The temporary failure was not terrible, and after Zhu Fugui gave the Ministry of Geng Gong a few suggestions for improvement, he believed that he would soon be able to build better machines and increase coal mining capacity.

Today, there are more than 6,000 workers in the Xinlu Coal Mine, and the annual output is expected to be 500,000 tons.

Compared with the annual output of 1 million tons of coal in small and medium-sized coal mines with 2,000 people in later generations, the per capita output of Xinlu coal mines is only 16 of that of later generations.

This is acceptable, given the generational gap and the technological divide.

Of course, in addition to the 6,000 regular workers, more than 1,500 white slaves fought under the most dangerous mines, which is also commendable.

If the new invention of the Ministry of Engineering is successful and widely used, it is expected to save about 1,000 manpower and use it for the needs of other departments.

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After leaving the Xinlu Coal Mine, Zhu Fugui visited the Xinlu Iron and Steel Plant, the Xinlu Gold Mine, and the Third Mixed Brigade Headquarters in turn.

On these key projects of the First Five-Year Plan, His Majesty Zhu Fugui gave a series of far-sighted speeches, pointing out the direction for the production of enterprises.

The relevant speeches were collected and established by the comrades of the Ministry of Rites, and a volume of "A Collection of Speeches of His Majesty Zhu Fugui's Southern Patrol Mission" was printed and published overnight, and all the yamen and the whole army were organized to carry out extensive study.

The last stop of Zhu Fugui's southern tour was the [Tripartite Railway Company Headquarters] at the eastern foot of Xinyi Mengshan Mountain.

Although it is still within the borders marked on the latest version of the Ming administrative map, in fact, the Ming Dynasty's control over the east of Xinyimeng Mountain is almost none.

Of course, the white colonists had no influence over the area, which was a vast no-man's land that the Sioux League often passed through as they moved south.

Now that winter is coming, it is another period of high frequency of Sioux activity.

According to the logic of entering the customs school, the Ming Dynasty is now the Manchu Dynasty, the Lincoln government is the Ming Dynasty, and the Southern Army is Li Zicheng, and these Sioux people are almost the unbearable Lin Dan Khan of Feila.

Through the means of "Manchu and Mongolia", Zhu Fugui has attracted a large number of Sioux people, and the number of foreign troops in the Ming Dynasty has reached 3,000 people.

Moreover, behind these 3,000 people, there are at least 30,000 tribes who rely on the "remittances" they send home to live a prosperous life.

Therefore, there are about 40,000 or 50,000 Su people who are still unruly and unruly, and there are only about 4,000 soldiers.

In view of their good reputation as mercenaries, Zhu Fugui provided a large amount of corn free of charge, and asked them to go to the Great Lakes to the east to find trouble with Lincoln, who was troubled internally and externally.

The people of the Ming Dynasty are poor, the people of the gangs are rich, the robbers are helping to work, and the rich are working!

Of course, Zhu Fugui would not pin his hopes on the Su people to judge the situation and formulate a two-pronged defense strategy.

The first was to have the 3,000 Foreign Regiment Chen soldiers seventy kilometers east of the Grand Duchy of Seattle to make the Soviet Union.

The loyalty of these foreign legions was okay, on the one hand, to prevent the stubborn Sioux from herding horses south, and on the other hand, to further ensure the safety of Charles I.

In case they are really deceived by the Sioux tribe and turn against them, then it is the Grand Duchy of Seattle that is loyal to the Ming Dynasty who will be baptized in blood.

Isn't this the purpose of these satellite countries, or buffer countries, Daming can naturally make follow-up arrangements.

Of course, such a possibility is slim to none.

The Foreign Legion regularly returns to Fengdu to receive unified training, and many of its backbones have obtained Ming nationality or green cards by virtue of their military exploits.

It is almost impossible to give up the citizenship of the Ming Dynasty and return to the Sioux League.

As for railway construction and the protection of road construction workers, it is not a level at all.

In the name of Li Hongzhang, Zhu Fugui sent a group of "Huaiyong of the Great Qing Dynasty" to protect the road.

The soldiers of the Fourth Brigade wearing ugly "Yong" uniforms, although their defense is much weaker, they are facing possible Yin stragglers, so the danger is not very high.

All in all, Zhu Fugui is from the perspective of human nature and evil, at least for now, the remaining tribes of the Su tribe are still very friendly to Daming, and they do not show any intention of harassment at all, but people continue to inquire about how to exchange skins for Daming's corn.

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The specific location of the headquarters of the Tripartite Railway Company is in the valley east of Hood Mountain, 50 kilometers from the Tan Bahn Customs Station of Hood Pass (see this section for the map).

From here, more than 20,000 Chinese laborers are building a railroad to the east.

The railway will follow the New Yellow River (Columbisnek River) all the way east, through the Petrut Ridge into the Missouri Plateau in Idaho.

From here, it's a smooth road.

Therefore, this 300-kilometer railway is the most difficult of the difficulties, and it is necessary to concentrate on tackling the fortifications.

And the main force of the attack is really not to count on the whites, but also to be Chinese workers.

Fortunately, taking the northern route is much simpler than taking the middle route of the Great Salt Lake, Blacklock Desert, and Sierra Nevada, and there will be basically no casualties.

The Chinese workers of the [Tripartite Railway Company] have not yet been treated as Ming citizens for the time being.

This is not that Zhu Fugui deliberately squeezed them, but the need to stabilize the Eastern Front.

These Chinese workers are probably similar to the state of the Chinese workers in the mine when the Prashi mine guard team was killed, but the entire mining area was not yet liberated by the Ming Dynasty.

Standing on the mountain, watching the winding railway disappear on the distant horizon, Zhu Fugui couldn't help but sigh, this time, there is finally no need to bury the bones of Chinese workers under each sleeper, which can be regarded as his own small contribution.

"Long live Lord, it's windy outside, let's go back to the company!"

It was Wang Youcai who spoke, and Zhu Fugui's cheap father had the same name and different surnames, but Zhu Youcai later changed his name, so Wang Youcai's name is not taboo.

To be honest, the name Youcai is in Huaxia, and if there are not 100,000 people in use, there must be 80,000.

If you count the dogs, there may be tens of thousands.

And the name Fugui may have 500,000 ...... Zhu Fugui won't care.

Wang Youcai is a member of the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, and he was the first to steal the teacher and successfully improve the Fuxing train of the Ming Dynasty.

Today, he is also the person in charge of the [Tripartite Railway Company] dispatched by Daming.

Zhu Fugui tightened the coat on his body, nodded and said: "Wang Aiqing, you have to continue to strengthen your learning in terms of technology, but on the other hand, you must also keep an eye on the company's accounts, those foreigners are very business thieves, don't be hacked by them!" ”

"Hooray......

Wang Youcai hesitated a little, and said uncertainly, "I don't know if it's a trick released by foreigners who are too cunning, I always feel that their female boss is more concerned about our interests than ourselves......

Ah no, Weichen doesn't mean that the minister can't wait, but that Fan's daughter is really serious and responsible...... She asked me three times in the morning, saying when will you return to the company, saying that she has prepared a lot of official business and wants to have an in-depth discussion with you......

"By the way, didn't you discuss it with her last night? Why does this foreign girl have so many problems? Wang Youcai showed a look of deep doubt.