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Volume 4 Leviathan 123 Mine

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    "Sir, please get up!" Qi Zhiti smiled slightly and helped Zao Guoquan up from the ground. Seeing that Zao Guoquan's face was already full of tears, and he still looked like a general who commanded the army and an important minister of the country, he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart:  "Sir, don't worry. The reason I'm reading this letter to you is not to bring up old matters again. The letter also makes it very clear that the defeat of Keelung was due to the dispute between the north and the south in the navy and the disagreement between the generals and the commanders, which led to the difference in power. It was not  Mr. Zao's fault. " "Thank you, Mr. Qi. I wonder if this letter is from -" Zao Guoquan stood up and asked in a low voice.  "Oh! It was Empress Lin in the palace who sent someone to hand it over to me!" Qi Zhiti smiled slightly and put the letter back into his sleeve calmly: "My lord, please rest assured that you and I will be ministers in the same palace in the future.  Just let him go!" "Thank you, sir. From now on, I will follow my husband's lead!" Zao Guoquan knew the opportunity and hurriedly showed his loyalty. Of course, he would not believe Qi Zhiti's words that he would not bring up the old matter again.  Promise, as he just said, the defeat of Keelung was due to the dispute between the north and the south in the navy, and the feud between the generals and the generals. However, you have been the commander-in-chief of the military in Taiwan and Fujian for a long time, and the generals under your command have fought like this. You are not strict with your subordinates.  The crime cannot be escaped no matter what.  What the other party said just now was clearly telling me to be honest, otherwise it would just be a matter of a flip of the palm to kill you.  ??Zhao Guoquan was also a veteran who had been involved in the court for decades. By this time, he had already guessed the whole story.  Presumably after Qi Zhiti ascended to the throne, he felt that Dashun was in troubled times and had to have someone familiar with military affairs around him. However, he had no foothold in the military, and he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress someone when he was appointed to the cabinet.  It just so happened that he had a sore leg in his hand, so he made himself the Minister of the Ministry of War.  It would be fine if he was obedient, but if he dared to move randomly, he would bring up the old matter again and kill him with a single palm.  When he took out the letter just now, he must have deliberately shown off his close relationship with the inner court and intimidated himself.  Thinking of this, Zao Guoquan couldn't help but feel angry in his heart: "You're a relative, I have no grievances with you, but you are planning to target me. Well, now that the situation is stronger than others, I can only bow my head and obey orders.  When the situation turns around, it will be too late if I don¡¯t kill you all!¡± As early as Guo Quan was swearing in his heart, Hu Keqin and Shen Hongmao came in from outside. Hu Keqin said with a smile: ¡°I am getting old and my leg strength has declined.  I accidentally twisted it, thank you Mr. Shen for helping me over, please forgive me!" "Mr. Hu, be careful!" Qi Zhiti stood up and reached out to hold the other person's right elbow: "The food is a little cold, why don't I have someone give it to me?  "It doesn't matter, it's a hot day anyway, and the food won't be cold!" Hu Keqin smiled: "This is the palace, we better be careful!" "That's what Mr. Hu said!"  Qi Zhiti smiled slightly: "We have already eaten. How about we rest for half an hour after the meal and then continue the discussion?"  At the palace gate, Qu Duan, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, hurriedly responded. While hailing his carriage, he said with a smile: "Sir, come this way, please get in!" Zao Guoquan nodded and boarded the carriage.  When he got into the carriage, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.  He became gloomy and terrifying. Qu Duan, who followed him into the car, did not see his face and said: "Sir, no, I should call you my husband now. You are only forty-six this year, and you have already entered  Being the Prime Minister is considered early even among nobles!" "Huh!" Zao Guoquan didn't say anything. This was because Qu Duan could see that his master's face was very ugly, so he cautiously  The title changed back: "Sir, what happened?" "Humph, you dare to pull out the tiger skin of a female officer. Well, I can't do anything to you now, but we will see!" Yunnan, Kunming,  Xinping Iron Mine.  It¡¯s already noon.  Because there is a mine nearby, almost all the vegetation on the hilltop not far away has been bulldozed. The hot subtropical sunlight shines on the bare gravel ground, causing plumes of white smoke to rise.  Due to exposure, the sunlight passing through the air near the ground is distorted, so that the shapes of people and objects in the distance are slightly deformed.  "Bring me some water!" Ji Jianzhang took the water bag handed over by the attendant behind him and drank a few gulps.  In this hot weather, the water you drink seems to seep out of your pores immediately, turning into sweat beads and evaporating out.  He wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered to himself in a low voice: "What a damn weather!" "General manager, I've called all the managers from the mine!" The entourage on the side bowed.  The report said that behind him, there were six or seven men with round waists and thick arms. These people were all wearing shorts and short coats, and they had one common characteristicHowever, there are more or less scars on the body, and there are even broken legs in the eyes.  It turned out that these were compliant soldiers who had been injured in the war with Burma. Chen Zaixing selected a few loyal soldiers and arranged them to work in the mine as supervisors.  "General Manager!" The stewards all bowed to Ji Jianzhang. As the person in charge of Kunming Iron Works and Xinping Iron Mine, they were very familiar with Ji Jianzhang and knew that this young man whom Mr. Chen trusted very much was not that kind of person.  A person who has a deep character and attaches great importance to etiquette.  "Everyone is here, so I won't be polite! I came here for one thing. The third and fourth converters of the ironworks are about to be opened, but the required iron ore is not enough.  , The ore stored in the factory can only be used for 20 days at most. If the two newly built furnaces are added, it can only be used for 12 days, so the mining speed must be accelerated. Do you have any suggestions? " Supervisors?  After looking at each other for a few times, the leader stepped forward and replied respectfully: "General Manager, you have also seen the weather. It is unbearable and makes people want to have their skin peeled off."  , no matter how good the young man is, he will be exhausted after working for two hours. The Burmese miners in the mine work in two shifts, and people die every week. If this continues, it will be difficult to maintain production, let alone increase it.  "Ji Jianzhang frowned. As a well-educated intellectual, he was instinctively disgusted by the vulgar miners and ex-soldiers in front of him, but he still patiently asked: "What about you?  "You mean there's not enough manpower?" "Yes, general manager, a total of 4,357 Burmese workers were given here more than two years ago. In the next two years or so, there will be an average of 150 people per month.  Ten to two hundred people were added, but now there are only more than 4,200 people left in the mine. But now the surface of the mine has been almost dug, and the next step is to dig the well, which will cost much more labor.  !" Hearing the number of people reported by the other party, Ji Jianzhang frowned. He naturally knew the meaning of these numbers. Although he was not very willing to think of the blood behind these numbers, he still asked in a low voice: "  Two hundred people die in a month? " "Not that many, but it's not much less, about 1,780 people! More in summer and spring, less in autumn and winter, and the weather is hot, so people die.  "More!" The supervisor sighed: "The work in this mine is too hard. No matter how good the young man is, he can't last more than three years. In addition, not all of them died in various accidents. Some of the Burmese people escaped.  It probably adds up to that much! " After hearing these figures from the supervisor, Ji Jianzhang's face became increasingly grim. As the general manager of the entire steel plant, he naturally had the authority to know all this, but for some reason  He had never taken the initiative to understand all this, but at this time, he had to take the initiative to understand it all.  After all, this steel plant is not only his ideal, but also related to his own immediate interests and future.  Thinking of this, he looked at the mine not far away and whispered: "You lead the way and take me around the mine to see if there is any way to reduce the mortality rate of miners!" "Yes, general manager!"  The steward was stunned when he heard this, then stood up straight and answered loudly.  Ji Jianzhang laboriously walked through a section of the mountain road. This section of the mountain road was originally paved with gravel from iron ore mining, but it has become uneven due to the crushing of a large number of vehicles and the erosion of rain.  If it were not for the support of two supervisors, Ji Jianzhang would have almost fallen down the hillside several times.  Finally, he asked in a deep voice: "Why don't you repair this road? You have a lot of gravel here. All you need is some manpower!" "This!" The mine manager gave a bitter smile: "General Manager, it's not us.  Without road construction, the demand for ore is really tight! Since the iron plant opened, the demand has been increasing every month, and we really can't spare the manpower! " "Yes, general manager!  Burmese laborers are lazy and will slack off when they can. In some cases, they deliberately break their tools and kill their animals. More than half a year ago, we asked a group of workers to build roads, but they actually pushed the oxen pulling the rollers off the hillside.  He died and injured two of us! " "Okay, okay, stop talking!" Ji Jianzhang's face suddenly became gloomy. The supervisor saw his expression and hurriedly lowered his voice.  He said: "General Manager, I will send people to repair the road tomorrow." "Yeah!" The upset Ji Jianzhang waved his hand, he pointed to a big hole not far away and asked: "That's over there  Mine? " "Yes, General Manager!" Ji Jianzhang walked to the mine. The surface soil of the mine had been removed, exposing the mineral deposits below.  Rocks rich in iron appear a dark red color.  Looking down from Ji Jianzhang's position, one can see thousands of gray dots squirming on the opposite mine bed, and the sound of iron hammering can be heard in the air.??The crisp sound on the rock wall.  Each gray dot is a miner. They knock the iron-rich ore from the mountain, then put it in a basket and pour it onto the rail cars behind the hardened road. The ore on these rail cars will be  Oxen or horses pull it up to the top of the mountain, and then the concentrate obtained after beneficiation is transported by special rail train to the Kunming Iron and Steel Plant in Anding as raw material for steelmaking.  Thank you to the book friend trainee police officer for the reward.
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