1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2392
Haihan has always paid attention to planning for a rainy day. Although the current refugee camp’s capacity to accept refugees has exceeded the actual number of refugees by a large margin, since the progress of building new refugee camps has begun to lag behind the influx of refugees into Fushan County, it is indeed necessary to prepare accordingly as soon as possible. Arrangements should be made to speed up the construction of refugee camps and the transfer of refugees, otherwise, once the refugee camps' receiving capacity becomes saturated, the risk of losing control of local social order will rapidly increase.

"If you ask Liu Shang to allocate more manpower, you must ensure the speed of expansion of the refugee camp... at least it must reach the acceptance scale of 3 people in the near future!" Chen Yixin ordered in a deep voice: "We have enough labor force now, Make the most of the available manpower!"

At present, among the thousands of refugees accepted by Fushan County, young and strong can account for about half. It is not Haihan's style to let so many cheap laborers lie in the refugee camp and eat idle food.With a little organization, these people can do a lot of clumsy infrastructure work.

Zeng Xiaowen reminded in a low voice: "General, the deployment of our troops in the county is already a bit tense. If we want to recruit more refugees, I'm afraid there will be omissions in supervision."

There were not many garrisons in Fushan County originally, and they were mainly responsible for defending the two important locations of Fushan Copper Mine and Zhifu Island.When Chen Yixin rushed back from Jinzhou, he asked Qian Tiandun to transfer the 2000st Battalion of the Special Operations Regiment from the Datongjiang base to Fushan County for reinforcements.The Haihan army plus the local militia armed forces have a strength of almost [-].

After Fushan County began to accept refugees, armed checkpoints have been set up on several official roads entering the county to conduct initial screening and guidance for refugees, and each refugee camp is also equipped with at least two squads of soldiers to maintain order .At present, most of Haihan's garrison in Fushan County are performing tasks related to refugees. However, confining refugees to camps will obviously require different levels of monitoring than conscripting them to work outside.

Although Haihan does not want to strictly monitor refugees like guarding prisoners, but in this extraordinary period, Haihan dare not let so many foreign refugees go.Most of these refugees are in a state of insecurity. Once there is an emergency or instigated by others, it is easy to lose self-control.Therefore, while Haihan recruited young and strong refugees, he also had to invest more manpower to supervise them in real time.

"Let the naval troops on the island go up first... There should be more troops transferred from the Datongjiang base in a few days." Chen Yixin paused, and added: "During this time, the meals for the brothers have been ready. One point, if you are hungry, no one can starve your own people, and your brothers must have enough to eat!"

In fact, Chen Yixin has also realized that the strength of the local garrison will be somewhat stretched in the face of the refugee wave, so he has sent another telegram for help to the Datongjiang base, asking that there be more troops to Fushan County.Tom Wang agreed very happily. The Marine Corps under him had nothing to do recently, so he just sent a business trip to let them move around.Anyway, going to Shandong is just a simple task of maintaining law and order, and there will not be too much risk. However, the transfer of troops across the country must be reported to the Executive Committee, and related materials must be prepared, so it will take a few days to ease the situation. The situation in Fukuyama County.

After dealing with these matters, Chen Yixin sent Zeng Xiaowen away, but he only took a short rest, then got up and went out again.

Chen Yixin rode a carriage to a courtyard located in the mountains and forests on the island. When the sentinel at the gate saw him get off the carriage, he immediately saluted him, and then opened the door to welcome him in.

The flowers and trees placed in the courtyard of this yard are not ordinary people's flowers and trees, but fine charcoal piled up like a hill, as well as many large and small crucibles, and various stones.

It was obviously not the first time Chen Yixin came here, he turned a blind eye to the messy scene in front of him, and went directly through the first entrance courtyard from the side corridor, and went to the back yard.

As soon as I walked into the back yard, I immediately felt the heat blowing towards my face.Although it's not yet the beginning of spring, the temperature in the yard is obviously higher than outside.The reason is that there are several stoves of different heights in the yard.

This stove is not an ordinary stove for cooking and lighting a fire, or burning wood for heating, but a high-temperature furnace that can melt gold and iron, and extract metals from ores.Of course, the size of these furnaces is far smaller than the blast furnaces that are not really used for smelting, because they are only used to smelt a small amount of ore samples, and there is no need to consider the production capacity, as long as they can meet the work requirements and are easy to operate.

There are several ore veins in the copper mine mined by Haihan in Fushan County. At the same time, new ore samples are regularly collected and sent here for inspection. The composition and proportion of the ore are analyzed to confirm its mining value.

This ore inspection place is not a subsidiary of the military, but a subsidiary of the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry. The person in charge is Ji Shengrong, the apprentice of the director of the Mining Department, Tian Yeyou.It stands to reason that this kind of organization can be deployed near the mine, but Tian Yeyou has only brought out seven or eight apprentices so far, and Ji Shengrong is the only one who is arranged in Shandong. Senior technicians like him are extremely important to Haihan. It takes several years to cultivate a precious existence, so naturally it cannot be placed in a risky place.

And the safest place in the entire Shandong Peninsula is of course Zhifu Island. There are no idlers who can get close to Ji Shengrong's work, so the personal risk is naturally minimized.

Ji Shengrong soon came out to welcome Chen Yixin into his office. He knew the purpose of Chen Yixin's visit very well. After the other party was seated, he took the initiative to mention this matter: "General, the ore samples sent back from Zhaoyuan County a few days ago, They have all been tested, and the relevant written report will be ready in two days.”

Chen Yixin nodded and said: "You first report the results verbally. The detailed test results are what your boss needs to see. I just need to know the results."

Ji Shengrong didn't take it seriously when he heard the words. Although he was on the island, he had heard about some recent events. Now Chen Yixin came back from Jinzhou to preside over the overall situation. The fact that he made a special trip here to ask about the ore samples already shows how much Chen Yixin attaches importance to it.Ji Shengrong took out the records he had made and began to report the results of the ore inspection to Chen Yixin.

The ore samples sent by the Ministry of Security from Fushan County the day before yesterday were collected from several local mines.Originally, Ji Shengrong was supposed to go to the field to direct this errand, but because the refugee wave is about to appear in Dengzhou, it is extremely risky to go to other places at this time, so Ji Shengrong can only sit in command and send another person to Zhaoyuan County to secretly collect ore samples.

After these ore samples were retrieved, they have been carefully inspected and purified through smelting, and the gold content in the ore has been roughly calculated.

Considering the conflict of interest between this matter and Daming, it is currently inconvenient for Haihan to open a mine in Daxing Civil Engineering in Zhaoyuan County. He can only hang up an official mining vest under the guidance of the local Guzhi County, and find a mine with a high content. Digging by hand without making a sound, count as much as you can get.Wait until there is new progress in the relationship between the two countries in the future, and then consider making the mining operation public.

The inspection work that Ji Shengrong is responsible for is to select the most valuable ore lode for the next mining work, so as to maximize the profit of mining activities.

Chen Yixin listened silently to Ji Shengrong's report on the results of the inspection work, and finally asked: "If you want to mine the vein you selected, what preparatory work do you need to do in the early stage?"

Ji Shengrong said: "General, I haven't been to the field, so I don't know the environment around this mine, so it's hard to design a mining plan out of thin air. If the general allows me, I still want to find a chance to take a look at this place, so that I can Make sure your preparations are flawless."

Chen Yixin shook his head slightly and said: "Although what you said makes sense, I'm afraid there is no way to arrange it recently. A large number of refugees have begun to flow into Dengzhou, and Zhaoyuan County is not safe. Field inspections will definitely not work. Let me ask you It means to see if there is any work that can be arranged in advance without inspection."

Ji Shengrong said: "The veins we selected in Zhaoyuan County only need open-pit mining, so the mining tools currently used in the Fushan Copper Mine can basically be copied. Especially the steam crusher, if it can be used, then The mining efficiency will also be improved a lot.”

Chen Yixin couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the words. The Fushan Copper Mine is located in the actual control area of ​​Haihan, so in the past two years, some large-scale mining machinery has been gradually transported from China, which has greatly improved the mining efficiency of the copper mine.However, Zhaoyuan County is more than 100 miles away from the area controlled by Haihan, and land transportation is inconvenient. The ore veins Haihan is looking for are also in mountainous areas. It is not easy to transport those heavy mining machinery to the mining site. How to supply the coal needed by steam machinery stably for a long time will also become a big problem.

Chen Yixin could only cough dryly and said, "The local environment and traffic conditions make it impossible to use those large machines...unless one day we occupy Dengzhou and build a road to go there by ourselves."

When Chen Yixin said this, Ji Shengrong immediately understood what the local situation was like, and quickly responded: "It's a despicable duty, and I hope the general will forgive me!"

Chen Yixin shook his head and said, "It's not your fault. It was indeed supposed to arrange for you to go on a field trip, but during this period of time everything revolves around accepting refugees, and the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine project can only be temporarily stopped. Let’s talk about the situation once the situation has eased. But I will arrange for people who have been to the local area to contact you, and they will tell you the general situation of the local area, which may be helpful for you to formulate a mining plan.”

Of course, the mining of the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine is not just as simple as mining. It involves all kinds of interests, and it will even affect the relationship between the two countries. It is indeed a big problem.Ji Shengrong is only responsible for the technical links, and the Mining Department has to cooperate with other departments to promote the implementation of the mining activities.

Before Chen Yixin left, Ji Shengrong took out a small wooden box and presented it: "General, this is a sample of ore, and I will give it to the general as a souvenir."

Chen Yixin gently lifted the lid of the wooden box and saw that there was a small golden bean inside, about the size of a soybean, but it looked particularly dazzling when placed on the red cloth inside the box.

Chen Yixin smiled and said, "Why do you engage in such nonsensical things? Tell me, is there anything you want to do?"

Ji Shengrong hurriedly said: "General Mingjian. One of the main reasons why I was sent to Shandong was because I was originally from Shandong, and my hometown is in Gaomi County, Laizhou. Two months ago, I sent a letter back, asking my family to sell my hometown. Land property and houses, come to Fushan County to meet Beizhi. But the sale of houses and land is more troublesome to operate, and it will not be completed in a short while. Now Shandong is in chaos, and I heard that Gaomi County is also flooded with a large number of refugees. On the way to Fushan County. Therefore, I have the courage to ask the general to help me. If I can pick up my family members, please send them to Zhifu Island as soon as possible.”

Ji Shengrong's situation can be regarded as a relatively common phenomenon among Haihan citizens. Although he himself has served Haihan for several years and has long since given up his status as a citizen of Ming Dynasty, there are still some family members in his hometown.Ji Shengrong wanted to take the opportunity of being stationed in Shandong to take his family to Haihan to settle down. This matter has been in operation for several months, but this sudden war disrupted his and his family's arrangements.

Ji Shengrong was restricted from leaving Zhifu Island, so he had nothing to do about the chaos in the outside world. After much deliberation, he could only turn to the military for help.But when he transferred to Shandong, Chen Yixin had already gone to Jinzhou, so it was naturally difficult for him to ask for it.It happened that a lot of gold ore was sent back for him to examine this time, so he intercepted some from the smelted gold and smelted another golden bean, intending to try to ask Chen Yixin for help.

A golden bean is certainly not a treasure to Chen Yixin, but Ji Shengrong really can't give Chen Yixin any other good things at hand.However, he was more measured and didn't melt all the gold on hand, because he was really not sure whether a big man like Chen Yixin was interested in gold.

Chen Yixin couldn't laugh or cry after he finished explaining the reason. He didn't expect that an honest person like Ji Shengrong would try to bribe himself, but his purpose was not for himself, but to help his family, and it was difficult for Chen Yixin to feel bad about it.

"I will send a warrant to Lacey's outpost troops later on about your family's affairs, so that they can pay more attention. If they can be picked up, they will be escorted back as soon as possible." Chen Yixin put the small box containing golden beans on the table : "As for this thing, there is no need. Although the ore is handed over to you, it is not your personal property, and you cannot send it back and forth. This golden bean is recorded as public property. Don't make similar mistakes in the future! "

Ji Shengrong knew he was wronged, and he felt ashamed, and repeatedly confessed to Chen Yixin.But Chen Yixin agreed to his request, which finally relieved him a little.

(End of this chapter)