1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1936
The income level of the new immigrants who do odd jobs in these places is generally very low, and they basically maintain a state of subsistence. If they can’t pick up a few more jobs quickly at the end of the day, they can only live a precarious life. Don't even think about saving any savings.But of course Xue Zheng and the others don't care how much income they can bring from transporting the three trucks of coke. The reward they can get for this operation is much higher than that of pulling the trucks. As for the time limit warning from the foreman, they left it behind. In the back of their minds, they needed these carts of coke as props to cover their identities during the next operation, and they had no intention of completing the delivery task assigned by the foreman.

However, even if they successfully obtained the opportunity to infiltrate the industrial zone, Xue Zheng and others still had to face the next problem—they didn't know the specific destination of the North Koreans' trip, and at the same time, they had no idea about the location of the area. The situation is completely unfamiliar, so we can only take one step at a time, and the risks we need to deal with can be imagined.

However, Xue Zheng and his group of people were not dead bodies. Last night, they had already figured out a rough plan of action, especially regarding how to find the target person in this unfamiliar area, they had already thought of a solution.

In fact, this method is not uncommon to put it bluntly, it is to find areas that are temporarily closed by martial law.Although the area like the smelting workshop is usually under military control, it only sets up checkpoints on the main passages entering and exiting here, and the purpose is to prevent people from smuggling materials out.If the Prince of Korea visits here, according to the previous security measures in Yinggehai, there will definitely be armed personnel on duty in the adjacent area, and even cut off the traffic. This is undoubtedly equivalent to a conspicuous sign.

As for how to attack after finding the location of the target, Xue Zheng now only has a general framework for action, that is, continue to pretend to be a porter, get as close to the target as possible and then look for an opportunity to strike.There is no specific deployment here, and most of them will have to fight on their own and wait for the opportunity.But under such circumstances, the chances of doing something are much better than attacking the convoy. It can be said that it is the best solution that Xue Zheng can think of so far.

They pushed the three carts of coke to the checkpoint for entering the smelting industrial zone, showed the delivery number plate issued by the coke factory foreman, and passed the checkpoint quickly.The card guards didn't even check their identities, because there are too many laborers who push coke to various blast furnaces every day like this. If every porter has to check their identities, every carload of goods must be checked repeatedly If it was released later, I am afraid that the production of some blast furnaces will also be affected by this, and these people cannot afford this responsibility.

Therefore, in actual operation, these checkpoints are actually very loose in the inspection of outsiders, far from being as strict as Xue Zheng thought earlier.After passing this checkpoint, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they were one step closer to success, and the cart they were pushing seemed to be less heavy.

But when they actually entered this area, they found that it was not so easy to find the target. The area of ​​this industrial area was much larger than they imagined, and the chimneys standing densely on this land were like trees. Generally, each chimney corresponds to a smelting workshop.Xue Zheng made a rough count, and there were probably nearly a hundred of them, so he was a little dumbfounded at the moment.

And a workshop is not just a furnace under the chimney. In addition to the furnace and the corresponding operating space, there must be a large enough place to store materials, and it must be easy for heavy-duty carts to enter and exit. Therefore, a workshop The square covers an area of ​​at least one mu.The area where these smelting workshops are located is at least seven or eight square kilometers, plus metal processing plants and other supporting industries, the entire Changhua Industrial Zone actually covers an area of ​​more than ten square kilometers.

And the smelting area is divided into several relatively concentrated small areas according to the division of functions, that is, A, B, C, D, etc. marked on the freight number plate. Each area has several relatively concentrated workshops. In order to facilitate production management and logistics transportation.In fact, such a division method is equivalent to the concept of a production workshop, and each district is a complete production unit.

Although Xue Zheng had already figured out a way to find the target, they didn't dare to leave these carts full of coke and wander around this place empty-handed. That would be too conspicuous.

The streets in the industrial area are not too wide, and it is only enough for two heavy-duty freight trucks to run side by side. If there is a car parked on the side of the road, it will easily cause road congestion.To load and unload goods, they must first enter the cargo yard in the workshop, so they cannot stop at will after entering this area, and can only continue to push the cart forward.

Now the temporary job used to cover up the identity has really become a hard job. This kind of heavy-duty freight cart was originally designed to be pulled by animal power, so this cart weighs at least two to three thousand catties of coke, plus the cart itself Its own weight is actually a bit heavy.There are five of them in charge of one car, with three pulling in front and two pushing behind. The short distance of one or two miles is not too strenuous, but it will be more painful if the transportation distance is longer.

Such carts can be seen everywhere in the industrial zone, but some are horse-drawn carts, and only one driver is enough.They didn't dare to stop on the side of the road to discuss countermeasures slowly, so they could only bite the bullet and pull the car forward.

For a moment, Xue Zheng felt that he was really asking for trouble. He never expected that after sneaking into this area, he would have to do such heavy physical work first.His original idea was to park the car somewhere on the side of the road, and then everyone would search nearby, and if he had no clue, he would continue to the next location, so that he would not be too tired if he had time to rest.But I didn't expect that it would be difficult to stop when this place came in, so I could only bite the bullet and pull the car to move on.All they can do now is to pray and strive to find the target's action traces earlier.

In fact, at this time, Xue Zhengdu is still not sure whether the Koreans have come here. Although he left manpower to monitor the movements of Daling Manor, when he left from the coke plant, he had not yet received Daling. news, so I don’t know anything about the latest movements of the North Koreans.He judged purely out of intuition that the son of the Joseon Dynasty should come to visit the Changhua Industrial Zone today. After all, it is said that this person is used to a very full itinerary, and besides the Shilu Iron Mine, only the Changhua Industrial Zone is left. You can walk around and have a look.

That means they could bump into North Koreans, or they could push carts all day and get nothing.Thinking of the latter possibility, everyone couldn't help but say a few dirty words in their hearts.

At this time, Li Mo, who didn't know it, was visiting the steelmaking production process in a workshop two miles away from Xue Zheng and others. He was quite interested in Haihan's advanced smelting technology, but suffered from limited theoretical knowledge. , Even if I watched the production process with my own eyes, and Qiao Zhiya, an expert, explained it all the time, it was still difficult to fully understand Haihan's production technology.

Li Xi, who was beside him, didn't have the same understanding of this field as he did, so he couldn't do anything about it, and he could only listen to Qiao Zhiya's explanation as if it was a bible.

Qiao Zhiya didn't mean to trip the North Koreans on purpose, it's just that they don't understand physics or chemistry, so it's really difficult to explain the principle of smelting steel.Qiao Zhiya thinks that he can explain the profound things in a simple way and is easy to understand, but it is still too difficult for Li Luo, a layman.

Zhang Qianzhi silently observed the reactions of the North Koreans, and thought that although this son is eager to learn and improve, his foundation is too poor. Even if he can see the industrialized production sites like Haihan, it is still difficult to understand the advanced production technology mastered by Haihan.If he really wants to learn these technologies, he should study abroad in Sanya for a few years first, and then visit places like Changhua Industrial Zone. The harvest will definitely be very different.

Of course, judging from the information Zhang Qianzhi has come into contact with, North Korea may not have the patience to allow Li Mo to study in Haihan for many years, and the ideal length of time is estimated to be within two years.And two years is obviously not enough to complete the knowledge learning of some natural subjects, so he thinks that it will be difficult for Li Mo to bring Changhua's production technology back to China, even those very basic parts, if there is no Haihan sent to It must be difficult for North Korea to apply it to its own smelting industry.

Having said that, the real purpose of Shengli Fort arranging Li Min to visit various parts of Haihan, of course, is not to let him condescend to learn a few production techniques and return to China as a technician in the future, but to let Li Min fully understand the importance of Haihan. The root cause of Han's prosperity, and induced him to gradually lean towards Haihan in his position.In this way, after he returns from studying abroad, he can make more decisions in North Korea that are beneficial to Haihan.When he succeeds to the throne in the future, the country's loyalty to Haihan will be even more guaranteed.

Because he had received advice from He Xi before setting off, Zhang Qianzhi was quite aware of this, and the chief officials from all over the place should have received the notification from the Fort Victory, and they would make some targeted arrangements for this.The same is true for Qiao Zhiya. After introducing the production technology, he took the initiative to change the topic to the management system and industrial prospects, bragging about the industrialization that Haihan is promoting.

"It doesn't matter if your son doesn't understand these technical details at the moment. In the future, we will gradually share these advanced technologies with our allies including your country, and help them establish their own industrial systems. As long as your country keeps close to our country The smelting industrial zone that Shizi sees now will also appear in your country in the future."

Regardless of 21, Qiao Zhiya first painted the big cake to Li Lu.As for when North Korea will be able to build an industrial zone of this scale, that is another story.Haihan has mastered all the technologies needed for the development of primary industries, and it took ten years to have the Changhua Industrial Zone today. If North Korea wants to follow this industrial development model, it will only take as long as it takes to spend time and invest money. More.

These words had a different effect on Li Luo's ears. The statement made by the senior official of Haihan seemed to be regarded as a diplomatic promise.Of course, Li Lu also noticed that Qiao Zhiya specifically emphasized the premise of "always maintaining a close relationship", which means that North Korea must ensure that it will stand on the same front with Haihan for a long time.

This is a natural request, but it also shows that Haihan does not trust North Korea's position that much.After all, before Haihan appeared, North Korea had vacillated between Daming and Houjin. Although this was to a certain extent due to the pressure exerted by Houjin, Haihan would definitely not sit back and watch a similar situation happen again. occur.

Li Min's idea is actually very simple. If North Korea can have such a steel production capacity, it means a huge increase in military strength. Coupled with the military assistance provided by Shanghai Han, there is no need to bow down to the Qing Dynasty.As for Daming, he already had a general understanding of the situation from Li Xi. Since Daming kept silent about North Korea establishing diplomatic relations with Haihan on its own, it seemed that there was no need to be too afraid of it.

Although there are still a large number of loyal Ming fans in North Korea who still insist that North Korea should continue to regard Ming as the suzerain, but Li Wei does not think so.Since Daming is no longer able to provide asylum to North Korea, what is the point of treating it as the suzerain? It is better to have a good relationship with Haihan. At least the military aid provided by Haihan is real and in place, and successfully saved North Korea from the crisis come out.

If Haihan is willing to provide more help to North Korea in the future, such as imparting these advanced smelting technologies so that North Korea can produce more steel, then Li Luo feels that it is necessary to express his attitude for his country.

"Then I will thank Mr. Qiao here on behalf of our country! If our country has such a huge industrial zone in the future, I will definitely invite Mr. Qiao to visit our country. At that time, Mr. Qiao should not refuse!" Li Min said. I really hope that one day, like Qiao Zhiya, I can show off my country's construction achievements to foreign dignitaries generously.

"Then I look forward to this day coming sooner!" Qiao Zhiya responded with a smile.

After pushing the heavy trolley around the street for half an hour, Xue Zheng and his party finally saw the target they were thinking of - several armed cavalry in gray combat uniforms.

Due to limited objective conditions, cavalry has always been a scarce weapon in Haihan. Although there are a small number of cavalry in the garrisons in various places, they basically act as the personal guards of the local officials, and the local cavalry in Changhua is no exception.And the only reason why these cavalry appeared on the streets of the industrial area was naturally because the people they were going to guard were nearby.

Xue Zheng and others pushed the cart and slowly passed the cavalry in the opposite direction, and then found several box carriages parked in the warehouse of the workshop behind them for important people.Not surprisingly, the target Xue Zheng was looking for was in this place.

(End of this chapter)