"Eighty-eight. Come here. The old horse shouted loudly.

A Hun prisoner of war approached with heavy steps.

"Bang bang." A stick as thick as an arm struck Eighty-Eight on the shoulder, followed by Hou Bai. From time to time, the old horse also slammed into the other party's abdomen.

"Let you study hard, study hard, damn it, you just can't remember. If I don't give you a little bit of power, you don't even know what it is? The old horse scolded. And in front of the old horse, there were more than a dozen Huns, Wuhuan prisoners of war. But now, they are trembling.

This is a coal mining area in the state, and as the demand for coal grows stronger, various small iron factories and coke factories are being built in many places north of Jinyang and on the west bank of the Fen River. The demand for coal has become even stronger. Surface coal is no longer enough to meet the IRA's demand for coal. They need more coal.

But manpower alone cannot resist the forces of nature at all, and more people are needed to mine, so they have to use ** for mineral extraction. Otherwise, in a short period of time, it will not be possible to meet such a demand for a simple reason. Time also comes at a cost. Most of the mine owners come with loans, and the scale of their loans is very large, otherwise there will be no great benefits, and every day is a huge cost consumption. Therefore, they must complete such a requirement as soon as possible, otherwise their pressure will increase unprecedentedly.

Use**. Sappers are needed. But the number of sappers is not too large, and many of them are mostly amateurs. But even so, the demand is still very strong, there is no way, there are many people who develop coal, they see coal as black gold. The more you dig, the more you sell.

The emergence of amateurs has brought a lot of bad situations, for example, because of all kinds of amateur operations, even if they are professional, they can't avoid such a problem. After all, mistakes can only be avoided as much as possible. More and more mining accidents are occurring, and if they are not done well, they will cause great losses.

But in contrast, the loss of personnel, especially those related to professional blasting personnel, makes mine owners more anxious. Because of the loss of these people, it is difficult to get it in a short period of time.

So, there is such a situation.

Amateur demolition experts teach a group of prisoners of war the art of blasting, so that their lives can be improved to a greater extent.

Eighty-eight is just his number, and he's early enough. and his group of people, almost dead. Most of them were exhausted, and later there were frequent mining accidents. Most people don't have a chance of coming back to life. Eighty-eight In such a harsh environment, he learned how to survive, he had to learn to be dexterous, to be able to speak in the original language, and to do things. Only in this way can it be possible to live, otherwise, you will die early. This is what they are destined to be.

"You all study hard. It's not for you to have fun. Give Lao Tzu a good study. The old horse said. He's also a half-ass. Once, while in the well, he miscalculated the time when the fuse burned. More than fifty people were killed at once. So, the coal mine didn't look for him. Now, he finally found such a thing, and asked him to teach these prisoners of war, they learn faster and can speak some Central Plains. In order to encourage them, they also give certain new treatments, such as clean clothes, full meals, and longer sleep. There's no endless work. Such a treatment is what many prisoners of war want. Because work is simply not something that people like them can do. It's too hard.

Teaching these POWs is no easy job. Because most of them don't have a deep understanding of **, after giving them a demonstration, they will instinctively have a sense of fear, and they understand too few words. Only with more effort can they adapt to such a situation.

But the boss is very anxious, every day urging, they want to let these guys master the blasting technology in one day, in the boss's opinion, blasting is just to light a large firecracker. It's a crazy thing.

In order to accomplish such an indicator, the whip and the stick teaching method had to be used, because in the army, it would also be used to deepen the memory of the educated. Perhaps, the pain will make their memories more favorable. That's what they're dealing with right now.

Jinyang. The old Jinyang people were very indignant after reading the newspaper, and even when they were eating, they would be very angry.

"What's wrong with these people?" A passing Hedong vendor asked a diner next to him in confusion.

"Oh. You don't know, do you? These are all Jinyang people, and they oppose the dismantling and annexation of the state by the Republican Army, and the annexation of the state is a big geographical concept, the place is very large, and it is very difficult to manage. In particular, in some areas, the development of things is completely different, some places can be cultivated, some fields cannot be planted, and the only way is to do business. Or go out to run transportation, they are also extremely helpless. However, this is not too big. You see, a lot of the places controlled by the IRA are separated. The party was divided into several states at once, and a new Zezhou was established. There was also Luzhou before. Liaozhou and other places. And the annexation state is too big. Therefore, it is necessary to disassemble them and develop them independently according to the characteristics of the regional economy, so that their situation can also develop even more. The diner said.

"Oh. I see. Are these Jinyang people opposed to the dismantling of the state? The Hedong merchant asked.

"Of course. If the annex states are dismantled, it will be extremely disadvantageous to them, first of all, there will not be much financial support. You think, the previous financial funds can be concentrated in Jinyang, and if several states are dismantled at once, the financial funds will definitely be more or less tilted, and then separated. There must be less Jinyang, and these old Jinyang people will definitely oppose it, which is not hesitating at all. Diners say so.

The Hedong merchant nodded. The same path is true. I just don't know how big of a difference this is.

The IRA is doing just that. For example, a newly formed state. Zezhou, this state was taken by the Republican Army by means of purchase, threat and intimidation. However, it is very difficult to manage, how to effectively control and digest it quickly.

If the political boundaries were to be adopted, the area of Zezhou would be administered by Shangdang County, but the newly established area would require a lot of preferential treatment under new special policies. Tax exemptions, as well as financial subsidies, as well as the appointment and dismissal of new officials, the election of parliamentarians, and so on. What would be the result if these things were to be managed by Shangdang County? Because Shangdang County is very large, it is unlikely that it will be able to devote its attention to this, and the financial funds will most likely not be able to be transferred to this, which will eventually lead to a very sad situation, in such a situation, how can they achieve such a state, they need to find a way to solve such things.

It would be very advantageous to have a special state so that efforts could be concentrated on solving such problems and that they should be treated differently.

But for the people of Jinyang, they can't accept such treatment, because the state was a big concept in the past, but now it is dismantled. For example, the north wants to establish a new state, Yanmen Prefecture. This is just the beginning, Yanmen Prefecture is actually testing the bottom line of the people of the state, they look at the dismantling, adopt an attitude of new administrative division, such a situation for them, maybe a new beginning.

After all, they have to adapt to such a situation, after all, a lot of them will become.

Lijiazhuang. War Department.

"My personal suggestion is that we should consolidate our military forces as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause us a lot of losses. Or, when there was a great change in Luoyang, we were unable to mobilize more troops, which led to a major change in the situation, which was a very unfavorable situation for us. Ma Heng said.

Shang Wu looked at the report in his hand. What Ma Heng said is very reasonable, but some problems cannot be mobilized all at once.

The Republican Army is very concerned about their economy, although the military stimulus is great, but if there is too much stimulus, it is also a very troublesome thing for production, for example, the militia and the reserve army are reorganized, assembled, and strengthened, which will lead to the withdrawal of at least one-third of the personnel in some factories, and the production speed of the factories will be greatly reduced, and many projects will be suspended. There will be some tension in personnel, which may stimulate the development of the transportation industry, after all, the army needs more military transport vehicles, but the constraints on the economy are also very significant, and it will take time to recover, but what should be done with the loss of income from enterprises?

"On the other hand, I don't think we've been able to put together a lot of new states. These people have not yet adapted to the new **. They don't know the reason for this war yet, and if we mobilize now, they will have to pay a lot of things, and maybe some of the things that we have just subsidized to them will be lost all at once, and this will dampen the enthusiasm of the people for the war. I don't recommend it. As the Minister of Defense, Jia Xu objected to this.

"However, we need to mobilize at least two infantry divisions to complete a suppression of this magnitude." Ma Heng said.

Shang Wu nodded in agreement, but he needed to think about things specifically before he could make a decision.