He didn't wait for Uncle Kong's recruitment, but he waited for the news from Guo Ming. Li Xiaojun had successfully led the team to complete the task. Four words were passed on, "A lot of harvest!"
Zhu Xuefeng smiled with satisfaction. With these With this windfall, he no longer has to worry about the autonomous region's funding problems. Now under the governance of Yang Maosheng, the autonomous region's industry has basically taken shape and agriculture has rebounded significantly. It is estimated that more than 1,500 tons of grain can be sold every six months. With more and more cultivated land being reclaimed, come out and will continue to increase.
Chicken and pig raising have become large-scale, and the problem of concentrated breeding has been solved. They can provide a large amount of meat, bristles, down, etc. Relying on the good geographical location, a large number of sugar cane and fish ponds will also have a good harvest. , the hilltop that no one cares about has been turned into a medicinal material base for the Xiangjiang Pharmaceutical Factory thanks to the efforts of several uncles.
The carefully processed wild vegetables will also be sold to Fusang through Xiangjiang. When the port construction starts next year, the large inventory of timber will be exchanged for a lot of wealth. Yang Maosheng has changed his profit estimate. The autonomous region has a small population. Next year, we will strive to earn US$700 to US$10 million, and Zhu Xuefeng will no longer need to advance capital for development.
The other good news is that the policy of compulsory repayment of all industries in the south has frightened countless people. Many people took advantage of the eve of implementation to sell their assets at low prices and fled to Jiesha, bringing with them It brought a population of less than 100,000 people and a considerable amount of wealth, and more importantly, it brought many small business owners and manufacturing bosses. Because of the port blockade, these people had no choice but to flee north. Word of mouth spread, and for the first time, the appeal of the North surpassed that of the South.
Of course, more people fled to Mandele, including almost all private banks. These are all Chinese, thinking of using the road to escape to the country. Now Guoming can be said to have been there for several months. The changes not only attracted capital from the south to flee, but after months of understanding and watching, the ancient peoples in the western mountainous area have obviously become closer, making it possible to accelerate the breakthrough westward.
The only thing that affects the realization of this goal is the power of the south against the north, which has become intolerable. A larger-scale war is brewing, and now there are dark clouds.
But now the military commanders of the autonomous region are full of confidence, saying that if the enemy attacks again, they will be able to fight back resolutely, at least to capture Mandele. Song Yan asked for instructions if Mandel can be captured. According to the plan of the autonomous region at that time, it was best not to touch Mandele for fear of attracting the attention of international forces.
The last time they took over Mogok, they were actually not far from Mandele. Song Yan and the others arranged to set up tight fortifications in Mogok City to prevent the other side from going north again, and the other side also closed in. After defeating all the defeated troops, almost more than 10,000 people, they entrenched themselves in Mandele and stopped retreating.
Zhu Xuefeng thought for a long time before replying. "Take it firmly!"
It was already November when Lin Na, Xia Yuhong and Xie Junjie returned from military training.
The south will never tolerate an existence that can accept defectors, so no matter how low-key the autonomous region is and does not cause trouble, it will always be a worry for the south. Peaceful coexistence was only Zhu Xuefeng's unilateral extravagance in the past. Without defeating the forces in the south, it was impossible to reduce the risk of troops approaching the city at any time, so Zhu Xuefeng finally decided to take action.
"Send this drawing back and ask them to start construction according to the drawing as soon as possible after opening up the sea route. After the construction is completed, notify me as soon as possible."
Zhu Xuefeng threw down the drawing The drawings floated away and were not sealed. The little girl of the Yang family was confused. What kind of thing was this being built? Although there were detailed instructions at the bottom, the little girl didn't dare to read it at all. She hurriedly took out an envelope and packed it, sealed it and marked it. After thinking about it, she decided to register and create an account.
Although she didn’t know what it was for, His Highness’s attitude determined that it was definitely a great secret. Remembering the patriarch’s instructions, the little girl carefully put the drawings into the safe and locked them, and then drafted a plan. A telegram was sent out after careful consideration and modification. As a foreign affairs agency in Beijing, it has the right to publicly use wireless coded telegrams.
"The chief really agreed, you see." Song Yan excitedly handed the telegram to Li Xiaojun. After reading it, Li Xiaojun passed it to the two brothers Zhou Laoba and finally Yang Maosheng.
“Since His Highness has made up his mind, our civil administration will resolutely implement it without hesitation. However, if we really want to capture Mandele, I hope you will not disturb those businessmen, bankers and other wealthy people who escaped. These people are of great use to our civil affairs."
Li Xiaojun was very dissatisfied with Yang Maosheng's bargaining at this time.
"I know, I know, you don't know your Royal Highness's military orders, who dares? Okay, without further ado, let's start preparations. This time we decided to take the initiative. Since they are going to take action, This time we will attack first to gain strength. Mandele's army was defeated last time. This time we won't wait for their reinforcements to arrive and beat him to a fright. What do you think?"
Zhou Xingguo. The two brothers Zhou Laoba were more direct, "Since the chief asked us to make our own decisions, what are we waiting for? Let's convene a meeting now and start planning. We are very quick. I hope we can celebrate the New Year in Mandele before the Spring Festival."
The geographical location of Mandela is very special. There is a national highway directly connected to the country. If we win here, the connection with the country will be further strengthened in the future. Although the road from Pagang to the country has been connected, it is relatively narrow due to the influence of the mountains. It's rough, but it's much better here in Mandele.
A more critical thing is that after an inspection, the domestic railway department said that building a railway to Pagang along this small road is difficult, the progress is slow, and the investment is high. If you come from Mandela, Although the distance is far away, it is not a problem and it can also drive the sand.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Song Yan stretched out his hand to suppress everyone's discussion and put forward his request.
"Mandele used to be an ancient capital. We have to plan carefully and capture this place with as little destruction as possible. We cannot cause too many casualties. At the same time, we must ensure that this frightened bird is completely wiped out. You guys I just saw that His Highness has a big project on the seaside. Although I don’t know what it is, there must be a serious shortage of labor. "
Yang Maosheng said excitedly, "That's not it. After all, there are still a small number of ten thousand people, and there is a serious shortage of labor even on the way to the west, haha. "
Li Xiaojun knows that when Lao Yang is unclear about the tasks assigned by the military commander, it is best for others to shut up. demanded, but was a little dissatisfied that Lao Yang was staring at the prisoners who had not yet been captured.
"Aren't you going to have a lot of sticks to help build the road? I think you should not be short of manpower to build the road. Lao Yang, this project must be a big one."
Li Xiaojun directly complained about Zhu Xuefeng, and Yang Maosheng had no choice but to shut up. Li Xiaojun blinked at Song Yan, but Song Yan had to pretend not to notice.
"Old Yang, the battle hasn't started yet. Let's not worry about the prisoners yet. The stick men will be here in the next few days. We can hurry up and build the road. Since there is no more trouble in the west, we will only use a small number of troops to guard it. , other troops have been transferred to the front line. This time we will use a thunder blow to completely defeat them."
"I don't understand military affairs. What if there are really not many troops left in the west? I'm causing trouble again. My migrant workers can't afford the casualties, and the pension is not enough. Don't look at me like that. The hard goods you brought back are useful, not for pension."
Seeing Li Xiaojun staring at him with an unkind expression, Yang Maosheng knew that Li Xiaojun wanted to make trouble with the hard goods he had just seized.
"Those things are worth at least three million US dollars, okay? What project do you have that costs so much? If you don't explain clearly, I will report to the chief and remove you."
" I’m not afraid to tell you that this money has already been arranged to build four factories and a port, and a part of it will be left to build a railway. It’s not enough.”
Li Xiaojun opened his mouth, “Four what? Factory? Isn’t the industry basically ready now?”
“A chemical fertilizer factory will be built soon. It is said that the fertilizer will arrive in a few months. Time is very tight, but His Highness wants to build it. It's by the sea, so this road needs to be repaired."
"I think I've heard of it, and we all know about it, let alone the port and the railway." Li Xiaojun continued.
"There is also a military factory. You have also seen the message sent by His Highness. This is the first batch of four million orders. This must be matched with the fertilizer factory, and some materials must be provided by the fertilizer factory, so It has to be built by the sea.”
These people all received the news a few days ago and knew something about the situation. Only Song Yan knew the best and was the most surprised. For an inconspicuous thing, the chief got four hundred. Thousands of dollars in orders.
"Besides, these two factories don't cost much, don't think I don't understand." Li Xiaojun decided to break the casserole and ask the question, pressing the question.
"The other one is the shipyard. Now that we have a port, we can't live without ships. The shipyard will naturally have to be built. Even fishing boats have to be built, not to mention how many cargo ships will be needed to carry the goods in the autonomous region in the future."
" Well, it is necessary, and the last one is there.”
“The last one is the refinery!”
“No, there is a small refinery in Jiesha, and now there is also an oil field behind Pagang. If you have already built one, why build another one?”
“This is not only a refinery, but also responsible for other chemical supplies. This refinery will also be built on the seaside. It is very large and a lot of equipment must be imported. It will cost a lot of money, so I said that for these four factories plus the port and railway, three million is far from enough.”
Li Xiaojun still couldn’t understand, “Why does Mao want to build a large oil refinery by the sea?” There are oil fields offshore? They haven't been explored yet. The Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industry just helped find two small oil fields on land and then worked hard to transport them to refine them? "Lao Yang, what are you thinking?"
< br>"Xiaojun, don't ask. Let's not go off topic when we discuss Mandele. I know this refinery. The chief purchased oil overseas. You were also present when this happened."
Li Xiaojun patted his head, " Oh, I remembered, the chief also talked about oil sales in South Asia in the future, haha, I really forgot, Lao Yang, I'm sorry, I was just doubting, but you don't have to worry in the west, not to mention those people in the west have the chief's white goods. Senior brother, please reassure me that they will not cause trouble again. Even if they really make trouble, they are not afraid."
Looking at Song Yan, seeing that Song Yan did not stop him, he continued, "I am not afraid to tell you, those sticks who came to build the road. They are all troops with fighting capabilities, but they have not issued weapons. If you give them weapons, they can directly help us kill the west. That is to say, the leader is kind-hearted and does not want to cause killings. Otherwise, how could there be so many things? I would have led the people early It’s penetrated.”
“Okay, okay, don’t brag. We haven’t pushed it to the beach for more than a year. Let’s not talk about it now. Let’s see how we start this time.”
Song Yan stopped Li Xiaojun's performance, entered the military conference room together, and held a small-scale military meeting. Yang Maosheng attended as the quartermaster.
No one knows the content of the meeting, but those who are interested can still feel some differences. In the next week or so, every night, there are always dense vehicles passing by, and they all seem to be converging in the south direction. .
Jiesha is another route for the South Army to go north. In addition to Mandele through Mogok, there is also an abandoned road from the south. This time a large number of people from the south came through this road. Those who escaped directly are now, like Mogok, acting as two lines to resist the harassment of the southern army.
Of course, even if Mogok is conquered, if you want to go deeper, you can only go from Mogok to Jiesha first, because the road going north from Mogok has been abandoned for many years and is completely impassable, and the waterway is even more useless. , the autonomous region built a dam on the upper reaches.
Among the large influx of nearly 100,000 people, there are many intelligence personnel. Although the autonomous region has taken some preventive measures, it is difficult to ensure the leakage of information. Now the autonomous region has expanded its team after several conscriptions, and now has eight Thousands of formal armed forces, more than 20,000 militiamen and 4,000 reserve forces are no small feat.
Of course, the more than 20,000 militiamen do not have suitable weapons and equipment, and many of them are primitive firecrackers. It is barely enough to hunt, but the rallying ability of the autonomous region should not be underestimated, because the days can be seen in a year. Better than a year ago, the autonomous region enjoys high prestige among the lower classes.
The people in the autonomous region are now united as never before. After all, it is the autonomous region that allows them to have enough food in their stomachs that have been hungry for many years, and they have spare money to buy cloth and clothes.
For the first time, the equality of all ethnic groups has made the poor feel their dignity. The rented fields have made workers feel that they are the owners of this land. The low rent of 10% is unimaginable. The education of their children With compulsory teaching, you can get timely treatment when you are sick. Although it is not free, it is also very low-cost. All this has been brought to everyone by the autonomous region in less than two years.
Although the labor is very hard and intense, no one complains. A little hardship is acceptable, as long as life can get better and better. The population of the autonomous region is not large, but the resources are very rich. I really don’t know an agricultural resource. How did such a rich area become one of the least developed areas in the world in later generations?
For the Chinese with more people and less land, this place is a paradise, with a pleasant climate and rich products. According to the chief, it will not be a problem for the autonomous region to feed tens of millions more people.
Of course, the current productivity and production technology are not high yet. You must know that with the territory currently controlled by the autonomous region, future generations can easily support a population of more than 20 million.
“You are saying that the number of armed personnel in Jiesha City has increased significantly? Is it possible that the Northern Army will launch an active attack? That’s right.”
“Yes, my people sent it According to the news, the number of guards in Jiesha City has doubled from 2,000 to 4,000 in less than a week. This is a bad signal. We believe that the other party may rely on the defense of Jiesha City. Send a small group of troops directly south to harass us. Our defense here is much weaker than that of Mandela, and we need to strengthen our defense. The last battle showed that the enemy likes to make some small moves, and they are likely to launch one this time. Small group attack. "
The commander was a little silent. The southern army is now severely weakened. It is difficult to find people to block the opponent's destruction and attacks at the bottom of the line.
"Where is Mogok? What information do you have."
"Mogok is a special place. No one of our people can sneak in now, but through observation, it seems that nothing has changed. It is unlikely that Mogok will disturb Mandele to the south. Mandele has more than 10,000 defenders, and not everyone can touch them."
"Don't trust them too much, they have lost their courage. The defeated army, they are not worthy of being called soldiers. Jie Sha was able to defeat them with only 2,000 men and captured thousands of them. I am more worried about them secretly sneaking into Chencang and attacking Mandele. After all, this place is too important."
< br>"But our Operations Department doesn't think so. The troops named Li have got Mandele, so they can only give up. Everyone knows that this place is important, and no one dares to take it. It's too hot. Besides, if the Northern Army takes Mandele, , we will face threats from both us and the Li Department. I think a mature military officer will not make such a decision."
He glanced at the pensive general and continued to report.
“What they want is peaceful coexistence. Large-scale attacks are not what they are good at. Judging from their previous battles, they have been more passive defense. This change may be a On the one hand, we should strengthen our defenses, and on the other hand, we can directly interfere with our deployment and increase our bargaining chips for the next negotiation."
"What you said makes some sense. I still want to hear the opinions of all the operations department. Let's make arrangements. Tomorrow, tomorrow we will discuss this incident together and make some targeted plans. This time it must be successful and no more accidents can occur. , our morale cannot withstand another defeat, and the damn businessmen and banks have taken away too much wealth, and we do not have the wealth to support the next large-scale Northern Expedition."
Several large-scale battles. The failure put the southern economy almost in trouble. In order to alleviate the embarrassing situation, the southern region formulated a comprehensive nationalization process and prepared to harvest a large amount of wealth from the private sector. Unexpectedly, the news leaked out just after it started. Countless wealthy people abandoned real estate and factories and directly Run away, the South's economy is now in jeopardy.
Although the factories are there and the workers are there, there are no funds or orders. All work has been stopped. Shops are closed, banks are bankrupt, students and workers are demonstrating, and the Northern Army controls a large amount of farmland. After the trade between the north and the south was cut off, the Food prices began to rise, and the south used severe suppression to barely control the situation.
Now the population in the south is dozens of times that in the north, but in the eyes of the south, these people are a burden. They march and protest every day, a group of brainless people speaking out for their justice.
These are all caused by the damn Li Mi Army and the autonomous regions now entrenched in the north. The Li Mi Corps is no longer in direct confrontation with the south, and the threat is no longer there, but the autonomous regions in the north must be resolved, otherwise, the south will There is no possibility of economic recovery. (End of this chapter)