1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 94 Great Construction ([-])
Qi Tian attached great importance to the more than twenty craftsmen and artists brought back from Batavia.They and the craftsmen captured by Luzon can be regarded as the first batch of industrial founders in Hanzhou.Although they are just small handicrafts and handicrafts, they are already groundbreaking for the Hanzhou continent, which has almost no industrial foundation.

Their treatment is directly equal to that of the sailors on the ship, and even slightly higher.Qi Tian made some calculations, using these craftsmen and artists, in addition to building blacksmiths and paper workshops, they can also build sugar, iron smelting, wood (furniture) processing, pottery, textile and other workshops.

However, handicraft industries such as sugar refining, iron smelting, and textiles, even if workshops are built now, there is no raw material for production at all.

Sugar production requires sugar cane.Well, the farmland hasn't been rehabilitated yet, and the seedlings haven't been put into the field yet.Even if it is planted in the ground, it is not known whether it will grow.Perhaps, you can go to Nanyang to buy it.In other words, it takes thousands of kilometers to make sugar this time around, which is probably a sky-high price.

Iron smelting is possible.Last time, the ore hunting team discovered a lot of high-grade iron ore in the Black Valley.However, it will not be realized until the dirt road from Jianye City to Heishan Valley is completed.Moreover, iron smelting workshops must be built there, after all, coal mines and iron mines are there.This may have to be postponed for more than a month before it can be realized.

In fact, the location of the planned iron mine can not only smelt iron, but also can make steel.We can't build a modern steel melting furnace, but we can definitely build a small steel kiln for local steelmaking.

Qi Tian still remembers that in his last life, he often heard his old father-in-law talk about how they built a small blast furnace in the 60s and how they made steel by indigenous methods.Although more than half of the quality cannot pass the test, it cannot be smelted into high-strength steel.But in this era, it seems that most steel requirements can be met.

Weaving, this must be done in the future.Because the textile industry can almost be called the mother of light industry.Britain, the maritime overlord of later generations, started from the textile industry and defeated the woolen and cotton cloth industries in the Netherlands, Italy, France and other countries and regions.The domestic textiles were sold throughout Europe, laying a technical and material foundation for the industrial development of the UK.

When it comes to weaving, cotton and sheep must be inseparable.Later generations of Australian cotton planting areas are mainly distributed in northern New South Wales, southeastern Queensland, and a small coastal area in the northern part of the Northern Territory.

The land in these areas is relatively dry and the area is also very large.And cotton happens to be a temperature-loving crop, and the abundant light and heat resources just meet the production of cotton.

But we only have a small population now, so it is impossible to develop those areas.Perhaps, when the number of immigrants reaches tens of thousands, they can consider opening up new territories in coastal areas suitable for growing cotton.For now, maybe we can only go to India or Daming to purchase.

So it seems that the only textile materials that can be quickly mastered in one's own hands within one or two years are sheep.It seems that when Cao Xiong's fleet goes to Batavia, it is necessary to order Merino sheep from Spain from the Dutch.It only needs to introduce a hundred or ten, and within two or three years, it can be expanded to hundreds, and it may grow to several thousand in five years.Based on this, it is entirely possible to establish a rudimentary textile factory, train workers and accumulate some skills.

Thinking of sheep, I naturally set my sights on the purchased livestock.The northern side of Hanzhou is simply a natural place for livestock breeding.In addition to the endless eucalypt forests near Jianye City, there are large expanses of natural grassland, either on the edge of the forest, or on gentle hillsides, or around small rivers and streams.In these pastures, tens of thousands of livestock are more than enough.

Of course, the cattle, horses, goats and other livestock bought back at present are still relatively expensive. In order to avoid getting lost, the immigrants in charge of the management kept all these livestock in captivity.Every day during the day, the livestock are driven to the nearby pastures, and at night, all the livestock must be driven into the roughly built barn.

"In three days, I will leave Jianye City with the fleet. Do you still need to prepare a purchase list for me?" Cao Xiong and Qi Tian stood on a slope, looking at Qi Continental and several teenagers riding horses on the grass. game.

"Of course. But considering that you may need to ship a large number of immigrants on board, the quantity you buy will be much less than last time." Qi Tian looked at the third brother riding a horse in the distance, and he was also a little eager to try, "Collect as many as possible." Food and vegetable seeds, oh, and various fruit tree seedlings. It would be better to recruit some craftsmen and craftsmen..., it will always be useful in the future!"

"I saved it!" Cao Xiong patted Qi Tian on the shoulder, "Also, you have read the cooperation document signed with the Dutchman in the past few days. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"That cooperation agreement, I took a look. Many of them are clauses that bind us, and we need to do a lot of things for them. There is no such mention of their own obligations, and they are all supported by some beneficial principles. ...However, who told us that we are now the weak side!"

Qi Tian shook his head and continued: "A truly fair cooperation agreement must be reached by countries or groups with equal strength and status."

"Then this agreement is unequal! Shall we abide by it?"

"Now, try to abide by it. When we grow stronger and have a certain strength, we must either sign a new one, or tear it up as waste paper."

Ah, is it okay?Cao Xiong couldn't help but look at Qi Tian seriously.Keeping promises is not a virtue handed down from our ancestors, why let it go to heaven, it is completely the primary factor that considers our own interests!Are people who have read the book different from what I think?
"Now, our first task is to develop, develop greatly, and strive to accumulate strength to ensure that we can defend ourselves and make a little progress." Qi Tian knew that Cao Xiong hadn't learned the thick blackness of later generations, and he would not make detours when dealing with the enemy. .This is very dangerous for a start-up force like them.Still, there's still plenty of time, so take your time.

"That's right, we really have to work hard to develop and accumulate strength now.... I'm giving you a child with nothing for nothing, and I feel guilty!"

"My family, why do you say such things!" Qi Tian said with a smile: "It is quite a sense of accomplishment to build a prosperous town from a piece of white land."

"I'm excited just looking at it too!" Cao Xiong turned his gaze to the Jianye City camp in the distance, "It's been like this for two months, and I feel more at ease and at ease in my heart."

"Uncle, how old are you this year?"

"Huh?...I'm twenty-two in forty. What's the matter?"

"You went to Daming this time, why not find a good woman and have a few younger cousins! At that time, you will be more at ease and at ease."

"Ah?!" Cao Xiong was startled when he heard that, and then a little annoyed, he easily slapped Qi Tian, ​​"You son of a bitch, you're amusing your uncle!"

"Uncle, what I said is true!... Find an aunt for our brother! I will prepare the big house for you in advance, and let you spend the wedding night in the bridal chamber!" Said, and ran to the third brother who played horses.

Cao Xiong was stunned, and couldn't help laughing at himself.

On the eighth day after Cao Xiong's fleet returned, the second large brick kiln was built.This brick kiln can burn 3 yuan of bricks at one time, and the output has doubled compared with the previous brick kiln.As a result, the daily output of bricks has reached nearly 8000 yuan, barely enough to maintain the materials needed by the semi-professional construction team in the camp.

At the same time, an earth kiln was erected next to the cement kiln, which continuously receives limestone fines from the mill next to the reservoir, and can produce nearly 5 tons of cement a day.In order to ensure the supply of raw materials, Qitian sent more than forty indigenous people to the nearby rocks to continuously collect limestone blocks, and then sent them to the mill with a flat cart.

In order to manufacture more means of transport, a wood fumigation workshop was built in the camp.Tall and straight eucalyptus trees are piled up in the wood fumigation workshop after the branches are removed, and slowly dried over a low fire.

In the wood processing workshop, the smoked wood will be made into strong wheels of transport vehicles, spacious carriages, various furniture for immigrants' residences, windmill parts by the reservoir, and barrels for materials and food.

The most popular tool produced by farmers in the wood processing workshop is a wooden hedge rake.This kind of wooden hedge rake is dragged by cattle or a few people, and can easily clean up weeds, stones, branches and other debris in the wilderness.

However, what Qi Tian hopes most is that the blacksmith shop can make various iron tools that are suitable for production and life, such as carriage bearings, stamping equipment for molds, and even simple machining equipment.

The industrial revolution has a long way to go!But Qitian is confident that in the next 20 years, it will bring the handicraft industry of the 17th century into the modern industry of the 18th century.After all, no one knows better than Qi Tian the development direction and trend of many handicraft industries towards modern industry.

These days, Jianye City is a huge and busy construction site, and the changes in the camp can be seen with the naked eye every day.

(End of this chapter)