Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 146 Learn from

If we need to mobilize troops, one battalion is the limit. It is impossible to mobilize a regiment to deal with this place during this period of war.

Jiang Chongjing was a high-ranking official in the border area, so he was naturally aware of the situation.

But the army is not enough, but there is no shortage of civilian laborers. However, the cost of using civilian laborers is high.
Jiang Chongjing's teeth ached when he thought of the tight financial situation in the border area.

He glanced at Ren Zhong, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself. Ren Zhong had already paid for the land acquisition, and now he wanted to hire some civilians and ask them to pay for it. He also had no money to pay for the products built in the arsenal. He had to spend money on others everywhere, and he really couldn't open his mouth.

"Minister Jiang, are you having any difficulties?" Ren Zhong now has some ability to observe people's expressions.

"There are indeed some troublesome problems." Jiang Chongjing thought that if these problems were not mentioned now, they would still not be solved later. According to Ren Zhong's initial plan, there would be at least a thousand people here. For such a large engineering team, they would need to save food every morning and a pound and a half of food per person, otherwise they would not be able to sustain this physical work.

Jiang Chongjing asked himself that he definitely did not have the ability to feed more than a thousand people. It was useless to contact the relevant departments in the border area. Regardless of their position, everyone was treated equally and supplied according to the quantity.

"Boss Ren also knows that the border area is poor in land and production is low, there is no external supply, and the finances are extremely poor. The food supply has always been extremely tight. It is easy for me to organize these people, but once the project starts, it is really difficult to get the food these people need to eat. If it is just a battalion, we can barely support it with the army's supplies, but we also need to call on civilians, and it is really difficult to cope with the three meals a day of civilians."

Jiang Chongjing said very frankly.

"Oh, this is easy. Our organization has raised funds for the construction, and all expenses of the institute will be borne by us. Of course, we can pay for it, and the funds raised are all in cash. I would like to ask Minister Jiang to purchase a batch of food and cattle and sheep from outside the border area and send them here." Ren Zhong had expected this and said with a smile.

"What is the current grain price in the border area?" Ren Zhong asked.

"In current dollars, one pound of wheat can buy 20 or pounds of corn. I'm really sorry, Boss Ren, but the border area is poor." Jiang Chongjing felt a little embarrassed, but when Ren Zhong took the heavy burden to him, Jiang Chongjing breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, between organizing manpower and organizing funds, the latter is more than ten times more difficult than the former!
There is no shortage of people in the border areas, especially now that the busy farming season is over, you can find people everywhere as long as you provide them with food, not to mention the strong grassroots organizational mobilization capabilities here.

Although it is a troublesome thing to pay for food, considering the border area's ability, this little trouble is nothing.

"Huzi, take 5000 taels of silver to Minister Jiang to buy food later. In addition, we need to recruit a group of workers. I will make a list of names later. Please ask Minister Jiang to help us recruit them in the border area." Ren Zhong did a rough calculation and one tael of silver was enough for 10 people to eat for a day. According to the current labor cost calculation, 5000 taels of silver was enough for more than a thousand people to eat for a month.

It doesn’t seem too difficult to buy it month by month. After all, I can bring back about 5000 yuan in two days.

"Oh, and there are sheep. Huzi should give Minister Jiang another 3000 yuan to buy some sheep to raise. When our researchers arrive, we must ensure that each researcher can at least get one pound of meat per week." Ren Zhong's thoughts diverged.

This is the advantage of being separated from the border area. After all, the leaders there don't have such treatment. If Ren Zhong dares to do this over there, he is simply asking for trouble.

Jiang Chongjing was stunned by Ren Zhong's generosity. It seemed that this Boss Ren was even more powerful than Zhang Wanhe said. Apart from anything else, just from his wealth, Jiang Chongjing felt as if even the people in the border area were not as rich as him alone.

One pound of meat per person per week, this treatment made Jiang Chongjing speechless. But he soon cheered up. This wealthy family with plenty of money at least greatly reduced the difficulty of his work. Moreover, this way, Ren Zhong's factory can form productivity faster. According to the information Zhang Wanhe fed back, the base area now calls for steel and sulfuric acid from Ren Zhong's factory, all of which are accounted for!
This was like a pie in the sky for Jiang Chongjing, who was struggling to find raw materials.

"Minister Jiang, is there any problem with helping me purchase some food and sheep?" Seeing Jiang Chongjing looking a little dazed, Ren Zhong asked with a bit of surprise.

"Ah? No problem, absolutely no problem!" Jiang Chongjing reacted and agreed readily. With money, no matter how big the problem is, it is not a problem.

Lack of money is a problem everywhere.

There were no obstacles to the requisition. Not to mention that Ren Chongxian had to pay large sums of money directly to each household, even if there was no money, these simple farmers in the border areas would actively cooperate. As soon as Jiang Chongjing took action, both the county and district levels went all out to cooperate with the farmers' relocation work.

More than 40 households with more than 200 people were relocated in just a few days. Hearing that there was a project here, nearly farmers signed up to work. They didn't need any wages, just to be fed.

Ren Zhong lamented that the people of this time and space have such low demands. It’s not that everyone has such a high level of awareness, but there is really no other way. Every household is short of food. If you can eat less at home, you can leave more for your family.

Ren Zhong did not pretend to be a rich man and give them more money. This was the market situation at that time and space. After the project was completed, they would be satisfied if each of them received dozens of kilograms of food as a reward.

The construction site was in full swing and soon got underway. There were no formalities or procedures at all. According to Ren Zhong's plan, the area of ​​several kilometers was divided into several areas, including the steel area, chemical area, processing area, and R&D area. In the future, each area will have security divisions and guards to ensure information security.

This place is different from the closed place like Yangcun. Although there is no road, there are trucks traveling between the three counties and there are many people coming and going here.

With frequent material transportation in the future, this place will become more prosperous, and a new city will undoubtedly be formed.

Ren Zhong just tried his best to build the city into the cave.

The earthen blast furnace is built against the mountain, and its exterior blends seamlessly into the Loess Plateau. It is impossible to tell it apart from a distance. If it weren't for the smoke, outsiders would have no idea what it is used for.

After all, this earthen blast furnace was a completely new thing in this era.

However, after several generations of improvements by Ren Zhong and Professor Hu, a steel frame structure has been added, which not only greatly improves its durability but also enhances its ease of use.

What if we burn the furnace at night and clean up the slag during the day? Looking at the busy construction site, Ren Zhong suddenly had an idea.

There was smoke at night and calm during the day. Ren Zhong suddenly thought of some ghost production factories in the main world. It seems that this model can be used as a reference?
First update.

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