The survey camp rested for a day in Fuyuan Village, and set out for the mountains the next day to survey the terrain of the entire Luoshan area.
The location selection for the dam of the reservoir is not complicated. It is nothing more than choosing a pass with a relatively stable foundation on the water-rich main stream. Then build a dam with concrete and install the sluice, and everything will be fine. But other aspects of the reservoir
A careful survey is also required to determine whether there are any other gaps in the entire reservoir area, whether there are caves and other terrain below the water storage level that may cause water leakage.
The workload of this survey is very large. It is necessary to measure the slope and height difference of the entire valley area in order to calculate which areas will be inundated areas in the future and which areas need to build auxiliary dams to block water. Su Hao brought the entire survey camp to Luo
They come to the mountains to do this kind of work. Of course, the soldiers in the survey camp will also get comprehensive training in this work, so as to truly master the skills of field surveying and mapping.
Before setting off, Su Hao asked several old people in the village to give a detailed introduction to the entire Luoshan area, and based on what they said, he drew a sketch. Then, he cut the Luoshan area into ten areas according to the sketch.
Several copies, each assigned to a survey team. Each survey team includes a student from the academy and seven or eight soldiers from the survey camp, and is equipped with a full set of surveying and mapping instruments, benchmarks, tents and other items.
The various survey teams gathered in front of the camp and were ready to set off. Whether they were students or soldiers, everyone's face showed excitement and felt that they were about to do a very great thing. Regarding the significance of this survey and mapping,
Su Hao has already told everyone that everyone feels proud when they think that the design of a large reservoir with a capacity of one million cubic meters of water will be born from his own hands.
"Su Baihu, if the reservoir is repaired in the future, will my name be written on it when the monument is erected?" Xiong Minyang asked impatiently to Su Hao, who was inspecting the preparations of each group.
Su Hao patted the backpack on Xiong Min's shoulder and said with a smile: "This is a good suggestion. I will report it to the magistrate of Han County later. However, you must complete this survey and mapping for me first. If there is a line survey
If it’s not allowed, I’ll ask the instructor to tear up your drawings and start over again.”
The teaching Su Hao mentioned refers to the college students in each group. They are more educated and have been exposed to surveying and mapping earlier. They have always held teaching positions in the survey camp. In the past teaching practice, if
If any flag is poorly drawn, the instructor will tear it up directly.
"Third brother of the Xiong family, take the test well. If I tear up the map you measured when I teach you later, don't cry!" A soldier named Liu shouted loudly to Xiong Minyang. Xiong Minyang was a surveying and mapping class among these soldiers.
The one who has learned the best is usually very good, and everyone is full of envy, jealousy, and hatred towards him, so when it comes to this actual battle, they can't help but belittle him.
Xiong Minyang made a look like he was laughing up to the sky, gave a fake smile twice, and then replied: "Old Liu, you should take care of yourself. You always ask me to help you during training. Now everyone is divided into a group. There is no one."
I’m helping you, Xiaoqi, don’t come back with a few pieces of blank paper.”
The old Liu said angrily: "Xiong Laosan, please be more trustworthy. Why do you always ask you to help us? You have only helped us once, and you have been talking about it for two months. Let me tell you, there are many people in this mountain."
Wild boar, you little body and bones, don’t let the wild boar pick you up.”
Hearing someone threatening his brother, Xiong Minfan, the youngest brother of the Xiong family, decided not to do anything anymore. Xiong Minfan stood up, patted his chest and said, "Liu, what are you talking about? With my second brother, Xiong, here, what kind of wild boar dares to run wild?"
"Okay, okay. Don't make any noise!" Deng Kui appeared, and he shouted with a tiger face: "Why are you making so much noise before going out? Have the equipment of each flag been checked? I will check it again later. Check it again.
Those who fail to meet the standards will be given five military sticks per person from Xiaoqi down!"
Seeing Deng Kui appear, everyone quickly shut up and began to carefully check their equipment. Because they were worried about wild beasts and bad guys that might appear in the mountains, in addition to carrying surveying and mapping equipment, each group also had to bring several spears and waist knives.
, it does look a bit like going on an expedition.
In the past few months, in addition to learning surveying and mapping knowledge, the soldiers in the survey camp have also undergone rigorous military training. The soldiers have already possessed certain fighting abilities and can be regarded as an army with decent combat effectiveness.
"Su Baihu, the sons and daughters are all ready, can we go on the expedition?"
After confirming that all groups were ready, Hao Tong and Deng Kui came to Su Hao side by side, gave him a military salute, and then solemnly asked him for instructions.
After these few months of military training, Su Hao has gradually adapted to the rules of the army. Hao Tong and Deng Kui are both from the border army. The discipline of the border army is obviously better than that of the inland guards.
At that time, both of them followed the wartime standards, which made Su Hao not dare to relax too easily in front of them.
"Let's go!" Su Hao replied, "Pay attention to safety and send back the surveying and mapping data in time. I will arrange for the embroiderer to embroider the pictures here."
"Got the order!" Hao Tong and Deng Kui responded loudly. Then, they turned to the soldiers and issued orders one after another. The soldiers lined up as usual in training, and under the guidance of the guide, marched toward the mountain in a mighty manner.
Walk in.
The large group of people left, and the only ones left in Fuyuan Village were Han Qian and other women, and a few soldiers who stayed to guard the camp. In addition, there were Su Hao, Ma Yu and Zhao Luo, the rich man from Xuanfeng Township who had just arrived. Of course,
Zhao Luo also brought his own slaves, which is another matter.
"Su Baihu, Brother Duwen, you are too uninterested. Didn't you agree to invite Brother Yu to come with you? If I hadn't heard from Yamen Xu, I wouldn't have known you had already set off." Zhao Luo muttered.
He said.
They were walking upstream along the Fushui River Valley, looking for a suitable dam site for building a dam. The task left by Su Hao and Ma Yu was to determine the dam site. As for Zhao Luo, he followed them to watch the excitement.
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Hearing Zhao Luo's complaint, Su Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Fengling, I'm really sorry. I've been too busy during this period and forgot about what I promised Mr. Fengling. But, then again, even if
I forgot to inform you, haven't you already arrived?"
Zhao Luo didn't really mean to raise an army to accuse him. He said: "Su Baihu is really a talented person, and it is inevitable to be busy. I have also visited the coal kiln you opened in my mountain. Then
You are really making money every day, I regret that I agreed to let you mine coal."
Ma Yudao: "Mr. Fengling, if you don't trust someone, you can't go back on what you promised easily. If your brother Gai hadn't surveyed the coal deposits under the mountain farm, I'm afraid it would have been better if it had been replaced by another coal engineer.
I can't find it. Brother Gai didn't take advantage of you."
"I know, I know." Zhao Luo said carelessly, "When did I say that you would take advantage of me? Instead, you would provide me with lime and that phosphate fertilizer. My Mr. Zhu has already recruited hundreds of day laborers and is preparing to
Before the spring of next year, I will open up 50 hectares of farmland. To put it bluntly, I took advantage of the reform. Let’s put it this way, Mr. Zhu is such a sharp and mean person, and when he talks about the reform, he is full of praise.
Think about it, how great a merit it would be to change it."
"Mr. Fengling, how about we not talk about Mr. Zhu like this?" Su Hao couldn't laugh or cry, thinking that Mr. Zhu Xi had worked so hard for the Zhao family, but in the end, it fell into Zhao Luo's mouth, and he turned into a mean person.
only.
"Haha, it's Zhao who made a mistake. It's my fault. It's my fault." Zhao Luo corrected his mistake and said repeatedly.
The three of them chatted about various interesting things and moved forward. Ma Yu kept marking the terrain along the way, while Su Hao explained to him the essentials of selecting a dam site. As they walked, a narrow pass appeared in front of them.
There are high mountains on both sides, and after passing the pass, there is a wide river valley. Su Hao nodded and said, "Brother Duwen, this is the dam site we are looking for."
"Really?" Ma Yu's eyes lit up. He looked up at the pass, couldn't help but raise his hand and gestured: "Brother Gai, you mean, let's build a 10-foot-high dam here.
Keep the rich water inside?"
"That's right." Su Hao said, "Look, this pass is only more than a hundred feet wide. Building a dam here requires the smallest amount of work. The mountains on both sides are made of granite by visual inspection, and the underground is also granite, which is extremely solid.
This is the most suitable reservoir dam site."
Zhao Luo asked: "If you change it, do you mean that as long as you find some strong people and pick up soil to block the pass, you can store water and turn it into a reservoir?"
"To put it simply, that's it." Su Hao said with a smile. In fact, building a reservoir is really not a complicated matter. In later generations of China, there was a period of large-scale farmland water conservancy. At that time, reservoirs were built in various places.
Migrant workers carried it on their shoulders. As long as there is correct theoretical guidance and scientific site selection, a reservoir can be built with primitive tools even without mechanized equipment.
"This is so easy, why has no one done this before?" Zhao Luo asked in surprise.
Su Hao thought for a while and said: "There may be a material problem. To build a reservoir, it is not enough to have a dam. You also need a sluice to release water at any time. If you use an earth-rock dam, the sluice will be difficult to build. This
It is different from the sluice on the river embankment. The water level of the ordinary river embankment is only one or two feet, and the water pressure is limited. We have to build a 10-foot-high dam here, and we must use concrete to build the sluice, and concrete requires cement.
Worthy."
"That's it." Zhao Luo slapped his thigh, "I've long heard that besides burning lime, there's also something called cement being burned next to your coal kiln. It turns out it was prepared for this. I changed my mind.