"Ladies and gentlemen, the riots in the mining area have subsided, and the militia is chasing the rioters outside, so you can rest assured about the safety issue. Later, troops will come from Changhua to reinforce you, and then you will be sent back to Changhua by train. I'm really sorry that this incident has disturbed you!"

Although Gu Kai was apologizing to the people in the visiting group, his face still looked very relaxed. Just now, dozens of thug bodies have been hung upside down outside the barracks, and at this time, there are no public crowds of thugs in the mining area. According to the military's report, the rioters chose to evacuate the mining area and retreat into the mountains and forests, perhaps realizing that if they stayed here, they would only be surrounded and suppressed by the Haihan militia.

"It's all thanks to Lord Gu's good command and the militia army to fight bravely and well, so that the place can be safe!"

"With Lord Gu sitting here, why should we worry about safety......

When the crisis passed, everyone quickly threw away their previous apprehension and began to seize the time to pat Gu Kai's ass. However, it is true that these people in the visiting group did not know the extent of the disturbance outside, they only knew that Haihan canceled the afternoon visit and sent the garrison troops in the barracks to suppress it. It didn't matter to them what measures Haihan would take to deal with the so-called prisoner riots, they had come today to see for themselves that the iron ore mines claimed by Haihan were indeed real, and that they were far larger than they had imagined. To this end, Haihan even built a railway track passage tens of miles long at any cost, transporting thousands of people into this remote mountain to mine ore, and this investment also shows the importance it attaches to this project and Haihan's terrible engineering construction ability.

The merchants knew very well that the purpose of the Haihan people to show them the Shilu Iron Mine was to show their strength, so that they could safely invest their silver in this Qiongzhou Island to operate. Although there was a slight surprise in the investigation at this stop, this did not affect their overall perception of Haihan, that is, irresistible strength, whether it is people's livelihood, commerce, navigation or military, the strength of Haihan in all aspects is difficult for them to find faulty.

It is precisely after seeing so many places that they understand why those close friends in the business circle recommend Haihan's investment business to them, and why those businessmen who have invested in Qiongzhou Island urgently ask Haihan people to sign a cooperation agreement earlier, lest someone take the lead. For the apocalyptic Ming Dynasty, which was gradually falling into chaos, Qiongzhou Island, which was controlled by outsiders from Haihan, would not face famine caused by war and various natural disasters, but was indeed an excellent place to invest.

The only thing that displeased these merchants was Haihan's almost strict land policy. For those of them who are interested in buying real estate and land on Qiongzhou Island, Haihan's policy is really difficult to accept. However, compared to the income that can be obtained, it seems that it is nothing to suffer a little loss, after all, there have been many pioneers in accordance with the rules of Haihan, in Sanya and other places to buy real estate, except that the deed is written a little specially, it seems to be no different from other places in the Ming Dynasty.

As for this rebellion...... Anyway, no one will settle down here to buy a house, and even if someone really intends to do so, Haihan has already made it clear that Shilu and Changhua do not accept outside investment - to bring you here to visit, just to let you understand that Haihan has the production capacity in this area, not to let you invest money to join this business. The purchase of real estate by non-naturalized immigrants on Qiongzhou Island is currently limited to a few large cities, and the policy is not ************ to find a place for themselves.

Of course, perhaps in a few more years, after Haihan has slowly digested all parts of Qiongzhou Island and established a sound grassroots management organization, the restrictions on foreign floating population will be gradually relaxed. However, given that the current security situation on the island is not particularly stable, there is certainly no hope for this in the near future.

Gu Kai coped with the praise of the businessmen while looking at his watch from time to time. Although Lu Li reported that the situation outside had basically been controlled, Gu Kai still hoped that Qiao Zhiya, the backbone, would come back soon. After all, Qiao Zhiya is the local leader in charge, and many follow-up matters must be commanded and dispatched by him, a person who is familiar with the local situation.

The reinforcements from Qiao Zhiya and Changhua arrived at the Shilu mining area almost front and back, and the number of troops directly exceeded the 1,000 mark. The militia troops who rushed to reinforce even loaded four small-caliber guns from the train in case of emergency. If the Li people, who only use primitive cold weapons, want to break through Shilu, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the young and strong Li Tong who gather the entire Qiongzhong region to do so.

"Send the group away first, and then deal with the rest of the matter. As soon as Qiao Zhiya saw Gu Kai, he didn't have time to elaborate on his combat experience in the jungle, so he started the assignment of work in a hurry: "Wait a minute, you will also withdraw with the visiting group, and I will arrange a platoon of troops to escort you to Changhua...... By the way, you've already been in contact with the base camp, right? What is the attitude of the Executive Committee now?"

"After contacting, the Executive Committee and the Military Commission both believe that they should take this opportunity to pull out the cancer in the Qiongzhong area, so they will organize a special force in Sanya, and they will send it here in a few days. Gu Kai had completely relieved himself at this time, and introduced the latest situation to Qiao Zhiya: "In addition, the Ministry of Security will also intervene, their people will set off from Danzhou today, and it is estimated that they will go to Changhua tomorrow." ”

"The people of the Ministry of Security ......" Qiao Zhiya wanted to complain, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words back. Although his identity is not afraid that the Ministry of Security will take his handle, Gu Kai is one of the executive committee members, and he is the head of the Ministry of Justice, and he is inextricably linked with the Ministry of Security, so it is better not to say this kind of thing in front of him.

Gu Kai replied disapprenosingly: "The Ministry of Security has been guarding Danzhou for half a year without arresting anyone, and this time with news, we must act quickly." Otherwise, how will they explain to Hao Wanqing when they go back? How will Hao Wanqing explain to the Executive Committee?"

"Then the executive committee means that we are standing still for the time being?" Qiao Zhiya continued.

Gu Kai nodded and said: "The Military Commission thinks that it is safer to transfer special mountain troops over, and if you want to go into the mountains to suppress bandits, you still have to store a batch of combat supplies, and this material in the Shilu mining area alone is definitely not enough, you say yes? Don't worry, Lao Yan said in the telegram, when the troops are transferred, you will still be responsible for the specific actions and have full command." ”

Qiao Zhiya cried and laughed: "I didn't plan to grab this battle achievement, but I was afraid that there would be other variables if the time dragged on." However, this time it is right to be cautious if you want to go into the mountains to suppress bandits. ”

Qiao Zhiya stayed in Changhua and Shilu for almost two years, and in addition to directing projects and managing administrative affairs, he would regularly take troops to do some field training in the nearby mountains and forests. He still has some understanding of the situation in the mountainous area of Qiongzhong. In addition to the common difficulties such as marching and sleeping in the mountains, the biggest trouble is actually getting supplies, because there are no decent roads at all, and to transport the large amount of supplies needed by the army into the mountains, there are only two kinds of relying on manpower and animal power. Almost all of the limited animal power in the Shilu mining area is used in the mine, and Tian Yeyou, who is in charge of the mining affairs, probably will not agree to the military requisitioning all the livestock used in production. If we really want to go into the mountains to suppress the bandits, we will probably have to wait for the military to coordinate a batch of pack horses from other places.

As for which troops Sanya was going to send over, Qiao Zhiya didn't need to ask too much to know that it must be the Annan militia army that had just returned from the South China Sea. After all, the only unit whose main training subject is mountain warfare is the militia group organized by Qian Tiandun and others in Annam. Although he has not yet commanded the Annan militia group, Qiao Zhiya can trust Qian Tiandun's methods of leading troops, and this unit is not a rookie in the first place, but a reliable unit with several actual combat experiences. Bringing such an army into the mountains to fight is indeed more certain than the local militia groups.

After Qiao Zhiya handed over official duties to Gu Kai, he personally escorted him and the visiting group to the railway station to return to Changhua by car. It happened that the reinforcements from Changhua were assembling outside the railway station, and the visiting group was fortunate to see the style of the Haihan People's League at close range. It's just that the uniform uniforms, weapons, and neat queues create an appearance that goes far beyond the guards that are used to seeing in other regions. At that moment, some people took the opportunity to pat themselves again, praising the militia army for its "neat appearance" and "majestic and majestic" and so on.

Before dark, many more prisoners returned to the mine from the nearby mountains and forests on their own, and these people had chosen to flee temporarily for various reasons, but they quickly made the choice when they saw the troublemakers retreat. Freedom is precious, but it seems that living is the more important reason than freedom, and the choice of escaping the Shiroku mining area will greatly reduce the likelihood of living while gaining freedom.

Qiao Zhiya did not punish the returning prisoners, but ordered them to be gathered up and then taken back to the prison area and locked up. However, this time Qiao Zhiya has been a little more careful, and all prisoners must check their identities, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past and be infiltrated into the prison area again by people with intentions. Confessions obtained from the captive thugs show that the other side took advantage of the loophole of the forced labor camp's negligence in verifying the personnel, and only checked the few and did not check the many, and as a result, a large number of thugs mixed into the forced labor camp in advance, instigating the current riot.

Fundamentally speaking, the management system of the hard labor camp was formulated by the judicial department, and it is actually nothing for Qiao Zhiya to be held responsible, and if he really wants to take the blame, he has to chase the current director of the police department, Ren Liang, after all, the current management system of the hard labor camp was almost all formulated when he was managing this institution. However, when Ren Liang was the leader, he probably didn't expect that the hard labor camp with only a few hundred people at that time would expand tenfold in a few years, and some of the management systems formulated at that time were not quite in line with the actual situation now. For example, he never imagined that people would infiltrate the forced labor camps in droves and wait for an opportunity to instigate a riot.

Qiao Zhiya can't think of a better way to improve the current management system for the time being, but it must be right to detain these prisoners first, and the rest will be a headache for the police department first. All he had to do now was to clean up the battlefield quickly, count the general losses and results, and then interrogate the captured prisoners to obtain further information.

All departments were busy late that day, and it wasn't until the next morning that the loss statistics were summarized in the hands of Qiao Zhiya, who had not slept all night.

First of all, on the personnel side, a total of 31 members of the police force responsible for maintaining daily law and order in the prison and mining areas were killed in the riots, seven were seriously injured and 29 were slightly injured. Three others went missing, and if they either fled with the mob on their own, they were taken hostage by the mob, and the latter is obviously much more likely, because most of the police have family members, and the possibility of collusion with the Lebanese is extremely low. In terms of casualties alone, this is by far the heaviest loss since the establishment of the Police Division. The vast majority of police officers killed were killed by the mob with rubble, iron tools and other objects in an unguarded situation. The surprising number of casualties came about because most of the police were not equipped with lethal weapons and were completely unable to resist the onslaught of the thugs in the early days of the rioters.

The military also killed three people in the riot, wounded 27 people and 20 missing. The missing persons were all from the first group of troops who went into the mountains to search for fugitives and were ambushed, and neither the platoon commander could escape. Qiao Zhiya later led the team into the mountain to respond, but only brought back some people, and failed to organize on-site search and rescue. As for their current survival possibility, Qiao Zhiya also thinks that it is not optimistic, if they do not return to the Shilu mining area on their own tomorrow, it may already be very lucky.

In addition to the loss of personnel, the fixed assets of the mining area also suffered a certain amount of damage. The burned sheds and production materials are still minor problems, and the mining machinery that was destroyed by the mob is the heavy loss. Without these steam-powered mechanisms, the productivity of the entire mine would have been reduced by at least half. It's no wonder that when Tian Yeyou came to Qiao Zhiya to submit the loss report, he couldn't help but shout that Qiao Zhiya ********, and all the prisoners who participated in the riot must be hanged.

It wasn't until Qiao Zhiya asked him how long it would take to recover that Tian Yeyou's feelings slowly calmed down.

"Most of them can be repaired, but they need the corresponding parts, and they need to be skilled workers. Tian Yeyou said helplessly: "We probably can't solve it ourselves, it depends on the efficiency of Tiandu Industrial Zone." ”