"Shaoyi, you look in good spirits today!"

"Thank you for your praise, maybe it is the second division of our army in Kalimantan that successfully landed in the glorious bay, and it is humble and honorable."

"Huh...... That's a good point. ”

Li Fushou nodded in a good mood and strode past Tang Shaoyi's side, Tang Shaoyi hurriedly followed towards Lingxiao Pavilion.

in the Secretariat

For example, Tian Shan concurrently served as the convener of the party caucus and the director of the audit department, and generally addressed Lord Count in public and "Lord Yuan Ding" in private to show intimacy.

The other first, second and third level secretaries of the Secretariat still follow the convention of calling "master", which is only applicable to family members such as maids and housekeepers, and the status of secretaries is equivalent to that of students, which is naturally no exception.

There are many kinds of names in the outside world, the first department of the Eagle School likes to call the principal, the Hongmen people call them "Mountain Lord" and "Big Dragon", and the white people in the southern state will call them "Mr. Governor".

Li Fushou asked as he walked; "Shaoyi, what do you think of the Dutch?"

"A group of megalomaniacs who are strong outside and do things in the middle, just like a broken settlement nostalgic for the glory of the past, as long as they pierce the false skin, they will retreat faster than anyone else."

"Oh...... Then let's wait and see. ”

Li Fushou chuckled lightly, quite agreeing with Tang Shaoyi's pertinent judgment.

The war between Queensland and the Netherlands for the colonies that took place today has not broken out in the original historical time and space, and there is no way to learn from it.

But Li Fushou, with years of experience as a superior, can come to a similar conclusion.

The two of them arrived at the tall office of Lingxiao Pavilion one after the other, and some neatly organized documents had been placed on the desk, ready for the earl to review at any time.

Since the breakdown of the Singapore peace talks, Fan Zhongzhai led the rest of the negotiation team back to Australia, and Tang Shaoyi also came back with him to continue his work as a secretary.

Now Fan Zhongzhai, the head of the secretariat, and Tian Shan, the deputy director of the department, have multiple positions, and they are busy with affairs every day, and it is difficult to separate them, and the work of reporting daily files is undertaken by several first-level secretaries.

As the Earl sat down to sip coffee, Tang Shaoyi began to report on the important work of the day;

"Sir, please be humble and meticulous in the submissions reported from all over the country today;

According to the latest news from the Borneo Marzen front, the 2nd Kalimantan Division, which has successfully landed in Glorious Bay, is opening the way and is expected to launch an all-out onslaught on the Dutch defenders of Saimuda Harbor today, and the battle should have started by now.

A few days before

The Dutch defenders of the port drove a large number of indigenous cannon fodder into the jungle to harass our engineer battalion troops to open up roads, and the 2nd Kalimantan Division took effective measures to deal a severe blow to the invading enemy, annihilating nearly 3,000 indigenous warriors and capturing more than 4,700 people.

These sturdy prisoners were put into the construction of landing sites and roads, which greatly accelerated our armament war plan.

Dawn is expected today

A large-scale battle has begun, and the relevant battle report will be transmitted from Machen Port tomorrow as soon as possible, and reported to the Earl's seat. ”

"Hmm!"

Li Fushou took a sip of coffee, flipped through the report on the table a few times in his hand, and listened to Tang Shaoyi's briefing in his ears and responded lightly.

Tang Shaoyi continued to report; "Shangri-La's general manager Wu Xue stationery submitted;

Since late September 1882, when the plan for the comprehensive development of the Qingshui River basin was launched, various construction projects have been fully implemented and remarkable results have been achieved.

As of April 20

Tianshu Town has completed the construction of 268 urban commercial facilities, more than 7,000 residential villages, resettled 33,500 migrants, set up 47 villages, and reclaimed more than 50 million acres of wasteland.

At present, two crops of cancan rice have been harvested, with a total amount of about 660,000 tons, and a yield of about 0.66 tons per mu, and a good situation of grain production and supply base has been initially built.

In view of the fact that the Qingshui River basin has basically achieved self-sufficiency in grain and has spare capacity to support larger-scale resettlement, the two-year town construction plan has been completed ahead of schedule, and the scale of resettlement and colonization is hereby increased.

Therefore, I hope that the monthly immigration quota of 10,000 people and related fees will be approved. ”

At this point, Tang Shaoyi paused.

I saw Li Fushou lying down on the chair behind him relaxedly, his slender fingers lightly tapped on the chair handle, and quickly went through the relevant numbers in his head;

It's been more than half a year

More than 30,000 people have reclaimed more than 500,000 acres of wasteland, with an average of more than 10 acres per person, excluding some agricultural machinery factors, and burned more than 1,300 tons of imported diesel fuel in most of the year, which is already very fast.

The total harvest of the two seasons of rice is about 660,000 tons, and the first season is more than 300,000 tons of rice, with a yield of about 0.66 tons per mu, and if the metric yield per mu is calculated, the yield per mu is about 200 kilograms, which is quite good in the era when the yield per mu is generally 1670 kilograms.

In this era, there is no large-scale application of chemical fertilizers, and the yield has been relatively high.

Chinese immigrants are really good at farming, and they have to accept this.

Shangri-La Island applied for the 10,000 monthly immigration plan, hoping to reach 100,000 immigrants by the end of the year, complete the original two-year Tianshu Town construction plan half a year ahead of schedule, and quickly start the next step of Qixing Town colonization construction.

The idea is good, but it will require strong financial support, in addition to the internal treasury allocation, and the matching loan funds of Huitong Bank will also reach nearly 200,000 pounds per month......

Well...... The cost of grain and vegetables can be saved temporarily, and the construction funds and agricultural machinery can not be saved, so that 150,000 pounds a month is enough.

"Shangri-La's plan is feasible, and the Secretariat is requested to organize relevant experts to demonstrate, including the planning of tobacco, cocoa, rubber plantations, etc., taking into account the actual needs and long-term development, must have a scientific basis, and implement it as soon as possible."

Li Fushou said and took the application document, flipped through it and looked at it briefly, picked up the brush and signed his opinion, and it was passed.

The development of the Qingshui River basin cannot simply grow food, as long as the current plan can meet the needs of the growing population and have a slight surplus.

Emphasis should also be placed on cash crops, such as rubber plantations, tobacco and cocoa plantations, to achieve higher economic efficiency.

"Obey, sir, I'll do it when I get back to it, and I'll always follow up." Tang Shaoyi took back the signed document, and then opened the next document and continued to report;

"There is good news from the development of Koi copper-gold mines;

Due to the large number of indigenous prisoners of war joining the road construction army, the current construction of Longjin Highway, Crescent Lake Reservoir, and copper and gold mine base has been fully accelerated.

The progress of various projects is going hand in hand, presenting a gratifying situation.

Longjin Highway has completed 173 kilometers of roadbed construction, the rest of the most are steep and difficult sections, the engineering headquarters is organizing manpower, material resources to gnaw hard bones, confident to penetrate the tunnel in advance, overcome the neck of the dangerous section, three months in advance, at the end of September this year to complete the Longjin Highway asphalt concrete pavement, officially opened to traffic out of the mine.

The Crescent Lake Reservoir construction site is also progressing smoothly, and large turbine hydroelectric generators imported from Britain and Germany have arrived in Longmen Town, and manpower will be organized to transport them into the mountains in the near future to strive for early power generation and early production.

The exploration and construction of the Koi copper-gold mining area has also been fruitful, and 17 exploration holes with a depth of hundreds of meters have been drilled, confirming that the mine is a very large copper-iron-gold-silver mixed deposit, with a total resource of 300 million tons.

It contains more than 4.4 million tons of copper ore resources, more than 60 million tons of iron ore resources, more than 700 tons of gold and more than 10,000 tons of silver.

Regrettably, most of the mine's resources are deeply buried under an iron cap layer more than 300 meters thick, and the exposed copper ore resources are only about one million tons.

In light of this situation;

Nangong Yunfei, the director of development, proposed to set up Longmen Iron and Steel Plant, with an initial planned output of 500,000 tons and a long-term planned output of 1 million tons, and a budget of more than 1.7 million pounds to be completed, and the project was completed in about one and a half years, including more than 60 kilometers of supporting mine railways, and about 300,000 pounds were allocated quarterly.

A further £170,000 is requested for Aboriginal prisoner of war human resources. ”

"Well, take it, the construction of the Koi copper-gold mine is gratifying, this is the most important work at present, and it must be fully supported." Li Fushou said that he took the documents, swiped and signed his name, and gave the green light for the construction of the mining area.

The most troublesome thing about the Koi copper-gold mine is the thick iron cap layer, which is more than 300 meters thick, all of which are composed of iron ore with a grade of more than 30% to more than 40, with a total amount of more than 160 million tons.

with existing conditions. It is impossible to drill more than 300 meters of straight ore holes or inclined ore holes to mine the underlying resources, and the cost ratio is too cost-effective.

Consider that tens of thousands of tons of ore mined every day need to be lifted up through hundreds of meters of tunnels, and the electricity and mechanical wear and tear required are astronomical and completely infeasible.

Not to mention manpower, no matter how many people there are, it's no fun.

The only way to do this is to mine the iron ore and consume the thick layer of iron cap ore, exposing the precious resources contained in the lower layer, which will be at least 10 or 20 years old.

Thankfully, the copper ore resources exposed on the surface of the Koi copper-gold mine are enough to be mined for more than 10 years, and the two are not contradictory.

From the perspective of long-term development, the construction of Longmen Iron and Steel Complex is imperative, and it is the best way to effectively exploit the resources of the industry, and this construction cost cannot be saved.

As for the 170,000 pounds special fee applied by Nangong Yunfei for the human resources of indigenous prisoners of war, everyone knows this, so I won't go into details.

The mining area is a bottomless black hole that devours human resources, which could have produced one or two thousand tons of ore per day, and with sufficient human resources, it can produce 5,000 tons or 10,000 tons, or even more.

Ore is mined, screened and ground into concentrate fines, which also requires an endless amount of labor.

Nangong Yun had to buy indigenous prisoners of war, and he also had to ask the steamship company to transport these indigenous prisoners of war back, which inevitably cost money.

This is because there is also a cost for the army to go to the countryside to sweep up, and this kind of work is not counted as a combat task to make extra money, and the army is responsible for the war dead and wounded, and the combat allowance is also repaid by the army.

Moreover, the indigenous prisoners of war were consumables, and the construction of difficult sections of the road, the excavation of tunnels with great danger, etc., and the construction of bridges across raging streams were carried out by indigenous prisoners of war, and it is said that many people have died due to various landslides.

There is no way, the above is urgent, the project requirements are urgent, the time is short, and the only way to risk the indigenous prisoners of war is to let the indigenous prisoners of war go, and you can't let the compatriots and immigrants do this kind of too dangerous work, right?