After Long Qun's enthusiasm for attention faded away, "the big ship bought from Haijia was already named "Qionghai Coal" when it set sail, and moved to Haijia Pier. [Read the latest chapter] There are already people on the wharf. It was piled with building materials such as wood, bricks, and lime. Chen Tong bought these according to Lin Qiaoguang's instructions. They were going to be used to build the dock.
Zhang Xingpei had secretly arrived in Qiongshan County a few days ago, and he brought a construction team with him. This team was taught step by step by the traversers of Lingao Construction Company. In terms of its level, it is better than the rural construction contracting team of Yin Century. And they also took on skills not found in the construction contractor team to assemble timber-frame houses.
Zhang Xingpei studied architecture in the United States, and he is very interested in the all-wood structure houses that are very common in American residences. So a lot of effort has been put into this type of building. Most of this kind of wooden houses are made of prefabricated parts, which are transported to the construction site and assembled on the foundation. An independent two-story wooden building of more than 200 square meters can be completed in four or five days if all efforts are made. Much faster than laying bricks and beams. It can be put into use immediately after construction, without waiting for the cement mortar to dry.
Mei Wan, general manager of Lingao Construction Company, is very interested in this kind of building. The executive committee has always required the construction company to build houses as quickly as possible if prefabricated houses are used. The construction speed will become very fast. After several experiments, Zhang Xingpei designed and finalized six house types. Lingao Construction Company has specially opened a prefabricated house processing factory to produce and reserve such prefabricated houses. You can build it anytime you need it. It played a huge role in building refugee camps after the typhoon disaster.
The human-powered crane on the Qionghaidie began to lift bundles of wooden structural prefabricated parts wrapped with straw ropes from the cargo hold, and then hoisted them to the trestle. The trestle was also a prefabricated part, shipped earlier by a cargo ship from Gaoguang Shipping Company. It took Zhang Xingpei less than five days to complete this regular and sturdy wooden plank road. The uniform-width wooden boards driven out by the board opener were nailed tightly with broadhead nails, making it feel like walking on flat ground. Two wrought iron rails were installed on the plank road to take into account the current need to transport a large amount of building materials and the future need to transport coal. The prefabricated houses are unloaded onto flatbed trucks and pushed directly to the shore yard.
Cement and yellow sand were also lifted out of the cargo hold one by one. In order to speed up the construction process, Zhang Xingpei specially brought a large-scale cement mixer driven by a small diesel engine. This thing was carefully placed in an already built house and guarded by special personnel so that the local indigenous workers hired would not see it and make a fuss about it.
The indigenous workers hired by Chen Tong had previously cleaned and leveled the foundation in accordance with Zhang Xingpei's requirements. Mix lime and sand on the ground and compact it. Then the construction team of the construction company began to build the house. All prefabricated houses are elevated and have suspended bottoms, eliminating the trouble of laying foundations.
With the help of a simple earth crane, wooden structure houses were quickly erected one after another. The speed surprised even Zhang Xingpei. These houses all present an ugly gray-black color which is the result of tar embalming.
The biggest problem with this kind of house is that it is not resistant to typhoons. A typhoon will definitely cause the house to collapse. However, Zhang Xingpei believes that this problem is not a big problem. The typhoon season has passed, and judging from Lingao's experience, the northwest of Hainan Island is not greatly affected by typhoons and will not suffer from wind disasters every year. After the situation stabilizes, they will slowly be replaced with masonry buildings.
A week later, Haijia Pier transformed from a wasteland into a complete coal terminal with a plank road, a dozen various buildings, an open-air pile of money with thousands of square meters, and three cranes. Next, indigenous workers hired locally dug trenches around the entire dock and built walls with masonry. There are all kinds of fortifications such as parapets and enemy towers above. After completion, it became a fortress. This is not surprising in this time and space. It is completely natural for the Hai family to build a fortress in such a remote place to protect their dock.
Zhang Xingpei also directed people to build a three-story gun tower near the trestle. Used to defend the pier. Defend against attacks from the sea.
After the docks were all completed, the four flat-bottomed traffic boats unloaded from Qionghaidie were filled with construction materials and began to sail upstream along the Nandu River to the Jiazi Coal Mine.
The traffic boat then established a temporary dock on the bank of the Nandu River. The first batch of supplies was unloaded.
Facts prove it. Although Qiongshan County is a small prefecture, the public security situation is still bad. As soon as the four flat-bottomed boats docked, they encountered a group of ragged bandits. Fortunately, there were guards in civilian clothes on the boats. They shot several of them down before dispersing the crowd.
The flat-bottomed boat made another trip that day, bringing more building materials, living supplies and guards.
The captain of the escort was Huang Xiong. This former Ming army man hired Hua Shi and a Minie rifle, held a cowhide briefcase, and commanded his men to set up horses, dig trenches, and fortify the camp according to what they learned as an officer.
Facts have proved that such vigilance is completely necessary. That night and the following days and nights, there were always suspicious figures moving around the camp. It was only because they were heavily guarded and they were afraid of the power of firearms that no one intruded.
"The public security situation in Qiongshan County is not good." Lin Qiaoguang also came to the temporary dock. He came to see Dan Daoqian and his road construction team. Qionghai Coal came to Haikou for the second time and brought a large number of wooden rails, spikes, gravel and road construction teams. Four more transport boats were added.
The mining point is about 3 kilometers away from the dock on the riverside. This is a mountainous area and the transportation is not very convenient. In order to facilitate mining and transportation, a fortress must be built at the mining point and on the Nandu River, and then use rails to connect the two places. connection between.
Although laying almost an old kilometer of track is a huge investment, if it is not laid, the transportation efficiency will be disastrous whether it is human or animal transportation.
From the mining site to the riverside dock, it is basically a flat surface, and the construction is very difficult and has a slope of more than ten degrees. The heavy-loaded mine cart can slide to the riverside by itself by gravity. This alone saves a lot of effort. Otherwise, coal mines would have to work hard to raise large numbers of cattle.
"There won't be bandits here, right?" Shan Daoqian was a little timid. He always organizes construction in peaceful places, but this is the first time he has to build roads in a place where people are ready to chop and kill at any time.
"There must be some, and there will be no less." Lin Qiaoguang warned him, "This is a mountainous area, and the authority of the Ming government is useless."
"As soon as I came out of Lingao, I felt that the genius of the liberated areas was bright." Shan Daoqian said.
"Actually, the bandits are okay. With the protective gear team, I don't believe the bandits can beat the Mini rifles. The key is to guard against the local mountain people."
"That's right." Shan Daoqian himself has participated in railway projects. Wherever there is a railway project, theft will flourish. Theft, robbery, and extortion of project units are very common in road construction companies. The dictatorship of the proletariat in the 19th century cannot be eradicated, let alone the Ming Dynasty that has violated discipline.
"That's why this time I proposed to continue to use iron-clad wooden rails here. There is no need to lay this thing with forged rails, and we have to seduce a group of demolition teams. It is too late to build the road."
Lingao has begun to use wrought iron rails. Wooden rails are much worse than railway rails in terms of load-bearing capacity and durability, but they can minimize theft of rails. In Lingao, the punishment for stealing public property is severe. Six months in the labor camp is enough to make someone unforgettable.
"It's indeed troublesome. If you really kill someone, it won't be easy for us to deal with the other party if they go to the government." Lin Qiaoguang said.
The police here in Qiongshan County have no law enforcement power and cannot abuse force. Even with the Hai family as a protective umbrella, it would be difficult to deal with this kind of irresponsible behavior. "Fortunately, I don't have to take care of things here." Shan Daoqian looked at Lin Guangguang with some sympathy, "You're going to have a hard time."
Lin Yiguang remained silent as he was thinking about this issue.
The executive committee put a lot of thought into selecting the director of the Jiazi Coal Mine. This person must know some mining technology, be good at blasting, and must have military skills to command his men to fight against hostilities that may be encountered at any time. This person should not be too young to avoid being impatient and impulsive in doing things.
In the end, Tang Menglong chose the service of the remote investigation team. This man was over thirty and could be called an honest man in terms of age. I am from a dry mining background, my major is barely the same, and I have been working in the field for a long time. I am able to endure hardships and stand good health. And he also knows some martial arts, so he is a more suitable candidate.
However, this assignment was extremely difficult. Although the long-distance reconnaissance team is difficult, they can always come back to Lingao to take a breath and enjoy modern life. This is not the same thing as being assigned alone to the Orange Zone - according to the definition of the crossing group, that is, the more dangerous area in the enemy-occupied area, second only to the Red Zone where hostilities may occur at any time. Far away from the base and partners, commanding hundreds of small natives to mine coal in an uninhabited mountainous area, with almost no modern enjoyment, this mental strength alone must be very impressive.
Tang Menglong expressed his willingness to accept this dispatch, but he requested that he must be given batteries and charging equipment, otherwise it would be too boring.
"No problem, that's what it should be." Xiao Zishan nodded repeatedly, "In addition, we will arrange a life secretary for you."
"Life secretary?!" Tang Menglong has been talking about the life secretary thing for more than half a year. Except for a few people who were assigned secretaries because of their work and then shamelessly accepted them, no one has ever benefited from this benefit. It seems that the executive committee really spares no expense in this coal mine. This is interesting enough. ! ~!
