The Lebanese people live in hardship. Although time has developed until now, there are almost no cottages of Shengli in Hainan Island, and the conflict between Han and Li has been greatly weakened compared with the Yuan and Ming dynasties. But race is race, and the difference between Han and Li is still very deep.

Qi Dalin has been in Hainan for two years and is naturally well aware of these situations. However, they also believe more in the fact that after the Li people become soldiers, they will be better managed and shaped. Because they are living in hardship, being a soldier is a way to improve their lives and their future.

In two years, Qi Dalin recruited seven or eight hundred people as soldiers. Some of them were transferred by him to the port of Qiongzhou, and there was a brigade-level force left with him. Now Qi Dalin's business in Hainan is very good. Because of Hongji Coal, the old people of Qiongzhou Town are grateful to him regardless of whether they are up or down.

And if he is willing to let go of recruiting, he can recruit more. But considering the two points of 'low-key' and 'unobtrusive', Qi Dalin has always been very controlled. However, it is an undeniable fact that the influence of the Qin army among the Li people is increasing dramatically every day. Those Li soldiers who have joined the Qin army in the past two years have gradually improved their family lives, which can be seen with the naked eye. For the vast majority of the Li people who are 'poor and middle peasants', this is the most enviable and desirable.

In two years, Qi Dalin had very little involvement in the affairs of Qiongzhou Prefecture. The prefect of Qiongzhou was full of vigilance from the beginning, and was relaxed at ease at the end, and the military and government were clearly distinguished, which was the best result for the prefect of Qiongzhou. However, Qi Dalin did not intervene in local affairs, and he took the initiative not to intervene, not because he could not intervene. Now, when he was about to intervene, the Qiongzhou Mansion couldn't refuse at all.

At the foot of Jinniuling Mountain, about six miles south of Shilu Town, Changhua County, Qi Dalin occupied this place without even saying hello to Qiongzhou Mansion. The circle is thirty miles in circumference.

Shilu iron ore mine is in the upper reaches of the Changhua River. There is a considerable distance from the mouth of the Changhua River, the straight-line distance is almost hundreds of miles, and most of them are hilly and mountainous, so water transportation, iron ore mining must be transported by water. In addition, along with the formation of Shiroku iron ore, there is also a large area of mountain sandstone. Many of the hills here are limestone with a lot of clay. This kind of limestone can be fired directly into high-quality cement without ingredients, so it is also commonly known as "cement rock". With the development of Shilu iron mine, the construction of the first cement plant on Hainan Island is also the front foot chasing the back foot. Of course, in addition to 300 million tons of high-quality iron ore, Shiroku Iron Mine is also accompanied by cobalt, copper, nickel, silver, sulfur, dolomite and other ores. Shiroku is a natural base for a large coal-iron complex.

Qi Dalin has recruited people on a large scale since February. In order to develop the Shilu iron mine, in addition to the more than 1,000 people who have been transferred from the Hongji Coal Mine and Hanzhong, at least tens of thousands of laborers will be required. At present, there are less than 100,000 households in the entire Qiongzhou capital, and the population is only 450,000. Count some Li villages on the island that are too far away. The total population is only six or seven hundred thousand.

Qi Dalin's move will cost tens of thousands of laborers, which is an amount that can shake the entire Qiongzhou Mansion. The prefect of Qiongzhou urgently contacted Qi Dalin, but this could not stop Qi Dalin's actions. Because at this time, Qiongzhou and even Guangdong discovered that although Qi Dalin personally came forward to recruit labor, he was wearing the signboard of the Han Yuan Merchants Bureau. And the so-called Han Yuan China Merchants Bureau, that is, an institution similar to the General Administration of Steamship Merchants established by the Qin army. It's just a non-shareholding system, and outsiders can't freely buy shares.

And the mountains of Jinniuling are silent. Even Changhua Zhixian didn't know when it had fallen into the hands of a local merchant in Qiongzhou, who had sold the land to the Hanyuan Merchants Bureau only last month.

The origin of the name "Ishiroku". It can be traced back to the 47th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1782 AD) in this mountain surface found copper ore, malachite type, so the name "Shiluling", later renamed "Shiluling", the local and Qianlong 47th year set up a monument "strictly prohibit private mining". But after the excavation of this qiē in the open-pit copper mine in Shiluling, the zài no longer exists. In the decades that followed. Only the blacksmiths in the town of Shiroku will mine a little ore by hand and smelt it privately. The value of Shirokuling has completely disappeared from the eyes of the local government.

Qi Dalin only used a little means. Only paid less than 3,000 taels of silver, and got the title deed of a ten-mile radius of Jinniuling. And as for the time of Qi Dalin's enclosure. directly occupies a radius of thirty miles of land, then it is purely the domineering of people.

However, there is a difference in the number of workers recruited. In addition to the laborers who worked in the mines, Qi Dalin also recruited many indentured slaves who had signed long-term contracts. Their work was not in Changhua, but in various parts of Hainan Island, where they worked as serfs in the manors that had been prepared in advance.

Hainan is the largest natural rubber producer in China in later generations, although the output is not as high as that of Southeast Asia, but when will Liu Xian be able to intervene in Southeast Asia? This is too far away from him now. Soon after the steel plant was built, Liu Xian needed a lot of rubber.

In addition to making ponchos, rubber boots, and marching tents, Liu Xian also needed rubber to make car belts. Not all of the steel produced by the steel mills is used in munitions processing and steel rails. The Qin army is simply not exhausted. In addition to selling to other machine factories, Liu Xian also needed to find another market for his steel. Bicycles, tricycles, and rickshaws are the cash cows he is looking for.

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The three integrated brigades, that is, the three battalion heads of Qiongzhou Town, were divided into one squad or three or four small squads, and were scattered throughout the counties of Qiongzhou Prefecture. They are the labor team recruited by Qi Dalin this time, and the bodyguards who are being transferred along the way.

Qi Dalin mobilized the forces of the entire Qiongzhou Town, and all localities were fully prepared to take charge of rations and shelter in sections. As soon as the labor team entered, they were greeted and acted as guides, and rest points were set up along the way to serve rice soup steamed buns. In some places, which were too desolate and did not have rest stops, the laborers brought their own food and made their own fires to boil water for cooking.

No raw water is drunk along the way, and accommodation is arranged every night, and no camping is allowed. After such a period of delivery, the laborers were full of confidence in their future before they reached Shilu. Because they can eat well and rest well on the road, will there be no hope when they come to the earth?

Moreover, in the past two years, Hainan Island has been similar to Guangxi, and the mountain bandits have been swept over and over again by the Qin army, and there are no bandits in many of the whole territory, at least no one dares to rob and kill the Qin army without a long eye. So after arriving in Shilu Town, the workers were in good physical condition, and there were not many sick or injured people on the road. More than ninety-five percent of the people arrived in Shiroku Town, and they were able to go to work immediately after a little rest.

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"Didi...... Drip ......"

In the backyard of the Liuzhou Admiral's Yamen, Liu Xian was amusing his baby daughter with a happy face. Liu Mengyao, who is already one year old, can't call the word 'father' clearly, but she is very close to Liu Xian.

"Oh, oh......"

Children love it when someone messes with her. Liu Xian hugged her daughter and hugged her high, and the room immediately resounded with the child's happy laughter.

But if there is anyone who is the happiest person in the room, it must be the child's mother. Although Zhang Miaotong was worried that the child would accidentally knock on, she couldn't be happy with the love that Liu Xian showed to the child.

"Master, I've been busy with outside things for a while, Yaoyao misses you."

Liu Xian continued to play with her daughter, and said with satisfaction, "My daughter, of course she wants me." Ignoring the nervousness on the face of the nurse on the side.

Liu Xian had dinner at Zhang Miaotong's place that night, and his rest was naturally also at Zhang Miaotong's place. After the clouds and rain dissipated, Liu Xian hugged his wife's tender body, said with some emotion and some passion: "The cornerstone of my Qin army will be really consolidated in a few months." When I take it, I will definitely lay a big foundation for my children. ”

"So, Miaotong, you must give me a son......"

The residual ruddy on Zhang Miaotong's face disappeared in an instant. "It's all concubines who are not in good health. The old man has been standing for a long time, and he hasn't had a ...... yet."

"How can I blame you for this." Liu Xian hugged her tightly, and stroked the black silk with his hand, "Haven't I only come back from Xinjiang for two years?" Besides, you're not the only one who doesn't have children, and the other three are the same? If there's something wrong, it's still my own. "Zhang Miaotong doesn't know that there are rumors in Liuzhou now that Liu Xian's 'no queen' is arranged-saying that there are too many evils in one voice, and retribution has been sent from heaven.

Although the bastard who spread the rumor had already met Lord Hades, the rumor had spread after all. Not to mention, it's quite marketable. For a while, Liu Xian couldn't see that he could not go away.

"How can the master say that about himself." Zhang Miaotong never expected that Liu Xian could take the responsibility on himself, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to block Liu Xian's mouth. "It's the concubines and sisters who are blessed, and they don't have the blessing to give birth to an heir. What I said just now can never be said again. ”

Liu Xian smiled. "Good. Don't say it, don't say it...... "Zhang Miaotong's nervousness is very useful to him, and Liu Xian can guarantee that his wife is not acting.

There was a half-silence in the room. Zhang Miaotong's faint voice reached Liu Xian's ears. "What the master just said made the concubine afraid. The foundation of the Liu family is big enough...... "I don't know if I have too much heart, Liu Xian has said such things more than once, and every time I listen to it, Zhang Miaotong's heart is inexplicably frightened."

"Outside matters, free men worry about it. You don't care. As long as you leave me with peace of mind, you will be the biggest hero of my Liu family. ”

"I've already gone to Wudi. My brother-in-law asked him to come to Guangxi no matter whether he won the township test this year or not. Nowadays, this official career does not necessarily have to take the road of the imperial examination. Look at the feudal officials in this world, how many people are lifted, and even people who are from Xiucai? ”

"In the past, there were bandits, but now there are foreign affairs. The same is to get ahead. Just like the Sheng Xuanhuai who came to the house before. Isn't it just a talent on the ground? I, Liu Xian, can't even recognize all the big characters! (To be continued) R655