Chapter 13 A long day (3)

The logging team seems to have a lot of people, but in fact there are only four teams of about ten people responsible for logging. This is partly because not everyone can do the technical work of logging, and for those with zero experience who have not received special training

It is simply an adventure. Whether it is a chain saw or a big ax, it is not something that novices can handle. The other half of the reason is that the felled trees do not just fall to the ground, but also rely on manpower to drag these trees to the ground.

On one side, branches and leaves are cut off and then piled together in categories for subsequent use. In the cleared space, you also have to find a way to shovel the tree stumps on the ground, which is also very labor-intensive. It is no exaggeration to say that the supporting work of logging requires

The workload is actually much greater than the logging itself.

Regarding the cut trees, after seeing the actual situation, Bai Kesi originally planned to classify and stack them according to tree species, but Cai Hongzhan felt that this was too troublesome, so he simply classified them according to usable wood and non-usable wood, such as those that could not be used for timber.

The mangroves are directly classified as unusable wood, and are left to be dried and used as firewood or to build kilns to burn charcoal in the future.

People from the Ministry of Agriculture were independent of all departments during the landing operation, because their first job was to build a centralized shed for poultry and livestock on land. You must know that these poultry and livestock have been shipped in Yingzhou since the 29th until now.

A full seventy-two hours had passed. Even if the animals could bear it, the members of the Ministry of Agriculture who were responsible for taking care of these guys on the ship could no longer stand the soul-stirring smell. There were a total of six on the Ministry of Agriculture's supply list.

Horses, six sheep, eight cows and ten pigs, as well as dozens of chickens, ducks and geese, plus six Labrador dogs specially purchased by the Military and Police Department, after leveling enough ground to start food

Before planting, the Ministry of Agriculture must first take care of these livestock that also have the status of time travellers.

Before lunch, two-thirds of the construction work of the floating dock had been completed. Tao Donglai, who was in charge of the project, estimated that it would be completed in another hour at most and the ship could be stopped and unloaded. The progress of the logging team was worrying, and the team responsible for felling the trees was

The progress of several groups was relatively smooth, but the manpower responsible for handling these forest trees could not keep up. It happened that the two Bobcat multi-purpose vehicles responsible for leveling the cargo yard were empty, and the headquarters quickly transferred them to the lumber yard to help.

Hauling wood greatly improves work efficiency.

Lunch was prepared by the logistics department's cooking team in the kitchen on the "New World" and then sent ashore by boat. The main course was beef and potatoes in two large iron buckets. The cooking team had not been idle before that, and had spent the entire morning

Boiling water was delivered four times. Seeing that dinner was about to be served, people who had been tired all morning did not need orders from the headquarters, so they slowly stopped what they were doing, and then began to line up in front of the cook.

The executive committee and a group of people from the landing operation headquarters didn't even have time to spare for meals. They gathered in a circle to communicate about the situation while eating, and at the same time made adjustments to the afternoon's work arrangements.

The pier team reported that the temporary toilets built on the beach were too small and insufficient, so that there were queues and congestion several times in the morning. Tao Donglai said that the Ministry of Construction would immediately dispatch construction machinery to build another temporary toilet after lunch.

Bai Kesi mentioned that the progress of the logging team was obviously not fast enough, because after the logging work, the ground had to be leveled and then the prefabricated houses were built. According to the current progress, let alone building the prefabricated houses before the sun sets today, the ground might not even be leveled.

After discussion, the agricultural team agreed to lend a few cows to the logging team for hauling wood, but it must be supervised by someone from the agricultural team. You must know that these cows were carefully selected by Yuan Qiuye

With high-quality seeds, even if something happens to one of them, it will be a serious liability accident for the agricultural team.

Ning Qi mentioned the issue of drinking water. The drinking water carried on the ship is limited. At least until the base's water supply system is set up, don't expect to be able to use the reserved fresh water for bathing or other things. The executive committee purchased two small

Freshwater purification and treatment system, but before the main body of Base No. 1 is completed, it is obviously impossible to build a separate water treatment unit in the wild. Of course, this problem is ultimately the same thing as what Baikes said, that is, the speed of base construction must be accelerated.

Only by completing the basic construction of the base as soon as possible can subsequent supporting construction work keep up.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the preliminary construction of the floating dock was finally completed successfully without any work-related injuries. All the construction workers stood in front of the dock to complete the group photo. This photo was also considered by later researchers to be the pioneers completing "No. 1" here.

The historical testimony of the "Project". The Executive Committee took the command credit without hesitation and announced that the bay, which would later be called Yulin Port, would be named "Victory Port". Of course, things like erecting a monument to commemorate it would have to wait at least until

In the future, this place will be expanded into a permanent dock, but for now, we can’t worry about the superficial things.

The original wharf team immediately divided half of the people to join the logging team to assist in the ground leveling work, and the remaining people began to strengthen the floating wharf and piling work. As soon as the wharf was built, unloading began.

Various construction materials were unloaded from the ship. The command's goal is to complete the foundation leveling work within today and arrange for most people to spend the night on land.

At this time, the logging team has cleared more than half of the football field near the shore. Due to the treatment of tree stumps, the ground is full of potholes. To carry out the foundation construction of the station, at least the ground must be leveled first. Fortunately, we landed in advance.

Several construction machines have now been vacated, and they are working together to fill the holes. The efficiency is not low.

In order to shorten the project time, the planned prefabricated house foundation construction also had to be reduced to a certain extent. After leveling the ground, the entire foundation area was not solidified. Instead, trenches were dug according to the planned prefabricated house size and quick-drying cement was used.

The ring beams have been poured. By this time tomorrow, the floor can be laid on the ring beams and the frame can be built.

While Tao Donglai led a few people to complete the final pouring work in person, others had already begun to set up large field tents and assemble multi-layer iron frame beds in the open space next to them. Under the coordination of the headquarters, the logging team

The people also turned around and helped the agricultural team build a simple livestock shed by the Tiandu River, finally allowing the livestock and poultry that had been floating at sea for three days to return to the land.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Chujie and his reconnaissance team finally came back, and actually brought back two local fishermen. However, Yan Chujie and the few people he brought with him did not understand the Hainan dialect, and they were in the same boat after asking questions for a long time along the way.

I didn’t understand what was said, so I had to bring it back first. Of course, Yan Chujie’s American-style equipment did not escape everyone’s eyes. Meng He expressed strong contempt for his behavior of “advocating foreigners and favoring foreigners”. Even Gu Kai, a fake

The foreign devil also muttered, "A rustic is not a countryman, but his fighting power is five." Yan Chujie was not willing to spit out the meat he had eaten because of a few verbal attacks, so he quickly changed the subject.

According to Yan Chujie, they found a small fishermen's village about four or five miles away from the landing site, at the west end of Victory Harbor. Although the houses were already empty when they went there, they could still see the residents there.

They had just left not long ago, and they probably went into the mountains to hide after seeing the fleet. As for the old and young who were caught, they probably came back from outside the village without receiving any news, and they happened to be caught by Yan Chujie and the others who were squatting in the village.

Upright.

Tao Dong took a look at these two aborigines from this time and space. They were both dressed in rags, dark, thin, and short in stature. If it weren't for the Ming people's buns tied with cloth strips on their heads, their appearance would be different from the other people.

The Vietnamese monkeys are quite similar. Their eyes are full of fear, and their hands and feet are timid and they don't know where to move.

Ning Qi sighed and said: "Historical records say that Yuling Port was plundered by Southeast Asian pirates many times during the Ming Dynasty. There were still troops stationed here during the Wanli Period. However, it is already the seventh year of the Apocalypse. At this time

You all know the Ming Dynasty army... They must think that we are also pirates here to rob, and they are probably thinking about how to save their lives."

Tao Donglai thought for a while and then ordered: "Let's let them eat something first to show our goodwill. By the way, aren't there several Hainan natives in our team? Find out where they are.

Call someone nearby to act as a translator."

The two fishermen were a little overwhelmed when they saw the white rice and braised beef with potatoes. It took a group of people gesticulating for a long time to make them understand that this was food for them. What everyone didn't expect was that these two

The fisherman actually knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, then picked up his lunch box and started eating.

The translator was quickly found. This young man named Zhou Hengxing is from Danzhou, Hainan, and belongs to the Li ethnic group. He worked at the Danzhou City Cultural Center before participating in the cross-travel. He is familiar with various dialects and ethnic languages ​​in Hainan. Currently, he is a translator.

The Ministry of Information Industry, which is assigned to Menghe, is doing data collection work. Although the two fishermen spoke in ancient dialects, fortunately, Zhou Hengxing, a Hainan native, finally got the code after repeated inquiries in multiple dialects. After that,

After careful interrogation, some useful information was obtained from these two fishermen.

The two fishermen, an old one and a young one, are a father and son. As Yan Chujie guessed, they were caught by the reconnaissance team just after they returned to the village after being out for a few days. According to what the father and son Yu said, the small fisherman on the west side of the harbor

There are a total of more than 20 households in the fishing village, with a population of 60 or 70 people. They usually make a living by fishing. They have reclaimed 50 to 60 acres of land next to the fishing village to grow some rice. Of course, rice fields lacking scientific planting technology will not yield any considerable harvests.

Basically, it belongs to "Wangtiantian". How much you can collect depends on God's mood. In addition, this village has been robbed by pirates two or three times in recent years, so the father and son named Yu also said that the villagers must have fled into the mountains when they saw that the situation was not good.

, maybe it will take ten days and a half to come back.

As for the Ming Dynasty garrison that everyone is most concerned about, according to Yu and his son, on a high slope no more than three miles west of the village, there is a beacon tower where guardsmen are stationed. During the Wanli period, a general banner soldier was stationed here.

But now there is only one small flag staff left, and it is not full. Seeing such a large fleet entering the harbor, it is estimated that the few guardsmen have already greased their feet and fled for their lives.

When Tao Donglai heard this, he turned his head and asked Ning Qi softly: "What is the organization of the general flag and small flags?"

"A small flag has ten soldiers, a general flag has five small flags, and two general flags are the establishment of a hundred households." Ning Qi knew that Tao Donglai was not familiar with these historical materials, so he patiently explained it to him

.

Tao Donglai nodded: "So there aren't many soldiers? It's a hundred miles away from here to Yacheng. It will take seven or eight days at the earliest for them to bring reinforcements back, right?"

Ning Qi shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If they have a boat on the other side of the Luhuitou Peninsula, the time it takes to get back to Yazhou can be shortened by at least half. In addition, I must remind you that Yazhou has already established a water transport system during the Wanli Period.

During the Jiajing period, a special officer position was added to the former division of the village, responsible for commanding the naval forces of Yacheng Water Village. Even if the army in the later Ming Dynasty was corrupted and degenerated, Yazhou Water Village does not have all the troops now, but there are more than a dozen boats and hundreds of

There should still be some sailors. If Yacheng gets the news and sends troops, they will most likely go by sea."

Tao Donglai laughed: "Well, I'm afraid they won't come. We are short of labor here!"
Chapter completed!