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In the early years of the 17th century, adventurers from England, France, and the Netherlands made cursory explorations of North America.

The huge demand for fur in Europe has made it the single most valuable development in the environmentally hostile North American region. In order to cut off the English and Dutch access to furs and monopolize the profits of the fur trade, the French, who thought they were the French, chose to establish a foothold along the coast of Canada and deep inland.

Dutch merchants chose the banks of the Hudson River and traveled north along the river, establishing non-permanent trading posts on the Hudson River, and even as far north as Albany, more than 230 kilometers away from Manhattan.

It was also in Albany that the Dutch had their first contact with the Mohok of the Iroquois League, and by taking advantage of the trade that occurred once every few years, not only did a large number of rare furs enter the pockets of the Dutch, but arquebuses also entered North America as one of the exchange commodities.

With the introduction of arquebuses, the war between North American Indians entered a more brutal stage, and it also changed the pattern of Indian tribes in the upper reaches of the Hudson River. The French, the Dutch, and the English all took advantage of the intricate inter-tribal relations of the Indians in the following hundred years, and made great progress in their colonial expansion.

Had it not been for the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War and the sighting of the Spanish navy, perhaps the establishment of New Amsterdam would have been many years earlier.

The Ministry of Land and Resources, led by the Ministry of Land and Resources, has entered the final stage of the land survey project for the middle and lower reaches of the Song River, which began in June. According to an old document, An Shaoqing was in the area of the town of Osining, on the east bank of the lower reaches of the Song River, more than 40 kilometers north of Mancheng. Exploration of one of the rarest silver mines in New York State, a copper-lead-zinc-silver mine.

This small copper-lead-zinc-silver mine, which was only exploited in the early 19th century, is now a treasure of the American Republic of China. Based on the historical average grade of ore, approximately 15 kilograms of copper, 35 kilograms of lead, 25 kilograms of zinc and at least 300 grams of silver can be obtained for every 1 tonne of ore processed. Copper and silver grades aside, lead and zinc content alone. It will not be lower than those small mines north of Silver Valley Town, which have little mining value, and the total mineral reserves are several times higher.

Not only the state-owned energy and mineral group, with the assistance of the Ministry of Land and Resources, has already delineated the mine construction area in advance. The first phase of the mining plan has been formulated, and NORINCO also intends to formally build the relevant metal smelter project. The lead-zinc mine and copper-tin mine explored in Yinggu Town before, its low reserves and production capacity have made Lin Youde have been of little interest.

And because of that. Hundreds of tonnes of lead-zinc ore and copper-tin ore have been mined intermittently for months, but no processing has yet been carried out.

The state-owned energy and mineral group will build a mine here to process at least 50 tons of ore per day, plus a metal smelter joint venture with Lin Youde's North Industries Company, which can obtain more than 200 tons of brass, more than 500 tons of lead, more than 300 tons of zinc, and at least 4 tons of silver a year!

With such abundant metal raw materials and precious metal output, the country's annual import costs spent on raw materials such as lead and copper will be greatly reduced. There is no reason to stop some of the capitalists who are carrying out the great industrial revival of the industry.

But this does not mean that everything should be taken for granted, and the government should consider it. It's obviously a little bit more. Although these are already included in the cabinet's long-term plan, there is so much infrastructure to be attached to it that the total investment will not be less than $300,000. In particular, this will likely become a project that pollutes more than the state-owned mining and energy group's Long Island coking plant.

As a result, the egg-sore debate began again at the government's monthly administrative meeting on the first day of September.

"No further details are available. However, the preliminary exploration of the ore body currently carried out by the Ministry of Land and Resources shows that the mineable reserves of copper, lead, zinc and silver ore in the Oxining area should be no less than 500,000 tons, and if the daily mining of 50 tons is possible, it can be continuously mined for at least 30 years! to be placed in the Hereafter. It is a reserve that is better than nothing, but it is currently the closest big mine to us. The only bad thing is that the mining difficulty is slightly greater than the lead and zinc mine in Zhiyingu Town. However, once the construction is started, combined with the copper and tin ore output in Yinggu Town, our demand for imported copper from Europe will be reduced by at least 70%! ”

The Minister of Land and Resources, looking through his own documents, described the bright prospect as a blur.

"Pollution! Haven't you thought about pollution? It would be unwise to build a smelter in the upper reaches of the Song River. The vast majority of New York State was shut down because of pollution. Could it be that in the 17th century, we still planned to follow the old path and drink stinking water all day long? ”

As always, the Minister of Environment and Quality Inspection, Di Zugong, played an opposing role.

Even in the early 17th century, the carrying capacity of the natural environment in North America was almost in the most primitive and optimal state, but when it comes to the thought of the situation in later generations, people, including the Minister of Industry Hong Changlin, are a little hesitant.

As the deputy of Jiang Zhaolong, a member of the industrial committee of the community committee, Hong Changlin is very aware of the current problems of domestic industrial development, even if he hates Di Zugong's tone of hanging the environment and quality and safety higher than the moon all day long, he has to agree with the other party's views.

"Why don't we just do the mines in West Point and bring the ore back for centralized processing? There is also the problem of pollution, I think the outer island area is very good, facing the sea, it is very convenient to discharge pollution, and there are rivers and coal mines on the island, and the energy can be solved on the spot. From the perspective of environmental safety, including the second phase of the acid-alkali workshop of Xinhua Chemical Company and the new smelter of North Industries Company, they should be unified in the outer island area. ”

Di Zugong continued to point at the map in his hand, and Prime Minister Qi Jianjun rarely nodded frequently.

"The re-planning and relocation of the industrial zone can cost a lot. Businesses may not be willing to pay for it themselves, and it will end up being spent by the government, and I don't agree with that. Finance Minister Liu Xin hurriedly raised his hand, as if someone else was going to rob him.

"Re-planning the layout of the industrial zone. It's a matter of time, even if it drags on until next year, it will have to be performed. Many environmental and quality safety issues that were not taken into account in the early stage can be completed after the relocation. I think it's worth it! If we fail to do this, our long-term loss of interests will be great! Di Zugong quickly countered-for-tat, causing the finance minister on the opposite side to roll his eyes.

Now that the multifaceted issues have been laid out, the Council of Ministers of the Cabinet appears to be targeted. The result of a lively discussion. Di Zugong, the minister of environment and quality inspection, also made a rare compromise.

Starting from the end of this year, new industrial zones will be developed in the outer islands, and a large-scale integrated metal smelter of NORINCO will be arranged for the first phase to settle down. At that time. Lead-zinc ore, copper-tin ore from Yinggu Town, and copper-lead-zinc-silver ore from Osining will be transported here for processing to avoid pollution in the upper reaches of the Song River. As for the relocation of existing high-polluting enterprise projects. After solving the financial problems, it will be implemented slowly.

"I said, everybody...... You didn't take into account the manpower problem? ”

At this time, Minister of Immigration, Li Xiang, who had been a spectator, raised his hand and pointed out what everyone didn't care about. As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

The most critical manpower problem is the biggest bottleneck in the country at present. The town of Yingu is extremely low in daily production because of almost all human mining, and the mining of copper-lead-zinc-silver ore in Osinin is even more difficult, without the help of modern machinery. The process is bound to be fraught with tragedy. Whether it is European immigrants or the upcoming Ming Dynasty immigrants, it is obviously a loss-making business to mine ore with immigrants who have worked so hard to get them.

"Well, it does. Today, the mining capacity of the iron ore mine in West Point Town has reached a bottleneck, and we have been stuck at 6,000 tons of steel production for four consecutive months, and there is no more mining manpower to invest. Hong Changlin, Minister of Industry, shrank at this time.

The annual steel production capacity has exceeded 70,000 tons. Recall that after the Industrial Revolution, the annual steel production in Britain at the end of the 18th century was only about 80,000. It was a very good achievement, but if you want the country to develop by leaps and bounds, this steel production is obviously far from enough.

The previous warm atmosphere of the meeting was poured down by Li Xiang with such a cold water, and everyone felt that it seemed to be in vain.

"If it's pure mining manpower. I can figure it out! ”

Defense Minister Zheng Quan, who has never had much say in the country's internal affairs, stood up at this time with a smile on his face.

Including Prime Minister Qi Jianjun, everyone turned their heads and looked puzzled.

"North, Mohoks of the Iroquois League!" Zheng Quan's smiling expression was only retained for a few seconds, and then he punched the table, with a fierce expression, "The population of the Moheks is the largest in the north, we can launch a military strike, and the problem of mining labor can be solved!" ”

Don't you want to develop and reduce pollution? That's easy to do, replace the cost of labor and pollution with a large number of Mohok prisoners of war.

Waging a war against the Mohoks in the north in order to capture a large number of prisoners of war labor, the future Osinin mining site will be a large prison in the nature of a prisoner of war camp, which will coincide with the historical Osinin prison.

"How sure are you? What if the war is completely expanded? Qi Jianjun frowned, and he was still a little worried about such a ** military pragmatism.

"We don't want to expand, but the Mohoks don't plan to shrink. After our reconnaissance, there are traces of other tribes of the Iroquois Alliance in the north, and we have been passively defending, and there will always be mistakes! Zheng Quan solemnly looked around at the ministers present, and his tone was solemn, "We must speed up development, in addition to political, diplomatic, and economic means, necessary military actions can also be used as a means for the country to solve problems!" ”

It is worthy of being a soldier, full of all kinds of bloody violence, simple and direct. As soon as this plan came out, the ministers present shuddered.

"Lao Zheng, you elaborate on your ideas, if the feasibility is high, I don't think everyone will reject using military means to get what we need!" Qi Jianjun pondered for a minute, and finally broke the silence.

Zheng Quan strode to the map on the side of the conference hall, picked up a small stick, and began to explain the war plan that he had been planning for several months.

At present, the national defense force, excluding the navy, has reached four mixed infantry companies, and the total number of officers and men has reached nearly 550. Among them, two companies and one platoon have been stationed at the West Point Town military base for a long time, one company has been stationed in the Changdao New Area, one platoon has been stationed in the Outer Island District, and several key coastal defense points have been stationed with a number of troops.

Two platoons of the garrison in the Long Island New Area have been dispatched to Shuangwan City, Bermuda. The only troops that can be used today are the garrison of the military base in West Point.

If it is a conventional military strike, it is obvious that it can only drive out the Mohoks west of the creek in the northwest plain of West Point, and it will not change the problem of the long-term threat of the Mohoks. To solve the problem with maximum efficiency, you can only find a lethal solution.

The solution is to take advantage of the opponent's winter season, when the opponent is completely unprepared for battle, during the coldest winter. Penetrating deep into the upper reaches of the Song River, the large army landed at Albany in what would become the future, and detoured back to the rear settlements of the Mohokks in the upper Song River area. Conduct a "decapitation" operation.

However, in order to achieve the goal of this operation, in addition to conducting large-scale reconnaissance in the early stage to find a land offensive route, the troops participating in the battle must also undergo rigorous training in winter. Preliminary combat time. It was set for February 1623, because the snow season lasted until early spring in the historic Albany region.

"Alright, now for a show of hands."

With such a wide range of matters, Qi Jianjun does not intend to continue to waste time, and it is the king to get the result in a timely manner.

Li Xiang, the immigration minister who has been trying to make a war with the Mohautoks, chose to remain silent at this time. As a Lord, he was very reluctant for the Iroquois League in the north to remain hostile to the country for a long time.

However, many more chose to agree after silence, after all, the Mohoks and the Iroquois alliance behind them have become a major problem for the country, and they will not be severely damaged. It is difficult to guarantee the security of the northern territorial borders.

And this time, it's clearly a chance to kill two birds with one stone.

The Council of Ministers has gone through all the topics for discussion, and then Qi Jianjun will submit a war proposal in Congress, and I believe that Congress will not be able to watch a mouthful of fat not being able to eat it, and the possibility of rejecting the proposal is almost very small. The rest is a matter for the Ministry of Defense and the military.

Friday, September 9, 1622.

The light cruiser Delaware slowly approached the military port in the New Area of Long Island, the planks were lowered, and groups of Army soldiers walked up to the dock with relieved expressions.

An infantry platoon that ended the defense of the double bay market value of the overseas territory of Bermuda Island finally returned to the mainland after nearly four months of absence.

At the dock, about a dozen soldiers and their families were already waiting. With nervous expressions, they searched for their relatives in the group of soldiers, and when they finally saw their husbands or sons returning from their shifts, the housewives shouted almost uncontrollably.

The families of the soldiers, who were told that their relatives were not on the list of replacement on this rotation, hung their heads gloomily.

"I'm going to take a good shower! Shuangwan City didn't even have a river, and I actually held on for four months! Private First Class Jonah looked jealously at his comrades-in-arms who were holding his wife or parents, and said to Makarov, who was also promoted to Private First Class next to him, "Makarov, when the combat allowance is paid, do you want to go to the bar in the New District of Long Island?" ”

"Oh no, I'm going to hunt! That's the real game for men! Makarov opened his yellow teeth and smiled exaggeratedly.

"Is Sergeant Scott there?"

At this moment, an army lieutenant with tender fur at the corners of his mouth walked over, his eyes glancing at a group of soldiers who smelled faintly.

"Ensign! Sir, I am! Scott, who was sorting out his backpack, saw the young lieutenant looking around and shouting his name, so he quickly straightened his chest.

"Hehe, isn't it fun to play this time? I heard you're still injured? The second lieutenant looked up and down at the sturdy army sergeant like a child, and finally smiled, "Sergeant Scott, in view of your outstanding performance in Bermuda, the Army Command promoted you to sergeant, and sent you and some of the officers and men to West Point, and you can choose the people in the garrison of the new district, the number of people is a platoon, this is the order book." Until then, you and the chosen person can have half a month's vacation. ”

After speaking, he handed over two pieces of paper.

"Wow! Sergeant Scott has been promoted again, and now a sergeant! You should be treated, brothers! Jonah was the first to whistle, and his comrades around him began to heckle.

"Sir, may I ask why the soldiers were chosen?" Scott intuitively felt that this order was not so simple, and after driving his comrades away, he approached the second lieutenant and asked in a low voice, "I think I need to think about what kind of soldiers to pick." ”

The second lieutenant was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and quietly nodded to the north with his hand: "North, we need to give some people a look." It's top secret, Sergeant Scott, and you've had a lot of experience fighting in the North, so the Army Command is looking forward to the role you'll play. ”

"I see, I will definitely pick the best soldiers!" Scott stood up again and gave a solemn military salute.

Being able to return to West Point so soon also means that the country is about to officially launch a large-scale military attack on the northern Indians. Scott pinched the order and the promotion order. A mixture of relief and tension in my heart was intertwined.

It was night, eight o'clock in the evening, in the army garrison camp in the new area of Long Island. A group of soldiers who were about to go on a holiday huddled together in front of the little cupboard-like ore radio, staring at the speaker closely.

Today is not the familiar "Lily Marlene", but a brand new song. Although the lyrics are obscure and only a few people can understand them, the soldiers still close their eyes in intoxication, and appreciate the soft and ethereal voice.

At this time, in the radio studio in the southern district of Manchester City, Jenny, dressed in elegant Hanfu, was waiting for the last guitar accompaniment played by the musician behind her, and the best flute was played by her boyfriend Cheng Daxiong himself.

What she is about to sing is the latest song "Legend" that she has learned.

……

Just because I looked at you one more time in the crowd.

I have never been able to forget your face.

I dreamed of seeing each other again by chance, and since then I have been lonely and missing.

When I miss you, you are in the sky, when I think of you, when I think of you, when I think of you, when I think of you, I think of you, when I think of you, I think of you, when I think of you, I think

I prefer to believe that we had a covenant in a past life.

The love story of this life will not change again.

I'd rather spend this life waiting for you to find out that I have always been by your side and have never gone far......

……

In the street plaza outside the radio station, Sergeant Scott quietly looked up at the top of the wooden shelf, listening with an expression of intoxication.

He seemed to remember the first time he saw Jenny. At that time, he and his comrades had just achieved a victory. Walking into West Point with her head held high, the girl was looking timidly at her in the corner of the side wall of the chapel.

Jenny's soft, ethereal and delicate voice has to be said to be one of the most memorable surprises that the country has discovered so far. Cheng Daxiong's musical talent, which is between professional and amateur, is far better than his financial investment ability.

Today, Jenny has truly become the idol of Cheng Dù for thousands of people in the country, and Cheng Daxiong has used all the methods found in the 17th century to assemble a band formed specifically for Jenny's singing. Even the studio has undergone extensive renovation to ensure the quality of the live broadcast as much as possible. Cheng Daxiong's work is meticulous, even down to the percussion rhythm of each small drum beat.

In the central square of the southern district of Manchuria, by the pool, by the resting benches, there are a few people, including a few rare couples. Everyone listened quietly like Sergeant Scott until the last note fell.

The broadcast ended again, and although he couldn't see what kind of expressions the audience had, Cheng Daxiong knew that he had succeeded again, because Jenny's singing was perfect.

"Tomorrow is the weekend, let's go horseback riding across the river! I heard that there is a beautiful pony and I am going to buy it for you! Cheng Daxiong gave Jenny a beautiful shawl and whispered in the other party's ear, "The first time this song was broadcast today, I didn't care about eating, let's go, let's go to that restaurant." ”

"Well, I'm hungry too." Jenny is no longer so shy, and her Chinese boyfriend really cares for her. Not only materially, but the words and deeds of the Chinese young man in front of her were almost more gentlemanly than any European nobleman she had ever heard, and even not at the same level at all.

On the way to the door of the radio station, many European female employees on the night shift clapped their hands at Jenny, expressing their congratulations and envy, which made Jenny, who had mastered a new song again, smile and bend her eyebrows, and her little face flushed.

As soon as she walked out of the radio station, Jenny was stunned, because opposite the gate, far away, under the street lamp, stood a sturdy man in an army soldier's uniform, who was now looking at herself and Cheng Daxiong with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that his girlfriend stopped, Cheng Daxiong thought that the other party was blown by the cool breeze, so he quickly sorted out the shawl.

"It's nothing...... Jenny quickly lowered her head and blocked herself with Cheng Daxiong's body.

In sight, Jenny and the Chinese young man were far away, and Sergeant Scott silently turned his head and walked towards the ferry, because there was still an hour left at most before the ferry back to the Long Island New District of Manchester City was about to stop.

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