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"By the way, what about the coal field?"

"The progress is relatively smooth. There are a lot of coal diggers here, but the output is limited. I have taken back all these privately mined coal mines. And I have contacted some Chinese engineers at Kailuan Coal Mine, and purchased For some machines, there will definitely be a big leap in production within half a year."

"Kailuan Coal Mine?"

"Well, there are British people there now, and the most popular are foreign engineers. In terms of remuneration, the remuneration of Chinese engineers is very poor, only a fraction of that of foreign engineers, and the life in Kailuan Coal Mine is very aggrieved. I By paying high wages and entrusting them with important responsibilities, we can easily lure them to us."

"Good."

Duan Xun nodded.

Then he said affirmatively: "There are never too many talents. As long as they have the skills and ability, they should be given some money. The output can be as high as possible. This time I suppressed the bandits, and those who deserved to be shot were not charged with crimes." All those who were shot were sent here to dig coal for me."

humanitarianism.

At this stage, Duan Xun doesn't have the energy to care about humanitarianism.In order to make money, Duan Xun will not care about the human rights of the bandits.There were tens of thousands of bandits in the west of Henan. When Duan Xun wiped out the bandits in the west of Henan, those who were not enough to be shot, but who committed more crimes, were all thrown into the coal fields, and they were asked to dig coal and undergo labor reform.

No need to pay, work for free, where can I find such labor.

"it is good."

The same is true for Jiang Hongyu.

Bandits, it was kind enough not to shoot them.Let them do some work to save their lives, and they should also worship the Bodhisattva.

"Are there some landlords who want to cooperate with us?"

"Not at this stage. Many people are waiting and watching. They are all waiting to see if we can gain a foothold in western Henan."

"They'll be coming to us soon."

…………

"Go, get me those chickens. Birds are fading out of their mouths these days."

Xin'an.

Xin'an is located in the shallow and hilly area of ​​western Henan, with complex terrain, complete with mountains, hills, river valleys and rivers.The terrain gradually decreases from northwest to southeast and from west to east.Looking at the whole picture, the Yellow River runs across the north, the Qinling Mountains block the south, and there are four mountains (Jingzi Mountain, Qingyao Mountain, Mang Mountain, and Yu Mountain) in the middle and three rivers (Qinghe River, Zhen River, and Jian River).The general characteristics are: "high mountains, many ridges, broken valleys, seven ridges, two mountains, and one river".

In fact, with so much talk, Xin’an has only one characteristic.

That is, Xin'an has been an important traffic route in western Henan, a fortress in the Central Plains, and a military center since ancient times.Because Xin'an is only seventy miles away from Luoyang, it is the west gate of Luoyang.Caravans departing from Luoyang to Shaanxi and Gansu in the west and heading south to Hubei all pass through Xin'an.Therefore, there are many businessmen coming and going here, as well as many scholars coming and going.

And Xin'an is also the first step for Duan Xun to really appear in front of everyone.

Duan Xun's headquarters was established in the Xin'an County militia headquarters.Because of Xin'an's unique geographical location, this place was also a place where bandits in western Henan were rampant, and their targets were these caravans.In order to protect the environment and the people, Xin'an established its own militia group to defend the traffic in Xin'an.Xin'an militia strength is relatively strong.

Xin'an people are not short of money.

Especially the landlords and merchants in Xin'an have money in their hands.Therefore, they can support a relatively powerful militia.The Xin'an Militia is affiliated to the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce and has nearly [-] guns.

Among the militias in western Henan, the Xin'an militia is the strongest.

Duan Xun was stationed in Xin'an, while Duan Xun's troops were stationed outside the city.This is not far from the guard camp.More than a dozen troops from the guard battalion came out to buy some daily necessities.

On the way out of the station, I saw a chicken farm.

The company commander of the guard battalion cheered up and asked his men to catch chickens.

"Company commander, this is a violation of military discipline."

"Shit, what military discipline. Do you know my last name?"

"part."

The soldier answered softly.The company commander immediately kicked his subordinate's ass, and cursed angrily: "Then what the hell are you talking about, you're just catching a few chickens. Go quickly."

"Yes."

"You all go too. Catch all the chickens there, and we will have a good meal of roast chicken in the evening. Marching every day, I haven't eaten meat for many days."

"Yes."

A dozen soldiers swarmed over to catch these chickens.It's a real chicken and dog jump.

"boom--"

"Who, who the fuck shot."

The guard battalion was also made up of recruits.

But these months of training made them react very quickly.The moment they heard the gunshots, these people immediately fell to the ground.The fast ones even have their guns in their hands, ready to fight, and then check to see if there are any enemies.But when they looked up, they found that it was someone wearing the same military uniform.

The company commander of the guard battalion got angry and shouted: "Let's kill you bastard! What the hell do you belong to? Can you shoot casually here?"

"You are……"

A man who looked like a military officer came out of these few people and asked the company commander of the guard battalion.

"I'm taking care of you every now and then. I'm fucking Duan Kan, commander of the second company of the guard battalion. What do you guys do?"

"Company Commander Duan, we are from the Military Law Department of the 29th Mixed Brigade. Haven't you memorized the 'Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention'? How could you indulge the troops in robbing the common people's chickens. This is already a violation of the military discipline of my 29th Mixed Brigade."

"Military law department? Cut. I'm just catching a few chickens. Don't you care about such small things?"

"Of course. As long as it violates military discipline, we will take care of it. Company Commander Duan, ask your men to put down their guns and come with us."

Gunshots.

This place is not a deserted place, on the contrary, this place is the outskirts of Xin'an, which belongs to the suburb of Xin'an, and there are still many people.Suddenly gunshots were heard, so many people came out to watch.

Watch the fun.

Although both sides were soldiers, they didn't dare to come together completely, but they still stood far away to watch the excitement.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"I don't think they wear the same clothes. Could it be that they are fighting among themselves?"

"In this world, soldiers and bandits belong together. Soldiers are bandits."

"Yeah yeah."

Xin'an is also deeply harmed by bandits, so these people don't have a good impression of bandits.Later generations write a story or make a TV series, which can show those bandits who are so righteous, and show how righteous they are, and even how they are sensible and respected.But that's because they haven't been attacked by bandits, they don't have personal experience, they just treat him as a story.But for the ordinary people who suffered from bandits in this era, a bandit is a bandit, and there is no such thing as righteousness.

Even Zhang Ping, who is known as "benevolence and righteousness incomparable" in western Henan, how does he live on.They also rely on kidnapping and extortion, but Zhang Ping is the most benevolent among the bandits in western Henan, and he doesn't beat or abuse hostages.Hence the name.

A bandit has this title, which shows how hated other bandits are.And because the military discipline of the army is too poor, of course the common people don't have a good impression of these soldiers.Wasn't the Zhensong Army guarding the west of Henan turned into bandits?