The captain put down the teacup and looked at the person in the wooden cage with a hint of murder in his eyes and said slowly: "On this day, you must not go back to the past." ”

The others also stared at the person in the wooden cage with unkind eyes.

"It's not the first time we've done this, torture them to the point of serving, and then let them out of the constant temptation, the temptation to change the law, as long as there is a little bit of daring to come out of the mining area, pull it back and let them live as if they were dead, I haven't seen it in the past year, if there is, let him die without a little injury."

"Very good, I'll go and ask my boss about this matter to see if I can allow a few killers to be killed."

After speaking, the lieutenant threw out a bag of things on the table: "Reward you, again, with snacks." ”

After everyone sent the lieutenant to the door, they came back and opened the small bag, which contained bundles of cigarette rolls from Qiandao Road, which were not sold much at the moment, and were even more luxurious in the mining area, but they were very popular among the men in the mining area.

As soon as the lieutenant left, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were fixed on the wooden cage.

One said, "Why don't we use irrigation?" ”

"Yes." The crowd seconded.

Soon, one by one, funnels were inserted into the mouths of these five Goguryeo officials, and then buckets of water were poured into them.

In the hinterland of the Maoshan Iron Mine, a fortified castle built on the middle of the mountain.

Five young men sat at the bottom, and a young man with a beard sat at the top.

The five young men are the sons of Chai, Fang, Du, Cheng, and Pei, headed by Chai Lingwu.

The first to sit was Yu Chi Baolin, who was transferred from Quanzhou to Maoshan a year ago.

"Brother Baoling, the Yuan family sent someone to deliver a letter, hoping to increase the ore production by two percent. Fang Er has already refused three times, but the Yuan clan still asks for an increase in production by at least one percent, and we can't make up our minds about this. Chai Lingwu placed a letter on the table.

Fang Yiai stood up: "Brother Baolin, I reported the mine accident to them, I sent someone to find out the mortality rate of various mining areas in Goguryeo before, this time the death rate reported to them has been nearly doubled, the Yuan family would rather send another 30,000 mining slaves to increase production, the population of the mining area has reached the upper limit." ”

Du He also said: "Brother Baoling, there is no grain produced here, and the transportation of grain has reached the upper limit. ”

Yu Chi Baolin kept knocking on his head with a fan, and complained while knocking: "I am a military attache with soldiers, and I am really powerless in this mining area." ”

Du He continued: "We have falsely reported nearly 100 mining disasters, and the death toll has exceeded 11,000 in the past few years. But the Yuan clan would rather send another 30,000 miners to increase production, do they really care about the dead miners, or just to exchange for more coins? ”

Cheng Chucun, Cheng Biting Jin's concubine, that is, Cheng Xiaosi in the mouth of everyone, also said: "Relying on manpower mining has indeed reached the limit, and it is useless to increase manpower." ”

"I have a plan." Pei Xiaowu, Master Pei said at this time.

"What's the solution?" Everyone asked together.

"Send 15,000 people to Fusang Dao for rotation training, we have secretly trained 70,000 soldiers at the moment, and these soldiers are definitely not good enough under our training, so send out some of them to Fusang Dao, or ......" Master Pei didn't continue, because there were some taboos next.

Yu Chi Baolin understood, and said, "You mean, send it to the Indochina Peninsula to fight the Six Edicts." ”

"Yes. Or send 30,000 people, these people can only be regarded as excellent soldiers if they have really experienced the battlefield, and they can also accumulate some merits, and we can also reward them. ”

"It works, but it's a lot of trouble. The sage had a strict order, and the court and China strictly ordered the discussion of the Six Edicts War, and forbade any place to let officials below the fifth rank know the secrets of the Six Edicts. At present, everyone in the world only thinks that it is me who is attacking the Six Edicts, but no one knows that the main part of the attack on the Six Edicts is that our Tang Army only accounts for one-tenth. ”

After Yu Chi Baolin finished speaking, he stared at Master Pei: "I'm afraid your next suggestion is to ask for a steam engine?" ”

"Yes, it would be impossible to increase production without a steam engine."

Yu Chi Baolin slapped the table fiercely: "You are stupid, if the heavy weapon of Datang Town is lost, how can you explain to the elders of our people?" ”

"The country's heavy equipment is right, the first machine workshop of Fukuoka Steel Mill produces more than 70 steam engines per day, 30 steam engines of 100 horses, and 1 steam engine of 500 horses. A new batch of blast furnaces has just been put into operation, and new blast furnaces on a larger scale are being prepared for construction, and they do not need iron ore. ”

Master Pei's words made Yu Chi Baolin unable to find the words to refute.

Yu Chi Baolin signaled not to say any more, and after thinking for a long time, he ordered: "Fang Er, you go and discuss it privately with a few chief stewards to see what their attitude is." I will go to Fukuoka in person, Pei Xiaowu, you go to the Yamen of Huating Donggang Bo Si to talk about the matter, Cheng Xiaosi, you go and watch it personally, that one Goguryeo has the slightest disobedience, you will reason with them and let them understand the reason. ”

"Yes." Several teenagers all stood up and hugged Xin hard.

Yu Chi Baolin said again: "Cheng Xiaosi, this time you are allowed to see blood, but don't leave too heavy wounds." Du Xiaoer, you take good care of our home, and any mess is your fault. ”

The two of them clasped their fists again.

Let's talk about Chang'an.

In Chang'an City, Liu Mu only rested for three days before going to the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry is organizing a very large-scale meeting, and the participants, except for the two attendants of the Ministry of Industry, are all minor officials below the sixth grade.

These officials had a uniform emblem, and they all had the badge of a craftsman on their bodies, as well as two with the badge of a ghost worker.

"Qin, unify the six countries. In order to prevent foreign enemies, hundreds of thousands of military and civilian workers were recruited to build the Great Wall, straight roads, and galloping roads. This project is the embodiment of my Tang Guowei, from Chang'an to Shuofang City, a total of 1,800 miles. ”

A huge map was pulled out and hung in the hall.

After the squire in charge of the project finished speaking, he stepped aside, and a Zheng Liupin official wearing the badge of a ghost worker stepped forward, who was already in his sixties, and was the chief manager of the construction of the Huayuan-Chang'an railway, and summed up a very good plan for the construction of the railway.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we don't understand national policy, and we don't know much about being officials, but we will build railways. The Cabinet and the Ministry of Shangshu have issued instructions to build this road, so let's discuss it. The old man's idea was to rely on 30,000 laborers, 50 iron oxen, 4 gravel behemoths, and two trains, all the way to repair and advance. ”

"Here's how......"

Yanagi sat in the back and listened quietly.

The way that the Ministry of Industry came up with was to gather all the materials at the Jinghe wharf through water transportation, and then transport them to the north by rail, and repair them while transporting them, which solved the problem of transporting important materials such as rails, especially rails.