Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Although Zhao Xin came to Jinmen Town to preside over the negotiations, he also brought Lu Qi a lot of good things.When the two finished their conversation on the balcony, they took advantage of the darkness and came to the door of a large warehouse in the fortress while no one was paying attention.

This warehouse is the largest one in the fortress, and it is also the most time-consuming one during construction. It took half a year to complete.

The entire warehouse has a construction area of ​​9 square meters, a net height of 40 meters, a total length of 10 meters, and a span of 235 meters; the main structure and purlins are all made of Q6 alloy steel, and the walls are made of [-] cm thick metal profiled plates. The ones are color steel plates.The most critical thing is that the entire foundation is poured with reinforced concrete, which is up to two meters deep.

No way, the entire west coast of North America is on an earthquake belt, and there is a major earthquake every few decades on average.

The first recorded California earthquake in another time and space began in 1812, with an intensity of 7.5 on the Richter scale. At that time, the adobe houses built by the Spanish could not stand it at all, and almost all collapsed.The earthquake in 1857 was even more fatal. The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated to exceed 7.9. Thanks to the sparse population of California at that time, the number of deaths was very small.

However, this is not the case in this time and space. For the sake of the gold in Coloma and the development of the Central Valley, Beihai Town will carry out large-scale immigration here. At least 3 people will be transported here in three years, and it will exceed 20 people in the next ten years. .How to resist the earthquake has become an insurmountable threshold for Zhao Xin and others.

Speaking of this, some people may say that Japan's log house buildings are earthquake-resistant and can be introduced on a large scale.But in fact, the earthquake resistance of Japanese buildings is based on modern technology, and early wooden buildings are not good; for example, all the real old wooden houses in Tokyo were destroyed in the 1923 earthquake.The modern house looks like an old-fashioned wooden building on the surface, but new materials are used in both the foundation and the frame, and there are strict requirements on the design.

Lu Qi asked his two guards to stand guard outside the warehouse gate, and no one was allowed to enter without his order.After that, he opened the heavy-duty U-shaped lock on the door with the key he carried with him, and walked in with Zhao Xin.

There were no lights in the warehouse, but both of them were holding large flashlights with strong light, and when they were turned on, they were immediately illuminated like daylight.Lu Qi led Zhao Xin to a reserved space, pointed his flashlight at the white line drawn on the ground and said, "Here, the space has been reserved."

Zhao Xin nodded, and then asked Lu Qi to stand further back.In the eighteen years since Lu Qi came to the eighteenth century, this was the first time he had seen Zhao Xin "casting a spell"; before, he had either been taken away in a coma, or like others, he had sat in a cabin converted from a container, put on an oxygen mask, and watched. When the iron door is closed, when it is opened again, time and space have been transformed.

Suddenly, Zhao Xin didn't see any tricks or spells, Lu Qi only saw him stretch his right hand forward, and then saw a ripple flashing out of nowhere in front of him, that is, in the blink of an eye, two brand new cars The grass-green truck appeared in front of him.

These are two flat-head diesel off-road trucks. The engine uses a water-cooled in-line six-cylinder four-stroke supercharged diesel engine with a power of 140, a displacement of 5.88, a cargo box length of 4 meters, and a maximum full load capacity of 10 tons in the field.

"It's amazing!" Lu Qi exclaimed.Then he asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

Zhao Xin knew what he was asking, and after thinking about it, he explained: "How should I say it? As long as I concentrate on thinking, there will be a space for storing things in my mind, and then I will focus on the items to be taken out. OK."

"It's that simple?"

"It can be said to be simple, and it can be said to be complex. In the beginning, as soon as I think about it, everything will come out. You don't know, it makes me so busy."

"Hehe." Lu Qi paused for a moment, and asked again: "Is there a time when you can't put it in or take it out?"

Zhao Xin smiled slightly and shook his head: "It would be troublesome if there were."

Everyone has their own secrets, Zhao Xin has it, and Lu Qi has it too.At this moment, he felt that Zhao Xin was able to reveal his secrets in front of his face, and the relationship between the two of them had gotten a lot closer, and the little quarrel during the conversation just now was nothing.

At this time, he heard Zhao Xin say again: "I brought five trucks here this time, two of them are here, and the other three will go to the Lushui Plain in a few days and stay there. In addition, the 'Thor' will come next time When the time comes, there will be a five-person auto repair team, and you can pick a few people to follow them as apprentices."

"Okay, okay! It will be much more convenient to transfer supplies between the various bases in the future." Lu Qi nodded hurriedly.

"Where's the barrel?"

"This way, this way."

"Where is the cement?"

"There. Damn! Why do you still bring so many fruits?"

"I was afraid that you would be short of vitamins, so I bought it specially."

"Thank you! I don't have a cold storage here. I have to let the logistics distribute it tomorrow. To be honest, I haven't eaten fruit for two months. Every day it's either radish or bean sprouts."

The two were busy in the warehouse for more than an hour, and they didn't come out until after ten o'clock in the evening.Lu Qi, who walked out of the warehouse gate, was full of excitement, just like a poor peasant who just beat up a local tyrant and divided up his rich land. All the unpleasant feelings in his heart of being ordered to do this and that all disappeared.This time, Zhao Xin asked him to go to Mexico City, so he assembled the team immediately without saying a word.

"Small guy, you still play with me." Zhao Xin couldn't help snickering when he saw Lu Qi happy like a two hundred and five.

He plans to free up time in two days and take Lu Qi back to San Francisco in another time and space to solve the problem of physiological needs.What I didn’t say is that as long as you work hard, you will be able to get all the benefits you deserve.

Back at his residence, Lu Qi came to Zhao Xin's side, diligently handed him a cigarette, and helped light the fire.Then he said with a smile: "Boss Zhao, I heard that the 105 howitzer at the arsenal has been officially put into production? Can you support the two brothers?"

Zhao Xin smiled and scolded: "Look in the mirror, your face is just like the national army in the movie."

The two talked and laughed for a while, and both were tired, so they washed and rested separately.Lu Qi arranged for Zhao Xin to sleep in his own bedroom, and took a new set of bedding and pillows, and he himself moved the bedding to the guard room, where there was a single bed.As for the two guards on duty, they could only lay the floor in the living room.

At 05:30 the next morning, Zhao Xin was woken up by the wake-up call outside.He was stunned for a while, and then he realized that he was not in Beihai Town.Although the injury on his foot has not healed yet and he cannot run, he still decided to get up.

He has rarely slept in these years. He sleeps for as many as five or six hours a day and as little as three or four hours a day.As long as I have the conditions, I will definitely run two or three kilometers in the morning.Now he is nearly forty years old, and he has five women. He is not strong enough to cope with it.

To say that the only inconvenience of being away from home is not being able to drink the ginseng soup cooked by A Miao himself.

After washing up, Zhao Xin hesitated and put the fake beard on his face again.Afterwards, I went downstairs to make myself a cup of ginseng tea, then took it to the balcony, where I stood in front of the fence and looked into the distance.

The air in Kinmen Town in the early morning is extremely good.Because of the altitude, the sea cannot be seen, but there is a layer of mist floating on the top of Mount San Bruno in the south, and the lonely mountain one kilometer away is also clearly visible.The sun has jumped out of the mountains in the east, and the sun feels very comfortable on the body.At this time, the front of the three-story barracks building on the west was already a hot scene. After more than 1000 officers and soldiers of the Overseas Corps completed their assembly, they immediately began to run circles on the playground in companies and platoons.

In a temporary camp on the south side of the fort, more than 200 Indian tribal militiamen also started morning training under the urging of officers' whistles.Different from running laps on the playground of regular troops, they had to run back and forth between the camp and Mount San Bruno every morning.

Speaking of which, this physical exertion is nothing to the Indians who travel over mountains and ridges all day long; the problem is that these guys have no sense of discipline, so the officer in charge of training requires them to run in groups of ten. Who wants to If you dare to leave the team and run around, the entire ten-person team will be punished and you will not be able to eat breakfast.

The Indians who did push-ups were not afraid, but they couldn't bear not being allowed to eat breakfast.The fragrant rice porridge and snow-white steamed buns made it difficult for the militiamen to escape the temptation of delicious food.

According to the requirements of the latest version of the "Northern Navy Training Outline", the morning training subjects of all regular troops are a 3000-meter run, followed by equipment training, and breakfast can be eaten only after completion.This standard was changed three years ago. Previously it was 2000 meters.

Don't think it's too low, you have to know that the physical fitness of people in the eighteenth century can't compare with people in another time and space, even if they come out of the mother's womb.Even the strongest group of Sauron soldiers in the Manchu Qing army, although they were all alive and well when they were young, they would suffer from various diseases after fifty.

Now in the entire Beihai Navy, that is to say, the training standards of the Special War Battalion are completely the same as those of later generations, but their food standards are also the highest.

When there is no work at home, there are meat, eggs and vegetables for every meal, and fresh vegetables are available even in the winter and the twelfth lunar month. In addition, multivitamin tablets, Shengmaiyin, royal jelly capsules, etc. must be taken every day.And when they went on missions, all the rations they brought were Da Mao’s field rations that Zhao Xin purchased separately from another time and space, with calories as high as [-] calories; Zhao Xin couldn’t eat this stuff, it was too greasy, but The Sauron soldiers living in Xing'an Mountains liked it very much.

While Zhao Xin was leisurely drinking tea, looking at the scenery and thinking about things, He Xiyang, who was running in the team, accidentally noticed him.Although the two of them were more than 200 meters apart, Zhao Xin's big head was too conspicuous.Besides, He Xiyang was in the navy class of the military academy before. People with poor eyesight cannot be in the navy.

The boy's first reaction was the man he met in Gushan yesterday afternoon, but he thought about it, how could it be possible, how could the engineering team go to Chief Lu's place?
After the 3000-meter run, He Xiyang was going to take a closer look, when he saw the man on the balcony turn around and enter the house.In desperation, he had no choice but to give up the idea, and followed the others to start sit-ups again.One hundred sit-ups, one hundred push-ups, if you can't finish it, you can't have breakfast if you don't meet the standard.

The reason why Zhao Xin went back to the house was because Lu Qi also got up.This guy went to the second floor to wash up, changed into training clothes, told Zhao Xin that the guards would come back after breakfast, and then quickly went downstairs and went straight to the training ground.

Like the other time-travelers in charge, Lu Qi has practiced every day since he came to Jinmen.Otherwise, if you have poor physical fitness, you will not be able to escape if you encounter danger.What's more, Zhao Xin told him last night that he would take him to San Francisco in another time and space to have a good time in a few days. Lu Qi was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night.When he thinks of the big ocean horse and this P, that P, etc., endless power surges in his heart, he must practice hard!

Well, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.In this day and age, it is impossible to want to hold power and be an uncle. Even the rich and powerful of the Manchu Dynasty who eat and wait to die have to get up in the middle of the night every day to line up for court, or go to wait outside the gate of Yuanmingyuan. I can't go home until noon.

After breakfast, Lu Qi took Zhao Xin to the fort in the north.It is located at the narrowest point at the entrance of the Golden Gate Strait, on a 20-meter-high hillside, with a straight cliff below.

When the Spaniards were there before, because there were neither tall trees nor stones in the local area, all the forts were built with adobe, and six 12-pound guns were deployed.So when Lu Qi and the others came, as soon as the three 75mm guns erected on the deck of the Thor fired, the turret quickly fell silent.

After occupying Jinmen, Lu Qi asked his men to remove all the adobe walls of the fort, and several 12-pound guns were also sealed and put into the warehouse.Afterwards, the engineering team used more than 300 kilograms of ammonium nitrate explosives to blast the original 27-meter-high hill, lowering the height by seven meters, and finally cleared a flat land the size of two basketball courts.

Due to the lack of reinforced concrete, the new fort is also temporary in nature. It is surrounded by a 1.2-meter-high "foldable explosion-proof wall", four 75mm field guns are deployed, and the top is covered with a camouflage net.On a small hill 200 meters south of the fort, there is a watchtower built with steel pipe scaffolding. It is more than five meters high and is manned 24 hours a day. In addition to observing the sea, it also prevents outsiders from approaching. Once there is a situation, it will ring the bell as a reminder. .

Zhao Xin turned the fort inside and out, and after reading it, he said to Lu Qi: "The place is still too cramped, and the ammunition depot is too close to the gun position. It is not a long-term solution for soldiers to sleep in tents. Also, it needs to be built." A lighthouse.”

Don't underestimate a lighthouse, it not only guides the navigation of ships, but also is an important symbol of the oath of sovereignty.

Lu Qi explained: "Isn't there not enough people and supplies before? With the things you sent this time, everything is easy to handle. In fact, according to my idea, just flatten the mountain at the foot, and then build a granite seawall by the sea. In this way, at least more than 1 square meters of open space can be leveled out, and there will be forts, barracks, and gunpowder depots."

"It's not enough to just pave the embankment with stones, you have to drill holes and bury piles, otherwise there will be a big earthquake, and it will all be in vain." After thinking about it, Zhao Xin said: "This is a big project, so there is no rush. When I find time, I will first clear the surrounding environment Take a video, go back and find someone to come up with a set of blueprints, and the next trip will be too late. Let’s celebrate the New Year, I will come again during the New Year, and bring some New Year’s goods by the way.”

Lu Qi was overjoyed and said, "That's great!"

It is said that engineering design is the soul of construction, and it is pure nonsense to dare to construct without design.The civil engineering design of Beihai Town in recent years is mainly divided into three situations.

The first is traditional Chinese architecture.Just use the craftsmen of this time and space. Generally, the people who can do this kind of work are carpenters. The design skills are passed down from family. The level of layout and decoration design of the building group is very mature.Small courtyards can be started directly, while large courtyards will have a set of hot stamping samples produced before the start of construction, focusing on the appearance of the building, the spatial structure, and the layout of the courtyard and small-scale groups; the details include the exterior eaves paintings, interior decorations, etc. Eaves decoration and interior furnishings.

The second is the industrial plant.These are generally a complete set of drawings bought in another time and space, many of which are from the 90s, and they are drawn back as they are; there are brick structures, steel frame structures, and concrete structures.

Finally, it is individually designed according to the needs of the terrain.Even if some large buildings have ready-made drawings, they can face different geological conditions and need to be redesigned.For example, most of the buildings of the thermal power plant and steel factory in Beihai Town refer to the ready-made drawings, but before doing the basic construction, Zhao Xin still needs to take the drawings and find a few professionals to help check them in another time and space.After all, the entire Outer Northeast is an alpine region with large temperature fluctuations in winter and summer, and many construction standards and specifications are different from those in temperate regions.

The same is true here in Kinmen Town. Because it is located in the Pacific Rim earthquake zone, if it is a masonry or reinforced concrete building, both the foundation and the building structure must be reinforced.

Before leaving the fort, Zhao Xin pointed to a small island in the northeast and asked Lu Qi, "What do you think about that island?"

Lu Qi looked up and said with a smile: "You mean Alcatraz Island, right? I passed by by boat before and wanted to go up there to have a look, but that guy in vain refused to let us land on the island, saying that there were evil spirits on the island. They usually... I don’t dare to go. What? You also want to build a prison up there?”

Zhao Xin suddenly realized that the name "Alcatraz" originated from the Indians.He shook his head and said, "I don't have the leisure time of Americans."

"Clang~~! Clang~~!."

Before he finished speaking, a rapid bell rang suddenly from the watchtower.Zhao Xin and Lu Qi looked at each other, and then quickly came to the observation post of the fort.

They took the binoculars from the guards behind them, looked towards the sea under the signal of the artillery platoon leader, and saw two three-masted sailing ships slowly approaching the entrance of the strait on the northwest sea.On the flagpole at the bow of the ship, a huge red and yellow two-color flag flutters; in the middle left of the flag, the crown representing the royal power, the castle and the lion representing the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Leon are clearly distinguishable .

The Spaniards have arrived!

Castilian is today's Spanish. Before the reforms of Philip V in the early 18th century, Castilian, Catalan and Valencian were the official languages ​​of Spain.