1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 27 Li Ren ([-])

When many people signed up to participate in the special working group, they had a little bit of hunting in their hearts, but now their dreams have been completely extinguished by Zhou Hengxing's words.Knowing that this was tricked by the executive committee, at least in the short term, the concept of Li Dong's development of the maid project does not seem to be feasible, but everyone can only face the cruel reality after lamenting.For safety reasons, the Executive Committee did not arrange female members in Tian Du's temporary camp or the special task force sent this time, so everyone can only temporarily live as a monk for a period of time in the future.

About two hours later, a small fork appeared on the river ahead, and the boat leading the team signaled backwards, indicating that the temporary camp of the No. 2 base was on the river bank not far ahead.After continuing for about [-] minutes, the river channel in front became slightly wider. You can see that the river from the upper reaches is divided into two water channels here. The river course is divided into left and right strands and surrounds a large piece of land in the middle of the river.

This is exactly the site of the first hydropower station on the upper reaches of Tiandu River planned by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Construction. Using the natural river channel that is divided into two, the constructors only need to introduce the river water into one side, and then they can easily use the other side. Dam construction has been carried out on the drained channel, and the terrain of the natural double channel can also greatly reduce the drainage pressure of the hydropower station in the rainy season.

Several reinforced concrete pipe parts with a diameter of two feet are stacked on the small trestle pier. This is the pressure water pipe used in the construction of the hydropower station. According to the plan of the Ministry of Energy, it has been built long before the crossing. After all, the production of this time and space Capabilities are limited, and specialized components like this cannot be built in a short period of time.It took several days to transport these heavy guys from downstream one by one in small boats.

When the fleet arrived at the wharf and trestle, it happened to see a group of people sitting on the ground and banging on the stones with hammers. No one could laugh at the newcomers, because most of them would be rocking here for the rest of the day.This is one of the gravel-mortar concrete materials that must be used for the base of the No. [-] Hydropower Station. On days when there is a serious shortage of labor, everyone has to obey the work arrangements of the Executive Committee - including knocking stones.

At present, the temporary camp is only surrounded by a sparse wooden fence that is as high as one person, and the surrounding area is separated by concertina-style barbed wire. Then there are several marching tents and a large shed for storing supplies.Now there are more than 30 people stationed here, and the temporary person in charge is Liu Shanxia, ​​the second in command of the Ministry of Construction. For the hydropower project in the upper reaches of the Tiandu River, he ran a lot of small hydropower stations in Yunnan and Guangxi in the six months before crossing. I haven't actually operated it, but I should say that I have enough theoretical knowledge to build a small hydropower station.The camp was set up the day before, and he was transferred the next day, and the several projects that had just started had to be handed over to other people in the Ministry of Construction to be responsible, which showed how much the executive committee attached importance to the hydropower project.

Liu Shanxia greeted the trestle bridge, and grabbed Ning Qi's hand: "Finally, I hope you are here!"

Ning Qi asked in surprise, "Have you had a conflict with the Li people?"

"Not yet, but there are more and more Li people nearby, and they don't understand the language and don't know what they want to do. Now our people are afraid to leave the camp." Liu Shanxia took the time to introduce the current situation to Ning Qi: " These Li people have hooked knives on their waists, if you want to negotiate with them, be careful!"

Ning Qi nodded and said: "Don't worry, we have professionals here for the negotiation. By the way, the old item from the Ministry of Energy is here. You are old friends, so I won't say anything more. About the hydropower station project, you guys Then make a good total and see if there are any omissions in the construction plan. When the last batch of materials and construction personnel are in place in the next two days, you will start construction as soon as possible. "

Xiang Chinan is a native of Yunnan, and in terms of time, he should be the last batch of members to join Time Travel.Xiang Chinan used to serve in the hydropower unit of the Armed Police Force. After changing his career, he worked in the local electric power bureau. He was a friend of Liu Shanxia's when he inspected the construction of a small hydropower station before he crossed the road. As soon as the two became familiar with each other, Liu Shanxia simply pulled him in.On the first day that the Preparatory Committee was withdrawn from Guangzhou, he was accompanied by Liu Shanxia to report to Guangzhou.

A dual-purpose talent like Xiang Chinan, of course, will inevitably become a fragrant bun that the military police department and the Ministry of Energy compete for. Later, the Executive Committee followed Wu Zhuo's old example and gave Xiang Chinan a dual organization— - In peacetime, it belongs to the Ministry of Energy, and in wartime, it belongs to the Ministry of Military and Police.For this hydropower project, the executive committee handed over the responsibility of Xiang Chinan and Liu Shanxia.

Half an hour later, Zhou Hengxing and Ning Qi walked out of the camp under the escort of several heavily armed members of the military police department.Standing at the gate of the camp, you can see a lot of people moving around in the mountains and forests about [-] meters away.Although Zhou Hengxing was calm on the surface, his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.Although his household registration book is marked as Li nationality, he was born in the city and grew up in the city. Dealing with it is really pointless.

Zhou Hengxing took a few deep breaths, calmed down his emotions, then raised the tin horn in his hand, and began to speak aloud in several ancient Li languages ​​he knew. No malice, I hope to coexist peacefully with the residents of Lidong, and at the same time, I am happy to trade the salt, pig iron, etc. they need with the Li people.

After a while, a few Li people came out of the woods opposite, and they stopped until they were about ten meters away from the gate of the camp.The leader was a middle-aged man who pointed at Zhou Hengxing for a while.Zhou Hengxing guessed that he understood seven or eight points, and his heart gradually calmed down. He turned his head and said to Ning Qi, "He wants to see what we are going to trade."

"Okay." Ning Qi nodded and motioned for someone to show the sample to the other party first.

In fact, there are not many things in the sample, a small clay pot of salt, and a few iron farm implements such as shovels and sickles.The middle-aged man came up and squatted down, picked up the farm implement and took a closer look, opened the clay pot again, put his finger in and dipped a little salt into his mouth. That action reminded all the people here in Hong Kong movies. Drug dealer inspection scene.

After the middle-aged man got up, there was another chatter. Zhou Hengxing translated that the man expressed that he was very satisfied with these things, but they didn't have anything to trade with them, and asked if they could go back to the village to do business with them. Just ask if you can offer more of these trades.

"Of course, tell them that we have enough supplies, and I'm happy to be a guest at their home." Ning Qi replied calmly.The executive committee sent such a large-scale special working group, not only to trade a few catties of salt and sickles with the Li people, to go deep into Lidong to understand the people's feelings, and then to maintain the relationship with the Li people, and to develop Lidong in a targeted manner. This is the main task to be accomplished by the special working group.Of course, during this process, people from other departments will also complete the inspection subjects such as topography, topography, animals and plants, agricultural status, and mineral development in the area controlled by the Li people.

After completing the preliminary negotiations, the Li people who got the news came out of the woods one after another. There were more than 30 people, old and young.Most of these people were wearing cloth shirts made of Jibei cloth, and each of them had a hook knife mentioned by Liu Shanxia pinned to their waists, but their faces were very calm, and they had no intention of making trouble.Ning Qi looked at these ragged Li people, and suddenly a thought flashed in his mind. It turned out that it was not only his own side that was afraid, but these Li people were also worried about external threats.

An hour later, the special task force who prepared the supplies set off from the camp with the Li people who led the way.Except for a few people who want to stay in the camp to assist in the construction of the hydropower station, there are still as many as 35 members who set off on the road again, half of them are members of the military and police equipped with weapons, and there are even Johnson and Morgan. A blond foreigner inside.In addition to the necessary three-day rations and a small amount of drinking water, what they carried also included tents, military radio stations, various medicines, lighting equipment, ropes, etc., and even a miniature hand-operated generator in case of accidents. .

This time, the materials to be brought to Litong for trading include [-] catties of salt, [-] pieces of iron farm implements, and various seasonings and spices. In addition, some small items were prepared as gifts for the leader of Litong.Of course, these materials do not need to be carried by the Transmigrators themselves, and the Li people consciously undertake this work.Perhaps in their opinion, these things already belong to them, and naturally they should be responsible for transporting them home.

After walking northward along the path between the mountains and forests for about an hour, the members could already see an area with traces of cultivation on the hillside.Zhou Hengxing, an expert of the Li nationality, introduced to the members: "This is the traditional farming method of the Li nationality, chopping down hills. Before liberation, the Li nationality had been growing food in this way similar to slash-and-burn farming."

The method of planting the chopping fence is to go up the mountain in the first month of each year, cut down the trees in the selected area, wait for three or four months after the branches on the ground dry up, then set it on fire, and then sow the grain seeds when the rainy season comes.There is no farming process for cutting down the mountain fence. When planting, one person uses a sharp wooden stick to poke a hole in the front, and the other person puts grain seeds in the back and then flattens the soil.Remove weeds at most a few times in the middle, and then wait for the mature harvest in the second half of the year.Those who are more intentional will shovel the soil before planting after burning the mountain, so as to remove the grass roots in the soil layer, and also hoe the topsoil finely to facilitate the germination of grain seeds.But in any case, this farming method is extremely primitive, and the yield is therefore extremely limited.In addition, this kind of farming method that relies on the natural fertility of the land, the land must be abandoned every three or four years, and the interval may be as long as more than ten years. The efficiency of land use can be described as extremely low.

In addition to the relatively closed environment, the lack of iron tools is also one of the important reasons why the Li people's residential area adopts this primitive farming method.In this era, many farmers in Lidong still used stone axes, stone shovels, stone hoes, etc. The only iron tools were mostly hooked knives on the waists of the Li people. Therefore, the Li people will be able to provide them with all kinds of tools. The iron farm implements are of particular interest.

(End of this chapter)