Chapter 150 Post-Disaster Reconstruction
The heavy rain lasted for three days before slowly stopping. Although the camp was muddy, the management committee immediately began to organize the immigrants to rescue themselves. This heavy rain made it impossible for one-third of the simple shacks in the immigrant camp to continue to live in. The engineering team organized workers to tear down the simple shacks that were already crumbling in the wind and rain, and rebuilt them with stronger and more reliable wooden ones. Structural boat house.
Several wooden houses in the management committee survived the heavy rain without any suspense. Because the wood reserves here are very abundant, when the management committee built these wooden houses for stockpiling supplies, they all used thigh-thick logs and buried one end into the earth to form walls. Their strength is even much stronger than that fixed with cement ring beams. Prefab house on the ground floor.
Several ponds of different sizes were formed in the relatively low-lying areas of the camp due to accumulation of water, and the deepest ones were over one meter. The engineering team directed the workers to dig a drainage ditch directly into the river outside the camp to slowly drain away the accumulated rainwater in the camp. These puddles must be drained and filled as soon as possible, otherwise they will quickly breed a large number of mosquitoes and flies, which may cause an epidemic in the camp.
In order to avoid post-disaster epidemics, the medical team gathered some of the sick and wounded immigrants together for treatment. However, the number of medicines brought by the medical team is very limited. The life safety of the travelers must be ensured first, while most immigrant patients have to resign themselves to their fate.
The Military and Police Department also strengthened patrols in the camp. Qian Tiandun specially called people from the Military and Police Department to hold a small meeting and clearly stipulated that all travelers must personally lead patrols. If anyone attempts to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble after the disaster, , must be severely punished, and serious cases can be dealt with on the spot. However, Minami Takahashi, who has always been active, was unable to participate in this operation. He was still lying in the hospital bed groaning due to the sequelae of seafood. After Qian Tiandun went to see him once, he found that he was severely dehydrated due to diarrhea and was even a little confused. He doubted whether this guy could survive this test. The only thing Qian Tiandun could do was to give Takahashi Nan the glucose granules assigned to him and drink them with water to help him relieve the pain of dehydration. As for the rest, God could only decide.
At the regular meeting that night, the chief officials of various departments in Black Earth Port began to summarize various post-disaster situations one by one.
The first is a report from Zhou Hengxing, the Chief Civil Affairs Officer. On the second night of continuous heavy rain, a shack collapsed in the violent storm, killing two immigrants. These were the only two people who died during the disaster response. An unlucky guy, except that only a few immigrants were slightly injured. The warehouse used by the management committee to store important materials was built at a high altitude from the beginning, and the waterproofing measures were comprehensive, so it did not cause any damage.
Zhou Hengxing also suggested that immigrants should be organized to mine an inland lime mine immediately after the disaster, because a large area of the camp needs to be disinfected, and the management committee does not have any disinfectants on hand. Quicklime disinfection is currently the most simple and feasible method. In addition, although those important supplies did not get water this time, judging from the weather conditions here, the air humidity is very high all year round, so moisture-proof treatment with lime is also a must-have method.
Next, Gu Kai reported on the logistics supply situation. In order to help people get rid of the cold in time, seasonings such as ginger, pepper, chili, and curry have been widely used in meals these days, so the heavy rain quickly depleted all kinds of spicy seasonings in local stocks. However, the cost of doing so is well worth it. From the current point of view, it has at least effectively avoided the emergence of large-scale influenza. The only trouble is that the types of condiments available in the kitchen will become very limited in the next few days, which is not good news for the already tricky people.
However, Gu Kai immediately added a piece of good news, because the management committee had been in contact with the base camp during the heavy rain. After the executive committee learned about the damage here, it decided to dispatch the "Lightning" to transport a batch of cargo as quickly as possible. Seasonings and medicines were sent to Black Earth Port for support. If everything goes well on the way, the "Lightning" will arrive at Black Earth Port in three to four days.
The content of the report from the Military and Police Department was relatively simple. Qian Tiandun ended his speech with "Everything is normal." Perhaps it was the public hangings a few days ago that left the immigrants frightened, or perhaps the intensive patrols by the Military and Police Department played a role. There was no illegal or disciplinary behavior after this disaster. The good public security situation made the Military and Police Department Saved a lot of worry.
Finally, Liu Shanxia made a report on the current construction progress. He has been fighting on the front line these days. He can only sleep for two or three hours a day at most. His mental condition is not very good, and his eyes are all red. bloodshot.
Liu Shanxia held a cigarette in one hand and an outline he had prepared in advance in the other. He said in a hoarse voice: "Everyone has seen the situation in the camp. It will take us two to three days to restore the facilities in the camp before we can start again. Mining-related infrastructure projects. In addition, the two small wooden bridges we built on the river have been washed away by this flash flood, and it will take at least a day to rebuild. Fortunately, we were ahead of the curve in the past few days, so the entire project was completed. There will not be much delay in the construction period of the project. As long as we follow our plan step by step, there is a high possibility that it will be completed on time. ”
Gu Kai was worried and said: "Old Liu, don't work too hard. It doesn't matter how early or late it is to be completed. If you collapse from exhaustion here, who will direct the rest of the project?" Liu Shan Xia Qiang said with a smile. : "It's okay. After these two days of work are over, just give me a day off and let me catch up on my nap."
Zhou Hengxing said: "Let's do this. I will arrange Lao Liu's food and rest, and I will ensure that Lao Liu eats well and sleeps well while he is in Heitu Port!"
Due to various reasons, the original immigration transfer plan was delayed for several days. After the weather cleared, the fleet that had been anchored at the port for a week loaded up on supplies and immediately set sail from Black Earth Port. The management committee hopes to use the limited time before the coal mine is put into operation to rush as many immigrants as possible from the east coast of Vietnam, because whether it is coal mining or subsequent supporting industry construction, the required population is not a small number. According to the results of everyone's discussions these days, in the future, if Black Earth Port is to build a large-scale coal industry base, it will require a working population of at least four to five thousand, and the permanent population must reach at least six or seven thousand. Although it is impossible to get everything done in one go, taking advantage of the current chaotic domestic situation in Vietnam, it is always a good thing to rush to transport more free people. Once the coal mines here are put into operation, the limited shipping capacity at sea will no longer be used to quickly import the population as it is now.
The "Speed" and the two sea training ships also set off together. In line with the principle of not running empty, they would also go to the Qinghua area to load some more immigrants and bring them directly back to Victory Port. At this time, the "Lightning" had already set off from Victory Port, where there was basically no ship available, and the early warning at sea was given to Luo Shengdong's several naval warships. The Executive Committee obviously cannot rest assured about this situation, and has already sent telegrams requesting several ships here to return home as soon as possible.
Two days later, the fleet once again arrived at the coast near Thanh Hoa. Qian Tiandun and Xie Chun took six large ships to dock here for two days, slowly collecting the immigrants before shipping them to Black Tu Port. After each of the two sea training ships loaded about a hundred immigrants, they set sail and sailed eastward with the "Speed" back to Hainan Island.
Half a month after setting off, the small fleet finally returned to a familiar harbor. The crew saw two Ming warships cruising in the waters outside Yulinjiao. Needless to say, these must be mercenaries brought here by Luo Shengdong as a temporary maritime security force.
Curious Vietnamese immigrants have flocked to the deck, vying to see what their benefactors called a "paradise". Compared with those immigrants who will be transferred to Black Earth Port to work as miners, these people are undoubtedly much luckier. In addition to enjoying better medical care, education and other social security, immigrants who come to the mainland will also have better working environment. It is much better than Black Earth Port, which is still in its infancy stage.
In the early days of Crossing, due to the shortage of labor, the executive committee intentionally relaxed restrictions on immigration and epidemic prevention. However, now that Crossing Group has embarked on a steady development track, various basic population import regulations are gradually being improved. The prevention and control of imported epidemic diseases has now become a very important part of the immigration work. To prevent and control the epidemic among new immigrants under the existing conditions, the simplest and most effective way is to take a shower and change clothes. Immigrants who had just disembarked were escorted into a collective bathhouse by a group of green-clad militiamen, and some of the shabby clothes they took off were sent to be burned.
The naked immigrants were ordered by the militiamen to clean every inch of each other's bodies with brushes. Many of them had probably never been washed so thoroughly since they were born. If anyone among them tried to muddle through, he would immediately be beaten by a stick wielded by the militiamen. From time to time, someone in the bathhouse would let out pitiful cries after being beaten. This also reminded the others to completely give up the idea of taking chances and rub their companions' backs with brushes and coarse cloths. When everyone came out of the bathhouse, their skin color was as red as steamed prawns.
These immigrants didn't quite understand why their new owners asked them to wash their bodies so cleanly. Some even secretly doubted whether these Haihan people had the habit of cannibalism. It was said that some troops would kill people for food when they were short of food. They probably never thought that one day they would be so nervous even taking a shower.
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