In the evening, the gorgeous sunset clouds all over the sky.
Red River Valley Manor
patrolled the southwest border of the ranch, the return of the large group of horses drew cheers after another, Li Fushou's hand drew a circle in mid-air and shouted;
"Disbanded, a bonfire was set up in the evening, and everyone was drinking and roasting lamb."
"Yo ha..."
The knights screamed loudly, and happily twisted their butts to celebrate when they stood, which drove the joyous atmosphere to a climax.
Li Fushou rolled over at the entrance of the manor and got off his horse. Naturally, male black slaves took the sweaty horses to take care of him.
He strode into the house, his hard riding boots stomped on the floor and made a dull noise. The black waitress Chris hurried forward to take the cowboy hat and cloak, and another black woman waited for Mary to bring her steaming coffee.
Li Fushou sat down on a soft chair, took a sip of fragrant coffee and felt warm, nodded and said;
"Mary, the coffee is good."
"Return to the master, this coffee was made by Chris. I'm clumsy and haven't learned it yet."
"Well, let's go down."
Li Fushou waved his hand carelessly, and the two female slaves bowed and bowed and retired.
Ferry tickets from Australia to Europe are extremely expensive, far more valuable than a nigger. Owen, the daddy, didn't kindly help the **** to pay for this expensive fee, all of which were given to the next owner, Li Fushou.
The black slaves and white cowboys left over were taken over by the Red River Valley Ranch.
There are 64 black slaves in the entire ranch, 13 of whom are women. The male slaves do some heavy work in the ranch to take care of the livestock, and the female slaves are responsible for milking, cleaning the courtyard and feeding poultry, washing clothes and back kitchen.
Several young and beautiful female slaves are responsible for taking care of their masters. They have a clear division of labor, and they will be severely punished if they make a mistake, from starving to whipping, or even breaking their hands and feet.
The treatment of white cowboys is much better. They can get married and have an independent family, work in a ranch and earn income, and they are freelance workers.
Since the Chinese manor owners purchased the Red River Valley Ranch, some white cowboys who were unwilling to work under the Chinese ranchers left one after another, leaving only more than 30 white cowboys who had already married and established a business.
In fact, they have nowhere to go except here.
This is the common situation in Australian ranches now. A large number of black slaves are used to reduce costs. In the primitive stage of capital accumulation, every pound is full of crime and blood and sweat.
Red River Valley Ranch has such a large herd that only 30 white cowboys can take care of it. The ranch is recruiting Chinese cowboys on a large scale to look after hundreds of thousands of sheep, hundreds of horses and more than 2,000 cows.
The Chinese gold prospectors who came to Australia in the early years learned to ride horses and shoot guns as almost basic skills.
In this era without cars, many Chinese free gold prospectors bring their own horses to the gold mines and carry weapons to prevent attacks by whites and wild animals.
Therefore, the recruitment of Red River Valley Ranch is progressing quite smoothly, and many Chinese cowboys who are tired of the dangerous career of gold mines are eager to sign up.
The ranch selected a group of upright, loyal and willing manpower to supplement, and quickly made up for the shortcomings.
In the vast Queensland wilderness, there are large herds of wild horses and wild donkeys, as well as hordes of thylacines and wild dogs. Therefore, there must be enough manpower to protect the herd from the scourge of wild animals.
Every few days
The ranch will organize large-scale hunting by gunmen to remove the thylacines, wild boars and wild dogs roaming the wasteland. This is an important daily work of the ranch.
in the room
Li Fushou leisurely sipped coffee and sat on a soft chair to admire the magnificent sunset. It didn't take long for a heavy sleepiness to hit him, and he fell asleep on the chair.
Chrissy walked over lightly, covered him with a thin blanket of pure wool in her hand, carefully checked the tightness of the lower cover, and then crept away, for fear that the movement would slightly awaken the owner.
Early the next morning
Li Fushou, accompanied by German architect Feuerbach-Kant, old Mike, He Shoutian, and others, inspected the houses and wharves under construction, looking very interested.
Feuerbach-Kant is a rigorous and experienced architect who presided over the construction of Sydney City Hall and St. Mary's Cathedral in Canberra. He wears round gold-rimmed glasses and a Prussian iconic big beard. , The details are so harsh.
It is precisely because of this extremely responsible attitude that Li Fushou can safely entrust the construction of the project to him.
Facts have proved that the project construction is progressing very smoothly, and the quality is impeccable.
600 Chinese laborers are scattered in various construction sites. Among them, reservoir construction sites are the main ones. Nearly 400 laborers are concentrated and working hard. In the meantime, dozens of ox carts transport a large number of logs and boulders, which has already taken the shape of a river dam.
"Mr. Li, I still need at least 150 carpenters, 200 masons, and other manpower, with a total of not less than 500, to be able to complete a series of construction projects before August next year."
"Oh, are these people not enough?"
"Yes, I admire the hard work of the Orientals very much. They are qualified workers that every architect likes, and they are almost worthy of a Prussian." Feuerbach-Kant's compliments are dry and Prussian. The taste, the gaze sweeps the construction site like a falcon; "After my rigorous calculation, more manpower must be used to complete it on time. Please trust my professionalism."
Feuerbach-Kant took out a stack of paper from the kraft bag on her body, with various architectural patterns painted on it by hand, as well as a large number of calculated figures, densely packed and looked like a heavenly book.
Li Fushou took it over and looked at it, mostly about the bearing structure of the building and the calculation of the amount of earthwork used, as well as obscure German terms. He simply turned it over and handed it back to Feuerbach-Kant. Appears lack of interest.
"Well, let He Shoutian take care of this matter. We will recruit the manpower needed by the architect as soon as possible. The second batch of workers will be tentatively set at 600. I hope that this can be completed as soon as possible."
"I know the young master, I will take people to Brisbane later, and send the people who need it as soon as possible." He Shoutian bowed and replied.
"Well, the construction of the Red River Valley Ranch is the top priority at present, and we must go all out and we must not neglect."
"Morita understands that the supply of various materials is given priority and the manpower will not be delayed."
"That's good."
Getting the promise of the rancher, Feuerbach-Kant became more cheerful and took the initiative to explain the most important reservoir project to Li Fushou.
The reservoir project located in the Red River Valley is a typical canyon gravity dam, which has the functions of flood regulation and storage and power generation.
The Red River Valley is characterized by its twists and turns, the bottom of the canyon is deep and steep, the upper end is gentle, and the overall height is between 800 meters and 1,300 meters. It is suitable for building gravity dams to hold water and store floods.
After the completion of the Reservoir, it will flow upstream to flood more than 110 kilometers of uninhabited areas, forming a long and winding reservoir. The widest reservoir area has a water surface of about 15 kilometers and the narrowest area is only less than 800 meters.
The dam foundation construction site currently under large-scale construction uses thick logs to form a solid fence, and then piles up boulders and concrete to form a rock dam about 10 meters high, which has now seen its embryonic form.
The next step is to blast the steep mountains on both sides in dozens of times, causing a large amount of rocks to roll down to the bottom of the canyon, and then manually tamping the foundation stones.
The more than 10 meter high rock dam that has been built will effectively restrain the soil and rock falling from the landslide, and gradually form the main dam according to the architect's blueprint.
Repeated so many times, and finally formed an artificially dominated main dam body, pouring power plants and diversion tunnels and other facilities, completing the construction of the Red River Valley Reservoir.
Overall
This is a construction plan that makes full use of geographical conditions, saves time and speed, uses directional blasting technology to form artificial landslides, and completes a gravity dam similar to a barrier lake. The technical plan is feasible.
The Germans are still reliable!
Li Fushou nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly thought of one of the key points, and asked; "Mountain blasting is very professional. Do we have talents in this area?"
"certainly…"
Feuerbach-Kant's typical Prussian upturned beard stirred, and proudly turned his head and pointed his finger. Several men with the typical Prussian beard were standing at the bottom of the canyon from afar, looking at the towering mountain. Pointing, talking about something.
"Look, these are the gentlemen who have traveled across the oceans from Brandenburg, the military aristocrats who made great contributions to the establishment of the Brandenburg-Hohenzollern Empire. They are the world's top engineer instructors. This blasting method is a piece of cake for them. My construction plan is designed around their expertise, which can greatly save manpower and time."
The question in his heart was answered. Li Fushou observed these Prussian military aristocrats with great interest. Seeing them, he looked over and greeted them slightly.
These Prussian aristocrats responded politely, which seemed very cultivated.
"Let's go, let's look elsewhere."
These people need to stay in the Red River Valley Ranch for a long time. Li Fushou does not need to be too enthusiastic. During dinner, you can invite them to participate and release enough kindness.
What about the military aristocracy?
It's not that you have to go to the ocean to find a living, and bend your waist for 5 meters. There are a lot of old European aristocrats, especially in the entire Greater Germany. Aristocrats of the level of earls are also village chiefs.
In this historical period, the Franco-Prussian War ended only six years ago.
The victory of Prussia against the French War was of far-reaching significance and completely broke the land power of the French Empire in Europe for nearly two hundred years.
The talented and roughly William I led a powerful army, which was unparalleled in Western Europe. Frightened several independent states of Southern Germany, they issued a statement at the end of 1870 announcing their accession to the German Confederation.
January 18, 1871
King William I of Prussia officially announced at the Palace of Versailles in France; the German Empire was established and proclaimed himself the first emperor.
(Today I received the short signing of the contract, and I was very happy to finally have the opportunity to write down my favorite modern historical themes. This is really rare.
I wrote a book "The Wind of Rebirth from Nanyang" before, but I didn't sign a contract because of the subject matter, but the readers encouraged me to write 1 million words. Friends of the book shortage can read it.
Okay, let's not digress. Before the official release, it will be updated twice a day. On weekends and three times on Sundays, I will ask for recommended votes and collections. I hope to get everyone's approval and encouragement.
broke out eight changes a day after it was put on the shelves, and then it became weak and updated according to the first order. Normally, the second update is more than 6000 words. If 8000 words or even 10,000 words, readers and friends need to be supported.
By the way, there are two small questions. First, this is a parallel historical time and space, please do not bring it into strictly.
For example, as a country in the southern hemisphere, the seasons in Australia are completely opposite to those in China. From June to August is severe winter, and from December to March each year is summer. If you write according to this situation, most readers who don't understand the situation, It feels very difficult to understand.
In June, there was heavy snowfall, Li Fushou touched the frozen, iron-green face, and stretched out his trembling fingers to ask for a recommendation...
Ha ha…
This will make it easy to play, so it is slightly modified and treated as the domestic season. Please strictly examine the party and don't want to be mad, and be merciful.
Some readers said that the north-facing window in Australia sees the sun, but the south-facing window is shaded.
Mr. Grape admits that you are right, and the same reasoning is true. The Spring and Autumn Period brushwork has been slightly modified, mainly because the text is refreshing so that readers and friends will not be puzzled, and will not explain similar issues in the future.
Second, the book does not open gold fingers, and does not point to the science and technology tree. Everything is deduced based on the original historical time and space steam iron armored battleship. The productivity and combat power are kept close to the historical level. Please forgive me.