Lu Ming

Chapter 281 Longyan Battle ([-])

In later generations, Longyan has proven 64 types of minerals, including gold, copper, iron, coal, kaolin, limestone and other 16 kinds of mineral reserves ranking first in Fujian Province, and it is a well-deserved mining leader.

For the traveler, what they need most right now is the copper mine in Zijin Mountain.

Zijin Mountain, which is less than 20 miles away from Longyan County, has five beautiful peaks, the rising sun is shining, the setting sun is reflected, and the color is purple like gold. In later generations, it is not only a mining area, but also a tourist attraction.

Zijin Mountain lives up to its name.There are not only gold reserves of more than 150 tons, but also copper reserves of more than 200 million tons. It is the second largest copper mine in China. It is vividly compared to "a copper baby wearing a golden hat" in later generations.

Travelers don't particularly care about gold mines, but copper mines are different.

In fact, due to the lack of copper materials, a lot of silver ingots in the kiln area have been made into wires-the finance of the country is now based on wires.

The Manhattan Project sounded very high, but it was nothing in the 17th century. Silver mines all over the world were waiting to be dug by time travellers.

In addition to the most urgently needed copper mine, the Makeng iron mine in the northeast of the county is the largest iron mine in East China; the "Donggongxia" kaolin mine in the north of the county is one of the four high-quality kaolin mines in China.In addition, the coal fields in Baisha, Changfushan and other places, and the limestone in Zhangpingling are also famous in later generations.

In short, to clean up the ghosts and ghosts around Longyan, and at the same time to dredge the waterways, and make preparations for the export of various ores, this is the task of Ding Liqiu and Wei Yuan, the vanguard of the group, who came here.

In fact, Longyan County was the most important foreign investment of Traveling Kingdom in 1628-1629.People in the Ming Dynasty could never have imagined how many resources Longyan, which has been designated as a mining base, would receive in the future, and what earth-shaking changes would take place.

And in today's meeting with County Magistrate Yu, Ding Liqiu naturally didn't need to speak in such detail. If the chapter was too grand, he was afraid of scaring Master Yu.So Mr. Ding just picked some parts that people can understand and talked about it: focusing on coal mines and iron mines.

As for the Zijinshan Copper Mine, that place will not be explored until the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" period in later generations, so people don't know about it yet.

"So that's it! So that's it! Hmph, is your tail exposed?" Yu's parents seemed to be disdainful, but his body leaning against the back of the chair and the corners of his slightly raised mouth had already betrayed himself.

After Yu Yinggui listened to Master Ding's explanation, a big stone in his heart finally fell: this bandit suppression operation, which was weird from beginning to end, finally has an explanation.

Yu's parents were not afraid of outsiders digging some iron ore in Raoshizi Coal Mine.

The forest coverage rate of Longyan in the later industrial world was 78%. In the primitive era of the 17th century, the forest coverage rate was more than 85%, so the local young and old did not have the habit of digging coal at all.

There are firewood all over the place, who would bother to dig those dirty black charcoal. Although everyone knows where the charcoal is.

As for iron ore, this is even simpler.Iron has been produced in Longyan since ancient times, and there are many private kilns in the mountains. The Cao family dug them if they wanted to, and County Magistrate Yu would not interfere.Of course, it is still necessary to start a class.

He had a lot of worries before.The first thing I fear is the army of five scumbags who come to fight the autumn wind; what is even more fearful is that this is a high-level PY transaction-get a group of young soldiers to gild the second generation of an official, pretend to suppress bandits, and report military merits. kind.

In the latter case, if something goes wrong, he, Old Yu, will have to bear political responsibility, so ever since he met Ding Liqiu, Master Yu has been asking about the real purpose of the cross-travelers.

It's all right now. After figuring out what this group of outsiders were thinking, Yu's parents immediately felt at ease.

Be practical, and your IQ will come back.At this moment, Master Yu was leaning comfortably on the back of the chair, holding a teacup in his hand, and his expression changed into a half-smile: "Mr. Ding clearly learned that Longyan County is poor in mountains and rivers, and the people are short of resources. Speaking of corvee, this... this The Tianhou Palace has been repaired in a few days, and the county has recruited some craftsmen."

After taking a sip of tea, Lao Yu continued: "If it's a big project, this will hurt the people too much, and it's really not easy to recruit!"

Corvée is the most precious wealth of the feudal government.The adult males who served in the army had to provide not only people but also food themselves. It can be said that most of the government's projects were completed by the corvee levied every year.

Throughout the dynasties, corvee has been the cruelest form of tyranny, forced labor, miscellaneous labor, and military service. These methods of oppressing the people have ruined many families.

The corvee in the Ming Dynasty was divided into three types, one was Lijia service, which was the affairs of one li;

And the corvee that Ding Liqiu and Yu's parents are talking about is the latter two.

After hearing the prevarication from County Magistrate Yu, Ding Liqiu didn't feel annoyed: "The county respects the people under its rule, which is really respectable. But the old parents probably misunderstood, the corvee that the students here need to collect is paid for."

When Ding Liqiu said this, he tapped the table twice with his middle finger, and then added two words firmly: "Rice, salt."

"Huh? Give me money?" After hearing the money, County Magistrate Yu and Master Wang's ears perked up: "How to give?"

"All civilians who serve in the army are in charge of food and housing, and their wages are settled daily. Silver, rice, and salt are all acceptable." Ding Liqiu said this, and knocked on the table again with a smile: "My lord only needs to summon the idlers in the mountains, etc. You can just come, and the rest of the expenses, hehe, to tell you the truth, don’t put it on my general’s heart.”

"Hiss..." Yu Yinggui couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, "These pirates are really rich! If that's the case, that matter might as well fall on this generation!"

Thinking of this, Master Yu immediately regained his spirits.He straightened his back, looked at Ding Liqiu with piercing eyes, and then slowly said: "General Cao wants to come to Longyan to do something, and he is a courtier, so the students want to help him with all his strength. It's just that there is something that is delaying The hands and feet of the students are stuck, I don’t know”

When Ding Liqiu heard this, he knew that the meat was coming: "They are all from my own family. If the county lord has something to say, you might as well speak up."

After Yu Yinggui took a long breath, he slowly uttered two words: "Build the bridge!"

"make a deal!"

While the magistrate was stunned, Ding Liqiu took the words smoothly, as if he knew it long ago.

In fact he just knew.In history, this county magistrate "donated money" from rich local households to build bridges. Today, when he sees a wealthy family, he naturally cannot change his nature. I have a clear understanding of my temper: either for fame or for profit, it always takes the lead.

When the county lord confirmed that a bridge would be donated and built in his name, the biggest problem was solved.

In fact, crossing the future will repair several bridges.Whether it is gold and copper mines, coal mines or iron ores, these ores need to build bridges and pave roads to transport them out of the mountain, so bridge building was originally planned.

After the key agreement is reached that the county government will recruit and issue civilian workers, and the cross-travelers will pay the bills, there is nothing left to discuss.

As for the suppression of the bandits that the two sides were supposed to discuss, it was naturally impossible for Ding Liqiu to tell the county official the true strength of the 200 soldiers - originally these soldiers were showing weakness with swords and spears today.

So in the end, he could only use the excuse of "there are reinforcements" to fool the county officials. You should hurry up and deal with the militiamen, and forget about the bandit suppression.

After everything was discussed, it was already evening.After Ding Liqiu left the county government, he returned to the Tianhou Palace barracks.

At this time, it was already dark, and battery lights had been turned on in key positions in the barracks, and a fire was lit in the middle of the compound. The soldiers were eating around the fire, and everything was in order.

The 200 soldiers that Wei Yuan called "Red Spear Battalion" were the first group to start training in the country of crossing: the elite of the Army's first company (reinforced company).

With the influx of large numbers of immigrants and the exponential increase in the permanent population of Dayuan, the troops who traveled across the country were also supplemented in numbers.From the initial company of 100 people, the army has now grown to more than 2000 people and 4 battalions.

The soldiers who came to Longyan to suppress bandits this time were those 200 troops with imported mahogany rifles.And sending this direct descendant to suppress the bandits, the army side has carefully considered.

First of all, this is the first time that the army has been stationed and fought on the mainland of the Ming Dynasty on a large scale.

Secondly, the Army Command is preparing for the enthronement ceremony one month later.

According to the regulations that have been drawn up, on the day Emperor Cao ascends the throne, some individuals and units will be entrusted.Among them, the first company of the army will definitely get the title of "Royal Forest Army" or "Royal Musketeer Battalion".

So this is the reason why they were sent deep into the Ming Dynasty to suppress bandits: with real military exploits, they will be able to accept the title logically at that time.

"How is everything coordinated?" After returning to the camp, Ding Liqiu went straight to the battalion headquarters of the first battalion commander Wei Yuan: it is actually a side hall in the middle of Tianhou Palace, which has been transformed into a In the wooden barracks, a strong smell of disinfectant filled the room.

"It's done. Migrant workers will come to the county to report from tomorrow. Let's repair the pier first. I said, did you ask, can those people who work on infrastructure arrive tomorrow?"

Wei Yuan nodded: "I have contacted Jinshan Town, those people will arrive with the rifle tomorrow."

"Then what should we do tonight? This poor country is full of bandits. I feel panicked when I look at it. Soldiers can't keep vigil with three-eyed guns, right?" Ding Liqiu lived in the 17th century for the first time after time travel. I always feel unsafe outside the city.

"Don't worry, automatic rifle + night vision goggles, tonight I will personally go to the watchtower to watch the night, so that you can sleep soundly."

Having said this, Wei Yuan reached out and took out an AK from the cloth cover on the wall, and threw it to the smiling soldier Yang Er; then he took out a custom-made local tyrant gold version MK17, a master-student set After putting on the night vision goggles, he went out in a big way.

(End of this chapter)