The output of the Kailuan Coal Mine reached more than 5 million tons in 1932, and the current output is about 2 million tons, which is an out-and-out cash cow, and it is absolutely impossible for the British to give up, even the Beiyang government has no way, so Zhang Tinglan said that he could get back the Kailuan Coal Mine, and Zhou Xueyuan only thought that he was bragging.

But Zhang Tinglan looked solemn again, as if he was full of confidence, and Zhou Xueyuan couldn't help but think in his heart, if this young man really had a way to get back the Kailuan Coal Mine, at least it would prove that his ability was beyond imagination, and he might be a good candidate.

"Director Zhang, it's not okay to talk in the vernacular, do you have a way to quickly get back the Kailuan Coal Mine?"

"Such a big coal mine, how can it be taken back all at once, it must be slowly figured out."

"Do you have to wait ten or eight years?"

"That's not true, it's about the same in three years, not more than five years at most."

In order to bluff Zhou Xueyuan, Zhang Tinglan didn't mind being a magic stick, and said with a smile: "If you want to take back the Kailuan Coal Mine, you must make the coal mine look less profitable, and it will become a chicken rib that has no meat to eat and is a pity to discard, so that the British will take the initiative to give up." ”

"To put it lightly, everyone knows that coal mines make money, and the British are good at management, how can they lose money!"

"Isn't it easy, mining coal elsewhere, increasing supply, and pushing down the price of coal, they will make less money, and in addition, they can also encourage workers to strike, so that they can't work normally, as long as they persist, the British will definitely not be able to bear it."

Zhou Xueyuan seemed to have a sense when he heard this, but he couldn't fully believe Zhang Tinglan's words, and couldn't help but say: "Coal mines are not everywhere, and workers are encouraged to strike, and they must be resettled and given jobs for them." Arrange for a meal, or who will listen to you. ”

"It's not a difficulty for me, there are coal mines in Jilin, and they are large, and the quality is no worse than that of Kailuan Coal Mine, and I am preparing to develop them, and I also need a large number of coal miners. As long as the workers of the Kailuan coal mine are instigated to strike and let them go to work in Jilin, the workers will be settled, and the coal will be mined in Jilin. When sold to Beijing and Tianjin, it can be used to lower the price, which is the best of both worlds! ”

Zhang Tinglan has long been thinking about developing Jilin's resources, but no matter what he does, he must have workers to do it. If only the Zhou family could help dig up the corners of the Luan Coal Mine and get a group of excellent workers. He's going to save the boss the trouble.

Zhou Xueyuan is obviously not very clear about business matters. didn't see through Zhang Tinglan's ghost thoughts, but instead focused on recovering the Kailuan Coal Mine, thought about it and said: "This thing seems to be good, but it's better to send someone to talk to my fourth brother, I can't be the master." ”

"No problem, I'll arrange for someone to come over right away. For the time being, we will dig up 200 workers first, and then continue to expand. ”

Zhang Tinglan secretly calculated in his heart that as long as these workers were in place, he would buy a batch of coal mining equipment from the United States. It will be possible to develop the Jixi Coal Mine, which has reserves of more than 6 billion tons, and has a complete range of coal types, and the mining value is even higher than that of the Kailuan Coal Mine.

Successfully fooled Zhou Xueyuan, Zhang Tinglan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and hurriedly arranged the matter of moving, and the most important thing was to rectify the situation in Jilin as soon as possible.

When it was almost time to clean up, Zhang Tinglan ordered the army to go directly to Jilin, and he chose to take the train in a hurry. At this time, it was November again, and the snow began to fall on the northeast land, fluttering and sprinkling, a thin layer fell on the ground, and the temperature was also dropping rapidly.

"Xin Yao, the north wind swept the white grass and folded, and Hu Tian snowed in August, have you heard these two sentences?"

"Something that children know, and they use it to test me!"

"I'm not showing off my knowledge, I'm saying that our northern Hu'er won't be able to survive this winter."

Zhang Tinglan is talking about Hu'er naturally refers to Tsarist Russia, just in the past summer, Tsarist Russia suffered another crushing defeat on the Eastern Front, more than a million gray cattle died on the battlefield, this winter for the Tsar, I am afraid it is extremely cold.

In the next year, it will be the February Revolution, and by this time next year, it will be the October Revolution, and the huge Tsarist Russia will completely fall apart.

Zhou Xinyao looked at Zhang Tinglan and fell into contemplation, she also sat quietly on the side, staring, the man in thought seemed to be a charming work of art, never tired of looking at it!

Soon their train arrived in Changchun, and then Zhang Tinglan rushed to Jilin, father Zhang Zuoxiang has been sitting in Jilin during this time, responsible for exterminating bandits, rectifying local security, and also supervising the autumn harvest work, busy and happy, now Zhang Tinglan rushed over, he can also breathe a sigh of relief.

"Stinky boy, you are willing to come to Jilin to help me, I thought you were happy!"

"Look at what you said, didn't I think about finding you a daughter-in-law, otherwise I would have come over a long time ago!"

"Okay, okay, it's time to start a family, if it's two years late, I may not be able to hold my grandson."

Zhang Tinglan is clear in her heart, Daddy is purely pretending to be garlic, and there are younger brothers and sisters who have just been weaned at home, Daddy Ryoma spirit, as for not being able to hold his grandson! However, Zhang Tinglan also noticed that Zhang Zuoxiang's sideburns did have gray hair, and it was obvious that there was a lot of pressure during this time.

"Dad, do you always have any worries, my son will help you think of a way."

Zhang Zuoxiang sighed and said: "It's not a matter of local security, I only have more than half a division of troops in my hands now, and it is a little difficult to deal with bandits, but there are still a large number of Russian garrisons and expatriates along the Middle East Road, these Russians are rampant, and they are even more rampant than the Japanese, how to deal with it, do you have any ideas?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "I thought about it along the way, in the face of these Russians, I must not indulge them." In Europe, Russian soldiers were called gray animals, they were a group of incompletely evolved guys, all with a wild nature, and against them, they had to wave their whips, and they must not be polite. ”

"Humble words, don't be brutal. I have fought so many times with Japan in Mukden, although there is no danger, but there is no way, and now that Fengjun also has a family background, it must be fought steadily, but it cannot be tossed casually. ”

Zhang Tinglan also showed a smile on his face, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I have enough ways to teach these Russians a lesson, so that they can't say a word, and thank us." ”

"Hit them. They can still thank us, isn't this a cheap bone? ”

"That's right, they're cheap bones!"

The two were talking, when suddenly the governor Guo Zongxi came to ask for a meeting, and saw that Zhang Tinglan had also arrived in Mukden. Guo Zongxi's face finally showed joy, and Zhang Tinglan was here. Any trouble is easy to handle.

"Assistant. To put it mildly, there was an accident in the Jiapigou gold mine, and the Russian gold diggers beat the Chinese workers, and the two sides clashed, and the Russians started a war, which was very murderous. Fifteen of our workers were killed. As a result, all the workers were enraged, and they wanted to use their numerical superiority to fight the Russians, and the military and police in charge of managing the gold mines feared that a Sino-Russian conflict would ensue. I'm trying my best to suppress it, but I can't hold it down, so I'm just trying to find a way. ”

In fact, the situation in Jilin is much worse than that in Mukden, first of all, Jilin is vast and sparsely populated, the government is weak, and since the First World War, Russia has been in turmoil, many refugees and businessmen have fled to Jilin and Heilongjiang, these guys have three religions and nine streams, everything has been, but the local government of China does not dare to offend them, these people have completely disrupted the place, and it has become a stubborn disease of public security.

This was especially true of the gold mines in Jiapigou, where more and more Russians gathered in the vicinity of the gold mines, dreaming of making a fortune overnight, and clashes with the original Chinese workers were inevitable.

"The military and police who manage the gold mine have all been dismissed, and none of them can stay!" After Zhang Tinglan read the report, he immediately took the case and scolded: "They are all a bunch of bastards, wretched, their mission is to protect the gold mine and protect the workers." As a result, the Russians bullied the head, they didn't know where to go, and in turn intimidated our workers, this is not what it is to eat inside and out, and it is completely hopeless to hand over the gold mine to such a bunch of waste. ”

"Humble words, don't just know that you shout and kill, you are not a three-year-old child, and now Governor Guo is asking you to come up with a feasible solution. What to do, whether to do anything to the Russians or not, and how Horvat's bearded man will react once he annoys the Russian garrisons along the Middle East Road, is the key to the matter. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang's tone was slightly reproachful, and Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Horvat, I'll deal with it, and he won't be able to object." In addition, another regiment of troops will be mobilized to rush over and control all the Jiapigou gold mines, from now on, this gold mine will completely belong to the Jilin government, and no one will be allowed to mine until we rebuild the management system, and those who violate the order will be shot on the spot! ”

Zhang Tinglan has long been gearing up for the gold mine, and now that he has just arrived in Jilin, this kind of thing has happened, which is both a trouble and an opportunity, and Zhang Tinglan will definitely not let it go.

"To put it mildly, Horvat is a very cunning guy, don't look at him and we have smuggling dealings, but once the Chinese army attacks the Russians, it will annoy the Russian government, our past feelings are useless, and it is not easy to make Horvat comply!"

"Dad, don't worry, I have Horvat's handle in my hand, and that guy is insatiable, as long as I promise to develop a gold mine with him, he will take the initiative to help."

When Zhang Zuoxiang heard that Zhang Tinglan was actually ready to cooperate with Horvat, his brows immediately furrowed: "The gold mine is ours, and it was given to Horvat for nothing, humble words, are you willing to do it?" ”

"Of course I can't bear it, it's just painting bread to satisfy hunger." Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Nominally, I promised to give him dividends, but the gold produced will be put into the account of Fengtian Bank, and he can't withdraw a penny." And as long as you wait for a while, the money will never have to be given to him! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tinglan's face also showed a smug smile, this is the advantage of a traverser, there are still a few months, the life of Tsarist Russia has entered the countdown to Zuihou, Horvat, the commander-in-chief, will instantly become worthless, and how much profit he is given now is destined to be just a book number, which can never be implemented.

After the discussion was properly discussed, Zhang Zuoxiang ordered the army to be dispatched to take care of all the Jiapigou gold mines, and implement strict military management measures.

As for Zhang Tinglan, he rushed directly to Harbin to meet Horvat, the commander of the Middle East Road Guard, and in the commander's mansion full of Russian style, Zhang Tinglan saw Horvat again.

"Bearded, we're meeting again, you've always been nice, aren't you?"

"It's not good, Zhang, you're looking for trouble, there are already Russian expatriates who have complained to me, you have wantonly violated the interests of Russian businessmen and detained them, just like piglets, although we have a good friendship, but there are some things I can't help you, this is related to the face of the empire, I have to take action."

"Old friend, if you want to take action, I won't be polite, you have tens of thousands of road guards, I have a division of Fengjun, you can use Russia to press me, I can also send your incriminating evidence to Petrograd, do you want to see the result of this kind of fish dying and breaking the net?" (To be continued......)