Because of the previous agreement, the Qing court did not refuse Wang Yi's request to go to Heilongjiang for prospecting. Of course, they will not cooperate. In fact, Jilin is closer to Fengtian, there are also gold mines, such as birch forests, Jiapigou, Honey Mountain, Taipinggou, etc., but because many of these places have been mined, and the current Jilin general is Ming'an, who was killed by the secret knife and his nephew, that is, the Cong Fu who wanted to seize the Dashang Iron and Steel Plant with Yang Tieshan and Yucheng, so when he thought of it, Wang Yi did not look for this bad luck.

Mohe River is located at the northern foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River, with abundant water resources, vast woodland coverage, and pleasant scenery, which is the destination where Wang Yi sent the old scorpion. Before leaving, the old scorpion got a big fat boy named Shen Nianen.

The total number of people in the operation was 120, of whom 110 were hidden knives, the remaining eight were geologists and mineralogy experts, and two were doctors. Everyone has a two-horse configuration, one to ride and one to pack. Most of the weapons were the latest Prop-1 carbines, and only five were armed with Prop-1 sniper rifles. In addition, each person had two revolvers, a sabre, as well as a number of grenades, mines and explosives. There are two radio groups, which are headed by the signal corps, and are responsible for liaison with the headquarters.

After they left, Wang Yi organized a group of 5,000 people, including 1,500 fighters of the insurance team, led by Zheng Haitao, equipped with Bao 1 rifle, Bao 1 carbine, Bao 1 sniper rifle, in addition to eight electric Gatling machine guns and ten 60mm mortars. Logistics of a thousand people, carrying a large amount of supplies, each with a Mauser Type 71 rifle. The remaining 2,500 people were workers and peasants recruited by the big merchants, and some small merchants who had good relations with the big merchants.

The reason why Wang Yi got so many people over was on the one hand to develop Mohe, and the subsequent goal - Huma! On the other hand, it was also to rebuild the ancient post road, which was left over from the Yaksa War, but is now mostly abandoned. If Wang Yi doesn't build the road, he won't be able to bring back the gold after it is mined!

So such a large group of people went all the way, all the way to build roads.

Fortunately, Wang Yi opened a livestock company before, and there are more than 20 pastures under his hands, after scientific breeding, the number and capacity of mules, horses and cattle are sufficient, plus the capacity expansion of the cement plant, otherwise it is really unbearable.

However, along the way, the officials and people along the way were scared enough, thinking that the rebels came from somewhere. Fortunately, the insurance team did not make any mistakes along the way, and these people were able to settle down. Later, because they saw that the big merchants were opening the way, most of them would also come out to help. In order to improve the relationship with the local government, the big merchants also try their best, as long as they help the big businessmen, they will give gifts! Things are not expensive, some stainless steel pots and pans and other small things. But to Wang Yi's surprise, these things turned out to be very popular. Unexpectedly, a new trade route was opened so inexplicably.

It took nearly a year to complete the construction of the whole road, and it was finally a qiē smooth lì. If it is urgent with 800 miles, you can rush back to Yingkou from Mohe in a week. Of course, now that Dashang has radio, it doesn't have to be so troublesome to deliver messages. Later on the assumption on the telephone line, a qiē will be more convenient.

Heilongjiang general Feng Shen, the word Chinese, Manchuria is a white flag. Back then, he followed Duxing'a, Mu Tushan fought everywhere, and he was also one of the generals of the late Qing Dynasty. After fighting the Shaanxi bandits, he was promoted to Jinzhou and promoted to Heilongjiang general, and now he is in Qiqihar, which can be regarded as a happy life.

One day, Feng Shen was reading a book, and suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the house, so he said, "Come in!" ”

A soldier walked in and said, "My lord, there are people outside asking to see you." ”

"Who?"

"I heard that a merchant who came from Mukden is said to have obtained permission from the imperial court to go to Mohe to prospect and open mines."

Feng Shen thought about it, since it was approved by the imperial court, let's meet each other.

"Let them in."

"Yes!"

In a short time, the soldiers brought in two men, one in his thirties and very strong, and the other younger, in his early twenties, tall and thin, and very strong.

"Caomin, Zhang Quande, Zheng Haitao, meet the general!"

Feng Shen looked at it, waved his hand and said, "Get up." ”

Since Wang Yi won all the bright brands of group training, Zhang Quande has nothing to do for a day, and he runs to the martial arts school base when he has nothing to do. As soon as he heard that Wang Yi was going to send someone to Mohe to open a mine, he was more excited than anyone else, and he persuaded him to live and die, and finally said that Wang Yi was moved. There is no one on the side of the Zhang Mansion of the Octagonal Terrace who can control him, and Zhang Quanbao also knows his brother's temperament, so he simply agreed. However, he did not serve in the insurance team, and was considered half of the army staff officer. Zhang Quande doesn't care about this, as long as he lets me go, it's easy to say.

Zhang Quande explained the intention.

"Your Excellency General, the grass people are big merchants and mining, and now with the permission of the imperial court, they are also considered to be the ancestors who have accumulated virtue, and they will have to take care of them more here in the future. Here are the souvenirs we brought from Mukden, and I hope you will accept them with a smile. Saying that, Zhang Quande gave Zheng Haitao a look, and the latter took out a booklet from his arms.

"What is this?" Feng Shen pretended not to like it.

Zhang Quande laughed like a fox, and Zheng Haitao was not funny, and he was loading wood in a gang.

"Don't get me wrong, my lord, this is a piece of the heart of our people in Fengtian! Heilongjiang is a bitter cold place, and the adults led the army to supervise the hard work here. This is all food and clothing, not worth a few dollars, and I hope that the adults will smile and accept it, and it can be regarded as fulfilling our heart. ”

When Feng Shen heard it, what he said was quite touching, so he took the small book and opened it to see that it was full of some rice, flour, grain and oil, pigs and sheep clothes and quilts, and things in short supply in the army. Only then did he smile and say: "Since it is the will of the people, it is not easy for me to refuse." ”

"Thank you, Shogun!"

Zheng Haitao sighed in his heart, he came to give a gift, and people accepted it, and I want to say thank you here......

After that, Zhang Quande sent an official document for prospecting and mining, and after Feng Shen read it, he agreed to assist from the side. What does it mean to be assisted? Just don't deliberately embarrass it. From this day on, Dashang Yueyue sent things to Qiqihar, sent cold ice in summer, and quilts in winter, no matter whether it was Eight Banners or Green Camp, no one should be offended.

After the old scorpion arrived in Mohe, according to the map given by Wang Yi, he took those geologists to explore everywhere, and collected various specimen materials, and at the same time made a more detailed map for future use.

This group of people really walked a lot of places, among which gold deposits were found in Laogou (Shiduha River), Fuke Mountain, Warukutto River, Xinghuagou, Gulian River, Jiawuke River, Madaer River, Longgou River, Manich River, Dalin River, Jiluchaqi River, Jixingou River, and Yindalu River. Open-pit coal mines, Menduli white ash mines, Evergreen Shan graphite mines and so on have been discovered in Gulian River.

Of course, if it weren't for Wang Yi's mark, these people would definitely not have been able to discover so many mineral deposits.

The old scorpion led people around, and in general it was quite smooth, and people didn't see much, but the bears, tigers, beasts, and even wolves often attacked the team. There were no casualties, but they were scary.

The destination of this day was Laogou, which later became Rouge Gou.

In 1877, an old man in Oroqen buried his horse and dug a hole, found a lot of gold seedlings, and later picked up a handful of river sand at the bottom of the Laogou River, and the gold foam in the river sand accounted for almost half, and the news soon spread in Amur, Siberia, Heilongjiang and other places in Russia.

In 1882, a poor Russian businessman named Seletkin personally took Rebetkin, who was a little knowledgeable in geology, to the Laogou River valley to investigate. The results since then have been very rewarding.

In 1883, a large number of Russians, under the instigation and protection of the government, secretly crossed the Heilongjiang River, stole gold in the Mohe area, and established a secret gold colony, the Republic of Gertuga. (Gertuga means golden, and the old man can only say one sentence here: Nima, can you be even more shameless?) ）

In 1884, Tsarist Russia recruited more than 4,000 workers, built more than 700 houses, and built more than 500 kilns in the Laogou gold mine. The Russian gold bandits came one after another, scattered in various ditches, and entered and exited uncertainly.

根据俄国财政部编《满洲通志》记载，老沟金矿全盛时，矿工达15000人，其中有俄民9000人，其余为华民和朝鲜、德国、法国、美国和犹太人。 Among the Russian population were Cossacks, miners, workers, fugitives, retired officers, missionaries, merchants, Siberian natives and unemployed vagrants. In order to ensure the illegal mining activities, Tsarist Russia organized a meeting of all parties and established a "gold mining office", with the Russian Sheletkin as the general head of the office. 所下分５个区，统辖700余个“作业组”。 After the establishment of the colonial institutions, "laws" were enacted, taxes were levied, and "armies" of 150 people were established, as well as churches and other public facilities. As a result, law, taxation, armament, Orthodox Christianity and gold mining activities were combined to establish a relatively complete colonial order, calling Laogou "Amur's California", and the "Republic of Gertuga" later established in Laogou was an out-and-out golden colony and a stronghold for Tsarist Russia's continued expansion into China. At this time, Laogou is also known as "Million Street".

The old scorpion led the team along the Laogou River, took a look at the binoculars, and almost died of anger. It's not as crazy as it was a few years later, but there are a lot of poachers now.

"Get shot!" The old scorpion roared. "You all show me that this is all the gold mine of our big businessmen, if it is dug by our own people, we will admit it! But these foreign devils robbed us of our land and crossed the river to steal our gold! You say, "What should I do?" ”

"Slaughter them!" The Hidden Knife is adapted from bandits, and it is also a carefully selected group of bandits. Although he is also Wang Yi's subordinate now, he is doing all the things that slaughter the family.

The trumpeters blew their horns, and the old scorpion took the hundred or so men along the river, but no gold thief was left. The unique sound of the Bao 1 carbine echoed between the white mountains and black waters, which was the continuous roar of the Chinese nation.

"Russians, take me, eat me, spit it all out for me!"