Chapter 1932

It is somewhat sad to say that the main reason why North Korea was hesitant and hesitant in dealing with prisoners of war was that it was afraid of the power of the Qing Dynasty and was afraid of being settled by the Qi Dynasty, so it did not dare to do anything too drastic. In addition, there are also

One reason is that this country has been passively beaten most of the time in its history. It rarely happens this year that a large number of prisoners of war need to be resettled and processed, and it simply does not have the relevant experience.

Compared with North Korea, Haihan has much richer experience in this field. The foreign wars launched almost every year have brought back a large number of prisoners of war to Haihan. The prisoners in the mine in front of Li Bo come from all over the world.

The country's prisoners of war account for nearly half of the total. Therefore, the prisoner management rules that Qiao Zhiya, Lu Li and others told the Koreans can be said to be true experience.

Of course, the experience Qiao Zhiya taught Li Bo also had the official intention of Haihan, which was to hope that North Korea could be completely separated from the Qing Dynasty, so that there would be no possibility of recurrence in the relationship between the two countries. This North Korean country

In the past ten years, he has been jumping back and forth between the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty. Although he was forced by the situation and had no choice but to protect himself, Haihan did not want to have the kind of two-pronged attitude in his camp. His position was not firm enough.

As a cooperative partner, we must find ways to make North Korea clear its attitude.

Li Ming could not have imagined that there were so many intentions behind Qiao Zhiya's actions. The level of information he was exposed to meant that he would not be able to realize the significance of such changes in the international situation, and Haihan, out of considerations of his own interests, did not

You will explain to him what is wrong with it, so that you can more easily influence him subtly.

"Will these prisoners have a chance to leave here alive?" Li Bo suddenly asked curiously.

"Although the chance is small, it does exist. Not everyone has been sentenced to life imprisonment. If they are not allowed to see the hope of escaping from this place, then many prisoners will definitely take risks and try some dangerous methods.

."

Qiao Zhiya responded calmly: "First of all, they have to serve their sentence. Whether it is ten years, twenty years or longer, it is basically impossible for them to be released early."

"This doesn't sound much better than life imprisonment..." Li Shu sighed: "There must still be people who are not willing to suffer here and try the dangerous methods Master Qiao mentioned."

Qiao Zhiya said: "There will definitely be dishonest people. Anyway, you can deal with it as you should if you commit a crime... What Major Lu Li said before is not lies. In this place, there will always be a few dishonest people every month.

The guy got shot!”

Li Pu thought of Lu Li's murderous appearance and thought that with such a ruthless character guarding this place, the prisoners here could only wish for themselves.

Although almost all the mining work in this mine is done by manpower, under the supervision of the supervisors, the production efficiency is actually quite good, and the mining speed is much faster than other mining sites where miners are the labor force. Of course

, Such high efficiency is not obtained in vain, but is the result of the blood, sweat and even lives of the prisoners. And for the first time, Li Bo truly realized that the economic strength of the country of Haihan was not only achieved by

There is an extremely cruel side behind the success of doing business.

After seeing the mine that was mined by the hard labor camp, Qiao Zhiya took Li Bo and his party to have a close look at the steam-powered ore processing machinery. Although these equipment looked very clumsy, they were not even sophisticated at all.

Taking the bait, Li Pu would still subconsciously think that only Haihan's skilled craftsmen could make them. Although they look ugly, they can operate in such a harsh environment for a long time, and their internal structure must be strong and delicate.

However, thinking that the Haihan people would not sell these mechanical equipment to foreign countries, Li Bo could only silently envy him. Although there is no such advanced equipment in China, but considering that there are thousands of Qing prisoners of war, maybe he should consider using Haihan

The practice was to use those prisoners of war as hard labor and let them fully play their due role in the mines.

In addition to the mines, there are not many things to visit in Shilu. After visiting the mining area, Qiao Zhiya took Li Bo and his party to a row room, where there are various ores mined in the local mining area.

Sample. Of course, for a layman like Li Bo, he would not be able to understand the differences between these ores if Qiao Zhiya was not there to explain.

After all the visiting projects were over, it was almost time for the train to leave the mountain in the afternoon. So everyone returned to the station from the mining area and still took the morning train into the mountain. However, at this time, the goods loaded on the car were all gone.

It has been replaced by ore.

According to Qiao Zhiya's arrangement, everyone first took the train back to the train station outside the county town, and then transferred to a carriage to Qiao Zhiya's private estate. Since Li Shu mentioned that the restaurant environment was a bit noisy yesterday, Qiao Zhiya will no longer arrange dinner outside today.

Instead, the chef of the brother-in-law's restaurant was transferred to his manor for a one-day temporary business trip to prevent the Koreans from having any objections to the dining environment.

However, this made it difficult for Captain Xue and his gang to wait and see. Captain Xue divided his people into two groups today, one group was monitoring Qiao Zhiya's private estate near Daling, and the other group was in the county town.

Waiting to see if the North Koreans could come back to the restaurant where they dined last night. But throughout the day, not even a single North Korean was seen, and there was no news of Qiao Zhiya going out.

Captain Xue actually vaguely guessed that the North Koreans might not be in the manor today, but because the whereabouts of the North Koreans were unknown, and the manpower he could command was extremely limited, it was impossible to cast a net locally to find traces of the North Koreans' activities, so he had to make do with the simple things he was doing.

This method was to wait in a squatting position. Obviously, the effect at the end of the day was not ideal. He almost completely lost control of the movements of the North Koreans and was unable to make targeted action arrangements in advance.

Of course, Captain Xue has not completely given up hope. He is still trying his best to find out all kinds of relevant information about the local area. Based on the information he has, he infers that there are two places that North Koreans will definitely go to when visiting the local area. One is

The smelting field near the county seat is said to be the steel smelting center of the entire Haihan Kingdom. Its importance is self-evident, and North Koreans will definitely visit it.

The other place is the Shilu Mine located dozens of miles away. There is a railway from Changhua to this area. However, almost all the miners who take the train into the mountain are Shilu miners. Captain Xue does not dare to take the risk of pretending to be a miner.

The exploration of the mine would be in vain if he encountered an interrogation after arriving at Shilu. But he believed that the North Koreans would definitely visit the mine and take the train by the way.

But the problem is that due to the special nature of these two places, they are actually under military control. There is a greater risk for outsiders to sneak in. Once their group is noticed by the authorities, or is captured,

With two people, it would be impossible to continue the mission. Therefore, Captain Xue did not dare to order his men to explore and conduct reconnaissance in these two places, and could only operate in unobtrusive areas near the county seat.

However, although Captain Xue noticed these two places, he did not realize the problem of train frequency due to lack of understanding of local conditions. It was not until dinner that Captain Xue accidentally learned that the train between Changhua and Shilu actually runs every day

There are only one train in the morning and one in the evening. If you take the train into the mountains in the morning, you have to wait until the afternoon to take the evening train back to Changhua.

Of course Captain Xue immediately thought of the North Koreans who had not appeared all day, and his intuition told him that maybe this was where the North Koreans were going today. He immediately gathered his people and prepared to rush to the train station to try his luck.

But when this group of people hurriedly arrived outside Changhua Railway Station, they found that the military had implemented martial law here, and idlers were only allowed out but not allowed in. Captain Xue vaguely felt that this move should be related to the North Koreans, and then

I asked someone about the time, and sure enough, the train from Shilu was arriving soon.

"Let's spread out later. If we can identify the target, we will wait for action without waiting for my order! If you do, no matter whether you succeed or not, return to the harbor and leave this place as soon as possible!" Captain Xue made a decisive decision and told the few people he led.

An order was given.

He knows that this may be one of the few opportunities to take action. Even if the chance of success is not high, the current situation does not allow him to slowly make plans again. He requires his subordinates to act decisively whenever an opportunity arises. Success or failure depends on this.

Once upon a time.

Everyone accepted the order and silently dispersed to the nearby crowd of onlookers, slowly approaching the exit of the station. Outside the train station is the main road, leading to the county town in the west. If the target person leaves the station on foot, then they will

There may indeed be a chance to get close to the target.

A whistle blew in the distance, and you knew without looking that it was a signal that the train was about to pull into the station. Captain Xue stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips, and suddenly felt a little regretful that he had eaten a heavy meal just now, otherwise

You shouldn't feel your mouth is dry at this moment. He slowly reached into his arms and grasped the handle of the short gun at his waist. Although this thing had the power to kill in one hit at close range, he also knew that

You only have one chance to shoot. Once you pull the trigger, the short blunderbuss will become useless as soon as the bullet is fired. If you fail to succeed with this killing move, you will have no choice but to take out the knife.

After the train entered the station, every second seemed to become longer. Captain Xue stared at the station exit, hoping that the target person would appear soon, otherwise he would not be sure that he could maintain his concentration if it went on like this.

for how long.

Then what happened next made him feel discouraged almost instantly. Several carriages drove out from the train station. Although these carriages were extremely luxurious and equipped with transparent glass windows, they were all pulled up from the inside.

The curtains made it impossible to see the appearance of the passengers in the car. Moreover, on both sides of the convoy, there were more than twenty armed riders accompanying them to protect the flanks, which completely stopped him from thinking about taking action.

Captain Xue turned his head slightly and felt a few familiar glances from the crowd. He shook his head slightly and signaled to his accomplices that it was not appropriate to forcefully take action at this time.

The horse-drawn carriage convoy that drove out of the train station quickly left this place, escorted by armed riders, heading towards Daling. Captain Xue sent two people to confirm the convoy's destination, but he felt unwilling to do so.

After waiting for a long time outside the train station, I saw some civilians coming out one after another, and then I was sure that the important people should be in the convoy just now, and they were probably Li Bo and his party.

So he can probably confirm two things now. One is that the North Koreans should have gone to the Shilu Mine today, and the other is that the place where they settled is Daling Manor. Another point worth noting is that Haihan's official policy on security

The deployment is very meticulous, and even details such as the carriage curtains are noticed, which will undoubtedly bring greater difficulties to Captain Xue's task.

While Qiao Zhiya entertained Li Bo and his party in his manor, Captain Xue and his party had a dispute about the mission in a dense forest somewhere near Daling.

Some people think that there should have been an opportunity to take action today. Captain Xue was simply too slow to predict the North Koreans' movements in advance. Otherwise, if he had found a way to sneak into the station earlier, he might have been able to find a way to take action when the North Koreans got off the train.

opportunity.

Others, led by Captain Xue, believe that the time is not yet ripe. Even if they can sneak into the station today, since the Haihan Army has blocked the inside and outside of the station in advance, it is conceivable that the station must be cleared.

He would also be caught by the Haihan Army for hiding a sharp knife, which would drag down the entire mission.

Speaking of excitement, an old man with a short beard scolded: "Xue Zheng, even if you try to shirk it now, you can't wash away the responsibility for your improper planning and poor command! In my opinion, you should hand over the command talisman quickly.

Change someone to direct the action, don't let your incompetence ruin the big thing!"

Xue Zheng was not angry but smiled and said: "Lu Weng has been staring at the seat under Xue's buttocks all the way. He has always opened his mouth to find faults. When he asked you to come up with ideas, he became mute. If Xue gives up this seat, is it possible?"

Are you qualified to sit here? You and I have read the instructions I received before departure. I am in charge of the order. I can mobilize relevant personnel to cooperate along the way. All personnel are under my command. Also, my identity cannot be exposed during the operation.

Are you planning to disobey the order by calling me by my name in front of everyone?"

Along the way, everyone referred to each other as "Boss" or "Captain Xue". In fact, everyone did not know the true identity of this leader, and they did not dare to inquire due to the rules. Until this time, Lu Weng shouted out,

Only then did everyone realize that this person's surname was Xue Minzheng.

Lu Weng responded: "Xue Zheng, let me tell you frankly in front of everyone. You will definitely not be able to handle this job. Why don't you hand it over to me as soon as possible. When the matter is completed, I will discuss it with the superiors. When the time comes,

I’ll give you some credit!”
Chapter completed!