Chapter 132: Emergencies

The dam on Lake Rennesborlake is progressing well, with about 19 meters to go and close. At the steel mill site, the foundations of 26 steel converters were basically completed.

Ye Tan finished lunch and returned to the South Industrial City on Kane Island, it was already half past 12 noon.

After a period of emergency construction day and night without changing people, the spinning and weaving factories, garment factories, and hardware machinery factories under the textile mill have begun to resume normal production.

20 sets of 72 spindles and 21 large-scale spinning machines, production around the clock, the daily output reached 3 tons, for this level, equivalent to later generations, Ye Tan is still very satisfied.

Textile and garment factories, as well as hardware and machinery factories, have a heavy task and strive to produce more than 30 million sets of cotton clothes and quilts, as well as 20 kilometers of heating pipes and fittings with a diameter of 15 cm and 3 cm by the end of the year.

Ye Tan, accompanied by He Weigui, came to the construction site of the wooden house.

Even though the weather was a little cold in early winter, the busy workers were still sweating.

Ye Tan just picked up a wooden square strip with a thickness of 10 cm, bent his knuckles and knocked it a few times, and his voice was quite clear.

Lei Musheng, the overseer who received the news, rushed over sweating.

"Deputy Director Lei, this square will not shrink in the future, right?"

Ye Tan put down the square strip and asked.

"Mr. Ye, don't worry! Thanks to Long Yue, they had already cut down the wood and soaked it in water, and the wood juice inside was very clean. In addition, the weather is dry and cold now, and after we saw, it will be air-dried in five or six days, ensuring that it will not shrink and burst. Speaking of this, Lei Mu turned his head and pointed to the surrounding woodworking machinery, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ye, the machine you gave us is very good, and the brothers cut the wood with almost no effort." All the wooden houses only need to be assembled according to the drawings, which is more than 5 times more efficient and quality than in the camp in the San Bruno hill. ”

Ye Tan nodded, and took out a recipe from his pocket, "Deputy Director Lei, this is a recipe with white paint, and the materials are all on the side of the warehouse dock, you take someone to pull it back." All the wooden houses, you paint me with a layer of white paint, so as to save the dampness and mold, and waste manpower and material resources to repair and repair. ”

Lei Musheng took the recipe and read it silently, "Linseed oil, zinc oxide... Why is there no lacquer? ”

Seeing Lei Musheng's doubts, Ye Tan said with a smile: "Deputy Director Lei, this is the Western paint formula, you can mix it according to the above proportion," Speaking of this, Ye Tan pointed to the wood and said: "Deputy Director Lei, we will soon have new immigrants coming, and the houses on Digby Island and Pocher Island should be built as soon as possible." Especially the wood, we must prepare enough in advance, even if people come in advance, we will not be in a hurry. ”

Turning his head, Ye Tan said to He Weigui: "Old He, if Deputy Director Lei is understaffed, he can be transferred from the brothers who built the road. After all, it's a matter of burning eyebrows. In particular, there are quite a few freshwater lakes on Pocher Island, and except for a few that have been set aside as drinking water sources, the remaining freshwater lakes can be used for soaking wood. Turning his head, Ye Tan said to Lei Musheng: "Oh! That's right! Deputy Director Lei, after a while, I will add you another 20 complete sets of woodworking machinery and generators to cope with the progress on the Pocher Island. However, I would like to know when exactly you will be able to complete 80,000 units of 300,000 square meters of houses. ”

"Mr. Ye, now I have only 20,000 people in my hands, who have to level the land, cut wood, cut materials, assemble wooden houses and paint them. I haven't removed most of the handling yet. 20,000 people seems like a lot, but when you divide them evenly, it's 4,000 people. If I want to complete 80,000 wooden houses of 300,000 square meters in a month, I still need 40,000 people. ”

Lei Musheng's brain was spinning rapidly, and between breaths, he had already calculated the specific number of people.

He Weigui held a pencil and recorded it quickly. Then he looked at Ye Tan, and seeing that Ye Tan nodded in agreement, he continued: "Deputy Director Lei, the personnel will be arranged within 3 days, and you must prepare for receiving it in advance." ”

Lei Musheng nodded, indicating that he understood. More than 40,000 people, lodging, eating, drinking and Lazar, if you don't prepare in advance, if something goes wrong, that's his responsibility.

"Instructor Ye, there is an urgent telegram."

Ye Tan just came out of the construction site and just wanted to go to the hardware machinery factory, when Bai Xueyan's glutinous voice came from behind.

"Read."

Ye Tan stopped, frowned slightly, and said.

"Yes! Instructor Ye! Lieutenant Colonel Li Danghong sent an urgent telegram that 5,600 of us were seized on the way to the yo-ball, and asked us to ransom us with 500,000 taels of silver. In addition, our fleet transporting weapons happened to arrive in the Shanghai Sea today, and was besieged by British, French, German, and American warships. Zhang Gongyi and Bu Kui ordered a counterattack and sank their two 2,000-ton second-class warships and five 1,000-ton fourth-class warships. The enemy's casualties amounted to 869 people. We didn't have a single casualty. Zhang Gongyi and Bu Kui, they ask you to instruct, what to do next? ”

Ye Tan put his right hand fist on his lips, lowered his head and groaned slightly, then raised his head, his eyes became sharp, and he said slowly: "First, tell Lieutenant Colonel Li Danghong that I will set off to yo immediately, and it is estimated that I will arrive in 7 days, and let his people secretly take care of the more than 5,000 people." At the same time, secretly investigate who is so bold and dares to detain us. Second, send a telegram to Deng Zhi and ask him to immediately send 100 marines to secretly go to Yo-Ball. Cooperate with Li Danghong's people to find out the situation. Third, tell Zhang Gongyi and Bu Kui to be tough. Britain, France, Germany, and the United States had just blackmailed a lot of gold and silver treasures from the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so that they boldly demanded huge compensation from Britain, France, Germany, and the United States. It's just that the lion opens his mouth wide, and he can open up as much as he wants, so that they can report on the negotiation situation at any time and wait for my final decision. ”

I wanted to stay in Phoenix for a few more days, but I didn't expect such a big thing to happen at this juncture.

The plan couldn't catch up with the changes, this was an unexpected situation that Ye Tan didn't expect at all.

Ye Tan had just left with his front foot, and Ye Qingqing, who got the news, chased after him with his back foot.

"Brother, I heard that you are going back?"

Ye Qingqing held Ye Tan's right arm, crooked, and asked anxiously.

Knowing what his sister had in mind, Ye Tan looked at Ye Qingqing dotingly, scratched her nose and said, "Okay!" You immediately go and inform your parents, so that they can temporarily hand over the matter at hand to Lao He to take care of, pack their luggage, and prepare to go back. ”

Ye Qingqing pushed Ye Tan's hand away, her smart eyes blinked, and Ai Ai said, "What about Sister Mei Li, Alice, and Karina?" ”

Ye Tan, who was in a hurry, where could he take care of such a trivial matter, he waved his hand, "If you like, bring them." ”

The request was agreed by her brother, Ye Qingqing was so happy that she almost jumped up, she clapped her palms, and said with a smile: "Brother, then I'll go and inform my parents and Sister Mei Li." ”

Ye Tan shook his head, thinking to himself, my sister has changed so much, I don't know when, I got along so well with Isabellan Melly.

Turning his head, Ye Tan said to He Weigui: "Lao He, please leave the matter here to you." ”

"Instructor, this is a matter of duty, and it is an unshirkable responsibility," He Weigui hurriedly waved his hand, he didn't dare to pose in front of Ye Tan. He thought for a moment, then said, "Instructor, what else do you have to explain?" ”

Ye Tan pondered for a while, "Old He, things may change faster than our plan. Therefore, for the matter of transferring manpower to Lei Musheng, an additional 30,000 people will be added to help. It's early winter, and by the way, the heating pipes have been laid. lest there be a sudden snowstorm and rainstorm, so that the brothers can't sleep, and wake up in the middle of the night. In addition, if there is rain or snow, not only should the brothers stop working, but also pay attention to the warmth of the generator room, so as not to freeze the diesel and gasoline inside the machine, which will be troublesome. ”

PS: Because the plot unfolds too quickly, there is insufficient foreshadowing in many places and empty content. I am very ashamed. So stopped for a while to reflect.