A hundred kilometers of hole!

Originally, the 50-kilometer gap might put heavy pressure on the imperial finances, but now it is not enough. It has to be increased by 100 kilometers wide. How much financial pressure is that?

Faced with everyone's doubts, Shi Kecheng said calmly: "After research by Chen and others, the effect of opening 50 kilometers at Dongtianmen is not as good as 100 kilometers. It will certainly have an impact on the northeast coast, but the benefits in the inland areas are greater. The larger the gap, the better, but it also needs to consider the national strength, so it is set at 100 kilometers!"

He asked Qi Bansun to present the data, which were densely filled with various calculated data, including the precipitation on the northeast coast, the possible precipitation at the opening of fifty kilometers and the opening of one hundred kilometers,

As well as its impact on the central region, as well as the planned use of national funds, manpower and material resources, and information, and it has put in a lot of effort and effort.

"Very good, let's discuss it!" The emperor asked everyone to read the printed materials and think carefully.

Finally, I passed the feasibility verification report and started to follow the process and project establishment. I had some busy schedules, so I don’t need to say much.

When all walks of life learned that the empire would take the "Dongtianmen" project and were preparing to open a hole in the Tujia Watershed, they were surprised and immediately became popular in the stock market!

The people were anxious to understand the specific situation, and soon the newspaper made it public: The "Dongtianmen" project will open a 100-kilometer opening in the Tujia Watershed, with a planned fund of 300 million silver dollars and will be completed within ten years!

"Wow!" Everyone looked at the map and was amazed.

A big deal!

Someone is familiar with the engineering business and said that the earthwork of the Su Yinshi Canal Project was 150 million cubic meters, and for the third year, it used 130 million silver dollars and 500,000 manpower!

Now the "Dongtianmen" project is more than three or four times larger than the Su Yinshi Canal project. Is 300 million silver dollars enough? Should we use millions of manpower?

As the local people in Tujiao are dismissed, it is necessary for various places to mobilize a large amount of human resources to implement the project!

The general public is happy about this major project and looks forward to its success. The bosses are even more happy and have made money!

The South Hua Empire is different from the previous dynasties. Due to its developed economy and mature financial markets, every project has financial support and will not let the bosses work in vain.

There are also some Ming people who live in Nanhua and have opinions about Nanhua. They vaguely mentioned Emperor Yang of Sui, believing that he was very happy with achievements, abused the people's power, and went on projects randomly. This is a lesson from the past. We must be careful!

Everyone's confusion came to the fullest and understood with the formal start of the project on March 18, 1674.

The groundbreaking ceremony was presided over by Shi Kecheng. The arrivals included Prince Yan Kun, Prime Minister Zhang Jiayu, General Consultant of Engineering Affairs, and many senior officials. Although they were eye-catching, people were even more attracted by the rows of machines on the scene.

Steam excavator!

Steam roller!

Steam transport truck!

Train, rails!

Times have changed. The large amount of manpower used to dig the Su Yinshi Canal, and now there are steam excavators to replace them.

In order to commemorate the "XCM Machinery" in his time, Yan Changwu also deliberately established a "XCM Machinery" in his current era. With the participation of the royal family, gathering talents, and strong strength, he became the largest private machinery group company in the empire. He is a professional company integrating the development, manufacturing and sales of road construction machinery, shoveling machinery, road machinery, mixing machinery and other engineering machinery. The "Pioneer" brand steam excavator produced is its flagship product.

Here, the first batch was invested in 100 steam excavators, and the plan was to start construction of 500 steam excavators together and fully roll out!

The original steam excavators were called "limited rotary". They were arranged on a train chassis with a boiler and a moving engine inside. The bucket arm and the drive engine were mounted at one end of the chassis that could be swung in a limited manner. A bogie equipped with a flange wheel, powering the wheels by a chain-driven shaft.

During work, workers need to lay temporary railway tracks in advance at the location where the steam shovel is operated.

The "Pioneer" brand steam excavator is a microcosm of steampunk's "high technology". It is installed on an extended four-axle train platform. The horizontal steam locomotive boiler supplies air to three single-cylinder steam engines. It has powerful power. Its excavation arms can be pitched and rotated horizontally, and the bucket can also move. The boiler uses coal or firewood as fuel and uses kerosene lamps for lighting, which can be fought at night!

Unlike modern hydraulic excavators, all the mechanisms of steam excavators at that time were driven by iron chains, with a bucket volume of 1.53 cubic meters. The excavator staff consisted of four people: the driver, also known as the crew commander, firefighter, lubricator, and bucket operator.

In addition, each excavator will be assigned a seven-person railway team, who are responsible for laying the tracks in front of the excavator.

In addition, there is a rail parallel to the steam excavator, which is mainly used to allow the steam excavator to unload the shoveled mud and stones on the convertible carriage of the rail. It is counted as twenty people.

This is mechanized operation!

The "Pioneer" brand steam excavator was the most efficient earthwork machine in the world at that time. Within a day, up to 4,000 cubic meters of earthwork could be excavated and shipped to the transport vehicle.

For the sake of comparison, each worker can only excavate 2.5 to 4 cubic meters of soil every day, so a steam excavator can replace 1,000 workers.

The two sides are opposite, and on the west side of the Dafenling, five hundred steam excavators have been gathered to start construction, and there will be more steam excavators near the coast on the east side.

In other words, a thousand steam excavators are equal to one million labor force, while a steam excavator unit uses about thirty people, only thirty people were used.

This is an ideal state. A large number of engineers and migrant workers need to invest in the mountains and blow up stones, move away the thick stones, and deal with the hard bones. A lot of people have to invest in cleaning up the site and do a good job in logistics.

However, it would never use a million people, but it actually used only 200,000 people, which was much less than the number of people digging the Su Yinshi Canal.

Five years after the project, with the guidance of the emperor, more advanced crawler steam excavators appeared, so that the rails could be operated no longer needed. Later, a steam steam excavator that could rotate 360° greatly promoted the progress of the project.

If the successful completion of the "Dongtianmen" project was achieved, relying on the strong financial and organizational strength of the empire, the reasonable planning of the court, and the firm will of the emperor, these are the correct answers.

However, although the above is important, if there is no steam excavator as an important technical foundation, the construction speed will be accelerated. No matter how reasonable the construction plan is, it will not be completed. Without steam excavators, the "Dongtianmen" project will last for a long time, and the construction of infrastructure projects will be delayed for a longer time in the empire's factories, railways and other industrial facilities.

The steam excavator rumbles forward, flattening the mountains and moving countless muds and stones away, which is extremely efficient.

Seeing this, the people of the empire were excited and they no longer had any doubts about the success of the project!
Chapter completed!