Chapter 177 Human Forging Press
The scenery of Changshan County at four o'clock in the morning belongs to me alone!
Changshan County does not allow the existence of any corporate slaves more awesome than me.
While County Chief Lin is working, all you can do is lie down and watch!
With this belief, Lin Wen immediately left Changle Town and went to Huai Town to find Zhao Minggong and asked him which project was currently facing the greatest difficulties.
Zhao Minggong pondered for a long moment and said, "It should be repairing the dike. Our inspections have shown that most of the main dikes in Changshan County are of poor quality. Cutting corners is common. In many places, not only are standard concrete not used, but there's not even any steel bars. Only a few bamboos have been inserted. According to Tianjiang flood control standards, these areas must be rebuilt."
"But we don't have professional dam construction workers. Even with engineers' guidance, many operational details are not standardized, and construction progress is very slow. Yesterday, a worker accidentally fell into the river."
Lin Wen frowned and asked, "Have you paid the compensation?"
Zhao Minggong replied: "Yes, according to the imperial standard, twenty thousand."
"no."
Lin Wen said:
"Changshan County must follow its own rules. For anyone who dies in the line of duty, the compensation is 30 times the average annual income of Changshan County. And we have to calculate the added value. For example, if the average annual income increases next year, this portion of the compensation must be paid to the deceased."
Zhao Minggong said worriedly, "Will this cause financial difficulties?"
Lin Wen said, "Then focus on safety. The dead cannot be resurrected, and no amount of compensation will help. I don't want the people building Changshan County to die in an accident. Do you understand?"
Zhao Minggong's expression was moved. "I understand, Commander Lin. I will immediately initiate safety training, appoint safety officers, and complete construction safety regulations."
"That would be great."
Lin Wen smiled.
As expected of him, he is Wolong. He is just confined to the rut of this world. Once he is given a new vision, he will be able to occupy the high ground immediately.
With him at the rear, Lin Wen could work with confidence and boldness.
"Now, tell me the most dangerous and difficult dam. Evacuate all the people on that dam and assign them other tasks."
Zhao Minggong asked in surprise, "Have you found a professional levee construction team?"
Lin Wen nodded. "That's right. I will lead the empire's most professional engineering personnel to repair these dikes. Also, please list all the dikes that need to be rebuilt, ranking them by difficulty and danger, and give them to me. I will deal with them one by one."
Zhao Minggong said, "Chief Lin, let them join the work. They can learn a lot. The professional engineering team ignored my invitation. We also need to train our own engineering team."
This won’t work, and no one can learn it.
Lin Wen thought quickly and came up with an excuse: "I'm not omnipotent. The condition for inviting them to come is that the construction work must be kept strictly confidential."
Zhao Minggong's face looked unhappy. He felt that the construction team was too pretentious. The construction technology was not an imperial secret. Was it necessary to hide it like this?
But now the levee construction is too slow and dangerous. As the projects are rolled out in various places, Changshan County has begun to experience a shortage of manpower.
At this time, having a professional engineering team to help can indeed free up some manpower, reduce risks, and improve efficiency. It is a very good optimization solution.
Lord Zhao Ming nodded and agreed with County Magistrate Lin's suggestion.
He quickly made a ranking list of dangerous levees and attached information on all the major levees.
After Lin Wen got the watch, he left in a hurry.
Zhao Minggong called Li Xiaoli and his deputy Zhang Song to arrange the evacuation of the workers on the dam and the redistribution of their work.
They also asked Li Xiaoli to submit the new standards for workers' compensation to the Finance Department, but instead told her, "Don't announce the standards for now. Compensation will be paid in three years. The only public announcement is that compensation will be increased, with some vague terms like "subsequent compensation subsidies."
Li Xiaoli asked curiously, "Why?"
There was a slight heaviness in Zhao Minggong's expression.
"I've done some research and found that most of those willing to work here are poor men with nowhere else to go. Their previous incomes were very low and their lives were very difficult. Some also had huge family pressures. An 800 yuan salary in Changshan County would be considered a high salary."
"If you calculate the compensation this time, it will be over 200,000 yuan. It's such a huge sum of money, I'm afraid some people will be tempted and take the risk."
Li Xiaoli covered her mouth. "You mean, they'll die on purpose? Trade their lives for compensation?"
Zhao Minggong nodded.
"If we put it out there like this, someone is bound to do it."
"Not only will we lose a lot of money, but we will also kill many people in vain. Are their wives, children, and parents really willing to lose their sons, husbands, and fathers in exchange for this money?"
"I always believed that Changshan County would have a better future. I always believed that if they continued to work here, they would one day overcome the tragedy in their lives and have happy families. But they didn't know that if they died like this, it would be our own fault."
"Do you understand?"
Li Xiaoli's expression darkened, as if she could sense their inner pain and suffering, as well as their deep love for their families. "I understand."
Zhao Minggong patted her head kindly and said with a smile, "Xiaoli, that's why it's not easy to get things done, especially when it involves tens of thousands of people. History is full of examples of people with good intentions who ended up doing bad things. Whenever I see such things, I feel heartbroken."
Li Xiaoli nodded with empathy. It is hateful when bad people do bad things, but it is even more regrettable when good people do bad things.
"My child, you have a good heart and great potential. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to train you. I only hope that before I die, you can learn to do good things smoothly and steadily. Then I will be at peace."
Li Xiaoli lowered her head, but soon raised it again and said with a sunny smile: "Yes! I will."
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Lin Wen first came to the East Road Dike in the west. It is said that this was the first dry dike in Changshan County in the past. Behind the dike are large tracts of tobacco and tea farmland.
Once the Dongdao dike collapsed, Changshan County’s meager output value was completely lost.
Later, the Imperial Engineering Team came and made a temporary repair, plugged the gap and withdrew, leaving behind only the crumbling levee and mud and silt on the ground.
When Lin Wen arrived, the workers on the dike were retreating in an orderly manner.
"Alas, I was working on something and suddenly they stopped me."
"Obviously, obviously I have already thought of a solution."
"Of course I can."
"What a bullshit engineering team! They won't even let us see it."
"Yeah, it's nothing special. I'm rich now, and my son has returned to school. He's doing very well. I told him to apply to an engineering university and come to Changshan County to be an engineer after graduation. That'll piss off those bastards from other places."
"Haha, Lao Yang, aren't you afraid that you'll work under your son in the future?"
"Skin your mother, I was already the captain at that time! Even if that guy came, he would have to listen to me."
"Why are you the captain?"
"I'm so strong! I can carry 200 kilograms of soil! Are you not convinced?"
“I don’t accept it!”
A group of people left in a noisy manner. Although they were arguing, they moved quickly without any delay. They quickly packed up all their things and left Lin Wen with a bare embankment.
very good.
Lin Wen smiled slightly and flew onto the embankment.
The Dongdao Dam is much larger than the Changpai Village Dam. It is 21 meters high and 2,600 meters long. It is a standard dry dam.
Standing on it is like standing on a tall building, the river wind is howling, and looking around, it is extremely cold up there.
It is the dry season now, and the water level of Tianjiang River is very low, already below the embankment, but the water flow is still turbulent.
After looking through the information, Lin Wen found out that the Dongdao Levee was the most severely shoddy. Only a small part of it was made of concrete, and the other half was actually made of soil.
The most difficult part of the project was the location where the Dongdao Levee collapsed. The flood had torn a huge crack of 61 meters in the middle of the levee. The imperial engineering team simply blocked it with stones and soil without any reinforcement measures. As long as the river water rose in the spring of the following year, this location would inevitably collapse again.
Lin Wen walked along the Dongdao Dike and had a general idea in his mind.
He immediately called the Finance Department and asked Lao Xie to urgently purchase a "big piston" and a "big column" for a 10,000-ton forging press and have them delivered to the foot of the Dongdao Levee.
The "big piston" is the hammer used by the 10,000-ton forging press to forge large metal parts, and the "big pillar" is the handle that supports it.
Although Old Xie was surprised as to why County Chief Lin suddenly wanted to buy spare parts for the forging machine, in his mind, the task assigned by County Chief Lin personally had to be completed meticulously even if it meant taking no action.
He immediately contacted several big businessmen in Yaojing, who were his excellent partners, but Yaojing was a capital of commerce and trade and did not have such large machinery.
But even though they don't have it, they know someone who does.
Soon, they introduced a high-quality seller to Lao Xie.
This is a machinery manufacturing plant in Zhongzhou. Its director is so poor that he is on the verge of bankruptcy. Not to mention the products, even the mechanical equipment in the factory cannot be sold. When he heard that someone wanted to buy parts for a 10,000-ton forging press, it was like he had found a savior.
He quickly contacted Lao Xie and begged him to sell the entire forging machine.
Old Xie reluctantly agreed because he was close, the delivery was fast and the price was low.
So, within one day, this huge thing weighing 5,100 tons arrived in Changshan County by water.
It took another half a day to deliver the "big piston" and "big column" of the forging machine to the foot of the Dongdao dike.
The delivery driver grumbled for a long time why he delivered such a big metal thing to the foot of the embankment in such a deserted and uninhabited place, but he didn't expect that Lin Wen jumped down from the embankment as soon as he left.
Now, in front of him is a large steel block with a diameter of 1.96 meters and weighing 90 tons. The 10,000-ton forging press uses it to forge large metal components, so its own strength is also very high.
The large pillar is a large steel pillar, 10 meters long and weighing ten tons.
Lin Wen patted the two things that seemed to have nothing to do with humans with satisfaction, and then activated [The Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers].
Taoist status: Heavenly Law, soul consumption reduced by 45%.
Soul consumption: 8%.
Remaining soul: 52%.
Lin Wen tried to move it. There was nothing wrong with the big steel pillar. It was very handy. If it were longer, it would be a real 40-meter sword.
The large steel block is very heavy, has a smooth surface, and is bulky, making it very awkward to hold.
But it doesn’t matter. Lin Wen had already thought of a solution. He looked around the big steel block and quickly found the “cylinder mouth” on the top for the leftover materials.
Lin Wen jumped down, lifted the big pillar, and with a loud bang, inserted the big pillar.
However, the gap was too shallow and too tight, so the large pillar could only be inserted a little.
Lin Wenmeng thrust a few times, causing sparks to fly and his arms to go numb, but he couldn't go any further.
But it doesn't matter.
Lin Wen activated the [Qi Ban Divine Power] again.
Soul consumption: 14%.
Remaining soul: 38%.
Lin Wen lifted the 10-meter-long steel pillar again, took a deep breath, shouted loudly, and thrust it down suddenly.
There was a loud bang, accompanied by a maddeningly harsh noise, and countless sparks splashed wildly, hitting Lin Wen and bouncing out. The huge steel pillar really penetrated downwards.
Until the double strength could no longer penetrate even a little bit, this super-large iron hammer exclusive to Lin Wen was completed.
Lin Wen looked at the joint. The high temperature caused by the terrible friction even melted the steel at the joint. Sure enough, passion is the best means of lubrication.
Lin Wen waited for a while until the molten steel solidified, then he jumped down and tried to lift the sledgehammer.
There was a slight sound, which was the sound of stress released inside the steel. Lin Wen lifted the hammer, which weighed nearly a hundred tons. It felt very comfortable in his hand and the weight was just right.
Because the hammer handle was very long, Lin Wen had to adjust to the center of gravity for a while before he could carry it up the levee.
The river breeze blew towards him, but Lin Wen, who weighed 100 tons, did not move at all.
Every step he took left a very deep footprint on the embankment, and he even fell into it many times.
Lin Wen walked to the west corner of the levee, took aim, adjusted his center of gravity, raised the sledgehammer, and with a deafening roar, the 100-ton sledgehammer broke through the air with the force of moving mountains and seas, and landed on the levee.
With a loud bang!
The entire levee was shaking, and countless small stones and soil were flying down.
Lin Wen took another breath, raised the sledgehammer, and smashed it down with all his might for the second time.
boom!
The entire levee seemed to jump, and the place where it was hit sank more than 1 meter deep.
The third hammer.
The fourth hammer.
Loud noises continued to echo on the levee, like the beating of drums by the warriors of the Giant King's Court before a charge.
This was Lin Wen’s long-planned plan.
A 10,000-ton forging machine was used to forge the levee, hammering away all impurities in the levee and compacting all loose soil.
Then, he carried out the final step of the plan, using the power of science to build an eternal dam that would last forever.
(End of this chapter)
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