Transportation Secretary Xu Ping reported to Zhao Qiang a very proud result, that is, he discovered oil sludge near Dingyuan City, and has built six kilns, large and small, and plans to build another 30 by the end of October.
About a thousand young and healthy laborers will be mobilized to specialize in brick production and then cooperate with non-oil sludge kilns in other places. The Transportation Department can easily complete various construction tasks assigned by Min Cao.【】
With the sludge, the bricks fired in the kiln can be used in buildings, which can reduce the use of stone. In terms of cost, transportation and practicality, it is much better than stone and wood. Zhao Qiang was delighted and agreed.
Xu Ping, his old guard, said a few words, but told him that there were not so many young men for him now, because the young men had to serve in the war against the Qing Dynasty and could not be transferred out easily.
Xu Ping knew that the horse was about to move south, so he naturally understood the commander's dilemma. In a war, there must be people everywhere.
"But don't worry, I will definitely satisfy your request, but not now, do you understand?" Zhao Qiang said earnestly to Xu Ping: "We will wait and see if we can return to the pass. How did the battle go? Victory
If it fails, everything can be discussed easily; if it fails, everything can be discussed."
"I understand! Commander, don't worry. Our Transportation Department is still in charge of some labor. I will try my best to coordinate the existing manpower." Xu Ping nodded resolutely: "But I hope that the commander will return with a victory, and I can wait.
Return to your homeland again!”
Zhao Qiang asked him about the road paving situation again, and Xu Ping said that the roads between major cities in various places have basically been paved and can be used by carriages, but they are only limited to city to city, that is, point to point, such as Yakstone to Shouyi City, Shouyi City
The city is connected to Dujigensk, and there is a direct connection between Yax and Dujigensk.
It's enough to be able to do this. Under the existing conditions, smooth point-to-point traffic can ensure the deployment of Guan Ning's army. Xu Ping spent less than a year to expand the dilapidated and difficult-to-travel path to the point where it can now be passed by carriages.
He had achieved great success. Zhao Qiang immediately praised Xu Ping and asked him to work hard.
Xu Ping retreated, and Chen Wei, who had rushed back to Yakes from the Dingyuan Silver Mine, came in and reported on the silver mining situation. After he finished speaking, Zhao Qiang told him with a smile: "From today on, you don't have to go to the silver mine anymore.
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"Did your subordinates do something inappropriate?" Chen Wei hurriedly knelt down after hearing this, thinking that the commander must have dismissed him from his post because he thought he was not doing things well.
"You're doing a good job, get up." Zhao Qiang hurriedly motioned for Chen Wei to get up: "I have given the responsibility for the silver mine to Duncan and the others. These Franco robots are 100% better than us on how to open the mine.
, with them, I think the output of this silver will be much higher than it is now."
Chen Wei hesitated when he heard the words, and said to Zhao Qiang in his Mandarin mixed with Cantonese: "The Folangji people are not of my race, and they must have different intentions. If I hand over the silver mine to them, what if they enrich their own pockets and embezzle it secretly?"
Zhao Qiang waved his hand without any worry: "No matter how strong Monkey Sun is, he can't find the palm of Tathagata Buddha's hand. I know this well. I give them some sweetness to thank them. If they are too greedy, hehe, this sweetness is just a bitter taste."
Already."
Seeing the commander's confident look, Chen Wei immediately felt relieved and asked: "I wonder where my subordinate will take up a post?"
Zhao Qiang thought for a while and said to him: "You will be appointed as Deputy Qianhu of the Guards Division."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Chen Wei was not dissatisfied at all because He Manchuan was appointed as the division commander at the same time, while he was only a deputy Qianhu, because he knew that he was not the material to lead troops, and he was not as good as He Manchuan and the others. Now the Commander-in-Chief gave him a deputy title.
Qianhu was already a favor. After thanking him again, Chen Wei retreated and went to report to He Manchuan.
Zhao Qiang then went to several newly established workshops. According to the opinions of Dai Zi, the two old craftsmen and the technicians that Duncan bought from Macau, in order to bring firearm production and gunpowder mining to scale, in addition to iron ore and saltpeter
In addition to the mines, there must be iron smelting workshops, wood making workshops, and gunpowder dispensing workshops. Only if these workshops can all operate, and the output reaches the required level, the Firearms Department and the Manufacturing Bureau will improve, imitate the gunpowder, and customize it.
Only when the medicine work can start running immediately, otherwise we can only wait in vain, and all we can do is improve and repackage small batches.
For this reason, Zhao Qiang immediately asked the sergeant Guo Fei to deploy manpower to set up a workshop needed for the production of fire guns. In addition, after Chen Ang and others arrived, since Guan Ning's army did not have unified military uniforms, they suggested that Zhao Qiang "clearly serve the entire army"
, establish military orders, suppress military discipline, and strictly enforce military laws." After weighing it repeatedly, Zhao Qiang ordered Mincao to open a military uniform factory. The styles of military uniforms are divided into infantry and cavalry. The style of infantry uniforms imitates later armies and is combined with actual conditions, and is mainly black.
.Except for the Guards Division, which all do not wear armor, the uniforms of the Guards Division and the Vanguard Division are lined with cotton armor and iron sheets. The cavalry is based on the Ming army armor as the standard.
However, it is impossible for the production and production of military uniforms to redress all Guan Ning's troops in a short period of time, so Zhao Qiang asked the military uniform factory to give priority to the production of black military uniforms for the Guards Division, while other divisions will postpone the production and continue to use the current variety of uniforms.
Lord. Of course Zhao Qiang hopes that his army will be well-dressed and have strict orders, instead of the current hodgepodge. Some soldiers even wear Qing army uniforms, but under such conditions, they can only slow down. You can't become fat with one bite, and there is no such thing.
There are so many raw materials that Zhao Qiang can’t even become a fat man even if he wants to.
The workers in each workshop are all young people aged between fourteen and twenty. They not only play the role of workers, but also play the role of students. Zhao Qiang’s request is that after one year, these apprentices will
They can grow into familiar and qualified technicians, and then use them as the main force to spread the military production of Guan Ning Army to form a complete military production system.
Someone has everything. As long as there are familiar technicians, all dreams are not extravagant.
In addition to the military uniform factory, several other workshops are located outside the city of Yask. Because these workshops are dangerous after all, it is impossible to integrate them with hospitals, schools, and administrative centers. Otherwise, if there is a big explosion, what can Zhao Qiang do?
I'll be stunned.
There is a saltpeter mine southwest of Yask, so the problem of insufficient gunpowder was solved immediately. When he learned that it took only two days for the Macau technicians to discover the saltpeter mine, Zhao Qiang couldn't help but sigh: Siberia is really a good place.
, there is gold everywhere, silver everywhere, treasures everywhere!
The dispensing of medicines in the manufacturing bureau is proceeding in an orderly manner. With the guidance and supervision of two old craftsmen, Zhao Qin, the three hundred old and weak men responsible for dispensing medicines are doing a great job. They are not only careful in their work, but also enthusiastic.
It's very high because their work here is subsidized.
All apprentices and workers who enter the military production system, whether they are untouchables or free people, can receive food subsidies. This is Zhao Qiang's fatal order to Wei Ji. For those who are outstanding, they must be praised and rewarded to encourage them to devote their efforts.
The job they are engaged in should be to carefully learn things that they have never been exposed to before.
"The future of Guan Ningjun is in your hands!" This was what Zhao Qiang said most to the workers present when he inspected the gunpowder workshop.