Yang Fan and his party walked into the tunnel. A pair of carbide lamps were hung every ten meters inside the tunnel, making the inside as bright as daytime.
Yang Fan pressed the cave wall with his hands. The cave wall was made of bluestone and cement and was very strong. The ground was also made of cement and steel bars.
In the empty tunnel, echoes came from the footsteps of everyone.
The entire diversion tunnel is arc-shaped. On both sides of the gorge, there is an open diversion channel and a diversion tunnel. They are symmetrically distributed, like a person opening his arms.
After the interception, the water flows from here to the downstream river.
"Very good, the project was done very well." Yang Fan was not stingy with his praise. He came from a construction site background, so it was clear at a glance whether the quality of the project was good or not, and there was no way to fool him.
"Master, this is my first time to do such a big project, and I don't know what I'm doing. I'm afraid you won't be satisfied." Song Yingxing said happily.
Yang Fan's affirmation is the greatest reward for his hard work during this period of time.
In fact, ever since he became obsessed with the imperial examination, he especially likes to do things that interest him. He is a person who naturally loves science.
Not to mention the generous treatment when he arrived at Yang Fan's place, Yang Fan had absolute trust and support for him. There was no other place like this in the Ming Dynasty.
What's more important is that Yang Fan has funds and big projects, so that he can be useful. In the Ming Dynasty, these are impossible.
Landlords in the Ming Dynasty just liked to buy land and kept buying land.
Some enlightened landowners in the south of the Yangtze River opened some small textile and engineering workshops, porcelain workshops and so on.
There isn't much use for his abilities.
And the happiest thing is that he can have the opportunity to learn new technical knowledge here at Yang Fan. He has learned too much new knowledge about this reservoir project. It turns out that there is so much knowledge in project construction that he does not understand.
The thick information from Yang Fan made him like a little fish swimming into the sea, studying endlessly.
He found fulfillment and happiness there that he had never experienced before.
"Xiangyi, approve five thousand taels of silver as a bonus." Yang Fan said, then turned to Song Yingxing and said: "For the engineering and technical personnel here, please prepare a bonus report for me based on their contribution."
"Sir, that's great. These people I have found are all people who have certain expertise in various states, but are unsuccessful. There are also academy students who have been urgently trained. There are also some craftsmen with very good skills. They
Life is very difficult, and the court does not pay attention to technicians like them. It is great to have this bonus to solve a big problem for their families."
The news spread and all the skilled workers became excited.
When they worked as craftsmen and water conservancy officials for the government, their lives were very unsatisfactory and their remuneration was extremely poor. When they came to Master Yang's side, they not only received three coins of silver per month and a load of white rice, but they also worked well.
, the master actually rewarded me with extra silver.
The master said that after this project is completed, the migrant workers in the construction team will be sent home to farm, but the backbone will be retained to continue to undertake other projects.
I have been alive ever since.
Early the next morning, the interception project officially began. All the forces on Yang Fan's side were mobilized to participate in organization and cooperation.
Xinghe Tuanlian also joined in.
Under the command of the captain, the migrant workers, in groups of twenty, carried pebbles on wooden poles and carried them in long rattan net bags and began to intercept the flow.
All personnel worked in three shifts, and the river flow continued on the embankment. They began to fill the river day and night. A embankment was built from both sides of the Shah River to the middle, gradually blocking the water flow.
Yang Fan established a headquarters on site to provide command and guidance at any time.
Traffic interception is a big project, and no one has experienced it before. Only Yang Fan and Song Yingxing have learned the relevant knowledge unexpectedly.
The pebbles are heavy and can be firmly fixed without being washed away, and then piled with straw bags filled with sand behind them, the river can be blocked.
Ten days have passed, and more than half of the Shahe River has been blocked, with only the last ten meters or so still flowing. The water is getting faster and faster, and it is difficult for ordinary stones not to be washed away.
"Master, it's time to put down the stone rollers and stones," Song Yingxing said.
Yang Fan nodded and agreed.
Tu Shanyue and Lin Yueru insisted on staying with Yang Fan, and they also went through the entire process of interception.
The two of them were very shocked by such a huge project and felt that they had learned a lot.
The gate of the open diversion channel was opened, the river water began to flow along the open diversion channel, and the water pressure at the interception point suddenly weakened.
"Everyone is here, let's get down the stone roller." Following the order, on the newly built embankments at both ends, people pushed the huge stone roller on the millstone and rolled towards the interception point.
The wooden frames outside the huge and heavy stone rollers were connected front and back with iron chains as thick as an arm, and they were pushed into the water with a plop. As the water flow weakened, these stone rollers were heavy and connected to each other by iron chains.
The water couldn't be flushed away, and the water flow was suddenly blocked.
No one had time to cheer, and waves of people rushed forward and threw sandbags into the crowd.
Soon the river was completely blocked.
The dam connects the north and the south, and the water was blocked inside, and the river downstream quickly bottomed out.
Everyone cheered. The successful throttling marked the completion of a major project node. All that was left was to build a concrete gravity dam on the river without water.
"Hahaha, let's have extra food today, braised pork and white rice." Yang Fan said happily.
The meat I bought last year has been frozen, but now that it has been cured, it must be either made into bacon or eaten. I can't keep it any longer. I might as well eat it all.
Suddenly the construction site burst into cheers.
Although there is enough food to eat now, the main food is steamed buns and steamed buns made of cornmeal, and the main dishes are cabbage soup, radish soup, etc. The oil and water are really limited.
Now there are 100,000 migrant workers here building water conservancy projects, cleaning ditches, and plowing the fields. Adding in the elderly, weak, family members, women, and children, there are more than 300,000 people.
There were simply too many people, and the consumption of supplies was astonishing. To feed thousands of people, we only had to pour a barrel of oil.
This time the braised pork is free to eat. You can eat as much as you want. It’s so satisfying.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The cost reduction was successful, and Yang Fan announced that everyone would have a three-day holiday to give everyone a good rest.
Tens of thousands of people rested here at the construction site. Tens of thousands of farmers and hundreds of thousands of family members on the other side of the farmland could not rest. After the water came out of the diversion channels and tunnels, it was poured into this huge saline-alkali land according to the ditches that had been dug.
This water cannot be wasted. It happens that the interception water level is high and it can flow naturally into the saline-alkali land and start washing the ground.
Everyone mobilized and released water day and night, pouring water along the ditch into the land allocated to them.
The whole family of these refugees chose to be Mr. Yang's domestic slaves. After all, they are not their own slaves. Who will feed you all year round? You eat for free for half a year, and then your escape is over and you return to your hometown.
After all, Mr. Yang did not help the government to provide relief to the victims.
Guoguo's family lived on the north side of Shahe River. Later, Yang Fan gave the land to hundreds of households in the rocky beach. Her family was a military household, not a domestic slave.
Since being rescued by Brother Zhuzhu, their family has moved to the new Baihushuo area.
Military households are also divided into land, but the land belongs to the garrison.
Before dividing the land, the family did some research and quickly divided the house.
Grandparents, grandparents and several aunts who have not left the family are considered one family. Guoguo's own family is considered one family, and her two uncles are considered two families.
In this way, my family is divided into four, and each family can get fifty acres of paddy field.
Farmers have never lacked such cunning and cleverness.
And Yang Fan also acquiesced to their approach. Yang Fan's purpose was simply to take advantage of this opportunity to split up the clan.
By dividing the land, they dispersed to various places to prevent large households from forming influence in the local area.
After this time, Yang Fan's land was dominated by families of three or five, and there were no big clans anymore. He had to walk dozens of miles to visit relatives.
Only in this way can management be easy, and the village's self-governing association will be fair, and there will be no big households bullying small households.
On the land bought by Yang Fan, the land belongs to Yang Fan. They are either domestic slaves or tenants. They are treated the same and do not need to pay land rent. They only need to sell the grain to Yang Fan's grain depot.
Yang Fan's rules are a bit like the Tang Dynasty's military system. These people do not have to pay rent, but they have to pay vassal military obligations to Yang Fan.
They should be organized according to the military establishment. Each village has an armed station and weapons depot to manage the young men and maintain public security. Training should be organized during leisure periods.
These people are Yang Fan's reserve troops.
The Guoguo family was separated from their grandfather and uncles. At first, they felt a little uneasy, feeling unsafe without family support. Later, they gradually got used to it when they saw that all the families were just like their own.
Guoguo's father and brothers excitedly dug the side of the trench and poured water into their own land. They watched the water overflowing the white salt-alkali land and looked forward to the fertile land after the water washed away the salt-alkali.
The fifty acres of paddy fields were covered with lush green rice, and the family was so excited that they trembled all over.
Fifty acres of paddy field means one hundred dan of rice per season and fifty dan of wheat per season. It is worth forty-five taels of silver.