Chapter 67 The Roar of the Old Scorpion
Because of the agreement before, the Qing court did not refuse Wang Yi's request to go to Heilongjiang to explore. Of course, he would not cooperate. In fact, Jilin, which is closer to Fengtian, also has gold mines, such as Birch Forest, Jiapigou, Honey Mountain, Taiping Gou, etc., but because many of these places have been mined, the current Jilin general is Ming'an, who was killed by a secret knife, and that is, the Cong Fu from the Dashang Iron and Steel Plant together with Yang Tieshan and Yu Cheng, so when Wang Yi thought of this, he did not seek this bad luck.
Mohe is located on the northern foot of the Greater Xing'an Mountains and the south bank of the upper reaches of Heilongjiang River. It has abundant water resources, vast forest cover and pleasant scenery. This is the destination where Wang Yi sent the old scorpion to. Before leaving, the old scorpion got a fat boy named Shen Nianen.
The total number of people in this operation was 120, including 110 hidden swords, and the remaining eight were geological and mineral experts, and two were doctors. Each of them had a double horse configuration, one horse riding and one horse carrying. Most of the weapons equipped were the latest type 1 carbine, and only five people used the type 1 sniper rifle. In addition, each person had two revolvers, a saber, and several grenades, and several mines and explosives. The two groups of radio stations were under the charge of the communications troop and were responsible for contacting the headquarters.
The old scorpion was only the vanguard. After they left, Wang Yi organized a team of 5,000 people, including 1,500 combatants of the insurance team, led by Zheng Haitao, equipped with a 1-guarantee rifle, 1-guarantee rifle, 1-guarantee rifle, and 1-guarantee rifle. In addition, eight Gatling machine guns and ten 60mm mortars were electric. One thousand people were carrying a large amount of supplies, each with a Mauser Type 71 rifle. The remaining 2,500 people were workers and farmers recruited by Da Shang, and some small business travelers with good relations with Da Shang.
The reason why Wang Yi got so many people was, on the one hand, to develop Mohe and his subsequent goal - Huma! On the other hand, it was also to rebuild the ancient post road. This road was left during the Jaxa War, but now it is mostly abandoned. If Wang Yi did not build the road, the gold would not be transported back!
So such a large group of people walked along the way and built roads.
Fortunately, Wang Yi had opened an animal husbandry company before and had more than 20 ranches under his command. After scientific breeding, the number of mules, horses and cattle is sufficient and the capacity of the cement plant is expanded, otherwise he would not be able to afford it.
However, along the way, the officials and the people along the way were so scared that they thought the rebels came from. Fortunately, the insurance team did not violate the situation along the way, so these people were relieved. Later, when they saw the big merchants cutting the way, most of them would come out to help. In order to improve their relationship with the local area, the big merchants also tried their best to give gifts as long as they helped the big merchants! The things were not expensive, and some small items such as stainless steel pots and pans. But what Wang Yi expected was that these things were so popular. Unexpectedly, they opened a new business road inexplicably.
It took nearly a year to complete the entire road, and everything went smoothly. If you use 800 miles to speed up, you can rush back to Yingkou from Mohe in a week. Of course, now the Dashang now has radio, so there is no need to be so troublesome to pass messages. In the future, if you use the phone line, everything will be more convenient.
General Fengshen of Heilongjiang, whose courtesy name was Hanwen, was the Manchu Zhengbai Banner. He followed Duxinga and Mutushan to fight everywhere, and was also one of the generals of the late Qing Dynasty. After fighting the Shaanxi bandits, he was appointed as the general of Jinzhou and promoted to Heilongjiang. Now he is in Qiqihar, he is also considered a happy and joyful life.
One day, Fengshen was reading a book when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the house and said, "Come in!"
A soldier walked in and said, "Sir, someone outside asks for a visit."
"Who?"
"I heard that it was a businessman from Fengtian. It is said that he had obtained permission from the court to go to Mohe to explore and start mining."
Fengshen thought, since it was approved by the imperial court, let’s meet again.
"Let them come in."
"yes!"
Soon after, the soldiers led two men in, one in his thirties and was very majestic, while the other was younger, in his early twenties, tall and thin, and very strong.
"Caomin, Zhang Quande, Zheng Haitao, pay homage to General!"
Fengshen looked at it, waved his hand and said, "Get up."
Since Wang Yi won all the open signs of the regiment training, Zhang Quande had nothing to do for a day, and ran to the martial arts school base. When he heard that Wang Yi was going to send someone to mine in Mohe, he was more excited than anyone else and persuaded him. Finally, he told Wang Yi. No one in the Zhang Mansion of the Bajiaotai could care about him. Zhang Quanbao knew his brother's nature, so he agreed. However, he did not serve in the insurance team and was considered half a military officer. Zhang Quande didn't care about this. As long as I asked me to go, it would be easy to say anything.
Zhang Quande explained his purpose.
"General, Caomin is from Da Shang mining industry. Now he has the permission of the court, and it is also considered to be the accumulation of virtue of his ancestors. In the future, he will have to take care of him here. This is the local specialty we brought from Fengtian, and I hope he will accept it with a smile." Zhang Quande winked at Zheng Haitao, who took out a booklet from his arms.
"Is this?" Fengshen pretended to be displeased.
Zhang Quande smiled like a fox, and Zheng Haitao was not funny either, and was loading up wood.
"Sir, don't misunderstand this. This is the wish of our Fengtian people! Heilongjiang is a place of bitter and cold. He led the army to supervise the hard work and work. It is all about food, clothing and expenses, and it is worth a lot of money. I hope the adults will accept it with a smile, which can be considered as fulfilling our wishes."
Fengshen heard this and said it was quite touching, so he took the notebook and opened it. It was filled with rice, flour, grain, oil, pigs, sheep, clothes and quilts, and things in short supply in the army. Then he smiled and said, "Since it is the wish of the people, I can't refuse."
"That's really thankful to General!"
Zheng Haitao sighed in his heart, he came to give gifts and accepted them, and I would like to say thank you...
Afterwards, Zhang Quande sent the official documents for exploration and mining. After Fengshen read it, he agreed to help from the side. What does it mean to help from the side? It means not to make things difficult for you on purpose. From this day on, the Shang Dynasty sent things to Qiqihar every month, cold ice in summer, and quilts in winter. No matter the Eight Banners or the Green Camp, no one would offend.
After the old scorpion arrived in Mohe, he followed the map of Wang Yishou, took the geologists to explore it everywhere, collected various specimen information, and made more detailed maps for future use.
This group of people really went to many places, including gold mines found in Laogou (Shiduha River), Fuke Mountain, Varukuto River, Xinghuagou, Gulian River, Jiawuke River, Madaer River, Longgou River, Manichi River, Dalin River, Jiluchaqi River, Jixingou, Yindalu River. Open-pit coal mines, Menduli White Ash Mine, Changqingshan Graphite Mine, etc. were found in Gulian River.
Of course, without Wang Yi's label, these people would definitely not have discovered so many minerals.
The old scorpion took people around, but in general, it was quite smooth. People didn't see much, but bears, tigers, beasts, and even wolves often attacked the team. Although there were no casualties, it was quite scary.
The destination of this day was Laogou, which was later Yanzhigou.
In 1877, an old man from Oroqen buried his horse and dug his hole and found many golden seedlings. Later, he picked up a handful of river sand at the bottom of the Laogou River. Jinmo accounted for almost half of the river sand. This news soon spread in Amur, Siberia, Heilongjiang and other places in Russia.
In 1882, a poor Russian businessman named Sheretkin personally brought Laibetkin, who was well versed in geology, to the Laogou Valley for inspection. He then gained a lot.
In 1883, under the instigation and protection of the government, a large number of Russians secretly crossed Heilongjiang, stole gold in the Mohe area, and established a secret golden colony - the Gertuca Republic. (Gertuca means golden, so Lao Yi can only say one sentence here: Damn, can you be even more shameless?)
In 1884, Tsarist Russia recruited more than 4,000 workers in the Laogou Gold Mine, built more than 700 houses, and established more than 500 kilns. It was listed as a business district, and it was like a major town. The news spread all over the world. The Russian and Jin bandits came one after another, spreading in and out of the ditches, and there was no fixed entry or exit.
According to the "Manchurian General Record" compiled by the Russian Ministry of Finance, when Laogou Gold Mine was in its heyday, there were 15,000 miners, including 9,000 Russian citizens, and the rest were the Chinese people, North Korea, Germany, France, the United States and Jews. Among the Russian population, there were Cossacks, miners, workers, fugitives, retired officers, missionaries, merchants, Siberian indigenous people and unemployed refugees. In order to ensure the stolen mining activities, Tsarist Russia organized gatherings from all parties and established a "gold mining office", and the Russian Sheretkin was appointed as the chief leader of the office. The institute was divided into 5 districts, and the government was unified.
It has more than 700 "operation groups". After establishing a colonial ruling agency, it formulated "laws" to collect taxes, established "armed" of 150 people, as well as churches and other public facilities. Therefore, law, taxation, armedness, Orthodox Church and gold mining activities were combined to establish a relatively complete colonial order, calling Laogou "Amur's California". The "Gertuca Republic" established in Laogou was a genuine golden colony and a stronghold for Tsarist Russia to continue to expand to China. At this time, Laogou was also called "Million Street".
The old scorpion led the team along the Laogou River, and looked at it with a telescope, and was almost pirated to death. Although it was not as crazy as it was a few years later, there were many people who were stealing it now.
"Get the gun!" The old scorpion growled. "You all have seen it for me. This is all our Da Shang gold mine. If it is dug by our own people in the Qing Dynasty, we will recognize it! But these foreign devils rob us of our land and cross the river to rob us of gold! What should you do?"
"Slaughter them!" The Dark Knife was adapted from the bandits, and it was a group of bandits carefully selected. Although they are now Wang Yi's subordinates, they are all doing things that are extremely slaughtered.
The trumpet soldier blew the trumpet, and the old scorpion took these hundred people along the river, leaving no one who stole the gold. The unique sound of the Type 1 carbine echoed between the white mountains and black waters, which was the continuous roar of the Chinese nation.
Chapter completed!