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Chapter 702 Ma Han's Three Questions (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
The world outside the door is not only cold, but also white.

In the past two days, the heavy snow never seemed to stop. Only the coal pile near the railway track was black, and the rest of the place was covered with a layer of white snow.

In the white snow, there are some black miners working there, their faces and bodies are black, black coal, black skin, black... only the snow is white.

Standing in the corridor, Zhao Qihang smoked silently.

He shook his head, then withdrew his confused spirit.

"Be sure to concentrate on your work."

While talking to himself like this, he thought about how lucky he was to get the job.Although he only has a high school diploma, he still found a decent job here.The income even exceeds that of similar jobs in the country.

Of course, it's even more fortunate that my sister is also here, and...

Why are you thinking about something you shouldn't be thinking about again!
She's your sister, how can she think wildly?

Cursing himself secretly in his heart, Zhao Qihang turned his gaze to the distance.

Staring at the workers in the mine who were busy like ants, a thought came to Zhao Qihang's mind.

"Although these contract labors seem cheap, there should be room for further cost reduction..."

After this idea came to his mind, Zhao Qihang was out of control, and a series of thoughts began to emerge in his mind.

Everyone has something he is good at.

Maybe Zhao Qihang didn't get admitted to a university or a junior college, but in some aspects, such as the full use of manpower and the full play of labor efficiency, he has an extraordinary talent.

In the days that followed, Zhao Qihang continued to conduct his management experiments in the Moyuhe Coal Mine, splitting the workers according to their physical fitness. The strong workers could get extra supplies, while the old, weak, sick and disabled could only get basic rations. , Correspondingly, he also established a reward and punishment system, workers who can complete the labor quota can get better quality food and clothes, as for those who fail to complete the labor quota, the food supply will naturally be reduced.In order to get more food and clothes, laborers can only work hard in exchange for more food.

The positive reminder greatly improved the production efficiency of the coal mine, so that in the next few years, the Moyuhe coal mine was the star of the northern mining company, and Zhao Qihang's "scientific management" was also introduced in the northern mining area and many African colonies. The place is fully utilized.

Of course, his "scientific management" will definitely not be implemented locally, after all... this is a scientific management aimed at cheap labor such as contract labor.

For Ming, the cheap labor from the colonies is extremely important for the development of minerals in the Northern Territory.Under scientific management, they mined hundreds of millions of tons of coal and various other ores in the isolated mines of the Northern Territory.

To some extent, it was they who laid the foundation for the rise of the Northern Territory of Ming Dynasty.

Although, after a few years, these laborers began to be sent back to Africa due to the influx of immigrants, they still participated in the construction of Africa. Railways, mines, and hydropower stations all left their shadows.

However, these are just stories.

But right now, it is the coal from the North Sea that has injected sufficient impetus into Daming's industrial development.

After all, this was the age of coal and iron.

Only countries that have coal and iron have a future.

However, for Daming, both coal and iron come from overseas, and there is neither enough coal nor enough iron in the country.And this is almost Daming's biggest flaw.

It was not only Daming himself who noticed this bruise, as the Americans who already regarded Daming as the greatest potential enemy also noticed this.

At least some people have noticed that as a naval officer, Alfred Thayer Mahan should be grateful to Ming to some extent, because in the past few years, under the pressure of Ming, the United States has started Their navy expanded, and in just five years they built two battleships, three armored cruisers, and six iron-clad cruisers.

It was the threat of Ming Dynasty that made the U.S. Navy start their armament expansion more than ten years ahead of schedule. In the history of another world, the U.S. Navy did not build three armored cruisers until 1883. That was after the Civil War. The U.S. Navy builds a warship for the first time.

During that process, many naval officers lost their jobs, and many officers faced unemployment after graduating from the military academy. The only fortunate thing is that the United States has a large merchant fleet, which can accommodate a large number of naval officers.At this time, the expansion of the Navy allowed many naval officers to continue their military careers, of course, this did not include Mahan, after all, he graduated from the Annapolis Naval Academy with the honor of second place.

As the captain of the cruiser, Mahan has been serving in the Pacific Fleet for the past two years, and it was during those two years that he had contact with the Navy of Ming Dynasty and the Merchant Fleet of Ming Dynasty when he was sailing at sea.

Returning to Washington this time, the reason why he came to the office of the Secretary of War, General Grant, was because after two years of observation, he discovered a new opportunity.

"Lieutenant Colonel, you have 10 minutes!"

Grant, who was sitting behind the desk, was the former Army Chief of Ceremonies who almost defeated the South in the Civil War. The change in the result of the Civil War also deeply changed his fate. Originally, in the history of another world, he should have He was elected president of the United States for two consecutive terms because of his military exploits, but what about now?

He was no more than the Secretary of War.But for him personally, this is not a bad thing. After all, he was not a successful president when he was president, and even later generations generally believed that "large-scale corruption is the hallmark of Grant's presidency.".

Now, he's just a minister of war doing what he does best.Now in the face of this impudent person, he can come to the lieutenant colonel in the morning.As Secretary of War, he did not throw him out of his office, but gave him a chance.

"Your Excellency, I only need a minute!"

Facing the time given by General Grant, Mahan said directly.

"I only need to ask three questions. First, whether we will go to war with the Ming Empire, second, whether we want to win the war after the war, and third, how will we win this war!"

(End of this chapter)