Chapter 10: Our Mayflowers (1)
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The "epic ridicule" of the encounters with the Delaware Indians finally yielded a satisfactory outcome for all.
While the trade ties with the Indians didn't really solve the current woes of the Manhattan community, it did at least make the daily food of the traversers less monotonous. The previous complaints of more than 500 people have repeatedly emphasized the current single problem of food nutrition.
Almost all of what is now consumed is the backlog of convenience food in the dock warehouses, and the limited amount of Thai fragrant rice can only be used for the elderly and infirm women, children and children. For more than a month, many people have lost their appetite, and more than 100 people have developed ulcers.
The Indian trade brought dried peanuts, potatoes, a North American pumpkin, and large quantities of legumes. But this will not solve the problem for long, after all, it is now that winter is approaching, and the Indians will also face difficulties in storing food.
By early November, the first phase of the Manhattan neighborhood had been completed, with more than 200 wooden buildings of various sizes neatly scattered throughout the planned residential area, and many of the trees were not completely cut down to create a better environmental effect, or simply because of laziness, and became a green belt around the neighborhood.
In addition to the stricter windproof and damp release treatment, the building in the warehouse area is more elaborate on the materials, and the construction is simpler. In addition to what has been consumed, more than 1,000 tons of sorted out materials have been put into storage for more than a month. Some of them are special warehouses converted from sand and gravel bags and scrapped containers to preserve more precious materials.
A large number of imported Siemens energy-saving lamps and lanterns were harvested from the Fengcheng 16 bulk carrier, of which more than thousands of sets were intact. This harvest finally brought the Manhattan community away from the night camp style.
Along the riverbank, a simple log fence separates the dock area from the community's residential areas, and some dock workers are simply reinforcing the embankment with bags of sand and gravel.
The simply expanded wharf is now able to provide a safe docking for fishing and customs vessels, which has undoubtedly accelerated the transfer of supplies more than 10 kilometres to the north. In order to improve efficiency, the dock mechanics even sent a dock crane and related power distribution facilities to the dock area with a fishing boat.
The spare diesel motor of the scrapped 5,000-ton Fengcheng 16 bulk carrier played a role, and this terminal crane greatly saved the manpower for unloading at the terminal.
Just three days before Su Zining successfully completed the Indian contact mission, the geological exploration team of the Caotai team finally discovered an open-pit coal mine in the north of Staten Island.
Geography teacher An Shaoqing, in Yan Xiaosong's words, is "literature and art" that makes people afraid. Not only did this guy find a coal mine, but he also swore that he could find an iron mine nearby based on his knowledge. Later, with the help of the Indians, a small iron mine was found near the Indian village on Long Island.
For the wild wolf incident that has always been unreassuring, at the end of last month, Zheng Quan still organized a large-scale clean-up operation. Most of the armed police, customs anti-smuggling team and economic investigation police team were dispatched, and more than 30 people went deep into the north-central part of Manhattan Island. Finally, a wild wolf was found in a small inner lake area in the north-central region. Hundreds of rounds were expended and nine North American gray wolves were killed.
In the course of this security operation, they also stumbled upon a small village of Delaware Indians that had been abandoned for a long time. This has to make Zheng Quan and others feel lucky, otherwise with such a large-scale settlement project as the Manhattan community, God knows if it will lead to a conflict.
Yiqiē was still advancing slowly and methodically, the first ship of excavated coal had been unloaded at the docks, and the winter clothes had begun to be distributed in advance. In the course of an Indian trade, traces of iron ore were finally discovered.
It is said that Li Xiang, a young man who is single, not only discovered iron ore near the Indian settlements in the Long Island area, but even began to make eye contact with the Indian girl who made a stunning appearance. It is also said that the father of this Indian girl who had a crush on Li Xiang was also a very powerful leader in the Indian village.
is also a Mongolian yellow race, regardless of the age of the other party, at most 16 years old, the figure and posture of the Indian girl is at least better than those former dock sanitation workers who cross Zhongli, I don't know how many grades.
The second-in-command guide, who almost grieved under the hooves of the she-moose, had been in the Indian villages for almost all of the time, except for continuing to learn the Indian language in depth, and was hunting with the Indian girl named Nata all day long.
As a result, under the "vigorous" promotion of Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong, Li Xiang is now about to become the son-in-law of the Indian tribe, and the time he stays in the tribe as a business representative far exceeds the time he spends returning to the Manhattan community.
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Nov. 11 is traditionally Singles' Day, but now it's a day that doesn't deserve special attention from the people of the Manhattan community.
Since yesterday, the wind has increased in the Manhattan area, and the strong winds blowing from the open sea have even blown away the rafts tied to the docks. As for why there is such a violent storm at sea after winter, the captain of the White River, who has run the North American route, did not give an answer.
Half of the pier can be crossed, what is impossible?
Approaching dusk, the last fishing boat pulling coal back from the Staten Island mine sent back a frightening message from the ship's radio that a sailboat had appeared in the mouth of the New York Bay.
The honest owner of the fishing boat immediately decided to increase the speed to a maximum of 10 knots. Then he quickly drove towards Manhattan Island, the motor of the battered fishing boat shook the sky, and the dozen or so Indian hired men on board climbed on the deck in fright and cried.
The small sail Galen, with its broken sails, slowly approached the bay like a dying fish at a speed of less than 2 knots. At dusk, there are hardly any human figures on the deck of the ship, and the English name of the ship - "Mayflower" can be faintly seen on the bronze sign on the bow of the ship.
Zheng Quan's order came out, and the 516 anti-smuggling ship of the customs quickly dispatched.
Zheng Quan's ascension made Wang Tiehammer, the original electromechanical chief of No. 516, become the acting captain. The 36-year-old Navy demobilized officer was directing a customs anti-smuggling ship in a state of war to seize the angle of fire at a speed of 20 knots. The 23-mm rapid-fire gun on the customs anti-smuggling ship has been unwound, and several members of the customs anti-smuggling team are making final preparations for firing.
The sailboat still didn't move, it seemed that it had long lost control, and just drifted quietly with the wind.
"Attention, slow down and lean in. If there is hostility, open fire immediately! Wang Tiehammer put down the binoculars and gave instructions to the deputy beside him.
Half an hour later, the customs anti-smuggling ship finally docked the odd 17th-century sailboat. When Wang Tiehammer and the others saw the name of the ship clearly, almost all the people on the ship exclaimed.
Zhou Kemin was the first to climb onto the deck of the boat with a pistol, and the scene that entered his eyes made the young man almost forget that there was someone behind him who was ready to get on the boat, just stupidly climbing on the side of the boat and not moving.
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