Thousands of miles away from the capital, the sun is shining in the freshwater harbor.

At this moment, more than 4,000 craftsmen and people are toiling on the 500-meter-long, 300-meter-deep stone-based wharf, dozens of heavy stone grinding discs are pulled by ropes, rising high, and falling heavily with the sound of trumpets one after another.

Hundreds of wheelbarrows were constantly carrying mixed gravel and sand onto the docks that had been tamped by the grinding discs.

Zhu Daolin and more than a dozen civil and military officials strode up the 700-meter-long new breakwater until they reached the T-shaped junction at the end, then stopped, squatted down to carefully check the construction quality of the embankment under their feet, and then looked back at the calm and slightly turbid harbor in the breakwater, and were very satisfied with the construction progress and engineering quality of the port.

"There are another 20 days to complete the earthwork of the entire wharf, followed by the pouring of the base of the eight large and small cranes, and finally the pouring of concrete floors with a thickness of 50 cm to 30 cm, which can be put into use in about 10 days of maintenance. After repeated calculations, we needed at least 3,800 tonnes of high-grade cement to complete the project on time. ”

Liu Yongqing, commander of the Tamsui Port Fortress, reported loudly.

Zhu Daolin nodded, and pointed to the rammed and solid breakwater under his feet, which had not yet been poured cement: "Plus the 3 breakwaters under your feet and on both sides of the port, how much cement is needed in total?" ”

Liu Yongqing said with a smile: "If we can bring over the 3,500 tons of high-grade cement that the general transported three days ago, it is estimated that it will be almost enough, and if the 1,450 tons of steel bars are also transferred, my subordinates will ensure that the construction of the wharf and the auxiliary warehouses in the three areas will be completed within two months." ”

All the civil and military forces laughed when they heard this, and they all knew that the steel and cement that Zhu Daolin had transported a few days ago were used to build the military camp, arsenal and three small bridges on the north bank, and everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie, but no one dared to put it forward without scruples like Liu Yongqing.

Zhu Daolin weighed it for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "I can give you something." When I go back, I will buy two batches of steel bars and cement from Tianshu Pavilion, and the other ministries will make a more detailed plan after I go back later, giving priority to the construction of reservoirs and drainage ditches on both sides of the road in the resettlement area. ”

"As for the houses and bridges, I think they should be built of wood for the time being, and they will not be able to meet such a huge amount of use within half a year, in fact, the best solution is to improve the construction plan of the cement plant with an annual output of 100,000 tons as soon as possible. Send someone back to ask the research institute to help solve the problem. ”

"You must pay close attention to the mining of small coal mines in Dongshan, even if the two cement plants in Longtan are completed and put into operation in the middle of the year, the cement will not be able to be transported over, and the freight is too high to be cost-effective!"

Everyone nodded frequently, and Jiang Zhaohuan asked, "Aren't there three large-scale high-quality coal models within a radius of twenty miles from Keelung Mountain?" Can you think of a way to get rid of the Spaniards who have nothing to do? ”

"The time is not yet ripe!"

Zhu Daolin shook his head regretfully: "But from now on, no one should mention any mines near Mount Keelung, and they must be kept strictly secret, and they must not be known to the Spaniards." ”

"Wait for the freshwater port to be put into use. The Spaniards will definitely ask us to lease the pier, and I will talk to them to see if we can convince the Spaniards to transfer Keelung Port to us by extending the lease period of the pier. ”

Fan Sanmin, the construction supervisor, said: "I guess they will be willing to ......"

"During this time, the Spaniards came from time to time to check on the progress of our port construction, and their purpose in occupying Keelung Port was nothing more than to trade with Japan and Korea, if they had better port facilities. There is simply no need for them to continue to occupy the port of Keelung. ”

"Judging from the fact that they have occupied Keelung Port for so many years without building any port facilities, they do not treat Keelung Port as a colony."

Zhu Daolin nodded approvingly: "This matter can't be rushed. Leave it to me, March 10 next year is the time for trade and negotiations that we have agreed with the Spanish and Portuguese, and the place is in the Tamsui port, so the construction of the Tamsui port must be carried out quickly. ”

"I strive to purchase a batch of high-end building materials from Tianshu Pavilion as soon as possible to build the long-planned seafarers' club...... Old Fan. It's up to you to do it, and it's only three and a half months away. ”

"Rest assured, General, that the walls and roads of the inn and the restaurant have been built, and the necessary bricks and stones for the five main buildings, one large and four small, have been prepared, if not in the style of a two-story building in the frame style. I started work 10 days ago. Fan Sanmin said with a smile.

Zhu Daolin smiled with satisfaction: "Why don't we go and see it now?" Take a look and I also have a bottom in my heart, tomorrow I will go to the Tianshu Pavilion, if you have any raw materials, tools, machines, etc. that you need to buy, write a list and hand it to me as soon as possible, and I will buy it back as much as possible. ”

Zhong Wenwu immediately walked back along the narrow breakwater.

Zhu Daolin looked at the construction scene on the dock from afar, and found that he needed to do more and more, and it seemed that he would never be able to finish it.

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The twenty-third day of the lunar month, the year of the year.

Zhu Daolin, who returned in a hurry, stayed awake all night, and went down to the kitchen on the first floor of the villa as soon as it was dawn, fried two poached eggs, and soaked a bowl of fast food noodles, barely filling his stomach.

Zhu Daolin washed the dishes and cleaned up the dining table, came to the living room where 600 yellow thick cardboard boxes were neatly stacked, and carefully identified the labels on the cardboard boxes.

He opened a cardboard box on the top layer, took out a beautifully crafted copper-nickel alloy flat wine jug, carefully checked the Ming military emblem on the front of the flat wine jug and the six traditional block letters of "Ming Imperial Navy", as well as the exquisite sail warship pattern on the back and the inscription of "Chongzhen Six Years New Year's Day" below, and then unscrewed the lid of the small wine jug with exquisite workmanship, carefully checked the manufacturing process and tightness of the screw mouth, and then satisfactorily tightened the lid and put it back in the carton.

In front of you, these thick yellow cardboard boxes, the size of mineral water boxes, contain a total of 18,000 flasks of the same style and two textures.

These finely crafted flat wine jugs are the first batch of souvenirs specially customized by Zhu Daolin to Lu Jianmin in Shanghai two months ago, and they will soon be delivered to the hands of the Ming Navy.

In order not to favor one over the other, Zhu Daolin also ordered a batch of flat wine jugs of the same texture for the army officers and soldiers under his command, the front is the military emblem pattern and the words "Ming Imperial Army", the back pattern is a field cannon, the inscription is the first batch of new army to complete the training and officially become the army "Chongzhen five years October", the number of customization is as high as 50,000, and it will take a month for the manufacturer to deliver.

The price of the above two kinds of flat wine jugs with different inscription patterns is 220 yuan each, which is nearly twice as high as the custom price of ordinary stainless steel flat wine jugs and brass flat wine jugs, but Zhu Daolin believes that it is worth the money, as long as it is properly kept, it can be used for decades or hundreds of years.

For the soldiers under his command, this is not only a beautiful and practical souvenir, but also a great honor and pride, even if one day they are old, they can take it out and have an endless aftertaste. (To be continued.) )