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Once again, the crossing conference was held. The affairs of Datong, Xuanfu and Dengzhou are all easier to say, but the issue of the expedition to Mongolia is too big, and the two committees did not dare to decide on their own, so they had to hand it over to the crossing conference again.

The crossing assembly began to quarrel again like a vegetable market.

Some people opposed the expedition to Mongolia on the grounds that there was no one. Vietnam's Li Fuqiang has already come back from flying pigeons twice, and if he doesn't go south, I'm afraid Zheng Jie's account will not be easy to explain. Yulin Bay is already preparing for Li Fuqiang's southward march into Singapore, and if he goes on an expedition to Mongolia at this time, Yulin Bay will have no troops to adjust. And with only two regiments of about 2,000 people in Datong and Xuanfu, even if you add the Ming army trained by Jiang Beiming in Beijing, it may be enough, because the traversers in Yulin Bay do not know what the combat effectiveness of the trained Ming army is.

However, the other part of the traversers, led by Liu Guannan, resolutely supported the expedition, and the Manchus were the biggest enemy, and the most terrible enemy. If Yulin Bay is not ahead of Tao Min, then no one knows how history will change.

Lu Tianxiang patted the table: "Everyone, let's be quiet first." As to whether it is an expedition to Mongolia, I would like to ask the opinions of two people. ”

The venue gradually quieted down, and everyone was stunned by Lu Tianxiang's words. For such a big matter as an expedition to Mongolia, it is necessary to ask the opinions of two people, who are these two people, and who can make this decision alone.

"Tan Jing, Cheng Yiyi." Lu Tianxiang asked with a smile, "Do you agree to the expedition?" ”

No one spoke anymore, Han Wantao and Xu Lang were both in Beijing, if it was an expedition to Mongolia, then these two people would definitely go. Everyone secretly admired Lu Tianxiang in their hearts, Lu Lao's question is more useful than any analysis, and the safety of the traverser always comes first. The crossing group has lost Deng Zhaohui and cannot afford to lose anyone again.

Tan Jing stood up and looked around the venue: "I have no opinion, I follow the arrangement of the crossing conference." ”

"Cheng Yiyi, what about you?"

Cheng Yiyi also stood up: "From my personal point of view, I don't approve of the expedition. But I would vote yes. ”

As soon as Cheng Yiyi said this, everyone was even more stunned.

Sun Tianhao shouted: "Yiyi, why do you vote for yes if you don't agree?" ”

"Because I know Xu Lang and my husband better than everyone here." Cheng Yiyi said word by word, "I don't want to talk about the great truth of the country and the nation." I know that no one will stop Xu Lang from doing what he wants to do, including myself. The purpose of the expedition to Mongolia was to fight the Manchus, and the purpose of the attack on the Manchus was to take revenge, and to break the oath that Xu Lang had made. So, I voted yes. ”

No one said a word, and Zhang Guodong said: "If no one wants to speak again, let's vote." ”

In the end, it was decided by a narrow majority that the expedition to Mongolia could be carried out, but the march to Singapore would also take place at the same time. In addition, according to the requirements of Zhou Lei and Wang Qianxiang, Yulinwan sent two more of its own people to Datong and Xuanfu. Fan Qiuming, director of the International Relations Department, was sent to Datong, and Liu Jun, director of the Guangzhou office, was sent to Xuanfu Town. The director of the Guangzhou office was succeeded by Qian Binsu.

Zhou Lei's Yulin Fort was finally completed, this castle took nearly 3 months and spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and now it has become the strongest fortress in the entire Xuanfu Town.

Geng Rui and his people have already built the mine and iron-smelting furnace, and now they are waiting for Wang Qianxiang to send coal to start construction.

Liu Jun's arrival made Zhou Lei very excited, especially Liu Jun was originally a member of the Marine Corps, which made the two of them have more topics.

Zhou Lei and Liu Jun stood on the walls of the new castle and looked down with interest.

The castle is divided into four areas by two vertical streets, and in the center is an open space, which is the central square designed by Zhou Lei. The barracks occupy the largest area in the southwest corner, and all the dwellings are built in the northwest corner, and more than 100 earthen huts are simple but neatly organized. The displaced people from all over the country have successively recruited three or four hundred people, all of whom have been placed in earthen huts, and are currently being led by the soldiers of the Yulin Army to open up the wasteland. Zhou Lei bought a batch of farm tools and nearly 100 ploughing cattle through Guan Mingke, and now the speed of land reclamation is much faster, and about 1,000 acres of land have been reclaimed.

Public facilities such as ancestral halls and granaries were placed in the northeast direction, and a stage was also erected. When Yulin Fort was built, Zhou Lei invited a troupe from Xuanfu Town to sing for three days, but unfortunately most of the Yulin Army could not understand the local opera in the north. The remaining southeast place Zhou Lei has not yet figured out what to do with it, so he first piled up some rocks and sundries.

"Zhou Lei." Liu Jun poked Zhou Lei with his elbow, "Look at that." ”

Zhou Lei looked in the direction indicated by Liu Jun, and on the farmland that had just been reclaimed outside the city wall, Li Zhongkun and his granddaughter were plowing the land with an ox.

"What are you asking me to see?" Zhou Lei didn't think there was anything special.

"I'm showing you people." Liu Jun smiled, "What's that girl's name?" ”

"You kid." Zhou Lei turned his head and smiled, "You don't hold back any bad intentions, you are not uncommon to have so many beauties in Guangzhou City, come here to have fun?" ”

"What is meant by having fun, just ask."

"What's her name?" Zhou Lei thought for a while, "It seems that his name is Li Muqing, his grandfather's name is Li Zhongkun, he has studied for a few days, but he has never passed the imperial examination, and their family is now the grandfather and grandson, and the others have died." ”

"I'm just asking." Liu Jun smiled, "You are here to report your account." ”

"I'll make it clear to you all at once, so I don't have to ask you little by little." Zhou Lei changed the topic, "To be serious, does the family mean that you really want to go on an expedition to Mongolia?" ”

"Yes, it's a General Assembly resolution." Liu Jun replied, "What to do depends on Jiang Beiming's situation in Beijing, and the matter is a bit big." The meaning of the family is that we will build the cavalry first and fight on the grassland, and it will not work at all without cavalry. ”

"Building cavalry is easy to say, but difficult to say." Zhou Lei rubbed his fingers, "Silver, with silver, there will be cavalry." ”

"I brought some silver over this time, and Sun Dalei did his best, almost emptying the house." Liu Jun looked left and right to see that there was no one, and then lowered his voice and said, "How is Geng Rui's search for a silver mine?" ”

"It's being surveyed right now." Zhou Lei replied, "But this matter has to be done in secret, and Guan Mingke can't let them know, so there is not much progress." ”

"Hurry up." Liu Jun said, "The family is also in difficulty now, Li Fuqiang is about to go to Singapore, Wang Zhaoxing's four ships went to Dengzhou, the family is rushing to build a new warship, and now there is a shortage of money everywhere." ”

"Didn't Gu Yunkun go to Dengzhou?" Zhou Lei asked again, "I remember that there is no gold mine in Yantai, why can't you dig gold there?" ”

Wang Zhaoxing mentioned this problem in a letter to his family, and they wanted to exchange the battleship and artillery with Chen Yingyuan for a leased land. Waiting for his own territory to dig for gold, Gu Yunkun's most important job now is to find oil first. No one cares about finding oil, no one knows what they are looking for, but it may not be so easy to dig for gold. ”

"You have to solve your own problems." Zhou Lei looked into the distance, "Xuanfu Town still has to rely on the two of us here." ”

"It's okay, when Wang Qianxiang's coal is fine, let's sell some arms first, that thing is much faster than soap and mirrors."

"Then we have to dig up the coal first." Zhou Lei said again, "I don't know what the situation is on Wang Qianxiang's side." ”

The situation on Wang Qianxiang's side is quite smooth, and after Fan Qiuming arrived in Datong Town, he went up and down. The entire town of Datong, including Cao Wenzhao, received the silver sent by the Yulin army, and Wang Qianxiang's freedom of action increased a lot.

Fan Qiuming and Wang Qianxiang stood on a high slope and looked at the open-pit coal mine below. The coal reserves of Datong Zuowei are extremely abundant, and the burial is shallow, so it can be directly excavated.

Fan Qiuming hired hundreds of people through Tian Congpin to start digging coal, of course, Tian Congpin is beneficial, for every ton of coal, Tian Congpin has to pay a tael of silver. With the slow expansion of production, Tian Congpin's pocket gradually bulged, and he had already reported to Cao Wenzhao twice in a row, to resolutely leave Wang Qianxiang, the God of Wealth, in Datong Zuowei.

"Humility." Fan Qiuming asked, "Is there any news from Tian Congpin?" ”

"There it is." Wang Qianxiang replied, "Cao Wenzhao has now agreed that we will be stationed in Datong Left Guard, last time I asked people to send two flintlock guns, Cao Wenzhao is very interested, and he now agrees to exchange war horses for our guns." ”

"Director Fan." After Wang Qianxiang answered, he asked, "Are the guns we sold to the Ming army the same as our own?" ”

"Same." Fan Qiuming said, "My family held a special meeting to study this issue. Because we want to use the Ming army to fight against the Manchus, we don't know what kind of guns Tao Min's side will make, so we can't cut corners. ”

Wang Qianxiang didn't say anything more.

"Humility." Fan Qiuming saw that Wang Qianxiang didn't speak, and explained, "Are you worried that Cao Wenzhao will use our guns against us?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Qianxiang replied honestly, "I'm quite worried, in case we turn against the Ming Dynasty, it's not easy to do." ”

"At least not yet." Fan Qiuming said, "Xu Lang is right, interests are the biggest link. If we can sell guns to the Ming Dynasty government now, they won't turn against us. ”

"Alright, it's useless to say anything else now." Fan Qiuming patted Wang Qianxiang, "Tomorrow I will send the first batch of coal to Zhou Lei, and you have to step up." We don't know when we will go on an expedition to Mongolia, and quickly assemble the cavalry, this is our most important task now. ”

"I know, go and say hello to Liu Jun for me, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I miss this comrade-in-arms back then." After Wang Qianxiang finished speaking, he smiled again, "I don't think we should call it Yulin Army, just change it to coal miners." ”

About seven or eight hundred miles from Datong Zuowei to Zhou Lei's Yulin Fort, it took more than half a month for Fan Qiuming to arrive at Yulin Fort with a convoy of horses loaded with coal, escorted by a platoon of Yulin troops.

"I'm tired." Fan Qiuming sat on a chair in Zhou Lei's regiment headquarters, took the towel handed over by Zhou Lei and wiped his face, "30 tons of coal were transported this time, which should be enough for you for a while." ”

"Let's use it first." Zhou Lei silently calculated in his heart, "According to Geng Rui, 30 tons of coal can almost smelt 10 tons of pig iron, and according to the consumption of 40 catties of pig iron in a firearm, 1,500 guns should be built." ”

"And what about your gunpowder?" Fan Qiuming asked.

"The gunpowder matter is easy to solve." Liu Jun replied, "We bought some saltpeter and sulfur through Guan Mingke, and made some charcoal ourselves, and now the black powder has been made." But there is no machinery here, and it is currently made by hand, which can be slow. ”

"What about the craftsmen? How many craftsmen have you found? ”

"I asked Zhang Weiqing to hire some craftsmen, and Guan Mingke also sent some, but I have to pay for the silver." Zhou Lei said with a smile, "Let's take a look at the situation first, if you really can't recruit more homeless people, there is a technical team to check it, and the quality of the musket should not be bad." ”

"Hurry up." "It is also necessary to take into account the issue of the expedition to Mongolia. (To be continued.) )