Chapter 2863

In the industrial development map designed by Chen Yixin, coal as an energy source is an indispensable part. The areas surrounding Shenyang are rich in coal resources, especially Fushun.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army built a city at the southern foot of Mount Gaoer, seventy miles east of Shenyang, as a garrison stronghold for Qianhu. The city was named Fushun and belonged to the Shenyang Guard, the capital of Liaodong.

During the Wanli period, Nurhachi proclaimed himself Khan in Liaodong, and Fushun City was quickly captured by the Hou Jin Army and became the territory of Zhenghuang Banner. Not long after, the Ming Dynasty and the Hou Jin Dynasty launched a war in Sarhu on the south bank of the Hun River east of Fushun. In the end, the Later Jin army defeated the larger army with less, and the Ming army lost nearly 50,000 troops. As a result, the initiative in the Liaodong battlefield was taken away by the Later Jin army, and Ming Dynasty lost most of the Liaodong territory in the next ten years.

An important reason why Haihan launched the Northern Expedition in Liaodong was to focus on the coal and iron deposits here. Therefore, after occupying Shenyang, Chen Yixin did not hesitate to send his troops east to attack Fushun. Later, he discussed the plan with the Manchus At that time, although the Manchu and Qing Dynasties hoped to use thirty miles around Shenyang City as the border between the two countries, Haihan insisted on delimiting the territory based on the territory of the former Liaodong Dusi of the Ming Dynasty, so Fushun was officially included under the rule of Haihan.

Haihan took Fushun by force for one reason, and that was for the coal buried here. Chen Yixin said that the coal here is enough to be mined for hundreds of years. This statement is not an exaggeration at all. In the time and space where he was born and raised, Fushun It is still the location of the largest open-pit coal mine in China. With the current mining capacity, there is enough coal here to be mined for hundreds of years.

However, when everyone came to Fushun, what they saw was not a bustling production scene. On the contrary, there were only some farmlands on both sides of the Hun River outside Fushun City, but there were no mines as everyone thought.

It wasn't until Chen Yixin took them to a place in the suburbs and saw the remaining small mines and various lifting and spreaders that everyone realized that these were the remains of coal mining. Long before Haihan occupied this place, someone had already tried to By exploiting local coal resources.

"You see, as long as you dig up the loose soil on the surface here, there is a coal seam below! Dig down from this place, and you will still be a coal seam to a depth of one hundred feet! From this place, dig five miles to the east and five miles to the west. It’s full of coal seams! All we have to do is build a coal mine here, and then in the next one hundred or two hundred years, there will be a steady stream of coal output!”

Chen Yixin did not hide his excitement and loudly introduced the situation here to everyone: "According to the appraisal results of the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry, the coal here has low ash, low sulfur, high calorific value, and is suitable for burning coke and as thermal coal. Use, this is exactly the resource we need to build the coal-iron composite industry in Liaodong!"

"I don't know something...the mining relics here must have been left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so why were they abandoned later?" Bai Letong asked in confusion.

Of course, the past rulers had long discovered the coal resources here. Even if they did not use it for industrial development, it was normal to mine coal for production and life in this era, and it would not completely ruin this place. Abandoned. Only the remains of the mines left here indicate that it has been abandoned for at least ten years. At that time, the Haihan Army had not launched the Northern Expedition, so it stands to reason that production would not be suspended due to the impact of the war.

Chen Yixin explained: "After Huang Taiji came to the throne, he believed that the Saarhu area was a dragon vein related to the fate of the Qing Dynasty, so he banned all mineral mining activities in this area, including the coal mines in Fushun. From that time on, this place

It has been in ruins for more than ten years, and the Manchus and Qing Dynasties are just guarding the cornucopia without realizing it!"

Bai Letong groaned. He really didn't expect that the reason why the mine was abandoned was so ridiculous. The education he received since he was a child emphasized that man can defeat nature, industry comes first, and the wise decision of the executive committee is what makes the country strong.

Basically, I have no interest in things like Feng Shui and mystical science, and I can't understand why the Manchu Qing Dynasty gave up the opportunity to strengthen the country for this reason.

Bai Kesi thought of more questions from this: "Since the Manchus regard this place as the dragon vein of the country, then they probably won't sit back and watch our country mine mineral deposits here. When construction starts, they might find ways to cause trouble for us!

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Chen Yixin said: "That's true, so I haven't been in a hurry to mine the coal mines here in the past few years. I have to wait until all conditions are in place before starting this project. Even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty opposes it and even uses military means to stop the mining,

We are also capable of ensuring production activities here."

After Chen Yixin finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed to the east: "Going eastward, it is all mountainous. About one hundred and fifty miles away from here is Hetuala, the capital of the Qing Dynasty in the Later Jin Dynasty, also known as Xingjing. The Qing Dynasty lost Shenyang.

After that, the capital was moved back to Hetuala. If another war breaks out between us and the Manchu Qing, then this place will most likely become the front line for the confrontation between the two armies."

Bai Kesi said: "So the most dangerous place on the Liaodong border is actually not in the direction of Qingyang Fort, but here."

Chen Yixin shook his head slightly and said: "This should be the other party's idea, I don't think so. Before the official mining, I will notify the Qing court through official channels to express our attitude that we will not hesitate to fight for this."

Bai Kesi immediately understood what he meant. If the two countries went to war again, the battle line would be only more than a hundred miles away from the Manchu and Qing capital. With the strength of the Haihan army, I am afraid that they would soon be at the city. By then, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties would probably not be defeated again.

The Ming army had such good luck, but they had to face the risk of losing the capital again.

The reason why Haihan opened a mine in Fushun is just to see whether Shunzhi believes in the so-called dragon vein theory. With the current national power of the Qing Dynasty, it should be difficult to use dragon vein as a reason to launch a war. If Haihan starts to station troops in Fushun, it will probably be

This is a major event that will really make the Qing court in Hetuala restless.

Ning Zijing asked: "Since the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is in this direction, it will probably take a long time for the Qing government to react as we want to the robbery that occurred at Qingyang Fort."

Chen Yixin responded: "Be polite first and then attack. You must give them a chance to respond."

If you look at the map, Shenyang City, Qingyang Fort, and Hetuala, these three places almost form an equilateral triangle, and any two points are separated by two to three hundred miles. The robbery occurred in Qingyang Fort.

, after the news was sent back to Shenyang, Haihan officials instructed the Qing embassy to transmit their requests to the Qing court in Hetuala, and then the Qing court sent people to the area near Qingyang Fort to investigate the robbery. This would indeed be quite time-consuming and laborious.

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