African Nationhood

Chapter 452 Sakhalin Administrative Office (Part )

After nearly ten days of traveling, Sun Guangming finally arrived in Kuyuan Town before November.

The administrative capital in front of us is just a framework, and does not show the momentum of the administrative capital.

The weather has started to get colder, and most people have water vapor coming out of their mouths when they talk.

Because most of the immigrants were from the south of the Qing Dynasty and were not very cold-resistant, Fang Hui, the deputy commissioner who stayed behind, directed the northern immigrants who arrived first to serve as the leader of the immigration team.

The first is to impart antifreeze experience, and the second is to lead them to better carry out production.

After Sun Guangming returned, Deputy Commissioner Fang Hui immediately rushed to Sun Guangming's office and reported his work to his superiors.

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Fang Hui has been promoted within the legal system since he joined the job. His first credit came from the "secret visit to Jinshan Town".

This achievement greatly increased his promotion speed, but after all, there were too few things like that in Jinshan Town, so his promotion speed slowly slowed down.

According to normal promotion, he would have to wait another ten years before he could sit on the position of justice.

Nanhua's "electric furnace steelmaking" technology has matured and has obtained patents from European and American countries. The national steel output has almost reached the 80 tons mark.

"Oh, what way?"

“Earth wall houses or rammed earth houses, there is a house in northern Jiangsu in the Qing Dynasty that is built using a mixture of wheat straw and mud. This kind of house is warm in winter and cool in summer and is very solid. Although we lack iron nails here, there is no shortage of soil.

He was chosen because he was an heir and had past experiences.

“Mainly, most new immigrants live in thatched houses or brick houses in their hometowns.

"Since we lack these supplies, we can build houses in another way."

毕竟这时段的东瀛钢产量很低，1900年全国钢产量只有5万吨，1910年全国钢产量只有16万吨，1920年则是跃升到了81万吨。

It's easy to accumulate qualifications in such a remote place, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult here.

Sun Guangming sighed, "What are the problems that restrict construction efficiency?"

"Xiao Fang, please sit down!"

There is an age gap between the two, so it makes sense for Sun Guangming to call Fang Hui Xiaofang.

However, Japan and Tsarist Russia next door did not have a surplus supply of iron nails.

"Master Sun, you are back."

Nails and nails are the primary materials for building wooden houses, but the materials shipped from the mainland are limited.

(In the original time and space of 1906, the United States was the first to successfully commercialize this new technology, with an annual output of 10 tons of special steel.)

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And there are geothermal resources here, so there is no shortage of mud even on snowy days. "

They have never lived in this kind of wooden house, and we still lack enough iron nails and nails. "

Therefore, when he learned that the Sakhalin Administrative Office was going to select a deputy commissioner, Fang Hui immediately signed up for the selection.

At this point, Nanhua's starting point is much higher than that of Japan.

"Construction in the administrative capital is now in full swing, but the construction efficiency is still too low. I'm afraid we won't be able to build so many houses before the end of November."

Fang Hui didn't expect that the governor, a student studying in the United States, actually knew how to build a mud house.

"This is great. I didn't even think of such a way. I hope you can find a way, Governor Sun."

Sun Guangming smiled and waved his hand, "This is not my credit, but what my immigrants told me.

Come on, let's go to the construction site first. "

Fang Hui followed Sun Guangming out of the office and rode to the construction site in the center of the town.

After arriving at the construction site, I found that many of the immigrants here were wearing single clothes.

Sun Guangming was very worried that these immigrants wearing single clothes would catch a cold. In this era, getting sick meant lingering in the gates of hell.

“Wouldn’t it be possible to put more thick clothes on immigrants?”

Fang Hui shook his head, "No, the sewing machines shipped from the mainland require training before they can be used.

These women are all blind. They can sew clothes but cannot use sewing machines. They are all afraid. "

Sun Guangming sighed, this deputy commissioner is so incompetent that he can't expect anything.

Of course, this can't be blamed on Fang Hui. What he did in Nanhua every day was to sit in the office and read files and go to court as a prosecutor, and he didn't know anything about general affairs.

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Sun Guangming got off his horse and said, "Everyone, gather here. I'll say a few words."

After hearing Sun Guangming's words, the immigrants who were taking the lead immediately stopped working. After all, they all knew Sun Guangming, the governor.

After everyone formed a circle, Sun Guangming squatted on the ground and started drawing.

"Look, everyone, because the weather is getting colder and colder, we can no longer continue to build all-wood houses. Doing so will consume energy and nails. After all, the wood must be trimmed before it can be used to build a house. And we The biggest shortage at the moment is carpentry. In order to prevent everyone from freezing before it snows, we decided to change the process of building houses."

After hearing what Sun Guangming said, many immigrants became curious.

"What kind of changes are Commissioner Sun going to make? Isn't it going to make us live in a cellar?"

The underground cellar is a common residential form among common people in the northern part of the Qing Dynasty. This type of residential building can also be warm in winter and cool in summer.

"Well, this little brother reminded me that underground tunnels can also be used. Anyway, we can use anything that can keep warm. After all, keeping warm in the winter is the first priority.

In addition, the house style I want to talk about is the most common house with earth walls among our fellow villagers in northern Jiangsu. "

Hearing Sun Guangming say this, everyone became excited. After all, this method of building houses is very familiar to everyone. After all, most of these immigrants came from northern Jiangsu and Huizhou.

"This method is good. Although you can build a better house by cutting trees and sawing boards all day long, you still need to plug the gaps with thatch and soil. Not to mention the effort and trouble, it is far less convenient than our rammed earth house."

Sun Guangming stood up, smiled and nodded.

"That's right. We people here in Nanhua have never lived in a mud-walled house before, so we don't understand it very well.

Now that everyone is building such houses, it should be very convenient for everyone. I hope everyone will build more houses as soon as possible.

After all, the weather waits for no one. If we all get frozen, it will be no joke.

We finally escaped from the misery of the Qing Dynasty, and now we have enough to eat.

You can't lose your life because of the cold, right? "

Sun Guangming's words resonated with the immigrants present, and everyone nodded.

The older immigrants even said bluntly, "Commissioner Sun is right. We all came here to run for our lives, and we can't just freeze to death here."

Sun Guangming saw that it was almost time, "Then everyone can work with peace of mind, so the on-site staff should not control everyone.

Let everyone build houses in groups, you just need to make supplies, don't let everyone lack tools and materials.

Get moving now! "

The immigrants shouted, "Okay!"

Then groups of immigrants began to group up, and the older immigrants naturally became the leaders of the group. They were well-informed and the best at building houses. Naturally, they didn't need anyone else to direct them. It didn't take long for everyone to be in order. The construction of new houses has begun.

Sun Guangming took Fang Hui to the other side of the town, where the garment factory was located.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a group of women with small feet standing in a group with their hands curled up, watching a young girl stepping on a sewing machine.

They marveled at each other as they watched:

“This sewing machine is so good, it’s not useless!”

"Well, this girl is so powerful, she can run around!"

"My mother, how can this girl be so capable!"

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Seeing these women who only talked but did not work, Sun Guangming didn't say much. He walked in from the door and came to the side of the little girl who was working on the sewing machine.

He patted the little girl who was immersed in the sewing machine and said, "Okay, stop stepping on it."

The little girl looked up and saw Commissioner Sun. She immediately stopped her movements as ordered, stood up and stood behind Sun Guangming.

"Everyone has been here for a while. How many of you can use a sewing machine alone? Let me see if you can raise your hands?"

Only two or three women in the room raised their hands.

"If I don't say anything else, the clothes you make are not for me to wear, but for your own family members. Can you bear to watch them get cold and sick?"

After hearing Sun Guangming's words, the women were embarrassed, but they still shrank and replied: "I don't want to."

"Well, since everyone says this, it means that everyone also hopes to be able to be talented and do their best for their families.

I announce here that every woman who learns to make a sewing machine will receive one hundred yuan. This one hundred yuan can buy a complete set of clothes.

Everyone has been here for so long, and there are very few people wearing new clothes.

Now, whoever among you learns it first can buy a set of thick clothes for your family first, so that you won’t feel cold after wearing them.

If you still can't learn, then I'll have to ask you to work as a laborer with the man who built the house. Those jobs are not easy, and you will be exhausted every day.

Okay, that’s all I have to say, you can make your own choice. "

After Sun Guangming finished speaking, he turned around and left. The women in the factory were stunned for a while and then came to their senses immediately.

"Well, Miss Li, let me try and see if I can step on it."

One of them took the lead, and the other women also reacted. They gathered around Li Hong and asked to try the sewing machine.

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(End of this chapter)