Chapter 198 Coal and Salt Resources

"Found by the people of China, run away!" Qiao Jun shouted loudly, took a few Japanese soldiers to shoot back, and then escaped into the dark night, there are undulating hills in the distance, as long as you drill into the mountains, through the dense jungle, it is difficult to find them again.

After escaping for a few days in a row, Qiao Jun and others lived a savage-like life in the mountains, and met locals along the way, and several people pretended to be soldiers in distress, begged for some food, and tried to choose a place where there was no one to go.

"Finally, there were no pursuers, and we escaped. Your Excellency, where are we going? The Thousand Islands said with palpitations.

"Of course, it's back to Mukden, it's already the territory of the empire, but you can't just go back like this. You can't go to Lanzhou, Jiang Li's people are the most hostile to the empire, we have to go to Xi'an, Xi'an has a bank and consulate set up by our imperial merchants, as long as we can contact the people in the consulate, we will be safe. Qiao Jun also breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Looking back at the far west, his gaze was a kind of profundity that several other people could not understand.

"These guys usually neglect their duties, and they also do things to rob people's girls, although some people give them a guarantee, let them be released from prison in advance, and they also have an errand to be a soldier, but it is worth dying if they can give Qiao Jun Mu an excuse to go back."

Jiang Li was relieved to receive the news that Qiao Jun had escaped safely, in order to let Qiao Jun Jianmu go back smoothly, this time the scene was enough. Dou Yuren stood aside and did not speak, the batch of gold Jiang Li exchanged again through Charlie's channel, Jiang Li shared 70 million US dollars, and Qiao Jun Zhanmu's overseas account also received 45 million US dollars. It was enough for him to go back and move up and down, and establish a certain amount of power. Of course, it's not about having money. Since the Fengtian Anti-Japanese War, Qiao Jun Zhanmu has disappeared for a while, because Jiang Li wants to create a reason to go back. Captured, then escaped with several prisoners of war, and killed several more guards. Everything is within Jiang Li's planning. So far, of course. knew that there were only two people in the whole plan for the time being, Jiang Li and Dou Yuren.

"There are many things you have to do in the future, first, learn wireless telegraphy and cipher code. Second, let the other special combat team members learn all the same, and I will take you for a while during this period. Thirdly, everyone including you will have to learn Japanese. Even if you can't speak, at least you have to be able to understand it. Third. All of them must have superb fighting skills and have a high ability to survive in the wild. Fourth, learn to arrange tricks and thunders......" Jiang Li roughly explained the requirements of special operations to Dou Yuren. So far, Dou Yuren is the most talented person he has ever seen, and in this era when the flames of war are flying apart and full of national hatred and family hatred, the choice of soldiers is much wider than that of later generations, and it may not be long. can pull up a special combat team with enough strength.

"Commander, Professor Li sent a telegram from Helan Mountain." Tibetan Shiyi walked in with a telegram in his hand. There are only a few people who can directly enter and leave Jiang Li's command room without making a report, and Tibetan Shiyi is one of them, so naturally there is no one who does not open his eyes to stop Tibetan Shiyi.

"What's the good news?" Jiang Li frowned and asked expectantly.

According to the commander and the location provided by the villagers, Professor Li successfully found the location of the coal mine in Helan Mountain. Among them, Ruqigou has the best coal quality and abundant content, and the reserves found now alone exceed 150,000 tons. There are also two coal mines with reserves of more than 60,000 tons, and these mines will be enough to meet the needs of Gansu Province in the future. In addition, follow the instructions of the commander. Professor Li has surveyed dozens of salt ponds such as Jilantai Salt Farm and Yabulai Salt Pond, and the reserves have been roughly estimated, up to more than one million tons, according to the current progress, enough to develop for hundreds of years, and the future can meet the needs of the people in the whole northwest of the country according to salt, as well as industrial salt, Helan Mountain is a treasure land, in addition to these, Professor Li also discovered a phosphate mine, the location is in Suyukou. The mining area is about 40 kilometers long from north to south and 10 to 15 kilometers wide from east to west. Easy to mine and highly valuable for industrial extraction. Tibetan Shiyi said with a rather excited expression.

"Okay, the first battle was successful, worthy of Professor Li, it is indeed hard to take so many students to run so many places in such a little time, and to make a report. It seems that it was indeed the right thing to invite Professor Li over earlier. Jiang Li nodded.

"It's a pity that the current transportation conditions are a little worse, but I have arranged enough manpower to transport the machine to the mining area, although the northwest has always been poor, there are few people, and most of it is wasteland, the output is not high, but the mineral deposits are not small. If the mineral deposits on the Helan Mountain side are really developed, they will be no worse than the current tax revenues in Gansu and Shaanxi. ”

Under the influence of Jiang Li, Tibetan Yi originally had some bias towards farming, and in fact, most of the mineral deposits in Fengtian were also controlled by the Japanese, and a very small number of coal mines could not be compared with the Japanese who were in charge of these large coal mines in Fushun, so they naturally could not compete with Japanese businessmen. But in the Northwest, this is not the case. Jiang Li is now in a monopoly position. As long as you can pull things out, it's definitely no worse than digging out of the soil.

"Well, let the raw ore be mined out over there first, pile it there, and when the Yellow River thaws, pull it to Shizuishan, Yinchuan, Lanzhou and other cities by boat. Isn't there a small steamboat in the machinery that was moved this time, so let's put this shipyard together as soon as possible and build ships as soon as possible. Fortunately, these cities are close to the Yellow River, and water transportation can solve some of the problems. Jiang Li smiled and said that Helan Mountain not only has coal, but also a large number of salt mines. Compared with coal, these salts are not only a necessity of life, but also a necessity of the chemical industry. As long as the industry in the northwest develops slightly, it is no exaggeration to say that the profits that these salt farms can generate in a year are indeed more than the total fiscal revenue of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces at present.

Tibetan Yi nodded, for the time being, it can only be such a stupid method. When the Yellow River was not frozen, some were rushed to be transported as much as possible and stored in various cities.

"In addition, I also have good news here, in addition to Professor Li, I have invited Weng Wenhao, Zhang Zifu and several experts engaged in geological research, presumably the speed can be accelerated a lot, you call Professor Li back from Helan Mountain, let him go to the Yanchang oil mine in Shaanxi, and re-survey the oil over there, and the future oil is the top priority for the industry in the northwest." Since Li Siguang in history started by discovering oil, I believe that his ability in this area must have made some achievements, and now that the source of the coal mine has been solved, Jiang Li has sent Li Zifu and Weng Wenhao to the location of his previous memory to find iron ore, and after the iron ore has also solved the urgent need, Jiang Li is not so urgent. Although the iron ore resources in Gansu are not abundant, the industrial scale in the northwest is not large, and it can meet the needs for the time being. As for more, it is estimated that only Xinjiang, or Sichuan. Xinjiang's iron ore was discovered relatively late in later generations, but the reserves are also very rich, and Sichuan's Pangang is famous in later generations, and Jiang Li naturally will not have heard of it. (To be continued.) )