Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 503 Jiazi Coal Mine

After the crowd's enthusiasm subsided, the big ship bought from Haijia—it was named "Qionghai Coal" when it set sail from Lingao—raised anchor and moved to Haijia Wharf.The pier is already full of building materials such as wood, masonry, and lime.These were bought by Chen Tong according to Lin Baiguang's instructions.Ready to be used to build a pier.

Zhang Xingpei had secretly come to Qiongshan County a few days ago, and he brought a construction team with him.This team was taught by the traversers of Lingao Construction Company.As far as its level is concerned, it is stronger than the rural construction contract teams in the 21st century.And they also received skills that construction contractors did not have -- assembling timber-frame houses.

Zhang Xingpei studied architecture in the United States, and he is very interested in the all-wooden houses that are common in American houses.So a lot of effort has been put into this type of building.Most of these wooden buildings are prefabricated, and after being transported to the construction site, they are assembled on the foundation.An independent two-story wooden house building of more than 200 square meters can be completed in four or five days if the construction goes all out.Much faster than laying bricks and girders.It can be put into use immediately after it is built, without waiting for the cement mortar to dry.

Mei Wan, the general manager of Lingao Construction Company, is very interested in this kind of building—the executive committee has always asked the construction company to build houses at the fastest speed. If prefabricated houses are used, the construction speed will become very fast .After several experiments, Zhang Xingpei designed and finalized six house types.Lingao Construction Company specially opened a prefabricated house processing factory to produce and reserve such prefabricated houses.Can be built whenever needed.It played a huge role in the construction of refugee camps after the typhoon disaster.

The human-powered cranes on the Qionghai Coal began to lift bundles of wooden prefabricated parts wrapped with straw ropes from the cargo hold, and then hoisted them onto the trestle—the trestle was also a prefabricated part, which was transported by a cargo ship from Gaoguang Shipping Co. .It took Zhang Xingpei less than five days to complete this regular and sturdy wooden plank road.

The wooden planks of uniform width driven out by the trigger machine are firmly nailed with broad-head nails, and they are as smooth as walking on the ground.Two wrought iron rails are installed on the plank road - this is in consideration of the need to transport a large amount of building materials and transport coal in the future.The prefabricated houses are unloaded onto flatbed trucks and pushed directly to the shore yard.

Cement and yellow sand were also hoisted out of the cargo hold bucket by bucket.In order to speed up the construction progress, Zhang Xingpei specially brought a small cement mixer, driven by a small diesel engine.This thing was carefully placed in an already built house and guarded by special personnel so that the local indigenous workers hired would not see the fuss and spread it.

The indigenous workers hired by Chen Tong had already cleared and leveled the foundation according to Zhang Xingpei's request.Mix lime and sand on the ground and tamp it down.Then the construction team of the construction company started to build the house.All the prefabricated houses are elevated, with the bottom hanging in the air, eliminating the trouble of laying foundations.

With the help of a simple earth crane, the wooden houses were quickly erected one after another. Zhang Xingpei was surprised by the speed.These houses all present an ugly gray-black color-this is the result of tar embalming treatment.

The biggest problem with this kind of house is that it is not resistant to typhoons, and a typhoon will definitely collapse the house.However, Zhang Xingpei thinks this is not a big problem, as the typhoon season has passed, and based on Lingao's experience, the northwestern part of Hainan Island is not affected much by typhoons and will not suffer from typhoons every year.After the situation stabilizes, slowly replace it with masonry buildings.

A week later, Haijia Wharf changed from a piece of wasteland to a complete coal wharf with a plank road, more than a dozen buildings of various kinds, an open-air warehouse of several thousand square meters, and three cranes.Next, indigenous workers hired locally dug trenches around the entire wharf and built walls with bricks and stones.There are all kinds of fortifications such as female wall and enemy platform above.After completion, it became a fortress.This is not surprising in this time and space. It is completely natural for the Hai family to build a fortress in such a remote place to protect their own docks.

Zhang Xingpei also ordered people to build a three-story gun tower near the trestle bridge.Used to defend the pier.Defense against attacks from the sea.

After all the wharves were completed, the four flat-bottomed traffic boats unloaded from Qionghai Coal were filled with construction materials and began to travel upstream along the Nandu River to Jiazi Coal Mine.

The traffic boat then established a temporary dock on the Nandu River.The first batch of supplies was unloaded.

Facts have proved that although Qiongshan County is a prefectural city, the public security situation is also corrupt.As soon as the four flat-bottomed boats landed on the shore, they encountered a group of disheveled bandits. Fortunately, there were guards in plain clothes on the boats, who shot down a few before dispersing the crowd.

The flat-bottomed boat came and went again that day, bringing in more building materials, living supplies and guards.The captain of the guard was Huang Xiong. This former junior officer of the Ming Dynasty was carrying a miniature rifle and a leather briefcase. According to what he had learned in the officer's crash course, he commanded his men to take down horses, dig trenches, and fortify the camp.

Facts have proved that such vigilance is absolutely necessary. During that night and the following days and nights, suspicious figures have been operating near the camp.It was only seeing that it was heavily guarded and afraid of the power of firearms that no one disturbed it.

"The security situation in Qiongshan County is not good." Lin Baiguang also came to the temporary dock, and he sent Shan Daoqian and his road construction team there.Qionghai Coal came to Haikou for the second time, and a large number of wooden rails, spikes, gravel and road construction teams were brought in.Four more transport boats were added.

The mining site is about 9.3 kilometers away from the pier by the river. This is a mountainous area, and the transportation is not very convenient. In order to facilitate mining and transportation, a fortress must be built at the mining site and the Nandu River. connect.

Although laying almost 10 kilometers of track is a huge investment, if it is not laid, the transportation efficiency will be terrible whether it is human or animal transportation.

From the mining point to the riverside wharf, the construction difficulty is very small, and there is a slope of more than ten degrees. The heavy-duty mine truck can slide to the riverside by itself, which saves a lot of labor.Otherwise, coal mines would have to work hard to raise a large number of cattle.

"There won't be bandits here, right?" Shan Daoqian was a little timid.He has always organized construction in peaceful places, and it was the first time he had to build roads in a place where people were planning to hack and kill at any time.

"There must be, and there will be no less." Lin Baiguang warned him, "This place is a mountainous area, and the authority of the Ming government is useless."

"As soon as I came out of Lingao, I felt that the geniuses in the Liberated Areas are bright and clear." Shan Daoqian said.

"Actually, it's okay for the bandits to say that there are guards. I don't believe that the bandits can do better than the Mini rifle. The key is to guard against the local mountain people."

"That's right." Shan Daoqian himself participated in railway projects. Everywhere a railway project went, theft would flourish. Stealing, looting, and blackmailing project units are all too common in road construction companies. The dictatorship of the proletariat in the 20th century cannot be eradicated, let alone the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.

"That's why I proposed to continue to use iron-clad wooden rails here instead of wrought iron rails this time. If you want to pave this thing, you have to seduce a group of demolition teams. It's too late to repair the road."

Lingao has started using wrought iron rails.Wooden rails are much worse than rails in terms of bearing capacity and durability, but they can prevent theft of rails to the greatest extent.In Lingao, the punishment for stealing public property was severe, and six months in the labor camp was enough to make a person unforgettable for a lifetime.

"It's really troublesome. If you really killed someone, it's not easy for us to clean up when the other party goes to the government." Lin Baiguang said.Travelers here in Qiongshan County have no power to enforce the law and cannot abuse force.Even with the Hai Family as the umbrella, it would be very difficult to handle such a law that does not blame the public.

"Fortunately, I don't have to manage things here." Shan Daoqian looked at Lin Baiguang sympathetically, "You're going to have to work hard."

Lin Baiguang didn't make a sound, he was thinking about this question.

The Executive Committee spent a lot of brainpower when selecting the mine manager of Jiazi Coal Mine. This person must know a little bit of mining technology, be able to do some blasting, and have military skills enough to command his subordinates to fight against hostile actions that may be encountered at any time.This person's age should not be too young, so as not to be impatient and impulsive.

In the end, Tang Menglong, who served in the long-distance exploration team, was chosen. He is over [-] years old and can be called old and honest.I was born in a dry mine, and my major is barely suitable. I have worked in the field for a long time, can bear hardships and stand hard work, and am in good health.And he also knows a little martial arts, so he is a more suitable candidate.

However, this assignment is extremely difficult.Although the remote exploration team is tough, they can always come back to take a breather and enjoy modern life.This is not the same thing as being assigned alone to the Orange Zone—according to the definition of the crossing group, it is a more dangerous area in the enemy-occupied zone, second only to the Red Zone where hostilities may occur at any time.In a place far away from the base and partners, commanding hundreds of natives to mine coal in a desolate mountainous area, there is almost no modern enjoyment, and the spiritual power alone is very impressive.

Tang Menglong expressed his willingness to accept this dispatch, but he requested that he must be given batteries and charging equipment-otherwise it would be too boring.

"No problem, it should be." Xiao Zishan nodded again and again, "In addition, I will arrange a living secretary for you."

"Life secretary?!" Tang Menglong has been talking about life secretary for more than half a year. Except for a few people who have been assigned a secretary because of their work, and then shamelessly accept it, no one has gotten this benefit.It seems that the executive committee really spared no expense on this coal mine.That's pretty interesting.

(End of this chapter)