Chapter 57: The Covered Trench
After reminding the captain to pay attention to the iceberg and asking him to send people to keep an eye on the sea to avoid hitting the iceberg, Perfectcott once again buried his head in the pile of old papers and flipped through them. Extensive data provided by Imperial Exploration.
Because it was an order from the royal family and Purficott had special authority, the Imperial Exploration Company provided her with extremely detailed and comprehensive information.
This even includes military maps and survey data from the early days of the Empire's colonization of the New World.
Following these materials, it is possible to sort out the development of the empire in the New World, and gain a comprehensive understanding of the geography, resources and other distribution issues in the New World.
However, for Purficott, she did not have time to do these analyses, or so much information greatly affected her work efficiency.
Fortunately, after the first few days of confusion and confusion, Purficott quickly clarified his thoughts and recruited several exploration personnel who were proficient in geography from the exploration team and asked them to help. This huge amount of information has been sorted out.
The first thing Purphycott picked out was naturally the latest batch of mineral resource exploration reports. The first thing marked among them was coal and steel, which are known as the blood and bones of industry.
No matter how you look at it, coal and steel are important resources that are indispensable for industrial production in this era.
No matter how Purficott wants to build a shelter, these two are indispensable.
Especially coal and steel can also be replaced by the abundant wood resources in the New World, but there is no substitute for coal.
And it is a necessary prerequisite for heating in cold climate conditions.
As for burning wood? It's not impossible, but the temperature and heat that wood can produce are inferior to coal, so burning wood really doesn't have much effect on the extreme cold that Perficott needs to face.
And this also means burning a huge amount of wood. After entering the extreme cold, whether trees are cut down or regenerated is very problematic.
Relatively speaking, coal is much easier to handle. After all, the stratum has a certain insulation effect. Under cold conditions, the underground is often warmer than the ground, so the temperature deep in the mine will not be too low. Mining coal is relatively It's much simpler.
As for logging? Braving the freezing cold wind of dozens of degrees below zero, and then swinging the frozen ax to chop down the frozen trees that are harder than iron?
Believe me, those workers would rather drill into the mines dozens or even hundreds of meters deep underground and dig with their hands.
After the preliminary screening, Purficott also needed to consider the issue of water sources.
Although the extremely cold environment of tens of degrees below zero will freeze all water bodies on the surface, groundwater is difficult to freeze.
Whether it is the thermal insulation effect of the ground or simply the presence of geothermal resources underground, the normal flow of groundwater can be ensured.
Therefore, choosing a place with underground water or simply hot springs is one of the necessary conditions for the best plan in Purficott's mind.
It would be better if you can still find a canyon or valley. In addition to using the mountain to block the wind and snow when building the shelter, you can also consider hollowing out the mountain and directly borrowing the existing mountain to build it. Shelter. However, this is only Purficott's idea. Considering the current industrial capabilities of the empire, it is not impossible to hollow out a mountain, but the amount of work will be quite large.
Just like Purficott did not consider building the shelter into an underground city, which is the safest form, with the productivity during the first industrial revolution, building an underground city was very Unrealistic.
But Purficott was unwilling to give up this idea. After all, compared to building a house on the ice, digging a hole underground would undoubtedly be better at resisting wind and snow.
But how to use the conditions of the first industrial revolution to create an underground city that can accommodate at least several thousand people?
Perfect felt like he was about to break his head.
Feeling helpless, she pushed the information in her hand forward, lay on the desk, and asked vently to the old housekeeper beside her: "Grandpa Ah Fu, do you know how to build a building that can A dungeon that accommodates thousands of people?”
“Dungeon? Miss, what are you talking about?” Although Foster is well-informed, he is only an old-school knight and has always been a housekeeper. I really can’t understand what Purfict meant by such a wild and unconstrained idea.
“An underground city is a tunnel dug underground so that people can hide in it. When it is long and large enough to accommodate many people, it can be called an underground city.” Perfico She explained something to the old housekeeper, but she didn't expect the old housekeeper to give any useful answers or suggestions. She was just venting her emotions.
However, the old housekeeper thought for a while and then said: "Although I don't understand underground cities, if they are just tunnels, I remember that when I followed the master in the war, they would dig tunnels when the city was difficult to capture.
The specific method is to dig a trench first, and then add a roof to the trench, so as to build a tunnel with enough concealment and protection capabilities. I don’t know if this will be helpful to you..."
"Dig the trench first and then top it?" Purficott instantly turned his head and looked at the old housekeeper, his eyes of different colors flashing: "The trench built in this way can have a top. How thick? How deep can the trench be dug?”
“Well, I’m not a professional engineer, but I remember that they dug a trench that was at least five meters deep and built a roof on the top. Then they piled at least two meters of soil on top to resist artillery attacks." The old housekeeper recalled it and then gave the answer.
After hearing this answer, Purficott was overjoyed, with a joyful smile on his face: "If that's the case, then I have a way to build the dungeon! But we still need to consider the problem of frozen soil. Fortunately, this is easy to solve..."
As he spoke, Purficott pushed away the information on the table, spread out a piece of paper, and began to draw his ideas on the paper.
Looking at Purfict who was getting busy, Foster didn’t say much. He just silently started to pack up the materials that were pushed to the ground, sorted them in order and put them aside for preparation. Ficot consulted when needed.
Serving this lady is not an easy job, especially when she is working.
Whether it interferes with her work or takes away some important things while packing, it will seriously interfere with Purficott's concentration and inspiration, causing her to lose her temper.
Although Purficott would not be angry with Foster, Foster still did not want Purficott to lose his temper.
(End of this chapter)