Chapter 2823: Trench machine leveling the world

A gap of one hundred kilometers!

It was originally said that the 50-kilometer opening might put heavy pressure on the empire's finances, but now it is said that it is not enough, and it has to be increased to a hundred kilometers wide. What a financial pressure.

Facing everyone's questioning eyes, Shi Kecheng said calmly: "According to the research of Chen Chen and others, the effect of opening 50 kilometers at Dongtianmen is not as good as 100 kilometers. Of course, it will have an impact on the northeast coast, but the inland areas will benefit more. The bigger the better, but national strength must also be considered, so it is set at 100 kilometers!"

He asked Qi Bansun to submit the information, which was densely packed with various calculated data, including the precipitation on the northeast coast, the possible precipitation at an opening of 50 kilometers and 100 kilometers of opening, and

And the impact on the central region, etc., as well as the planned use of national funds, manpower and material resources, the information is detailed and detailed, and a lot of effort and effort have been put into it.

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

Finally passed the feasibility verification report, started to go through the process, and the project was approved. I have been busy, needless to say.

When people from all walks of life knew that the empire was about to start the "Eastern Gate" project and planned to open an opening in the Tu-Macao watershed, they were astonished, and the stock market immediately became popular!

The people were eager to know the details, and soon the newspapers made it public: the "Dongtianmen" project will open a 100-kilometer opening in the Tu-Macao Great Divide, with a planned fund of 300 million silver dollars, and it will be completed within ten years!

"Wow!" Everyone looked at the map in amazement.

Generous!

Someone who is familiar with the engineering business said that the Suez Canal project was 150 million cubic meters of earthwork, and it took 130 million silver dollars and 500,000 manpower for three years!

Now the "Dongtianmen" project is more than three or four times larger than the Suez Canal project. Is 300 million silver dollars enough? Do we need to use millions of manpower?

Given that the land in Tuao is large and sparsely populated, it takes a lot of human resources from all over the place to implement the project!

The general public is happy to hear about this big project, and they are looking forward to its success. The bosses are even more happy, and they will make a fortune!

The Nanhua Empire is different from the previous dynasties. Due to its developed economy and mature financial market, every project has financial support, and the bosses will not be allowed to work for nothing.

There are also some Ming people who lived in Nanhua and had opinions on Nanhua. They mentioned Emperor Sui Yang cryptically, thinking that he was very happy, abused the power of the people, and started projects indiscriminately.

Everyone's confusion was completely understood with the official start of the project on March 18, 1674.

The groundbreaking ceremony was presided over by Shi Kecheng. The officials who arrived included the Crown Prince Yan Kun, the Prime Minister Zhang Jiayu, the Chief Consultant of Engineering Affairs Mr. Davey and many senior officials. Attracted by rows of machines.

Steam Excavator!

Steam Roller!

Steam Transporter!

Trains, rails!

Times have changed, and steam excavators have taken the place of the massive manpower used to dig the Suez Canal.

In order to commemorate the "Xugong Machinery" of the era when he came, Yan Changwu also deliberately established a "Xugong Machinery" in his current era. With the royal shareholding, talents gathered, and strong strength, it became the largest private machinery group company in the empire. , a professional company integrating the development, manufacture and sales of road construction machinery, scraper machinery, road surface machinery, mixing machinery and other construction machinery. The "Pioneer" brand steam excavator produced by it is its flagship product.

Here, the first batch of 100 steam excavators has been invested, and the plan is to start work with 500 steam excavators and spread it out in an all-round way!

The original steam excavators were called "limited rotation". They were set on a train chassis that contained boilers and moving engines. The bucket arm and drive motor are mounted on one end of the chassis with limited swing. A bogie equipped with flanged wheels, powered by a shaft driven by a chain.

When working, workers are required to lay temporary railway tracks in advance at the location where the steam shovel will work.

The "Pioneer" brand steam excavator is the epitome of steampunk "high technology". It is installed on an elongated four-axle train platform. Pitching, and can turn horizontally, the bucket can also move. The boiler uses coal or firewood as fuel, and kerosene lamps are used for lighting, which can light up the night battle!

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

In addition, each excavator is assigned a railroad crew of seven who lay the rails in front of the excavator.

In addition, there is a railway track parallel to the steam excavator, which is mainly used for the steam excavator to unload the shoveled mud and rocks onto the open carriage on the railway track, counting twenty people.

This is mechanized work!

The "Pioneer" brand steam excavator was the earth-moving machine with the highest working efficiency in the world at that time. In one day, up to 4000 cubic meters of earth can be excavated and loaded onto transport vehicles.

For comparison, each worker can only excavate 2.5 to 4 cubic meters of earth per day depending on the soil conditions. Therefore, one steam excavator can replace 1,000 workers.

On the west side of the Great Dividing Range, five hundred steam excavators have been gathered to start construction, and there will be more steam excavators on the east side near the coast.

That is to say, one thousand steam excavators equals one million laborers, and a steam excavator unit uses about thirty manpower, only 30,000 people.

This is an ideal state, and a large number of engineers and migrant workers need to be invested in blasting rocks, removing the thick rocks, and disposing of those hard bones. A lot of people have to be invested in clearing the field and doing a good job in logistics~www.wuxiaspot. com~ However, one million people will definitely not be used, and only 200,000 people will actually be used, which is much less than the number of people digging the Suez Canal.

Five years after the project, with the guidance of the emperor, a more advanced crawler steam excavator appeared, so that it can work without rails, and later, a steam steam excavator that can rotate 360° appeared, which greatly advanced the progress of the project.

If it is said that the successful completion of the "Dongtianmen" project relied 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 basis, the construction speed will be accelerated. No matter how reasonable the construction plan is, it cannot be completed. Without steam excavators, the "Dongtianmen" project would be protracted, and the construction of the empire's factories, railways and other industrial facilities and infrastructure projects would be delayed even longer.

The steam excavator rumbled forward, leveled the mountain, and removed countless mud and rocks with extremely high efficiency.

Seeing this, the people of the empire rejoiced, they no longer have any doubts about the success of the project! 2084/10540206