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Accompanying Ji Ahua to Yask were several technicians sent by Xu Ping, the transportation department. They brought mature kiln technology. After listening to their report on their results, Zhao Qiang immediately asked them to build two kilns in Yask. The small kiln factory allocated all the few [-] young men in Yask to build the kiln factory, and then used the bricks from the kiln to pave the road. 【】.On the other side of Dingyuan City, it is necessary to burn kilns to make bricks, because there is a mountain a dozen miles north of Dingyuan City, and people can be requisitioned to mine gravel from the mountain for paving roads.

Regarding the requirements for the road, Zhao Qiang set a standard for the traffic department that is three meters wide, and the narrowest point must be able to accommodate two carriages in parallel.The topography of the Far East determines that traffic and justice can extend in all directions. Roads and post stations can only be laid point-to-point between cities, and there is nothing that can be done in areas other than main roads.Construction of small kiln factories has started in various places, but the speed of brick production is far from meeting the demand. Therefore, the method adopted by the Department of Transportation is to move forward step by step. In the areas where no bricks and stones are paved, they are paved with hay and charcoal ash to temporarily solidify the soil without causing damage. Rainy days are too muddy to walk.

On July [-]th, there was a torrential rain in Gulihe City. The first rain in July put the Department of Transportation and Gulihe City in trouble. The work of the Department of Transportation almost came to a standstill, because one foot could reach knees The mud can't be laid with bricks at all, let alone hay charcoal.In Guli River City, the torrential rain flooded the city, and the houses were flooded. The outdated and effective drainage system made it take two days for the city to drain.After the heavy rain, the feces of the residents even surfaced out of the cesspit. For a while, Gulihe City was full of stench, which made all the people who came to deal with it and the security team move to work by the Guli River.Zhao Qiang, who got the news, immediately ordered all localities to immediately improve the drainage system of the existing city, build public toilets, and guide residents to excrete at fixed points.

Gulihe City was restored to cleanliness after more than 1000 untouchables cleaned it up for several days.Lu Dacheng from the Department of Public Security was appointed to preside over Gulihe City. Because he was blind in one eye, and after arriving in Gulihe City, he behaved very cruelly towards those residents who were serious Russified and had a heart for Raksha people, so secretly, Those residents called Lu Dacheng "the bad guy is blind".In order not to let himself suffer from the stench, Lu Dacheng implemented Zhao Qiang's order to build public toilets quite thoroughly, and it was almost barbaric. He led people to forcibly demolish more than 100 private houses, and built eleven public toilets with the materials of private houses. , and those residents who lost their houses were treated as pariahs by him, depriving them of all their property.In addition, Lu Dacheng drove nearly half of the old and weak women and children outside the city, and set up two untouchable camps outside the city for them to live in.These behaviors quickly spread the reputation of Lu Dacheng as a "bad man and blind" to the surrounding areas of Dingyuan City, but they also brought some unexpected benefits, that is, when Min Cao sent people to announce the relocation order to small tribes in various places, those tribes After learning that these people were sent by "bad people blind", one exception chose to relocate, but they did not move to Gulihe City, but to Dingyuan City, Yask, and even walked a hundred or two miles away. Shouyi City went to join.

"Lu Xiazi has made a certain contribution to the national integration policy of our Guanning Army, and he can write a good record in history in the future." From the mouths of the people of all ethnic groups who came to surrender, they learned that they chose to surrender because they were afraid of Lu Dacheng. , Zhao Qiang is so humane to his side.

Zhao Qiang had asked Chen Wei to take over the silver mine in Dingyuan City. Dingyuan City sent a team of one hundred Han people to wait for Chen Wei to dispatch the mine. Cao, a citizen of Shouyi City, also sent fifty assistants. soldier.In order to resume production of the silver mine as soon as possible, so that the silver can be used to purchase weapons and equipment from Europeans, Zhao Qiang conscripted 21 residents from Gulihe, Dingyuan, and Yask to the silver mine on July 130, and sent them to the silver mine. A brigade of the remaining [-]nd Infantry Regiment was dispatched.The iron mine in Jingqilijiangyou was only occupied by the Guanning army on paper, but now they can’t send people to resume production, because the iron mine is [-] miles away from Yask, and there are some tribes who refuse to surrender nearby. The available troops were insufficient, and the mining manpower was also insufficient, so Zhao Qiang did not go to the iron mine for the time being, and was going to wait for Duncan to come before deciding whether to resume production of the iron mine immediately.

Zhao Qiang can't think of other uses for iron ore production other than making weapons and farm tools, but the problem is that he doesn't have anyone who is good at making firecrackers and swords. Thinking about Duncan and the others, although they are just fake missionaries, they might be able to answer the question. Use iron ore for some good advice.Even if they don't understand, they can go to Macau to buy for him now and hire knowledgeable people.

Although there were not many wounded soldiers in the first phase of the battle, there were more than 300 people. They were all sent to Shouyi City Hospital, so Duncan and the others were too busy during this period to come to Yask.Regarding this, Zhao Qiang was not in a hurry, so he sent a letter to Shouyi City, so that when the hospital's manpower was not tight, Duncan, Guo Youcai and others came to Yask again.

The arrival of the Guanning Army has been spread by the Han people. From the occupation of Dingyuan City to the present, more than 3000 Han people have migrated to Dingyuan and Yask, and 600 people have signed up to join the army. These people have been sent to the Yask, they will be built as the core combat force of the Guanning Army.In order to facilitate commanding them, Zhao Qiang reorganized these Han people in addition to the establishment of the Guanning Army, and newly organized them into three battalions. .When the recruits from these three battalions have mastered the combat skills and are ready for the battlefield, they will be charged to each wing in batches.

On July 23, Zhao Qiang established the "Northern Exploration Team" with only one mission: to bring back all the aborigines from the deep mountains and old forests as auxiliary soldiers and untouchables, so as to solve the increasingly tense problem of shortage of soldiers and manpower.

The Northern Exploration Team consisted of two small squads of guards, one brigade of the remaining Second Infantry Regiment, and six hundred troops from the newly formed First Battalion of the Han Army, with a total strength of 200 soldiers. Guards soldiers of those two squads.

I learned from various aspects that the Russians did not establish any strongholds in the north of Yask except for the forest, so the threat of the Russian army was eliminated. Without the threat of the Russian army, Zhao Qiang believed that the northern pioneer team could definitely complete the mission.Two months ago, Qi Zhuang and Hu Wang brought thousands of people to Shouyi City with only a few hundred people each. Now that they have sent 200 people, the results must be even greater.

The captain of the pioneering team was Zhao Qiang's personal captain, He Manchuan, the captain of the Guards. In addition, Wei Xiaojiang, who had been with Zhao Qiang all the time, was also appointed as the team leader to follow He Manchuan to the north.

Before leaving, Zhao Qiang specially chatted with Wei Xiaojiang and encouraged him to make contributions in this northern pioneering operation.Wei Xiaojiang had always thought of being a soldier in Qi Zhuang's cavalry regiment before, because he felt that those cavalry soldiers were very prestigious, and he always felt that something was missing for staying beside the division commander as a personal soldier.But the head of the division has never sent him down, so he can do nothing.

"Master, if Xiao Jiang has done a good job this time, can you let me go to Qi Qianhu after he comes back?"

"If you do well, I can let you go, and I'll make you a team officer."

Zhao Qiang smiled and looked at Wei Xiaojiang, this half-grown boy had been with him for more than two months, so he could let go and train him.