In the golden autumn of October, the land of distant hometown is fragrant with osmanthus.

This is a season of harvest and victory, and the secret telegram from the Liangguang Governor's Mansion shows that Lord Gu Yanchuan accepted Li Fushou's suggestion in its entirety and took the risk to deliver a thunderous blow.

On September 11, 1884, more than 3,000 people of Wuwei's right army and more than 2,000 people of the Eight Banners of Guangzhou, a total of 5,000 elites secretly entered the northern Vietnamese region, stayed overnight, entered Changning on September 21, and arrived in Shanxi on September 25, successfully rendezvous with Wuwei's left army, and the elite strength increased to 12,000 people.

In June, Liu Yongfu's unit of the Black Flag Army was supported by 3,000 Mauser guns allocated by the Governor of Liangguang, and the strength of the army swelled to more than 13,000 in just over three months, all of whom were brave and daring to fight.

Among them, there are more than 4,000 elite firearms battalions, more than 1,500 people use old-fashioned firearms such as guns, and the rest use cold weapons such as long knives and long contradictory cards, and the firearms troops account for as much as half of the total.

The original nearly 30,000 green battalion soldiers were reduced by half, and 14,000 elite soldiers were obtained, and the governor allocated 2,000 Mauser fast guns to strengthen the army, with a total of more than 3,000 firearms troops, accounting for about 20 percent.

After the whole army

The total number of officers and men in the whole army was 39,000, and the French expeditionary force stationed in the Red River Delta was 12,000, and the number of Qing troops was three times that of the enemy.

On October 2, the Qing army launched a general attack at dawn, and under the cover of heavy artillery fire, it surged into the barracks of the French Expeditionary Force.

The front-line soldiers fought bravely, fearless of sacrifice, and overwhelmed the French counterattack in the volley of gun fire, crushing the enemy army in one fell swoop and achieving a decisive victory.

In this battle, more than 1,700 French soldiers were killed and wounded, more than 650 enemies were captured, and the battle line was advanced to the vicinity of Hanoi in one fell swoop.

This decisive victory shook the government and the opposition and made them ecstatic, and it was called the "Great Victory of the Red River Delta", and the whole country was boiling.

Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, strategized and won thousands of miles away, and was known as "the pillar of Lingnan, the important minister of the town", and his prestige caught up with Li Hongzhang, the prime minister of Beiyang, and was in the limelight for a while.

With this victory, the Qing court decided to accept the French side's request for peace talks, but the Qing court's negotiator was changed to Gu Yanchuan, the governor of Liangguang, and the two sides planned to start peace talks in Shanghai.

Australia

Red Fort Tower

"Hahaha......"

Li Fushou looked up at the secret lightning and laughed, he was in a very comfortable mood, he was really very happy, this time he crossed the border and was almost wiped out by the gods and thunder gods of another dimension, his hard work was finally not in vain, and the harvest was extremely fruitful.

With this "Red River Delta Victory" (replacing the "Zhennanguan Victory" in history), the Qing court can be majestic for another 20 years, regardless of whether it is strong on the outside and rotten on the inside, the strength on the surface is not to be underestimated.

Think about it......

The defeat of the invincible French kingdom by the Manchu Empire, with a population of 450 million, was enough to deter the countries of the West that were about to move, at least on the surface, and it seemed powerful.

Thanks to this, these Chinese remnants in Australia can continue to maintain their pride and not be looked down upon by foreigners.

The strength of the motherland is of great significance to the Chinese forces in Queensland, which are thousands of miles away, far from being as simple as self-esteem, self-improvement, and self-confidence, and its impact is extremely far-reaching.

A month ago

On a day of lightning and thunder, the Longjin Highway Tunnel on Shangri-La Island collapsed badly, leaving more than 170 indigenous labourers crushed by rubble and with little hope of survival, along with several engineers and technicians.

This is an act of God, and it is also a stern warning.

Okay, okay, I was almost struck by the Nine Heavens God Thunder of another dimension, I can only do so much, and I don't dare to meddle in the far east wind cloud in the future.

Li Fushou is in a good mood today, after the Longjin Highway Tunnel collapse accident, the engineering party mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the tunnel, and finally successfully broke through the whole line a few days ago, and transported the first car of copper concentrate.

The Koi copper-gold mine, which was originally scheduled to start production in September, was postponed for a month, and now it is finally able to produce a steady stream of copper concentrate.

The Crescent Lake Reservoir Power Station supporting the Koi Copper-Gold Mine was officially connected to the grid in early August for power generation, and the mine has accumulated a large amount of copper concentrate for more than two months, with a total amount of more than 30,000 tons, all of which are piled up in the mining area.

With the construction of the Longjin Highway, these copper concentrates can be continuously transported, loaded and shipped in Longmen Town, all the way to the copper smelter in Baihu, Queensland, where they are smelted into copper ingots, which are then made into copper pennies and other copper products.

Why was the copper smelter chosen in Baihu City?

Because there are sufficient high-quality coal resources, mature mechanical processing and smelting capabilities, strict defense capabilities, and a large number of high-quality workers, the most important thing is that this is the core of the territory of the Earl of Queensland, and the fertilizer does not flow into the fields of outsiders.

With the blessing of the copper industry, the distribution of heavy industry is more reasonable, creating more employment opportunities, and the city's development can catch up with Zhuque City and Qinglong City, forming a good situation of flying together.

Koi copper-gold mine now with tens of thousands of indigenous prisoners of war as the main mining force, about 1.5~1.7 tons of copper ore per person per day, an average of about 50 tons of copper ore per month, according to the average 0.8% copper ore grade, after crushing and refining, per capita per month can produce more than half a ton of copper concentrate powder, this process is basically based on manpower.

If it is supplemented by large-scale blasting and machinery in the later stage, it can greatly improve the unit production efficiency and produce more copper concentrate.

Li Fushou's excitement is justified, preliminary calculation;

According to the monthly output of 15,000 tons of copper concentrate, each ton is worth almost 440 US dollars in the international market, equivalent to 108 pounds of pounds, and the monthly output value of Koi copper and gold ore is more than 1.6 million pounds, and the monthly net profit after removing costs is more than 1.35 million pounds, which is a huge profit of more than 16 million pounds a year, which is simply a money-printing machine, equivalent to half of all industry, agriculture and taxes in the Red River Valley.

After deep processing at the Baihu Copper Smelter, the value of copper pennies can increase more than ten times, so that the market has abundant funds to develop the economy.

Therefore, the Koi copper-gold mine is a powerful arm to support the economic take-off of the Red River Valley, so that the previously stretched financial situation can be quickly relaxed.

In order to better manage the Koi copper and gold mines, Li Fushou specially ordered the establishment of a wholly-owned mining company, and all the proceeds went into the inner account room, which was completely irrelevant to the Queensland finances and belonged to him.

Of course, after the White Tiger Mint was officially operational, it was necessary to pay a considerable amount of seigniorage to London according to the amount of coinage to obtain legal circulation.

The state treasury can also receive a large amount of tax revenue, which can be used to improve the national economy and people's livelihood, road transportation, education and health, and get a piece of the pie.

In any case, Li Fushou can carve out the biggest piece of cake from it, and the loose capital will surely promote the full flowering of the economy, and ultimately benefit the economic development of the entire Queensland.

With money, everything is easy to do, and Li Fushou finally tasted the taste of wealth, and the fast freighter ready to load copper concentrate was still parked at the wharf in Longmen Town, where he had already begun to spend a lot of money in advance.

In view of the fact that the original line has been used for several years, the road surface settlement is serious, and the new construction plan uses the grid construction method to strengthen the foundation in the settlement section, digging rows of deep pits and pouring concrete, and fixing the soft foundation with grid concrete.

This is indeed a one-and-done solution, with as many as 37 large-scale subsidence zones on the 1,270-kilometer long railway line from the Red River Valley to Beilun Town, which has doubled the construction cost of the entire double railway line.

Originally, the construction cost from the Red River Valley to Pine Town cost 1.37 million pounds, the extension from Pine Town to Beilun Town cost 672,000 pounds, the construction cost of the whole line was 2.042 million pounds, plus the construction cost of more than 20 stations along the railway total 2.6966 million pounds.

Today, the cost of a double railway line is as high as 3.84 million pounds, plus the total cost of signal lights and cable telegraph facilities along the line is more than 4 million pounds, and not including some of the railway yard expansion costs.

The whole project is expected to take two years, and it is planned to start in November, and the railway traffic standard is designed according to the heavy-duty design, and the wagons can carry up to 30 carriages, transporting thousands of tons of goods at a time.

Although the cost is a lot, there are also many benefits.

The railway double-track construction will comprehensively strengthen the subsidence zone subgrade, through the cutting and straightening of the original old line abandoned, the newly built two-way double-track railway speed will be increased to more than 40 kilometers per hour, is expected to be 4~5 times higher than the original single-track railway passenger and freight capacity, give full play to the best benefits of this golden line.

Li Fushou agreed with a stroke of the pen, isn't it just 4 million pounds? This money was spent by Lao Tzu.

Do the math, more than 4 million pounds spread over two years, which is more than 100,000 pounds per month, is this really a lot?

Moreover, the coastal railway double line is all built in the Earl's territory, which drives the social benefits of the huge flow of people and logistics, and will surely promote the towns along the line to enter the fast lane of development.

The coastal railway was originally built with social funds, with social capital accounting for 36.3% of the share, and the construction of the double line was injected with more than 4 million pounds at once, which immediately diluted the share of equity occupied by social capital to an insignificant point.

No way, Lord Earl is too rich.

This is just the beginning, for the Hongshan Shipyard will start construction of the "Majesty" class battleships at the end of the year, Li Fushou has approved a large amount of 640,000 pounds of preliminary preparations, which will be used to purchase marine high-power steam engines, heavy boiler equipment, thousands of tons of high-quality heavy plates for ships, hundreds of tons of steel pipes and other equipment, in preparation for the start of construction.

At the same time, he approved the final payment of 575,000 pounds to the Royal Navy Shipyard in Portsmouth, England, which was the last payment for the battleship "Majestic", which was about to be delivered to the British Imperial Navy after the shipyard was outfitted.

Without this money, the British shipyards would not have delivered warships.