We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Looking at Wang Liu's ecstatic look, Li Che felt a little reluctant and sighed in his heart.

Once upon a time, this was my main profession.

Silly boy Wang Liu thought he had given him a promotion, but he had no idea that this was a completely drudgery.

The exploration industry is typically high-paying and high-labor-intensity, requiring long periods of time outdoors, high work intensity and relatively poor living conditions.

Just like Li Che himself, his salary was 4000 yuan when he just graduated, and his monthly salary was about 8000 yuan after he became a regular employee.

It’s a pity that just when I had finally made it and was about to get a full-time job, I suddenly traveled through time.

"Don't get excited yet. This job is not as easy as you think."

Li Che handed over a map and a book: "Do you know how to read? If not, you should learn to read first."

Wang Liuyi gritted his teeth and said, "The little one can learn."

Li Che nodded. No matter how capable he was at work, at least his attitude was okay.

"Well, then go find someone who can read and have him read it to you.

Your task is to go to various wild mining sites to find mineral resources for me. It is very hard work and requires you to run around in the wild mountains and wilderness day and night.

But it is also very important. It can even be said that the future development of the entire Ninggu County depends on you.

If you can't stand the hardship, tell me in advance. Once you take the job, there will be no regrets."

"I don't mind the hardship, I just want to share your worries!" Wang Liu promised again.

"Not bad." Li Che gave him an appreciative look. "Start recruiting people now. You can select anyone below the rank of lieutenant colonel."

"Don't worry about studying for now. Once we have the manpower ready, we will set off immediately to these two places."

Li Che clicked on each of the two points on the map.

Wang Liu looked down and saw two red circles drawn by Li Che with cinnabar at two locations, one far and one near.

"There should be large-scale iron ore deposits in these two places. Explorate them carefully and make sure nothing is missed."

As an explorer in his previous life, Li Che was very familiar with these two iron mines.

The one closest to Chaoyang City is Chaoyang Iron Mine, which is the second largest iron ore base in Liaoning Province and the iron ore is widely distributed.

The focus should be on the long zone in the northern metallogenic belt close to the Chengde Beipiao Fault, which is about 25 kilometers wide.

The other one is even more powerful.

Dataigou Iron Mine located in Benxi City, Liaoning Province!

It is the largest iron ore discovered in Asia. Before Li Che traveled through time, its reserves had been found to exceed 30 billion tons!

According to theoretical estimates, the reserves may double, and exploration work has never stopped and is still ongoing.

Both iron ore mines have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The Dataigou iron ore is deeply buried and has large reserves.

Chaoyang Iron Mine is smaller in scale, but has an open-pit mine.

But no matter which iron mine is successfully explored and has the conditions for mining, the ore volume is sufficient.

Wang Liu's face was solemn. He knew that His Highness had been busy smelting iron recently, and this new job was obviously very important.

"I will do my best and will never let your Highness down."

Li Che nodded lightly: "Okay, go ahead."

Wang Liu respectfully took the map and book given to him by Li Che and walked backwards out of the study.

Li Che sat behind the desk, looking at the empty study, and sighed slightly.

If mining were to begin, a large number of miners would be needed. Most of the young and strong people in Chaoyang City had already started farming. Where could we find so many people?

Let the Mohe captives go? No, they are a fishing and hunting people, more suitable for military service or herding.

Those Korean captives can be taken, but some Qing people need to be sent to supervise them to prevent them from having bad intentions.

In short, there are still not enough people. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be so passive and would have started to develop industry in a big way.

Oh, it would be great if someone could suddenly give me 10,000 laborers for no apparent reason.

. . . . . .

After resting in Dongping County for three days, Huang Jin really couldn't delay any longer.

The Fourth Prince arranged everything very well for himself, so that he could eat hot meals and sleep on a soft bed every day.

But the 20,000 slaves and several thousand imperial guards, all of whom had their daily food and necessities provided by the King of Yan, Huang Jin really felt embarrassed to trouble His Highness the Fourth Prince again.

The progress on the Ministry of Justice officials' side was not going smoothly either. Li Lin was as slippery as a loach, and started to play dumb when asked about the attack on his family.

Moreover, the officials of the Ministry of Justice found that Li Lin was keeping a close eye on them, and they had no way of contacting the northern families.

In addition, Huang Jin had been putting pressure on them, so the officials from the Ministry of Justice had no choice but to give up investigating Prince Yan and turn to investigating Prince Ninggu.

On the third day after arriving in Yan, Huang Jin set out on his journey again at the urging of officials from the Ministry of Justice.

This journey is another thousand miles.

When Huang Jin saw Shanhaiguan appear in front of him, he almost burst into tears.

"Thank you for your hard work, angel." Xue Zhen verified the identity information of Huang Jin and others before welcoming them into the customs.

Xue Zhen was a little surprised. Over the past month or so, Shanhaiguan has become more and more lively.

In the past, apart from the teams transporting supplies, no one would come here for several years. It seemed as if Shanhaiguan had been forgotten by the important figures in the court.

"This journey is indeed difficult. The weather outside the Great Wall is indeed not as good as that in the Central Plains. It's extremely cold and bitter." Huang Jin couldn't help but complain to Xue Zhen, "General Xue has been stationed in this bitter and cold place for many years. I will report to His Majesty when I return and explain the general's achievements."

Xue Zhen said calmly: "It is my duty, so I dare not complain."

Huang Jin nodded, and when he saw several officials from the Ministry of Justice behind him eager to try, he couldn't help but frown.

A bunch of stubborn bastards! They insist on clinging to the Sixth Prince's tail. What has the Sixth Prince done to you?

Then he looked at Xue Zhen with a smile and asked quietly, "Did Prince Ninggu leave General Xue last month?"

Xue Zhen nodded.

Huang Jin continued, "His Majesty was furious when he heard that Prince Ninggu had dared to break through the customs. He ordered me to severely reprimand him."

Looking at Xue Zhen's expression, Huang Jin felt relieved to see that his face remained unchanged and there was no resentment in his face after mentioning the Sixth Prince.

It seems that the Sixth Prince didn't offend anyone too badly.

"Although the Prince of Ninggu is unruly, if this matter were to get out, people would probably accuse Your Majesty of failing to educate his son properly and damaging the dignity of the nation."

"But the Ministry of Justice has sent officials here to keep pressing this matter. General Xue, look..."

Xue Zhen frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly said in a cold voice: "Eunuch Huang, please hurry through the border. Shanhaiguan is an important border crossing and you cannot stay any longer."

Hearing Xue Zhen say this, Huang Jin's old face lit up like a blooming chrysanthemum.

Well, not bad, he is a sensible person.

His expression changed immediately, he snorted coldly, and said unhappily: "Okay, okay, since General Xue is unwilling to keep us here any longer, we will pass through now."

After all, walk away.

The official from the Ministry of Justice behind him was overjoyed upon seeing this and prepared to go up to Xue Zhen to inquire in detail about the Sixth Prince's breakthrough.

After taking a few steps, he was stopped by several soldiers: "The general has ordered that you cannot linger, pass through immediately!"

"Oh, no... We have something important to ask General Xue." The official from the Ministry of Justice said anxiously.

"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. Leave quickly, or don't blame me for being indifferent to you!"

The soldiers didn't care about that and just stared with their eyes wide open as they drew their swords.

Upon seeing this, the officials from the Ministry of Justice immediately realized that Xue Zhen didn't want to see them at all, so they could only leave in disappointment.

Huang Jin had already walked out of the gate. Seeing several officials from the Ministry of Justice who were turned away, a smug smile flashed across his face.

In this way, he has helped His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince again.

When the time comes, I will let the imperial guards scare the barbarians and save His Highness from the danger of the barbarians...

Your Highness should not hold a grudge against me for helping the Crown Prince frame him, right?