New World 1620

At the intersection of Mizusawa and forest, dozens of wharf workers are scattered in a fir forest with fire axes in their hands.The tall tree trunks swayed slightly in the sound of "aggressive" cutting.The few hacksaws that originally belonged to the dock facility construction unit have become the most efficient tools.

With loud shouts, the people around the tree moved away decisively, the huge tree creaked and fell, and the broken branches and leaves fell one after another.After simply cutting off the branches, several logs were tied together with ropes, and then slowly pulled away by a few slightly modified dock forklifts in the distance.

The construction has been carried out for three days, and a full ten days have passed since the catastrophe.The workers gradually became slack from the initial enthusiasm.The main reason is that the so-called small coastal plains that are more suitable for construction have too many places that the young engineers have not calculated accurately.

There are not many more accurate field survey data, and the drawings are basically copied from the world city tourist map on the laptop carried by a geography teacher.

In the hundreds of years of history, Manhattan has been expanded several times, and even the banks of the Hudson River and the East River have been filled and repaired many times.As for the future Battery Square, it is currently occupied by dense forests, so the Self-Salvation Committee gave up its plan to build a settlement there from the very beginning.

Excluding the old, young, women and children, as well as the manpower that must be used to move materials and be responsible for the minimum level of security, there are only more than 200 people involved in the construction of the new settlement.Although the manpower is obviously insufficient, most of these people are former dock workers. The former migrant workers from various economically underdeveloped areas worked hard under the guidance of the architectural planning team.

Dong Jiunan, who had taken the lead in asking for salary, became the construction leader of the settlement project this time, and several people who graduated from the civil engineering department and had work experience in construction companies became the engineers of the planning team.

In Dong Jiunan's view, salary has become a thing of the past. Although the entire construction team inevitably has all kinds of confusion and complaints, Dong Jiunan still tries his best to divert everyone's attention during the construction.

The work of filling the water along the coast takes up the most manpower. Even if all the trolleys and the few intact wharf trailers are used, the transportation of a large amount of gravel and soil is still insufficient.

The coastal water marshes with a radius of more than 100 mu must be settled, and even several drainage ditches leading to the river bank must be dug to strengthen the seepage and drainage of the water marshes.

It is estimated that it will take at least a week to fill the small creek wetland swamp alone, and this is the progress with the assistance of several restored motor vehicles.And the forests of tall North American trees that surrounded the plain made everyone even more troublesome.

A small amount of building materials such as cement and steel bars in the wharf expansion project before the catastrophe have become the most precious raw materials that can be used directly at present, and more projects must rely on local materials, such as a large number of logs will be used to build houses, defensive walls, and that was A small abandoned pier by the Europeans.

Among the tools of various wharf construction units sorted out, there is no chain saw, and the fire axes and traditional hacksaws used cannot provide higher work efficiency at all.It took two full days to cut down a forest less than 3 mu square.According to the blueprint planning and calculation, the forest area that needs to be felled is almost as high as 40 mu.

But difficulties are no longer something people can worry about now. According to the estimation of a young middle school geography teacher, Manhattan will usher in cold weather in at most one month.At that time, if there is no real place to live, the surviving people will face a more severe natural test.

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In the corner of a small riverside plain, the simple shack area has become a temporary residence for the survivors of the catastrophe.Shabby huts made of glass tiles and tree branches became the only shelter available until the settlement was completed.Most modern urban women have to give up their usual delicate image, and under the organization of older women, they are responsible for providing the most basic logistical support for the laboring workers.

Yang Wenwen jumped from the fishing boat onto the wharf that was still being repaired, clutching a large plastic package tightly in her hand, and walked towards the shack area designated by the Self-Help Committee for herself and a few little sisters she met temporarily without looking back. .

"Hey! Look what I found in the ruins!"

The costume designer who is in charge of assisting the material collection and transportation team in the material registration and sorting shakes the plastic packaging in his hand, with a happy and complacent smile on his slightly dusty face. At this time, the 27-year-old fashionista was deliberately trying to keep her secret, and the dangling packaging made a few crisp glass collisions.

Several young women who were boiling water turned their heads sideways, and one of them was still wearing a police uniform with the word bailiff printed on the armband. Liu Lanxi, a 32-year-old female bailiff, encountered a time-traveling catastrophe while traveling with her father, a retired veteran policeman.

"It should be cosmetics, right?" Liu Lanxi wiped her short hair, walked up to Yang Wenwen with a smile, and pointed to the big package in her hand.

"Hmm! Correct!" The female fashion designer proudly opened the package, took out several plastic or glass bottles and jars, and lowered her voice, "A lot of imported cosmetics were found on the ship in the ruins of the crossing point. They are all famous brands! Hehe, no one cares if I take whatever I want..."

"Wow!" Except for Liu Lanxi, several young girls gathered around, each of them snatched the unopened cosmetics and looked at them happily.

These imported cosmetics, if placed before the catastrophe, almost all of them could consume half a month's income of a small urban white-collar woman, but now, they have become garbage that can be picked up in the ruins like scavenging.

"These are not the most important things now." Liu Lanxi pushed back a bottle of perfume handed by the other party like a big sister, and then carefully looked at the busy construction site in the distance, expressing concern, "I don't know how long I will be busy I have a house to live in, but now there are not enough people, even the elderly are helping.”

"We're not idle either. Like me, I have to register and check supplies with the transport team; Yuan Xinyi and a few sisters are responsible for delivering water and food; don't you, sister Liu Lanxi, also be responsible for the safety of the entire women's shed?"

After Yang Wenwen finished speaking, she pointed to Liu Lanxi's waist, knowing that the other party had a pistol issued by the self-rescue committee there.

Is this pistol useful?Although I was once known as the flower of the police force and the city's women's Sanda champion, but in such a situation, if there is no strong support from the customs anti-smuggling team and the police force, how much effect can it play?

Liu Lanxi glanced at a man dressed as a riot police not far away who was in charge of standing guard, and felt a little bit drummed in her heart.

"It's Police Officer Liu Lanxi, right? I'm the liaison officer sent by the self-rescue committee." At this time, Zhou Kemin from the customs anti-smuggling team ran over sweating profusely, with a hint of shyness on his young face, "How many people are there in the logging area?" A worker was injured because of his inexperience, and there was also an accident in the civil engineering team, and the medical team is short of manpower, Chief Zheng Quan wants you to quickly find some women to help, it is better to know medical care!"

"Okay, I'll mobilize everyone right away!" Liu Lanxi smiled at the big boy in front of him, then took a bottle of mineral water and handed it over, "Please tell Chief Zheng whether we can add more guards here at night .”

"Ah? There is a shortage of people everywhere now, and they have to work overtime at night. Even Chief Zheng is at the construction site." The boy born in the [-]s who was sipping water was taken aback, staring blankly at the female bailiff in front of him, a little confused .

"Then...can you give me a few more guns..." Liu Lanxi blushed, and her tone became a little unnatural.

Zhou Kemin was taken aback for another moment, followed the other person's eyes to look around this separate shack area specially designated for women and children, and gradually understood.

"Sister Liu, most of the people are guarding all around now, don't worry, I'll come over tonight!" Zhou Kemin smiled shyly, expressing that he already understood.

Seeing Liu Lanxi chatting with a customs anti-smuggling team in such a big way, several women including Yang Wenwen put down the cosmetics in their hands and looked in different directions with different worried expressions.

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In the sporadic wharf area, seven or eight men gathered together, pointing at a hand-painted settlement plan, most of them were men in uniforms of the armed police, police or customs anti-smuggling team.

"Old Zheng, maybe we have to adjust our thinking. I'm afraid we won't be able to guarantee the progress if we roll it out in an all-round way." Chen Liwen, the former deputy head of the Economic Investigation Brigade of City Y, frowned, and pointed to the side of the drawing, "The swamp on the edge is actually not Then rush to landfill, as long as you can get the vacant land where you can build the first batch of houses."

"Well, I agree with Captain Chen's opinion. Although those young lads are very active in doing things and using the knowledge they have learned in planning, we still have to seek truth from facts... I think we need to concentrate on manpower to do big things, so we should solve them first Question!" Qi Jianjun, former deputy director of the Labor Inspection Brigade Center of the Labor Bureau of City Y, also nodded frequently.

"Old Zheng, the transportation of daily necessities can be temporarily slowed down, as long as it is enough at this stage. The fishing boats can carry a limited amount each time. I suggest giving priority to sorting out and collecting those wharf building materials, and even the ruined bricks and tiles that can be used." Customs Wang Tiehui, chief electromechanical officer of the anti-smuggling ship, also expressed his opinion.

The customs anti-smuggling captain, who was the top leader of the self-rescue committee, was also looking at the blueprint quietly at this time, thinking deeply.Before he could make his final judgment, two young men walked up to him.

One is Su Zining who is coordinating the manpower in the construction area, and the other is Yan Xiaosong who is in charge of sorting out the ruins at the crossing point.

"Captain Zheng, I think we should organize people to explore a larger area around us now." Su Zining nodded slightly to his former boss Qi Jianjun, and took out the map on his body.

The map was hand-drawn by a middle school geography teacher named An Shaoqing who is familiar with the North American climate and spent two days adjusting it based on a world city travel guide.

"The entire island of Manhattan is nearly 60 square kilometers, and most of it is now virgin forest and swamp. We have found traces of wild wolves nearby. For safety, we must be careful." Then, he stretched his finger to the map. On the other side of the East River, in the Brooklyn area of ​​Long Island in the southeast of Manhattan Island, "Historically, the entire east and west banks of the lower reaches of the Hudson River have been the traditional sphere of influence of the Delaware Indians, especially in the west of Long Island, with their large villages .”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the men in uniform changed slightly.

"The native Indians are not as belligerent as we imagined. As long as we take the initiative to show kindness, we can even get their help. This is extremely important for us to gain a stable foothold before winter."

Yan Xiaosong on the side also added with a smile that he didn't seem to mind visiting the nominal owner of this land.

"Well, young people are very active in their thinking, which is very desirable." Qi Jianjun quickly expressed his agreement, while watching Su Zining and Su Zining nod frequently like a child.

"Who will contact them? How will we deal with danger? How many people will be needed?" Zheng Quan first thought of the possibility of disadvantages, which is related to his status as a demobilized soldier and his career in customs.

"The biggest obstacle should be language." Su Zining thought for a while, and said the only thing he didn't think clearly.

"I know someone." Chen Liwen quickly took over the conversation, "Yesterday, the little tour guide of the tour group was still telling me to be careful of Indians, saying that he once led a North American tour group and learned a little Indian language!"

"Well, you can try..." Zheng Quan's eyes finally lit up, he slapped hard on the map, and stood up straight, "Old Qi, talk to those young people who are in charge of settlement planning, adjust Our construction plan. Captain Xiao Chen, discuss it with Xiao Su and Xiao Yan, and when we finish the most important tasks, we will spare some manpower, prepare some necessary supplies, and send you to the other side by boat!"

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After returning to the shack area, Yan Xiaosong kept looking sideways at Su Zining with a strange smile.

"Why... I found that your eyes are a bit lewd." Su Zining dropped the sentence in a bad voice, then sat in the shack, dug out a package of convenience food and began to tear, "I heard that you dug out a pack of instant food from the ruins yesterday. Is there any spiritual food in this laptop?"

"Su Zining, you are good at hiding topics." Yan Xiaosong also took a vacuum-packed chicken feet food, and looked towards Long Island in the southeast while eating, "Why did you suddenly think of taking the initiative to find Indians?"

"It's not the first time I said it today." Su Zining thought for a while, but was noncommittal.

"Are you jealous of Qi Jianjun?" Yan Xiaosong spat out the bone of a chicken paw, thoughtfully, "Are you afraid that he is wooing and using you? In fact, you want to say that you plan to do something to separate yourself?"

"I have this ability? Hugging thighs is not an opportunity for everyone..." Su Zining turned his head and quietly looked at the young man he had known not long ago but already met the requirements of friends in many aspects. "Maybe I'm too sensitive."

"You mean Zheng Quan and the others?" Yan Xiaosong narrowed his eyes slightly, smiling mysteriously, "So I said you are good at hiding topics. In fact, you are worried about this small group. People from the customs, armed police and police system control everything... "

"They were part of the anti-smuggling operation before the catastrophe. They are a natural fit and the most trustworthy at present." Su Zining nodded and smiled helplessly, "I remember a psychologist said that in a strange In the environment, the easiest group to form a group is the group of people who have the same initial behavioral intention.”

"Well, it can be seen that, for example, the tour group of more than 100 people before crossing basically lives in a shack area now." Yan Xiaosong suddenly realized, and was quite interested in Su Zining's theory, "There are also Dong Jiunan and his dock workers, and then Zheng Quan and the others basically share the same group attitude now."

"Hmm... You think Qi Jianjun can cut into which corner of these three groups?" Su Zining spread his hands, with an innocent face, "I don't want to follow him around and make a fuss."

"If you don't travel through...you will definitely be promoted."

Watching his friend's expression, Yan Xiaosong couldn't help but say something.This sentence also made Su Zining slightly taken aback.