1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 21 Meeting ([-])

The time after dinner is a routine meeting every day. The heads of various departments and construction projects must attend this meeting to make a brief summary of the work in all aspects today, and then communicate the work arrangements for the next day.As part of the project acceptance process, today's meeting will be fortunate to move into the prefab house that was just completed in the afternoon.Of course, this conference room looks relatively simple. There are three long bar-shaped tables made of folded tables, surrounded by folding stools, and the drinks provided at the meeting are also very limited, only boiled water and eagle tea.Of course, there are no restrictions on members bringing their own drinks, so there are also young literary and artistic youths who come to the meeting with Starbucks mugs to pretend to be a little bit.

As a special treatment of the Executive Committee, the photovoltaic panels on the roof and indoor lighting circuits have been laid first in this conference room. The soft light emitted by the LED ceiling lamps on the ceiling makes everyone feel an illusion of returning to the old time and space.According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Energy, photovoltaic power generation systems will be laid on the roofs of all prefab houses to meet the basic needs of people living in Base No. [-] for electricity.In the future, when Chuanzhong wants to go to other places to open mines, these prefabricated houses with convenient loading and unloading combined with photovoltaic power generation systems will also be fully utilized.

At present, the construction of No. [-] base is still the most important infrastructure project, so the first is the work summary from the Ministry of Construction. As the boss of the Ministry of Construction, this report should have been done by Tao Donglai, but because he has several jobs , and almost half of the day was busy dealing with the Ming army, so today's command work on the construction site was completed by Liu Shanxia, ​​the second-in-command of the Ministry of Construction.

Liu Shanxia is 30 years old, from Jiangxi, single, and worked as a project manager in a real estate development company under the name of Tao Donglai before crossing, also known as a contractor.Liu Shanxia joined the team at the end of last year. At the beginning of this year, he went to the prefabricated house manufacturer to receive technical training for half a month. Therefore, he was basically responsible for the on-site command and dispatch of the prefab house construction in the No. [-] base.

The dark-skinned Liu Shanxia started the summary report in Jianghuai mandarin: "... At present, the piling and reinforcement work of the temporary wharf of Shengli Port has been completed, and the construction progress of the prefab house on the No. 90 base is about [-]% completed. The roof photovoltaic power generation system and the laying of the indoor lighting lines... By the way, it is not a problem to arrange some people to stay tonight. The water treatment system of the other base No. [-] has been installed before dinner, and it is expected to be in the morning at the latest. You can start the trial run, and then Mr. Bai will no longer have to face the wrath of the Women's Federation."

Some people in the crowd let out low-pitched laughter. Many people have seen the scene of Reza scolding Baix this morning. The scene in which Baix and Gu Kai were reprimanded by the foreign girl has been widely circulated in the camp for a while. joke.If nothing else, at this moment, there should already be a considerable number of machismo defenders and feminists on the forums.

Tao Donglai coughed and said, "Don't go too far, let's get down to business. What about other work arrangements for tomorrow?"

Liu Shanxia turned over a page in his notebook: "Tomorrow, in addition to completing the installation of the prefab house, we will also start preparing for the construction of a charcoal kiln, a wood drying room, a small lime kiln and a salt drying field near the sea. It has been confirmed, but our existing building materials reserves are very limited. According to the plan, most of the small hydropower stations in the upper reaches of Tiandu River have to be reserved. I suggest mining local limestone, gypsum and clay mines as soon as possible, and start the cement production line first. In addition, the equipment for making bricks without firing has to be debugged as soon as possible before we can discuss the follow-up construction plan. Regarding the information and locations of these mines, the Ministry of Information Industry has already prepared, but our Ministry of Construction can now The manpower to be mobilized is limited, and it is impossible to start the projects I just mentioned at the same time, not to mention the manpower to open the mine, so I hope the Executive Committee can give us some preference in terms of policy, at least in terms of manpower Guarantee what we need."

"Mining requires a lot of manpower." Ning Qi, who is currently in charge of human resource allocation, replied in a low voice.

"Didn't we capture dozens of Ming army prisoners today? These are all good laborers. I applied to assign these people to the Ministry of Construction first." Liu Shanxia revealed his true purpose unabashedly.

"There are only so many people in total. You want all of them with one mouth. Are you a little suspicious of eating alone?" Others questioned this.

Liu Shanxia was obviously fully prepared for the possible situation, shook his head and retorted: "I'm not eating alone, to put it bluntly, all the projects under construction are now under the responsibility of our construction department, if I am here If there is not enough manpower to stop work, then all follow-up projects have to stop and wait. Comrades, time is money! The earlier the labor was allocated to me, everyone would be able to live in the apartment and take a hot shower earlier, wouldn’t that be true? okay?"

When it comes to a topic that is at stake for everyone, the attendees lose their motivation to argue.It is not the hot and humid climate or the heavy physical labor that is most difficult to adapt to after the time-traversers come to this time and space, but the simple living conditions.In the eyes of most people, without a cabin of their own, it seems that they cannot find enough sense of security and belonging.If you want to be allocated to welfare housing as soon as possible, you must bypass the Ministry of Construction, so supporting the work of the Ministry of Construction seems to be the only option.But only most, but not all, think this way. For example, the Ministry of Shipping does not agree with this manpower allocation plan.

"I don't agree to hand over all the Ming troops captured today to the Ministry of Construction!" Sun Changmi raised his hand to show his attitude.Although Yue Zhiyun, who was sitting next to him, didn't speak, his calm expression showed that his views were the same as Sun Changmi's - which also represented the attitude of the Ministry of Shipping.

"Yue Zhiyun and I just went to see the boat. According to the prisoners, it is called the Haicang boat. In short, we can think that it is a small lucky boat with a displacement of about [-] tons. Made of Chinese fir, the mast is made of camphor wood, the hull is waterproofed with a mixture of tung oil, oyster shell ash and hemp silk. Nails, square nails, shovel nails, flat head nails, curb nails…”

"Is it okay to say the main points?" Some people are a little impatient with the listing of these details, after all, not everyone will be interested in studying the ships of the Ming Dynasty.

"That's the point." Sun Changmi was not upset because he was interrupted, and continued: "With our current conditions, it would take six to eight months to replicate such a ship. This has to be under the premise of preparing the ship materials. Considering that we have to build a new shipyard, this time will be delayed by at least one month.”

There was a chatter in the crowd.Everyone is very clear that Sanya is not the end of the great cause, but the starting point, but to carry out the plan to expand the territory, shipping is undoubtedly an indispensable and important link.As a professional, Sun Changmi is obviously not optimistic about the foreseeable shipbuilding plan. Years to see the fleet of galloping oceans appear?

Tao Donglai and Ning Qi discussed in a low voice for a few words before asking, "Then the Ministry of Shipping thinks that among the Ming troops captured today, there are people who can be of use?"

"That's right." Sun Changmi was very satisfied that Tao Donglai could hear his own voice, nodded and said, "I have read the interrogation records, among the ten sailors, three of them have done things in the boathouse, and they have certain qualifications. Shipbuilding experience, this kind of proficiency can greatly shorten the time required for shipbuilding. In addition, this ship also needs this group of sailors to operate temporarily, until we train our own sailors, because no one of us can control the Chinese style on the ship. hard sail."

"Chinese-style sailboats are inconvenient and slow to operate. Why don't we just build Western-style sailboats? Shouldn't the speed of schooners be much faster than that of lucky boats?" Some folk experts who were half-understood in the crowd made suggestions.

"The schooner has many advantages, but we can't build it yet... To be precise, we won't be able to use it for the time being." Yue Zhiyun took the conversation: "Because we can't make sails and cables by ourselves for the time being. As for when the schooners will be available, it depends on when the Ministry of Agriculture will grow cotton, or when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will make the first deal for imported canvas.”

The members of the executive committee are very clear that in the development plan of the Ministry of Agriculture, grain and livestock are the top priority, followed by commercial crops.Hainan's climatic conditions are not ideal for cotton planting, not to say that it cannot be planted, but to plant cotton on a large scale in the mountainous Tiandu River Valley area, which is not very scientific in the opinion of the Ministry of Agriculture, so in the future During this period, a considerable part of fabrics including canvas may have to be imported from other places.However, if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for foreign affairs and commerce, wants to do import and export trade, it must rely on a fleet of a certain scale, so the topic has returned to the starting point - when will the Ministry of Shipping be able to build usable ships?

"I see it this way. The next job of the Maritime Department is to select a site for the shipyard. Lao Bai is responsible for the preparation of the wood drying room and ship materials. The ten sailors captured today can be allocated to the Maritime Department first. Sun, I know that you have prepared a lot of shipbuilding materials, and your shipping department will improve the construction plan as soon as possible according to the entity, and strive to start the construction as soon as the ship materials are in place." In the end, Tao Donglai made a plan and put the original The people who assigned it to the Ministry of Construction took out ten people out of their hands.

Then Yuan Qiuye made a report from the Ministry of Agriculture—his old man Yuan Ruoxiu was frightened in the small fishing village in the afternoon and was not in a good mood. He went to rest after dinner.According to the survey of the Ministry of Agriculture, the fishing village west of Shengli Harbor is not suitable for large-scale development of arable land. After repeated inspections and comprehensive consideration of the development situation of later generations, the Ministry of Agriculture believes that within the controllable range of the current crossing crowd, The area along the east bank of the Tiandu River is the most suitable area for agricultural use.The terrain is flat, the tree density is small, and water diversion for irrigation is very convenient.According to the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture, even if only half of the area is used to grow food in this area, it is enough to feed 4000 people.

Then came the work report of the Ministry of Energy. According to the joint team's on-the-spot investigation on the upper reaches of Tiandu River today, the Ministry of Energy gave a two-level hydropower construction plan.That is to say, a small hydropower station will be erected on the upper reaches of Tiandu River first, and a small dam will also be built in the site selected in later generations. Because the terrain is flat, the construction is less difficult, but at the same time, the water storage capacity is small, and the generator set may not be able to fully function. effect situation.Therefore, the Ministry of Energy believes that this hydropower station on the river can only install two 150KW oblique-type hydro-generators with lower power, and later build a dam next to the Songhe Reservoir next to the Housedian Monolithic Iron Mine to install generator sets. This place Because it is located on a mountain, the water source mainly comes from many mountain springs in the nearby mountains instead of Tiandu River. The water storage capacity and terrain drop are relatively large. It will be used as the main power plant for industrial production and power generation in the future. It is planned to install four 320kw mixed flow type hydroelectric generator.At the same time, the two hydropower stations, one high and the other low, are only a few hundred meters apart, so it will be much less difficult to implement grid-connected power generation in the future.

Of course, the construction of the reservoir dam is still a medium and long-term plan. The current plan is to build the small hydropower station on the Tiandu River first, and the reservoir dam on the mountain will have to wait until the local cement plant is put into operation as soon as possible. The building materials brought by the public are barely enough to build a dam on the Tiandu River, let alone build a reservoir.Sanya City in later generations has abundant water resources, and the first hydropower station on Tiandu River was regarded as a good opportunity to accumulate experience by the Joint Development Office composed of Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Construction and Ministry of Energy.However, to carry out large-scale hydraulic development in the future, I am afraid that we will have to wait until the industrial sector produces qualified bearing steel. After all, there are only a few hydroelectric generators in the materials, and sooner or later, we will have to build our own generators.

Another problem that must be solved is that the location of the hydropower station planned by the Ministry of Energy is nearly [-] miles away from the No. [-] base on the shore of Victory Port, and there is no land transportation at this distance. How to make full use of the land The transportation capacity of Duhe is not small to transport related materials and personnel.Although the corresponding plans and programs have been formulated in advance, it still makes people feel difficult when things come to an end.The heads of various departments are frowning and staring at the map hanging on the wall. Among the place names marked on it, the four names of the first hydropower station, the second hydropower station, the Tiandu iron mine and the industrial base are almost connected together. On the outside, a large circle was drawn with a red pen, clearly marked with the words - Base No. [-].

(End of this chapter)