Because the empire's foreign resources are under King Yu, and its main energy is in continental and America, and the development of the Xijin region is inseparable from the cooperation between Poland and Russia, the empire may have implemented this plan, but if it is implemented now, the goal of cooperation is that of the general Geitman Ivanmazepa. The postponement of the plan has made Zelenko, his own person, an alternative.

Wang Guang was born in the military, and his actions at Taling Coal Mine must be taken care of by others. Such a person would not make him a lackey. Pei Yuanqi was born in the Security Bureau and had great means for searching. He quickly found a secret lattice, including the diary and the account book. Pei Yuanqi looked around briefly, closed it carefully, and said to his subordinates: "Go back, greet Zelianke. See if he is willing to go back with me. If he doesn't have time, he will go to the Xijin Administrative Office Building in two days."

Zelenke naturally would not miss this opportunity. After receiving the news, he hurried to the railway station of the Taling mining area. There is a dedicated train here that directly passes through the local core city of Xijin. There are many mining tracks between the station and the Taling mining area. All tracks provide services to Xijin City, mainly carrying coal, honeycomb coal, bricks and tiles produced in the mining area, and energy and building materials.

This railway line uses a Baijun-Ding type steam engine. As the fire in the furnace turned red, it made a humming and pressurized sound. The cylinder pistons on both sides slowly worked under the steam push. The wheels connected to the connecting rods slowly rotated. When the connecting rods reached the maximum length, the ten train cars slowly moved forward under the traction of the power train, gradually accelerating all the way north.

Baijun is the first practical steam locomotive in the Empire. The prototype only has fifty horsepower. However, with the innovation of technology, both coal-fired efficiency and horsepower have been improved. The reason why Baijun was named at that time was that the Empire Steam Power Institute at that time hoped that this steam engine could be improved to have the power of one hundred horses, that is, one hundred horsepower. But in fact, when Baijun-C, a 75-horsepower steam locomotive, was promoted, the Kirin-class steam locomotive with higher efficiency and higher horsepower had already begun to be used, mainly because of the high-pressure steam boiler.

The Baijun-D-class was replaced with a new high-pressure boiler, which made its horsepower reach 90 horsepower, but the coal-burning efficiency did not improve, so it could not compete with the Kirin-class. Therefore, some freight railways such as the Suez Railway and the Liangyang Railway were not used because of their consumption of coal burning and were not suitable for these coal-deficient places. On the contrary, it was because of its simplicity and ease of repair (mainly, the Baijun-class has more than 20 years of history and has accumulated a large number of repair workers), and has been favored by mining areas, especially coal mines. In any case, the mining areas have never been short of coal.

The Tajin Line uses Baijun-Ding type, which uses heavy-duty standard tracks and can hang ten carriages. The first is a coal-water carriage for replenishment, and then a freight carriage. The last section is also the best air and the lowest noise is the passenger carriage. Zelianke got onto the carriage, and in the swaying carriage, he grabbed the handrail and sat opposite Pei Yuanqi. Because the horsepower was strong enough, the speed of the train was also increased by 38 kilometers per hour. There were two big towns and a steel factory along the way, so it took two and a half hours to get to Xijin Railway Station. The two of them headed to Xijin with the eighty-five tons of coal in half of the carriage.

"Wang Guang committed suicide, but he left enough evidence. I briefly calculated that during the period when he was in charge of the Taling mining area, he deducted wages, food subsidies, and overtime pay totaling more than 37,000 taels from Ukrainian laborers. I will inform the railway company of these. After all the procedures are completed, it may take one and a half months to two months to reissue. Zelenko, you have done a good job in Taling, so it will be worth the empire to cultivate you for many years." Pei Yuanqi said slowly.

Zelenko nodded: "This is what I should do."

Zelenko did a very authentic job. The strike he led was only implemented after all legal means had not been effective. During the strike, he arranged for people to take special care of key areas to prevent sabotage. He even personally arrested a few guys who took advantage of the chaos and handed them over to the mining police. In terms of abiding by the law, Zelenko did nothing. Even the strike, he notified the Xijin Public Security Bureau in advance and filed the record. As a doctor of law at Imperial University, no one can tell the law that his fault is not.

Among all the foreign workers in Xijin, the Ukrainian workers led by Zelenko are the best performers, have the lowest crime rate, and have high labor efficiency. Otherwise, Ukrainians would not have received so many government projects to serve so many state-owned enterprises. In fact, not only Ukrainian workers, but also all foreign workers in Xijin and even the empire should thank Zelenko. He promoted the Foreign Labor Act and obtained minimum wages, overtime pay, reasonable subsidies and other benefits for foreign legal workers. Although the labor costs of enterprises in the empire are increasing, the work efficiency is also improving, so there is no question of who suffers.

After a brief thought, Zelenko said: "We can avoid the money that is embezzled. If possible, Ukrainian workers want more rights."

"Please say it." Pei Yuanqi said.

"I hope to set up some Ukrainian language teaching schools in places where Ukrainian labor gathers, such as the Taling mining area, so that the children of labor can enter the school. At the same time, I hope to gain more job opportunities for the workers' families." Zelenko said. In fact, at this time, Zelenko had already realized a problem. Although he was a foreign vassal child from the imperial education and was also a second-class foreign vassal duke, since he established the Ukrainian Workers' Brotherhood, he has become an outsider in the eyes of the senior officials of the empire.

Pei Yuanqi is still cautious about Zelenko's requirements. During the years he was in charge of Xijin, he has been preventing foreign workers from becoming illegal immigrants. For this reason, he joined hands with Shen Jing to formulate many bills, including the Labor and Land Act as the core. In Pei Yuanqi's view, if there is constant property, there is perseverance, and the other way around, the same is true. If there is no permanent property, there is no perseverance. Assuming that foreign workers cannot own real estate locally, they will not take root in it.

However, the development of Xijin area was too fast, especially after the empire established its position for Xijin, the empire's senior management formulated a development plan for Xijin after summarizing the situation in Xijin and its surrounding areas, that is, Xijin should strive to become the industrial center of the empire for Europe. Therefore, the empire's state-owned enterprises, especially industrial and mining enterprises, and steel enterprises, have settled locally, and these enterprises directly brought a large number of immigrants from the local area. Correspondingly, the empire also promoted the development of these enterprises through large-scale railway construction.

The result is that even though immigrants from Nanyang and other provinces have exceeded 10,000 for five consecutive years and 20,000 for two consecutive years (the main force is the employees and family members of state-owned enterprises), the labor shortage in Xijin area has become increasingly serious. This year, Pei Yuanqi's father, Pei Chengyi, who was serving as the prime minister of the empire, even used his old relationship with the Lifanyuan for many years to directly move five production banners in remote and western Xinjiang to Xijin, and transforming the vassal state into the people on the spot, but still cannot solve the problem.

Although Li Junwei suggested that Pei Yuanqi recruit "stateless people" as laborers, and Pei Yuanqi did the same, he found that even after coming to Xijin, these workers from Eastern Europe and the Balkans still did not want to go back.

The reasons are naturally multifaceted. Xijin has many employment opportunities, and the tax burden is lighter than in his hometown. It is also protected by law and will not be bullied and exploited by nobles and serf owners. Many workers are not about whether they want to go back or not, but cannot go back because they are fugitive slaves themselves, and they will die when they go back. Therefore, they would rather survive under various restrictive policies in Xijin.

At present, everything is still stable. Pei Yuanqi's policy is only restrictive, but there is no persecution, nor is it expelled. The workers can still accept it, but Pei Yuanqi is very worried that one day, the exclusion trend in Nanyang would occur in Xijin. At that time, neighboring countries will definitely intervene, and these stateless people will definitely become people with backgrounds and motherland. It is precisely because of this that Pei Yuanqi insists on moving the industry outward, moving the mining and raw materials industries that require a large amount of labor to water transportation and sea transportation in Poland, Russia, the Ottomans and their vassals.

After the empire's senior leaders gradually accepted and even actively cultivated similar political propositions such as Ukraine's founding plan, Pei Yuanqi felt that his future was finally no longer so dim. The empire's borrowed chickens to lay eggs and hit Zelenko's borrowed eggs, which could just spark some sparks.

Pei Yuanqi looked at Zelenko's eyes and said, "I'm sorry, the only thing I can help you is the second thing. As for the Ukrainian language school, I can't do it. This is not my authority. You are a doctor of imperial law, and you should know the key points."

Zelianke naturally knew that all the bills that Pei Yuanqi restricted foreign workers were linked to Shen Jing's side. The local councils in Xijin could not do this in theory. This was Pei Yuanqi's preparation in advance, because local councils, especially local councils in the newly developed areas, would be controlled by some big merchants and chaebols in the early stage. They could sell ropes that hang themselves for the sake of profit, and would not set any restrictions at all.

However, Zelenko knew better that only Pei Yuanqi took the initiative to help the Ukrainian language school could succeed. But at present, there was no Ukrainian among the legal nations of the empire, and there was no Ukrainian in the educational language.

The job opportunities provided by Pei Yuanqi to Ukrainian labor families still have nothing to do with the land. Although Zelenko is very much like winning the power for the labor families around the mining area to reclaim the land, it was rejected by Pei Yuanqi. Pei Yuanqi's feedback was a hand-knit training class, because Xijin received a large amount of investment from the state-owned enterprises of the empire, and a large number of employees were immigrated from wealthy provinces such as the empire. These employees themselves belonged to the middle class of the empire, and many women from middle-class families knew how to knit their hands.

In fact, in the imperial society, the representative craftsmanship of female red is different according to the class. The upper class tests embroidery, the middle class tests sewing, and the lower class represents textile. Now, knitting has gradually become the most representative craft of female red in the imperial society. An imperial woman who can’t knit sweaters will be labeled as “not being thrifty and thrifty”.

The family members of state-owned enterprises can pass on knitting skills to foreign workers' families. The climate determines that knitted sweaters, hats, gloves, etc. are very marketable in Xijin and around countries. Behind Xijin, the livestock industry in the remote Xinjiang region, there is already a wool textile and dyeing industry, which can provide high-quality and colorful wool.

"Actually, you should understand that some power struggles cannot be obtained by abiding by laws and regulations. Do you know the Caucasus Appeasement Zone sends the Cossacks to the Second Expeditionary Force?" Pei Yuanqi asked.

Zelenko nodded slightly. Although after his father Shahni's death, the empire was willing to support him as the leader of the Cossacks, Shahni was not the only son. Even though Zelenko, who had been away from the Cossacks for many years, had intelligence, he could only obtain superficial support. In fact, the Cossacks were divided and had no real leader. As Zelenko's Ukrainian national plan gradually came to the forefront, the top leaders of the empire were unwilling to support Zelenko's authority in the Cossacks, in order to prevent internal and external connections from happening.

The leader of the Cossacks in name is Grigori, Shahni's deputy, the current deputy general of the Caucasus Appeasement Zone, and the third-class Duke.

This time, the dispatch of Cossacks to the Second Expeditionary Force was organized by Grigori, who sent a strengthening regiment of 3,000 people, all of whom were good players. The one who led this army was Grigori's willing heir and his eldest son Belinsky.

Pei Yuanqi said: "The instructions sent by King Yu, the Xijin area should organize a foreign corps to join the expeditionary force. Zelenko, are you willing to take on this mission?"

"I do, and I am willing to take responsibility for it myself." Zelenko said immediately.

Zelenko felt that this was a good opportunity. He knew that participating in this army would have the opportunity to show in front of King Yu, and that was the second center of power in the empire, which was very important to his ideals. Moreover, among the Ukrainians under him, there were many former Cossacks such as Nidrov and Kaman. They were unstable factors in the labor group and should join the army rather than the workers. More importantly, this was his opportunity to form a loyal team to himself, and it was the empire that paid for it, which was also very important.

"Okay, I'll give you a quota of two thousand people for the time being." Pei Yuanqi said. At this time, with the long sound of deflation, the train stopped and had arrived at Xijin Railway Station. Pei Yuanqi got off the carriage and left at the official office. Zelenke was sent back to his labor company by the person arranged by Pei Yuanqi.

Zelenko was excited about getting the opportunity to join the expeditionary force, but when he arrived at the door, he heard a slamming gunshot. He was immediately furious. The opportunity is rare now, and if his subordinates were deprived of power because of guns, it would be no good.
Chapter completed!