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At the junction of Mizusawa and the forest, dozens of pier workers with fire axes in their hands are scattered in a cedar forest. The tall trunks swayed slightly in the sound of "aggressive" felling. The few hacksaws that originally belonged to the construction unit of the dock facilities became the most efficient tools.

With a loud shout, the people around the trees dodged decisively, and the huge trees squeaked and fell. A few logs that were simply cut off were tied together with ropes and pulled away by a few slightly modified dock forklifts in the distance.

Construction has been underway for three days, and a full ten days have passed since the catastrophe. The workers gradually became slack. The main reason is that there are too many places in this supposedly more suitable coastal plain for the young engineers to calculate accurately.

There weren't many more accurate field surveys, and the drawings were basically copied from a map of the world's cities on a laptop that a geography teacher carried with him.

Over the centuries, Manhattan has been expanded several times, and even the banks of the Hudson River and the East River have been filled in and renovated. As for the future Battery Square, it is currently occupied by dense forests, so from the very beginning the Self-Rescue Committee abandoned its intention to establish a settlement there.

Excluding the old and young, women and children, as well as the necessary material handling and the personnel responsible for the minimum security of the settlement, only about 200 people participated in the construction of the new settlement. Although there is obviously a shortage of manpower, most of these people are former dock workers, and former migrant workers from various economically underdeveloped areas have worked hard under the guidance of the architectural planning team.

Dong Jiunan, who had spearheaded the bargaining, became the construction leader of the settlement project, while several civil engineering graduates with work experience in construction companies became engineers in the planning team.

In Dong Jiunan's view, salary has become a thing of the past, although the entire construction team inevitably carries all kinds of confusion and complaints, but Dong Jiunan still tries his best to divert everyone's attention in the construction in the way he can.

The reclamation of the coastal floods took up the most manpower, and even with all the trolleys and the few dock trailers that were still in good condition, the large quantities of gravel and earth were still not enough to be transported.

More than 100 acres of coastal watershed had to be completed, and even several drainage ditches leading to the river bank had to be dug to strengthen the infiltration and drainage of the water.

It is estimated that it will take at least a week to fill in this small creek swamp alone, with the help of several restored motor vehicles. And the forests of tall North American trees that surround this plain are even more of a headache for everyone.

The small amount of cement and steel used in the pre-cataclysmic expansion of the pier became the most valuable raw material that could be used directly, while more projects had to rely on local materials, such as large quantities of logs, which would be used to build houses, defensive fences, and the small pier abandoned by the Europeans.

Among the tools of various dock construction units, the only one is that there is no chain saw, and the fire axe and traditional hacksaws used cannot provide higher work efficiency at all. It took two whole days to cut down less than 3 acres of forest. After drawing planning and calculation, the area of forest that needs to be cut down is almost as high as 40 acres.

But difficulties are no longer something to worry about, according to the estimation of a young geography teacher in a middle school, Manhattan will be cold in a month at most. If there is no real place to live, the surviving people will face even more severe natural trials.

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In the corners of a narrow riverbank plain, a simple shack area became a temporary residence for the survivors of the catastrophic disaster. The humble shantytowns, made of glass tiles and tree branches, became the only shelter until the settlement was completed. Most modern urban women have had to abandon their usual delicate image and provide the most basic logistical support for the workers under the organization of older women.

Yang Wenwen jumped from the fishing boat onto the wharf that was still being repaired, clutching a large plastic package tightly in her hand, and walked towards the shack area designated by the self-help committee for herself and a few little sisters whom she knew temporarily.

"Hey! Look what I found in the ruins! ”

The costume designer who is responsible for assisting the material collection and transportation team in the registration and sorting of materials is shaking the plastic packaging in his hand, and his slightly dusty face is full of happy and proud smiles. The 27-year-old fashionista was deliberately selling guanzi at this time, and the swaying packaging made a few crisp glass collisions.

Several young women who were boiling water turned their heads sideways, one of them still wearing a police uniform with the word bailiff on his armband. Liu Lanxi, a 32-year-old female bailiff, encountered a catastrophe while accompanying her retired veteran policeman's father on a trip.

"It's supposed to be cosmetics, right?" Liu Lanxi wiped her short hair, walked up to Yang Wenwen with a smile, and pointed to the big package in the other party's hand.

"Uh-huh! That's right! The female fashion designer proudly opened the package, took out a few plastic or glass bottles and cans, and lowered her voice, "On the ship that passed through the ruins, I found a lot of imported cosmetics, all of which were famous brands!" Hehe, I take whatever I want, no one cares......"

"Wow!" Except for Liu Lanxi, several little women next to him all came around, all of them grabbed the unopened cosmetics and watched happily.

Before the catastrophe, almost every one of these imported cosmetics could consume half a month's income of a small urban white-collar woman, but now they have become garbage that can be easily obtained in the ruins like scavenging.

"That's not the most important thing now." Liu Lanxi pushed back a bottle of perfume handed by the other party like an eldest sister, and then cautiously looked at the hot construction ground in the distance and showed worry, "I really don't know when I will be busy before I can have a house to live in, and now there is a shortage of manpower, and even the elderly are helping." ”

"We're not idle, like me, to follow the transport team to record and register and inspect the supplies; Yuan Xinyi, who is responsible for delivering water and food with a few sisters; Isn't your sister Liu Lanxi also responsible for the safety of the entire women's shed? ”

After Yang Wenwen finished speaking, she pointed to Liu Lanxi's waist, knowing that the other party had a pistol issued by the self-help committee there.

Does this pistol work? Although she was once known as the flower of the police force and the champion of the city's women's sanda, in such a situation, if there is no strong maintenance of the customs anti-smuggling team and the police force, how much role can it play?

Liu Lanxi glanced at a man dressed as a riot policeman who was standing guard not far away, and he was still a little drumming in his heart.

"It's Officer Liu Lanxi, right? I was a liaison sent by the Self-Help Committee. At this time, Zhou Kemin of the customs anti-smuggling team ran over sweating profusely, with a little shyness on his young face, "There are several workers in the logging area who have been injured because of their inexperience, and there is also an accident in the civil engineering team, and the medical team is not manpowered. ”

"Okay, I'll mobilize everyone right away!" Liu Lanxi smiled at the big boy in front of her, then took a bottle of mineral water and handed it over, "Please tell Chief Zheng if you can add more sentry here at night during this time." ”

"Huh? Now there is a shortage of people everywhere, and they have to work overtime at night, and even Chief Zheng is at the construction site. The post-90s boy who was gulping water was stunned, and looked at the female bailiff in front of him blankly, a little confused.

"That'...... Can you give a few more guns......" Liu Lanxi's face flushed, and her tone became a little unnatural.

Zhou Kemin was stunned again, followed the other party's gaze and looked around at this independent shack area specially divided for women and children, and slowly understood.

"Sister Liu, most of the manpower is on guard all around now, don't worry, I'll come over at night!" Zhou Kemin smiled embarrassedly, indicating that he already understood.

Seeing Liu Lanxi talking to a customs anti-smuggling officer with such fanfare, several women, including Yang Wenwen, put down the cosmetics in their hands and looked in different directions with different worried expressions.

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Still in the patchwork dock area, seven or eight men, most of them men in the uniforms of armed police, police or customs anti-smuggling teams, gathered together to point to a hand-drawn settlement plan.

"Lao Zheng, maybe we have to adjust our thinking, and I am afraid that the progress of such a comprehensive rollout will not be able to guarantee the progress at all." Chen Liwen, the former deputy captain of the Y City Economic Investigation Brigade, frowned, and pointed to the side of the drawing, "The swamp on the edge doesn't need to be filled in so much, as long as you can find a vacant land where the first batch of houses can be built." ”

"Well, I agree with Captain Chen. Although the young lads are very active and use what they have learned to plan, we still have to be realistic...... I think that if we concentrate manpower to do big things, we will solve the problem first! Qi Jianjun, the former deputy director of the Labor Inspection Brigade of the Y City Labor Bureau, also nodded frequently.

"Lao Zheng, the transportation of daily necessities can be slowed down temporarily, and it is enough at this stage. The fishing boats have a limited capacity at a time, so I prioritize sorting out and collecting the building materials of the wharf, and even the ruins and bricks that can be used. Wang Tiezhu, the chief mechanic of the customs anti-smuggling ship, also put forward his own opinions.

The anti-smuggling captain of the customs, who was the top leader of the self-help committee, also looked at the drawings quietly and thoughtfully at this time. Before he could make his final judgment, two young men walked up to him.

One is Su Zining, who coordinates manpower in the construction area, and the other is Yan Xiaosong, who is responsible for sorting out the ruins at the crossing point.

"Captain Zheng, I think it's time to organize people to explore the larger area around us." Su Zining nodded slightly at his former boss Qi Jianjun, and then took out the map on his body.

The map was hand-drawn by a middle school geography teacher named An Shaoqing, who was familiar with the climate of North America, and spent two days adjusting it to a world city travel brochure.

"The entire island of Manhattan is nearly 60 square kilometers, and most of it is now virgin forests and swamps, and wild wolves have been found in the vicinity before, so you have to be careful to be safe." As he spoke, he stretched out his finger to the other side of the East River on the map, the Brooklyn area of Long Island southeast of Manhattan Island, "Historically, the entire east and west banks of the lower Hudson River have been the traditional sphere of influence of the Delaware Indians, especially in the western part of Long Island, where they have large villages. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several men in uniform changed slightly.

"The Indians are not as belligerent as we think, and if we offer it, we can even get their help, which is extremely important for us to get a foothold before winter."

Yan Xiaosong, who was on the side, also added with a smile, and didn't seem to mind visiting the titular owner of this land.

"Well, young people are very active in their thinking, which is very desirable." Qi Jianjun hurriedly expressed his agreement, and nodded frequently while looking at Su Zining and the others as if they were still teachable.

"Who's going to touch? What should I do if I encounter danger? How many people are needed? Zheng Quan's first thought was the unfavorable possibility, which was related to his status as a demobilized soldier and his customs profession.

"The biggest obstacle should be language." Su Zining thought about it and said the only thing he hadn't thought about clearly.

"I know someone." Chen Liwen on the side hurriedly took over, "Yesterday, the little tour guide of the tour group was still telling me to be careful of the Indians, saying that he once led a North American tour group and learned a little Indian!" ”

"Well, you can try it......" Zheng Quan's eyes finally lit up, he slapped the map, and stood up straight, "Old Qi, you can talk to the young people in charge of settlement planning and adjust our construction plan." Captain Xiao Chen, you discuss with Xiao Su and Xiao Yan, and when we are done with the most important things, we will take out some manpower, prepare some necessary materials, and send you to the other side by boat! ”

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After returning to the shack area, Yan Xiaosong kept looking at Su Zining with a strange smile.

"What...... I notice that your eyes are a little lewd. Su Zining threw away a sentence without saying anything, then sat down in the shack, took out a package of convenience food and began to tear it, "I heard that you took out a laptop from the ruins yesterday, is there any spiritual food in it?" ”

"Su Zining, you are good at hiding topics." Yan Xiaosong also took a vacuum-packed chicken feet food, and looked at Long Island in the southeast while eating, "Why did you suddenly remember to take the initiative to find the Indians?" ”

"It's not the first time I've said it today." Su Zining thought about it and was noncommittal.

"You are very taboo about Qi Jianjun?" Yan Xiaosong spit out the chicken claw bones, thoughtfully, "You embankment, he's trying to woo and use you?" Actually, you're trying to say that you're going to do something to make yourself independent? ”

"Do I have the ability? Hugging your thighs is not an opportunity for everyone......" Su Zining turned his head sideways and quietly looked at the young man who had known him for a short time but had already met the conditions of friends in many aspects, "Maybe I'm too sensitive." ”

"You mean Zheng Quan?" Yan Xiaosong squinted slightly, smiling mysteriously, "That's why I said you're good at hiding topics." Actually, you are worried about the current small collective, and it is the people of the customs, armed police, and police system who are in control......"

"They are part of the anti-smuggling campaign before the catastrophe, a natural fit for the population, and the most trusted at the moment." Su Zining nodded and smiled helplessly, "I remember a psychologist said that in an unfamiliar environment, the easiest people to get together are the people who have the same initial behavioral intentions. ”

"Well, it can be seen, for example, the tour group of more than 100 people before the crossing basically lives in a shack area now." Yan Xiaosong suddenly realized, and was quite interested in Su Zining's theory, "There are also Dong Jiunan and their dock workers, and then Zheng Quan, and now they basically have the same attitude of holding together." ”

"Hmm...... You say that Qi Jianjun can cut into that corner of these three groups? Su Zining spread out his hands and looked innocent, "I don't want to follow him around blindly and then run into a commotion." ”

"If you don't cross...... You will definitely be promoted. ”

Looking at his friend's expression, Yan Xiaosong couldn't help but say. This sentence also made Su Zining slightly stunned.

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