According to the information of the Shilu Iron Mine that Lin Weiye knew, the Japanese army laid the 55-kilometer railway line, which required 10,000 workers and took five months to complete, and the project was particularly arduous. A total of 17 bridges and 178 culverts were built along the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info. All are reinforced concrete or iron frame structures. There is also a tunnel built between the stone roads of Baoqiao, with a total length of 250 meters. Hachisho was originally a small fishing village, but in order to accommodate the entry of ore ships of more than 10,000 tons, it was expanded into an artificial port. The entire Shilu development, which includes mines, railways, ports and power plants, employed 140,000 laborers and killed and injured tens of thousands.

After listening to Lin Weiye's introduction, Xia Nan's heart slowly cooled down.

Lin Weiye said the route, he also saw along the way, to transport iron ore to Wuni Port by land, according to the current manpower and road conditions along the way, is an impossible task, and it is also very difficult to take the waterway, once it is the dry season, the water level in the upper reaches of the Changhua River is shallow, and the slightly larger ships can not pass through it at all.

In this way, it was not easy to find this treasure mountain, but because of the problem of transportation, it could not be successfully mined, isn't it empty joy? Since the crossing, although there have been several tests of life and death, whether it is opening a factory or making iron and guns, it has been smooth sailing, and this trip to Shilu is the biggest setback that Xia Nan has encountered.

Xia Nan asked with luck: "Can't you wait until the wet season to run?" ”

Lin replied: "The wet season is generally in the rainy season and when the temperature rises in spring, and the dry season is around winter. It is conservatively estimated that there is only a maximum of half a year of wet water in a year. However, how high the water level is in the wet season still needs to be investigated, and it is still unknown whether the boat can be crossed. If you take the waterway, the Shilu River is so shallow that you can't count on it, then you have to transport iron ore to the Changhua River by manpower, and then load it on ships, and Yayuling is about 12 kilometers from the nearest fork river estuary. There is also a variable on the way, if there is a shallow riverbed on the way, and it is impossible to cross the ship even during the wet season, either the loading route is extended, or the loading route is reloaded and reloaded at a suitable place, so that the transportation is even more complicated. There is another problem you have to consider, you must pass through Changhua County before arriving at Wunigang, it is impossible for the county magistrate and the lord of Qianhu to watch you dig iron ore privately, and you must also knock down Changhua County. ”

Lin Weiye said very objectively, whether the ship can pass the boat in the wet season still needs to be inspected on the spot, and even if the ship can be crossed, the manpower required to transport it to the river for loading is not a small amount, and it is also necessary to consider whether the ship can pass through the rocky beach in the wet season when it comes, and even the bamboo raft cannot pass smoothly can pass the ship. In the end, the Qianhu Office in Changhua County is not an ornament, and no matter how bad the guard is also an officer and soldier, once the war starts, it will deviate from the purpose of not being a frontal enemy of the government in the short term.

Xia Nan thought about various possibilities, and it was indeed difficult, and he couldn't help but despair.

"You said such a good open-pit iron mine, now in front of you, do you just give up? Where does our iron ore come from? Without iron mines, we can only obediently wait for the Ming Dynasty to perish, the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the customs, and everyone shaves their hair and braids? I won't ever die with that pig's tail! ”

Lin Weiye hurriedly covered his mouth and looked around. Fortunately, in order to keep the secret of the iron mine, Li Muqing was separated, and Yang Youji was his own person, otherwise it would not be a big trouble for people to listen to these words.

Xia Nan opened his hand irritably, and fell to the ground in a daze, staring blankly at the sky without saying a word.

Since the crossing, Lin Weiye has never seen him like this, Xia Nan has always given him the impression that he is optimistic, positive, confident, clear thinking, strong spirit of hard work, and good at handling various interpersonal relationships, is a natural leader. In less than a year, he started from scratch, plotting to seize salt works, spinning and weaving, building steel mills, shipyards and other factories, and also pulled up a small but very capable team.

Seeing his fragile appearance now, Lin Weiye felt a pang of guilt - although the problem of transporting Shilu iron ore was not his responsibility. He thought hard about how to solve this problem and cheer up Xia Nan.

The information about Hainan Iron Mine appeared in his mind, and a sentence from a textbook vaguely appeared in front of his eyes: "...... Hainan iron ore, including Shilu iron ore and Tiandu iron ore, belongs to sedimentary metamorphic iron ore deposits, hematite, is China's earlier development, larger scale, higher grade of iron ore production base ......", Hainan iron ore is composed of Shilu and Tiandu two iron ore, but unfortunately, Tiandu iron ore reserves are too small, less than 6 million tons, long since the end of the digging.

He sighed: "Actually, there is still a Tiandu iron mine in Hainan, but unfortunately the reserves are too small, and it has already been dug up." ”

Xia Nan took a sip, "You still talk about a fart after digging, I didn't expect that there are people in this ghost place who started earlier than us, which generation finished digging?" ”

"The Japanese dug part of it, it was taken over after liberation, and it was dug in the 60s."

"The Japanese? Liberation? Xia Nan sat up and stared at Lin Weiye: "Are you a pig?" What dynasty is it now? ”

Lin Weiye was stunned, then reacted immediately, and patted his head in annoyance, "I'm really a pig, it's the Ming Dynasty, 1630, and the Japanese are still in the shogunate period." He had a preconceived idea, and has been substituting the information that the Tiandu iron ore in the textbook has been mined and closed into this time and space, thinking only about Shilu, but forgetting that the Tiandu iron ore in this time and space was not discovered until the Qing Dynasty, and now it is still a rich ore hidden in the mountains waiting for them to dig - for the modern iron and steel industry, the reserves of more than 5 million tons are really not enough, but for the mining intensity of the hand-dug shoulder, it is a great bonanza.

Xia Nan stared at him: "Where is Tiandu Iron Mine, compared to Shilu?" ”

"The city of Sanya, which was located in our time, is probably a barren mountain now. The reserves are not large, only about 5 million tons, but they are enough for our needs. Lin Weiye's thoughts became active, "The key is that Tiandu is very close to the seaport - that is, Yulin Port in our time and space - about 10 kilometers at most, and when you arrive at the port, you can directly ship by sea, and the convenience of transportation is incomparable to Shilu." It is precisely because of the ease of transportation that Tian Dulao has already dug the closed pit."

When Xia Nanyan heard this, he suddenly came back to life, stood up suddenly, and said with pride: "Set off immediately to investigate Tian Du." ”

Seeing that he had regained his confidence and fighting spirit, Lin Weiye breathed a sigh of relief. I just want to dedicate some technology, and then wait for a good life, and he has to do things that change the world, and he will never be able to do it.