Subsequently, the construction work soon got on the right track, Lao Zhu's farm is not far from the estuary of the Moon River, is the transitional junction of savanna and mangrove beach, belongs to the mixed landform, there are grass and trees and sand, the terrain is flat, not far from the creek and the Moon River is a natural barrier, this soil and vegetation environment is very suitable for grazing.

For this reason, everyone highly praised Lao Zhu's choice of the site of the farm, just from the site selection can be seen the clues, Lao Zhu is worthy of being an expert in animal husbandry.

On January 7, according to the original plan, the task of the group today was to build improvised livestock sheds, poultry pens, and dig water diversion ditches.

However, the work was postponed for two days, because during these two days we continued to witness many live and burned crocodiles in the vicinity, which made everyone gradually realize that the density of crocodiles in the mouth of the Moon River is somewhat large, and it is clear that this is a danger that cannot be ignored for vegetable gardens and breeding farms, so more construction vehicles are being sent here today to repair the protective wall.

Especially on the east bank of the Moon River, it is obvious that it was originally a hunting ground infested by crocodiles, so it is necessary to heighten and strengthen the earthen wall.

As for the other lots, a dirt mound was temporarily piled up with a bulldozer when the fire barrier was opened, and now it has been further heightened and thickened, and manpower tamping work has also been carried out.

It was precisely because of the threat of crocodiles that Hou Xianglin had to revise the original wall construction plan, increasing the original one-meter-high mound wall to one meter five, and also enclosing the plots of the farm and vegetable garden, leaving no gaps.

At the same time, the plot between the vegetable field and the farm should also be separated by a lower earthen wall to prevent livestock from grazing in the vegetable field.

In addition, the entrance of the aqueduct for taking water from the creek and the Moon River should also be protected, for this reason, Hou Xianglin also specially dismantled a small iron cage in the cave and made two iron fences to block the water inlet, so as to prevent crocodiles from climbing into the park.

As a result, these additional works were a bit of a drag on the construction of the railway embankment in Chengdong, and the progress of the project became very slow for a while.

Since yesterday, Cheng Dong led two earthmoving loaders, three excavators and two rollers to start the construction of the first railway subgrade in the new world.

However, the construction standard of the railway embankment is not very high, and if the labor and construction machinery support returns, the progress will soon return to normal.

Chengdong is very concerned about the construction of this railway and has done his homework.

With the help of Cao Limei and Cao Limei's follower Zhu Beiguo, he carefully mapped the plane direction and roadbed slope of the railway road from the karst cave to the vicinity of the farm. The advantage of this is that the labor intensity is greatly reduced.

In order not to appear that the railway will not be used for a long time before the embarrassing scene of road subsidence, Chengdong according to Hou Xianglin's suggestion, the roadbed is built by rammed earth method, and then paved with gravel on this basis.

Hou Xianglin also said to Cheng Dong that the ancients often used this method to lay the foundation for large buildings, and now it is completely feasible to concoct the same method to lay the foundation for the railway.

Of course, the brothers are now building a railway for the first time, and they are not so confident, so the two are very concerned about the quality of the project.

In addition, in order to ensure the load-bearing level of the railway, Chengdong also decided to encrypt the sleeper arrangement, although the sleeper is currently a scarce resource, but after all, the two are doing this project for the first time, in order to ensure the quality of the railway, be cautious and add various insurances, which is also no way to do it.

Fortunately, both the locomotive and the wagon are lightweight, so Hou Xianglin and Cheng Dong both believe that this relatively improvisable construction plan is still feasible.

The soil used to build the roadbed comes from both sides of the planned road, and the standard construction procedure is to dig a trench with an excavator, pile up the excavated soil on the roadbed, and then use the roller to continuously roll and tamp it with the cooperation of the earth-shovel loader.

Because of the need for drainage, parallel trenches must be dug on both sides of the roadbed, and the workload is large, and the construction machinery can only make a general structure, and finally it is necessary to use manpower to use shovels and other tools to carry out meticulous soil cultivation.

Therefore, the current work of the men of the burning team is this kind of heavy physical work, but everyone is working very hard, and no one complains.

Because, if you look around, there is not a single idler on the scene, including the engineering commander Cheng Dong, everyone is sweating and working.

At half past five in the morning on January 9th, Hou Xianglin and his bulldozer convoy set off again, this time with the task of opening up another fire isolation zone for the Red Mansion---- so far, it is the third phase of the burning operation.

The construction of the railway embankment, the construction of the breeding farm and the vegetable garden were entrusted to Chengdong, Lao Wang and Lao Zhu respectively.

At the same time, the burning team and other construction machinery will also be commanded and deployed by three people.

The three bulldozers led by Hou Xianglin first followed the original isolation zone at the foot of the small hill at the entrance of the cave, continued to the northeast, and after carving out a fire barrier about 100 meters long and 10 meters wide, they turned due north to reach the periphery of a small palm grove more than 100 meters away from the gate of the Red Mansion.

It was clear that once the fire began, the forest would soon cease to exist, and although some felt that the forest should be preserved, this suggestion was rejected by Hou Xianglin, who had visited the area on the spot, because it was a base camp for mosquito breeding.

Once these works are completed, the bulldozer will turn west and eventually reach the west bank of the Moon River on the north side of the Red Mansion, completing a fire barrier to protect the Red Mansion.

Then, Hou Xianglin and the others planned to widen the route to 30 meters, maybe 40 meters, and everyone thought that such a wide fire barrier should be able to protect the Red Mansion from being affected by the fire.

Obviously, this is a very large amount of work, and Hou Xianglin's plan is to strive to complete all the construction work in three to five days, and at that time, he can set fire to the outside in an all-round and unscrupulous manner.

At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon of this day, a tractor driven by the doctor Dai Xiaoshan brought them lunch water and oil, and the brothers only rested for half an hour on the spot before starting work again, and the three bulldozers worked almost non-stop all day, and finally completed the whole journey in the evening, of course, in the initial stage it was only a 10-meter-wide bare road.

Except for Hou Xianglin's bulldozer fleet, all construction machinery was put into the project of breeding farms and vegetable gardens at this time.

As a result, we found that the amount of work of the earthen fence was much larger than expected, and there were several thrills in the construction process, many people in the construction process because of the lack of field experience, sometimes the crocodile climbed to their own before they found, fortunately, everyone was not alone, at least five or six people worked together, so there was no danger.

As for the drivers who drive excavators and loaders, because they are always on the front line, there are even more cases of encountering crocodiles.

Fortunately, the driver himself is sitting in the cab, although the cab of some vehicles is open-top, but because the position is very high, as long as you are careful not to get out of the car rashly, the crocodile can only lie under the car and open its mouth to demonstrate, scary is a little scary, but it is also considered to be dangerous.

For the sake of safety, before the wall was built, the General Affairs Coordination Committee had issued a warning to everyone that all personnel should not go beyond a 50-meter radius of the edge of the cave square when they were alone, and the children were once again grounded and were not allowed to run out of the cave gate to play.