Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 270 Deepening the Roots ([-])

Wearing a blue bank work uniform, Zhou Dahe stood at the south gate of Zhenyuan Fort, waiting for the police from the police station to escort the prisoner.When it was almost 8:[-] in the morning, the police escorted the criminals and finally arrived.

The two Charuyas seemed to have been dealt with badly last night, which was expected by Zhou Dahe.Because these two stupid and lifeless guys committed a big taboo, they even shouted the slogan "outsiders get out" to Supervisor Wang and his group. Isn't this self-defeating?You know, among the people present at that time, there were Ming people, Swedes, Tartans, and French, which one was not an outsider?Although it is true that outsiders have invaded the land where you have lived and multiplied since ancient times, it is purely self-defeating for you to shout so loudly.Zhou Dahe can imagine that these two people probably will not have a good life when they arrive at Changshan Iron Mine, and they may die in a dark mine pit within three years. There are too many such things, otherwise you Why do you think Changshan Iron Mine has the notorious reputation of "black shop"?

In addition to a middle-aged policeman from the police station, the prisoner was escorted by two militiamen and an assistant policeman—coincidentally, this assistant policeman was the Albanian Bo Gedan.At this time, this gentleman changed into a gray police uniform and shaved his beard, looking more energetic.

Seeing Zhou Dahe staring at Bogdan, the middle-aged policeman Ronald explained: "Bogdan single-handedly defeated three gaucho horse bandits who came to rob in the wild yesterday, and killed one of them. One person, one horse, has effectively guaranteed the safety of the herdsmen who go out to graze. In order to encourage this kind of brave behavior and promote the martial arts atmosphere of the people, Bogdan was recruited as an assistant policeman of the Zhenyuan Police Station. He can become an official policeman after he is full, and at the same time, he will be rewarded with ten yuan in cash as an encouragement."

"I see." Zhou Dahe nodded, then smiled kindly at Bogdan, and said, "Hello, Mr. Bogdan, welcome to join our business. proud citizens of the Shore Republic."

Bogdan smiled kindly, the scar on his face looked a little scary under the tension of his facial muscles.

Police officer Ronald looked at the sky, and then said: "It's getting late, let's set off now. It's really bad luck, the shortage of people in the Changshanbao Iron Mine is very serious. A while ago, the country issued a regulation requiring all Don't send prisoners to South Africa, Falkland Islands or New China, and send prisoners to Changshanbao to mine. I heard that the mining tasks set by the superiors for Changshanbao are getting higher and higher every year, and the mines are almost overwhelmed. Yes, that's why this regulation was introduced. The leaders of the county bureau have said straight away that there will be no prisons in various places, and every prisoner will be counted as one, and all prisoners will be sent to the Changshan Iron Mine. Sentences will be sent to Changshan Iron Mine without delay, alas , In this way, our workload will increase. Forget it, let’s not talk about this, let’s go.”

The others naturally had no objection, so they walked towards the bus station together.

From Zhenyuan Fort in the capital area to Changshan Fort in the Yihe area, the straight-line distance is about 150 kilometers, but in this era, there is no direct land road.The only way to go to the Changshanbao Iron Mine Area, which is located in the remote northwestern border of the country, is to go to Miannongbao and take a small steamer to Dongfang Port, then transfer to the return coal carrier from the north, and sail along the sea to Zhenhai Port to disembark.After arriving at Zhenhai Port, take the supply ship from the north to the Yihe area again and go to the Changshanbao Iron Mine Area in the Yihe area through the Lianghu Canal-Milin Lake-Yihe River.The entire voyage is about hundreds of kilometers, excluding the time spent on intermediate stops and transfers, the entire voyage will take more than ten days.

On November 11, a group of people set off from the Miannongbao Wharf. After more than ten days, they finally arrived at the Changshanbao Iron Mine Area on the north side of the junction of the Xiling Mountains and the Yihe River on November 11.

Yiyun No. 003 small steamer slowly docked at the small pier of the Changshanbao Iron Mine Canal, puffing out black smoke. Officials from the Wharf Port Authority began to direct the dock workers to go up and unload goods in an orderly manner.Zhou Dahe noticed that several steam cranes had been installed on the pier for unloading.The base of the steam crane is made of cement, and most of the entire structure of the crane is made of hardwood. It is very easy to lift the supplies and iron ore that are not too heavy, and it also saves a lot of manpower. One point is especially relevant for the East Coast Republic today.

Zhou Dahe stepped onto the pier. Behind him, Officer Ronald commanded two militiamen to drive people off the boat.Bogdan, an Albanian, walked last. He was carrying two large satchels and a rifle in his hand. It was obvious that he was doing coolie work the whole time.

On the pier, a man in his early 30s, wearing a purple woolen sweater, was talking with another middle-aged fat man with a big belly, and two secretaries and security personnel with shoulder bags were beside them. Looks like a big shot.

Zhou Dahe didn't dare to look too much, taking advantage of the opportunity of staying on the pier for a short time, his ears were pricked up curiously, wanting to hear what these two big men were talking about.

"I said Fatty Qi, I'm here to settle accounts with you today." The man in the purple sweater said to the middle-aged fat man opposite with a wry smile, "The iron ore you choose to send to our factory now has a large particle size. It is too large, and the size is basically between 30-60 cm, which leads to insufficient ore reduction in the production of our ironmaking workshop. Regarding this issue, Gao has scolded people several times, and the one who was scolded the most was responsible for receiving The iron ore department has been involved, and I have been implicated several times, so what do you think we should do about it?"

"Director Gao mentioned this to me before. It was our fault that we provided too large granules, but we are also in trouble now." Fatty Qi began to complain, "Look, you have been asking us to provide The output of iron ore, sometimes even pull the tiger skin of the superiors to put pressure on us, making us very passive. You don’t count, how many people are there now when we are fully engaged? There are only more than 2000 South African laborers, mining The iron ore is in the mountains again, so it’s too busy! As you know, the grade of iron ore here can only be said to be average, about 55%. According to the design capacity of your ironmaking blast furnace, we probably mine every day 60-70 tons of iron ore, and then it needs to be beneficiated, crushed, and transported. Let me tell you the truth, according to the current manpower, it is very difficult to complete this goal, so you can bear more."

"Hehe, I knew you were going to complain." The purple sweater shook his head and laughed, "Well, I'm actually here this time to talk about another thing."

"What else?" Fatty Qi was a little dissatisfied, "You always find trouble for me, and you are full of headaches. Forget it, whoever likes to sit in the position of director of the Changshan Mining Bureau, anyway, I am sitting. I can't go down."

"Okay, okay, don't talk about these useless things." The purple woolen sweater punched Fatty Qi, then smiled and said: "The iron smelted in our iron factory (iron smelting workshop) is too brittle during this time. , many users from brother units have given us their opinions. Hey, stop first, I know what you mean! I know, I know! I know that the sulfur content of iron is too high, and I also know that it is used for ironmaking The quality of the coke is not good either, and the sulfur content is very high. However, the director of the factory Gao means that he will find a way for the coke, but are you also thinking about a way for the Changshan Iron Mine to mine it first? desulfurization of iron ore? And this is not very troublesome.”

"Why don't you bother?" Fatty Qi raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "I know what you mean. Don't you just want me to set up a kiln here to calcine the mined iron ore in advance? Of course I understand, This can remove the crystal water and part of the sulfur inside, and can also improve the grade of iron ore, so that the transportation efficiency is also higher. However, I still say that, I don’t have enough manpower here! Moreover, this kiln is not small. , Refractory bricks, building materials and so on have to be transported from hundreds of kilometers away, which is troublesome."

"You don't have to worry about the materials. Director Gao has already greeted the higher-ups, and they will be transported directly from Ping'an County." The purple woolen sweater said, "As for the shortage of manpower you mentioned, this matter can be solved easily. South Africa The Xhosa blacks fought endlessly, and a large number of slaves were produced because of the war. We only need to spend a small price to obtain a large number of healthy slaves. Moreover, the situation in the New China colony has gradually opened up recently, presumably In the future, it is also possible to obtain a large number of slaves by conquering indigenous tribes. Therefore, there is no need to be happy about the problem of manpower.”

"Write me a bad check again." Fatty Qi sighed deeply, "But who made you Pingan Iron and Steel Works a star enterprise, and our Changshan Mining Bureau is an upstream enterprise that cooperates with you. Forget it, calcined iron ore I will start to deal with the matter. Also, you'd better send some people over to instruct those South African laborers how to crush and screen iron ore. Of course, we will also take care of the iron ore that will be shipped out. Intensify sampling inspections and strive to remove unqualified iron ore. At the same time, we will also reprocess these overly coarse iron ore particles to meet your requirements."

"Okay, Fatty Qi, you are interesting enough." The purple sweater said excitedly.Then the two seemed to start chatting about the local customs, and then walked towards the office building of the Mining Bureau.

Just at this moment, police officer Ronald was already urging Zhou Dahe to go through the formalities with him, so Zhou Dahe followed quickly, heading straight for the labor camp in the iron mining area.

(End of this chapter)