evil slave

It's five o'clock today. 【】

"Okay, okay!"

In the meeting hall of Yicheng, Zhao Qiang was holding a copy of the military information, smiling happily, and burst out laughing, his laughter could be heard a hundred meters away.Under his influence, the messenger who delivered the letter and Liu De in the hall couldn't help laughing. The messenger knew why the commander was so happy, but Liu De didn't see what the letter said, so he didn't know why the commander was so happy. Happy, but the commander-in-chief smiled, which means that this must be a good thing, since it is a good thing, there is no embarrassment in following the commander-in-chief to be happy.After laughing a few times, Liu De stopped, he couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked Zhao Qiang in puzzlement: "I don't know what made the commander-in-chief so happy?"

"Sir himself."

Zhao Qiang smiled and handed the general affection to Liu De, casually took a bunch of wild grapes from the table, pinched one and put it in his mouth, it was sour and sweet, his mouth immediately salivated, he closed his eyes and savored it, he suddenly felt that this was one of the great pleasures in life.

"I didn't expect the Raksha people of Duolunchan to surrender without a fight!"

After receiving the letter from Zhao Qiang, Liu De glanced at it and shouted joyfully, with a smile on his face again, he took a step forward and congratulated Zhao Qiang: "With Duo Lun Chan standing, the East Route Army will be able to stand firm." In the future, as long as we fight steadily, the commander-in-chief's intention of going east can be fully realized, and the subordinates hereby congratulate the commander-in-chief!"

"Well, taking Duo Lun Chan this time, the strategic goal of the Eastern Route Army will be achieved. Hu Wang is a steady man. With him in the battle, Duo Lun Chan will definitely become another first city for our Guan Ning Army!"

Duolunchan and Vladivostok to the south are adjacent to North Korea and the territory under the jurisdiction of General Jilin. Like Shouyi City, this area is located under the eyes of the Manchu forces. Now Hu Wang easily took Duolunchan without a single soldier. The Russian defenders in the stronghold surrendered without a fight, and the Russian army in the other small strongholds is even less of a concern. It can be predicted that in the next few months until the spring of next year, the situation of the Eastern Route Army will be very good, and the population will also be greatly reduced. It grows like a snowball.Thinking of the impact of the growth of the East Route Army on the battle against the Qing Dynasty next year, Zhao Qiang was happy thinking about it.

"By the way, sir, please write back a letter to Hu Qianhu for me, and tell him the commander-in-chief's joy. In addition, let him follow the previous policy, and tell him that the commander-in-chief expects to be with him in Ninggu next year. The tower joins forces!"

Ning Guta joined forces?Liu Dexin was startled, light flashed, subconsciously took a deep breath, and then replied in a deep voice: "Yes, this subordinate will do it now." After finishing speaking, he was about to go down and prepare to reply to Shiyi. He was about to go out when he heard Zhao Qiang Called him: "After replying to the letter, sir will follow me to Dingyuan Silver Mine."

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When Zhao Qiang arrived at the Dingyuan Silver Mine, Chen Wei was urging the folks to open the mine. Because the Russians left the mine and destroyed the main production equipment, the current basic method is to restore the previous monthly silver output of 2 taels, which can only be achieved barely. The daily mining of silver is around 400 taels.

Zhao Qiang is not very good at how to open mines. He only knows that silver mines and production forms are diverse, and their mining methods are also different. The silver mines of the Russians in the Far East are mainly pit mining. Far Silver Mine is a typical pit mining.The so-called pit mining refers to the mining method using shaft development. The silver ore mined by this method has a high dilution rate and a lot of waste.But even knowing these shortcomings, Zhao Qiang can't improve them.

The reason why he came to the Dingyuan Silver Mine was that Zhao Qiang just wanted to investigate it on the spot, 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. All of this requires money, and if you don’t have money, it’s just nonsense. Those merchants who travel thousands of miles to the east to pan for gold will not supply goods before collecting money. If you don’t see real money, even if you kneel down and beg them, they won’t pay attention you.

Compared with Manqing's strength, Zhao Qiang is now an ant. He must find ways to transform himself from an ant into a wolf, and then win over a group of wolves to bite the elephant-like Manqing.And if he wants to become the leader of this pack of wolves and the king of wolves, he must make his Guan Ning army into the strongest, most ferocious and vicious wolves. Only in this way, those wolves will cooperate with him and obey his orders. .If he wanted to become the worst wolf, iron and blood means alone would not work, the sharpest wolf teeth were the kingly way.And if you want to make your teeth sharper, you can only spend money to pile them up!The Far East is short of everything else, but there is no shortage of silver. Except for Nerchinsk, the largest silver mine in Asia, the large and small silver mines scattered all over the country are also inexhaustible gold mountains.

"Commander, you're here too. The mine was too badly damaged by the Rakshasa, and my subordinates won't be able 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 up under his feet, but he couldn't mine them out, so he felt really anxious.The old brother has a few miners who were transferred by him, but the damage is really serious. It is impossible to restore these mining equipment in less than half a year. Mining on a small scale.The sudden arrival of the Marshal made him realize that the Marshal did not come because of chatting, but that the Marshal was anxiously waiting for money.But in the current situation, he really didn't know how to explain to the commander in chief.

"Don't worry, you won't be fat if you eat one bite."

Zhao Qiang appeased his anxious subordinates, and looked around the mine: "Don't be in a hurry to mine, gather all your hands to restore the mine and restore the equipment. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter. Only when the mine is restored, can the silver flow like flowing water." Come out, understand?"

"Yes, my subordinate understands."

Chen Wei pointed to those peasant husbands and told Zhao Qiang that these people were recruited from Dingyuan and Gulihe City, a total of 200 people, most of them were engaged in open-air picking, but they earned very little. This is to gather manpower to restore the mine and the corresponding equipment, and then let these folks enter the mine to mine after the mine is restored.

"Where are the Raksha people who mined here before?"

Liu De observed for a while, and suddenly asked a question.

Chen Wei replied: "According to the Raksha captives in Dingyuan City, those Raksha people who mined were sent by some nobles, and they are not affiliated with them. After we came, they ran away." After a while, he cursed indignantly: "These sons of a bitch, run away and run away, what are you doing to destroy the mine!"

Zhao Qiang couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Don't destroy the ready-made ones for us to mine?"

Liu De suggested: "Army Raksha has taken a lot of prisoners, my commander-in-chief can't help but send an order to all places to check if any of those prisoners know how to mine. to restore the mine as soon as possible."

Zhao Qiang nodded: "Very good, after I go back, I will let each place do it."

The three of them were talking, when suddenly two fast horses came towards the mine, and when the guarding security team came to attract them, Zhao Qiang discovered that these two were from the security team of Shouyi City.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, the Tartars have sent someone!"