Chapter Ten: The Great Iron Mine

  "Rifles? Don't worry about the rifles for now, in three months, Young Master will definitely give you even better ones. For now, your task is to lead the team well and prioritize normal shooting training with the current Type 71 Mauser rifle." Huo Shan said with a wave of his hand.

  Nowadays, the rifles of various countries are really rubbish in Mr. Huo's eyes, and he can't bear to look at them. "Mauser 98K, this classic rifle is the young master's choice!" Mr. Huo thought to himself.

  "Three months?"

  "What's wrong?" Huo Shan said calmly.

  "No, no..." The young man shook his head reflexively. The confinement room in the military training base was really not a place for humans to stay, and he didn't want to touch the young master's bad luck.

  "How's the matter I entrusted you with a few days ago?" After a moment of silence, Huo Shan asked slowly.

  "According to Young Master's evaluation standards, we have already recruited 400 people and are undergoing initial military training!"

  "Alright, leopard, I'll give you half a year's time. After half a year, you have to hand over to me an elite troop that has won a hundred battles. Can you do it?"

  Upon hearing his words, Hu Bao reflexively snapped to attention, his feet clicking together as he raised his right arm shoulder-high with palm facing forward and fingers straight, executing a standard People's Liberation Army salute. "I guarantee completion of the young master's assigned task!"

  Looking at his solemn appearance, Huo Shan couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

  "Alright, from now on, the special forces team you'll be leading will be called 'Cheetah', and I'll be in direct command of it. Got it?"

  "Got it, young master!"

  "Hmm, temporarily settle for now! Besides, you go back and tell Huo Shi, Huo Hu and the others that if after three months, the training of these more than 20,000 people doesn't meet my requirements, they won't even get a single gun, all of them can just go home and take care of their children!"

  Hearing his words, Hu Bao involuntarily shrunk his neck, "Got it, young master, I'll leave first!"

  Agreeing, he nodded and gestured for him to leave. Before Hosan could even rest a bit, Leizi walked in.

  "Master, Huo Feng is back!"

  Upon hearing this, Huo Shan's spirit shook, "Quickly call him in!"

  With a loud thud, a sturdy young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked in, "Young master, I just saw that leopard kid leaving your place, how come he's coming to find you for a gun again?"

  "Yes, Huo Shi, Huo Hu, Huo Bao, and Huo Lang have all taken turns coming, it's really a headache. Forget about them, has the matter you're handling made any progress?"

  "According to the map given by Young Master, we have found it. The old craftsman who brought from home said that it is a rich mine with large reserves." The young man looked at the twelve-year-old boy in front of him with admiration. Such a big iron mine was unknown before, "How did Young Master know there was a big iron mine there?"

  "Shi Lu Iron Mine!" Mr. Huo was excited and trembling all over, this is a famous rich mine in China, with a mineral reserve of tens of billions of tons, a grade of over 62%, and also accompanied by rich cobalt, copper, nickel, sulfur, aluminum, gold and other mineral resources urgently needed for industrial development. Mr. Huo had already secretly decided to rely on this large mine to establish a super heavy industry group in Hainan.

  "Haha, things are going well. You go find Uncle Fu to get the money, first buy this iron mine along with the surrounding land for me. Once our mining machinery from Britain arrives, we'll rush into development and production."

  "Alright, I'm going now, young master!"

  Seeing Mr. Huo's excited expression, Huo Feng didn't dare to delay and hurriedly walked out of the study room.

  Since he had money in his hands, Huo Shan's plan has been fully unfolded, and the idle days have gone never to return. But this busy life makes him feel extremely satisfied! Especially when seeing his own plan moving forward step by step, Mr. Huo is even more energetic.

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  "Ouch!"

  Ping'er carried a bowl of ginseng soup she had personally brewed and pushed open the door to enter.

  Although it's already late, I'm worried about Young Master, so I personally went to the kitchen to cook this bowl of soup and brought it over myself.

  In the study, a room lit by thick red candles, the lights were shining brightly. A faint snoring sound indicated that the owner of the house had already fallen asleep! Gently putting down the tray in her hand, she looked at Master Huo, who was lying on the table with drool flowing from his mouth. The little maid couldn't help but feel infinite sympathy for him.

  For two months, the changes that have taken place in the Huo family under Young Master's leadership have made the dull little maid discover that Young Master has obviously changed, as if he had grown up overnight. Although his affection for her has not diminished, the busy Young Master no longer has time to play and have fun with her, which makes the little maid very dissatisfied.

  Pouting with an adorable little mouth, she couldn't bear to wake up the young master's little maid, and involuntarily stretched out her own pale small hand to tidy up the messy desk. Although she didn't understand what use these papers with various lines drawn on them had, she knew that these things must be very important to the young master, so the little maid's movements were especially careful.

  Huoshan was really tired these days, although the equipment bought from Europe had not returned yet. However, Huoshan ordered Fu Bo to spend a large sum of silver to buy mechanical equipment from more than a dozen foreign affairs factories within the Qing government, which had already been transported back to Taiwan! And he, who was anxious in his heart, after the equipment was unloaded, led the workers who had been waiting for a long time to install and debug continuously. He ran back and forth between Keelung and Taipei for more than a week before handing over the remaining installation work to the workers.

  Although the steel mill had only purchased two three-ton Martin furnaces from Jiangnan Machine Bureau, it would be able to start production in just a few more months! Although the scale was small, he finally had the steel that this era needed most in his hands! This made Mr. Huo excited and hurried back to Taipei overnight! In order to get his long-awaited weapon equipment as soon as possible, Huo Shan drew up the drawings of military machinery stored on the computer all night. After finishing the draft, he couldn't hold on any longer after a day and night without rest, and fell asleep on the table.

  The hunger in his stomach made Huo Shan wake up from his sleep, and he shook his dizzy head, his vision gradually clearing up. He saw the empty table and couldn't help but be shocked in his heart. "Where are my drawings? Leizi?"

  "Master, Ray has gone to rest. The papers on your desk have been organized by Ping'er. You can take a look!" Just as Huo Shan was feeling anxious, the clear voice of Xiao Yatou rang in his ears.

  He took a look at the thick stack of drawings on the left upper corner of the desk, and Huo Shan hastily picked them up, roughly flipping through them to confirm that they were correct. Only then did he let out a heavy sigh of relief, wiping away the sweat from his forehead. These drawings were just too important!

  After confirming that the drawings were correct, he turned his head and said to Xiaoyao: "Ping'er, when did you come?"

  "Hmm!"

  Young Master asked himself, and Xiaoyao hummed discontentedly, turning his head away, ignoring Huo Shan.

  He gently stroked Xiaoyao's nose and said with a pampering tone, "Alright alright, don't be angry anymore. Look, your little mouth can hang a oil bottle!"

  "They made you ginseng soup and tidied up your desk with great effort, but the young master didn't even acknowledge them!"

  Looking at Xiaoyao's puffed up appearance, Mr. Huo couldn't help but feel a headache. In his two lifetimes, he had the least experience in coaxing girls to be happy. Fortunately, this was the Qing Dynasty, and Ping'er was his personal maid, who would become his wife after growing up. So, Mr. Huo used the simplest method, wrapping his arms around Xiaoyao's soft waist, stretching out his big mouth to ruthlessly kiss Ping'er's lovely face without any shame.

  "Oh dear! Young master..."

  The little girl let out a cry of alarm and, finding that she couldn't run away, involuntarily lowered her small head and covered her face with both hands, becoming an ostrich.

  Looking at the little girl with a red face, Huo Shan chuckled and picked up the ginseng soup on the table with his right hand, "Gulugulu", pouring it into her mouth.

  He picked up Ping'er's body with both hands and walked towards the big bed on the side.

  Thanks for the recommendation of Time's, I will work harder!