1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 61 A Difficult Beginning ([-])

"The pier should be built here. The water depth is sufficient. However, we need to organize people to dig a little deeper in the future. When the fully loaded ship comes, it will definitely run aground. There is a hill on the right. You can build a lighthouse, um, or add a fort to prevent the enemy from attacking. " Qi Tian stood on a high ground by the bank, using a simple notebook to write and draw with a quill pen, and Gou Zi followed behind with a few white papers.

"As for the living quarters, the current priority is to build simple wooden houses, as well as canteens, public toilets, and bathhouses. In addition, several large warehouses must be built, and so many materials must be properly stored. By the way, it is best to dig a few more Build a well or build a reservoir. Or, simply set up a hidden pipe for the stream over there to bring it in."

"Here, here, and here, lookout posts should be built, and a wooden fence should be built around the entire area. Although the aborigines here are less threatening, but in case, some people who don't think long come to attack us, then But it's a bit embarrassing! Uh, Gouzi, what are you doing?... What are you looking at?"

Qi Tian followed Gou Zi's eyes and saw Zhou Yingping was following Cao Xiong not far from the shore, talking excitedly.

Qi Tian smiled, the shopkeeper Zhou was dragged by them all the way, from Sulu to Boni, and from Boni to here via Batavia, it took nearly a month.At this point, he must be in a hurry to leave.Last night, Cao Xiong gave him 1 taels of silver as a thank you for bringing a large amount of supplies here, which made shopkeeper Zhou very happy.

And our shopkeeper Zhou, who has more than 3 taels of silver and boni property on his body, probably wants to leave early, and can't wait to go to Batavia to trade.Therefore, I want to persuade Cao Xiong to let him unload the supplies on the ship earlier.However, there is nothing in the camp now, and it is impossible to unload at all.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, give me another ten days. When the time comes, the supplies on your ship will definitely be unloaded." Qi Tian walked over and said to Zhou Yingping.

Qi Tian had already arranged for nearly a hundred people to cut down the trees. After the trees were cut down, the branches were simply removed and made into logs.On the leveled ground, logs are directly driven into large wooden houses, and the ground inside is covered with a layer of thinner branches and wooden sticks.The outer and upper layers of the wooden house are covered with thick turf, so that a simple wooden warehouse can be built in the shortest time.

Of course, all the wooden houses are temporary, because Australia, oh no, the northern summer of Hanzhou (also the rainy season) is from December of this year to February of the next year.By that time, though, it should be possible to switch to masonry.

Zhou Yingping heard the ten-day period promised by Qi Tian, ​​and wanted to fight for it again, whether he could leave early.But when Qi Tian finished speaking, he immediately pulled the dog and ran towards the south side of the camp.

More than 400 meters south of the camp, there is a hill with limestone as the rock mass.In the morning, Qi Tian strolled here with his third brother and Gou Zi, looked around casually, and found that it was actually limestone.I got excited at that time.

With limestone, cement can be fired by local method.This so-called "artificial pozzolan cement" is more resistant to corrosion than ordinary Portland cement. After being mixed with slaked lime, it can harden in air and water, which is especially suitable for wet or underground environments.

Perhaps it was due to the outburst of character. At noon, a former Luzon Ming immigrant, who used to be a mason, said he found a piece of clay land that could be used to make bricks.

With the cement, the bricks, and the basic materials for building a house, everything is ready now.Excited, Qi Tian immediately consulted with Cao Xiong on the deployment of manpower, trying to build the brick kiln and lime kiln first.

Just do it, Qi Tian and the Ming mason led a group of more than [-] people to build a clay kiln near the clay land, and evenly distributed the collected firewood around and up and down the clay kiln. Finally, the firewood is ignited and allowed to harden continuously.

Several other people started playing with mud.After taking back the clay, carefully remove the sundries inside, and then grind the mature soil.After the mellow soil is mixed with water, it is molded in a simple wooden mold, and then piled together.Considering that the bricks should not be exposed to rain or water, Qi Tian organized several people to build a shed.These adobes are slightly dried and hardened, and placed in the shed.It is best to cover some thatch and rain cloth on it, just in case.Each adobe is ventilated at a certain distance, so that the moisture in the adobe is more easily balanced.Before the bricks are fired, they must be completely dried in the shade, which takes another five or six days.

At this moment, Qi Tian misses the brick making machines and brick wheel kilns of the later generations very much. How can the efficiency be comparable to such primitive crafts.

"Fall! Fall!" With a loud shout, a tall eucalyptus fell to one side with a clatter.

"Da Lang, great job!" Luo Rucheng praised from the side.

Chen Dalang held the ax in one hand, and with the help of his waist, the speed of cutting trees was not much slower than that of his companions.He put down the ax and wiped the sweat from his brow with his left hand.

"The admiral on the boat has been raised for so many days, but he is a bit weak!" Chen Dalang smiled.

"Da Lang, why don't you rest for a while. The two of us cut down much more trees than those barbarians!" Luo Rucheng looked at the former Santa Cruz sailors not far away, curled his lips and said disdainfully .Those Spanish sailors, after cutting down a tree, sat down and rested for a long time.If Qi Tian hadn't set a quota for everyone, they would probably be able to rest in this forest for a day.

"They can't be lazy!" Chen Dalang also looked at the Spanish sailors over there, "At night, Xiao Tian counted the number of trees cut by all of us, and appointed them to increase the amount!"

"Hey, these barbarians can't last long by stealing, raping and playing tricks." Luo Rucheng sneered, "Hey, Dalang, don't tell me, everyone was in a mess after landing yesterday. This morning, after Xiaotian's arrangement, the whole The camp seems to be in order!"

"...We all underestimated this baby Qi Tian before!" Chen Dalang picked up the ax with his left hand, "Sometimes, those who have read books are capable?... Heh!" As he spoke, he yelled and struck the ax with his axe. The bottom of a eucalyptus tree.

Ding Yongchang led a group of old and young women and children, and set fire to four weeds and shrubs in a flat and sparsely forested area on the east side of the camp. They were burning wasteland and clearing the fields for the future.

Ding Yongchang squatted in the burnt field, grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it carefully.He shook his head. The soil was obviously not as fertile and sticky as that in Luzon. I am afraid that if he planted crops, the harvest would not be too much.However, there is quite a lot of water. I wonder if it is possible to grow rice?
"Father! Father!" came the voice of his son Ding Chuangen from behind.

"Why did you come here?" Ding Yongchang saw Ding Chuangen leading a group of half-grown children running over happily, "Didn't you follow that little leader to do things?"

"Father, Qi Tian asked us to come here." Ding Chuangen said, "He asked me to tell you that the weeds and shrubs on the ground should not be burned, but should be kept."

"What are you staying for?"

"Look for firewood." Ding Chuangen said, "Qi Tian said that a brick kiln will be fired in a few days, and a lot of firewood may be needed. So, we all came to help collect firewood."

"Oh, yes. In the future, firewood will be needed for cooking." Ding Yongchang looked at the forest in the distance, and sighed, "Oh, I don't know if this place can fill my stomach."

"Second brother, have the foundations of your toilet, cafeteria, warehouse, and residential buildings been leveled?"

In the afterglow of the evening sun, a group of "project leaders" sat on a small slope and began to check the progress of the project.

"Toilet, the foundation of the warehouse has been leveled. There are still some tree roots that have not been cleared in the warehouse." Qi Dajiang opened his mouth to report to his fourth brother.

"No. The warehouse must be cleaned up today. Tomorrow, the warehouse must be built first, so there should be no delay." Qi Tian looked at his second brother seriously, "If there is a shortage of people or tools, you have to tell in advance."

"...Then I will light a torch tonight and try to clean up that area," Qi Dajiang was a little embarrassed,

"Uncle Kun, how many logs have you sorted?"

"I've sorted out 260 trees, huh...there's still [-] trees left." Yu Fukun rubbed his chin and said, "...I'm short of people here!"

"How many people do you think are needed to complete the task?" Because he was an elder, Qi Tian asked impatiently.

"You have to give me at least five more?"

"Okay, tomorrow I will deploy five more people to you."

"Brother Luo, how many trees have you cut down today?" Qi Tian turned to look at Luo Rucheng.

"We have cut down 340 trees and completed more tasks." Luo Rucheng said proudly, "I think you can add more tasks to everyone, otherwise, some barbarians will be lazy." He looked at Gottwalt, the second officer of the original Spanish Santa Cruz sitting in front of him.

Gottwalt didn't understand what Luo Rucheng said, seeing him looking over with unkind eyes, he laughed twice.

"Okay, tomorrow each of you has a quota of 390 trees, a total of [-] trees."

"I took a look here, and the field has been cleared, and there are about forty or fifty acres of land." Hu Wenjin took the initiative to say, "The old man Ding said that the soil quality is not very fertile. It is estimated that the crops are planted, and the harvest is not very good. In the future, we will Collect more fertilizer."

Qi Tian shook his head, how useful would such people be with artificial fertilizers.

"Then tomorrow, the toilets and warehouses will be constructed together. If you can accumulate some fertilizer, you will accumulate some fertilizer. If you can't cover the farmland, the vegetable field can always be improved."

(End of this chapter)