I saw Hou Xianglin and ** turn around and wave together, a small whistle sounded in the mouth, and the subordinates who were standing in a daze far away in the square at this time immediately ran over.

Under the command of Hou Xianglin, the guards first stabilized the pontoons of different sizes and shapes on the beach in turn, and then the small boat on the other side of the Nicole also docked, and the crew unloaded various tools and parts from it.

The work behind is to assemble the floating wharf step by step, this work Hou Xianglin has already formulated a work plan, a total of more than 200 garrison soldiers to participate in the construction work, they first arrange the steel pontoons in turn, and then from shallow to deep to lay the steel drill of the fixed pontoon, as the pontoon gradually extends to the sea, the fixed pontoon not only has longer and longer steel drills, but also various anchor chains.

At this time, Hou Xianglin was standing on a scaffold, holding a rangefinder in his hand, calibrating the direction with the ** on the pontoon in the distance, and each side was carrying a team of people, constantly directing his subordinates to work with small flags and whistles.

At this moment, the crowd in the dock square finally recovered from the shock and fear, and the curious onlookers gathered more and more.

The citizens and natives of Dili City today witnessed one of the engineering marvels of the Australian era - in just one morning, in full view of the public, a T-shaped trestle 20 meters wide, 80 meters long, and a total length of 120 meters was built, and the pier went straight under the huge hull of the Nicole.

At this moment, whether it is the onlookers or the people who participated in the construction, have seen the great significance of the project, people look at this scene, I don't know who was the first to cheer, and then the guards who participated in the installation also cheered, and finally, the excitement finally infected the crowd of onlookers on the wharf, and at that moment the entire Xin'an Wharf was jubilant......

In the afternoon of the same day, Nicole welcomed several groups of guests such as Duchess Margaret and representatives of Zezilia, Pimont and Degus, Sun Lao naturally wanted to take the ladies to drink tea and rest on the Nicole to see the scenery, while Gu Jin and Li Junming received Pimont and other groups of guests on behalf of Sun Lao.

Afterwards, Sun Lao and the Duchess came forward to receive all the members of the Dili City Council and their families---- the ladies and sons of the city councillors, and of course the ladies, as well as the representatives of the indigenous people, Loka and his tribal chiefs.

Every first time they boarded the ship, which was made entirely of steel, involuntarily chanted their gods, and Loka and his tribal leaders even prostrate themselves on the deck in prayer into the distance, and in the evening, under the auspices of Sun Lao, the "luxurious" crew dining room was brightly lit, and the Australians held a grand buffet dinner that lasted until the second half of the night, and that evening there was a grand ballroom dance party on the brightly lit deck.

Later, according to the Duchess of Margaret, the young sailors on board the Nicole left many fond memories for the ladies and ladies of Dili, and it was impossible to equate the Australian sailors with the sailors of the world, and almost everyone was convinced that the sailors must have come from some aristocratic family, and their appearance, manners, and knowledge were sufficient to support this thesis.

There were plenty of good drinks and food at the ball, and it is said that the freshly brewed sweet potato wine and chilled white sugar sauce from Lao Wang's farm became the most popular drink for the men and the most popular sweet for the ladies that night, and the dance lasted until the middle of the night, when the guests stayed on the boat, and after an impressive, rich breakfast, they left the next morning......

On the afternoon of April 22, Nicole's cargo loading and unloading operations officially began, and Hou Xianglin knew that this tough battle for loading and unloading cargo began.

Hou Wei and the others roughly estimated that from the beginning of February at the beginning of the year to the present, a lot of goods have been accumulated on the wharf, just counting the bulk goods such as ore, coal, timber, and rice piled up on the wharf square, the total amount may not be less than 2,000 tons, not counting the materials that will be unloaded from the Nicole, including sugar factory equipment and various supplies.

All this can only rely on manpower, and the loading and unloading is carried on a shoulder-to-shoulder basis.

To this end, the two men made careful arrangements in advance, first of all, to concentrate all the labor available to them, and to suspend the construction sites and road construction of the Governor's Palace, but in this way, only about 800 strong laborers were gathered, including 200 members of the garrison who participated in the construction in shifts.

In addition to the members of the garrison, most of these people who came to work and earn money were men from the Loka tribe, a small half were men from the nearby indigenous tribes, and of course a small number of citizens from the city of Dili.

In addition, Duchess Margaret and Pimontedegus supported fifty sailors and twenty slaves on the estate.

Hou Xianglin treated these laborers equally, whether you were a freeman or a slave, he implemented the same standard of remuneration according to the fruits of labor, and those who were willing to get silver were given silver, and those who were willing to get kind were given in kind.

It didn't take long for Nicole's boom to start working, and bags of supplies were hoisted onto the floating dock.

All the laborers worked under the command of the squad leaders of the garrison, and more than 800 people lined up to carry the goods, loading and unloading them in a row, and the whole operation was carried to the dock square from the early morning to the setting of the sun, completely leaning on the shoulders of the people.

The goods in the square gradually piled up, the most conspicuous of which was the 200 tons of cement.

People in Dili are very curious about cement, not only because in the eyes of the locals, the packaging of these cements is very "luxurious", ---- outer layer is a burlap bag, and the inner layer is actually fine linen, or double-layered, just looking at this bag is worth some money!

No wonder the Governor demanded that these bags be recycled......

As for what the ash in the bag was for, the people in Dili City only knew that it was a mortar raw material, much like volcanic ash.

At present, only those who have worked on the construction site of the Doge's Palace know exactly the benefits of cement, but the news of this ash spreads quickly, and now there is construction everywhere in Dili, and Pimont also knows that it is a very high-grade mortar, and the plastering of the walls with this mortar is very smooth and strong, much better than the three-soil clay that the Portuguese usually use, and even better than the ash from the Chagan volcano sent by the tribesmen.

Pimont had discussed with Hou Xianglin about starting this cement business, but Hou Xianglin told him that unless you can control the gypsum and limestone mines in the southern and central coastal areas of Timor and send someone to dig them, the cement will barely be enough for my own use.

So far, although there are many people in Dili City who want to buy cement here, Governor Hou has not sold it......

The cement that was moved to the wharf square was quickly transferred to the nearby Shuangshanzi greenhouse, and the 200 tons of cement were moved for half a day before they were placed.

Dinner is served for free, rice and white flour steamed buns, the dish is radish pork rib soup, the meal soup is enough, half an hour after dinner, Nicole turned on the searchlight, the dock square is bright, this scene scared all the locals, many people thought that they had met the sea dragon and opened their eyes, the people in the square immediately fled a small half, many people were so frightened that they didn't even have time to drink the pork rib soup and scattered.

Fortunately, the panic was only temporary, and the people who fled found that the so-called sea dragon's eyes were just to brighten the square, so the people gradually gathered together, and after a while, people finally regained their stability again, eating and drinking when they should eat and drink, and resting when they should rest.

Because, Governor Hou has just announced that anyone who is willing to continue working at night will be paid an additional 10 percent......