A rectangular red flag, this is the flag of the Korean Unified Prison, simple, without other lines or variegated colors, so that the first flag raised by the Unified Supervision Office is just a large red cloth cut in the palace.

But for the North Koreans, this red flag means an unparalleled authority. It means the power of the kingdom of heaven. This is the natural prestige brought about by the great state affairs of the past 500 years, and this authority has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Korean people. As for the guards outside the gate of the Commander's Office, they always felt this sense of dignity of the "people of the upper state" - there were always Koreans who bowed to the Commander's Office when they passed by the palace.

This only made the guards' chests firmer, and their expressions more stern, as if they were just as the commander had said—every word and deed represented the majesty of the state, a feeling of great respect that no officer or soldier of the guard could feel in the country.

Perhaps for ordinary guards, all they felt was the respect of the Koreans, and thus they had an inexplicable favor for the Koreans, but for the newly established Unified Prison Office, this favor did not prevent the Unified Prison Office from intensively planning the power of Korea.

For example, at the beginning, the Ministry of General Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were set up, but after Japan agreed to withdraw from the legation and the minister withdrew from Seoul, the sign of the Ministry of Police was quietly hung up in the Ministry of Justice. At the same time as the signs of the ministries were hung up, the newly established Public Works Department took over the Western-style factories such as the Machinery Bureau, the Coin Bureau, and the Electric Light Bureau in Seoul, while the Communications Office took over the Korean Telegraph Office.

It was this quiet takeover that made the Tongjian Office quickly become a real authority, but this was only the beginning, and only Tang Haoran, as the commander of North Korea, knew what he was looking for.

"North Korea, North Korea......

Staring at the large map of North Korea hanging on the wall, Tang Haoran couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Now, with the withdrawal of the Japanese minister, the diplomatic issues hanging over Korea have finally come to an end, but a more important task has been put in front of us -- how to build Korea?

If you have enough time, you don't need to worry about it as much as you do now, but the problem happens to be time!

Tang Hao, who was reprimanded by the imperial court for the "Yingenmen Change" and "resigned from his post and retained" to become the governor of Korea, said that perhaps nothing could be more urgent than time, because it was July 1890, less than four years before the First Sino-Japanese War began, and the matter of establishing Korea as a base area had not yet been fully launched.

There are less than four years left.

Now after the Japanese retreated, compared to the people who were proud of the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division, Tang Haoran clearly knew what would happen in four years.

I'm afraid no one thought that the Beiyang Naval Division, which made them extremely proud, would also turn into history when the gunsmoke cleared four years later.

Four years, four years to decide the fate of two countries.

Four years, I still have four full years to go, how much change can I bring to that time and space in these four years?

With a cigarette between his fingers, Tang Haoran did not pay attention to the division of the official office on the map, which was the "administrative division" of the local affairs department of the unified supervision office, and the local affairs department was ostensibly to assist local officials in handling affairs related to China and foreign affairs, but in fact, it was to prepare for meddling in the police and justice of the DPRK and "gradually regain its power", which was the immediate policy of the unified supervision of the DPRK.

However, compared with the convergence of the power of the DPRK, what Tang Haoran is more eager for now is how to build the DPRK into a "general rear" or base area, and as for the choice of the special zone -- Incheon has already been chosen -- Incheon, the reason why it chose Incheon is because it is extremely close to Seoul, but it is only 30 kilometers, and after the construction of the planned Gyeong-Injin railway, it will only take one hour to travel between the "Incheon Special Zone" and the capital, and this is exactly the convenient transportation that he needs as the commander of the DPRK.

But on the other hand, how to build a special zone?

As for how to raise funds for the construction of the port, it is still unknown, but Tang Haoran knows that the real challenge is not that the SEZ can build a port, but that the construction of the port can start with the construction of a simple wharf, and as for the land requisition, it can be entrusted to the local government office, and the real challenge lies in how to make the SEZ prosperous -- how to build the SEZ into an "industrial base camp."

In Tang Haoran's plan, the future SEZs will be a "country within a country" like a concession, and with the help of the privileges of the "SEZs," the industrial and commercial industries will be fully developed, so as to solve the problem of funds needed for the future "revolution."

But how to develop the Special Zone?

This is precisely the problem in front of us, whether it is a textile factory in the planning or a match factory, maybe Incheon can be used as a base to produce and sell industrial products, but what is one million taels enough for?

How long does it take to complete the original accumulation?

The police, the armed police, and the future coast guard are all bottomless pits that require tens of millions of taels of silver, and there are also large factories such as arsenals and shipyards, which one project does not need millions of taels of silver?

But just by relying on a factory such as a textile factory, how long will it take to accumulate enough money?

What is there for the DPRK to "squeeze"?

In confusion, suddenly, Tang Haoran's attention fell to the top of the map, and he was ready to talk about a river above - Datong River!

Datong River, Datong River!

Staring at the Taedong River and Pyongyang on the map, Tang Haoran thought that when he worked at the iron and steel company, he had a good understanding of North Korea's mineral resources because the company had imported North Korean iron ore.

"Nampo Port ......"

When I was thinking about the port of Nampo where the company's iron ore cargo ship imported from North Korea departed, the information related to it came to my mind one by one.

“…… The iron ore of the Huanghai Iron and Steel Plant comes from the Yinli Iron Mine, which is located in the West Korean Gulf of South Huanghai Province and is a large iron ore mine in North Korea. The ore body is found in shale, limestone and granite-type rocks. The ore grade is 70%, and the reserves are 4-500 million tons, which can be directly used without beneficiation. The iron ore mine borders the Yellow Sea, and the voyage from the iron ore to the Yellow Sea Iron and Steel Plant in Nampo is only 40 nautical miles......"

Recalling the relevant information of the Yinli Iron Mine, Tang Haoran rested for a while, and his eyes began to fall on the Pyongyang area, where there seem to be a large number of open-pit coal mines, and most of them are high-quality anthracite.

“…… Coal is the most important mineral in North Korea, the proven reserves of coal in North Korea are 14.74 billion tons, including 11.74 billion tons of anthracite reserves, 3 billion tons of lignite reserves, the southern part of South Pyongan Province to Pyongyang as the center of the area extending 80 kilometers from east to west, anthracite reserves are very rich, most of them are open-pit coal mines, shallow buried layers are easy to mine, but production is susceptible to heavy rain and other natural climate. ”

As you can see from the map, the Yinli iron ore mine is located at the mouth of the Taedong River, and along the Taedong River to the upper reaches of Pyongyang, there are a large number of open-pit coal mines and other mineral deposits buried on the mountains on both sides.

Port!

Iron!

Coal!

Perhaps Tang Haoran didn't know much about the world in the 19th century, but he clearly knew that the 19th century was the world of coal and iron, and the development of the port was also inseparable from coal.

In the 19th century, many ports flourished due to the export of coal. With coal, the prosperity of Incheon Port is just around the corner, not to mention, there is a "briquette business" in China that needs a large amount of anthracite.

"If North Korea's anthracite coal is imported into the country......"

While thinking, Tang Haoran stared at Pyongyang on the map.

"Maybe you only need to mine coal to complete the primitive accumulation!"

Pyongyang still produces high-quality anthracite, which means that it may be able to obtain huge wealth by relying only on coal mining and export, and it is only necessary to further promote honeycomb coal to places such as Shandong, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and rely on the popularization of briquettes to expand the demand for anthracite.

There are also high-grade iron-rich ores, coal and iron, which formed the most basic elements of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. And what is more important is the special zone, the privileges of the special zone can give itself too much convenience.

In the SEZs, there is no longer the restraint of the government or the obstruction of feudal and conservative forces, and there are only abundant mineral resources on both sides of the Datong River, which flows through the "Milky Way," which brings a steady stream of wealth to the SEZs, and those riches can be converted into modern factories, warships, and armies.

Thinking of this, Tang Haoran's originally heavy mood became relaxed, even so, he did not forget to take a few puffs of cigarettes from time to time, until the cigarette was about to burn out, he put out the cigarette butts in the ashtray on the table, and the cigarette butts had been piled up into a hill at this time.

It seems that since I arrived in North Korea, my addiction to smoking has become bigger and bigger, which is not a good phenomenon, maybe I should quit smoking!

"That's it!"

Muttering like this in his heart, staring at the Datong River on the map, Tang Haoran, who was full of ambition, had some doubts in his heart.

"Those North Koreans won't say anything about it!"

Thinking of the conservative forces among North Korean officials, Tang Haoran's brows furrowed slightly, although the development of North Korean minerals has long been included in the plan of the Unified Supervision Office, but if North Korean officials oppose it, then what?

Although he had said that he wanted to quit smoking, when he thought of this question, Tang Haoran couldn't help but pick up his cigarette and stared at the northern part of North Korea on the map.

"North Koreans, North Koreans......"

Repeating this term and taking a few puffs of cigarette, Tang Haoran pressed the cigarette into the ashtray violently, then stared at the map of North Korea, and said viciously.

"Regardless of him, open the mine first, even if this special zone is about to be opened, but just open a small coal and iron mine, he is already imperial, even if he is more domineering, what can you do with me!"

With a cold snort, Tang Haoran commanded Song Yuxin outside the door.

"Jie Qi, immediately send someone to ask the Jin Judgment from the Ministry of Officials to come over!"

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