The biggest problem here is that it’s too cold in winter.
In the Northeast, it can be as hot as 38 degrees Celsius in summer, and of course it can be as cold as minus 38 degrees Celsius in winter.
As long as the problem of cold protection in winter is solved, everything else is not a problem.
As for warm clothes, there is no shortage. This is the production area of various furs. Farmers can exchange food with the surrounding fishing and hunting peoples.
You can also wear cotton-padded clothes. Cotton-padded clothes are cheaper than fur and have a better thermal insulation effect. When the Daqing oil field was developed, Wang Tieren and others had to work in the field, so they took off the large cotton pants they wore in winter and could stand by themselves. This shows how thick they are.
Tuck the hem of the big cotton-padded jacket into the waistband of the big cotton-padded trousers, and tie the belt tightly. Use elastic bands on the cuffs and trouser legs to tighten. Then put on felt boots, a military coat, a dog-skin hat, cotton gloves, and a fur scarf.
.You can go out even at minus 50 degrees Celsius.
With this set, the defensive power is still equivalent to the pure cotton vest of Jiannu. It cannot be cut through with a knife.
Cotton is a plant that was forcibly promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang and is now planted all over the country. Especially in the past two years, because of the use of steam engines to pump water. Many people rent abandoned dry fields, use steam engines to pump water for irrigation, and grow cotton.
One is to provide raw materials for textile workshops. In addition, it can also be used to make cotton jackets and trousers. As long as the demand for Yang Fan is large and the price is good, more people will be attracted to invest in cotton cultivation. Cotton production will be greatly increased.
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The current problem in North and Northwest China is water shortage. Because the weather is cold and the atmosphere is dry and it does not rain, it has caused a large-scale reduction in grain production and an end to production. However, as long as the irrigation problem is solved, rainfall can be completely ignored. Moreover, Yang Fan has overseas
The bird droppings are used as fertilizer. He also has seeds suitable for the Northeast.
Build a sea-land transfer terminal in Temple Street. The guano transported by sea ships will be replaced by river ships for transfer to various towns. There are many rivers in the Heilongjiang Basin, and the net flow is super large. Wouldn't it be a pity not to develop inland shipping?
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During the seven-month navigation period, a steam engine tugboat can pull a dozen unpowered cargo ships back and forth on the entire water system, and there is no shortage of wood here. There is plenty of oak, beech, and walnut wood for shipbuilding.
In this way, cities along rivers can also develop shipbuilding and ship repair factories.
As for the mainland that is not on the river, Yang Fan plans to lay a 381mm super mini narrow-gauge small railway. This kind of small railway does not need ballast as a roadbed, as long as there are sleepers. It can be laid quickly and cheaply. Although the transportation capacity is not high, it is a train
It's enough to transport five to six hundred tons.
At that time, with water transportation as the backbone and small railways entering the hinterland and forest areas, transportation in the entire Northeast will be revitalized. As for the heavy snow in winter that will cover the tracks, making it impossible for small trains to move, Yang Fan has already thought about this problem.
Heavy snow in winter, blown by strong winds, can easily bury the railway track. Some of the snow here can be one or two meters thick. It is impossible to dig it out by people, because the snow will fall frequently and strong winds will often foam the snow.
Blow.
Yang Fan has asked Er Lunzi to purchase some scrapped turbojet engines. Although the turbojet engines used in these fighter jets cannot be used on airplanes, they can still spray flames if you add fuel. As long as they can rotate, they can also be used as snow clearers.
For hair dryer.
This thing has too much power. Even the turbojet engine of the old J-5 aircraft is enough. Adding a snow-clearing carriage in front of the locomotive can completely ensure the passage of the railway in winter.
There is a large sliding shovel placed in front of the snow clearing truck, which can push the snow out. In the front of the truck is a nozzle facing the turbojet engine in front. In the middle is the operating room, and at the back is the aviation kerosene tank. It is used for fuel storage. This thing
Very fuel-intensive.
However, since it is a scrapped engine, it is okay to use kerosene refined by Yang Fan's own method, as long as it can spit fire. It does not go to the sky, and there is no need to worry about insufficient combustion value.
Once this thing is turned on, the hurricane-like power will blow away all the snow in front of the railway, directly exposing the ground and rails. It is very efficient and easy to use. The train can just keep running. If there is snow in front, start the turbojet engine.
The airport also clears snow in this way. The snow clearing truck drives over once and the runway is as clean as your face.
If the Northeast is to be developed, immigrants must be immigrants. And immigrants must be able to survive. This requires crops suitable for growing here. Yang Fan has sorted out all the crops and vegetables that can be grown in the modern Northeast.
Rice, wheat, corn, soybeans, and potatoes can all be grown, and the staple food is solved. Cash crops include sugar beet, flax, etc. There are dozens of vegetables. There are also many poultry and livestock that can be raised, including cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, and pigs.
Sheep…wait.
As long as people are immigrated here and given initial support, Northeast China is really a good place to feed people.
Later generations in the Northeast have already cultivated various seeds that are suitable for the local short frost-free period and insufficient accumulated temperature. Corn, in particular, can be planted even on the north side of Heilongjiang and the south side of the outer Xing'an Mountains. Potatoes and sugar beets can also be planted in most areas.
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Beet is used to make sugar. Now sugar is a good thing and its value is very high.
As for the severe winter, since there is no shortage of cotton cloth and cotton, these farmers from the customs can completely equip themselves with large cotton-padded jackets and large cotton trousers. They can also be equipped with dog-skin hats and felt boots. They will not freeze to death even at minus 50 degrees Celsius.
Anyway, Yang Fan's villages and towns are preparing to become castles. If possible, they can use rammed earth to wrap bricks. If not, they can build earthen fences, or simply build wooden walls. Inside the walls are modular two- and three-story wooden houses. As long as they are hardened with cement.
Small pieces of ground can be assembled on top.
These castles can not only protect against attacks by savages, but also protect against wild beasts.
For security issues, we can only let them organize militia. The administrative agencies of grassroots villages and towns are directly elected. The militia captain is appointed by the Vladivostok Governor-General.
Yang Fan also planned to eliminate the flintlock guns and sell them to these villages and towns, so that they could form security teams for self-government and self-defense, and firmly occupy the land.
Nowadays, breech-loaded rifles with new rifled metal bullets are almost mature. A large number of flintlock muskets will be retired within two or three years.
Modern rifles that use metal bullets currently have five-round magazines that are not yet mature and always jam. Other technical problems have almost been solved.
The new gun is a replica of the German Commission 1888 rifle. Everyone is familiar with the Chinese name of this rifle, which is the old sleeve.
The only difference from the old sleeve is that the bullet still uses black powder as the propellant. This is because Yang Fan's collodion film is still being tested. The German Commission 1888 rifle uses smokeless propellant bullets.
Although the performance of this gun is not very good, it still supported China in the end of the Anti-Japanese War. It is not a big problem to defeat wild beasts and savages with this old gun. It is also fully qualified for use as standard equipment for the army.
This chapter has been completed!