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"And what about the second path?" With the first path that can stably produce saltpeter, everyone became interested in the second path that Chen Yuan said.

Chen Yuan replied: "The second one, of course, is what we said before, send a convoy to Xinjiang Province. But now that we have a train, we can send it right away. The location is probably in the Xiaocaohu area of Shanshan County, Tufan City, which is a large natural nitrate bonanza. Easy to find. It is said that the saltpeter ore here contains 13% sodium nitrate. ”

“13%！” Fat Zhang's eyes lit up with joy. "That means that if we get 1,000 tons back at a time, we can get 130 tons of saltpeter! No wonder you say that you can get them to come to their knees and beg us to buy their saltpeter, as long as there is a stable, abundant and inexpensive source of saltpeter, we can give him a dump. Use commercial means to let them lose so much that they don't even have their pants left! ”

Zhang Fatzi is full of confidence.

Chen Yuan also smiled. But he immediately continued: "However, this time I plan to build a new resource point directly over there to produce finished saltpeter, and then bring it back by train." The efficiency of the raw ore is too low. The distance is more than 3,000 kilometers, and at the speed of the current train, it will take at least four days and three nights each way. With the addition of intermediate mining and shipment, it takes at least 10 days to go back and forth. ”

"Even if we add freight wagons and bring back 3,000 tons of saltpeter ore at a time, plus the production time, it will only be 30 tons of saltpeter per day. However, the labor cost we invested was very high, and it not only took up a lot of time on one of our existing trains. And at least hundreds of miners and a corresponding number of garrisons had nothing to do during the eight days on the road. It's a waste of our human resources. What's more, we need oil, gas, iron and coal in addition to saltpeter! ”

"That's right! There are also oil, iron and coal mines in the Tufan Basin of Xinjiang Province! Wei Chen said: "We learned this when we were in school, and the reserves are not low, and the quality is good." What's more, it's sparsely populated and there are few zombies. It is indeed necessary to build a resource point here. That way we can even get rid of the oil city's control over our resources. If one day they suddenly raise the price of diesel gasoline like Amagi, then we will really be choked by the throat! ”

"So this incident in Amagi also reminds us of this. We need to start building a larger diesel and gasoline reserve right away. Chen Yuan asked, "Fatty, how much diesel gasoline do we have now?" Is there any unusual movement on Du Mei's side in Oil City? ”

Zhang Fatzi replied first: "There are not many reserves of diesel gasoline, and I really didn't think of stockpiling this piece before." In addition, it is also necessary to transport diesel gasoline to Shenwu City. So now the amount of diesel gasoline in our oil depot is only about 300 tons. If we stop transporting to Shenwu City, it will only be enough for us for a month and a half. However, so far, Du Mei is quite trustworthy, and the price has not fluctuated much. ”

"Good. Then take advantage of this time to buy more diesel gasoline from them and reserve it. Over there in Xinjiang Province, I'm going to go there soon. ”

"You're going to Xinjiang Province in person?" Liu Jinlong asked suspiciously. He felt that Chen Yuan, as the leader of the settlement, should not need him to set off in person now.

But Chen Yuan said: "The resource points in Xinjiang Province are too far away from us, and they are very important, so I must personally build the resource points, so that they can be more stable in the future." ”

In the end, Liu Jinlong also thought that what Chen Yuan said made sense, so he nodded and agreed.

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The next day, Shenwu City also received news that Chen Yuan and the others were about to go to Xinjiang Province. There's no way, who let Shenwu City arrange a little spy here. While extremely envious of the train's mobility, Qin Mushan also quickly contacted Chen Yuan.

He said on the phone: "Xiao Chen, I heard that you are going to Xinjiang Province to find saltpeter mines and oil? ”

"Yes, old man. You know so quickly, is there any guidance? Chen Yuan asked with a smile.

"Hehe, when will it be your turn to be guided by me? If it weren't for your advice, we would still be sitting in the secret base 97531 right now. ”

"Where, I'm still too young, and there are many things that I should have asked you seniors for."

Qin Mushan ignored Chen Yuan's sycophancy. He said directly: "Okay, I won't talk to you about this, I'll contact you this time." I want to ask you if you can take some of our troops to Jiuquan on the way to Xinjiang Province this time? ”

"Old man, are you going to hit the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center?" Chen Yuan immediately understood Qin Mushan's intentions.

"Yes." Qin Mushan didn't hide it, after all, when it comes to this, most people will think of the satellite launch center, he said: "There is a lot of equipment and satellite data in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and if it is even possible, we can find the password directly here." It can help us regain control of the satellites in the sky as quickly as possible. We wanted to go before, but because the distance was so long, we put it on hold. This time, I know that you are going to Xinjiang Province and will pass through Jiuquan, so I asked you if you have any spare places. ”

Chen Yuan nodded, it is true that if he can recover here, it will be much easier to control the satellites in the sky. He asked, "And how many troops are you going to take with you?" ”

Qin Mushan smiled and said, "Hehe, the question now should be, how many troops can you help us bring?" ”

Chen Yuan thought for a while and said, "At most one and a half battalions, plus some scientists." We also have an important mission to Xinjiang Province this time. It is related to whether we can have a stable supply of saltpeter and oil on both sides in the future. So the troops brought can not be less. In addition, old man, it just so happened that you called, so I would like to tell you by the way, during this time, our side may not be able to provide saltpeter to Shenwu City anymore. Our source of saltpeter is broken. They suddenly raised the price of saltpeter by twenty times that of the past, so we only planned to go to Xinjiang Province to build saltpeter mines this time. ”

"I see! Well, this time we will send a battalion, plus a special operations squadron, plus 50 satellite experts, and the total number will not exceed 700. But I want you to help us hit the satellite launch center. In return, how about the satellites that will be controlled in the future, divided equally between our sides? ”

Hearing this, Chen Yuan was already very tempted, the importance of satellites is self-evident, and if there is a Chen Yuan, it will burn high incense. And listening to Qin Mushan's tone, it seems that if the satellite launch center is brought down this time, there will be more than one satellite that can be controlled.

So Chen Yuan immediately asked: "Old man, if you can build the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center this time, how many satellites do you expect to be able to control?" ”

Qin Mushan didn't think about it, so he said confidently: "At least 10!" ”

Chen Yuan was overjoyed in his heart, you must know that in the previous life, any satellite was a priceless treasure, like the three major bases in Hebei Province in the previous life, and only one base mastered one. Otherwise, the network traffic at that time would not have been so expensive.

So he immediately agreed: "Okay, deal." We'll leave the day after tomorrow! When the time comes, go to the Zhaorihe railway station to pick up your troops. In addition, the 6 armored personnel carriers that I ordered with you last time, can you also let us receive them? ”

"No problem."

So the two sides agreed, and the self-salvation army set out from the Iron Fort on March 5 and joined at the Zhaori River on February 26. At that time, Qin Cheng will take the troops and Chen Yuan and them to set off together and go to Jiuquan.