On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year of this year, Director Huang Poluo and the young major stationed here had a small gathering in the largest restaurant in Nankai City, the Beiwang Restaurant.

The young major was dressed from head to toe...... There is military discipline in the Imperial Army, and Imperial soldiers are not allowed to wear military uniforms in and out of service places, and they are not even allowed to go to shops to buy commercial goods.

Don't look at the fact that this place is tens of thousands of miles away from the Imperial Military Headquarters, but the military discipline officers of the Imperial Military Headquarters will still come to inspect from time to time.

There are four floors in total, with the highest floor having the best view

From here, you can almost see the masts on the harbor of Tianci Port, and if you look closely, you can see the crowds of people surging on the bustling commercial street.

Director Huang Poluo ordered four side dishes to accompany the wine: stir-fried veal with pepper, fried sea cucumber with green onions, fried shrimp with green bamboo shoots, and fried peanuts.

I also asked for a pot of highly cococca wine...... The two of them poured it down slowly.

In the past few years, the two of them have worked together very well.

On the one hand, by going around buying slaves, they informed the Hui and black slave traders that their Nankai area was in need of slaves in large quantities and for a long time...... It has now replaced Zanzibar as the second largest slave transit center after the island of happiness.

On the other hand, they attracted the attention of immigrants by spreading rumors that there were gold and silver mines in the Nankai area, and attracted many adventurers in the Great Song Dynasty...... Hehe, as long as people come, they find a way to make those people stay a little longer.

Up to now, there are about 200,000 people in the Nankai area, including the floating population and slaves who have not yet regained their freedom...... That's a good result.

However, development still cannot be stopped.

The two slowly chatted about the future development and layout.

Director Huang Poluo asked:

"Last year, a group of soldiers came from Liuqiu Island with different uniforms from yours, why didn't they contact us so much after they went north?

What kind of army are they? ”

This is actually the second time that Director Huang Poluo has asked.

The young major smiled bitterly and said, "Old Huang, don't embarrass me...... I don't really know what they do...... I have only received a military order, and if those people ask for it, I will help them with all my might, and I will not shirk them. ”

Director Huang Poluo frowned and thought, due north is the grassland area, and the north is a desert...... What could be there?!

At present, they can't manage the Nankai area, and they can't manage the desert area due north at all...... In fact, even if he is allowed to develop, he will not send people, which is a waste of manpower and material resources.

Well, he suppressed his curiosity...... Those people appeared regularly in Namkaicheng every month, bought food and other supplies, and then disappeared directly into the north.

No one could keep track of their four-wheeled horse convoy...... In the vast savanna, as long as the other party pays a little attention, it is basically impossible to succeed if you want to stalk others without being detected.

Director Huang Poluo set his sights on his own one-third of an acre...... He proposed that this year we should vigorously develop the cause of coal mining and coke smelting, and strengthen cooperation with the Yindian Group Company.

The young major immediately expressed his strong approval, but said:

"Everyone must follow the rules, don't write private messages again......"

Director Huang Poluo's old face turned red and said, "Never again...... Really never again. ”

This private message is a little story.

The year before last, Director Huang Poluo had to admire the people of Yin Di'an Group Company very much, after a company came to Nankaicheng, he casually formed a coal mine exploration team, took a few sextants and went to the northwest, and then casually found a large coal mine in a small basin with a radius of 100 kilometers!

This coal mine was so important to the development of Nankai that he wanted to kiss those guys at that time.

A while ago, they mainly relied on Liberty Island to transport here.

Liberty Island buys coal from what England country and then smelts it into coke on Liberty Island, and sends the rest to the Nankai area except for what they must be.

In fact, the demand for coal is almost endless...... Relying on the transportation of others, Director Huang Poluo felt uncomfortable.

The coal and coke were not given for free, they had to be exchanged for what they had here.

Director Huang Poluo is still not convinced, such a good God-given land, there will be no coal mines? !

When pigs fly...... However, all the mining teams he sent failed in failure.

Just when he was upset, people from the Yindianan Group Company came, bought land here, built a three-story building, and registered it as the Yindianan Group Nankaicheng Mining Company.

They are likewise entitled to two years of non-tax payment...... The king's family's estate was likewise subject to the rules.

Director Huang Poluo likes the words "Wang is under the law" the most...... It's much better than the Great Song Dynasty's "ruling the world with scholars".

As a result, it didn't take them a month to find a large open-pit coal mine!

He also went to the mining site to see it...... His eyes were red.

Judging from the mining pits, the coal there is all shiny bituminous coal...... This kind of coal is a good thing, not to mention the firepower, and it is also very suitable for coke...... There is still less dross left after combustion.

At that time, it had been dug more than a foot deep, and there was still coal.

The mine manager there proudly deduced that the coal seam here was estimated to be two zhang deep.

There are two other pits to the northwest and northeast of this pit, where the coal and seams are similar to this one...... This is an open-pit coal mine with a minimum of one square kilometer.

Yindian's group of companies is about to make a fortune again......

The mine manager saw Director Huang Poluo's thoughts and said, "Director Huang, we have made a fortune, but the investment will be even greater in the future."

There's going to be a town here, right? The cost is all from our company.

From here to Namkai's Ten-given Port, you have to build a flat road, right? The cost is still to be paid by our company...... When we are busy with these infrastructure constructions, it will be time for us to pay taxes, and at that time, even if it is a 10% basic tax, it will be enough for Nankaicheng to spend a while...... Our group could have been richer than the New Oriental Group, but ...... Who made us the king's inheritance?!

You know that, right? What kind of food do you have to add to the thousands of elementary schools in the Federal Empire, a child adds an egg and a cup of soy milk a day, and you look ...... What is the total number of days on this day?!

…… It's all our group's responsibility. ”

It's all true...... Director Huang Poluo immediately danced with his eyebrows and said, "It's decided...... You're up to you to build the town here...... How about calling it Coalfield? ”

The mine manager smiled and said, "Director Xie Huang has given ...... name."

Director Huang Poluo then inspected the area around the coalfield town, which is also suitable for growing soybeans and other dry crops.

When the time comes, if you build a flat road, haha, this is another town with great benefits, and it is not easy to say that it will become a city in the future!

Director Huang Poluo also asked tentatively:

"Can your company find another coal mine? …… The more of this, the better......"

The mine manager shook his head and said, "...... That's going to have to wait for the announcement. ”

Notification from above?!

What is this prospecting method......

However, he didn't see that the mine manager was lying to him, so he had to do it.

He had no choice but to leave there in a huff.

Not long after the departure of the horse team he was carrying with him, he heard several explosions behind him, which seemed to shake the water in the small river...... Several unknown river fish jumped out of the water.

The vast, empty northern hills resounded with the first blasting sound ever.

This sound seems to be the clarion call for the development of the Nankai area.

Immediately afterwards, the Nankaicheng Mining Company of Yindian Group successively announced that they had discovered high-quality iron ore, high-quality copper ore, and high-quality apatite ore.

The Namkaicheng Mining Company of the Indian Group also announced that it would not only transport the mineral deposits back to the island, but also open an iron, steel, and phosphate fertilizer plant in the Namkaicheng area......

Director Huang Poluo was once again unable to hold his breath, and he wanted to write a letter to the king.

PS: Thank you for the tips of book friends Australian Lao Wu and XJX995.