to outline a piece of area, divide the urban core business area, administrative area, residential area, green area, dock storage area, cultural and entertainment area, and industrial area, and then build them one by one according to the planning blueprint.

  Because there is no funds to build complete drainage facilities, instead of digging open drainage ditches along the street, it is not only cost-saving but also good.

In the distant forest, one big tree after another was felled violently. After cutting off the branches and leaves, they were transported to the timber yard by tractor. The timber yard is now piled up like hills, and the disc saw connected to the diesel engine makes a shrill sound. Sound, the round timber is cut into different sizes of wood planks, wood strips, used to build houses and bridges.

  The army camp is on the edge of the forest in the distance. They have sent armed soldiers to follow the prospecting team to explore further places. In this inaccessible area, everything must be planned and constructed from scratch.

  Shangri-La Chief Executive Wu Xuewen and a group of people stood on the town site and pointed to the large-scale blueprint to solve the specific problems in the construction.

  "Logistics team, what is the current situation of our labor and mechanical arrangements?"

  "Report to the Chief Executive;

  Today, Xingji’s colonization team has arrived with 3110 people, 1621 Dutch captives, 482 armed guards, 37 tractors, six disc saws, 71 mule horses, and a number of livestock and poultry.

  In the allocation of manpower;

The wharf construction team used a total of 720 Dutch captives, of which 320 were coolies responsible for driving logs into the riverbed. They were divided into eight groups, each with 40 people, and each time 8-10 people used 500-pound hammers in turn. Changing shifts, except eating and sleeping 24 hours a day, is progressing quite well.

66 coolies responsible for thickening channel steel connections are divided into two groups. One left and the other rotates at the same time for construction. 80 coolies are responsible for laying thick slabs on the wharf, and more than 200 coolies are responsible for transporting wood and thick channel steel. 11 cooks, more than 20 captive foremen, and more than 30 critically ill patients have been placed in isolation.

  The forest logging team has more than 1,300 people, of which 400 Dutch coolies are used.

  The ground leveling team has about a thousand people, mainly members of the tractor team, of which 500 Dutch coolies are used.

  Our manpower is mainly concentrated on the log house construction team. At present, 72 stilts have been constructed at the same time. This alone accounts for more than 1,400 manpower. In addition, there are sawmills, large kitchens, and two motorized sailing ships to transfer materials.

  Oh... By the way, we also sent 4 survey teams with a total of about 80 people, and the military also sent two platoons to protect them. "

  Wu Xuewen listened to the report, put his hands on his chest and thought for a while, and asked, "How many more days will it take to build the dock?"

   "Report to the chief executive, according to the current construction progress, it will take about three weeks."

   "Can we deploy more staff to speed up the progress?"

  “I’m afraid it won’t work, because the working area extended to both sides of the wharf is so wide. Now it’s expanded to both sides at the same time. Four groups on each side are already the maximum. There is nowhere to stand when more people go up, but it gets in the way.”

   "If this is the case, let's maintain the current situation." Wu Xuewen knows that what his subordinates said makes sense. In the current situation of completely manual construction, the construction speed of the wharf is not slow.

  Red River Valley has formed a complete set of methods to develop new towns, which have proven to be very efficient in practice.

  The problem is that the first batch of immigrants will arrive in the near future. Several nearby rivers urgently need to erect temporary bridges to facilitate the movement of people and tractors. Otherwise, the progress of land reclamation will inevitably be affected.

  Although these rivers are not wide, the currents are turbulent, and the riverbeds are relatively deep. It is impossible to advance to deeper wasteland without bridges.

  It’s really impossible. Only the construction of one side of the wharf is suspended, and coolies are deployed to build a few urgently needed bridges to meet the current urgent needs.

  The plan has been decided in mind, Wu Xuewen asked again; "How is the progress of the wooden house construction team now?"

  "Report to the Chief Executive;

  Our wooden house construction team is constructing a total of 72 two-story stilts with upper and lower specifications, and more than 300 auxiliary buildings. It is planned to be completed within ten days.

  If the speed of the wood drying kiln can keep up, the second batch of single-storey stilts will be much faster. 160 buildings are planned to be started. Each building will be completed with nine to ten workers participating in the construction. It can be completed in two weeks. "

Seeing the chief manager's stern eyes, the person in charge of the wood drying kiln at the sawmill shrank his neck and replied somewhat helplessly; "Thank the chief manager, we have built 6 wood drying kilns, All forces increase the supply of wood production, but the board is better. The most troublesome is the square lumber used as the basis for load-bearing. Due to the large thickness of the square lumber and the long baking time, it usually takes 2 to 3 times to bake before it can be discharged out of the kiln. This process can’t be rushed, otherwise the high temperature will cause a series of problems such as warping, cracking and deformation of the square timber.”

   "Then why didn't you actively find a way to solve the production bottleneck?" Wu Xuewen asked sternly.

"In response to the Chief Executive, we are building two new wood drying kilns. The current problem is the lack of high-power blowers and the lack of electricity for diesel generators. Our application report was submitted two days ago, but what about the new equipment? No one knows when the time comes. We suggest cutting the thick square lumber in half, so that the drying efficiency will be greatly improved, and it can basically meet the construction needs, but the wooden house construction team is unwilling." The person in charge hurriedly explained.

Seeing the ball kicked back, the person in charge of the wooden house construction team suddenly looked anxious; "There is no such reason, why a good big wood has to be broken in half, so we can't guarantee the strength of the ring beam, and the wooden pillar is From the top to the bottom, can two small pieces of material have a large piece of material that is strong? You are purely shirking responsibility, but we are responsible for the quality of the wooden house built..."

   "Okay, stop making noise..."

   was very angry. Seeing that the two were about to quarrel on the spot, Wu Xuewen immediately stopped it.

  Faced with the contradiction between supply and demand, Wu Xuewen thought for a while and said; “The material bottleneck problem of the wood air-drying kiln must be solved, otherwise it will drag the whole house construction work.

  Let’s do this, the large wood used for the support of the pillars still maintains the complete drying process, and this time cannot be saved. As for the ring beam part, it can be cut in half and dried. After the drying, it is connected with a wooden dowel, and a few more iron hoops are added. This will not affect the use nor the strength, but also increase the output of the wood air-drying kiln.

Timber mills should seize the time to install a new drying kiln. Before the mechanical blower is in place, you can use manpower. People can't let the urine suffocate to death. At that time, we will give you a hundred white guy coolies. Two drying kilns are not enough. , At least 6 more drying kilns must be built.

  I will give you three weeks for the lumber mill, and I must fix it all, otherwise you will ask. "

   "Observe your humble duty, the lumber mill will never hold back."

  "The construction team will follow the orders of the adults."

  Since Wu Xuewen had made a decision, the two cross-eyed leaders bowed and took the lead, and neither of them had the guts to confront Master Chief.

  In fact, these are all contradictions arising from the hot construction. The timber factory wants more equipment, but the construction team is simply afraid of trouble.

  Saw the big wood in two halves. After drying, connect it with a wooden dowel and reinforce it with iron hoops. How much labor is wasted?

It not only diverted valuable manpower, but also greatly increased the workload of the housing construction team. This is not 10 or 8 large wood squares, but hundreds of them. Thinking about it, it makes the scalp numb and fearful of difficulties. inevitable.

Wu Xuewen suppressed his subordinates with absolute prestige. Basically, he played 50 big boards. Everything was prerequisite to ensure the construction of Tianshu Town. He wanted to overcome current difficulties and prepare for the steady flow of immigration, and lay the foundation for the development of Qingshui River. Solid foundation.

  (End of this chapter)