According to Li Yan's report, Wei Minsheng searched for a long time on the map before he realized that they had deviated from the route without a global positioning system.

The location where they are now should be near Shuozhou in the real world, which is more than a hundred kilometers away from their original destination.

According to the information found by Wei Minsheng on the Internet, Shuozhou belongs to the temperate continental monsoon climate, and the temperate cold semi-arid climate zone in northern Shanxi Province, with four distinct seasons.

In spring, there is little rain and snow, strong wind and sand, large evaporation, and frequent dry weather;

The rainfall in summer is concentrated, with occasional heavy rain, heavy rain, hail, etc.;

Autumn has little rain, cool in the morning and evening, and hot at noon;

In winter, there is a lot of wind and little snow, and the climate is cold.

The average annual temperature in Shuozhou is generally about 3.6 °C ~ 7.3 °C, and the temperature is lower in the northwest direction.

In Wei Minsheng's view, such a place has no point in developing at all.

Wind and sand, frequent droughts, cold climate, large temperature difference between morning and evening, even living is not comfortable.

Originally, Wei Minsheng also planned to let them continue to move more than 100 kilometers to the northwest.

But after seeing the mineral information, I found that Shuozhou is also a good place.

If nothing else, at least there is a very large open-pit coal mine in the Pingshuo area.

At present, the price of coal in the real world is about 500 yuan per ton, and the price of some high-quality coal with high calorific value is even more than 600 yuan per ton.

In addition, the abundance of limestone deposits makes the area a basis for large-scale cement production.

Both coal itself and the cement produced are indispensable materials in modernization.

As for other mineral deposits such as mica, graphite, quartz, kaolin, zeolite, feldspar, iron ore, etc., they are not so important to the current Huaxia Kingdom.

From the geographical location of Shuozhou, it is the largest basin outside Yanmen Pass, and it is a must for all business travelers in and out of Yanmen Pass.

If Huaxia built a city here, it would be equivalent to bringing the entire basin and a large number of mineral deposits in the north into the control of Huaxia.

The land in the north is indeed a world of difference compared to the grain production in the south how many times a year it crops.

"The Yellow River is harmful, but only rich is one set".

But even if it is the richest set, in Wei Minsheng's opinion, at least for now, it cannot be compared with the grain output in the Yunmengze region.

Wei Minsheng knows that people's needs are the most critical factor in wealth.

Therefore, in the eyes of others, the richest Hetao area, for Huaxia, the only thing that can be seen may be cattle and sheep and other things.

But if these things need to be transported thousands of miles away, it is better to go directly to the Pingshuo area to dig coal.

Shuozhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only from the northeast can you enter the plain area of the north through Datong.

In this era, Datong, about 100 kilometers northeast of Shuozhou, has been occupied by Xianbei.

The main purpose of Huaxia's northward march this time was to stop the disputes in the north.

Not only is Shuozhou rich in mineral deposits, but it is also located in the key area between Xianbei and Wei, and it is also a good choice to build a small city here to deter the two countries.

The water resources Li Yan said are relatively scarce, but compared to the Yunmengze area.

The current Yunmengze area is covered with a dense water network, and the Yangtze River and Han River flow through both sides, so there is no shortage of water at all.

Li Yan: When they first came to this relatively arid north, they naturally had a feeling of lack of water.

Li Yan wanted to replicate the glory of Huaxia City, which was a good idea, but he did not take into account the different geographical conditions of the two places.

Shuozhou, in Wei Minsheng's plan, is destined to become a city of mineral resources and commerce.

As for which country the land here belongs to, Wei Minsheng didn't think too much about it.

Because when Huaxia was founded, it had already announced to the surrounding countries that all uncultivated wasteland belonged to the territory of Huaxia.

And Li Yan, where they are now, Lian Mu ...... The barren grass is almost half a man tall, who dares to say that this is not a wasteland?

What the? You don't know this declaration of Huaxia.

Okay, now our Minister Li will talk to you with the weapon in his hand.

Before the conflict between Xianbei and Wei was completely resolved, the city building work of Li Yan and others would definitely be greatly disturbed.

The people of Huaxia have long been accustomed to that peaceful way of development, so solving external troubles is the primary responsibility of this advance force.

Since the location Li Yan and the others chose were still nearly forty kilometers away from Yanmen Pass, and their number was also small, the guards of Yanmen Pass were not aware of what was happening here.

Now that it has been decided to build the city, those professional construction workers must be transported as soon as possible, because although Li Yan's shared space can transport a lot of materials, it only does not include people.

A large number of construction machinery, if no one operates it, is no different from scrap metal.

Even if you can find enough labor in the local area, if you rely on local manpower to build the city, I don't know how long it will take to build the city.

Therefore, Li Yan decided to leave half of the men and enough weapons to garrison this forward base located outside Yanmen Pass, and the rest of the people drove back to Huaxia City with him.

When Xiaobao of Huaxia City decided to build a new city outside Yanmen Pass when Wei Minsheng decided to build a new city outside Yanmen Pass, he had already released the task of building a new city outside Yanmen Pass through the task release platform.

But the members of Huaxia Kingdom have already liked the life here, and they want to work in the cold north thousands of miles away, and most of the members don't have that idea.

Moreover, only the Yunmengze area under construction in Huaxia Kingdom still has a serious labor gap.

In particular, skilled workers who can operate machinery are in short supply.

Even the most common jobs as excavator operators have earned more than 500 yuan a month.

In order not to delay Wei Minsheng's plan, Xiaobao even raised the job coefficient of expatriate workers five times in one day, and increased the job coefficient of excavator operators working outside Yanmen Pass to 1.3.

According to the wage calculation method of the artesian post, the total salary of a person working outside the Yanmen Pass for the same job is 150 yuan higher than the income of a person working near Huaxia City.

And this extra 150 yuan Huaxia coins is enough to ensure that an adult will not starve.

Due to Huaxia's policy, full members can only benefit immediate family members, and immediate family members do not include brothers and sisters.

In some families with a large number of sisters, if a person passes the examination, he can only solve the problem of the identity of his parents and children, but his siblings still have to rely on their own efforts.

Therefore, many families will save a part of the food and Huaxia currency to ensure the daily needs of these relatives who cannot become official members of the Huaxia Kingdom for the time being.

The new jobs launched by the Ministry of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration have almost exactly the same job content, but the salary is more than one person's basic income, which is a complete surprise for that special family.