Lu Ming

Chapter 245 Construction and Prospects

In history, after Zheng Zhilong was recruited, he continued to fight against pirates and was constantly promoted, so that he became the deputy general of South Australia five years later; after the last wave of pirates Liu Xiang was wiped out, Zheng Zhilong was promoted to the general of Fujian. .

In the plane of crossing the public, because the pirates were almost made dumplings at one time, Liu Xiang, who was the only one who became an organization and escaped, also went to Guangdong Hai, so Cao Chuan’s contribution this time is much greater than in history, let’s see now The official hats that Chongzhen will send out have come down.

Early the next morning, many memorials from Fujian official circles began to embark on the road of urgent delivery of military information.At the same time, another official document from the governor's yamen was sent from Fuzhou City to all parts of Fujian.

This official document is the long-awaited immigration plan across the board.In the official document, Xiong Wencan expressly stated that the people-friendly officials from all over the country: the victims of the severe drought can be brought together to Fuzhou or Xiamen Zhongzuo, and these people will be accepted by the guerrilla general Cao Chuan.

In history, Zheng Zhilong used this method to lure tens of thousands of immigrants to Taiwan to reclaim wasteland: "People give silver three taels, and households give a cow." In fact, when immigrants go to Taiwan, they will find that silver Yes, but there must not be many cows, so Zheng Zhilong is a big fool.

Of course the time-travelers will learn this lesson.Afterwards, in the immigrant notices posted in Fuzhou City and various places in southern Fujian, they did not promise money or cattle, but only promised job opportunities, housing and enough food.

On August 1628, 8, the 29th day after the start of the Zhangzhou Bay Pirate Annihilation War, Zhongzuosuo City in the south of Xiamen Island.

A large number of workers are busy near the pier.And a square, flat-deck monster ship is using the crane on the bow to lift the sunken ships one after another and transfer them to the shore.

This ship is the latest flat-deck engineering ship "Haidilao Type III" produced by Taijiang Shipyard.The Haidilao Type III with bulwarks was the key project of the shipyard in 1628. It not only installed a crane, but also had a diesel power system, which could cross the strait under low sea conditions at a speed of 5 knots. It took up a lot of imports. A high-end ship type for supplies.

Haidilao departed from Dayuan 3 days ago, and it took two days for the goods to arrive at Zhongzuo under the escort of a large number of ships.

At this moment in Zhangzhou Bay, the situation has quickly calmed down.Under the joint search of officers and soldiers at sea and guard soldiers on land, most of the exiled pirates entered the prisoner camp within a week. Don't think that the guard soldiers have no fighting power. The price of 3 taels of silver per person is enough to make 50 The soldiers of the guard rushed towards the 10 pirates who fled ashore with red eyes while roaring.

After Zhangzhou Bay is cleaned up, the Travelers will start construction on Xiamen Island.

In terms of geographical location, Xiamen Island, which is stuck at the mouth of Zhangzhou Bay, is more suitable for overseas trade than Yuegang.

In history, Zheng Zhilong relied on the geographical advantages of Zhongzuo Institute to vigorously develop foreign trade, and managed Xiamen as his lair and international trade port.He first monopolized the foreign trade rights in his own hands by attacking Yuegang and other pirates; then he began to sell command flags: 3000 taels of silver a side, whoever runs the sea trade will know.

This rough management method is suitable for Zheng Zhilong, not for the people who travel through.

Lao Zheng is a monopoly, and the people who travel through are all-round cast nets.For the traversing forces that have opened up the trade support points of Hangzhou-Fuzhou-Dayuan-Nagasaki, Xiamen is just one of the outlets in the big business structure, and it is far less important than Zheng Zhilong's life.

You know, in the plan of the crossing crowd, after two or three years at most, the gentlemen plan to go to Panyu to speculate in real estate, or at least grab the Portuguese land and build a casino.Therefore, Xiamen Island in this plane is just an ordinary trading port, and it is not worth fighting.

Of course, the Central Left Institute is still very important right now, and there are also necessary buildings: heavy-duty docks, warehouses, hotels, gun towers, and of course, the most important boiler room and combined power generation equipment.

With the return of the first wave of lucky boats transporting pirates to Dayuan, a large number of skilled construction workers and construction materials were also transported to Zhongzuo Institute.The wharf area, which was originally dilapidated, has now started construction work in full swing.

The first thing to be installed is a boiler system located in a simple wooden shed.

This set of boilers named "Jingsang Type I" is a three-pass horizontal atmospheric pressure fire tube boiler independently designed and built by the kiln base according to its own conditions, imitating the commonly used boiler models of later generations. The "Jingsang" series boilers have a complete range of models, ranging from 0.5 tons to 5 tons. Now they have become an indispensable spare part in the society.

The boiler that was transported to the Zhongzuo Institute is small in size, about the same as a general small box of goods, with a level of 3 tons.Due to uncertainty in the welding process and large-scale coiling process, the boilers currently produced in the kiln area are all square riveted shells.

Riveting is an industrial connection method with relatively low requirements.The kiln area uses a small amount of riveting machine + manual operation, and the effect is quite good.After all, these boilers are all atmospheric fire tube boilers, and the requirements are not so high.

Fire tube boilers are a bit LOW compared to water tube boilers.

The heating surface of the water tube boiler is composed of many small curved tubes. This kind of boiler can withstand high pressure and has high thermal efficiency. After using the superheater, economizer and preheater, the boiler efficiency can reach more than 90%.

The disadvantages of water tube boilers are complex structure, large volume, high requirements for automation control and operation level, and are only suitable for large and medium-sized factories and power plants.

With the poor industrial foundation capabilities of the traversing crowd, this thing can neither be built nor served, at least for the time being.

Therefore, fire tube boilers dominate the country.

The structure of the fire tube boiler is simple and compact, and the requirement for water quality is lower than that of the water tube boiler. It is the boiler that is most in line with the original industrial production.Although the thermal efficiency of the fire tube is low and it is sensitive to pressure, the crossover does not worry about fuel and does not require high pressure. These two defects are indifferent.

The fuel is the planks of those wrecked ships.

There were originally more than 30 wooden boats sunk by shells in Zhongzuosuo wharf area.Because these ships blocked the channel, they were immediately dragged to the shore by Haidilao to be demolished.

Then it was the turn of the shabby fishing boats.Among the nearly 700 ships of various colors seized by the crossing crowd, this kind of dilapidated fishing boat full of rats and cockroaches accounted for nearly half of the number.

The above-mentioned junk with small cargo capacity and no ability to sail will eventually be taken to burn boilers.As for the remaining more than 300 Chinese-style ships, mainly Fuzhou, Guangzhou, and Niaochuan, they will all be sold by the crossing people to invigorate the local economy—if there are small entrepreneurs who can take advantage of Fujian’s dense The water network organizes the goods needed by the crossing people, such as coal and iron materials, so this side can even "loan a ship" to him to transport the goods, and the crossing people don't even ask for interest.

For a certain force whose industrial capabilities are becoming stronger and stronger, it disdains to use these miscellaneous ships.In the eyes of the public, the "new lock ship", in which most of the parts can be replaced by standard parts in the warehouse, will be the main transportation force in the future.

Since the fuel is water-containing wood, the boiler shed with billowing black smoke is very eye-catching in the dock area.Next to the boiler shed, the brick generator room is being built.The core of this is a set of self-produced wood gas furnace + imported gas generator in the kiln area.

Motors will bring searchlights, street lights, and future lighthouse lighting to the Docklands.

A construction army of nearly 2000 people is currently fighting in the center left.

And these people were not all sent by the members of the Congregation.At least 500 of them are civilians hired by the comprador merchant group headed by Xu Xinsu in Yuegang.These people are responsible for the important task of building a commercial bank and warehouse for Xu Daba.

Since the time when Mr. Xu joined the time-traveling crowd, he first escaped from a fatal situation, then regained his position step by step, and finally gained a firm foothold. Finally, during the incident against Zheng Zhilong by the time-traveling crowd, Mr. Xu jumped up and down among them Jump and do your part.

Now that he has completed PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Diaosi's counterattack, Xu Bazong, who has completed these two major achievements, has begun to play the role of the head of the returning home team in Yuegang.

The head of the group is not only rebuilding Yuegang recently, but also purchased the land according to the design plan of the Central Left Institute presented by the cross-travelers, and is going to lead the comprador merchants to a big fight.

And the time-traveling people are naturally happy to see the results.You must know that the contestants in the Xuda comprador group are all businessmen with purchase and sales channels in southern Fujian, and they are natural regional distributors.These people can not only bring all kinds of industrial materials to the cross-travelers, but also men and women.

And the current job of Transit is very simple: just set up the Minnan Industrial Products Wholesale Corporation, and then divide them into their respective agency areas, and that's OK.After that, Xu Ba can always be promoted to the general agent in the Zhangquan area, and he will be happy to reach the pinnacle of his life.

In short, when most of the pirates that have ravaged the coast are wiped out, the entire Fujian region will soon usher in a wave of economic rebound and construction climax.And this kind of situation will gradually evolve into a deep-seated social change storm under the influence of the time-traveling forces, pushing everyone on the road of rebirth involuntarily.

The dividends of eliminating pirates are much more than that.As planned in advance, after this battle, a certain frontier force that lived in a corner officially entered the stage of disputes in the late Ming Dynasty, and made a name for itself in the Ming court.

However, given the current deteriorating predicament of the Ming court, Emperor Chongzhen would not have to "trouble" a lot of crossing people to protect the country and preserve the country for him in the future-this is exactly in the hands of some people with ulterior motives.

Unlike Zheng Zhilong, who was beaten to death in history and never left his nest, Travelers here is very happy to "give a brother a hand".

Whether it is the black soil outside the customs where slaves are rampant, or the hinterland of the Central Plains where rebels are everywhere, the people who travel through are very willing to visit these places, place their own trade lines and rumbling machines in those places, and become a place to control the situation everywhere. fulcrum.

The Ming Dynasty, on the other hand, will get its due destination at an appropriate time after the layout of the crossing forces is completed.

(End of this chapter)