Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 22 Meetings - Food and Housing

Once they travel to another plane of time and space, the first thing that the traveler will face are three problems:

[-]. Basic living security: no worries about food and clothing.

[-]. Guarantee from the threat of violence.Whether the threat comes from man or beast.

[-]. Guarantee against natural encroachment.Bad weather, disease.

Obviously, most people are more concerned about these immediate issues than the overly professional industrial system issues.

Modern society is a highly developed society with extremely detailed and specialized social division of labor. Every kind of convenience that people take for granted-even the simplest and most inconspicuous, requires an entire industrial system to maintain.Before a drop of tap water is released from the tap, it is supported by many industries such as electricity, chemical industry, steel manufacturing, cement, and construction.

In Hainan in the 17th century, none of this existed.

Rice exists in the form of paddy.Water, after a simple settling, the only way to sterilize it is to boil it.For clothes, there is no concept of ready-made clothes. Rich people can hire tailors, but ordinary people rely on their wives to cut and sew.

All daily necessities, even the things we are most accustomed to, and things that can be obtained cheaply in any small store, did not exist in that time and space, or existed in an extremely original ecological way.

As the head of the internal affairs team in charge of people's livelihood affairs, Xiao Zishan's equipment catalog caused controversy.

"Rice milling machine, flour milling machine, is it necessary to bring these grain processing equipment? The problem of spare parts, and power consumption... In ancient times, there were already water-powered rice milling workshops, and the Chinese people still had a lot of them in the 50s. A small number of rural people grind their own wheat."

"Well, I think that even if mechanized production is really to be adopted, it can be completely self-made by the mechanical department. It feels a bit wasteful to take it from this time and space."

"There are also sewing machines, edge machines, and cutting tools... Team Leader Xiao, are you going to open a garment factory or something?"

"The agricultural group firmly supports the need for grain processing equipment! If the internal affairs group doesn't mention it, the agricultural group will also ask to purchase these equipment." Wu Nanhai stood by his side, "The processing speed! The traditional way of pounding rice and grinding noodles is very inefficient. We It is too labor-intensive to rely on manual operation for hundreds of people to eat."

"You can use water mills, China also has them, and Europe also has them..."

"Then we have to build a special mill. The manpower and material resources consumed are not counted? If there is electricity, these equipment can be directly driven, and enough grain can be processed soon."

"These mechanical spare parts problems can be solved by the mechanical department." Xiao Zishan had anticipated the questions that this problem might cause, and now with Wu Nanhai's explanation, it will save a lot of effort. "Dry grains are generally stored in the countryside. As a cross-border group like ours, the ration is based on the standard of the planned economy era: 12 kilograms of rice per month for adults. If there are 500 people, at least 6 tons of rice will be supplied per month.

"The ration of 12 kilograms is still the standard for ordinary citizens and employees, and the ration for heavy manual laborers will be increased. After crossing, there will be a lot of physical labor, and the consumption must be calculated according to the figure of 14 kilograms. If we still introduce The supply of local labor has to be raised to a higher level.

"The grain processed by the machine is of good quality and will not be mixed with impurities. Stone mills have high requirements for stone materials. If the stone quality is not good, the processed flour will have a lot of debris, which is not good for everyone's teeth.

"As for the sewing machine, it's the same thing. Sooner or later the clothes will break and need to be replaced, who do you expect to make them? Your girlfriend? (laughs)

"Maybe you can ask a local girl, she doesn't know how to make clothes like ours, it's not difficult to teach her how to make clothes, but it takes a few days to make a purely hand-sewn dress, no matter how proficient it is.

"Of course you can wait a few days. After the problem, we will recruit workers, even," he lowered his voice, "the army." He raised his voice: "these people's uniforms also rely on your wives to sew one thread at a time Come out? (laughs)"

"According to what you said, the ancient army didn't wear clothes anymore, so wouldn't hundreds of thousands of troops change their clothes every year?"

"That's based on having a lot of cheap or even free labor. We don't have any." Xiao Zishan expressed his heartbreak, "Our life is limited, and our productivity should be more focused on climbing the technology tree. Such people must It is better to bring the machinery and equipment of the machine directly. It can also provide an engineering sample for future imitation.”

The housing issue is another issue that everyone is more concerned about.The internal affairs team originally planned to purchase a large number of tents and build a tent camp as a transition before the official construction of the house.The proposal of the construction team is to purchase simple houses for direct assembly. Such simple houses are very common on the construction site-as dormitories and office rooms.There are various board materials, which can be purchased according to the needs.It is light in weight, easy to build, has a certain degree of heat preservation, and is much more comfortable than a tent.Durability is also good: seven to eight years of use should not be a problem if maintained properly.

"One department of our company has been using the simplest prefabricated prefabricated houses for warehouses and offices for almost ten years, and they are still in good condition." The one who made the introduction was Aunt Tian's daughter Li Xiaolu, a thin northern woman. , about 30 years old, with fair skin and wearing a pair of thin-rimmed glasses, "It can also be made into a building, but a light steel structure must be added."

"Because the environment we have to face is relatively harsh," she said in a soft and thin voice, "we can use more high-end materials, such as phosphorus-magnesium prefabricated houses.

"The wall and roof of this mobile home are made of magnesite composite panels with polystyrene foam pod cores, steel doors and windows, and light steel keels for the frame. No special machinery is required for installation, and skilled workers use simple tools4 Individuals can assemble a standard room in 4 hours, which is about 60 square meters.

"Its combination is better than that of color steel houses. Several groups can be added or subtracted arbitrarily in the longitudinal direction, the area can be expanded or reduced at will, and the positions of doors, windows and front and rear wall panels in the house can be exchanged arbitrarily. In the reinforced structure Later, it can also be used to build buildings.

"This kind of house has good airtightness, heat insulation, and the house materials are all fireproof materials. It is moisture-resistant, anti-corrosion, earthquake-resistant, and light in weight. A standard house weighs only 2200 kilograms. The expected service life is more than ten years.

"Dormitories, offices, small warehouses can all use this type of house."

"How about a factory building?" The industrial group is more concerned about this issue.

"If it is a long-span factory building or warehouse, it is not acceptable, but a simple house that washes stones with water can be used." Li Xiaolu continued her introduction, "It is actually a simple house with cement boards with an angle steel structure. It is much heavier than ordinary simple houses. The benefits Its service life can reach more than 20 years. It can assemble large-span houses, and can also be used to build 2-3 storey buildings."

"Cement board..." Someone was hesitating.

"The construction team discussed it just now, and thinks that self-produced cement and angle steel are not a big problem under our industrial system. If the factory building is not particularly urgent, you can only bring the drawings and necessary mold tooling materials, and use local materials to build yourself." Her His complexion was a little pale. "However, installing a simple house is a technical task. I suggest sending some people to this kind of simple house company to learn on the ground."

Wen Desi nodded, and wrote a note on the memo: "Practical skills training".

"Can such a house be installed with water and electricity?"

"Yes, although it is not possible to slot and bury pipes in the wall, it is no problem to install on the wall. However, our construction team's opinion is that separate water supply and drainage systems are not installed in dormitories and office rooms to save materials.

"For the water demand, we think it is best to adopt an independent public washroom, which consists of three parts: bathroom, washroom and toilet. This is convenient for the centralized installation of the water system. Considering the rainy problem in Hainan, from dormitories, offices to public washrooms Enclosed corridors will be installed so that everyone can use them on rainy days. The temperature in Hainan is not low in winter, so systems such as bathroom heating were not considered in the preliminary design.”

"What about cooling? Hainan is very hot in summer. There must be an air conditioner."

Although this person's speech attracted a blank stare.But many people actually yearn for air-conditioning in their hearts: I am used to using air-conditioning, but Hainan in the Ming Dynasty didn’t even have electric fans.

"Traditional air conditioners are definitely not possible." Li Xiaolu glanced at Xiao Zishan, seeing that the host had no objections, he continued the conversation, "Traditional air conditioners require a lot of electricity and chemical refrigerants. It is a luxury for us." If the executive committee finally decides to use the air conditioner, we have two options." She seemed a little dizzy, and felt nauseous again, and stood with her hands on the table for a while before continuing:

"One is the wet curtain cooling air conditioner, which actually uses an evaporative ventilator, which saves the internal fan and compressor, and the refrigerant is water. It saves electricity, but the disadvantage is that the humidity is high, and the manufacture of this ventilator is also quite expensive. Difficulty."

"One is groundwater cooling and air conditioning. The principle is similar to that of heating, except that the steam is replaced by groundwater pumped by water pumps. The initial investment of this method is relatively large. Deep wells need to be drilled, and copper pipes are required for the evaporator."

"I personally prefer the second one. Its effect is much better than the former one. The system is also relatively simple."

"This kind of air-conditioning is not allowed in the country, right? It's a waste of water."

"Fuck, there is no such rule in another plane."

"Well, I know that. But wasting water is still the same. It's not environmentally friendly."

"At that time, you still care about environmental protection?"

"Groundwater can be injected back, so there is no waste." She explained, "If you want to be more advanced, you can also use ground energy air conditioning. The method is similar to the second one. The depth of 20 meters underground is generally at [-] degrees. Left and right constant temperature. First reach this depth by drilling, and then use water as a heat exchange medium to circulate underground and in the building to achieve warm winter and cool summer. Heat is taken from the ground in winter and released to the ground in summer. Of course, we The camp needs to be on a ground with a relatively stable geological structure. If it is too active, it can only provide heat."

All the participants looked at Xiao Zishan - he was in charge of internal affairs, while Xiao Zishan looked at Wen Desi, the chairman.From the bottom of his heart, he is in favor of all measures to improve the living conditions of the traversers.It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. He understands the basic truth. A group of urbanites who are mostly pampered and pampered start anew in a barren land. Too difficult living conditions will cause low morale.

But he dared not express his opinion openly. Such a living system would involve the use of a large amount of industrial resources, so he really didn't have the courage to take the board and express his approval.

Wen Desi had eye contact with him for a while, and then looked at the team leaders of each group for a long time, and finally said a classic line:

"Let's study this issue further."

(End of this chapter)