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Chapter 942: Chongming Seawall Rise

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    That night, Zhao Hao once again tried to persuade Yang Fan to change his job to become a captain at Jiangnan Shipyard.

    For this reason, Zhao Hao offered generous benefits as the chairman of Jiangnan Shipbuilding Corporation, with an annual salary of 3,000 taels plus a female secretary with performance shares.

    He also promised that if he still wanted to be an official, he would try to make him the county magistrate of Chongming County.  Although they are all of the eighth rank, the county magistrate is a serious civil servant, and it is not comparable to such a miscellaneous official promoted by the Bao Shipyard.

    Yang Fan was obviously very moved, but he couldn't bear to leave the treasure shipyard where he had lived for generations.  Zhao Hao could understand his feelings, just like the director of a state-owned factory in the 1980s and 1990s. He had true feelings for the factory and would never leave until the factory was over.

    What¡¯s more, with its own orders, Longjiang Factory¡¯s small life is nourishing.  He was even more reluctant to leave.

    Everyone has his own ambitions, and Mr. Zhao couldn't spend more money to humiliate him, so he could only respect Yang Fan's choice.

    However, apart from sticking to the Longjiang factory, Yang Fan is still very flexible in other aspects.  Otherwise, he, Tangtang Bao Shipyard, would not be able to open a coffin shop to supplement his living expenses.

    ¡°In addition to the previous promise to Zhao Hao to help him train 500 shipbuilding craftsmen such as carpenters, ironworkers, tin workers, carvers, carvers, tent workers, rigging workers, cable workers, and painters.

    This time he also promised Zhao Hao to recruit 1,000 skilled craftsmen for Zhao Hao from the 2,000 craftsmen households under the jurisdiction of Longjiang Tiju Division to enrich the shipbuilding strength of Jiangnan Factory.

    The reason why Yang Fan had the confidence to help Zhao Hao recruit so many craftsmen was that Mr. Zhao gave him too much.  Second, since the 41st year of the Jiajing reign, the imperial court was forced to implement the "law of replacing labor with silver" due to the increasingly serious phenomenon of craftsmen slacking off work, cheating, and fleeing.  Craftsmen could pay silver in lieu of labor, and the government hired workers in silver instead.

    In this way, the craftsmen only need to pay the Tijusi five coins a month, and they can work freely without restraint.

    Zhao Hao promised to give the craftsmen at least two or five dollars a month. After excluding those who turned in the petitions, the craftsmen would still have two or two months of money, and naturally they would not have to worry about not being able to make ends meet.

    As for Yang Fan.  First of all, the five cents of silver paid by the craftsmen included five points of filial piety for Ti Ji.  A thousand craftsmen can earn an extra fifty taels of silver per month, which is a great deal.

    Furthermore, only one person from a craftsman's family was required to serve, and not the whole family had to work for the government.  In this way, I work as a craftsman for the court, and my sons who have learned the craft can go out to work.  Therefore, among the two thousand craftsmen, there are at least three to four thousand skilled craftsmen. A thousand less will not affect the normal operation of the shipyard, and it can also reduce his burden.

    "Two thousand families followed him all day long to eat and drink. The feeling was really depressing.

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    Although Yang Fan was not persuaded to come out, Zhao Hao's trip to Longjiang Factory was quite fruitful.

    That night, he stayed overnight at Tiju Yamen.  The place in the government office is small, and Mr. Zhao can only sleep in a room with Sister Ma and Qiaoqiao, and there is only one bed

    "Don't think blindly, you're in bed with three people!"

    It was a clean night, nothing happened.  Whether you believe it or not, anyway, I believed.

    Early the next morning, Mr. Zhao, who had not slept all night due to excessive excitement, boarded the Science No. at Longjiangguan Pier and headed straight for Chongming with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

    According to the original plan, he would go to Jinling City to continue the goodwill and common prosperity.  But now, everything that has nothing to do with going to sea must be put aside!

    ??~~

    One day later, the Science No. 1 arrived at Sansha, Chongming.

    Zhao Hao stood on the deck and could see the entire south bank of Sansha from a distance. There was a high stone embankment and seawall, which looked like a long winding dragon in the morning light, protecting the entire Sansha.

    That is the ¡®Chongming pond construction and collapse protection project¡¯ that started in October last year. It has lasted for four months, and the first phase of the project is finally nearing completion.

    The Science No. was traveling along the seawall around Sansha, intending to find the newly built county government wharf to dock, but on the way, it heard many people shouting "Master", "Master"

    Zhao Hao followed the sound and saw a group of people waving and shouting at the seawall construction site.  He took the telescope and took a look, and saw that the leaders were his two live treasure disciples.

    There is a large tidal flat in front of the seawall. Although the Science No. is a flat-bottomed sand boat, it does not dare to approach it rashly.

    At this time, Ma Yinglong, who was patrolling nearby, came over in a small boat to greet him.

    Mr. Zhao left Sister Ma on the Science No. and asked the big boat to go to the county office first. He climbed down the ladder to the small boat and took the small boat up to the seawall.

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    "Disciple, please pay homage to your master!" As soon as Zhao Hao landed, Jin Xuezeng and Yu Shensi quickly kowtowed to him.

    Seeing that the old parents all knelt down in front of this young man, the people who were building the embankment also quickly knelt down on the ground.

    "Everyone, get up, get up quickly." Zhao HaolianHe quickly kicked Jin Xuezeng. If anyone saw this fight, he would not be able to explain it clearly.

    "Hehe, Master deserves to be kneeled down by Father Chongming," Jin Xuezeng stood up with a smile, turned around and said to the people of Chongming: "This is the old mentor I often tell you, and our seawall is all thanks to him.  And our county seat was also given to us by his old man!"

    When the people heard this, they naturally thanked him profusely and kowtowed.  Although I feel that this young master cannot be considered an old man

    "Okay, okay, let's get to work quickly." Jin Xuezeng sent the peasants away, turned around and asked with a calm smile: "What kind of wind brought Master here?"

    "Don't you read the Di newspaper?" Zhao Hao asked him.

    "Hey, I haven't seen you for a long time. My disciple now only wants to build the seawall and finish planting food quickly." Jin Xuezeng chuckled. He is now dark and thin, and he looks more and more like a monkey.

    "Yes, Master. It's half past February and the seawall is still not finished. This year's spring plowing will be delayed." Yu Shen said anxiously: "If you plant late, you will have to harvest late. If it is delayed until the wind and floods come,  Harvesting is troublesome.¡±

    The seawall is mainly used to prevent the collapse of the sandbank. It is not yet known whether it can prevent the tide.  What's more, even if the tide can be prevented, the typhoon can still blow the rice to the ground, causing heavy losses.

    "Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded. He didn't include Chongming's earth embankment in this year's harvest.  Unexpectedly, Lieyang was so strong.

    Although everyone came, Mr. Zhao couldn't resist the disciple's invitation, so he could only visit the seawall construction.

    The Chongming elders were extremely concerned about this project to protect their homes and prevent collapse.  In order to make the seawall solid and durable, they dug a deep foundation for the seawall. In addition to the rubble concrete seawall, which was about ten feet high, they also carried earth to build a slope protection. They raked the layers and sprinkled water to compact them.  Then the segmented tapered holes are grouted to make them more substantial, firm and resistant to flooding.

    In addition to the slope protection, the villagers also built many ridges and groynes with concrete in key places.  At the same time, green reeds were planted on the tidal flat in front of the embankment. The reeds were planted with deep and connected roots that are not afraid of wind, water and waves. They can protect the tidal flat and promote siltation.

    Ridge protection, slope protection, groynes, tidal flats, and reeds are connected to form a three-dimensional barrier, which together protect the seawall that they regard as life.

    This situation convinced Mr. Zhao once again that the people of the Ming Dynasty were by no means as ignorant and insensitive as some people said.  It's just that the monarchs, ministers and officials of the Ming Dynasty were unable to mobilize their enthusiasm.

    You see, how conscientious and responsible they are when defending their homeland, and how proactively they use their intelligence and talents.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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