Chapter 2392

Haihan always pays attention to preparations for rainy days. Although the current reception capacity of the refugee camps is still far beyond the actual number of refugees, since the progress of the new refugee camps has begun to fail to keep up with the influx of refugees into Fushan County, it is indeed necessary to respond as soon as possible.

Arrangements should be made to speed up the construction of refugee camps and the transfer of refugees outwards. Otherwise, once the reception capacity of the refugee camps becomes saturated, the risk of local social order losing control will rapidly increase.

"If you ask Liu Shang to allocate more manpower, we must ensure the expansion speed of the refugee camp...at least to reach the reception scale of 30,000 people in the near future!" Chen Yixin ordered in a deep voice: "We now have enough labor force.

Make full use of available manpower!”

Among the thousands of refugees currently accepted by Fushan County, about half are young and strong. It is not Haihan's style to let so many cheap laborers lie in the refugee camps and eat idle food. With a little organization, these people can complete a lot of clumsy infrastructure.

Worked.

Zeng Xiaowen reminded in a low voice: "General, our deployment of troops in the county is already a bit tight. If more refugees are to be recruited, I'm afraid there will be oversights in supervision."

Fushan County originally had only a small garrison, and was mainly responsible for guarding 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 1st Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment from the Datong River Base to Fushan County.

Reinforcements. The Haihan Army plus the local militia armed forces totaled almost 2,000 troops.

After Fushan County began to receive refugees, armed checkpoints were set up on several official roads entering the county to conduct preliminary screening and guidance of refugees. Each refugee camp was also equipped with at least two squads of soldiers to maintain order.

.At present, most of Haihan's troops stationed in Fushan County are performing tasks related to refugees. However, confining refugees in camps will obviously require different levels of monitoring than recruiting them to work outside.

Although Haihan does not want to strictly monitor the refugees like prison guards, in this extraordinary period, Haihan does not dare to leave so many foreign refugees alone. Most of these refugees are in a state of lack of security. Once something unexpected happens,

It is easy to lose self-control due to incidents or being instigated by others. Therefore, while Haihan recruited young refugees, he also had to invest more manpower to supervise them in real time.

"Let the naval troops on the island take over first... There should be troops transferred from the Datong River base in a few days." Chen Yixin paused and added: "Meals for the brothers have been prepared during this period.

One point, no one can starve his own brother when he is hungry, his brother must be well fed!"

Chen Yixin had actually realized that the strength of the local garrison would be somewhat stretched in the face of the refugee flow, so he had sent another request for assistance telegram to the Datong River Base, requesting that more troops be allocated to Fushan County. Wang Tom agreed happily, and he

The Marines under his command have had nothing to do recently, so they were sent on a business trip to keep them active. Anyway, they were just performing a simple task of maintaining law and order in Shandong, so there wouldn't be much risk, but mobilizing troops across borders would

It must be reported to the executive committee, and relevant materials must be prepared, so it will take a few more days to alleviate the situation in Fushan County.

After handling these matters, Chen Yixin sent Zeng Xiaowen away, but he only rested briefly before getting up and going out again.

Chen Yixin took a carriage to a courtyard on the island among the mountains and forests. When the sentry at the door saw him getting off the carriage, he immediately saluted him with a military salute and then opened the door to welcome him in.

What is placed in the courtyard of this courtyard is not ordinary flowers and trees, but a mountain-like pile of fine charcoal, many large and small crucibles, and various stones.

Chen Yixin obviously didn't come here for the first time. He turned a blind eye to the messy scene in front of him and went directly through the first courtyard from the side corridor to the courtyard behind.

As soon as I walked into the courtyard at the back, I immediately felt the heat rushing towards my face. Although it was not yet the beginning of spring, the temperature in the courtyard was obviously higher than the outside. The reason is that the temperature in this courtyard is

There are actually several stoves of different heights.

This furnace is not an ordinary furnace used for cooking and lighting fires, or burning firewood for heating. It is a high-temperature furnace that can melt gold, turn iron, and extract metal from ore. Of course, the size of these furnaces is far smaller than that used for actual ore refining.

Blast furnaces, because they are only used to smelt a small amount of ore samples, do not need to consider production capacity, as long as they can meet the work requirements and are easy to operate.

The copper mine mined by Haihan in Fushan County has several veins at the same time. New ore samples are regularly collected and sent here for inspection to analyze the composition and proportion of the ore to confirm its mining value.

This place that inspects ores is not a subordinate institution of the military, but is affiliated to the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry. The person in charge is Ji Shengrong, the apprentice of Tian Yeyou, Director of the Mining Department. Logically speaking, such an institution can be deployed near the mine, but Tian Yeyou has not yet

So far, a total of only seven or eight apprentices have been brought out, and only Ji Shengrong has been assigned to Shandong. Senior technicians like him are extremely valuable to Haihan. It takes several years to train them, so naturally they cannot be transferred to Haihan.

Place in a risky location.

Of course, the safest place in the entire Shandong Peninsula is Zhifu Island. No one can get close to the place where Ji Shengrong works, so the personal risks are naturally minimized.

Ji Shengrong came out quickly and welcomed Chen Yixin into his office. He knew Chen Yixin's purpose very well. After the other party sat down, he took the initiative to mention the matter: "General, the ore samples sent back from Zhaoyuan County a few days ago,

They have all been inspected and the relevant written reports can be written in the next two days."

Chen Yixin nodded and said: "You should report the results orally first. The detailed inspection conclusion is what your boss wants to see. I just need to know the results."

Ji Shengrong didn't take it seriously when he heard this. Although he was on the island, he had heard about some recent events. Now Chen Yixin rushed back from Jinzhou to take charge of the overall situation. There were so many things that needed his attention that he could spare time.

The fact that he came here specifically to inquire about the ore samples showed how seriously Chen Yixin attached 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 many local mining sites. Originally, Ji Shengrong should have personally directed this task, but because the refugee wave was about to appear in Dengzhou, at this time

Traveling to other places was extremely risky, so Ji Shengrong had no choice but to take command and send additional personnel to Zhaoyuan County to secretly collect ore samples.

These ore samples have been carefully inspected after being retrieved, and through smelting and purification, the gold content in the ore was roughly calculated.

Taking into account the conflict of interest between this matter and Daming, Haihan is currently unable to open a mine in Daxian, Zhaoyuan County. He can only hang up an official mining vest under the care of the local Guzhi County and find a vein with higher content.

Just start digging quietly and get as much as you can. Wait until there is new progress in the relationship between the two countries in the future, and then consider making the mining operations public.

The inspection work that Ji Shengrong is responsible for is to select the most valuable vein for the subsequent mining work in order to maximize the profits of the 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 preparations need to be done in the early stage?"

Ji Shengrong said: "General, I have never been to the site for an on-site inspection, so I don't know the environment around this mine. It is difficult to design a mining plan out of thin air. If the general allows me, I still want to find an opportunity to take a look at this place. Only in this way can I

Make sure your preparations are flawless.”

Chen Yixin shook his head slightly and said: "Although what you said makes sense, I'm afraid it can't be arranged recently. A large number of refugees have begun to pour into Dengzhou, and Zhaoyuan County is not very safe. Field inspections are definitely not possible. I ask you

The idea is 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 require open-pit mining, so the mining tools currently used in Fushan Copper Mine can basically be copied there. Especially the steam crusher, if it can be used, then

The mining efficiency will also be greatly improved."

Chen Yixin couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this. Fushan Copper Mine is within the area actually controlled by 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 far away from Haihan's control.

The area is more than a hundred miles away, 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. In addition, how to supply steam machinery stably in the long term?

The required coal will also pose a 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 all of Dengzhou and build a separate road to get there."

When Chen Yixin said this, Ji Shengrong immediately understood what the situation was like and quickly responded: "It was an oversight due to low duty. General, please forgive me!"

Chen Yixin shook his head and said: "This is not your fault. You should have been arranged to go on an on-site inspection. However, during this period, everything was centered around accepting refugees. The Zhaoyuan Gold Mine project could only be temporarily stopped and waited.

Let’s wait until the situation calms down. But I will arrange for people who have been to the area to contact you, and they will tell you the general situation there, which may be helpful to you in formulating a mining plan.”

Of course, the mining of Zhaoyuan gold mine is not just about mining. It involves the interests of all aspects. On a larger scale, it may even affect the relationship between the two countries. How to mine local gold without leaving any trace is of great importance to Haihan.

It is indeed a big problem. Ji Shengrong is only responsible for the technical aspects, and the Mining Department also has to cooperate with other departments to promote the implementation of specific mining activities.

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

Chen Yixin gently opened the lid of the wooden box and took a look. Inside was a small golden bean, about the size of a soybean, but it looked particularly dazzling when placed on the red cloth in the box.

Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Why do you do these stupid things? Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Ji Shengrong said hurriedly: "General Mingjian. One of the main reasons why Beizhi was stationed in Shandong is because Beizhi was originally from Shandong, and his hometown is in Gaomi County, Laizhou. Two months ago, Beizhi sent a letter back, asking his family to sell their hometown

I came to Fushan County to meet Beizhong. But selling houses and land was quite troublesome, and it didn’t happen for a while. Now there is chaos in Shandong, and I heard that there is also a large influx of refugees in Gaomi County. Maybe Beizhong’s family members are already there.

On the way to Fushan County. So I am bold enough to ask the general for help. If I can pick up my family members, please send them to Zhifu Island as soon as possible."

Ji Shengrong's situation is also a relatively common phenomenon among the citizens of Haihan. Although he himself has served Haihan for several years and has long given up his identity as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, he still has some family members in his hometown. Ji Shengrong wants to use himself to be stationed in Shandong

He had the opportunity to bring his family to Haihan to settle down. This matter had been in the works for several months, but the sudden war disrupted the arrangements for him and his family.

Ji Shengrong was restricted from leaving Zhifu Island, so he had no choice but to deal with the chaos in the outside world. After much deliberation, he could only turn to the military for help. However, when he was transferred to Shandong, Chen Yixin had already gone to Jinzhou, so it was naturally difficult for him to speak.

Xiangqiu. It happened that a lot of gold ore was sent back to him for testing, so he cut some of the smelted gold and melted another golden bean, intending to use this to ask Chen Yixin for help.

Of course, a golden bean was not a treasure to Chen Yixin, but Ji Shengrong really couldn't bring up any other good things to pay tribute to Chen Yixin. However, he was still more measured and did not melt all the gold on hand, because he

I am really not sure whether a big shot like Chen Yixin is interested in gold.

Chen Yixin was dumbfounded when he heard the reason. He didn't expect that an honest man like Ji Shengrong would try to bribe him. But his purpose was not for himself, but to save his family. It was hard for Chen Yixin to feel bad about this.

"About your family, I will send a warrant to the outpost troops in Laixi later to ask them to pay more attention. If we can pick up the person, we will escort him back as soon as possible." Chen Yixin put the small box containing the golden beans on the table.

: "As for this thing, there is no need for it. Although the ore is in your hands, it is not your personal property, and it cannot be sent around by you. This golden bean is recorded as public property. Don't make similar mistakes in the future!

"

Ji Shengrong knew that he was in the wrong and felt ashamed, so he repeatedly confessed to Chen Yixin. However, Chen Yixin agreed to his request, which finally made him relax a little.
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