Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 158 Construction Department

It was already dusk when Lin Hai and Zhu Niang came out of Wanhua Yixue. The setting sun reflected the earth. The bamboo city where the Yixue was located was surrounded by a sea of ​​green, and there were lush wild trees and vines as far as the eye could see.

In this sea of ​​green, you can vaguely see several streaks of earthy color extending outward. Those are the roads leading from Yixue to other bamboo cities. They are still full of potholes, but there are no vegetation blocking the way.

But this is much better than it was more than a month ago. When Lin Hai brought Zhu Niang to Wanhua for the first time, the place was still full of grass and wild flowers. Although walking there was interesting, the walking efficiency was not flattering. .

After a period of trampling by people coming and going, some roads have naturally formed here, but they are still not very smooth, and it is basically impossible for vehicles to pass through.

At present, Wanhua's material transportation is mainly water transportation, supplemented by land transportation. Every village has a bamboo city, all built on the waterside.

The construction of these bamboo cities started two and a half months ago. At that time, Lin Hai heard in Xiamen that the Spanish had arrived in Keelung and hurried to Tamsui.

After learning that Wulang had conquered more than 20 villages of the Leilang people, Lin Hai made a special trip to the Taipei Basin and asked Lun Yi and Yuan Jin to take slave workers to build a bamboo city here.

There are still wooden houses on stilts in the Bamboo City. It is easier to transport the wood cut along the river, and living near the water is also conducive to early agricultural development.

Lin Hai explained at that time that each bamboo city must be at least two to three miles apart. This was not only to avoid widespread malaria infection, but also to facilitate farmers to spread out and open up wasteland.

But as a result, material transportation has become a big problem. Although there are many rivers in Wanhua, most of the routes can only be passed by canoes. In addition, the waterways are twists and turns, and there are smooth roads. It can be divided into current and countercurrent, and the transportation efficiency is very low.

"Are we going to set up a new department again?" Zhu Niang and Lin Hai walked side by side on the way back. She felt a little headache. At the moment, just the two issues of immigration and land reclamation were already worrying her.

"What? Aren't you happy?" Lin Hai smiled and said to Zhu Niang, "Are you too tired these days?"

"Who said that? I have endless energy all over my body." Zhu Niang was indeed very tired these days, but she never gave up. , I’ve never seen you have a free day.”

"I have such a hard life, there is nothing I can do." Lin Hai smiled bitterly and continued, "When will you be able to take charge of civil affairs independently, I can sit at home and eat soft food every day."

"Don't try to coax me with your words. I don't know you yet. By then you will be busy with other things." Zhu Niang said with a faint sigh, "I also want to pick up the burden for you as soon as possible. , but I’m afraid that when that day comes, my husband and I will spend less time together and more time apart.”

"Don't worry about it. With these two actions, it's still too early for me to let go." Lin Hai was exposed by Zhu Niang and quickly changed the subject, "Guess what department I want to set up?"

"Industrial department." Zhu Niang replied without thinking. She learned a lot of new vocabulary after following Lin Hai.

"How do you know?" Lin Hai was surprised when he heard this.

"Humph, why can't I know? Let's see if you dare to look down on others in the future." Seeing that she was right, Zhu Niang suddenly became proud. "I understand, you see that I have been recruiting craftsmen from Haitan recently." Lin Hai quickly figured out the reason. A few days ago, he asked Zheng Tingqiu to send a message to Shan Sinan, and asked the latter to take the call. In the recruitment of immigrants, priority should be given to craftsmen of all kinds such as blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, and stonemasons.

"However, the word industry is not accurate. Engineering should also be added, and engineering should be ranked first before industry." Lin Hai continued, "The busy farming season is about to pass, and we should adjust the focus of our next work. ."

So far, Lin Hai has recruited almost all farmers from Haitan, in order to plant as much late rice as possible.But next year's early rice will have to wait more than half a year to be sown, and this time can be used to do some handicrafts and infrastructure.

Of course, farmers still need to be recruited continuously. It takes time to open up wasteland. Next year's spring plowing cannot be as hasty as this year.

"Project? Are you talking about road construction? Wanhua's roads really need to be repaired." Zhu Niang is also very worried about the current situation of material transportation.

"Not only road construction, but also water conservancy. To develop irrigated agriculture, water conservancy projects are indispensable. Dongpan's foundation in this area is really poor. Those natives only know how to cultivate slash and burn farming..."

The so-called slash-and-burn farming, that is, migration agriculture, does not plow the land or apply fertilizer, and only relies on burning grass and trees as fertilizer. One field needs to be replaced every year. The agricultural output per unit of land is extremely low.

Corresponding to this is intensive agriculture, which has high requirements for water conservancy, fertilizers, and farming tools. Although there are many rivers and streams in the Taipei Basin, they cannot cover all the fields that can be cultivated, not to mention the need for drainage during the rainy season.

Of course, with the manpower Lin Hai currently has, it is impossible to build a large-scale water conservancy project like Dujiangyan, but this does not mean that he can do nothing. After all, even the ancestors of Liangzhu 5000 years ago built amazing water conservancy projects. system.

Lin Hai didn't understand this aspect either. How to do it was just a blind eye.However, Daming has a lot of talents in this area, and it is still easy to find people with experience in water conservancy project design.

"It sounds a bit complicated..." Zhu Niang felt like her head was as big as a bucket after listening to what Lin Hai said. In fact, she was even stranger to agriculture than Lin Hai. She had learned more agricultural knowledge in this month than in the past 20 years. After all, she My family has not been engaged in farming for generations.

While talking, the two came to a bamboo city. This bamboo city was about the same size as Guandu City. There was a wooden sign hanging at the door with the words "Tsui Civil Affairs Council Temporary Office" written on it. Lin Hai and Zhu Niang's family I currently live here.

"It's okay. We'll talk more about it tomorrow when Lun First comes. Let's go home for dinner first." Lin Hai said and continued to walk forward. The soldiers of the Security Department who were guarding in front of the door saw the person clearly and quickly opened the city gate. .

Zhu Niang followed Lin Hai into Zhucheng. The first thing she saw after entering was the Security Department Office. If Wanhua Yixue was not included, this was the only subordinate department of the Tamsui Civil Affairs Bureau.

"What's the name of the new department?" Zhu Niang asked Lin Haidao.

Lin Hai was also very busy these days, and then he remembered that he had forgotten to give the soon-to-be-established department a name.

He pondered for a moment, then turned to Zhu Niang and said, "Let's call him Construction Department."

　Thanks to the flying little pig for the reward of 1000 taels!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)