Chapter 220: Dongfang Town
The successful production of oil from several oil wells in Sakhalin made the company very happy. The experts and technicians of the chemical department who remained in Vladivostok could not sit still, and rushed to Sakhalin one by one in a hurry.
Although it is not realistic to install and build complete sets of petrochemical equipment brought from modern society, they also want to start the infrastructure construction of the petrochemical base first, even if it is to use backward technology to engage in some local petrochemical industry.
You can't do nothing. At least we can train some petrochemical industry workers, and strive to make the petrochemical equipment brought by modern society useful within two or three years.
The company was also quite supportive of the requirements put forward by the Chemical Department, and decided to start the Sakhalin Petrochemical Base project ahead of schedule. At the very least, we should first put up the shelves, do a good job in infrastructure construction, and slowly develop the oil and gas resources in the northern part of Sakhalin Island.
In order to cooperate with the actions of the Chemical Department, the Admiralty mobilized almost all the ships and began the first long-distance migration of the Far Eastern Company. A large number of materials, personnel and machinery and equipment traveled back and forth between Vladivostok and Nogliki again and again.
The entire landing site has been turned into a huge construction site, and several tall and spacious steel structure factories have begun to be built, and the roar of vehicles and machinery is everywhere.
Since the company landed on Sakhalin, the safety has been good, most of the natives of Sakhalin are mainly Hezhe, there are basically no strong tribes, they all exist in the form of villages, live by fishing and hunting, and live a life without fighting with the world.
These natives are more down-to-earth and have always welcomed the arrival of companies. Because after the company arrived here, it completely changed their lives. Li Ming deliberately asked Song Tao to form a temporary caravan. Go hundreds of miles around the town of the East, and trade with the scattered people on the island.
These natives could not resist the temptation of modern goods, and exchanged their treasures with company caravans. Moreover, Li Ming also chose a place outside the defense line of the garrison area and built a trading market.
The market has only been open for a month, and it is crowded every day, and almost all the natives of the villages in the northern part of Sakhalin have come here, where they can trade not only with companies from the Far East, but also with the natives.
This makes this bazaar the largest in the north of Sakhalin. Now it's not just the natives of the northern part of Sakhalin who come here to trade. Some of the indigenous people of the south also come here.
Li Ming saw that the momentum was good, so he put up a sign for recruitment. Because the infrastructure construction of the petrochemical base requires a large amount of labor, transporting a large number of Liao people from Vladivostok is really more than worth the loss. So Li Ming started the idea of these natives.
It solves the problem of labor. It is also possible to integrate the local indigenous people into the company's sphere of influence. Li Ming has a good impression of the local natives. Compared to the tribes in the north of Vladivostok, the natives of the villages here are more simple and docile.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Ming's recruitment sign was erected, many natives surrounded him. One inquire about two meals a day. You can also settle the salary at the end of the month, and the salary turns out to be a commodity in those trading markets.
The natives of Sakhalin immediately went crazy, first put their names on them, and then quickly ran to their villages. I found all the men and half-grown children from my village.
In just a few days, several thousand people were recruited, and the entire northern part of Sakhalin was almost wiped out. There's no way, those trading goods of the Far East Company are too rare for them.
Just those snow-white refined salts made them flock to it. The company has built a large modern salt farm on the western coast of Vladivostok, and there is as much refined salt as it wants. These natives have a great demand for salt, but it is difficult for the natives of Sakhalin to get such good salt.
In this era, no matter where it is, salt is a strategic material monopolized by the state, and everything that is tied to salt is a profiteering business. The productivity of this era was so low that it could not be compared with the output of modern salt works.
Li Ming and Song Tao drove a jeep and patrolled around the various posts in the garrison area. Then they drove to the trading market, where Liu Handong is now the director of the market management office and the director of the market police station.
Li Ming and Song Tao came to Liu Handong's office, in a military tent. Liu Handong was lying on a recliner and leisurely drinking tea.
Recently, the troops have been idle. Because there is no threat to the base, everyone is basically just staying. Li Ming simply asked the troops to be on duty in shifts, and those who did not have duty tasks were looking for something to do in order to relieve their boredom, and now they have everything to do.
Hunting, fishing, going outdoors as a travel buddy, going to the sea to fish with fishing boats, diving at the beach, everything anyway. Liu Handong sleeps every day, and he doesn't know why he is so sleepy.
As soon as Li Ming and Song Tao entered the tent, Liu Handong opened his eyes suddenly. When he saw that it was the two of them, he rubbed his eyes and sat up and said with a smile: "You remembered me here today." ”
Song Tao scolded with a smile: "Let's see if you have abused your power for personal gain and used your position to abduct underage indigenous girls." ”
Liu Handong almost didn't vomit when he heard this, he exaggeratedly said: "Big brother, I still use abduction." Every time I walk around the market, those indigenous girls and girls have already turned the rounds several times with their eyes. Last time, a girl, while I wasn't paying attention, reached out and took a handful of my brother's crotch, which scared my brother so much that he was about to wilt.
Probably the news of the hero's strength spread all over Sakhalin. Now when these indigenous girls and girls see me, they stare at my brother's crotch with squints, so that my brother now goes to the market to protect it with his hands, for fear of being harassed by those girls. Do you say it's easy for brother, isn't it just that the cost is a little bigger? Now I'm dying of sorrow. ”
Li Ming and Song Tao laughed when they heard this, pointed at Liu Handong and scolded him for being shameless. Song Tao scolded with a smile: "It's over...... Finished...... Lao Liu, you are finished now, you will be ruined, and we will hurt you by putting you here.
After they talked for a while, Li Ming smiled and said, "Hurry up and relax for a few days, we are going to withdraw." ”
The two of them were stunned when they heard it, it's good to stay here, why do you want to go.
"Sakhalin's security is better than it was estimated, and the infrastructure of the petrochemical base is underway. The Central Military Commission is carrying out large-scale military training activities, and several thousand recruits are also undergoing intense training, and the personnel of the Central Military Commission are very nervous. We can't help here, so why bother with so many troops. Moreover, the Sakhalin garrison has been formed and operated for more than two months, and it is time for us to leave. ”
When Song Tao heard this, he sighed and said, "What a good place, what a good people." Why are we leaving? Dude, why don't I stay, you take Lao Liu away, he is now ruined, it's better to stay away from the girls here. ”
Li Ming's eyes glared and said: "You think beautifully, when you go back, you will take the special combat team and the mountain battalion to sweep the Tartars near Ningguta and those indigenous tribes for me." This time, the young and strong are pulled back, and now they are needed as coolies in many parts of the company, as well as those indigenous girls, the company's Liao people are the rarest aboriginal women. ”
Song Tao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I guarantee that one will not be swept clean." Paralyzed, dare to move our Far East, it's really fucking tired and crooked. Lao Liu, don't go, don't let the indigenous girls drag you into the old woods, I don't know if I should save you or not. ”
The Nogliki landing site was repeatedly expanded, and now it has basically formed the prototype of a town, so after discussion by the board of directors of the company, the landing site on Sakhalin was named Vostok Town.
In view of the relatively good security situation on all sides of Sakhalin, Li Ming withdrew his regular troops to the company, and stationed a number of garrisons here, as well as a battalion of overseas corps, which was sufficient to deal with all threats.
After research, the company decided to appoint Xuan Heping, deputy director of the Chemical Department, as the first mayor of Dongfang Town, and Wang Mingzhang as the commander of the garrison area of Dongfang Town.
The Dongfang Town Garrison Area was formed with a platoon of the War Department, a garrison battalion of the garrison brigade, and a battalion of the Overseas Corps, which was stationed on Sakhalin Island to defend the petrochemical base.
The company has also established a petrochemical branch of the Far East Company in Dongfang Town, and the newly established petrochemical branch will take root in Sakhalin Island to establish a group company integrating oil extraction, refining and petrochemical processing in the next ten years.
Li Ming, Xuan Heping, and Wang Mingzhang handed over the work at hand, and then led the troops back to Vladivostok by boat. At present, the Central Military Commission is launching a tremendous upsurge of military training.
Because of the large number of recruits this year, the playground of the training team has been doubled. Thousands of recruits are undergoing intense training. The training team still adheres to the tradition of the Military Commission, and when they go to the training ground, they are strict and ruthless, and when they leave the training ground, they treat the recruits as if they were their own brothers.
In the process of training recruits, political and ideological education has also been carried out in all aspects, starting from little by little every day, and imperceptibly influencing these new recruits who have just joined the army.
Walking into the camp, there are slogans everywhere, in the canteen, in the playground, in the barracks, and even in the toilets. Moreover, what these new fighters like the most is to take political and ideological classes, and the large number of political cadres in the army have given full play to their abilities and made every political and ideological class sound and impressive.
When Song Tao returned to Vladivostok, he took the special combat team and formed a mountain guerrilla column composed of two squadrons of daredevils and a mountain battalion and left. This operation is estimated to take two or three months, which is equivalent to a field training in actual combat.
Li Ming walked into the barracks of the teaching team and saw Gao Jianguo standing on the playground chatting with Shi Mingfeng and Li Shaokun...... Come with us to the arsenal, there are several weapons that need to be accepted by our military commission before they are finalized. (To be continued......)
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