The Beihai Kingdom originally had only 10,000 engineers in total, but in order to build the Murmansk Port, Marin sent 5,000 engineers before. Kahn brought the second batch, and 5,000 engineers were actually recruits in this batch. These recruits were basically from the Goslar Silver Mine in the Harz Mountain, which is the Hungarian prisoners of war.
In the past two or three years, tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war at the Lammersberg Silver Mine in Goslar have become very honest and obedient. But Marin will definitely not let go of the best mining miner. This time, the engineers sent to the engineering corps were originally people who were not good at mining talent and were only suitable for small workers. These people cannot do the meticulous work, but they can still do rough work such as cutting trees, carrying things, shoveling soil and paving roads.
The newly built road from Murmansk to St. Petersburg is already very low, not a transport avenue, but basically has no load-bearing capacity for the road. Therefore, the key is to cut off the trees that are in the way, build pontoon bridges on the river, flatten uneven roads, and fill some swamps and half-marsh areas with soil, sand and gravel. Therefore, the requirements for engineers this time are really not high. Only half of the 10,000 engineers are veterans, and they are the main force in building bridges. As for smoothing the road, logging and filling the pits, just give them to 5,000 new engineers from Hungarian prisoners of war. In addition, there are no requirements for miscellaneous work, and locals along the way can also hire food and salt to help.
As mentioned earlier, salt is very scarce in Northeast Europe and is a strategic material. Salt in the Grand Duchy of Moscow is sold at sky-high prices. People in Murmansk and Karelia are even more difficult to obtain salt. Therefore, using salt can still attract local people.
Of course, it may also attract robbers. But this is not a problem. Engineers are also soldiers. The 5,000 new recruits are not counted, and 5,000 veterans are also combat-capable. Even the veterans carried a lot of muskets and spears. In addition to guarding against natives, they also mean to guarding against dangerous animals such as bears and wild wolves in the forest. Even the 5,000 new engineer soldiers were also soldiers of the rebels at the time. They were not good at fighting the regular army prisoners, but there was no problem in fighting against natives. So, don’t worry about them suffering losses.
As for the lack of people in the Lammersberg silver mine in Goslar, there is no need to worry about it. Because after the Grand Duchy of Moscow this time, part of the population will be sent to the mines to strengthen the mining and smelting of silver mines to expand production.
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Speaking of this population, Marin has also had troubles recently because he actually found spies among the 20,000 Austrian immigrants sent by His Majesty the Emperor.
These spies were clearly here to spy on the agricultural secrets of Beihai Country. Although they were well disguised, they were discovered by the spies under Saul because they were too concerned about the high-yield secrets of Beihai Country.
Then, the two major spy chiefs, Sauer and Kohler, sent out elite agents to discover a total of 20 Austrian spies from the 20,000 immigrants sent by His Majesty the Emperor.
Perhaps they have never watched spy war dramas and cannot hide their eyes. These Austrian spies do not know how to restrain the light in their eyes. Generally speaking, ordinary people who are so poor that they are forced to immigrate are numb and despair of life. Only when children come to new places will they reveal curiosity and fear of strange environments.
The Austrian spy sent by His Majesty the Emperor is so old that he has become a refugee immigrant at such an age, and his eyes should be dull. However, their eyes are bright and they look around curiously.
Moreover, there is a difference between spies looking around and ordinary people looking around. Ordinary people looking around is absurd, with a little confused in their eyes. As for spies, they have a look of scrutiny and a look of thinking. Because they are distinguishing whether this is something they need to remember...
These eyes are basic things in the Beihai National spy school. His Majesty the Emperor has never watched TV series or even anti-Japanese dramas. How can he understand these?
Therefore, the people he sent were easily identified without realizing it. In addition, the French were sent to immigrants in North American colonies, and there were also spies. Like the spies sent by His Majesty the Emperor, those spies had no disguise in place.
The most nonsense is that the spies sent by France are all tall and big, relatively round, and obviously very nutritious. You should know that the victims outside Paris cannot even eat enough, and your special cat is so tall and round, not like a starving person at all. You can see the problem at this glance...
The spies sent by His Majesty the Emperor did not have this problem. Perhaps the French have good finances and their spies eat well. And His Majesty the Emperor is poorer than one, and his spies are not full or they were not full when they were young, so they are more like refugees...
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However, as spies, Marin's method of handling them is indeed completely different. The French are hostile forces, and immigrants have been sent to faraway North America. Therefore, the French spies there are actually easy to deal with. Even if they are killed, they can be pushed to "orcs" and wild beasts in the forest. Moreover, France has no position to blame them.
However, the 20 spies sent by His Majesty the Emperor gave Marin a headache. Although His Majesty the Emperor used external tricks and could not get on the table. However, on the surface, His Majesty the Emperor was still his boss. Therefore, Marin could not directly attack these spies.
After thinking about it, Marin finally placed these Austrian spies in several manors near Port Emden. The characteristic of these manors is that they can withstand the infiltration of outsiders. For example, fertilizers, Marin secretly sent people to ship them to sea, and then took them around and pretended to be volcanic ash, which was unloaded in Port Emden. Moreover, they would be sent to manors near Port Emden.
When the Emperor's Austrian spies were placed in the manor near Port Emden, what they saw was the scene carefully arranged by Marin. Naturally, there was nothing to steal.
Moreover, every manor where Austrian spies are housed, Saul will arrange several domestic spies to stare at them just to prevent them from getting close to places they shouldn't be.
Although the arrangement was well arranged, there are still many sensitive areas near Emden. For example, the shipyard near Emden has many technologies that need to be kept confidential. The steel plant in Krumhein north of Emden cannot be approached. Although there are guards there, it is more reassuring to keep a close eye on these spies.
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Thinking that even friendly forces like the emperor sent spies, Marin attached more importance to the issue of spies among immigration. To this end, he convened Kohler and Sauer, and after a long meeting, he made a new decision - to form a new department "Immigration Review Department", which specifically targets immigrants.
To this end, Kohler and Sauer respectively sent a group of subordinates to jointly form this new department. At the same time, when the two spies need it, they will provide human and material support to the Immigration Review Department to carry out their work.
In fact, Marin didn't know that the Beihai Kingdom had been infiltrated many times by foreign spies. However, because Marin implemented the policy of secret processing of fertilizers from the beginning and implemented an ID card system in the Beihai. Therefore, those who were sent to inquire about the situation but did not have an identity certificate would be easily arrested.
It just so happened that the intelligence level in this era was generally very poor, basically staying at the level of the military's "Malaysian News". In addition, Marin was a confidentiality maniac, so the secret was not leaked.
But recently, it seems that everyone has become aware of having to hide the spies in the immigrants and send them to Beihai Kingdom. Fortunately, Marin discovered it early. Otherwise, once these spies who were mixed in the immigrants have been trusted for a long time, they will easily find out what information they have.
Chapter completed!