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Section 296 Jiazi Coal Mine

After the enthusiasm of the crowd was reduced, the big ship bought from Haijia, which was named "Qionghai Coal" when it set sail from Linggao, was pulled up and set sail and moved to Haijia Wharf. The wharf was already full of building materials such as wood, bricks, stones, and lime. These were all bought by Chen Tong according to Lin Baiguang's instructions. They were intended to be used for construction of the wharf.

Zhang Xingpei secretly came to Qiongshan County a few days ago and brought a construction team. This team was taught step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step. In terms of level, it is stronger than the rural construction contractor team in the 21st century. They also accepted the skill that the construction contractor team did not have - assembling wooden structure houses.

Zhang Xingpei learned architecture in the United States. He was very interested in all-timber structure houses that are very common among American houses. So he put a lot of effort into this type of building. Most of these wooden buildings are prefabricated and transported to the construction site and assembled on the foundation. A separate two-story wooden house building with more than 200 square meters can be completed in four or five days if it is done with all its efforts. It is much faster than laying bricks and beams. After construction, it can be put into use immediately without waiting for the cement mortar to dry out.

Mei Wan, general manager of Lingao Construction Company, is very interested in this kind of construction - the Executive Committee has always required the construction company to build houses as fast as possible. If prefabricated houses are used, the construction speed will become very fast. After several experiments, Zhang Xingpei designed and formulated six types of houses. Lingao Construction Company specially opened a prefabricated house processing factory to produce and store such prefabricated houses. It can be built at any time when needed. It played a huge role when building a refugee camp after this typhoon disaster.

The human-powered crane on Qionghai coal began to lift the bundles of wooden structures wrapped in straw ropes from the cargo hold, and then hang them onto the trestle. The trestle was also prefabricated, which was transported by the cargo ship of Gaoguang Ship. It took Zhang Xingpei less than five days to complete this regular and solid wooden plank road.

The unified width of the wooden boards opened by the plate machine were nailed tightly with wide-headed tacks, and they were stepped on like walking on flat ground. Two wrought iron rails were installed on the plank road - this was considered to take into account the need to transport a large amount of building materials in front of you to transport coal in the future. The prefabricated parts of the house were unloaded onto the flatbed truck and pushed directly to the yard on the shore.

Cement and yellow sand were also lifted out of the cargo hold by bucket. In order to speed up the construction progress, Zhang Xingpei specially brought a small cement mixer, which was driven by a small diesel engine. This thing was carefully placed in a built house and was taken care of by a dedicated person to avoid the hired local indigenous workers who were fussed and promoted.

The indigenous workers hired by Chen Tong had already cleaned and leveled the foundation according to Zhang Xingpei's requirements. The ground was mixed with lime and sand and tamped. Then the construction team of the construction company started to build the house. All prefabricated houses were elevated and suspended at the bottom, avoiding the trouble of laying the foundation.

With the help of a simple earth crane, the wooden houses were quickly erected one by one, and the speed was astonished by Zhang Xingpei. All of these houses showed an ugly gray-black - this was the result of tar anti-corrosion treatment.

The biggest problem with this kind of house is that it is not resistant to typhoons. A typhoon sweeping by will definitely cause the house to collapse. However, Zhang Xingpei believes that this problem is not big. The typhoon season has passed, and according to the experience of Linggao, the northwest of Hainan Island is not greatly affected by typhoons and will not encounter wind disasters every year. After the situation stabilizes, it will be replaced by brick and stone buildings.

A week later, Haijia Wharf changed from a wasteland to a plank road, more than a dozen buildings, an open-air stack of thousands of square meters, and a complete coal transport terminal with three cranes. Then, the indigenous workers hired in the local area dug trenches around the entire dock and built a wall with bricks and stones. The above women's walls and enemy platforms were all available. After completion, it became a fortress. This is not surprising in this time and space. It was completely natural for the Haijia to build a fortress in such a remote place to protect its own dock.

Zhang Xingpei also directed people to build a three-story artillery tower near the pier to guard the wharf and defend against attacks from the sea.

After the wharf was completed, the four flat-bottomed traffic boats unloaded from Qionghai coal were filled with building materials and began to go upstream along the Nandu River and head towards the Jiazi Coal Mine.

The traffic boat then built a temporary dock on the banks of the Nandu River and unloaded the first batch of supplies.

As it turns out, although Qiongshan County is a prefecture, its public security situation is also corrupt. As soon as the four flat-bottomed boats landed, they encountered a group of unclothed bandits. Fortunately, there were casual guards on the boat, and they shot down a few before they could disperse the crowd.

The flat-bottomed boats came and went again that day, transporting more building materials, daily necessities and guards. The captain of the guard was Huang Xiong. This former Ming officer was carrying a Minni rifle and carrying a cowhide official cube. According to the content learned in the officer crash course, he directed his men to remove the shelves, dig trenches, and fortify the camp.

It turned out that such alertness was completely necessary. Suspicious figures were always active near the camp that night and the following days and nights. However, seeing that he was very alert and afraid of the power of the firearm, no one was invaded.

"The public security situation in Qiongshan County is not good." Lin Baiguang also came to the temporary wharf. He sent Shan Daoqian and his road construction team. Qionghai Coal arrived at Haikou for the second time and transported a large number of wooden rails, road nails, gravel and road construction teams. In addition, four transport boats were added.

The mining site is about 9.3 kilometers away from the pier by the river. It 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 bank, and then connected between the two places by rail.

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

From the mining site to the riverside wharf, it is basically a flat river. It is very difficult to construct, and it has a slope of more than ten degrees. Heavy-duty mine trucks can slide to the riverside by themselves by gravity, which saves much effort alone. Otherwise, the coal mine will have to spend effort to raise a large number of cattle.

"There will be no bandits here, right?" Shan Daoqian was a little scared. He had always organized construction in a peaceful place, and he had to build roads in a place where someone planned to cut and kill at any time. This was his first encounter.

"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 left Linggao, I felt that the genius in the liberated area was a bright God," said Shan Daoqian.

"Actually, the bandits are okay. With a guard, I don't believe that bandits can still beat Minnie rifles. The key is to be on guard against the local mountain people."

"That's right." Shan Daoqian himself participated in railway projects. Wherever every railway project went, theft would be very prosperous. Theft, looting, and extortion project units were the most common in road construction companies. The dictatorship of the proletariat in the 20th century could not be eliminated, let alone the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.

"So this time I proposed to continue using iron-clad wooden tracks here without using forged rails - if you want to lay this thing, you must not seduce a group of demolition teams. There is no time to build roads."

Linggao has begun to use wrought rails. Wooden rails are much worse than rails in terms of load capacity and durability, but they can eliminate theft of rails to the greatest extent. In Linggao, the punishment for stealing public property is severe, and staying in the labor reform team for six months is enough to be unforgettable for a lifetime.

"It's really troublesome. If you really kill someone, it will not be easy for us to deal with the other party to go to the government." Lin Baiguang said. The travelers in Qiongshan County have no law enforcement power and cannot abuse their force. Even if the Hai family is a protective umbrella, it is difficult to deal with such a law that does not blame the public.

"Luckily, I don't have to be in charge here." Shan Daoqian looked at Lin Baiguang with some sympathy, "You're going to work hard."

Lin Baiguang didn't say anything, he was thinking about this issue.

The Executive Committee has been trying a lot of brains when choosing the candidates for the Jiazi Coal Mine. This person has to know some mining techniques, can blast and have military skills to command his subordinates to fight against hostile behaviors that may be encountered at any time. This person should not be too young to avoid being impatient and act irritable.

Finally, Tang Menglong, who chose the service of the remote exploration team, was over 30 years old and old. He was born in a mining area, and his professionalism was barely matched. He also worked in the wild for a long time, was able to endure hardships and was very healthy. He also knew some martial arts and was considered a more suitable candidate.

However, this expedition mission is extremely difficult. Although the long-range exploration team is difficult, they can always go back to Lingao to take a break and enjoy modern life. This is not the same as sending to the Orange Zone alone - according to the definition of the Crossing Group, that is, the more dangerous areas in the enemy-occupied area, second only to the red zone where there is hostilities at any time. In a place far away from the base and partners, commanding hundreds of indigenous coal mining in a deserted mountainous area, with almost no modern enjoyment, and this mental power alone is very considerable.

Tang Menglong expressed his willingness to accept this dispatch, but he made a request that he must give him a battery and charging equipment - otherwise it would be too boring.

"No problem, this is what it should be." Xiao Zishan nodded repeatedly, "In addition, he will also arrange a life secretary for you."
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