Chapter 3: A Little Story in the Rain

Shield City, the former most prosperous city in the Westlands, a shipping node and a commercial and political center, is now starting to be a bit of an eyesore in Doniva's eyes.

Compared to the "palace" on the floor of the main office building of the new city, which has hot and cold running water, air conditioning and air conditioning, comfortable sofas and elevator services, this castle is not a fart despite its size.

Half a year ago, a group of Chinese craftsmen came to measure the design, and then made a very simple electricity scheme for him. Electric lights rely on photovoltaic cells, water heaters and pumping towers with diesel generators...... Photovoltaic cells are not powerful on cloudy days, and diesel generators are also used. Comfortable is comfortable, the wisps of black smoke and noise on the platform below the castle look really uncomfortable.

In the plan to turn the entire shield city upside down, Doniva strongly recommends that the castle be demolished, and Lao Tzu should also live in the Oriental Pearl Tower!

It's a funny idea. The current Emperor Elta is also a wonderful person, and the new district and even the elders are worried that he will not let go of the imperial power if he dies, and when the time comes, he will have to work together with black hands and white hands to crush him - but this kid actually said in advance of any estimated timetable that the country would live and die, and he would avoid it because of misfortune and fortune, and said again and again: I have decided, you will come to establish a constitutional monarchy. Three times five divided by two, the pain is staggering. On the contrary, it is such a trivial matter as leaving the castle to build a new landmark, and it is incredible that Doniva wants to pull a big saw with the new district.

Reasons such as security, stability, no privacy in the glass house, pushing the ass and pushing the ass the whole world can see clearly with a telescope, there are not a thousand but eight hundred, and after half persuasion and half fooling, Doniva finally agreed to the intermediate plan, and demolished the castle and rebuilt it. As for what it will look like? Then Emperor Elta only looked at the design drawings, and did not change the design drawings. You are not a graduate of Shanghai Jiaotong University, so you are not a professional. We do not accept this opinion. Then there is nothing he can do.

The renovation of the first phase of Shield City has not yet been able to take the turn of this giant in the city. The first priority was to open the road and build a new pier. Without these two, the building materials can't be transported, the truck can't drive, and then there is still a ball to play. Secondly, there are all kinds of ditches. The open ditch of the shield city is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, and the streets are all over the place. The thickest flood drainage and sewage ditch is directly open to embrace the city, and the fragrance is wafting thousands of miles. Since the whole city has to be turned over and over again, of course, the water supply and drainage will have to be dealt with.

As for the city walls, of course, they have to be torn off. Open cities are only suffocated by the eternal belt of the city walls, which are vulnerable to shelling and aviation weapons. It is true that the Wyvern mage can descend to a height to threaten the defenders of the city, but the people below will fire a thousand arrows...... And whether it is a hot air balloon or an airship fighter jet dropping bombs, the city wall is not half effective.

Of course, the city walls combined with the closing of the city gates at night can still stop some thieves. However, the movement of people is intensifying, and as long as law and order are strengthened, cross-city nightlife can also be done. The tangible city wall is not as good as the intangible identity and household registration system at this time.

What should I do if I dig the wall to build the road and demolish it? It is estimated that there is no place with lower demolition costs than here. The residential building promises to be repaid in equal area, and the shop is also repaid in equal area, anyway, a six-story residential building can include a large bungalow residential area. Of course, the small house was given a piece of brown paper, the shop was given a piece of green paper, and when a large store was encountered, the negotiators pretended to grit their teeth and gave a piece of red paper, and the owners immediately said that they would obediently move to the temporary residence area and would definitely not cause trouble to the engineering team.

In China, it is necessary to measure, to negotiate, to calculate feng shui, the average price of lighting in the area, environmental assessment, from eggs to skins and then into preserved eggs, BB to BB to go for a few weeks, and more than a few years of flat media and online media to record a face, the demolition problem was completely solved here in less than two days. The speed of solving the problem of demolition and relocation of residents is even faster than pulling out red paint and spraying a word of demolition.

But talk fast, move slowly, and dismantle even slower. After the residents had completely removed their belongings, the demolition team moved in. And can the wooden house be picked up with strange hands? Can it be dismantled with a sledgehammer? Obviously neither. If the strange hand can't get in, the hammer may collapse, and by the way, it will affect the other houses next door to the wall, and even where to hammer is a problem.

The demolition starts with the storefronts along the street. At first, there was no wide road for vehicles to enter and exit, so they had to dismantle the wooden planks one by one. The dismantled planks are thrown into the furniture factory, the flooring factory, and the pencil factory in good condition. If the situation is not good, you can only lose the paper mill and the mushroom house. As for the nails on the wood, then they don't need to be removed. If any unit wants to take the wood, let them dispose of it themselves.

On the premise of not affecting the original road access, the vehicle finally has room to move after the store is demolished. The small wooden houses were sawn off the foundation stakes and directly pulled vertically by a crane onto the truck and transported away. Some of the newer large wooden houses were built with entire wooden walls buried deep in the ground, or even stone walls deep in the ground with wooden structures on top of each other. At this time, the crane that put down the bracket had to pull the superstructure to dismantle and disassemble it one by one.

Wells that are used throughout residential areas for firefighting and drinking water are also filled with small balls made of pure clay, and the gaps are sealed with Portland cement after checking that there is no water seepage. The streets that were originally not part of the main road were paved with stone bricks, but a corner was also chiseled and all lifted. After a few days of tossing, no one could tell that there were once streets and houses. After digging the pit and backfilling the roadbed, the concrete truck can drive in and pour the cement.

It's a pity that the project should have had a smooth journey here, but now it has to stop.

The crane monsters and forklifts who were so powerful that they would attract idlers and children in the city to stop and watch outside the fence line were now forced to stay in the makeshift shacks made of tarpaulins and scaffolding, sighing silently at the muddy sky outside. On the other side of the wharf, the ships dredging the silt had to dock temporarily. Fortunately, the widening of the shore wall has not yet begun, otherwise it would have been a big loss.

That's right, the rainy season is here.

Unlike tickling spring rains, thermal circulation lifts a large amount of water vapor from the ocean all the way to the peak of the far west, and all the way to the east. This is where the fastest growing crops of the year begin.

Before the first phase of the Duncheng renovation project was laid, the cement road foundation was washed away. Fortunately, the stone road next to it was built in advance with curbstones that would not cause the foundation to be lost, otherwise the muddy water in the pit would be soaked in the drainage ditch, and whether the stone road with the hollowed out foundation could remain intact or not.

Except for the happy farmer uncle, the continuous precipitation from west to east and the sporadic sunshine mixed in with it made everyone else sad. On the already quiet western border, the Western Expeditionary Army could not move even a single step from the stronghold, and sometimes the rain curtain could not even cross the Wyvern Messenger.

The officers and men huddled in the dry watchtowers and barracks, drying their clothes with magic and fire, gambling and drinking sluggishly, waiting for the next meal or the order to return to the camp.

On Garcia's side, the soldiers who originally chose to live in the "first class" on the roof of the wooden house are beginning to regret their choice at this time. A large number of houses need to be filled, otherwise it will rain heavily outside and light rain inside, and the soldiers living in the western part of the city, near the slums and the separation wall, have to curse their mothers in unison at the top and bottom floors, and their houses are in low-lying areas, and there is nowhere to complain about the flooding. The wall that separates the slums not only blocks the desolation and rancid stench in the slums, but also the floodwaters that flow into the stinking puddles, sending them all to the buildings in the outer ring that should be dry.

Supply trucks traveling from east to west on dirt roads were often stuck in the mud and unable to move forward, and the soaked roads were difficult to carry even the horses' hooves. At the same time, fleets coming from the waterways had to take longer distances and lengths of time. The water level rises, the water flow becomes rapid, the amount of labor increases, and the wind and rain cause a considerable degree of attrition in the slender man's team.

In this rainy season, which is so normal that it can no longer be normal, the attrition of the slender man seems very abnormal. But it's not just the slender man who is attributing? Farmland in low-lying areas needs to be drained manually, and the more advanced drainage methods are water trucks, while the more backward fields can only send serfs to drain water with buckets. As soon as the lightning and thunder showed signs of rain, whether it was a meal or a half-day trip to Zhougong, the soldiers of the rebel army would always warn the serfs in charge of drainage with whips to get up and step on the water wheel or hold buckets to wait for the rain.

After the war, according to the statistics of the survivors, thousands of people fell on the waterwheels or rolled into the river with buckets in the entire demonic powder planting area in the eastern part of the direct area. More people, silently, softened on the field with a high fever.

Thankfully, for Cierta, the rainy season is just "troublesome" and has not yet reached the level of "deadly". Rain gear with a logo was distributed in each factory, and workers went to work as usual. Low-lying fields are drained by pumps, reinforced concrete roofs will not leak as long as the waterproof layer is done, glass windows can let the rain beat at will, not like leaky shutters and wooden windows, if you have a fever and cold, please ring the dormitory administrator's bell immediately...... Perhaps for the first time, the Elta people discovered that the rainy season can also have almost no impact on life.

However, the rainy season has a big impact on Sierta's army.

The conscription that could have been carried out with a parasol on a street corner has become weak. Seeing that it will be seven days, the reports of recruits are still sparse. The head of the military academy informed the new instructors one by one: the vacation was extended.

Beslon's cabin hadn't returned to the team yet, but he moved into the empty military dormitory with Leka's luggage and Leka first. Some people simply house their families here, and people can't leave the barracks on weekdays. Only the 12 indigenous instructors transferred to military academies have the right to visit their families on a daily basis. Sadly, however, of the twelve indigenous instructors, only Besson had this need. And the guy who has no family can't move here alone, and in the same way, Baslong can't move into the old dormitory with his girlfriend - phew, fiancée, so even if he only lives in his room, every night falls, the residents of a dozen dormitories will definitely stick their ears against the wall, or knock on the wall to help the fun.