High Martial Arts: First day of dropping out of school, reward: Devouring the Emperor's Body

Although most government officials opposed Li Mo's deployment of troops in the Mississippi Mountains, Liu Quan suppressed most of the opposition after the last meeting.

Therefore, the government has provided Li Mo with quite a lot of resources.

This includes all kinds of machinery and workers.

There are approximately 30,000 workers. These 30,000 workers, along with a large number of machines, are enough to build a large main city that can support two million people in a short period of time.

In addition, the government recruited approximately 300,000 immigrants in a short period of time.

In this relatively peaceful era, very few people would be willing to go beyond the border to build cities. The Mississippi Mountains are too close to the Black Soil tribe, and the consequences of falling there would be unimaginable.

However, on the one hand, the government provides extremely high benefits, and on the other hand, Li Mo is now a nationally renowned people's hero, so most people are willing to give up a stable life and follow Li Mo to fight for a better future.

Li Mo was quite satisfied with this, and he was also glad that his relationship with the government hadn't become too strained, otherwise he wouldn't have received so much aid.

Beyond population and equipment, the most crucial element was the government's establishment of a special construction fund for the Mississippi Mountains, with a direct allocation of 200 billion dollars from the Treasury Department for initial construction.

In other words, with this money and manpower, Li Mo's construction of the Mississippi Mountain Region is at least internally sound. What he needs to prepare for is the external threat, namely the threat from the Black Earth Tribe.

Despite Morpheus's quick agreement, it was only under threat from Zhao Zhenyuan. In the battle of the Seven Yuan Mountains, the Black Earth Tribe suffered the most losses. Not only did they fail to obtain the mineral resources and alien relics of the Seven Yuan Mountains, they also had to pay a large amount of war reparations.

It probably won't be easy for Li Mo to successfully take over the Mississippi Mountain region.

But Li Mo was not in a hurry. At this moment, he stood in front of hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Independent Regiment, and his heart was filled with pride.

He will surely build the largest city in the country in the Mississippi Mountains!

"Set off!"

After a mobilization, with Li Mo's command to set off, the Independent Regiment of tens of thousands of people escorted the hundreds of thousands of people toward the Mississippi Mountains.

Li Mo led a group of cadres from the Independent Regiment to advance first, clearing the roads in preparation for taking over the Mississippi Mountains!

Since this was not a war, and there were well-constructed military airfields in the Mississippi Mountains, Li Mo and his group traveled by plane.

Modern airplanes are extremely fast; a journey of nearly 10,000 kilometers can be completed in less than two hours.

Since Li Mo accepted the airport in accordance with the treaty, even if the Black Soil Tribe had the greatest courage, they would not dare to shoot down the plane Li Mo was on. Therefore, the group arrived at their destination safely.

The Mississippi Mountains are a hilly region with plains and lakes located alongside it.

If this place were developed into a city, it would immediately become a strategic location. Li Mo had to admire Zhao Zhenyuan's sharp vision; there was a reason why he was able to become a marshal.

Because if several large airports are built here, at least 100,000 troops can be transferred here in a single day.

Moreover, there are many places here that could be used to build military bases.

Zhao Zhenyuan probably didn't want this land because he was eyeing the mines in the Mississippi Mountains.

After all, the Black Soil Tribe has more than just the Mississippi Mountain region as its resource-rich area outside of the country; there are at least two other areas with even greater resources.

But if we're talking about building strategic strongholds, there's no better place than the Mississippi Mountains.

However, although the Black Soil Tribe dares not take any action openly, it is hard to say what might happen in secret.

As soon as Li Mo got off the plane, trouble struck.

The person in charge of receiving Li Mo was Zhao Xin, the leader of the Wandering Gang, a military comrade Li Mo had known before.

After Li Mo returned to the capital to receive the commendation, Zhao Xin took over the mission of taking over the Mississippi Mountains.

His mission was to ensure that by the time Li Mo arrived, the Mississippi Mountains would be completely under the control of Great Xia.

"Commander Zhao, hello!"

"What? Commander Zhao? General Li, you flatter me!"

"Haha! In the battle of Qiyuan Mountain Range, if it weren't for your cover, my troops would have suffered heavy losses. I will remember this kindness!"

The two exchanged pleasantries, and when they talked about the battle at the Seven Yuan Mountains, they both sighed. It was estimated that the Langliu Group lost half of its manpower in that battle, which was a heavy loss.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Xin began to talk about the problems he was currently facing.

Just as Li Mo predicted, the Black Soil Tribe is currently finding excuses to refuse to hand over the various mineral resources in the Mississippi Mountains.

Currently, there is one star crystal mine, one gold mine, two rare earth mines, and some special metal mines in the Mississippi Mountains.

The Black Soil Tribe handed over most of the mineral resources, but they refused to process the paperwork for the Star Crystal Mine and the Gold Mine, citing the inconvenience of relocating personnel and equipment.

Zhao Xin had actually given them ample time to prepare for the relocation, but because he received news yesterday that Li Mo was coming soon, Zhao Xin gave them an ultimatum.

Unexpectedly, the Black Soil tribe still refused to hand over the responsibilities, citing insufficient time.

Hearing this, Li Mo couldn't help but ask in confusion, "That's strange. Putting aside the gold mine, the star crystal mine isn't like a coal mine, where it can be completely mined out in one go! Are they stalling for time because they plan to empty the entire mine in a few days?"

In reality, the mining of star crystals cannot be rushed, because although the structure of star crystals is stable, the risks during the mining process are extremely high.

If handled improperly, it could trigger a violent explosion.

Mining accidents have occurred in star crystal mines all over the world.

The most serious incident even resulted in the deaths of thousands!

Mining star crystals must be done gradually, which is one of the reasons why star crystals are extremely valuable.

If the Black Soil Tribe wants to empty the Star Crystal Mine in a very short time, then they are not taking the lives of their own people seriously.

People in their country wouldn't be that stupid, and besides, few people would be willing to do a job that directly leads to death.

Zhao Xin said helplessly, "That's what I thought too! So yesterday I went there in person to urge them to hand over the work, and the situation is more serious than I thought!"

Just yesterday, Zhao Xin personally led his troops to urge the Black Soil Tribe to hand over the responsibilities. However, to his surprise, the Black Soil Tribe had sent two regiments to garrison the area.

They insisted that there wasn't enough time and refused Zhao Xin's request to enter the mining area, nearly leading to a conflict between the two sides.

Fortunately, Zhao Xin held back. After all, he only had about a hundred men with him, while the enemy had two regiments with a strength of over ten thousand. If they really fought, he would obviously be at a disadvantage.

"Damn it! If I had brought more men, I would have wiped out those sons of bitches!"