In the Yicheng Assembly Hall, Zhao Qiang smiled brightly while holding a copy of the military report, and laughed loudly. His laughter could be heard a hundred meters away. Under his influence, the messenger who delivered the letter and Liu De in the hall could not stop laughing.
When he woke up, the messenger knew why the commander was so happy, but Liu De didn't see what the letter said. He didn't know why the commander was so happy. But the commander smiled, which meant that it must be a good thing. Since it is a good thing, follow him
Why was Shuai so happy? Liu De laughed a few times but stopped. He couldn't control his curiosity and asked Zhao Qiang puzzledly: "I wonder what makes Shuai so happy?"
"Sir himself."
Zhao Qiang smiled and handed the general love to Liu De. He picked up a bunch of wild grapes from the table, pinched one and put it into his mouth. It was sour and sweet, and his mouth was filled with saliva. After closing his eyes and thinking about it, he suddenly felt that this was a great enjoyment in life.
"I didn't expect that the Rakshasa people in Duolunchan would surrender without a fight!"
After taking the letter from Zhao Qiang, Liu De glanced at it and exclaimed with joy. The smile appeared on his face again. He took a step forward and clasped his fists at Zhao Qiang and congratulated: "With Duolunchan's foothold, the East Route Army can stand firm."
, as long as we work steadily and steadily, the commander-in-chief's intention to advance eastward will be fully realized. My subordinates would like to congratulate the commander-in-chief!"
"Well, by taking Duolunchan this time, the Eastern Route Army's strategic goal has been achieved. Hu Wang is a steady man. With him in the battle, Duolunchan will definitely become another first city of our Guanning Army!"
Duolunchan and Vladivostok to the south are close to North Korea and the area under the jurisdiction of General Jilin. Like Shouyi City, this place was under the nose of the Manchu Qing forces. Now Hu Wang easily took Duolunchan without spending a single soldier.
The Russian defenders of the strongholds surrendered without a fight, and the Russian troops in the remaining small strongholds are even less of a concern. It can be foreseen that in the next few months until the spring of next year, the situation of the Eastern Route Army will be excellent, and the population territory will also be great.
It grew like a snowball. Zhao Qiang was happy when he thought about the impact the growth of the Eastern Route Army would have on next year's battle against the Qing Dynasty.
"By the way, Sir, please reply a letter to Hu Qianhu for me now, telling him of my joy. In addition, let him follow the previously established policy. Tell him that I want to be with him in Ninggu next year.
Tower Reunion!"
Ning Guta join forces? Liu De's heart was shocked, his vision flashed, and he took a deep breath subconsciously, and then said in a deep voice: "Yes, I will do it now." After saying that, he was about to go down and prepare to reply to Shiyi.
When he went out, he heard Zhao Qiang call him: "After I reply to the letter, sir, you will follow me to the Dingyuan Silver Mine."
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When Zhao Qiang arrived at the Dingyuan Silver Mine, Chen Wei was urging the civilians to open the mine. Since the Russians destroyed the main production equipment in the mine when they left, it was impossible to return to the previous monthly silver production level of 20,000 taels, and could only barely do so.
The daily mining of silver is about three to four hundred taels.
Zhao Qiang is not good at how to mine. He only knows that silver mines and their occurrences are diverse, and their mining methods are also different. The Russian silver mines in the Far East mainly use pit mining, and there are very few open-pit mines, depending on the situation.
The Far Silver Mine is a typical pit mining. The so-called pit mining refers to the mining method using vertical shafts. The silver ore mined by this method has a high dilution rate and is very wasteful. But even knowing these shortcomings, Zhao Qiang can't do anything about it.
improvement.
The reason why Zhao Qiang came to Dingyuan Silver Mine was to conduct an on-site inspection and to increase the mining rate of silver as much as possible, because as the main enemy changed from the Russians to the Manchus, Zhao Qiang had to expand his troops and improve the use of firearms, and
All of this requires money, and without money it’s all nonsense. Those merchants who have traveled thousands of miles to the East to hunt for gold will not supply goods first and then collect payment. If you don’t see real gold and silver, even if you kneel down and beg them, they won’t look at you.
Give it a try.
Compared with the strength possessed by the Manqing, Zhao Qiang is now an ant. He must find ways to transform himself from an ant into a wolf, and then recruit a group of wolves to bite the elephant-like Manqing together. If he wants to become this group of evil
As the head of the wolf, to become the wolf king, he must build his Guan Ning Army into the strongest, most ferocious, and most vicious wolf. Only in this way will the wolves cooperate with him and obey his orders. If he wants to become this
For the most evil wolf, relying solely on iron-blooded methods is definitely not enough. Having the sharpest wolf teeth is the best way. And if you want to make your teeth sharper, you can only spend money to smash them! Everything else in the Far East is
There is a shortage, but there is no shortage of silver. In addition to the largest silver mine in Asia at Nerchinsk, there are also inexhaustible gold mines scattered in large and small silver mines all over the country.
"Commander, you are here too. The mine was severely damaged by the Rakshasa people, and my subordinates were unable to restore them in a short while."
After Chen Wei was ordered to come to the Dingyuan Silver Mine, he saw a mountain of gold piled under his feet, but he couldn't mine it out, and he felt anxious. Several of his brothers were miners, and he transferred them here.
However, the damage was so serious that it would be impossible to restore these mining equipment within half a year. At present, he could only gather manpower to rebuild the mining equipment while mining on a small scale. The sudden arrival of the commander made him realize that the commander
It was definitely not because of the chat, but because the commander was eager to use the money. But in this situation, he really didn't know how to explain it to the commander.
"Don't be anxious, you won't become fat after just one bite."
Zhao Qiang comforted his anxious subordinates and looked around the mine: "Don't be in a hurry to mine. Concentrate all your efforts to restore the mine and restore the equipment. As the saying goes, sharpening the knife will not waste time cutting wood. Only when the mine is restored can the money flow like running water."
Come out, do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand."
Chen Wei pointed to the peasants and told Zhao Qiang that these people were people of various ethnic groups recruited from Dingyuan and Gulihe City. There were 1,200 people in total. Most of them were now engaged in open-air foraging, but their income was very little.
He then mobilized manpower to restore the mine and the corresponding equipment, and then let these civilians enter the mine for mining after the mine was restored.
"Where are all the Rakshasa people who were mining here before?"
Liu De observed it for a moment and suddenly asked.
Chen Wei replied: "According to the Rakshasa captives in Dingyuan City, those Rakshasa people who are mining are sent by nobles and are not affiliated with them. After we arrived, they got wind of it and ran away." There was a pause.
After a moment, he cursed angrily: "These sons of bitches ran away, why did they destroy the mine?"
Zhao Qiang couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Why don't you destroy it and leave it ready for us to mine?"
Liu De suggested: "There are many Rakshasa prisoners in the army. My commander-in-chief might as well order various places to check whether any of those prisoners know how to mine. If so, transfer them all to Chen Guard, so that they can help."
We hope to restore the mine as soon as possible.”
Zhao Qiang nodded: "Very good, I will let each place handle it after I get back."
While the three of them were talking, two horses suddenly rode towards the mine. When the guarding security team arrived, Zhao Qiang discovered that these two people were from the Shouyi City Security Team.