When Minister Zhang saw Lin Sanqi, he shook his hand tightly, regardless of the coal dust on his hands.
"Comrade Lin Sanqi, I know some things need to be kept confidential, but I want to tell you that our superiors are very grateful to you for your contributions to the country. We will never forget it."
He is a big shot at the ministerial level, so it is self-evident who his superior is. Anyway, Lin Sanqi feels that he will have another piece of cursive calligraphy.
Others didn't understand, but Lin Sanqi did. The clear meaning expressed by Minister Zhang was that the elders at the top had no doubts about Lin Sanqi's motives for looking for coal mines, but only gratitude.
Lin Sanqi felt relieved, but he was afraid that the leaders at this time would become suspicious and that he would do something bad with good intentions.
"Minister Zhang, you're welcome. Look at the uniform I'm wearing now. It has two bars and two stars. As a soldier, it's my duty to do my part for the country and the Party."
Minister Zhang knew that it would be difficult to say much with so many people talking, so he would express his gratitude when he returned to Beijing.
"Comrade Sanqi, what do you estimate the situation at this coal mine?"
Lin Sanqi thought for a moment before describing it:
"Minister Zhang, let me put it this way. This vast expanse of land you see, from that mountain to that mountain, covering an area of 200 square kilometers, has two huge open-pit coal mines underneath. The soil is almost entirely coal.
This coal seam is not only vast but also incredibly deep. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we could dig down 150 meters before reaching the bottom. So, my estimated data indicates a total coal reserve of 12.6 billion tons, no more, no less."
Decades later, relevant departments estimated that the reserves of the Antaibao open-pit coal mine should be more than 20 billion tons, which seems to be endless.
12.6 billion tons?
Everyone at the scene gasped.
Again, the open-pit coal mine in Fushun West boasts of being the best in the country with only 1.5 billion tons of coal. Now, the Antaibao open-pit coal mine in Shuozhou has ten firsts in the country.
Minister Zhang was a shrewd man after all, and had already figured out some issues from Lin Sanqi's words. He pulled him to a corner, made sure there was no one around, and continued to ask in a low voice:
"Comrade Sanqi, when I arrived, my superiors told me you had some special channels to get things that weren't available domestically. So, this time you had a clear goal and knew there was a giant coal mine in this mountain valley. Was that information also provided by foreign countries?"
Lin Sanqi knew that some things had to be explained clearly to prevent them from overthinking it.
Anyway, he is now a "royally licensed smuggler", and all things that cannot be explained clearly can be applied here. As for the future, we will talk about it later.
"Minister Zhang, the leaders' predictions are correct. I sent all this information from abroad, but I must first clarify that all the data was explored before 1949. So please rest assured, leaders, there are no enemy agents lurking in the country who have been tampering with domestic geological data."
"It was surveyed during the Republic of China..."
Minister Zhang nodded thoughtfully, thinking that this explanation made sense. After all, after the liberation, everyone was a soldier. If there were really foreigners who dared to run around China with exploration tools, it would be impossible that they had no intelligence at all.
"Comrade Sanqi, do you have any information about the Antaibao Coal Mine?"
Lin Sanqi nodded and said, "Leader, please wait for me."
After a while, Lin Sanqi came out of the tent with a backpack and took out a thick stack of printed paper.
"Minister Zhang, this is simplified information about the Antaibao Coal Mine, including coal reserves and quality, appropriate geological data required for coal mining, and hydrological data including groundwater levels and water delivery capacity.
If you want detailed information, you have to return to Beijing to get it. There is too much information for me to carry, so I can only bring out some of the most important core information."
Of course, Lin Sanqi deleted the most important environmental assessment data. People were about to freeze to death, so who cares whether it would pollute the environment?
In Mr. Luo's words, this is called emergency risk avoidance, and eating giant pandas is not illegal.
Minister Zhang's eyes lit up and he asked anxiously:
"Comrade Sanqi, from what you're saying, you not only have information on the Antaibao Coal Mine, but also on other coal mines across the country?"
Lin Sanqi was not going to hide it anymore. His goal was to hand over all the coal mine information in the country.
He loves money, but it is obvious that the huge profits in the coal sector are not something he can afford. Even in modern society, the Zhejiang boss's 50 billion yuan of funds would be eaten up without leaving a trace.
So it is better to donate treasures to the country sincerely and gain a favor.
"Minister Zhang, hey, I do have access to over 4,000 coal mines across the country that have been clearly explored, and almost all of them are large and medium-sized coal mines that can be operated industrially, not those small coal mines with only a few dozen people.
Estimated proven reserves exceed 4.5 trillion tons. The largest of these are the massive coalfields in the Shenfu and Dongsheng areas, with estimated reserves of around 700 billion tons. Therefore, as long as the country can dig up the reserves, there will be no shortage of coal in China.
Minister Zhang was shocked when he heard this. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Coal Industry and was very familiar with the domestic coal situation.
The data provided by Lin Sanqi is thousands of times more than the data already discovered in the country. If such a good thing really happens, it would be a big deal.
"Comrade Sanqi, is what you said true or false? We have so much coal reserves in our country?"
"Minister Zhang, I have all the information. You can use it to investigate each location. I think we'll know if it's true or not once we try."
"Believe it, believe it. We absolutely trust the information Comrade Sanqi brought back. What a pity..."
Minister Zhang tutted his lips. "It's a pity that even with such huge reserves, we don't have enough coal miners and equipment. You can see the current domestic situation. The leaders are extremely worried."
Lin Sanqi comforted:
"Digging underground coal mines is technically and financially difficult, but we can start by mining open-pit coal mines. I have information on the Zhundong Coalfield, the Har Usu Open-pit Coal Mine, the Shenhua Baorixile Coal Mine, the Heidaigou Open-pit Coal Mine, and so on."
“Okay, okay!”
Minister Zhang almost slapped Lin Sanqi's shoulder to pieces:
"That's great, that's great, Comrade Sanqi. You've broken the energy shortage in our country and allowed the people of the country to have a warm winter. This is absolutely a great deed."
Lin Sanqi was also very happy to hear this. Although the hybrid seed technology had hit a snag, the coal industry had finally made a contribution to the country. The next step would be the success of tuberculosis treatment in front of the whole world.
In fact, the reason why Lin Sanqi got involved in the coal industry, which was difficult and unprofitable, was not only because he wanted to help the country, but more importantly, he wanted to give the country confidence and make the country believe that he, Lin Sanqi, could accomplish things that others could not.
For example, Panax notoginseng can cure tuberculosis, which is something that even developed countries in Europe and the United States cannot do.
Don’t be fooled by people’s tough talk this generation. In fact, they have a concept in their minds: what European and American countries cannot do, we cannot do either. It is impossible for my country’s science and technology and medical level to surpass those of Europe and the United States.
It has been almost half a year since Lin Sanqi established the Tuberculosis Department in Changping, but it still has not received attention at the national level, and no senior leader has come to inspect it.
Deep down, everyone still believes that Lin Sanqi cannot "eradicate tuberculosis". At most, they can rely on their family's secret recipe to cure one-tenth of the population and be thankful.
So from top to bottom, except for Dean Shen, no one has confidence in him.
Lin Sanqi knew that he was a powerless person and his words had little impact. Since his words were of no use, he decided to do something to increase the weight of his words. The coal and X-ray machine production line was a good opportunity.
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The news that a giant open-pit coal mine was discovered in Pingshuo, Shanxi spread quickly.
The relevant departments acted quickly. Lin Sanqi estimated that all the Mi-4 helicopters in the country had flown over, and troops in green uniforms also moved in from the periphery and began to block the surrounding areas.
The half container of information that Lin Sanqi placed in the warehouse of the Changping branch was also taken away overnight.
A week later, my country's Xinhua News Agency solemnly announced to the whole country and the world that China had discovered five open-pit coal mines in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi provinces, with a total recoverable coal reserve of more than 50 billion tons.
In the stormy winter of 1961, this good news undoubtedly gave great confidence to the people of the whole country.
If we have coal, we will also have food...
Lin Sanqi and his companions also received many benefits, such as a Medal of the Republic, National Advanced Worker, National Model Worker, National Outstanding Member, and many other honors.
And breaking the convention, there is one more star on the shoulder, officially becoming two bars and three stars.
For supplies, the central government specially approved 1,000 yuan, as well as a large number of national food coupons, meat coupons, oil coupons, bicycle coupons, radio coupons, etc. (End of this chapter)
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