"I said Commander Zhao, what's the happy event?"

Tang Xiao walked beside Zhao Long, put his hands in his sleeves, looked at the sky, exhaled a mouthful of hot mist and sniffed straight into his nose, for him, a southerner, Northwest Canada at this time was like hell.

Even if the sky is clear, there is almost only one color in the world, and the flying snowflakes and thick snow make this a completely white world, if it weren't for the occasional figures, maybe this one was several times larger than when Li Mo left, and it was already like a small town camp, as if it were dead!

But as you go deeper, the occasional sleigh passing by and the laughter in the nearby wine shop can tell you that the town is still full of life. Walking between the houses, Tang Xiao could clearly feel the blazing mood under the wooden house, because the total population of this seemingly sleepy town had expanded to 30,000, and if you count the small gathering points scattered around, the total number of Chinese laborers exceeded 70,000!

Today's town can no longer be regarded as a gold mine, because after the young master sold the main mines, and even sold a gold mine in the mining, the workers in the camp not only did not feel disappointed, but became even more enthusiastic about the future!

Because the young master had already sold all the small mines on the land he had bought, except for the two gold mines, to the old men in the camp on a contracted basis, and not only that, but also gave him financial and mechanical support, and just before the snow, as many as a hundred mining equipment were transported here via the newly repaired Skagüey Railway.

In addition to making an accident on the land he bought, the young master also supported everyone to go out to prospect for minerals, and as long as they found something that could be mined, they would immediately give the same support.

Although except for the discovery of a large tungsten mine, the rest are some small veins with small mining volume and low quality, but the young master still strongly supports it, and also guarantees that they will be prioritized for purchasing their output.

With this trend, now the small mining settlements scattered within a hundred miles of the camp are particularly lively, and the people who run the small mines are all Chinese workers in the original camp, and most of them are the old people who follow the young master Li.

Although these small mines were small in production and low in quality, they added up to a staggering total output per mile, and the railroad to Skagwe was full of all kinds of coarsely refined materials, and with this support, the town soon produced a number of small billionaires. Of course, when the young master created them, in turn, they also became the young master's most loyal supporters, and the three thousand reserves in the hands of the captain of the escort team around him were completely sponsored by them!

"Young Master Li, make a good calculation!" Tang Xiao continued to sniff.

As for the rest of those who did not contract to the mines, they were not disappointed, salmon processing factories, fur processing factories, lumber mills, reindeer farms, etc., today's small towns can no longer be regarded as residential camps, large and small processing factories not only bring wealth to the Chinese workers, but also bring them a bright future.

He himself, the former supervisor of the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, has now become the owner of the town's machinery factory. However, unlike the other factory owners who put money in their pockets, his machinery factory is just a front, but in private it is an arsenal secretly built by Young Master Li, although limited by the current conditions, it can only produce some simple explosives and grenades, but there are quite a few people, nearly 500 people.

From not knowing life and death when he was imprisoned, to being rescued by Long Guozhang and coming to this strange country, and now becoming the owner of the arsenal, Tang Xiao has suddenly had a dream in the past two years, walking around in front of the ghost gate, and being able to escape from death, he no longer wants anything, and takes care of the factory for Young Master Li with peace of mind.

"There's a letter from Hawaii."

Zhao Long turned his head to look at Tang Xiao, who was walking side by side with him, and also twisted his braids, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, after returning from Chile, the escort team was not only officially reorganized into the First Division of the Pacific Army, with four regiments under its jurisdiction, but also added three thousand reserves, plus the hard training in the past six months, the strength has risen to a big level!

Not to mention taking Hawaii, even if he is asked to bring troops back to China, he is sure that he will lay a piece of the world for the young master!

Now in the letter in his hand, there are two more happy events, no wonder stepping on the snow soaked in his calves, facing the biting cold wind, he still has joy on his face, I don't know how happy the young master will be when he sees this letter.

"Oh?" Tang Xiao glanced at Zhao Long, rubbed his hands in his sleeves, remembered the Hawaiian style that Zhao Long had described to him, and was a little excited: "So? Can we go to Hawaii? ”

Zhao Longtou shook it, but there was no trace of disappointment on his face, his eyes looked through the wind and snow, and came to the rows of huge conjoined wooden houses in the center of the camp: "Not yet, but ......, it's going to be soon!" ”

The two chatted without saying a word, and soon crossed a high wooden fence and came to the camp in the northwest corner of the town, which was originally the residence of the captured Indians, and after they were all scattered to one mine after another, this is now not only the headquarters of the First Division, but also Tang Xiao's arsenal.

From the outside, the camp is separated from the outside by a wooden fence, and from the outside it looks like it is indistinguishable from any other place of residence, and there are even a few sleds and a small sign with a tavern hanging from it, but if you walk in and look closely, you will see that it is heavily guarded, and the muzzles of guns sticking out of the wooden houses against the gate can be faintly seen.

After entering a large wooden house at the entrance of the passage, the soldiers standing guard stood in front of him, and after Zhao Long saluted, he took Tang Xiao to the center of the camp. Lying on the snow like brown cigars, several large conjoined wooden huts were the soldiers' quarters, and in the middle were the buildings of a small arsenal.

Lifting the thick door curtain, as soon as they stepped into the wooden house, the two of them suddenly felt a burst of hot air rushing to their faces, and the sound of tinkling knocking was incessant, and several processing machines roared under the drive of the steam engine.

This kind of scene didn't have any special feelings for Zhao Long, but in Tang Xiao's eyes, they were all treasures, especially some of the equipment that the young master had traveled thousands of miles to transport from Europe at a high price, but the gold was expensive!

When he was in the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, he supervised the manufacture of ordnance, and now this job is easy for him, if it were not for the space and technical limitations, it would be possible for him to build a few cannons.

Except for the machines secretly transferred, most of the machinery here was dug from Simmons after the war in Chile, although at present it can only produce rifles, grenade casings and bullets, and the monthly production of rifles is only thirty, but Master Li still uses a high salary to support a team of up to 500 people to cultivate his own family.

Because the German businessman gritted his teeth and brought 6,000 Mauser after seeing Long Guozhang's boxes of gold bars last time, the troops were not in urgent need of a large number of guns now, so there was no other task here except training skilled mechanics and small reserves, but it just gave Li Mo time to modify the existing weapons.

The first thing to be modified is the Mauser rifle, as a shameless traverser, Young Master Li, who has played with antique guns, is naturally a high-quality product, Mauser 98k was drawn on the drawing, basically copied, the only change is to reduce the caliber a little, changed to the most commonly heard 7.62 mm in later generations, instead of the current 7.92 mm, and now the production here is also imitation Mauser 98k, which was named the 91 type rifle by Master Li.

In addition to the standard model, there is also a lengthened barrel, and the 91s high-precision rifle carrying a white light scope has also been successfully finalized, but the 91s requirements for accuracy are too perverted, so the barrel scrap rate is very high, and one or two can be made every month to burn high incense! However, Li Mo didn't care, the sniper rifle was not originally used for large-scale equipment, as long as it was enough.

As for the production of gunpowder and the filling of bullets and grenades, Tang Xiao did not dare to put it here, this kind of factory was in a large hidden cave a few miles away, that place was inaccessible, and there were no resources nearby, which was very suitable for high-risk operations, and the new gunpowder made by the young master himself was put there for final synthesis, as for the raw materials, they came from all over the world, and even the workers there did not know the final detailed formula.

As the two walked into the house, the workers around them greeted them with smiles, but they ......, "Why is this smile so weird?" Tang Xiao glanced at Zhao Long, I don't know why, could it be that because of the need for secrecy, the rule that they usually eat and live in the camp and are generally not allowed to go out makes these guys fucking perverted?

That's not right! Although there are many rules and they are very strict, don't everyone have any complaints? Moreover, in addition to Li Dashao's free provision of the best food and drink, everyone also has a monthly salary of twenty dollars. You know, the wages of front-line gold miners are only ten dollars a month, which is considered high in the United States today, not to mention that they have doubled.

After smiling and nodding hello to each of the workers, the two of them walked to the innermost room, lifted the thick cotton cloth blocking the door, and before they could see clearly, a burst of shouting made the two completely stupid!

"Phew! Lao Chu, ** Smoke Lao Qian, come again! ”

"Fuck off, Luo Feng, which eye did you see me smoking?"

"Get Lao Chu, if you don't smoke Lao Qian, the young master can paste a blank piece of paper."

"That's my old Chu smart!"

……

"The young master pasted a blank sheet of paper?!" Zhao Long and Tang Xiao hurriedly looked, only to see Young Master Li standing on the stool with one foot, rolling up his sleeves with one hand, gritting his teeth and glaring at the two people who came in, picking up a note and dipping his saliva, in the expression of surprise in the eyes of the two of them, haw! Stick it on your face.

"Come again! Today I just don't accept it! This thing was obviously invented by me, but in the end, I couldn't get you! ”

"Whoa!"