Chapter 1145 The Qiongzhou Strait Bridge is completed.
With Luo Chong in charge of the coordination in Tuohai County, the various construction tasks of the Han tribe were completed very quickly. At the same time, officials from all over the country and Jinwuwei agents continuously gathered intelligence from all over the country, allowing Luo Chong to have a bird's-eye view of the overall situation of the entire tribe.
In April of the third year of Da Ming, in early summer, the population that Ye Ying brought back from the Qiao clan had already settled in the eight counties of Hanyang. Their first season of grain had been harvested, and they had completely integrated into the Han tribe and became one of the hundreds of thousands of households in the Han tribe.
At the same time, a major event also happened in the south.
The cross-sea bridge project, which had been under construction for nearly five years, finally reached the last step, the critical moment of closing the sections! ! !
Originally, when this cross-sea bridge was designed, it was required that large ships could pass under the bridge, and that carriages and tractors could pass on it, as well as heavy-loaded trains. However, in order to allow three-masted sailing ships to pass normally below, a huge arch bridge had to be built, the space below this section of the bridge deck had to be raised, and the reefs below had to be blasted to clear a channel.
Originally, the engineering command was still worried about how to repair the arch bridges in the middle. The key was that they had never built an arch bridge with such a span before, but they unexpectedly learned the technology from the canyon bridge of the Qitai Line Railway.
They also learned the construction plan of the canyon bridge, first erecting high towers on both sides of the broken bridge, then pulling the arch with steel cables, pouring it section by section, and finally closing it successfully in the middle, and then pouring the bridge deck on the arch.
In this way, this super project finally completed the first phase of the project after five years, mobilizing tens of thousands of workers, and consuming countless resources.
Yes, this is only the first phase, and only a bridge body was poured with reinforced concrete.
Of course, it is no problem for such a bridge to pass carriages, even if thousands of cavalry run on it, the key is that there is no railroad on it, so only carriages can run for the time being, but even so, it is worth celebrating for the people of Qiongzhou Island.
After so many years, they can finally drive carriages to the mainland comfortably without being blocked by the strait.
However, they are comfortable, and Luo Chong's troops can land on Qiongzhou Island more easily. With this bridge, the Han tribe can better rule the entire Qiongzhou Island and no longer have to worry about their rebellion.
There is also a group of people who are the most excited, that is, the workers who built this bridge.
These are all prisoners of war captured by the Han tribe when they attacked the Xin tribe of Zhudao. Most of them are diehards from the families of the elders, and they followed those elders to serve as soldiers to resist the young and strong of the Han tribe.
Except for those who surrendered and were sent home directly, the rest of these people were all arrested and forced to work, and their job was to build this cross-sea bridge.
When the bridge was first built, the Han tribe promised them that as long as the bridge was built, they would be allowed to go home, register them as Han tribe residents, and make them normal citizens of the Han tribe.
Now that the bridge is finally completed, they have completely gotten rid of their status as prisoners of war and can go home.
They have indeed built the bridge. As for the railway on the bridge, what does that have to do with them? That is the work of the road construction team.
On the day the bridge was completed, Luo Chong personally came to the cross-sea bridge and led everyone to hold a grand completion ceremony. At the ceremony, Luo Chong personally announced the granting of citizenship to those prisoners of war, which attracted cheers from tens of thousands of prisoners of war. Afterwards, Luo Chong personally wrote the name of the bridge and the history of its construction on the stone pillar in the middle of the bridge.
The name of this cross-sea bridge is called "Qiongzhou Strait Bridge", and its scientific name is Qiongzhou Strait Highway and Railway Dual-purpose Bridge.
Unlike the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, where the highway and railway are on two levels, the Qiongzhou Strait Bridge in Hanbuluke puts the two roads on the same plane, with trains running in the middle and horse-drawn carriages or motor vehicles (tractors) running on both sides.
The width in the middle, if a narrow-gauge railway is laid, four lines can be laid side by side, if a heavy-duty railway is laid, only two lines can be laid, but no matter which one is laid, it can meet the needs of two-way traffic at the same time, which is enough for use.
After writing the name on the stone pillar, there is also the history of bridge construction, when it started to be built, when it was completed, why it was built, which country built the bridge, which country it belongs to, how much manpower and various resources were used to build the bridge, and what the completion of the bridge means.
Luo Chong carefully wrote a lot on this stone pillar. This is a historical witness, this is a symbol of sovereignty. With this bridge placed here, who dares to say that this is not the territory of the Han tribe?
What is since ancient times? This is since ancient times!
After writing all these, Luo Chong asked people to find stonemasons to carve all the above words on the stone pillar, and finally paint the area with black background and red characters.
As for the later construction, it was handed over to other teams.
After this was done, the more than 10,000 prisoners of war were finally released home, but they only rested at home for more than a month. After seeing that their wives and children were all well, they were recruited by Luo Chong again, but this time they were recruited as citizens.
This time, Luo Chong recruited 4,000 more prisoners of war who were released, all of whom were construction talents who were good at pouring concrete, blasting explosives, nailing wooden molds, and tying steel bars.
Although these people were not very happy about being recruited, when they learned that they would be paid for working for the tribe in the future, their resentment of not wanting to work was much less.
Luo Chong also raised their treatment level to the normal level of citizen workers, and then with an order, all these people were sent to the Qitai Line to build railways.
They certainly don't need them to lay railways, but they know how to dig caves. These people used to blast rocks, and they can also skillfully use tools such as pneumatic picks to dig reefs in the sea, which just turned into caves.
In addition, these people are also experts in bridge building, and there are many railway bridges on the Qitai Line, so let these professionals do it directly.
Working here is much better than working on the cross-sea bridge.
The monthly salary here is 40 to 50 yuan, and the key is not only the salary, but also a lot of subsidies, such as food subsidies in the field, clothing subsidies, travel subsidies to go home, and so on. The treatment is simply enviable.
Their wages are higher than those of the workers in the factory. Of course, the danger and work intensity are also higher than those of the factory workers.
With the addition of these skilled workers, the Qitai Line railway is one step closer to completion.
(End of this chapter)
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