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Chapter 223 Attacked (Third update, please subscribe)

Because the materials were readily available, it only took a day or two for the tool factory in the reclamation area to make a large number of simple water heaters and deliver them to the reclamation site.

There are rows of wooden shower rooms at the reclamation site. Above the shower room is a shower made of old oil barrels. The oil shines silver and is particularly dazzling in the sun.

For the old men at the reclamation site, taking a hot shower is definitely a rare thing, even though they have long been accustomed to bathing in the river. But who doesn’t like to take a nice hot bath after a busy day?

"The water pillars hitting my body feel more comfortable than lying on a woman's belly."

When the hot water sprayed on his body, Watanabe finally understood why Long San said that.

This hot bath... is so relaxing!
  Of course, it is not easy to take a hot bath. Each class takes turns filling the water heater every day, just carrying a bucket and pouring water into it. After all, there is no running water at the reclamation site.

But even so, the workers are still happy to fill the water heater every day. After all, everyone is eager to take a hot bath after a day of physical work.

The news that hot water showers were available at the reclamation site immediately caused a sensation.

There will even be people from the transportation team who will come to the reclamation point to get water. After all, there's nothing more relaxing than a hot shower after a long day at work.

"That's right, that's right, it's just comfortable..."

Staring at the large oil drums placed above the shower room, Zhao Liu's mind started to move. He worked in a sawmill and heard that hot baths could be taken at the reclamation site. Like everyone else, he took the light rail bus. When the train came, he originally just wanted to take a shower, but when he stared at the iron buckets, his eyes seemed to be shining brightly.

Before coming to Borneo, he was originally a carpenter. Although he only did some carpentry work, he could see the secret at a glance when he looked at the water heater.

"This thing is simple. It's just a gasoline barrel. If you leave it in the sun for a long time, you'll have hot water! What if you bring this thing home?"

The home in Zhao Liu's mouth is his couple's room - a double dormitory.

Gasoline barrels are everywhere here, after all, gasoline is shipped in barrels. It's easy to get a tin bucket, put it on the roof, and connect it directly to the water pipe, so you don't have to carry a bucket to fill it. Enter the sewer pipe into the house, connect the water pipe, and add cold water. Then you can have a hot bath at home.

Zhao Liu's mood immediately became hot when he thought that his wife would be able to take a hot bath every day. Not only his wife, but also his unborn child - his wife was already pregnant!
  The effect of the couple's room is very significant. But in just over a month, nearly half of the couples among the first batch of immigrants have already reported the good news.

It's no wonder, after all, once it gets dark, what else can a couple do in the same room?
  In order to take care of these pregnant women, Li Yian also specially formulated corresponding regulations to assign the easiest jobs to those pregnant women.

A series of auxiliary facilities such as nurseries and schools have also been built. Of course, hospitals also need to be prepared. In addition, in Li Yi'an's plan, these workers with children will be the first batch of residents to move into the new village.

However, Zhao Liu didn't know anything about this kind of plan. Now all he wants is for his wife and children to take a hot bath.

Now, Zhao Liu doesn't know what kind of changes his idea will bring to his life, but what is certain is that the simple solar water heater invented by Li Yian has indeed improved the lives of reclamation workers to a great extent.
  However, Li Yian was not satisfied with this. On the way out of a reclamation point, he said to Tian Yongzhe who was in the same car.

"Reclamation of rainforest is the foundation of Borneo's construction, and it is also the heaviest and hardest work. Reclamation workers need to work in harsh working conditions for a long time. We should provide them with basic living security. I think each reclamation site should at least There are five basic facilities.”

"Five basic facilities? I don't understand, sir, please give me instructions." Tian Yongzhe said respectfully.

"Toilet, bathhouse, sports ground, infirmary and library."

Through these days of inspection, Li Yi'an, who has a basic understanding of the living and working environment of reclamation workers, has understood how to improve the living environment of workers, saying:

"The toilet is not the dry toilet now. It should be a toilet with a septic tank to prevent flies from gathering. As for the sports field, it is to give workers a place to play football and move around. As for the infirmary, this is very important. , we must try our best to ensure that there is a medical worker in each reclamation site, who can distribute medicine, bandage wounds, etc., and deal with them in the camp..."

After expressing his thoughts one by one, Li Yian added.

"Here, the library can be mobile and communicate with other settlement sites at regular intervals, which can combine the library with workers' literacy."

In short, try to improve their living environment as much as possible!
  After all, these are the only things I can do right now!
  In the next few days, Li Yi'an traveled throughout the reclamation area. It was important to develop industry, but agriculture was also important. While he was thinking about how to improve the living environment of the immigrants, he also had to participate in labor personally, and even He also deliberately planted oil palm and sugar cane with the plantation workers. Of course, this scene must have been captured by the accompanying photographers and will be broadcast as a news film in the future.

“The proportions of sugarcane plantations and oil palm plantations must be controlled and maintained within an appropriate ratio. It is necessary to ensure that sugar cane is used to support oil palms and the planting area of ​​oil palms must be ensured. In this regard, the Reclamation Department must Notice."

After leaving a sugar cane plantation, Li Yian gave instructions to Tian Yongzhe.

In fact, while carrying out industrial planning for North Borneo or even the entire Borneo and introducing a large number of immigrants from the country, Li Yi'an knew that one issue he would definitely have to face was the resettlement of immigrants.

To be precise, it is the issue of food for immigrants.

At the beginning, there were certainly not so many factories in Borneo to house so many immigrants, and of course not everyone was suitable to work in factories, especially those immigrants who had not received any education. Therefore, cultivating plantations is the best choice, because this job has low technical requirements and does not require any educational level. However, the problem arises. Whether planting oil palm or sisal, there is a growth cycle, which can range from a few years to ten years.

In the process of maturation, we cannot let millions of people sit back and support them. There are millions of mouths to eat. Just eating every month requires tens of millions of yuan. Even if it can be subsidized with industrial profits, it cannot be like this for a long time. After all, industrial profits are needed to expand production.

The best way is to support the industry through industry. Among all cash crops, sugarcane has the fastest maturity period. In tropical areas, it usually takes about 6 months. Sugarcane can be used to make sucrose, and the remaining molasses from the sucrose can be Used to make rum.

Although the cane sugar industry is not included in the future industrial planning of Borneo, sugar cane plantations and the cane sugar industry are indispensable in the early planning. After all, if operated properly, the cane sugar industry can fully support millions of colonization workers.

Moreover, the demand for cane sugar in the European and American markets after the war will also increase day by day. Because the war has severely damaged the cane sugar industry in Southeast Asia and other places, the gap is still very large. In the next few years, the profits of the cane sugar industry will also be considerable.

"I understand that the experts in the department are currently doing calculations to try their best to calculate the ratio between the two. I believe there will be results soon."

Reclamation is also a science. Cost accounting and crop planting all require scientific analysis. Currently, there are hundreds of German experts working at the Reclamation Department.

"Well, make the most of it..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden gunshot interrupted his words...

(End of this chapter)