"We won't use stone, just pour concrete directly. So we'll need plenty of timber for formwork, as well as scaffolding and so on.
Yiwu, arrange for people to buy timber in bulk in Yanling Commandery.
Bring it back and saw it into planks, keeping some for beams and posts. We won't use wooden supports for the overhead beams; replace them all with adjustable steel pipes.
Also, bring some of the rock crushers and Sand Crushers over to the bridge and stockpile large quantities of gravel and sand.
Put up several enormous steel-framed warehouses beside the bridge to store cement, rebar, and other building materials in the future.
When the tide goes out, we'll have to work fast.
Otherwise, once the water rises, we won't be able to work," Tang Wen said.
"Don't we have plenty of trees on our island? We could just cut them down," Luo Yiwu said.
"Tell everyone that from now on, no one may cut down the island's trees at will. Unauthorized logging is strictly forbidden, and offenders will be severely punished. Have Dongfang Ming, the head of the Police Officer Hall, spread the word," Tang Wen said, his expression stern.
"We have our own but won't use them. What use are all these trees? We don't need that much firewood either," Zhan Dongwen asked, somewhat baffled himself.
"This is called greening. You'll understand in the future.
Not only must we not cut them down, we also need to plant some prized trees and flowers.
Look, why do you think I insisted on planting flowers and trees even inside the cave?
That includes the lawns around the artificial lake and so on. Only then will people living there feel surrounded by nature.
Of course, planting flowers, grass, and trees doesn't mean scattering them wherever we please.