After getting the salt and iron business license from Xiao Siwen, the relevant personnel of the crossing team immediately took action. Yu Wende of the Materials Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology led a group of local prospecting and mining craftsmen, under the escort of two squads of soldiers in the pioneer battalion, to Tanzhou (Miyun County, Beijing) in the north of Youzhou (Miyun County, Beijing in the previous life) according to the distribution of various mineral deposits around Beijing in the previous life, according to their own mastery, to explore the iron ore resources there.

Liu Wendong, the head of the chemical engineering department, handed over the production of glass products to a few newly trained reliable craftsmen, and he himself and Xie Tian took the guards to the small fishing village where Xie Tian and the others lived, inspected the local coastal conditions, and prepared to buy a piece of land there as a salt drying factory.

At the same time that Yu, Liu and others went out to investigate, Zhao Min'an also began to buy a piece of new land of nearly 5,000 acres in the south of Liangxiang with the help of Song Feiyang of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade. Except for the 100 acres of land in the center that was used as a corn breeding field, most of the rest of the land was used for cultivation by the Xishan displaced people, and some of it was allocated to the villagers of Liangshuiquan Village, who were originally assigned to cultivate the fields near the "Jingyuan". This is not only a new reward for the team's cooperation with the relocation work, but also an attempt to win over the villagers of Liangshuiquan Village so that they can use it for their own use.

The villagers of Liangshuiquan Village are grateful to the crossing team, and actively cooperate with the team, conscientiously carrying out the work of letting them pay attention to the behavior of the new tenants, which can be regarded as the team's volunteer supervisors.

At the beginning of February of the lunar calendar, after Qian Yuanshan left Xishan with more than 100 homeless people and went to Feilongzhai, Liang Ziyue also took nearly 100 homeless people down the mountain and came to the 5,000 acres of land newly purchased by the team to start the construction of the homeless resettlement site.

The team set up four resettlement sites around Xintian, most of which were thatched houses, and unless these tenants could afford to build new houses in the future, they would be the homes of the displaced tenants for a long time to come.

At the same time as building the thatched hut, the team also brought in a team of professional craftsmen from the construction site of "Liangyuan", and on the one hand, built a fence around the corn breeding field to protect the secrets of corn. On the other hand, preparations are being made to build a new grain storage warehouse near San Tin Chan.

By March, the thatched houses in the resettlement sites had almost been completed, and the displaced people, who had lived in the ravines of the western mountains for months, finally had the opportunity to get out of the mountains and return to the lives of ordinary people. After arriving at the resettlement site, they were taken to the thatched huts belonging to their respective families according to the pre-arranged HAODE plan, and received the corresponding means of subsistence and production, so as to prepare for the upcoming spring ploughing. Of course, these means of subsistence and production are leased to them, and when they have a harvest, they will have to be repaid in installments.

However, not all displaced people have made it to the settlements, and some have gone elsewhere. Among them, Gu Anjia, who made great contributions to subduing the homeless people, was arranged by the team to "Jingyuan" as an assistant to Deng He, the housekeeper of "Jingyuan" - Deng An's younger brother. And Chang Shengjun, who is valued by Zhang Weixin, for the sake of his wife and children to have a good life, especially after his son Chang Mao has joined the reserve Liliang training class to study, he finally accepted the invitation of Zhang Weixin and Qian Yuanshan and others, and took his veterans and brothers from Orion, followed Wang Baoshan, who had stayed in Xishan, to Feilong Village, and under the instruction of Qian Yuanshan, Zeng Zhilin and others, forty elites were selected from their brothers and pioneer battalion soldiers to form the Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion Ranger Squad.

According to the meaning of Qian, Zeng and others, it is to train this newly formed squad into a special squad of the special forces type in the previous life. The people of the military department originally planned to call this unit a special operations squad, but they were afraid that the locals would not understand the meaning of this word, so they chose the name of the more famous in their previous life, the American Ranger special forces. In this way, it can not only reflect the characteristics of this small army, but also be closer to the name of this era. Moreover, each member of this squad will be equipped with horses, so it is also very appropriate to call them Rangers.

In addition to borrowing the name of the Ranger, the Military Department also designed a black turban, soft hat, helmet and other items for the squad, as well as a chest mark consisting of winged horses and swords, based on the tradition of all Ranger members wearing black berets and streamer armbands in the previous life. ,

This elite squad was led by Muttel, the former second squadron leader was held by Wu Pingdong, the former deputy squadron leader, and Chang Shengjun and Fang Zhenbei, a squad leader of the former first squadron, were the deputy squad leaders. Although for Muttle, this transfer was tantamount to a demotion, from the original squadron leader to a squad leader, he did not have any complaints. In his opinion, being able to become the leader of this special operations team is far more challenging and easier to build credit than being the leader of that squadron. What's more, this squad is cavalry, which is something that is undesirable for Muter, a Mongolian young man who has loved riding horses since he was a child.

In addition, after a three-month training and assessment of the homeless young soldiers, the Military Department selected more than 130 qualified young men from among them to provide a personnel base for the third squadron of the Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion, which will be formed soon. In addition, more than 10 people who did not meet the standards of combatants, but whose achievements were relatively young and strong, were incorporated into the logistics team.

Unlike when the first two squadrons were established, according to the Jihua of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the formation of the third squadron took a mix of old and new. That is, the second squadron was split into two halves, and after strengthening a small part of the backbone of the first squadron, the newly selected young men were formed into new second and third squadrons.

Among them, Wu Pingdong is still the leader of the second squadron. Wang Baoshan, the squadron deputy of the former No. 1 Squadron, was appointed as the squadron leader of the newly formed No. 3 Squadron because of his quite good performance in the past year. In this way, except for the squadron leader of the absolute main squadron No. 1 or Tang Chao, the squadron leader of the other two squadrons has been replaced by a local. This is not only because of the trust in these locals, but also because of the need for the continuous development of the military liliang in the future.

It was not until this time that the Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion really reached the scale of its original design, with three combat squadrons, as well as a special operations squad and a logistics squadron, with a total strength of more than 400 people.

When the Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion began to train the homeless young and strong recruits, the members of the Weapons Section of the Ministry of Science and Technology began to get busy again. In order to enable the new recruits to obtain flintlock pistols as soon as possible, the Weapons Section, under the leadership of Li Junwu, went all out into the manufacture of firearms - the stock of flintlock pistols was limited and could not meet the needs of the new troops. However, due to workplace constraints, the production capacity of the Weapons Section cannot be fully utilized, and it is only in June or July that the production of new equipment can be completed.

The contradiction between the workplace and the production capacity made Li Junwu very anxious, and at this time, a news from the "Qingyuan" made him think of a way. The news was sent by Zhang Weixin from the "Qingyuan", to the effect that with the efforts of the Craftsman Alliance, most of the "Liangyuan" project has been completed. Except for the North District, the living quarters, where some of the courtyards are under construction, the rest of the buildings have already been completed. The entire project is expected to be completed by mid-May by almost a month ahead of schedule.

This news made Li Junwu think about it, because it meant that the construction of the southern area -- the work area -- prepared for the Ministry of Science and Technology -- had been completed, several production buildings could already be used, and the various sections of the Ministry of Science and Technology no longer had to work in the "Jingyuan." Therefore, after getting the news, Li Junwu immediately pulled Xu Shaoan together and contacted Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin in "Qingyuan", proposing that in order to speed up the speed of R&D and production, and also to ensure production safety, the R&D and production work of the Ministry of Science and Technology should be immediately moved to the southern area of the "Liangyuan" base, so as to serve the team more haode.

Regarding Li Junwu's suggestion, Wang and Zhang were still a little hesitant. Mainly because the northern area of "Liangyuan" has not yet been completed, and if the people from the Ministry of Science and Technology move there now, it is not conducive to security and confidentiality.

Although Wang and Zhang's concerns have some reason, Li Junwu has already made up his mind at this time and has to move. Therefore, he further offered his reasons, saying: "The reason why I want to move into Cool Garden now is not only to complete the construction of the flintlock pistol as soon as possible, but also for the sake of the overall situation of the team. You must know that the second child has been taking people to Danzhou in the north to prospect for some days, and with his understanding of the distribution of minerals around Beijing, I am afraid that good news will come soon. At that time, with the iron ore in Danzhou and the abundant coal resources in Xishan, we are bound to start steel smelting immediately.

Moreover, the scale of smelting is by no means achievable by the small workshop-style site in the current 'Jingyuan', and large-scale iron-making and steel-making blast furnaces are required. The construction of such blast furnaces takes time, and if you want to start construction when iron and coal mines start producing ore, you must start building them now.

If we don't start now, then a series of scientific research work will be affected. Especially for the research and development of modern firearms, the degree of dependence on high-quality steel is quite high. And you are quite aware of the value of firearms in the true modern sense to the future development of the team. Therefore, it is very necessary for the Ministry of Science and Technology to move into the 'Liangyuan' as soon as possible. ”

After listening to Li Junwu's words, Wang and Zhang also moved their minds. After all, modern firearms, even those of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, have a huge impact on the future development of the team and this era. Xu Shao'an's desire for modern firearms was far stronger than that of Wang and Zhang, and his advice to Li Junwu was to raise his hands in favor. Therefore, he strongly encouraged Wang and Zhang to accept Li Junwu's suggestion, and said that if the two were not at ease, they could completely transfer a squadron of soldiers from the Feilong Pioneer Battalion down the mountain to station in the "Liangyuan" to provide comprehensive protection for the members of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Under the persuasion of Li and Xu, Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin finally agreed to Li Junwu's suggestion and decided that all members of the Ministry of Science and Technology, including local craftsmen, should move into the southern area of "Liangyuan" as soon as possible. Moreover, before the completion of the North District, they lived and worked in the South District. In addition, the No. 2 Squadron of the Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion immediately descended the mountain and stationed in the southern area of the "Liangyuan", and while providing protection for the members of the Ministry of Science and Technology, it was also necessary to strictly prohibit the construction personnel of the northern district from approaching the southern area to prevent leakage of secrets.

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