"It's easy to deal with it if there's a mineral source!"
Pei Zhan was a little excited.
However…
According to the scanning of the base system, the scale of the mineral resources was small.
In comparison, the underground water source was abundant, but what did he need underground water for…
If water could be exchanged for points, he would have sent people to get seawater long ago.
Eh?
Seawater…sea salt!
They could make sea salt. Didn't the Salt Gang start from selling salt? There should be someone who knew how to make salt. When the time came, they could make money and improve the living environment of the army.
However, this could only be done in the future.
Now, they were lacking people!
The disadvantage of lacking manpower was that it would lead to poverty!
Many mineral sources could not be collected and could not be converted into points.
Currently, there was a small-scale iron mine twenty miles away from him. The farthest was the copper mine near the Golden Mountain Guard, which was larger.
Even if the scale was small, he still needed manpower.
The collection tools could only be exchanged for those before 1938. They were very simple and required a lot of labor.
"I was stumped right from the start!”
On the slope, Pei Zhan pretended to look at the map and sighed.
Right now, he wished that he could have automatic rifles, howitzers, mortars of various calibers, and a large number of tanks under his command. Unfortunately, none of these could be achieved.
"I need to participate in the battle and f * ck the Japanese!”
However, Pei Zhan was just imagining it. The battle on the river bank north of Shanghai was very intense. The Japanese army attacked the various defense lines of the Chinese army. Both sides had invested hundreds of thousands of troops.
If he went over with such a small number of people, he would only be sending himself to death.
For now, they could only stay at the back and develop in a low-key manner, waiting for the landing battle at Hangzhou Bay!
"Forget it. The base has already been opened anyway. When the mine is opened, life will be better.”
"The mines nearby are enough for the troops to level up. They might be able to withstand the battle at Hangzhou Bay!”
It was already September and October. There would be a big war in a while. Time waited for no one!
Pei Zhan did not give up and kept looking for the options on the system screen.
He really did find it.
"It can actually be exchanged and made into silver coins?”
Silver…
This was a good thing that could make many people work hard.
"One point for one silver dollar!"
"Two thousand silver coins!"
In the next moment, 2,000 silver dollars were loaded into the box and placed in the armory.
"I need to see Mayor Zhang.”
The most important thing now was to need manpower to mine the ore.
Although he could recruit strong men, he still didn't want to do it. If he recruited strong men, his reputation would be ruined. It was better to give money. First, he would get the first batch of labor, and then he would make a decision after mining.
……
"Sir, what are you doing?"
The mayor of Fengjing Town, Zhang Xueyun, looked at the opened box of silver coins in a daze. The dazzling light dazzled his eyes.
He had been the mayor for so many years, but this was the first time he had seen so many silver coins.
"I need some absenteeism. Help me go to the villages and find some people between the ages of fifteen to fifty, regardless of gender.”
"Fifteen silver dollars a month."
"This is the first payment. After the mining is completed, we will pay the rest.”
Pei Zhan said unhurriedly.
It wasn't that he didn't want to give them all, but he didn't have enough points. There was also the mining equipment and the mining engineers. They all needed points. If he gave them all, he would be short of money.
He still wanted to save some for emergencies.
This was also a method that could not be helped. They could not possibly let the troops go over to mine, right?
"Understood, understood!"
Zhang Xueyun looked at the silver coins and then at the four guards who were holding submachine guns. He couldn't help but nod.
Why did they give him money instead of manpower?
He could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
Silver was a hard currency.
It was easy to do with money.
It was not easy to earn money in this chaotic war. Fifteen silver dollars a month was already enough in this poor and remote place.
He believed that he would find some people to come and work.
"In that case, I'll leave this matter to you.”
Pei Zhan pointed at the four guards beside him." They are responsible for your safety!”
He waved his hand and started to chase them away.
"I understand, I understand. Thank you for your trouble, four generals.”
Zhang Xueyun quickly expressed his goodwill to the four of them.
Unfortunately, the four soldiers in front of him were veterans of the system. They were expressionless and silent, ignoring him, making him feel awkward.
"Oh, right."
The little old man, Zhang Xueyun, who was about to leave, suddenly said," Sir, there's a place that you might be interested in.”
"Outside our town, there's a place called Xiaowang Village.”
"There's a squire called Wang Yunsheng there. He has a private armed force and usually does all kinds of evil. He seems to have control over a mine, but I don't know what mine it is.”
"It is said that he captured many able-bodied men. After these able-bodied men went in, they never came out again!”
……
"Oh, Xiaowang Village?"
"Mine!"
Hearing this, Pei Zhan suddenly became spirited. He felt that this Xiaowang Village was familiar. He had seen or heard of it somewhere.
Mine…
He could not help but open the System Map.
He finally understood why it felt familiar.
Xiaowang Village was fifty miles away from here, and the system had marked the mineral source on it.
"Silver mine!"
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