Chapter 345 Things

   "Shaoyi, I look good today!"

   "Thank you for my praise. Maybe it is because the second division of our army, Kalimantan, successfully landed in Glory Bay, humble and proud."

   "Haha... That's good."

  Li Fushou nodded in a very good mood, and strode past Tang Shaoyi's side, Tang Shaoyi quickly followed to Lingxiao Pavilion.

  At the Secretariat

The high-ranking director Fan Zhongzhai and deputy director Tian Shan concurrently hold many important functions. For example, Tian Shan concurrently serves as the party convener and the director of the audit department. Generally speaking, he calls Lord Earl in public, and calls him "Yuanding or Lord Yuanding" in private. "To show intimacy.

  The other one, two and three level secretaries of the Secretariat still follow the convention and call them "Master". This name is only applicable to family members such as maids and housekeepers. The status of secretaries is equivalent to that of students, so naturally there is no exception.

  There are many different names from the outside world. The first department of the Young Eagle School likes to call the principal, the people in Hongmen call it "mountain lord" and "big leader", and the white people in southern states call it "Mr. Governor."

  Li Fushou asked as he walked; "Shaoyi, what do you think of the Dutch?"

  "A group of arrogant arrogances from outsiders and others are just like settled down and nostalgic for the glory of the past, as long as they pierce the false skin, they will retreat faster than anyone else."

   "Oh... then let us wait and see."

  Li Fushou chuckled lightly, approving Tang Shaoyi's fair judgment.

  The battle for colony between Queensland and the Netherlands has not broken out in the original historical time and space, and there is no way to learn from it.

  However, Li Fushou can draw similar conclusions based on years of experience in the upper ranks.

  The two went to the tall office room of the Lingxiao Pavilion one after another. Some neatly organized documents have been put on the desk for the Lord Earl's review at any time.

  Since the breakdown of the peace talks in Singapore, Fan Zhongzhai led the rest of the negotiating team back to Australia, and Tang Shaoyi also came back with him and continued to do her work as a secretary.

  Fan Zhongzhai, the head of the secretariat, and Tian Shan, the deputy director, have multiple duties. They are busy every day and it is difficult to separate themselves. The work of reporting daily files is undertaken by several first-level secretaries.

  As Lord Earl sat down and tasted coffee, Tang Shaoyi began to report on the important work of the day;

  "Master, please give details of the submissions submitted by various places today;

According to the latest battle information sent back from the Machen front in Borneo, the Kalimantan Second Division, which successfully landed on the Glory Bay, is opening its way. It is expected that today, a full-scale assault on the Dutch defenders of Saimudah Port will be launched, and the battle should have begun. NS.

  A few days before

  The Dutch garrison at the port drove a large number of indigenous cannon fodder and entered the jungle to harass the engineering battalion troops that opened up the road. The Kalimantan Second Division took effective measures to severely attack the invading enemy, annihilated nearly 3,000 indigenous warriors and captured more than 4,700 people.

  These strong and powerful prisoners invested in the construction of the landing field and road construction, greatly speeding up our military preparation plan.

  Estimated dawn today

  Large-scale battle has started, and the relevant war situation report will be sent back from Machen Port as soon as possible tomorrow and reported to the seat of the Earl. "

"Um!"

  Li Fushou took a sip of his coffee, flipped through the report on the table a few times, and listened to Tang Shaoyi’s briefing lightly in his ears.

  Tang Shaoyi continued to report; "Shangri-La Chief Executive Wu Xue stationery reported;

  Since the start of the Qingshui River Basin comprehensive development plan in late September 1882, the full implementation of various construction projects has achieved remarkable results.

  As of April 20

  Tianshu Town has completed the construction of 268 urban commercial facilities, more than 7,000 residential cottages, resettled 33,500 immigrants, established 47 villages, and reclaimed more than 500,000 acres of wasteland.

  At present, two seasons of bright rice have been harvested, with a total of about 660,000 tons, and an output of about 0.66 tons per acre. A good situation has been initially established as a food production and supply base.

  In view of the fact that the Qingshui River Basin has basically reached self-sufficiency in food and has spare capacity to support larger-scale immigration, the two-year township plan has been completed ahead of schedule, and it is planned to increase the scale of immigration and colonization.

  Therefore, I am applying for a monthly immigration quota of 10,000 people and related expenses. I hope that I will be approved. "

  Reporting here, Tang Shaoyi paused.

  I saw Li Fushou relaxing on the back chair, tapping his slender fingers on the chair handle, and quickly passing the relevant numbers in his head;

   more than half a year down

  More than 30,000 people have reclaimed more than 500,000 acres of wasteland. On average, each person has reclaimed more than ten acres. Excluding some agricultural machinery factors, more than 1,300 tons of imported diesel have been burned in most half of the year. This rate has been very fast.

The total harvest of the two seasons of bright rice is about 660,000 tons, and one season is more than 300,000 tons of rice. The yield per acre is about 0.66 tons. If calculated in metric per mu, the yield per mu is about 200 catties, which is generally 160 tons per mu. In the 70-jin era, this result was quite good.

  In this era, there is no large-scale application of chemical fertilizers, and the yield is already relatively high. After a few seasons, the yield per mu will increase to a certain extent when mature land is grown on the raw land.

  Chinese immigrants are really good farmers, wow, this has to be served.

  The 10,000 immigration plan applied by Shangri-La Island per month is to reach the immigration scale of 100,000 before the end of the year, complete the original two-year construction plan of Tianshu Town six months in advance, and quickly start the next step of the expansion and construction of Qixing Town.

  The idea is good, but this requires strong financial support. In addition to the internal library allocation, Huitong Bank’s matching loan funds should reach nearly 200,000 pounds per month...

  Well...The cost of food and vegetables can be saved temporarily, and the capital for building houses and agricultural machinery are hard expenses that can not be saved, so it is enough to calculate 150,000 pounds per month.

  "Shangri-La Island's plan is feasible, and the secretariat is requested to organize relevant experts to demonstrate, including planning matters such as tobacco, cocoa, and rubber plantations. Taking into account actual needs and long-term development, there must be scientific basis and implementation as soon as possible."

  Li Fushou said that he accepted the application document, flipped through it and read it briefly, raised his brush and signed his opinion, which is considered approved.

  The development of the Qingshui River Basin cannot simply grow food. The current plan only needs to be able to meet the needs of the growing population with a little surplus.

  The focus should also be placed on cash crops, such as the vigorously developed rubber plantations, tobacco and cocoa plantations, etc., in order to achieve higher economic benefits.

   "Oh, sir, this matter will be handled later, and I will keep following up." Tang Shaoyi retracted the signed document, and then opened the next document to continue reporting;

  "The development of the Koi copper and gold mine has a good news;

  As a large number of indigenous prisoners of war joined the road-building army, the current Longjin Highway, Yueya Lake Reservoir, and copper-gold mine bases are currently being constructed in an all-round way.

  The progress of all the projects goes hand in hand, presenting a gratifying situation.

The Longjin Highway has now completed 173 kilometers of roadbed construction, and most of the remaining sections are steep, difficult and dangerous roads. The engineering headquarters is organizing manpower and material resources to gnaw hard bones, and is confident to penetrate the tunnel ahead of time and overcome the dangerous section of the neck. Three months in advance, At the end of September this year, the asphalt concrete paving of the entire Longjin Highway was completed, and the mine was officially opened to traffic.

The   Crescent Lake Reservoir construction site is also progressing smoothly. Large turbine hydroelectric generators imported from Britain and Germany have arrived in Longmen Town. In the near future, human transportation will be organized into the mountains to strive for early power generation and start production as soon as possible.

  The survey and construction of the Jinli copper-gold mine area is also fruitful. So far, 17 survey holes as deep as hundreds of meters have been drilled, confirming that the mine is a super large copper-iron-gold-silver deposit with a total resource of 300 million tons.

  It contains more than 4.4 million tons of copper ore resources, more than 60 million tons of iron ore resources, more than 700 tons of gold, and more than 10,000 tons of silver.

  It is regrettable that most of the resources of the mine are deeply buried under the iron cap layer of more than 300 meters thick, and the exposed copper resources are only about one million tons.

based on this situation;

Development manager Nangong Yunfei suggested the establishment of Longmen Iron and Steel Plant. The initial planned output is 500,000 tons and the long-term planned output is 1 million tons. The budget needs to be more than 1.7 million pounds. The project will be completed in about one and a half years, including more than 60 kilometers of supporting mining railways. , Approximately 300,000 pounds will be allocated on a quarterly basis.

  An additional application for a total of 170,000 pounds of special expenses for the human resources of indigenous prisoners of war. "

"Well, take it here. The construction of the Koi Copper and Gold Mine is gratifying. This is the top priority at the moment and must be fully supported." Li Fushou said that he took the documents and signed his name. Give the green light to the construction of the mining area.

  The most troublesome thing about the Koi Copper-Gold Mine is the thick iron cap layer, which is more than 300 meters thick, all composed of iron ore with a grade of more than 30% to more than 40, with a total amount of more than 160 million tons.

  With existing conditions. It is impossible to drill straight mines or sloping mines over 300 meters to mine the underlying resources, and the cost is too uneconomical.

  Think about it, tens of thousands of tons of ore are mined every day, and they have to be lifted up through a few hundred meters of mine. The electricity and mechanical wear required are astronomical and completely unfeasible.

  Don’t mention manpower, no matter how many people there are.

  The only way is to mine iron ore, consume the thick iron cap layer of ore, and expose the precious resources hidden in the lower layer. This time is at least 10 or 20 years.

  Fortunately, the copper resources exposed on the surface of the Koi Copper-Gold Mine have been exploited for more than 10 years, and there is no contradiction between the two.

  From the perspective of long-term development, it is imperative to build Longmen Iron and Steel Complex. It is the best way to effectively exploit resources and use resources. This construction cost cannot be saved.

  As for the special expense of 170,000 pounds applied by Nangong Yunfei for the human resources of indigenous prisoners of war, this is something everyone knows, so I won’t go into details.

  The mining area is a bottomless black hole that devours human resources. It could produce one to two thousand tons of ore every day. With sufficient human resources, it can produce 5,000 tons or 10,000 tons, or even more.

  Mining ore, screening and grinding into concentrate powder, also requires endless labor.

  Nangong Yun insisted on buying indigenous prisoners of war, and asked the shipping company to transport these indigenous prisoners of war back, and it would cost money.

  This is because there is a cost for the army to go to the countryside to sweep up. This is not a combat mission to make extra money. The army is responsible for the deaths and wounds. The combat allowance is also reissued by the army. You can't let people do it in vain, so there is no enthusiasm.

  Also, the indigenous prisoners of war are consumables, road construction projects are difficult and dangerous sections, extremely dangerous tunnel excavation works, etc., bridges spanning turbulent streams, are all indigenous prisoners of war, it is said that many people have died because of various landslides and falls.

  There is no way, the above is tight, the engineering requirements are urgent, and the time is short. You can only take the risk to let the indigenous prisoners of war go. You can’t let the compatriots do this too dangerous work, right?

  (End of this chapter)