The third update! Mom, I've finally made up for what I owe, brothers and sisters, friends passing by, smash the ticket! By the way, I bookmark it!

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"The young master is back, the young master is back!"

As soon as Li Mo walked a few hundred meters away from the camp, he heard the entire camp be noisy, and countless figures came out of the house and workshop.

Good guys, at a glance, there are at least nearly a thousand people, and this is not counting those natives who have not come out. "What's going on?" Li Mo greeted several familiar faces who were guarding with doubts, and walked towards the camp, until Xiaoxiao came out of nowhere, and then took her little hand and asked urgently: "Xiaoxiao, why are there so many more people?" ”

"Huh? Why did you forget, young master? Didn't you ask Brother Long to go back and recruit people? As soon as the little girl saw the young master come back, she was as excited as a chirping yellow bird, holding Li Mo's arm and explaining: "This is only a part, there is another camp in the gold mine, and we have found two gold mines on the other side of the river, although it is not as big as here, but it has also built a camp, and now there are eight thousand not counting the natives, if you count the natives, at least fifteen thousand!" ”

"So much!" Hearing such a huge number, Li Mo gasped, and he didn't even notice that Li Fu came to his side to greet him, but after tugging him slightly, he hurriedly helped up the loyal old housekeeper.

"Where's the national badge?" Seeing that the human resources he had been worried about were solved in an instant, Li Mo almost smiled and crooked his mouth, and hurriedly asked, hoping to meet this biggest hero.

"Brother Long hasn't come back from the gold mine yet!" Xiao Xiao saw that after the young master came back, almost all of them were asking about the mine and other things, but he didn't look at himself directly, so he immediately pouted, twisted Li Mo fiercely, turned his head and ran away.

"Huh? What's wrong with this girl? Young Master Li, who had a sore arm, was inexplicable, so he could only ask Li Fu and others for help with his eyes, but the old housekeeper just touched his beard with an unfathomable smile, and as for the other people, he turned his head even more, with an expression that I didn't see.

"Yaya! A bunch of bastards! Li Mo gestured his middle finger and burrowed into the room.

Since Thomas was going to buy land, Zhang Shun and Chen Ping went to be his assistants, and Du Dazhuang needed to stay in Skagwe to watch the boat, so Li Mo and a few people who went out together returned to the camp.

Soon, Long Guozhang, Zhao Long and others, who got the news, came back, and the room was suddenly crowded, and the whole eight months of separation made everyone a little excited.

"Brother Long, where did you recruit so many people? Didn't you find out? As soon as he saw Long Guozhang, Li Mo hurriedly asked about the sudden increase in the population of the camp.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, Long Guozhang looks a lot darker, but his spirit is exceptionally good, when he saw Li Mo asking, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, touched his beard and smiled: "Young master, don't worry, my old dragon won't do those things that kidnap people, these people are all willing to come here, and I handed over the contract to Fu Bo." After speaking, he told him how to go back and how to recruit people.

It turned out that as soon as Long Guozhang returned to Qingdao, he heard that there was a great drought outside the pass in the autumn, and many people died, and some people saw that there was no way to live, and they wanted to enter the pass to avoid trouble, but the court was afraid that these homeless people would make trouble, so they sent officers and soldiers to block them out of the pass, and these people who had nowhere to go had to temporarily live in front of the pass, at least more than 100,000 people.

Hearing the news, Long Guozhang immediately led people over, only to find that the pass was indeed crowded with people, and because the officers and soldiers were not allowed to enter the pass, the weather began to get cooler again, so there were some incidents every day.

So he immediately started to recruit, at first not many people were willing to come, but as the weather became colder and colder, and the food was gone, some young and strong began to move their minds, and heard that there was food and drink, and they could get three taels of silver a month, so they became a live horse doctor and signed labor contracts one after another.

After recruiting 3,000 people, Long Guozhang immediately used a boat to bring these people here before the heavy snow closed the port, and settled down under Zhao Long's response.

After that, Long Guozhang continued to go south, to Fuzhou and Nanyang farther to recruit people, and brought them over by boat, several times, his ship was almost discovered by the patrolling American [***] ship, fortunately he was flying the British flag, so he avoided the other party.

Due to the large number of people, afraid of being discovered by foreigners, Zhao Long and Long Guozhang scattered the people, and each time they took some different paths, so that today's camp was in full swing.

As for the thousands of extra natives, they are all by-products of Zhao Long and Li Qiang's military training, especially Li Qiang, this kid has less than ten people under his command now, but there are at least ten natives who can be served by him, and there are many gold diggers who have also been blackmailed by him, and dozens of catties have been seized in Jinsha alone!

Listening to everyone's reports, Li Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had been worried in the United States, afraid that the camp would be discovered, afraid that they would not be able to survive this winter, and now it seems that he is really worried in vain, with Li Fu, Long Guozhang, Zhao Long and Li Qiang, these experienced and powerful people, the mine can't turn the sky at all.

Li Mo is not very worried about the sudden emergence of so many people, as long as he waits for Thomas to come back and get the official land ownership certificate, then these people can live as laborers for a long time.

Compared with the surging population, he was more worried about the safety of the camp, after all, there were so many people added at once, and it was difficult to ensure that something could not be guaranteed. So he hurriedly asked, "Zhao Long, how many people are in your escort team now?" ”

Seeing the young master asking, Zhao Long of course knew what the young master was worried about, and immediately replied: "At present, there are a total of five hundred people, and they have all passed the test, and there is no problem in terms of loyalty." After speaking, he didn't forget to introduce Li Qiang's situation: "There are a total of seven people there in Li Qiang now, but this kid is now taking them around all day long, if the young master wants to see him, it seems that he will have to wait a few more days!" ”

Hearing that there were already five hundred people in the escort team at the moment, and Li Qiang had also brought out six elites, Li Mo suddenly nodded and said, "It seems that I am going to buy a batch of weapons." ”

"Hehe, young master, don't worry, I've already bought it, but I haven't sent it yet, Zhao Long said that I will wait for you to come back and give them a gun!" Long Guozhang said with a smile.

"Oh? What are the models? As soon as Li Mo heard that he had bought it, he was afraid that Long Guozhang would not understand arms and buy it inappropriate, so he immediately asked.

"It's all the same Mauser as now, two thousand in all, plus four hundred boxes of bullets and a hundred barrels of explosives!" Long Guozhang lowered his voice.

"Sss Hearing such a large number, Young Master Li suddenly gasped, two thousand Mauser 1888, which businessman has such a big hand? While doubting in his heart, his eyes had already looked at Long Guozhang.

"When I was in Guangdong, I met a German merchant who sold me money. I heard him say that these guns were all ordered by Master Li Hongzhang, and it is said that they were to be used to train new soldiers. And I also heard that this time it is not only about buying guns, but also about buying a complete technology and production line, as well as a set of the latest 88mm rapid-fire guns, good guys, it's a pity that the money Forber gave me is used for these guns, otherwise I will get a few of them, I think that foreign devil will dare to provoke us! After Long Guozhang finished speaking, he smacked his lips, obviously unwilling to buy a cannon.

Li Mo didn't doubt it after hearing it, because the Qing Dynasty had indeed introduced Mauser technology and production lines, although he didn't know the specific time, but the famous Hanyang was still very familiar.

It's just that with the news brought by this gun, it can be seen that the First Sino-Japanese War is not far away!

Seeing Long Guozhang's unwilling look, Li Mo sniffed: "Money is not a problem, if Guozhang meets that German next time, you might as well probe and see if we can also get a set of technology and production lines, as for the cannon, if he can get it, I can also buy it!" ”

"That's great, I'll go look for him in a few days!" Obviously, in Long Guozhang's eyes, there is nothing more exciting for him than a cannon, although the ironclad ship is still far away, but if you put a few cannons on the ship, you can also be majestic!

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Li Mo immediately said about the four big ships, thousands of tons of supplies, and more than 20 million US dollars, and suddenly the room was full of inhaling sounds, and everyone looked at each other a few times, only to realize that the ones he had just sold were not even a fart in front of the young master!

Li Mo didn't care about everyone's reaction, and it was time to get a good night's sleep after the bumps along the way, but before Xiaoxiao brought the water, he was mysteriously pulled by Li Fushen to the vault that had expanded a lot.

After passing through the well-guarded passage, when Fu Bo lit the kerosene lamp in the warehouse, Li Mo was almost frightened to death, only to see huge gold ingots, neatly arranged together, shining dazzling under the oil lamp.

"Fu Bo, this ......" Li Mo's hands trembled, you must know that when he left, in addition to the dog's head gold that Da Zhuang gave him, he had already moved the vault clean, and it had only been a few months? It turned out to be several times more than the time to leave, or even dozens of times!

Li Fu was not surprised by Li Mo's surprise, pointed to the huge gold nuggets and said: "Young master, these are all mined after you left, in order to prevent theft, old slave, oh, I, I made it into a 100-kilogram piece, so that even if someone comes to steal it, it can't be taken!" Remembering that Li Yunfei didn't like him to call himself an old slave, Li Fu hurriedly changed his words and continued: "Now there are a total of 48 pieces here. ”

48 pieces, each weighing 100 kilograms, that is a full 4800 kilograms, according to 8 months, 240 days, that is 20 kilograms per day. On top of that, this is mined in the winter when there is heavy snowfall, and if it is placed in the summer, then it will have to be doubled?

Li Mo was not surprised that so much gold could be mined, because according to estimates, the reserves of the five major gold mines he had delineated were at least nearly 10,000 tons. What really surprised him was that in the great cold winter of lack of machinery, lack of equipment, and even lack of food and clothing, it was good to survive, how could it be possible to dig up so much gold?

As if seeing the young master's question, Li Fu, who had some pain in his legs, sat on the big gold brick and hammered it a few times. Before he could explain, Li Mo hurriedly walked over after seeing it and asked with concern, "Fu Bo, what's wrong with your leg?" ”

Li Fu smiled: "Thank you young master for your concern, it's all caused by the heavy snowfall after the New Year, it's okay, it's an old problem!" After speaking, he patted the large gold brick on the side, and then said with a smile: "I really have to thank Guozhang for this, when he went back a few years ago, he happened to hear that the Ministry of Industry had a case of leaking secrets, as if something was taken by the Japanese Kou, Lafayette was very angry, so many directors of the Ministry of Industry were imprisoned, and many craftsmen were involved, and I heard that even many individuals from the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau were arrested."

It turned out that these people were to be sentenced to exile, and when Guozhang heard about it, he took out the passbook I gave him, took out the money that the master had deposited in the British bank, bought off the head of the criminal department, and bought all those sentenced to exile, and replaced them with some death row prisoners and homeless people, a total of more than 200 people, plus their families, a total of more than 700 people, and all of them were skilled. It's a pity that after coming here, it may be that the climate is not adaptable, and a few people died. ”

"Oh? And now what about them? Listening to Li Fu's words, Li Mo's eyes suddenly lit up, there has always been a lack of real technicians around him, but he didn't expect Long Guozhang to go back once, and he brought two hundred people, which is much more precious than gold.

"Young master, don't worry, I've arranged it all and didn't let them go to the gold mine." Li Fu pointed to the gold bricks and said: "After those people came, we found two more small golden nests on the other side of the river, and they made a method, saying that the ancestors used it, called the multi-layer mining method, that is, on a vein, seven or eight eyes were dug at the same time, and the speed was very fast." ”

Li Yunfei nodded as he listened, worthy of an expert, the experience of Chinese mining has a history of thousands of years, how can there be no practical methods? It's just that a hundred years of turmoil have been lost.

Hearing that Li Fu had already arranged these people well, Li Mo also relieved himself, and explained a few more words, taking care of Li Fu and taking good care of these people, especially the one who said the multi-layer mining method, and he should be rewarded.

Hearing the young master's command, Li Fu nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't worry, young master, the old slave will definitely do a good job for you!" ”

"Fauber, you're wrong again!"

"Oh? Hehe. ”

Young Master Li raised his eyes and looked outside the vault, the rain flowers were falling down again, and in a blink of an eye, the entire camp also fell silent, with people, gold, and funds, what should I do next!