"Boss, long time no see, I miss you so much!"
As soon as Da Jinli saw Li Jie, he immediately wanted to step forward and give him a big hug. However, Li Jie avoided him with disgust. This guy had traveled for more than half a month and he smelled bad all over his body. You can smell it from several meters away.
Li Jie waved his hand: "Go, let's go."
"hey-hey."
Seeing Li Jie's disgusted look, Da Jinli shrugged his nose. A strange smell instantly poured into his nose, and then scratched his head in embarrassment.
"How's it going? Did it go well?"
"Smooth!" Da Jinli nodded and said with emotion: "Boss, don't mention it. Since Governor Xu took office, the environment in this corner of the Northeast has indeed improved a lot. We have basically not encountered any disasters along the way. of."
Li Jie glared at him angrily, the meaning in his eyes was obvious.
You haven't encountered anyone who was in trouble, but have you even a dime to do with Xu Shichang?
Regardless of the configuration of the caravan, when the bandits see so many people and so many guns, who will rob you when they are full and have nothing to do?
Do you think you have a long life?
A few years have passed, and Da Jinli is still the same as before. Li Jie has long been used to it. After all, he has been staying at Lao Jingou in the past few years, and he has not been doing the same as Chuan Wu. Experience in the military.
Therefore, it is normal to have a lazier personality.
Looking at Da Jinli's increasingly rounded face, Li Jie felt that maybe the current life was more suitable for him.
"Okay, hurry up and clean it up. You don't even have to look at it yourself to see what you look like now. I can smell the bad smell on you from miles away."
Da Jinli grinned: "Yes! I'll go right away!"
About a quarter of an hour later, the big gold nugget appeared in the tent again. This time, he did not continue to play tricks, but started to report seriously.
"Boss, in recent times, there have been more and more spies from the imperial court. I estimate that in two or three months, the imperial court will launch troops on the mine. Should we continue to occupy it, or?"
Last year, Laojingou produced a total of 60,000 taels of gold. If all this gold was converted into oceans, the amount would be as high as nearly 2 million oceans.
From the perspective of Dajinli, it would be a pity to abandon this gold mine.
What's more, with their current strength, even if they forcefully occupy Laojingou, it is not impossible.
If the imperial court sends troops, the worst case scenario is to fight!
Anyway, with the weak soldiers in the imperial court, they have nothing to fear.
How could Li Jie fail to hear Da Jinli's tone? However, since he stands at a different height, he naturally looks at the problem from a different angle.
The output of Lao Jingou is indeed attractive. Sixty thousand taels of gold is not Lao Jingou’s maximum output. If the machinery and manpower can keep up, even doubling Lao Jingou’s output will not be difficult. .
But compared to the future, a mere gold mine is not worth exposing one's strength at all costs.
If we want to fight in the gold mines, then facing waves of attacks, Lao Jingou will inevitably become the focus of attention of the Qing court, and even Maozi and Japanese.
If the Qing court is beaten too hard, the other party will inevitably become suspicious. How can a bandit with unknown origins be so powerful?
Is there anyone behind this?
Although the Qing court was a little incompetent, and although the local officials were a little corrupt and dim-witted, the Qing court had not fallen after all. If this incident got bigger and bigger, it attracted the attention of the Manchu royal family.
By then, even if the Qing court's attack was blocked, the gains would outweigh the losses.
"No need. After a while, when the Qing court sends troops, just repel a few waves and then pretend to retreat."
"clear!"
Although Da Jinli felt it was a pity to give up like this, who knew this was Li Jie's order, so he could only nodded and obeyed.
"The matter of Lao Jingou has been decided. Let's talk about the Nenjiang Copper Mine."
The Duobaoshan copper mine in Nenjiang is an extra-large porphyry copper deposit, one of the five largest copper-molybdenum deposits in China, and one of the third largest copper mines in China. The mine is characterized by large reserves, shallow burial, easy mining and production, and part of it can be mined in the open. Comprehensive recycling value is high.
Since ancient times, China has been a country extremely short of copper. This was true in ancient times, the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the same is true in later generations.
As we all know, bullets are usually made of brass. Copper has good ductility and strength. At the same time, brass is more corrosion-resistant than steel. However, in later generations, domestic bullets were made of steel.
Why?
It's not because of lack of copper.
Although there is a shortage of copper in the country, brass resources are abundant in the Northeast. During World War II, after the Kwantung Army occupied the Northeast, they used the rich brass resources in the Northeast to manufacture a large number of weapons and equipment.
In a few years, the Qing court will be finished. By then, Li Jie will inevitably expand his power. In troubled times, expansion will definitely be inseparable from arms.
Simply relying on 'imported' arms is by no means a long-term solution. Have you ever seen those warlords in future generations, how many of them have their necks stuck with arms?
It is necessary to be self-sufficient in order not to be influenced by others.
Making guns and cannons is inseparable from brass, so it is necessary to capture the Duobaoshan copper mine.
Da Jinli was one of the earliest old men who followed Li Jie. Although Li Jie did not tell him clearly what the future would be like, he had a glimpse of what the boss had done over the years and he had basically figured out what the boss was thinking.
So far, all the boss has done is to secretly expand his troops, whether it is Chinese patent medicines, Western medicines, or opening mines and factories, etc., all to raise funds and reserve strength.
Therefore, Da Jinli was particularly concerned about the Nenjiang Copper Mine. He personally led the team when prospecting, and to this day, those experts are still being detained in Laojingou.
Naturally, they were detained to prevent any news from leaking out.
"We have now proven that there is indeed a sizable copper mine in the Duobao Mountain area, and mining the ore here is not troublesome. According to experienced experts, mining Duobao Mountain is definitely easier than mining in Laojingou. "
Li Jie nodded and ordered: "Send people to control the surrounding areas first, and don't let anyone break into the mining area rashly."
Hearing this, Da Jinli immediately understood what Li Jie was thinking. The boss wanted to sneak into the village without firing a gun. But in this way, wouldn't it be a waste of the good mines here?
After all, there is a lot of noise in mining. If it is just quietly and illegally mined, the output will definitely not increase.
Thinking of this, Da Jinli couldn't help but ask.
"Boss, do you want to quietly occupy the mining area?"
Li Jie shook his head: "At this moment, at that moment, Lao Jingou's method is no longer applicable to Duobao Mountain. This time, we mine openly, follow the formal process, and apply for mining rights from the Qing government."
The Duobaoshan copper mine is a very large deposit, consisting of 215 large and small ore bodies in 4 ore belts. The coordinates provided by Li Jie are just one of the small ore bodies. Even if the location of the copper mine is exposed, the impact Not particularly big either.
