1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 93 Great Construction ([-])
When Second Lieutenant Andrew Florent was in Batavia, he heard that the Chinese were hardworking, down-to-earth and hard-working.However, after arriving on this "island", he was beyond shocked by the miracles created by the hardworking spirit of the Chinese.

The creek outside the camp was expanded into a small reservoir with a length of more than 300 meters and a width of more than 60 meters within four days.The excavated silt is piled up next to the reservoir, and some workers are using the silt to make a quick brick. After drying in the shade, it will be transported to a brick kiln for firing.

The completion of the small reservoir created a small drop between the river and the reservoir, and a huge windmill-like object was also erected.This is a simple hydraulic mill, designed by several woodworkers, water millers, blacksmiths, etc., and more than [-] people spent two days building and installing it.

The structure of this kind of grinding machine is very simple. There is a circular grinding disc below. There is a central axis in the center of the grinding disc. There is a horizontal shaft above the grinding disc. There are rollers at both ends of the horizontal shaft.The central shaft is driven by the water wheel below, and then the rollers on the horizontal shaft are driven to make sliding friction, and some limestone gravel raw materials are crushed finely.The fine material is then transported to the cement kiln for production with a trolley.It can grind more than three tons of powder in one day and one night, and the labor efficiency is greatly improved.And thus, liberate some manpower.

In addition to providing drinking water for Jianye City, the small reservoir can also provide irrigation water for nearby farmland.At that time, several waterwheels will be erected beside the reservoir to turn thousands of acres of nearby farmland into irrigated fields.When spring comes, farmers will try to plant some rice in the irrigated fields beside the reservoir to see if they can produce rice.

The blacksmith shop of the Italian Marciolo also opened.Returning from Batavia this time, they bought 20 tons of pig iron, 1.6 tons of copper, and [-] tons of lead, and put them all in this huge blacksmith shop.The blacksmith shop is composed of more than [-] wooden houses. The workshop is a half-covered wooden building of more than [-] square meters. The wooden wall is only [-] meters long, ventilated on all sides, and the roof is compacted with fine wood and clay.

The three blacksmiths from Batavia were under the management of Marciolo, and five new immigrants were assigned to them as assistants.At present, it is mainly to make various farm tools, shovels, hoes, picks, axes and so on.Of course, the iron tools and parts needed by other workshops also need them to design and manufacture.

Marciolo felt a little emotional. In less than two months, a colony that had begun to take shape was built on this barren continent.Now three hundred new immigrants have been added, and a huge amount of supplies have been brought back, and the construction of the entire camp has suddenly accelerated.A new building rises every day, and various production and living workshops are slowly taking shape.He believes that in less than half a year, the development of this camp will surpass that of the small town of San Fernando in the Philippines where they once lived.God, what a miracle!
Cao Xiong sometimes felt that he was a superfluous person, all the work in the camp was arranged in an orderly manner, and he didn't need to order him at all.

Every morning, in farmland, workshops, construction sites... two or three teenagers will come to the site to arrange the work tasks and progress of the day.Then, the leaders of each project team lead the resettlers to perform these different tasks.

And at night, Cao Xiong saw that Qi Tianhui was in a huge wooden house, giving lessons to many teenagers and key personnel on the ship.Literacy, writing, drawing simple diagrams (in preparation for future flight charts), teaching numbers, and simple addition and subtraction.

The teenagers have been studying with Qi Tian for more than two months, and they can basically follow his lecture speed.But those good men on the ship stared blankly, holding a pen at a loss, reading and writing the words that are often spoken on weekdays, looking extremely painful.But out of admiration for knowledge and culture, they all learn, practice, and memorize with respect and pilgrimage.

In the middle of the night, Qi Tian led many teenagers, and according to the work progress during the day, he would check the project progress table one by one, adjust the projects with progress problems, delete the completed projects, and add the projects planned for tomorrow...Suddenly, he seems to have returned to the days when he was an engineering project manager.

Cao Xiong couldn't control himself with excitement whenever he saw Qi Tian devoting so much effort to planning and organizing the construction of their start-up base.At this moment, he feels that the right thing his brother-in-law and sister have done in this life is to spend all their money to let Qi Tian go to study.Otherwise, it would be impossible for him, Cao Xiong, to build a place to live no matter where he wandered.Maybe, at some point, it will be submerged in this troubled world.

"Uncle, are you going to Batavia in a few days, are you planning to sail all the ships to Daming?" Qi Tian took Cao Xiong to inspect the excavation site of the hidden diversion pipe leading from the reservoir to the camp, and asked casually .

"That's right! When we get to Daming, try to collect more people back." Cao Xiong watched those immigrants wielding picks, shovels, and hoes, digging hard on a shallow lime line.It is a production and domestic water pipeline leading directly to the city, 1.5 meters deep and [-] centimeters wide, which will be built with masonry and cement, and then buried with soil.

The water in the pipeline will be introduced into a huge sedimentation tank first, and then slowly flow into the drinking pool next to it.The sedimentation tank and drinking pool have been dug, paved with masonry and plastered with cement.According to the design requirements, it can meet the domestic water needs of 3000 people every day.

As for the increase in population in the future, it is natural to build or expand sedimentation tanks and drinking pools.Of course, the excess people can also be diverted to the inland to expand new settlements.

"Will you go to Shandong?" Qi Tian asked.

"I guess I can't go!" Cao Xiong shook his head, "I heard that Zheng Zhilong has now controlled the waters around Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. We have an empty boat, so I guess we can sneak there. But if there are people and goods on board, it will not be easy. Passed."

Qi Tian nodded. If the ship is empty, it may be possible to avoid the interception of Zheng Zhilong's water armed forces by taking advantage of the night or spreading it out. Once the ship is fully loaded, it will be the food of Zheng Zhilong's navy if it cannot run fast.

"That's only near Guangzhou." Qi Tian said, Guangzhou is an important port in South China, and Zheng Zhilong's power has weakened.

"Uncle, have you ever heard of the Dan people along the coast of Guangdong?"

"Dan people who live by the sea and live by boats, who never go ashore for most of their lives?" Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian curiously. Could it be that those who have read books really know everything.

"Uncle is near Guangzhou, so we might as well recruit some Dan people. In the future, the sailors on the ship will be replenished, and the fleet will expand, so we will need enough sailors." Qi Tian said with a smile, "Besides, we rely on the sea, and someone must go to the sea to fight. Let’s go fish... After a while, we plan to build a small dock and try to build some fishing boats. Maybe we can build some big boats after we have accumulated experience.”

"The Dan people form their own system and rarely contact outsiders. If they are recruited, will it be difficult to assimilate?"

"Not easy to assimilate?" Qi Tian smiled, and he pointed to a young man in the distance who was teaching immigrants how to dig properly, "Uncle, do you still recognize that young man?"

Cao Xiong looked in the direction Qi Tian pointed, there was a young man with a thin body and dark complexion, he seemed to have seen him several times on the boat.

"He is the little prince of Boni Sultan, Ajia. His father pushed him into the sea and was rescued by us. At the beginning, he was reluctant to communicate with others, and he was silent all day long....Now it seems that he can be with dogs. What is the difference between them?" Qi Tian said slowly: "In this strange environment, everyone will hug together in a short period of time, fight together with this cruel natural environment, and rely on each other. In the future, they will all be Our own. No matter who he was before, he will be integrated into our group."

"If a person wants not to be isolated by society, he must join a group. At the same time, he will take the initiative to eliminate his differences and show his nature of being integrated. Maybe, we will form a new Chinese nation and Chinese nation in this Hanzhou continent. culture."

Cao Xiong blinked his eyes, what a new nation, a new culture, we are all Han Chinese, we also speak Chinese.However, the big meaning, he understands, is that no matter Boni, Daming or any other place immigrates, they have to be like us, and they have to hug each other.That being the case, after that, we may really be able to build a country.

(End of this chapter)