Chapter 168 A City Wall That Can Be Both Defensive and Attackable
Xu Sichen finally added: "In addition, one working meal will be provided during the working period. You can go to the cafeteria to get food with the ticket. The working meal cannot be taken away or given away!"
This working time is specially set for the current weather. If people die of heat during the day during construction, she will suffer a great loss.
The rule that work meals cannot be packed or given away is because some workers are afraid that they will be reluctant to eat them themselves and take them home for their families. If they don’t have the energy to work at that time, then they will be the ones who suffer.
She made enough money to support their family.
The people below only knew that they had free work meals, and they immediately started talking to each other happily.
"Oh my god! Not only can I earn points by working, but I also get a free meal. The base commander is so generous."
"I don't know what the standard of that meal was. Thinking about the boxed lunches the guards eat, my mouth is watering."
"Don't push your luck. Free meals, no matter what the standard, are not to be fussy. They're a benefit given by the base commander out of goodwill. If someone forces us to lose that benefit, we won't forgive them."
"I am just curious, curious, that's why I'm not dissatisfied!"
"It's a good time to work at night. It's not hot without the sun. The base commander is thinking about us."
"That's right. Over at the Haichuan base, they work in shifts day and night. They don't care about the lives of the workers."
After explaining the general details of the recruitment, Xu Sichen called Wang Anjun and the dozen or so designers to the second floor.
As soon as they went up to the second floor, everyone felt a refreshing cool breeze blowing towards them.
Someone couldn't help but exclaimed: "This, this is an air conditioner? There's actually electricity to power the air conditioner in the base."
They knew there must be a generator in the base. After all, the lights and registration instruments outside the community were all plugged in.
But unexpectedly, the generator could also be used to power the air conditioner.
Wang Anjun explained with a smile, "The base director plans to install solar generators throughout the foundation, and they'll use high-conversion solar energy. Once they're all installed, the base won't be short of electricity. So, any subsequent building designs you make will need to take electrical circuits into consideration."
The designers looked at each other with similar excitement and excitement in their eyes.
If the base has no shortage of electricity, their lives will be much more convenient in the future.
Xu Sichen led a few people directly to the conference table, then took out a map of the area centered on the central garden, drew a circle on it, and said, "This area is the scope of our base. Aside from the wall, which has the highest priority, the other buildings and facilities need your planning and design."
Everyone leaned over and looked at the map.
Looking at the red circle on the base map, it almost includes the areas in front, behind, left and right of the Central Garden and the river in front.
It includes seven residential communities and a comprehensive shopping mall.
However, these residential areas and shopping malls have been reduced to ruins in the earthquake.
Including the Central Garden, the area is about 200 hectares.
As far as they knew, the two villa complexes at the Haichuan base only covered an area of more than 30 hectares.
If it is really built, their base will be much larger than the Haichuan base.
What surprised them was that, except for the central garden which remained basically intact, the rest of the area was shattered by the earthquake.
It is rumored that many Feng Shui masters were invited when the Central Garden was first built.
Is it possible that there really is such a thing as Feng Shui in this world?
For a moment, they secretly hoped that this was true.
After all, it has only been less than a year since the end of the world, and no one knows what kind of natural disasters will occur in the days to come.
After finally finding a place to stay, no one wants it to be destroyed again.
"Regarding the base's planning, do you have a rough idea of the facilities you expect? What is the cost range for the entire base construction? And how many people are you expecting the base to accommodate?"
The person asking the questions was Chen Youhui, the oldest among them.
After experiencing the ravages of nature, all supplies are in severe shortage.
They cannot blindly design plans that are seriously wasteful and cost-prohibitive.
In case Xu Sichen didn't understand, Chen Youhui gave an example: "For example, like a gymnasium and a library, do we need to build them at our base?"
"Yes!" Xu Sichen replied without hesitation, "In addition to a gymnasium and library, we also need a school that teaches skills."
As she spoke, she handed over her notebook, which contained some of the infrastructure she had listed earlier.
"You can take your time to think about the base's layout, and hand it over to me in half a month. The top priority right now is the base's protective wall."
Xu Sichen pulled out a book on ancient architectural structures and pointed to the chapter on city walls. "The wall I need isn't an ordinary residential wall, but one from ancient times that could protect itself, block foreign invasions, and be both defensive and offensive."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but Wang Anjun was extremely excited.
Military defense base, that definitely hit his excitement point.
Chen Youhui said somewhat unsurely, "I've learned about ancient military defense walls, but I've never designed one. I'm afraid..."
Xu Sichen: "There's nothing to be afraid of. Think about the wolves and tigers outside who are eyeing us covetously. Without a solid wall, can you live in peace in the base? Don't worry, I've found Captain Wang, who understands military offense and defense best. Captain Wang will assist you throughout this design!"
When Chen Youhui thought about the robbers he had seen and even experienced before, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's fight it out!"
The other designers followed suit and shouted, "Let's fight!"
Xu Sichen: "Give me some time?"
The construction of the city wall involves the safety of the base and must be completed as soon as possible.
Chen Youhui discussed it with the designer next to him, and then said, "Five days!"
Xu Sichen: "Too slow!"
The designers looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and said, "3 days!"
Xu Sichen: "Okay! Mr. Chen, you will be the chief designer, and this office will temporarily serve as your studio! In addition, construction will begin tonight, and one of you will be the project manager to coordinate the construction progress."
"Base Commander, let me do it!" A tall and thin middle-aged man raised his hand to recommend himself.
Xu Sichen remembered that when he introduced himself, he said his name was Song Minghao. He used to work as a project manager in a real estate company, and later switched to a designer position through self-study.
"Okay, then you will be the project manager."
After roughly arranging the work, Xu Sichen handed over the remaining work without any hesitation.
Whether she has the real ability or not will be revealed afterwards, so there is no need for her to work herself to death in advance.
In particular, she has more important things to do, which is her island space.
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