mtlumby2d Chapter 298 Partridge Whistle Comes to the Door
Chapter 298 Partridge Whistle Comes to the Door
"With three high-yield crops, I can allocate some dried fish and canned food, which will be enough to support them to resume production!"
However, when he was thinking about developing people's livelihood, he suddenly remembered the issue of funding.
"Since we have already allocated a sum of military funds and used up some of the stored food, why not just do it all at once and get everything done, and resolve all the worries right away!"
Thinking of this, Jiang Li immediately picked up a pen and paper and listed the projects to be developed next.
The first thing to do is naturally to promote high-yield sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and mushrooms.
After the road is clear, we can start mining various minerals.
Due to the geological conditions, Guangxi and Hunan have abundant mineral resources of various types.
What he can use now include limestone for flux, limestone for fertilizer, limestone for building stone, dolomite for glass, sand for glass, kaolin, clay for cement ingredients, mudstone for cement ingredients, and marble for construction.
In addition, Guangxi also has its most scarce resources, coal and oil. You should know that half of its coal mines now rely on purchases, and all gasoline needs to be imported.
So he always feels constrained and cannot develop quickly at all.
However, the idea is indeed good, but there is also a realistic problem that must be taken into consideration, that is, although Guangxi has coal reserves, the quantity is relatively small.
Oil resources are not scarce, but they are difficult to extract. If they are to be forcibly extracted, it will inevitably cost a huge price.
But in order not to be controlled by others, Jiang Li was determined to mine these two resources, even if it cost more money.
Besides, Hunan Province is one of the provinces with the richest mineral resources in my country.
After several months of exploration, minerals such as anthracite, common fluorite, dolomite for glass, and sepiolite clay have been discovered.
This is certainly not all, there are many more minerals used in industrial production, and it is precisely because of the existence of these minerals.
This made Jiang Li determined to mine all these minerals to meet the energy and raw material needs of industrialization.
As for the funds for purchasing mining and refining equipment, they will come from military expenditures. Anyway, he has already purchased many arms production lines.
Light and heavy machine guns and cannons of various calibers can be produced by ourselves, so the purchase of these things can be stopped, thus saving money for development.
Unfortunately, although he spent a huge amount of money to set up a car manufacturing plant, he was unable to produce qualified engines and could only import them from abroad.
But this may not be a big deal, because he has already recruited a group of mechanical talents, and they are now trying to produce engines by themselves.
Once they succeed, Jiang Li will be able to produce cars on his own, which will not only meet civilian but also military needs. He can even use it to form a mechanized force.
As for the issue of military development after so many manpower and material resources were drawn away, he had actually already thought of a solution, which was to comprehensively reform the military system.
After all, according to the previous training methods, soldiers walking out of the training ground were only barely qualified, and they needed to go through a few more wars before they could become truly qualified soldiers.
But now we have to develop people's livelihood, and there will be no war in the short term, so many new recruits cannot make further progress. If they are asked to fight the Japanese pirates in this state, it can be said that they have no chance of winning.
After all, the Japanese pirates during this period could be said to be the best in Asia in terms of both equipment and individual soldier quality.
After recording the future development direction, Jiang Li handed over the tasks related to people's livelihood, while he himself began to prepare to reform the military system.
But at this time, Partridge Whistle brought his fellow junior brothers and sisters to ask to see Jiang Li.
Jiang Li slapped his forehead and then remembered that there were still some Taoist priests who had not been arranged, so he immediately asked someone to invite them in.
When he saw Partridge Whistle, Jiang Li immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile, "Ah, look at my memory. I was busy with government affairs during this period and neglected you all. I am so sorry!"
After saying this, he clasped his fists and bowed.
Seeing this, Partridge Whistle immediately reached out to support Jiang Li's arm, "Commander Jiang, you are too polite. I have seen you constantly allocating money, food, manpower and materials for disaster relief, so I have not disturbed you!"
"I just couldn't wait any longer today, so I came to disturb you. Please forgive me!"
Jiang Li waved his hand, said it was okay, and then invited the three of them to sit down in his office.
The three people who came to the office were a little uncomfortable, but Partridge Whistle still mustered up the courage to stand up and clasped his fists and said, "Before, Commander Jiang said that he could introduce a Maoshan master on our behalf, but now it seems that Commander Jiang really can't leave."
"So I don't expect you to introduce me to someone else. I just ask Commander Jiang to give me the name of a master from Maoshan and write a letter for me. I can go to Maoshan by myself!"
As soon as Jiang Li heard his request, he immediately agreed, picked up paper and pen and started writing the letter, which he finished in a short while.
However, considering that he was the one who broke the appointment first and he would still need him in the future, he did not intend to send him away. Instead, he shouted to the outside of the door, "Someone, go and invite Director Wang Yuanyi!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a full-throated voice rang out from outside, "Yes, I'll do it right away!"
As he left, Jiang Li began to introduce the Maoshan masters he was familiar with to Queqiao Shao.
"To be honest, Brother Yang, I followed Uncle Jiu to practice on Lingxiu Mountain outside Renjia Town in my early years, and I once went to Maoshan."
"I have spoken a few words to Taoist Master Zhang Wanhe, the head of Maoshan, but we are not close friends, so I don't know his specific cultivation level and whether he can remove the curse for you!"
Seeing that Partridge Whistle seemed to want to say something after hearing this, Jiang Li reached out to stop him.
"Wait a minute, Brother Yang. I am not familiar with the head of Maoshan, but I have fought side by side with Elder Li Lin of Maoshan, so we do have some friendship!"
"The most important thing is that Elder Li Lin has already broken through to the Heavenly Master realm two years ago. His cultivation skills are among the best in Maoshan!"
"I just wrote two letters for you. One is to the head of Zhang Wanhe, and the other is to Elder Li Lin. Take these two letters to Maoshan. If they can't lift your curse, I will tell you the location of the Dust Pearl!"
When Partridge Whistle heard this, he was relieved. He took the letter and prepared to leave, but was stopped by Jiang Li. "Brother Yang, don't worry. I have asked someone to invite Deputy Director Wang Yuanyi. When he comes, he will go with you, so that you won't go the wrong way."
Speak of the devil and he will appear. As soon as Jiang Li finished speaking, the same powerful voice from before rang out from outside the door, "Reporting to the commander, I have invited Deputy Director Wang Yuanyi to come!"