Jin Mingji used to work in a stone mining factory, and because he was a generalist in his skills, his boss valued him very much. The boss of that mine is also very righteous and treats him well, and his salary is settled every three months, which is quite high. At that time, it took half a year for other workers to settle their wages.

Similarly, we also know that the stone of the road, the payment is slow, the general large projects are for greening, transportation and the like, the public money, the payment is slow, by no means the boss deliberately delayed.

A large amount of explosives is needed in stone mining, and it stands to reason that explosives are purchased from regular manufacturers, that is, manufacturers specially designated by the public security department, and the market price is 18,000 yuan per ton. That's a little too expensive.

The two of them usually don't have anything to do, and the cost of this is quite high! The key is that there is also a local soil policy, and all mine blasting must be carried out by a blasting company designated by the public security department to start the explosion, or it is not illegal. It's also a fee.

Jin Mingchi graduated from a secondary school in mining technology, first worked in a state-owned coal mine in the north, and then when the coal resources were exhausted, the leaders were transferred, and low-level technicians and workers like him were laid off - in the past ten years of his work, he is also familiar with the application of various techniques in the mining industry. So, Jin Mingchi came up with an idea for the boss, let's make explosives ourselves.

At that time, he also helped the boss calculate an account, and the boss was very satisfied after hearing it, so he patted his chest and said that everything that happened in the future would be counted on his head, and you would boldly rectify it.

He first purchased more than 10 tons of ammonium nitrate and other chemical raw materials, and then mixed them with sawdust and diesel fuel in a certain ratio, and then made "soil explosives" by local method, so that the cost of explosives per ton was only about 3,000 yuan, and even a fraction of the market price.

In the past, when the mine was opened, miners would dig holes more than 10 meters deep and about 10 centimeters in diameter in the stones, and then apply for explosives from the blasting company designated by the public security department, and the other party would put the explosives into the holes and blast them.

After having homemade earth explosives, Jin Mingchi and the others first installed three or four meters deep "earth explosives" in the hole before applying for explosives from the blasting company, and then asked a professional blasting company to release the explosives they provided, and the two explosives were mixed together and exploded.

The mine was operated in this way, blasted five or six times, and nothing happened, which directly saved the boss a third of the cost, and both of them felt that this method was good.

The people at the demolition company also wondered, why did the rock explosives get more and more intense? It's a great result.

Later, I don't know which god took a fancy to this quarry, and the backer that the boss originally asked for couldn't cover it.

Seeing that the quarry is about to be put in order. To say that the boss also made some money, but as soon as he drank, the donkey's temper came up, and he brought out all the explosives that he had secretly prepared, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, and said by comparison, whoever dares to rectify it, Lao Tzu will perish with him!

Jin Mingchi happened to be out of town at the time, not at the scene, when he was on the way back, he heard that any special police were dispatched, and immediately turned around and ran, and he didn't dare to ask for three months' salary, and he was distressed to death - the result was that he didn't know what to do, it seemed that there was nothing to do, either the boss carried it all down, or the backers made peace - but Jin Mingchi was always afraid, and when this matter came out, he made a big fuss.

At that time, the Jin Chi Ming Technique Practitioner took a small sip and took a small sip of a hundred years of loneliness, looked at Director Sun Defa with tears in his eyes and said, "Look, a broken quarry, is it worth it?" I'm so scared that I can't sleep well. ”

Director Sun Defa said with a spring breeze on his face: "Do you know about Sima Jianguo? ”

"Zhiludao, that's why I came to you to sign up—"

Director Sun Defa said: "You are not the same as him - a quarry is of course nothing, face, power range, unchallengeable authority, this is the big thing-"

Jin Mingchi's tears fell directly and said, "What does this have to do with me?" It's only in this realm that I can sleep soundly—"

The technicians of the Hantang Group inspected the places where the local Ming farmers were digging coal, and found that there were some small coal kilns and small coal pits, the working surface was too narrow, and the thickness of coal deposition was not high. So it was decided to use the blasting method directly, and after opening the working face, the captives cleaned it up manually, and it was not worth using an excavator for them.

The issue of the custody of United Nations prisoners is a big problem.

Although the Han and Tang cliques had rearranged them according to the European region, they also scattered and planted the prisoners who had been working near the city of Geranza in order to take the lead.

What should I do when I really have to give them labor tools? Those shovels and pickaxes are weapons that can be turned into sharp weapons at any time-

Although the Hantang Group directly controls the food supply, direct management is also a problem.

The people of the Hantang Group really didn't want to use the backbone militia of the Chiji Agricultural Base, and they didn't want to drain all the security teams in other areas - in desperation, Manager Mei Lezhi found Zheng Bin and proposed to hire three hundred overseers, which could be regarded as a requirement for guards.

The Hantang Group plans to let them manage it on the front line, and then arrange for the Ming security team members and indigenous security team members to monitor on the second line, and the people of the Hantang Group to remotely control it on the third line - this security system on the ground is more perfect.

At the same time, after arranging for the Zishui to deliver the necessary mining equipment, it will stay in Keelung temporarily. He transferred the flight captain Liu Haiyang from the school and asked him to go with the boat with a powered paraglider.

In this way, a complete security system is formed in the sea, in the sky, and on the ground. As long as barbed wire is arranged in key places and protection is done, there should be no major problems.

After the third master Zheng Bin heard the request of Manager Mei Lezhi, he was overjoyed, you people from the Hantang Group can be regarded as begging my Zheng family - he was silent on his face, deliberately muttered, and said: "My Zheng family now has 5,000 elite soldiers under his command, and there are countless soldiers who can fight - only 300 guards, what can I do if I send you for nothing?!" ”

Manager Mei Lezhi smiled, this is another exaggerated statement of the ancients, he did not answer, and he knew that he would have a later story.

The third master, Zheng Bin, said the thoughts that he had been thinking about for many days in his heart: "Manager Mei, it's just that considering that the Hantang Group attaches great importance to the word fairness, how about this, there are some people who are good at firing guns and firing guns among those red hairy people, and there are also some good sailors - it is a bit of a waste to only do mining, if it can be handed over to us and others to use, it will be of greater use——"

Manager Mei Lezhi suddenly understood that the three brothers of his Zheng family were going to organize a Hongmao army!

Zheng Zhilong's command once had a force of 300 blacks of different nationalities. These blacks were all Christians, loyal to the Zheng father and son, and won the trust of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong, father and son.

According to the records of the Belgian missionary Roujman, most of these blacks were Currymen, and it is speculated that they may have been Bantu people from southern Africa. These blacks fought valiantly and were excellent musketeers. Zheng Zhilong trusted them the most, and with their protection and military service, it can be said that the black troops contributed to the establishment and consolidation of the Zheng group.

In Zheng Zhilong's army, there were also troops made up of whites and Japanese. Compared to them, the black troops were poorly paid, but they were more faithful and reliable, and they were "fiercer than the white ghosts." Not only that, but the blacks in Zheng Chenggong's army were also good at casting and using muskets, and provided weapons and logistics for Zheng's army.

On one occasion, blacks stayed up all night celebrating Ascension Day. At dawn, the horn was fired and the gun was fired, and the loud sound surprised Zheng Zhilong, who thought that he was attacked by the enemy. After learning the reason, Zheng Zhilong not only did not punish them, but also ordered that they be rewarded with wine, cakes, and silver as the cost of continuing the celebration during the day. This shows the importance attached to them.

It is no wonder that Zheng Zhilong was so tolerant of blacks, and it is no wonder that so many black slaves came to defect, and the black slaves trafficked by the Portuguese in Macau often escaped - over time, these black soldiers gradually became able to understand Chinese, but only "could understand the human language but could not speak themselves".

This elite black army, which has been tempered thousands of times, continued to serve Zheng Chenggong after Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became Zheng Chenggong's personal guard. In Zheng Chenggong's attack on Nanjing, the black troops fought bloody battles with the Qing army under the walls of Nanjing and along the Yangtze River.

Now they may be recruiting troops and food with Zheng Chenggong in western Guangdong.

The third master, Zheng Bin, saw that Manager Mei Lezhi was in deep thought, and he was a little flustered, could it be that his request was too much? Hurriedly said: "Manager Mei, these people we selected naturally can't be converted into ordinary soldiers-one to three should still be, whether you want to be strong or miners, you can open your mouth at will-In addition, thank you for not collecting taxes from us and other building materials——"

Manager Mei said: "These are two different things, we don't collect taxes on the building materials of you and the Pan family, they are for private use." I'm in charge of conveying your proposal—"

The third master, Zheng Bin, left with a thousand thanks, but his proposal made the eyes of the people of the Hantang Group light up, yes, none of us have turned our minds.

There are some qualified soldiers and gunners among these UN prisoners, and they are all ready-made cannon fodder, and they go to fight against the Tartars going south, and they don't know who will lose and who will win - just being miners, it's a bit bent.

In the end, the two sides reached a consensus, and the Zheng family selected 300 people—one Hongmaofan for one overseer, two miners, but they all had to bring their families—and thirty large animals.

The third master, Zheng Bin, hurriedly signed the handwriting, and the handwriting was very beautiful. Manager Mei Lezhi asked, did you go to private school when you were a child?

The third master, Zheng Bin, said, our Zheng family, have all read-

After the security system envisioned by the Hantang Group was slowly realized, the mine was opened, and the Hantang Group's action to obtain materials from nature began.

At that time, in front of everyone, Director Sun Defa and Jin Mingchi technicians drilled blasting holes with rock chisels at the mouths of several small coal kilns side by side, then filled with a second potassium chlorate explosive, inserted a detonator, and tied a fuse.

The detonator of the Hantang Group is a fire detonator, and the electric detonator can actually be manufactured, but in the words of Lin Shengli, the director of the Red Star Military Factory, the egg hurts, and the wire is wasted.

A fire detonator is a small cylinder about 5 centimeters high and 0.5 centimeters thick. Outside is kraft paper from the base of the estuary, soaked in tung oil. It was wrapped in fine and compacted black powder, which was tested to produce an explosion of more than 200 kilograms. There is a cavity of a little and a half centimeter at the end of the tail, so that the fuse can be tied when the time comes.

The fuse is wrapped layer by layer of ordinary black gunpowder, kraft paper, and white silk thread, and then soaked in tung oil, and then brushed with gum, which is very strong and resistant to folding, and a fuse is enough to lift a person's weight, and it will not loosen when folded repeatedly. According to tests, after two hours of complete immersion in water, it can still burn normally.

For these two things, Director Lin of the Red Star Arsenal also went to the Budai Chemical Industry Zone.

After setting up the blasting device, Director Sun Defa looked at the safety situation of the people behind him and felt that there was no problem, so he nodded and motioned for the Jin Mingchi technician to light the fire.

The fuse was 5 meters long, and when ignited, it was burning at a rate of one centimeter per second.

Director Sun Defa and Jin Mingchi Technician ran towards the pre-arranged bunker in small steps according to the blasting requirements.

Along the way, the Jin Mingchi technician also said that it was a pity, this place is all andesite, and that thing can only be used as building materials - in fact, it is the most suitable for tombstones, and it can't be polished.