In the mountains at the beginning of October, it was already very cool, but in this canyon, it was a heat wave, basically all the workers, are only wearing a pair of calf-nosed shorts, even so, it is sweaty, this refinery, the main skilled workers, are from Liu's Iron Factory, they basically occupy the main position of the iron factory, and the other newly recruited apprentices are farmers with clear roots in Shayang County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although the Taiping Iron Mine had tens of thousands of captives, it was impossible to include them in a key plant like the Iron Works until they were completely tamed. Even if the iron factory is now understaffed, Qin Feng doesn't want to take this risk, if these captives are recruited here now, if there is one person with bad intentions, it may cause heavy losses here.

With the success of the first blast furnace out of molten iron, the other three blast furnaces also lived up to expectations, and the molten iron flowed out, shining in the heart of every Taiping person, and each molten iron furnace represented countless knives, guns, arrows, and armor.

In the evening, the first furnace of iron had been cut off in part, and several large knives were made and placed in front of Qin Feng. The knife was made according to the original standard broadsword of the death camp, looking at this familiar black and heavy knife, Qin Feng's heart couldn't help but feel hot, and his hand touched the handle of the knife and lifted the knife up.

"Boss, it's no worse than our previous knives." Skillful hand said softly.

Raising the knife, waving the knife, without using the slightest true qi, let the big knife fall freely with its own weight, with a soft click, the corner of the table fell in response, looking at the smooth plane of the fracture, Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction.

"This is a sharp weapon that God gave us to the Taiping Army." Looking at the raging fire outside through the window, Qin Feng said with a smile, "Skillful, Lu Feng, let's say, what difficulties do you have here, today Quan Jun is guarding here, the Lord of Gecheng is also here, and the heads of the major families, I think, no matter what the difficulties, they should be able to solve them for you!" ”

Everyone laughed, and in Qin Feng's greeting, they all sat down around the table, under the influence of Qin Feng in the Commander's Mansion, now the round table is very popular in the meeting hall of the official office of the Taiping Army, as Qin Feng's old subordinate, on the skillful territory, he naturally follows the boss's style closely everywhere.

Although the Taiping Iron Mine is on the territory of Shayang County, in fact, he is an independent unit directly under the jurisdiction of Qin Feng's General's Mansion, and above the level, he may be lower than the people here, but in terms of importance, he is in the forefront. The importance of Taiping Iron Mine to the current Taiping Army is clear to everyone here.

With this iron ore mine that produces high-quality steel, at least on top of steel, the most tightly controlled strategic material in various countries, they no longer need to rely on others.

The configuration here can be said to be everything is excellent, from the beginning of the half a year to build a factory here, what is needed, the entire Shayang County is doing its best, in the eyes of everyone, there is nothing lacking here, and Qin Feng asked like this, it is just a routine, so everyone seems very relaxed.

But when everyone who sat down couldn't laugh when they saw the skillful hands take out a thick stack of files after coughing lightly.

This is a typical sign of robbery.

"Boss, my lords, the Taiping Iron Mine is divided into two large parts, one is the mining area, and the other is the ironworks here. On top of production, there really isn't any problem right now, but what I want to talk about now is how to maintain stability. ”

Qiaoshou coughed lightly, "To stabilize the Taiping Iron Mine, the first thing is people's hearts." The affairs of the mining area will be discussed by Lu Feng for a while, and over there, he will be mainly responsible, and I will mainly talk about the side of the iron factory. ”

"It's been half a year, whether it's the master craftsmen here, or the ordinary workers, they haven't taken half a step out of this canyon, in fact, they won't be allowed to take half a step, and now, there have been complaints, based on a goal that has not been achieved, everyone is still looking forward to it, but now, this goal has been achieved, then there will definitely be a problem next, that is, homesickness."

"But if you go out of the mountain from here, a round trip, it is ten days, many workers, and even think about the land at home, the signs of instability have appeared, after all, this is the deep mountain, although there is no shortage of things in life, but there is a lack of others." ”

"What do you mean?" Quan Yun frowned and said: "The wages of the workers here in the iron factory are quite high, and if you want to get this high salary, then you must pay some sacrifices. ”

"I also know that working here can earn more than farming outside, but homesickness is unavoidable human nature, and I don't want my workers to lose their work efficiency because of this. So my idea is, can we follow the example of Taiping City and set up a settlement outside the iron factory to relocate the relatives and families of these iron factory workers here? ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at him with wide eyes, this is not a small project, but a huge cost of work, is it worth it? Everyone was a little unimpressed.

"Whimsical!" Liu Xingwen shook his head again and again.

"No, no, no, it's not whimsical!" Skillful hands hurriedly said: "Actually, what we have to pay is only the first step of the start-up fee, and the benefits in the future, but not only to solve the immediate problems of workers, Taiping Iron Mine has miners, smelting more than 20,000 people, this is already a small county The number of people, so many people, to eat and drink, but now these things are hard to transport from outside, if the families of these people come to the vicinity and establish settlements, they will inevitably open up wasteland and farm, and the food problem will be alleviated to a certain extent. These people can grow vegetables to sell to the mining area, they can sell everything they need to the mining area, and now, every needle and thread brain here needs us to purchase outside, if there is a settlement in this vicinity, it will naturally be able to solve these problems, there are many smart people, no one will see the business opportunities here, if there are these people, then we don't need to spend public money to solve these problems, don't you adults? These savings alone will not be a small amount, and more importantly, the minds of the workers in the iron works will be stabilized. ”

"If you say that, it's not just the families of the ironworks workers, but as soon as the settlements open, with the size of the number of people here, they will soon form a new city, and anyone can come in, how can safety be guaranteed? How can the secrets of the ironworks be guaranteed? Tian Zhen asked.

"Lord Tian, in the mining area of tens of thousands of people, how long do you think you can hide this secret? Can't hide, maybe now, there are already a lot of people who know the existence of Taiping Iron Mine, it can't be hidden, in this case, why do we have to do such useless work, simply be generous, as long as we fix the internal affairs, are we afraid that someone will be unfavorable to us? Skillfully smiled.

Tian Zhen laughed dryly and said no more.

"This idea is not a bad idea." Qin Feng nodded slightly, "If a settlement is formed here again, it can be used as horns with Taiping City and become two pearls in the mountains." For example, where to choose the immigration point, this distance is very important, not close but not too far, the safety of the iron factory must be guaranteed. If this thing is to be done, it is not a trivial question how much money is needed to start, how much is the final cost, where the money comes from, etc. You need to think long-term. ”

"Yes, Boss, let's move on to the second question. The second question is from Lu Feng, although the matter I said is the most important in my opinion, it must be a long-term matter, and his problem there is imminent. Skillfully turned his head to look at Lu Feng.

"General, my lords!" Lu Feng stood up, "Everyone knows the specific situation of Taiping Iron Mine, but they may not have such a personal experience of lowly duties, and lowly positions can be said to walk on the edge of the cliff every day, and if they are not careful, they will fall into the abyss." ”

He looked at the crowd and paused, "There are more than 20,000 young and strong captives in the mining area, but I only have an army of 1,000 people to ensure the safety of the mining area. This is not a prisoner camp, and we can't afford not to feed them, because if we don't have enough to eat, we can't have the strength to mine stones, and it's impossible to shackle them and tie them to ropes, they are all free, and they all have guys in their hands. Now they are still in a state of panic, confused and overwhelmed, numbly following our arrangement, but after a long time, there is a high probability that problems will arise, and if a spark is dropped in this pot of hot oil, it will cause a catastrophe. ”

Qin Feng nodded slightly, "The problem you mentioned is exactly what I'm worried about, but now, we really don't have any extra troops to transfer to you, on the side of Mengshan, we have stationed two battle camps of fierce tigers and blue wolves, this can't be less." Because in the next step, we are going to attack Changyang County, Zou Ming's Thunderbolt Battalion is stationed in Feng County, and opposite him is the Qi people, although the Qi people are not much of a threat to us now, but they can't be taken lightly, who knows when they will turn their faces? And the kitten's giant mountain battalion is stationed in the county town, and it can't move, so you can really only develop your potential from the inside, you have a thousand people now, and I will give you another thousand people, but you have to figure out how to get the source of the soldiers. ”

Lu Feng's face suddenly showed embarrassment.

"Of course, relying solely on the strict supervision of the soldiers will not solve the problem at the root of the problem, so we have to find another way. On the way here, I kept thinking about it. These captives have been here for a long time, and it is impossible to say that they have no ideas, as Lu Feng said, they are still in a state of numbness at a loss, but after staying here for a long time, familiar with this place, and understanding this place, trouble will follow, so we must solve this situation before it appears. ”

"The way to do this is to give them hope." Qin Feng looked at everyone and said slowly. (To be continued.) )