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Friday, November 27, 1620, overcast.

Last night, the first snow of the North American winter finally arrived. The white color covers the original yellow-green mottled island forest, and the entire Hudson estuary area is like a snow-white cake cut into several pieces. Only occasionally a wisp of black smoke emerged from that white, and was quietly carried away by the cold wind.

A few days ago, a wide area of flat land in the Brooklyn Riverbend Industrial Area, southeast of Manhattan's neighborhood on the other side of the East River, was cleared out of a wide flat area, and a dozen men in winter suits or overcoats were dividing into groups to discuss the final construction work in the open space between the riverbank and the woodland.

At present, the Brooklyn Industrial Zone, which covers an area of less than 100 acres, has only a few simple masonry and cement yards that are still in full swing, and the Delaware Indians, who can still get a lot of benefits after the winter, have become the first batch of foreign workers in the Brooklyn Industrial Zone, and the layout of the larger industrial production is still on paper.

With so much to do this winter, the distribution of manpower has fallen into the most awkward situation. Thanks to the continuous movement of the "Indian Goodwill Task Force" led by Li Xiang, a two-knife guide, several Delaware Indian villages on the east and west banks of the Hudson River have become the labor available to the community committee, and the farthest visit has even reached the west of Jersey City.

The chiefs of the Indian villages were glad to be able to get the Chinese to be hired in the winter, and even though they did not have to prepare anything, they were able to reap many "good rewards" at the end of their work. Several Indian villages on Long Island and Staten Island readily agreed to hire the Chinese, and provided far more manpower than the community council had anticipated.

On the edge of the industrial area, another woodland and wetland swamp has completed the final ground preparation, several hills of logs have been piled up from felled logs, and a drainage ditch leading to the main drainage canal is still under construction.

About 100 Native American hired men with tools in their hands waited curiously on the edge of the newly opened flat land. The Indians, who had just drunk a hot pot potato broth, were wearing winter clothes given by Manhattan residents, and they were all touching each other with great joy.

Regarding the act of transferring the old clothes eliminated by the community residents to the Indians, Su Zining was very angry for a while. Had it not been for the committee's assurances that all old clothes were rigorously scalded and disinfected, he would have almost linked this to the use of the same methods by the European colonizers to exterminate a large number of Indians. At that time, various infectious diseases represented by smallpox claimed the lives of dozens or even millions of Indians with the help of used clothes.

Looking at the lively appearance of the young Indian who regarded the old cold-proof clothes on his body as treasures, Su Zining could only sigh what a wonderful thing it was to change history.

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"Here, the construction of a batch of factories must be completed by the end of the year, and the second-hand machine tools must be shipped over as much as possible...... Now that there is an iron mine, the pig iron smelting work should be carried out as much as possible, how about you see the smelter arranged there? ”

Jiang Zhaolong, the head of the Ministry of Industry, and Lin Youde, the chief engineer, squatted by the wooden shed at the construction site, looking at the map, pointing at the surrounding flat land, and almost all the industrial development plans were formulated by the two of them.

"The ore grade is not high, so we can only get the ash out first, and if the supply of ore and coal does not increase, it is estimated that the production capacity will not be higher than 500 tons in the first month. Only some simple tools can be produced, and now all power depends on diesel engines, and diesel consumption is estimated to be no smaller. Lin Youde was dragging a piece of ore in his hand, and his fingers were groping the surface of the ore.

"When the foundry is up and running, and enough basic tools are produced, we can try to dismantle those ships, and make something good, and try to get the power of the steam engine. It's just that there is a shortage of professional and technical workers, otherwise, I plan to build a glass production plant as well. Jiang Zhaolong sighed, feeling unspeakable grievances about the current situation.

"After a while, simple primary metal processing is no problem, but the Ministry of Chemical Industry is not easy to do, it is estimated that they are more aggrieved than you now, and they are trying to make acid and alkali all day long with soil methods. Hardly anything can be done at the level of production at the level of Tufa Shi. Lin Youde stood up with a heavy heart, stretched his arms, and the exhaled breath was obviously white, "Without bauxite, there is no way to fire refractory bricks, and some of the basic chemical raw materials they want also need coking to obtain." ”

As the notoriously difficult topic unfolded, the two industrialists quickly put aside the problems that were temporarily bothering them and discussed technical solutions with the best they could do so far. The types of work that could be replaced by Indian hired workers were replaced as much as possible, and modern workers were concentrated as much as possible for the most critical industrial construction.

On the other side of the industrial area, near the bend of the river, another wave of Manhattan community managers and engineers gathered on the shore, not far behind more than 200 eager Native American hires.

Although the material and technical conditions for the construction of the most advanced ocean-going galen sailing ships of this era were not sufficient, the community council, after consulting with the Ministry of Industry, decided to carry out the construction of the shipbuilding industry ahead of schedule. After all, including the maritime anti-smuggling ship and fishing boat, it also needs a place where it can be maintained.

The construction of a 2,000-ton dry dock and a slipway became a top priority for these projects. Qi Jianjun, who was appointed by the community committee as the chief commander of the project, has been running around for several days without touching the ground, selecting sites and conducting technical proposals.

The dockyard project not only shows how big a pit is being dug, but also involves the geographical conditions of the dock outlet channel and coast, as well as various hydrological numbers such as river tides, but these problems are still not able to defeat the world city tourism map in the hands of geography teacher An Shaoqing, and the location of the Brooklyn shipyard in later generations was quickly found, which is now under everyone's feet.

The expansion of the community settlement and the development of the Brooklyn industrial area have resulted in the acquisition of large quantities of high-quality oak and fir wood. But they are far from being usable for shipbuilding, and usually a natural drying process of at least three years is necessary without other wood treatments.

As for the sails, such a devastating strategic material could only be solved temporarily through guò European trade until the textile industry in the community industrial zone was really established.

Zheng Quan can't wait, and some people in the Manhattan community can't wait. All the work was carried out at the same time with the slogan of advance preparation, and the small Mayflower deeply aroused the competitiveness and imitation of some big ships and giant artillery otaku.

All basic work must be forward-looking, which is the point put forward by Su Zining at the regular meeting of the community committee.

Several English indentured slaves who had worked as shipwrights in Pusmouth were sent to assist in these projects after a rigorous medical examination to confirm that there were no hidden diseases. They were told that in addition to being given an additional quota of winter food, they could even get an early status of freedom at some point in the future.

This lollipop touched the English men who were so impoverished that they had to risk their lives to come to the New World to earn a living.

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