Lu Ming

For the first time, a large number of human activities have appeared on the primitive and messy riverbed that has existed since ancient times.

All the stones were picked up and put into baskets, whether they were pebbles washed away over the years or large chunks of rock that had only arrived with flooding in recent years.The basket was picked under the river bank, and then tied to the iron hook extended from the chain hoist. When a bamboo whistle sounded, a few people shouted and pulled the bamboo basket full of stones ashore.

Handling of wood is more difficult.After the flood, there were many big trees rushing from the upper stream scattered across the riverbed and the stream, and some of the big trees became natural bridges connecting the two banks.Although the location of bridges changes every year, as long as you walk upstream and downstream, you can always find such natural bridges.

People first used axes and short saws to remove the miscellaneous branches on the big wood, and then according to the length of the tree, they organized their manpower and made concerted efforts to carry the logs back to the shore, shouting chants.

The original river of the 17th century, with dense shoals.At the moment, the Crossroads are not capable of fully dredging the Xingang Stream, but the stream near the south bank must be dredged.For the shoals of sandbars south of the central waterway, temporary dams will be built to dig out drainage channels, and the sand will be dug away to build houses and pave the way.

The above work will continue downstream until Xingang Creek exits the sea.The lagoon near the sea outlet will also be renovated according to the situation.

In short, the ultimate goal of crossing the public is: a small boat loaded with building materials starts from the base of the kiln area, goes out to the sea along the Xingang River, and then circles along the string of sandbars in the outer sea, enters through the Dayuan channel, and then crosses the sea. Crossing the Taijiang Inland Sea, unloading the goods to Chikan Wharf.

This is the logistics solution designed by the Ministry of Infrastructure.

You must know that the base of the kiln area is in the middle reaches of Xingang River, and the straight-line distance from Chikan New Area is more than 3.5 kilometers.There is no Cummins and no asphalt roads at the moment. If the building materials produced in the kiln area go overland, the efficiency will be horribly slow.

A laborer carrying a burden or pushing a cart can only deliver a maximum of several hundred kilograms of goods to the field after a half-dead exhaustion.A small boat, with two or three boatmen, can deliver two or three tons of cargo by whistling. It seems like a long way to go, but in fact, water transportation is a big advantage.

The only thing that needs special arrangement is to arrange some trackers at Xingang Xikou. Sometimes when the wind direction is not suitable, the trackers will pull the boat back to the kiln area.The boats on the return journey are all empty, and they don’t need a few trackers, so they probably won’t show that kind of bitterness and hatred in their eyes; what’s more, in the plan of Chuanzhong, all laborers must be paid, and they are nothing more than foreigners. Labor does not have three insurances and one housing fund.

This is how the vigorous construction of the kiln area began.

Chen Dong was wearing denim overalls and was standing on the riverbank. At this moment, he lifted the net cover on his head and silently watched the busy workers on the riverbed.

"The progress of the project is still good, why do you have such a long face?" asked Feng Guanjie, who was also wearing a bamboo hat and dressed as a Dragon Inn.

"Hey, the progress is good, but I'm afraid it won't last!" Chen Dong said with a frown.

"You mean malaria?" Feng Guanjie reacted: "Didn't you already order the stagnant water to be buried first?"

"Aren't people dead when filling the pit?" Chen Dong pouted.

Feng Guanjie smiled and said, "There's no way to do that. There's no way that people can't be killed in engineering. We don't even have enough labor protection clothing now, and we have to build a river in the 17th century. Hehe, just thinking about it is exciting."

"Alas..." Chen Dong sighed, "This death will definitely affect the progress, won't the malaria medicine be approved?"

"Cut..." This time it was Feng Guanjie's turn to poke his lips: "Don't you look at what's going on in the forum. Right now, there are only a few reserve samples. If it is used on a large scale, first of all, Bai Shuchao disagrees. This thing is resistant to drugs!"

"Besides, who will use it and who won't use it?" Feng Guanjie shook his head: "Climbing up the chemical technology tree honestly is the right way, and the rest are only temporary solutions."

"Well, that's the only way to do it." Chen Dong nodded: "Let me know, the cleaning of the river will be carried out by foreign workers in the future. The upstream must be cleaned at least 5 kilometers, and the downstream to the sea outlet. In addition, the drying kiln should be covered first. "

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The drying kiln is the most urgently needed building at the moment, and it is also one of the simpler ones among many material kilns: when the wood is dried, the temperature in the kiln usually does not exceed 80 degrees, which is less than that of other kilns that start at more than 1000 degrees. Refractory bricks are required, and construction requirements are also low.

Long-dragon-shaped drying kilns are built with pebbles, river sand, and precious stock cement.The first drying kiln built by Chuanzhong, in order to save materials, is only 2.5 meters high, 3 meters wide, and 20 meters long.

To this end, Cao Chuan also made a special trip to the later generations and brought two sets of atmospheric pressure boilers and some pipes.The belly of the boiler is filled with all kinds of accessories, many of which will be used in other projects in the future, including the pipes are stuffed with small parts.

The 2-meter-high, cylindrical atmospheric pressure boiler is installed in the middle of the outside of the kiln body. The boiler and the kiln body are connected by pipes, and a shed is built hastily on the top of the head.

The pipes that go in include air inlet pipes and return air pipes. The pipes are installed above the kiln body and parallel to the kiln.The hot air inlet duct is connected to the boiler outlet, and the return air duct leads to the fan.The roof of the kiln is equipped with a dehumidification window and an axial flow fan.At present, because there is no electricity, all the places where fans are needed are manually operated.

It took 5 days for all the installation and commissioning of the drying kiln.Given that this project is too small, although it is a bit commemorative, none of the big bosses came on the day of the ignition... After a simple small ceremony, the boss of the Ministry of Industry, Comrade Zou Guoqing, who has been a man with his tail between his legs for a while, smiled all over his face Throwing a lit stick of firewood into the boiler furnace.

Chapter 96 Four Generals

The flames were quickly burning in the hearth.Next is the rough work: several furnaces will keep sending the scraps piled up next to the furnace into the hearth.Leftovers that have not been fully dried make the boiler chimney billows of black smoke.

After a period of time, the boiler water boiled, and steam began to be output from the pipeline. The four kiln chief commanders held a booklet in their hands and began to direct the gas supply.

... Among the dozen or so people in the Ministry of Industry, none of them have played in drying kilns, so they are all learning and selling.Fortunately, drying kilns are blooming everywhere in later generations. When you buy a boiler, you will be given a secret drying manual from the manufacturer; the drying time, dry humidity, and kiln temperature of common wood can be found on the Internet. What is needed now is practice.

The finished product of a kiln usually takes about 16 hours to complete. Considering the shift problem, Zou Guoqing arranged for four members to master the drying kiln technology in the future.

These generals are not simple. Before crossing the border, their majors were such as: engineering automation, industrial robot maintenance, artificial intelligence control, and blockchain solutions to solve these high-level specialties, which are the most important things in the country.

Today, these high-end people were mobilized to be the head of the kiln, because the leaders felt that a good start was important to boost morale, and they wanted to fight the rabbit with all their strength, so...

Well, far away.Drying officially begins as steam passes through the pipes.

The kiln head masters the conditions in the kiln through observation holes, thermometers, and wet and dry bulb hygrometers. In addition, there are several sets of probes in different positions in the kiln to measure the moisture content of the wood at any time.

After the boiler steam enters, the kiln head starts to control the temperature and humidity changes in the kiln according to the booklet in hand. At present, these items are all controlled by voice, that is, by roar.To increase the humidity, it can be solved by spraying water, and to reduce the humidity, the humidity extraction window on the top of the kiln is opened, and there are prepared workers on the side who will shake the fan; and the kiln temperature is controlled by controlling the amount of fuel added to the boiler.

After more than ten hours in this way, turn off the furnace and turn off the fire, and then continue to exhaust the air. When the temperature of the wood is only 20 degrees higher than the outdoor, it can be shipped.

The first kiln wood that passed through the drying process was green bamboo cut from the nearby bamboo forest. According to the data, the green bamboo can be released from the kiln after 14 hours of drying.

The kiln door was opened, and the four generals, regardless of the heat, went in with a smile and a look, um, the two ends of the bamboo were a little cracked... Maybe they forgot to untie the bamboo joints?

Why are the goods on the upper layer of the bamboo stack bowed?We don't make compound bows! ...Maybe you forgot to press something heavy?

The moisture content of the bamboo in the middle and lower layers is all messed up?Holding the grass, holding the grass, probably because the air circulation at the bottom of the kiln is not well controlled...

The old comrades encountered new problems, and the four generals were only left to grasp the grass at this moment.

Looking at the pile of green dough sticks that were arched and warped, bursting at both ends, as if they had been fried, all the people who came to get the finished product covered their faces and left without looking back.

The four generals lost their face.

"Okay, let's all take it seriously, we can't play tickets anymore!" said Zuo Bin, one of the four who is engaged in industrial robot maintenance: "Analyze, analyze the problem first, I don't believe that a kiln-breaking technical difficulty can be more difficult than a robot!"

The technical difficulty of breaking a kiln is that there are not as many robots, but some difficulties can only be discovered after a problem occurs.Several people spent the next few days cultivating with great concentration, and finally spent another three days, working day and night, repeatedly sorting out the waste products of the four kilns, and finally got the qualified green bamboo.

It's not easy, the secret brochures in everyone's hands have long been thrown away: the manufacturers don't know anything about the green bamboos in Tainan in the 17th century.The position of the original fans has also been readjusted, and there seems to be a difference between human and electric drives.A temporary pit was dug outside the kiln, and a hot air circuit was connected. It seems that it is better to lower the moisture content of these broken firewood and burn them to control it...

There are many other small modifications such as opening up the bamboo joints, re-adjusting the stacking gap, and pressing heavy objects on the top of the stack. In short, after paying enough price, the crossing forces finally processed the first qualified building material - green bamboo.

The beginning of everything is difficult. Now that the core technology is mastered, whenever a new variety enters the kiln, at most one round of waste products will be burned. The four masters will be able to master the heat, and then register the data in the transcendence force's own brochure.

A river of ice opened up: With the success of the first drying kiln, the next three drying kilns rose from the ground.Four long kiln bodies and two sets of boilers formed two "I"-shaped structures, and the boiler chimney began to spew black smoke day and night.

No matter where the four major kilns go now, there will be a batch of apprentices behind their butts.These people, old and young, are all selected from Hangzhou employees.There are kiln workers who have previously fired carbon kilns and tile kilns, and some young people with flexible minds.

The requirements for these people are not high, as long as they learn to read the thermometer and memorize the processing data of various types of wood in the manual, it is OK.As for other issues... there will be a kiln on duty 24 hours a day.

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After the wood is dried out of the kiln, it enters the processing stage.At present, because there is no electricity, the processing of wood is all manual operation, which seems to be very inefficient in crossing the public.However, this efficiency is already super speed in the eyes of all Ming and Dutch carpenters, without it, only Hacksaw.

The metal processing technology in the Middle Ages and the hacksaw blade common to later generations are completely two concepts.After being smelted at low temperature, the wrought iron blocks full of impurities are forged into saw blades by blacksmiths.

This kind of cheap daily necessities naturally does not use the so-called "hundred refining" craftsmanship, so the soft iron bars that need to be repaired anytime and anywhere, as well as other woodworking tools with equally touching hardness, are the causes of houses, ships, furniture and other items in this period. One of the culprits of the high price - labor.

The "imported materials" used by the crossing forces only need to consider the volume, not the price, so in terms of quality, they should take the pathological route as much as possible: ordinary carbon steel saw blades are not required, and the mechanism of making high-grade die steel containing vanadium The saw blade is the artifact in the hands of these medieval carpenters.

The hard, huddled green wood was easily pulled into planks and stakes by a large saw. The extremely smooth plane quickly pushed the planks out of the smooth surface. Carpenters at home and abroad couldn't help touching the tools in their hands in exclamations, and then prepared Make some art furniture and practice it first.

However, at this time, the murderous Master Kunlun appeared.The master nailed a few large pieces of paper to the wall of the shed. On the paper were drawings of the workpieces drawn with blue ink lines. All bamboo and wood materials were limited to several fixed specifications of workpieces. The drawings of the workpieces drawn by blue lines were drawn by craftsmen from Unseen three views, clear at a glance, and clear specifications.

Finally, according to the head, each master worker received a set of measuring tools including a steel tape measure, and was told: if the ruler is there, the ruler will lose his head.

Chapter 97

Chikan New District soon received the first batch of building materials.Originally, it was lonely here: after the simple dock was built, most of the troops went to work in the kiln area, leaving only a few people in the new area, hardening the surface of the earth by the beautiful coast every day.

With the arrival of building materials, there are also construction workers and a large number of people crossing the crowd. Today's model house project is very important, so it is presided over by professional Zheng Yangyang.

Zheng Yangyang's name sounds like a second generation, but he is actually a carpenter.After graduating from high school, I went to work in my uncle's woodware factory. Later, I went to work as a black worker at the American Emperor's place for a while. My daily job was to build wooden houses with Mexican workers.

Zheng Yangyang's age is considered a junior in the Transmigration Congregation, only 25, but he is the leader of the monkey group in the wooden structure building.

Under the command of Zheng Yangyang's electric loudspeaker, the workers shouted horns, and firstly, 8 wooden stakes with surface carbonization treatment were nailed into the ground. These 8 stakes were opposite to each other to form a rectangle.

The size of the square wooden stake is 20 by 18 cm. One end is cut into a four-sided point, and the other end is tied with hemp rope as a fastening rib. In theory, iron wire should be used here.

The stake is 60 cm above the ground, which is enough height to avoid snakes and insects, and normal rainfall will not pose a threat.

It only took 10 minutes for the excavator to smash the 6 bottom piles in place. 30 people took turns to change shifts, and it took half an hour to get the job done.This is still a special situation today. The gentlemen are eager to see the results. Under normal circumstances, it will be slower.

Next comes the ready baseplate and frame to play.Every beam and slab here was finally measured by Zheng Yangyang in the shed, so that today's model house can have less twists and turns.

A rectangular base frame was quickly erected on the 8 foundation piles, and all the joints were tenon and mortise - yes, no nails were used.

In the old world, tenon-and-mortise construction has long been a lost art, usually only seen at antique auctions.The fast and convenient wood screws produced by the assembly line completely replace the mortise and tenon.But now it is the 17th century, there are no wood screws on the wild islands, the wrought iron nails shipped from Hangzhou are of low quality and poor quality, and there are ready-made carpenters of the Ming Dynasty, so the wooden frame of the tenon-and-mortise structure appeared naturally.

The precisely measured tenon head is firmly inserted into the mortise hole. At this moment, the advantages of the tenon and mortise joint are fully evident.

Since the joints have to be cut and dug to different degrees, the disadvantage of the tenon-and-mortise structure is that hardwood must be used.Naturally, no one cares about this shortcoming at the moment. The kiln area is full of camphor wood and hardwoods such as Taiwan beech.

After the chassis is installed, green bamboos of the same length and diameter are used to build the walls. The walls are fixed by reserving grooves at the bottom and tying them. The roof is higher at one end and slightly lower at the other. It is the simplest slope roof. Done.

When everything was ready, it took 30 building block workers a full 9 hours to complete this very ordinary long bamboo-wood simple house with slings.

How should I put it, as the first self-built house that crossed the regime, although the style is a little low, and the wooden corridor and railings for watching the sunset and flirting are not used, the technology content of this house is not low!

The hut not only avoids the problem of insufficient materials, but also represents the advanced direction of prefabricated parts. The American standard parts are mixed with Chinese tenon and mortise structure. This is the perfect cross breed of Labrador and Chinese pastoral dogs, and it is the crystallization of wisdom.

Since the designer of the hut is called Zheng Yangyang, this kind of barracks-style dormitory has been affectionately called "big bungalow" from the day the design was finalized.

When a large group of people excitedly stepped on the wooden steps and walked into the room, they found that it was still full of spaciousness.The long house is 10 meters long and 2.8 meters wide, and the standard occupancy of each room is 10 people.

In the design, 5 high and low beds will be placed in the house. The bed is 1 meter wide and 2 meters long, so that a 0.8 meter wide aisle will be left.

There will be a 40 cm wide double bedside table between the two beds, occupying a distance of 7 meters with the bed.The remaining length will be reserved for the doorway and the end of the house. A long table will be placed in the doorway, and there will be an extra partition at the end of the house, where the back door and the urinal are used to wake up at night.

The hut is a bit shabby, but everything that should be considered is taken into account.

"How is the strength of this house? Can it withstand the rainy season?" After checking the building structure in detail after entering the house, Chen Dong asked while testing the outgoing bamboo windows back and forth.

"Don't worry, boss, there's absolutely no problem." Zheng Yangyang is very confident: "If the typhoon comes, the roof may be blown away, and it needs to be reinforced in advance. The other parts are definitely fine, and I don't care what the specifications of our chassis are, except that there is no Basement, no worse than Yankee's house!"

"That's good. I didn't see the working hours today, so you can check it later."

"OK, I will issue two labor tables. If the number of people is tight, I will build one in three days, and the number of people will be enough for two days."

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The first "big house" slept in a few laughing "building block workers" that night.Although there is no bed, it is better to build a floor in a decent house than a rotten shack in a kiln area. These people know very well that the big house was built for them to live in.

With the passage of time, Mingren employees gradually found out the temperament of the gentlemen. "Kunren" - the vast majority of Ming people don't know what the West Kunlun and East Kunlun are, they can't tell the difference, they only know that the old man is "Kunfa".

Kunren masters are not bad: as long as they do not violate the taboos of masters, they are usually very friendly.Someone accidentally smashed the master's glass card, and he only kicked a few feet left and right, and he ran fast with one or two kicks one after the other.If this is in a big family, a meal of flesh and blood is inevitable, and broken legs are often frequent.

The gentlemen are also kind.Major injuries and minor illnesses must be treated by the boss. Three meals a day are enough to take care of them. Now, they are still spending a lot of effort to build houses for the Kuhahas. Just focus on this point.

A few days ago, there were rumors among the employees that there was a master in construction who had already responded to everyone: when the manpower was abundant, he would build some single-family "small houses" and distribute them to everyone to buy private properties.

The master also said, knowing that everyone is poor, so the new house does not even charge the deposit, and the deed will be given after the building is completed. From now on, a few points will be deducted from the wages every month. How much to deduct is up to the owner. The old man is also willing to wait.

My goodness, I'm afraid this lord is not from the country of fools?No wonder Kun Fa, God has the virtue of good life, this is Kun people doing too much good deeds, grabbing God's business, and being warned by God Kunfa!

The employees fell asleep with longing for a better future.

However, the traversers on the Yuandou, at this moment, were staring above their heads and floating waves under their feet, staring at the radar and sonar in the cabin, sailing quietly on the sea without any sleepiness.

Chapter 98 Basalt

The Yuandou set sail in the evening. After setting off from Da Yuan, it went all the way west and went straight to the Penghu Islands in the middle of the strait.

Right now is the last period when the northeast monsoon is active. In a few days, as the temperature further drops, the northwest monsoon blowing from Siberia will gradually dominate the wind direction along the coast of the mainland.

Riding the last northeast monsoon, Yuandou sailed unhurriedly overnight. When the fish maw white appeared in the east, it will see the silhouette of Penghu Islands.

Due to the application of various technological equipment, the traversing forces have a huge environmental advantage in the new world. No matter on land or sea, the night is the friend of the traversers.The well-timed night voyage made it possible for workers who had rested overnight in the cabin to go to work in the early morning.

The purpose of Yuan Douhao's trip is the basalt on the Penghu Islands.

"I don't understand what you guys are thinking, you have to come here to carry stones." Mu Longcheng, the captain of the Yuandou, was dressed in a dark blue 07-style naval officer's uniform, his leather shoes were polished, and on his shoulders was a major's epaulet bought from Taobao. At this moment, handsome Nian's big cap has a very low brim, giving him a dark image of the boss behind the scenes.

Also standing on the bow of the boat, breathing between the morning glow and Haitian, Professor Luo, who seemed to be taking the first breath of purple energy in the morning, slowly closed his work and gave Mu Longcheng a blank eye after finishing the event: "It's the right size, A stone with a qualified shape that can be used to build a high-temperature kiln wall, Master Mu!"

"Oh..." Mu Longcheng thought for a while: "I haven't been to the kiln area much, are there no stones there?"

"Or it's too small, like a cobblestone; or it's not too big, and it's oddly shaped. We don't have manpower or machines to cut it now, so we can only come to Penghu..."

"That's what I understand. It seems that the people of Penghu have already cut the stones for us..."

Professor Luo rolled his eyes again: "Thank you for returning to the Navy, haven't you been to the fort in the northeast corner of the commercial building?"

"Oh, you said the viewing platform. I went up to take a look at the first time. I have to lead troops every day. How can I have the spare time to go to the viewing platform?" Mu Longcheng said puzzled.

"Well, then you must have not noticed the stone wall below the fort?"

"Is there such a thing?"

"Ugh……"

When the Dutch were building the business hall, they never thought that one day they would be attacked and bombarded by an army of tens of thousands of people from the west of the business hall.