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Chapter 140 The difference between humans and mules (fourth update, please subscribe)
  Sometimes, people always think about things based on their own understanding, which inevitably makes things simpler.

For example, this is the case with chain saws.

The chain saw has indeed been invented, but the problem is that the current chain saw engine is very inefficient, resulting in excessive weight, weighing forty or fifty kilograms, requiring two men to carry it. Some chain saws even need to be transported to the woods by car. inside. Naturally, such a chain saw has no application prospects.

But...fortunately, there is a system.

On the way to inspect the reclamation area, Li Yi'an deliberately visited the system mall. Although the products in the mall looked very primitive, even the telephones were primitive rotary phones, and there were many products such as black and white TVs and mechanical typewriters. .

This system mall is not powerful at all, because judging from the technical level of the products, it is almost the technical level of the [-]s and [-]s.

Despite this, Li Yian still found the chain saw he needed among these products with the technical level of the 20s and [-]s. Compared with the big guys weighing [-] to [-] kilograms, the "three-no products" provided in the mall weighed only [-] kilograms. With more than [-] kilograms, it can definitely be called lightweight.

In fact, this is exactly the change brought about by World War II. Although the war brought smoke and war to the world, it also led to a technological revolution. Among them, the invention of ultra-high-strength aluminum alloy significantly improved the mechanical properties. This material is lightweight. , easy to process, and can withstand high strength. It also promotes the development of chain saws and greatly improves engine efficiency. The two-stroke engine also accelerates the development of chain saws, making chain saws more practical.

Soon the four chain saws were sent as samples to the newly built small machinery factory, where German engineers would study them and carry out imitation production. However, production will have to wait until next year. After all, even the simplest chain saw involves engine manufacturing, metal processing, and ultra-high-strength aluminum alloy manufacturing. It is necessary to wait for several related companies to be established before they can produce such products.

The reclamation area between Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan is very large, covering millions of acres. In fact, from North Borneo to Sarawak and then to Borneo, the reclamation department’s preliminary planned reclamation area is As many as 5000 million acres, and the long-term plan is as many as 2 million acres, and these areas are basically plains that are easy to reclaim. Of course, this reclamation plan is a long-term plan that lasts 20 years. Currently, several million acres can be reclaimed every year. Mu, it’s already very good.

In order to speed up reclamation, the Reclamation Department first set 104 reclamation sites in advance, and then formulated reclamation plans and technical regulations. Reclamation planning includes forest section planning and road planning. A large square grid of 100 acres to 300 acres is used as the reclamation standard for virgin rainforest. In order to reduce the difficulty of reclamation, priority is given to plain terrain, while mountain forests are temporarily excluded from reclamation.

When patrolling the reclamation area that day, Tian Yongzhe said when he saw that it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Chief Li, it's almost four o'clock now, and the workers in the reclamation area are about to get off work. Why don't we go live nearby?"

After four o'clock in the afternoon, the work on the reclamation site will be completed immediately. Otherwise, if the sky gets a little darker, swarms of mosquitoes in the dense forest will come out to bite the workers crazily. Compared with snakes, mosquitoes are the biggest enemy. At this time, the workers We all take tool trucks, tractors or even light trains to return to the camp along the reclaimed road to end the day's work.

At the end of the day, the workers' faces, hands and feet were cut by thatch, mosquito bites made them itchy, and their trousers were soaked and torn. Behind them, there were large areas of rainforest that had been reclaimed. These fields would be used for planting. Gardens, rice fields, and light trains in the distance are transporting wood obtained from reclaiming rainforests to lumber mills, where they are processed into wooden beams and planks and transported to urban areas for urban construction.

This is the case with the reclamation of rainforests. The reclaimed land can be used as plantations and the trees can be sold. Because of this, I don’t know how many tropical countries’ capital will be immersed in this kind of low-tech investment that makes huge profits.

But for Li Nian, this is a must for the construction of Borneo. Whether it is an industrial park or a plantation, land needs to be reclaimed in the rainforest.

In the past few days, every afternoon at four o'clock, after the workers left work, Li Yian would stay at a nearby reclamation site for one night. The facilities in all the reclamation sites were basically the same - wooden shells and steel frames. Container-type movable houses - This was Li Yi'an's invention during his time in Zamboanga. Because mosquitoes and snakes would inevitably enter the tents, he thought of the container-type houses that were common on construction sites in later generations, so he designed a simple container with a wooden and iron structure. The biggest advantage of this kind of house is that it can be moved to other areas as the reclamation progresses.

In order to prevent animals such as venomous snakes from entering the house, all container houses are mounted on one-meter-high wooden stands, which are far away from insects, snakes and moisture on the ground. Even all houses are equipped with Screen doors and windows to prevent mosquito bites from spreading malaria.

After Li Yian and his party settled down, the reclamation workers returned to the camp on tractors and trucks after a tiring day. As usual, the smelly and sweaty workers jumped into the nearby river one after another after returning to the camp. For a while, the river surface There were naked men everywhere. While people were chatting and laughing there, Li Yian, standing in the distance, said to himself.

"Perhaps, we should do something more for them..."

After several days of inspection, Li Yian found that all reclamation sites needed further improvement. Especially the sanitary conditions here. In tropical areas, poor sanitary conditions are definitely a breeding ground for the spread of diseases. Improving sanitary conditions not only improves the lives of reclamation workers, but also affects their lives.

Perhaps, Li Yian is a capitalist. But he is definitely not the kind without conscience, and he knows very well what is most important to him. The most important thing is definitely not money. It’s about people. From a business point of view, having talents will make you money!

If poor working conditions lead to the death of employees, it is a huge loss for a country that needs a lot of immigrants.

Therefore, their living and working environment must be improved. This is not only conscience, but also in line with his personal interests.

After all, Borneo needed people, not mules and horses. And this is the fundamental reason why he believes that these immigrants will eventually stay here, because here they will live as people, not as mules and horses, suffering from oppression.

First of all, there must be shower facilities. The work of reclaiming the rainforest is not only tiring but also very dirty. Not to mention that felling trees is a laborious job, but even on such a hot day, staying outside for a whole day will make you sweat profusely.

However, the reclamation site only considers domestic water, and uses large iron buckets equipped with charcoal and sand and gravel filters to filter the river water. However, when workers take baths, they strip off and wash in the river. Although in the tropics, bathing in the river is okay, but if If you can take a hot bath, it will definitely relieve your fatigue.

In tropical areas, bathing may seem inconspicuous, but it is definitely related to people's health and can even effectively reduce the incidence of tropical diseases.

In addition, if it rains and there is no way to bathe in the river, the workers have to endure the stink and sleep. With a water heater, they can at least take a shower.

Reclamation workers do the most basic and important work in the construction of Borneo, but the conditions are the worst and the environment is the worst.

Looking at the reclamation workers bathing happily in the river, Li Yi'an thought that maybe they couldn't change their working environment for the time being, but they might be able to improve their living environment.

"Let's start with a hot bath first..."

Thinking of this, Li Yian naturally thought of the solar water heater used at home.

"How about asking them to study solar water heaters later?"

No water heater is more suitable for tropical areas than solar water heaters. Even in the rainy season, as long as there is one or two hours of sunshine, the water temperature can reach [-] or [-] degrees. Li Yian knows this very well. The water temperature in summer is absolutely Not only can it burn people to death, but even in winter, when the weather is nice, it can produce some warm water for washing hands and faces. If there is a few hours of sunshine, it can also be used for bathing.

"Otherwise, if we go back and let them study it first, they might be able to open up a new market."

Recalling the appearance of the solar water heater, Li Yian said to himself.

At present, solar water heaters are also a gap in the market. Since there is a gap, we must seize it.

Although standard solar water heaters require corresponding research, simple copycat solar water heaters are easy to make. This simple water heater is actually very simple. It is just a gasoline barrel placed horizontally on the roof and water is supplied manually. There is a sewer pipe connected under the bucket, and the sewer pipe is connected to a small iron bucket in the house. There is a nozzle under the small iron bucket. When taking a bath, add cold water to the small iron bucket to adjust the water temperature, and you are done.

It doesn't even need to be produced in a factory - because there are many empty oil barrels readily available in the reclamation area. After simple processing of the oil barrels in the tool factory in the reclamation area, it becomes a solar water heater. Although it looks very simple, it is In such an environment, if you can take a hot bath happily, what else is there to ask for...

(End of this chapter)