Three days later, before the morning mist had dissipated over the West Mountain Coal Mine, Xia Huai'an was already standing on a temporarily erected command platform. A massive sheepskin parchment was spread out before him, on which the embryonic form of a future industrial town was sketched in charcoal. The morning light pierced through the thin mist, casting a pale golden glow over the blueprint.
"Please look here, everyone." Xia Huai'an pointed a thin bamboo pole toward the center of the blueprint. "This is the main mining area. We will take the shafts as the center and plan the entire industrial zone in a radial pattern."
His bamboo pole drew clear lines across the blueprint, like weaving a precise spider's web:
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