Chapter 31: Catch Up with England in Three Years, Surpass America in Five! Building a Modernized Military Camp!
Seeing this prompt, Zhang Xue Ming's heart stirred.
He never thought that his unintentional actions...
Could actually earn him reputation and a limited-time buff!
At the same time, a sigh escaped his lips.
"Damn it, I just did what any normal person would do, yet it's enough to win the hearts of the people."
While warlords across the Republic were collapsing and exploiting the populace,
Suddenly, a 'normal' person like Zhang Xue Ming appeared!
He stood out like a sore thumb!
Amidst the cheers of the people, Zhang Xue Ming returned to the central military camp outside Daqing City, located at the North Twenty-Mile Marsh.
This 'North Twenty-Mile Marsh' was originally a vast expanse of mud surrounding Daqing.
Now, after undergoing engineering modifications,
It transformed into a lake.
Beside the lake, a military camp stood tall, seeming utterly out of place in this era.
The camp housed 30 two-story barracks for soldiers, two training grounds, 16 basketball courts, and one football field.
In addition,
To accommodate future armored vehicle storage needs,
The camp also included two fuel depots, over a dozen large enclosed parking lots, a small aircraft hangar, and a simple airstrip.
Adding the accompanying hot water rooms, saunas, and military auditoriums,
The entire camp felt like a miniature world unto itself.
This was Zhang Xue Ming's standard military camp design!
Each camp could accommodate a division, 12,000 combat personnel.
Right now,
This camp, capable of housing over 10,000 people, only housed his personal guard cavalry regiment, making it feel eerily quiet.
Therefore, Zhang Xue Ming simply stationed the 300 Russian experts and 100 engineering machinery operators he received as rewards from the system here.
These were 'high-level technicians'!
They needed to be strictly protected.
Besides this camp,
Ten kilometers away on the plain, was the industrial zone he designed.
After these days of construction, the waterworks, power plant, and cement plant were all completed.
"Looks like after upgrading the basic infrastructure, I need to focus on military industry!"
Now that everything was in place, Zhang Xue Ming began preparing to launch the 'big four' of heavy industry!
Steel mill, oil well, chemical plant, and arms factory.
These four factories were not only gold-swallowing behemoths but also people-swallowing behemoths.
It was likely that even if he poured all his current workforce into them, he wouldn't see any progress.
"Feng Zhi, how many people are currently on our construction sites?"
"The clerks reported 4,000 bandit prisoners, and nearly 12,000 workers came today. In total, there are 16,000. And looking at the trend, we should be adding another 1-2,000 every day!"
"However, the lumber mill, coal mine, and quarry have been constantly urging us to send more people. Their production can't keep up."
With the thermal power plant now generating electricity,
The nights in Daqing were illuminated.
However, this power plant was also a monster that devoured resources.
Zhang Xue Ming's thermal power plant had two 25-kilowatt thermal generators!
In later times, this wouldn't even qualify as a small power plant.
But in this era, it was a giant leap forward.
Keep in mind, the Zhapu Road power plant in Shanghai during the Republic period only had one 12 million-watt DC thermal generator.
That was enough to power the entire Shanghai area.
However, high power output meant high consumption.
The two generators in Daqing's power plant required dozens of tons of washed coal every day.
Furthermore, besides generating electricity, they also needed to provide power lines.
This era wasn't like later times, where everything was concrete and steel poles. Zhang Xue Ming had to make do with what he had, using the pines from the Greater Khingan Range for all the power poles.
These pines were straight and long, perfect for making power poles.
But even with the best power poles, they still needed a significant amount of timber.
Using one power pole per 75 meters, if they wanted to electrify all of Daqing, they'd need at least tens of thousands of pine trees.
But currently, the lumber mill only had 250 people.
How long would it take to get all that lumber? Until the year of the monkey?
"Damn it! It feels like 10,000 people aren't even enough!"
"When will that cheap old man send over the conscripts!"
Seeing Zhang Xue Ming scratching his head in frustration,
Yu Feng Zhi silently walked behind him, lifting her two slender fingers to press against his temples, gently massaging them.
"My lord, there's no need to be so anxious. In less than a month, you've established such a vast enterprise.
This is rare even in the world!"
Zhang Xue Ming took a deep breath.
Fast?
He still felt it was too slow.
After all, he planned to 'Catch Up with England in Three Years, Surpass America in Five!
Ten thousand years is too long, we strive for the present moment!
But!
The pressure from Yu Feng Zhi's fingers was just right.
Soon,
Zhang Xue Ming felt himself relax.
Ah!
Damn it, she helped me bear children, find concubines, and now even gives me massages to relax.
"With a wife like this, what more could a man ask for!"
"Sixth brother, oh Sixth brother! My younger brother sincerely thanks you! Your wife is truly fragrant!"
Seeing Yu Feng Zhi report to him while pregnant,
Zhang Xue Ming sighed inwardly!
He absolutely had to find some internal affairs talents quickly!
Otherwise, everything would fall on his shoulders.
It would take too much time!
Seriously impacting his more important career of expanding his family!
.....
"Young Marshal!"
At that moment,
Ma Mao Xun suddenly knocked on the door.
"Young Marshal, good news! The 10,000 conscripts sent from the Great Marshal have arrived!"