At present, the sister Zezilia has also taken on a lot of work, such as helping Hou Xianglin deal with some specific and complicated procurement, transportation and supply matters, as well as communication and correspondence, etc., today's Hou Xianglin is really a little inseparable from this smart and literate girl, and he is alone, so he really needs a person who can discuss the work, a competent business assistant and a "life assistant", obviously this person can only be Zezilia.

The work to be discussed today is mainly some infrastructure projects, for which Wei Hong is a complete layman, so Wei Hong just quietly listened to the couple communicate in stammering Chinese and Dutch.

Hou Xianglin and his sister have been getting along for nearly half a year, guarding the person they love, both of them have a very fast grasp of the language of their lover, up to now, the sister's Dutch hometown dialect Hou Xianglin can also speak some, and Brother Hou's Chinese sister can also understand a small half, so that Wei Hong, who is watching from the sidelines, finds it interesting that the tone of the sister's Chinese language has the flavor of Jiangnan Wu Nong's soft language, probably because Brother Hou's Mandarin Chinese has a hometown accent.

In this way, the couple-to-be usually use each other's language and engage in various exchanges and work discussions, and for both men and women, they are in a foreign country far from home, so they not only rely on each other in life, but also support each other in work.

The difference is that there is now a light bulb next to them, so the two of them can't close the door in the secret room as before, and then discuss work while doing something indescribable.

Moreover, in order not to snub Wei Hong, Hou Xianglin and Ze Zilia would translate for him from time to time in the process of discussing work, but Wei Hong felt that this was too troublesome, so he proposed that you should just tell me after you finished discussing, and I was a layman anyway, so I wouldn't participate in the discussion.

However, Hou Xianglin disagreed, he told Wei Hong with a serious face, you not only have to listen to all the decision-making processes, but also master the details, not only listen with your ears, but also take notes with your hands, what do you say layman is not a layman? If you don't understand, you can learn! In the future, you will be the successor of Sin'anseong, and you will become an expert in both construction and business.

At this time, Wei Hong had no choice but to nod and accept it humbly, took out a pen and paper and listened while taking notes, and the two of them were really not too troublesome, and they both tried their best to explain the matters discussed to Wei Hong one by one.

Well, this requirement that Wei Hong can take the lead in a short period of time and smoothly start to take over the work of the couple is already obvious.

The discussion of the three of them was finally over, and in fact, there was nothing more to discuss, and what needed to be done now was like lice on a bald head, obviously.

The first project is the further extension of the pier trestle, the proud test of the water has proved that the fully loaded Pride class sailing ship wants to directly and safely dock on this pier, and the trestle also needs to be extended to the sea for another five meters, so as to ensure that the water depth reaches about four meters, and later, when fully loaded, the Pride class sailing ship with a displacement of 1,0150 tons can directly dock the pier.

However, Hou Xianglin put forward a new construction plan in a big way: he decided to use all the existing labor force to build this wharf, and selected people with good water skills to carry out underwater operations, and he planned to extend the trestle to the sea another 15 meters, into the water depth of about 10 meters, so that all the ships of this era, including the heavy Galen sailing ship with a displacement of 2,000 tons, could also dock directly.

In the new world of this era, the displacement of Spanish galleons, with the exception of Nicole, has reached about two thousand tons.

However, it is precisely because of this that there are not many wharves suitable for this type of sailing ship in the world, and in the entire South Sea region, probably only a few ports such as Macau, Manila, Cebu, Batavia and other ports can dock this kind of sailing ship, which has also established the status of these ports as a trade center in the South China Seas.

Clearly, Hou Xianglin, the old-world architecture professional, wanted to give the port named after his hometown that gave it that centrality.

Hou Xianglin was confident in the construction plan, explaining to the two that we now have sufficient timber, especially mahogany, huanghuali and ebony from the primeval jungle, which are excellent and sufficient for the construction of the pier, so that the most difficult piling operations can be relatively easy and the feasibility of the project is not in question.

The second reason for such a big move is that we can't just rely on that steel floating dock to build a deep-water dock, because that pier is really not big, and we have to build a deep-water dock under the existing conditions, which is a very necessary pioneering attempt, and it is worth doing.

Wei Hong admired Brother Hou's enterprising spirit in engineering and construction very much, and he also understood that in fact, this was the same as his ambition in army construction, so Wei Hong immediately said, all the construction plans are counted if you Brother Hou says, when will we start construction?

"Within a month."

Hou Xianglin thought for a while and replied.

"The materials need to be prepared because I also want to start the construction of the second pier at the same time, and I want to make this pier the largest on the whole island of Timor."

Hou Xianglin added.

After saying that, Hou Xianglin took out another hand-drawn large-scale drawing, which was the map that Wei Hong brought to Hou Xianglin, a flat hand-drawn version of the satellite map from the computer data room of the Red Mansion.

In the map, the terrain and landform of the Sinanseong area with a radius of four square kilometers are clear at a glance.

Hou Xianglin pointed to the map and said to the other two, the Nicole is coming, with a steel floating dock, and now that there is cement, then the coastal cargo yard and warehouse supporting it must also be completed in time.

In addition, there is road construction, and the existing coastal gravel road should be connected to the highway along the river as soon as possible, and the road connecting the Blue Wharf and the deep-water wharf at the mouth of the river should be hardened with cement.

In addition, the construction of an inner ring road along the timber wall will be carried out simultaneously, followed by two east-west and north-south arterial roads running through the center of the western district.

This plan should give priority to the construction of a two-square-kilometer area on the west bank of the Xin'an River, and will divide the road into four equal blocks, and so on, the road on the east bank will also be built in the same way, and the main road will be separated by two "fields" from the map, so as to lay the foundation of the entire Xin'an urban area of building distribution and functional layout.

Seeing that Wei Hong and Zezilia nodded frequently, Hou Xianglin finally pointed to a place on the map and said that the last item was the new Governor's Palace.

Then, Hou Xianglin took out another ** drawing, which was a three-view of a small building.

The two leaned over and looked at it for a long time, but except for a frontal view, the patterns on the other paintings were basically not understood.

So Hou Xianglin began to explain his design, saying that it would be a wood-brick and concrete building, and that it would be built with only three floors.

"Why are there only three floors?"

Immediately afterwards, Hou Xianglin asked and replied:

"Because I think this is the highest number of floors that we can meet safety standards based on the quality of the existing building materials.

If you want to build a few more floors, it is better to use reinforced concrete materials, but our metallurgical industry has just started, and steel bars have not yet been produced. ”

Then Hou Xianglin continued to introduce that in the next year, I hope we can complete the Governor's Palace, for us in Xin'ancheng, it is necessary to have a good condition of the Governor's Palace, this Governor's Palace is not only our base camp, but also a guest house, the family comes, but also have a good condition to live, right?

"This house...... Can you stay comfortably? ”

Wei Hong looked at the drawings left and right, looked up and asked Brother Hou.

"Well, try to build it, I promise that living here is no worse than the Red Mansion, everything should be there, such as electricity or something, and the room is wider, the ceiling is also high, and I plan to install a large chandelier."

"Large chandeliers?"

"That's right, have you seen the Governor's Mansion of Governor Pippi? It's the kind of ...... that can hold dozens, a hundred candles."

"Oh, it feels like a ......"

"Tell me, compared to the height of the Red Mansion, if you live in such a room, do you have a sense of palace?"

Hou Xianglin asked confidently.

"Yes! It's so ......."