In the periphery of Qingdao, a temporary building was temporarily erected, unlike the construction of Qingdao Port and Industrial Zone that is expanding, this is a random building, a division of production and construction corps, it took 3 days to build it, in fact, if it is only an internal room, it only took less than 1 day, a simple structure plus some plywood structure, just a room look, not a real room, what really takes time is the outside, a large barbed wire fence composed of steel structures, There are 3 floors in total, two of which are equipped with power grids, and around it, there are 17 turrets evenly distributed, which encloses this area of more than 50 acres.

What is it, after such a big battle, yes, it is a prisoner of war camp, the first war against Japan was not long, but there are some prisoners of war captured, especially the 30,000 people in the encirclement, in the northwest, most of these Japanese troops will become prisoners of war, and even the Japanese army will increase in the future, so it is necessary to build a prisoner of war camp as soon as possible and take care of them nearby.

From the battle against Japan, the captured personnel were all here, including the two division commanders Koizumi Masaho and Kawamura Sogoro, both of whom were in a surprise attack of the 2nd Battalion of the 117th Regiment, and they did not even react, and were directly captured. As far as the personnel in the prisoner of war camp are concerned, the majority of the army and the navy are beaten to death by the northwest, either they jump into the sea, or they are silent with the battleships, that is, on the last four destroyers to be captured, part of the Japanese navy was captured, and this part, the northwest did not care much about it, and was directly thrown into the prisoner of war camp.

The reconnaissance regiment of the 1st Division ran into the Japanese and annihilated enough Japanese soldiers without capturing many prisoners. At that time, Tachibana Koichiro's troops were directly defeated by the reconnaissance group. When pursuing, he didn't stop well. As a result, they were unlucky, a large number of personnel were directly killed, and there were many fewer prisoners caught. That is, when the 8th and 9th Divisions were captured, the number of prisoners captured was a little more, it was a field battle at that time, and the 2nd Battalion also attacked from behind, and the sudden two-sided attack, coupled with a large number of casualties were fruitless, and many more were caught.

Right now. There are almost more than 5,000 people in this prisoner of war camp, and there are more than 3,000 wounded, this part, the northwest does not treat too differently, some particularly critical wounded, it is impossible to catch them, they are either left to fend for themselves, or they are mended, no matter how kind the northwest is. It is also impossible to waste precious resources on the enemy, and these wounded who were captured were also well treated, of course. The purpose is not for humanitarianism or anything else, in this world, humanitarianism has not yet attracted the attention of the whole world. How can the Northwest be humanitarian, they have other purposes.

It's not. Today's prisoner of war camp is full of guests. They are all typical Shanxi people, they look and speak in a somewhat rustic tone, but everyone is rich and compelling, they are all rich people in the northwest, but they are not factories, or other industries, they are all mine owners.

Due to the attraction of good welfare and conditions, the northwest now has more than 350 million people in a little more than one-third of China's territory, of which 250 million have settled in the northwest, accounting for more than half of the whole of China, but the remaining 100 million people are floating population, and it is very likely that they will settle in the northwest in the future.

The huge population provides enough human resources to the northwest, but with the northwest in the machine and industry expansion capacity, the personnel are still insufficient, especially some dangerous industries, for example, the core of the northwest Baotou, has the world's largest coalfield, even in the 21st century, coal mining has not been completely mechanized, after all, in some relatively small, more complex pits, manpower is still irreplaceable, compared with other environments, coal mining and some complex mineral collection, more closed, It's also easy to manage, just put these prisoners of war where they are, and a few thousand people are not enough, preferably more.

Most of the land in Baotou and Northwest China was redeemed by redemption and recovered into the Northwest United Industrial Company, whose predecessor was the Baotou Chamber of Commerce, which is currently the largest trust group in China, and the major shareholder is Yang Yuanzhao.

But no matter how to redeem, some small pieces of land and some small coal kilns that are not buried much, it is impossible to recover them all, in the northwest industrialization expansion today, in the energy and coal chemical enterprises, more and more under the premise of becoming the foundation of the northwest, coal has become a source of wealth, even if there are only hundreds of thousands of tons of coal mines, it is also a lot of wealth, these mine owners rely on coal to make a fortune, but also increase investment, increase the ability to excavate.

No matter how much you invest, the small coal kiln is also quite dangerous, which restricts their profit speed, just the northwest released the rumor, there is a group of prisoners of war in Qingdao, this news in a specific circle, soon spread to the area, and therefore, attracted a large number of personnel.

Looking at the prisoners of war who had not completely completed the treatment, they had already been booked, Liu Shu also smiled bitterly, he was responsible for coming over to bring these businessmen to see the prisoners of war, and also complained to Yang Yuanzhao about the tension of working hard, especially these dangerous places, there are too many places where Chinese can make money, there are still some big characters in the past, they will choose those places, but the mine owners are not willing to use, after all, it is Chinese, in any way perfect guarantee, in dangerous situations, there must be considerable subsidy costs, This is more expensive than the average worker's salary, and the most important thing is that it is necessary to buy high insurance, otherwise in the event of an accident death, the compensation will cost the mine owner a lot of money. In such a situation, no one will use Chinese as workers in small coal kilns unless they have to, and the cost is quite high.

Relatively speaking, for those workers, unless they have just arrived in the northwest and do not understand the situation, others will not go to be workers in small coal kilns, the reputation is not very good, the task is heavy and dangerous, and the wages are slightly higher, which is also relative, after all, the real high wages in the northwest are researchers and engineers, and these personnel who are vital to the factory also enjoy a high distribution.

Those workers who have worked in small coal kilns, as long as they have a little ability, have other choices, most of them have made other choices, so the mobility of small coal kiln workers is quite large.

Now, suddenly there are these prisoners of war, so that these mine owners have a new idea, safety to talk about, but not necessary, need to lose money, a lot of money, but not as high as the Chinese, the overall calculation is only about one-third, the wage level, lower than the average worker's salary, and do not need a series of inputs such as danger subsidies, overall, the total expenditure is reduced by half, in this case, for the mine owner, it is simply a good thing from heaven.

At least more than 100 mine owners, who followed Liu Shu to Qingdao, saw the huge prisoner of war camp and the Japanese soldiers who were all young and middle-aged, and their eyes were simply green, which was simply a good thing from heaven. Compared with the frame, such things as prisoners of war were too scarce, and more than a hundred people began to fight frantically, and some even staged all-out martial arts.

Being able to own land in the late Qing Dynasty, and also resisting the temptation of acquisition in the northwest, has been preserved until now, these mine owners are not fuel-efficient lamps, they are all relatively rough, fighting and scolding are common things, but in the end, simply and rudely, these prisoners of war have owners, of course, just low-level officers and soldiers, senior officers, there are not many prisoners, 2 division commanders, some wing captains and captains and the like, there are only a dozen in total, these will be put aside first.

After dealing with these prisoners of war, some of them have not yet been discharged from the hospital, but those mine owners are a little impatient, and even urge the northwest to get more prisoners of war, and only a few dozen per person on average, which is simply not enough, and if you add attrition, it will be even more insufficient.

Liu Shu had no choice, so he went to Yang Yuanzhao to tell him, hoping to get more prisoners of war, Liu Shu said unintentionally, but Yang Yuanzhao listened to it with a heart, prisoners of war are nothing, and the Japanese may get tens of thousands in the future, but after asking about the overall demand in the northwest, he knew that tens of thousands of people might be a drop in the bucket.

You know, the small mines in the northwest are not just small coal kilns, some small metal mines, and some relatively barren mineral deposits, some of which are not suitable for machinery, the income ratio is too small, and some will even lose money, but if you use prisoners of war, it is very suitable, just need to feed them.

Let the northwest start a war for prisoners of war, this is not a good choice, but it is okay to manipulate the trade of prisoners of war, the current situation in China, prisoners of war may not be available, but there are too many in the world, especially in Germany, under the blitzkrieg, a large number of Belgian troops and French were captured, plus the occupation zone, there are more French and Belgians, this is a good source.

The more Yang Yuanzhao thought about it, the more excited he became, this was a win-win result, the prisoners of war, and the residents of the occupied areas, for the Germans, were enemies, they were enemies who destroyed their homes, but China was not a member of the Allies, and this feeling of hatred would be greatly reduced. There will be not only some pure laborers, but also a large number of educated, even skilled workers and engineers, who should be invested in China's construction with some European traditions.

There is no shortage of people in China, but these people who are obviously helpful or even beneficial to China are really the more the merrier.

"Brother Zelin, don't worry, you need to count the situation of prisoners of war, it's best to come up with a rough number, maybe, I can help you solve it!"

Liu Shu just said casually, he didn't expect Yang Yuanzhao to give him such an answer after being silent for so long, and he had the heart to ask, but Yang Yuanzhao didn't answer any of his questions before he had a clue about the matter, he had to suppress this thought, and for a few days he was thinking, how did Yang Yuanzhao solve the problem of prisoners of war, listening to his tone, it seemed that he could solve most of the problems, where did he arrest hundreds of thousands of people? (To be continued......)