After the Battle of Jilin, the main force of the Russian army in the Far East was annihilated in one fell swoop, and with the current military strength of the Russian army in the Far East, it was no longer able to threaten the Tiger Army. Ren Chao immediately ordered his troops to divide their troops into two routes and occupy the major towns in Jilin and Heilongjiang. By the way, pursue the rout of the Russian army and recover the lost territory occupied by the Russian army.

Those who stayed in Heilongjiang and other places were some second-line troops of the Russian army, and the total strength was only 30,000 or 40,000 people, which could not be stopped at all. Moreover, the first battle of Jilin has made the Russian army fearless, and the Russian army has even lost the courage to fight with the Tiger Army. Wherever the Tiger Ben army went, the Russian army fled in despair, and it took almost no effort to successfully recover the lost territory in various places. At the same time, the Russian Far Eastern Military District once again issued an emergency military mobilization order to recruit new soldiers and strengthen the defensive forces in various places to strictly prevent the Tiger Army from taking the opportunity to invade Russia.

After the Battle of Jilin, Ren Chao added 20,000 soldiers to the front-line troops and left a large number of various military supplies, and then left Jilin and returned directly to Beijing.

Ren Chao was not too anxious to return to Beijing this time, enjoying the scenery along the way along the way, hunting by the way, and living a good life. At this time, it is already spring, the snow and ice are melting, the trees are sprouting, patches of wild grass have been drilled out of the ground, and some unknown wildflowers are dotted among them, which is also very beautiful.

Ren Chao returned to Fengtian from Jilin first, and after staying for two days, he immediately returned to Shanhaiguan, and inspected the Fengtian section of Jingfengtian Road that was being intensified along the way, and instructed the person in charge of the project to do his best to speed up the construction. After learning about the shortage of labor in the construction team, Ren Chao immediately said. The problem of labor shortage will soon be solved. In the Battle of Jilin, the Tiger Army captured tens of thousands of Russian troops and tens of thousands of rebels. These are strong laborers, and most importantly, labor that does not cost money. So under Ren Chao's instructions, these people were all escorted back in batches to build roads, open mines, and work as coolies. Although at this time, all localities are vigorously building railways, opening mines and setting up factories, which is nothing, but it can still make up for the current shortage of labor.

Ren Chao came all the way to Shanhaiguan and got on the train from Shanhaiguan. On the way, Ren Chao got off the train in Tangshan. Tangshan is one of the important industrial bases in the north, this place is rich in mineral resources, Guangxu three years (1877) Qing Zhili Governor Li Hongzhang appointed the steamship China Merchants General Office Tang Tingshu to create the official supervision of the commercial office Kaiping Mining Bureau, Kailuan coal mine occupies an important position in the history of modern industry, according to the exploration found that the coal holdings of 6.25 billion tons, is an important production area of coking coal in China, mainly occurs in the Carboniferous Permian strata of the four coal-bearing structural basins, namely the Kaiping structural basin, Jinggezhuang structural basin, the axle mountain structural basin, Thistle tectonic basin. Among them, the Kaiping coal-bearing structure basin is the largest.

In addition to the abundant coal resources, there are also abundant iron ore resources here. Its holdings are 6.2 billion tons, which is second only to Anshan and more than Panzhihua even in later generations, and is one of the three major iron ore concentration areas in the country. Of course, at this time, Anshan and Panzhihua have not yet been discovered. This is undoubtedly by far the largest concentration of iron ore in the country. At present, the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry has invested heavily in the construction of a steel mill here, and after the completion of the steel mill, it will undoubtedly become the largest steel mill in China. However, after recovering Shenyang. Ren Chao has sent people to start exploring the Anshan iron mine, and some of the mineral deposits have been proven. The construction of the Anshan Iron and Steel Plant was also put on the agenda. As for the equally famous Panzhihua in later generations, Ren Chao is out of reach for the time being. But with Tangshan. After the two large iron mines in Anshan, plus the steel mills in Shandong, Xuanhua, Handan and other places, it is enough in the short term, after all, the domestic industrial base is relatively weak at this time, and the road still has to be taken step by step.

In addition to the abundant coal and iron resources, Tangshan also contains rich gold resources, mainly distributed in Zunhua and Qianxi counties. Gold mining has a long history. Legend has it that the Goguryeo people of the Tang Dynasty dug for gold in the area of Jinchangyu, and in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Jinchangyu was moved to the west and was already one of the three major gold mining areas in China. Even a hundred years later, gold is the most important hard currency for international trade, so the importance of a country's gold reserves to its economy can be imagined. Although the amount of gold mines in Tangshan is not too much, some large and extra-large gold mines in China have not yet been discovered at this time, so this gold mine was still quite important at that time.

In addition to these, Tangshan area is also rich in silver, manganese, copper, bauxite, molybdenum, tin, mercury and other metal minerals.

In addition to these abundant metal and coal mines, Tangshan also has rich non-metallic mineral deposits, mainly limestone, dolomite, quartz sandstone, refractory clay, bauxite, oil stone, garnet, graphite, oil bubble clay, etc. In 1889, Li Hongzhang of the Qing government approved the establishment of a cement factory in Tangshan by Tang Tingshu, the general office of the Kaiping Mineral Bureau, which was called "Tangshan Fine Cotton Soil Factory", which was completed and put into operation in 1892. At the beginning of the construction, there were only 4 stone (earth) kilns, with a daily output of less than 30 tons and an annual output of less than 10,000 tons. This is the first mechanized cement production manufacturer in China. After Ren Chao took charge, he immediately ordered a vigorous expansion of the Tangshan Cement Plant.

In fact, in addition to these, there are also a large number of oil and gas resources here, but under the current conditions, it cannot be exploited and utilized, so it can only be temporarily shelved and waited for future generations to exploit and utilize.

But even so, the importance of Tangshan can be imagined, and with the strong support of Ren Chao, it will soon develop into the most important industrial base in China. Therefore, Ren Chao attaches great importance to this place.

After Ren Chao arrived in Tangshan, he visited Kaiping Coal Mine, Iron and Steel Plant, the first cement plant in China, the first locomotive manufacturing plant in China and other important factories and mines.

After a turn in Tangshan, Ren Chao took the train back to Tianjin, and Wang Wenshao, the governor of Zhili, personally greeted Ren Chao at the railway station. It is also a more open-minded foreign minister, after Rong Lu was killed, the tiger army occupied Tianjin, and soon the cabinet was established, Wang Wenshao was appointed as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, although so, but Ren Chao was not at ease with this person, and secretly sent someone to set aside some of Wang Wenshao's rights, plus Ren Chao firmly grasped the military power, so that Wang Wenshao could not have much power at all except for being able to manage some civil affairs and run an industry, so this Zhili Governor and Minister of Beiyang is really a little unworthy of the name. However, Wang Wenshao has been up and down for so many years, and he has already exercised it, so he can also see it, but he honestly sat down in his own job and did not take the opportunity to cause any trouble to Ren Chao. (To be continued......)