Because of the fact that the news had been received in advance, the scene of Jinzhong officials welcoming them was not lively or luxurious, and the people of Taiyuan Mansion were not organized to welcome them on both sides of the street.

Even, except for a few officials from Taiyuan Prefecture, the governor of Jinzhong did not let officials from other prefectures come to greet him.

Zhang Lingyang himself is very satisfied with this.

Unlike before, with the promulgation and implementation of the five-year plan, local officials have basically set small goals for themselves. So now they're very busy every day.

If it is necessary to put down the official business at hand in order to meet the holy car now, those official duties that need to be dealt with urgently will definitely be delayed.

However, this should have been the performance that officials should have, and Zhang Lingyang did not praise him. However, from Zhang Lingyang's eyes, Governor Jinzhong knew that he had done the right thing this time.

After going to the Li Manor to rest for half an hour, Zhang Lingyang summoned the governor of Jinzhong to the imperial front and said: "Jinzhong is the top priority of my first five-year plan of the Great Zhou, and the imperial court attaches great importance to it, I don't know how the plan is going now?" What problems did you encounter during this period? ”

The governor of Jinzhong did not dare to hide it, and said: "With the strong support of the imperial court and His Majesty, Weichen is confident that he will complete the characters arranged by the imperial court within five years."

It's just that...... It's just that the mining of coal mines now has a certain risk. Fortunately, the open-pit coal mines are buried deep underground, and the miners are in danger of tunnel collapse and gas explosion at any time. ”

This is an inevitable problem, not only in Da Zhou, but also in the whole world about the mining technology of underground mineral deposits is not very mature.

In particular, there is no equipment in the world specifically for collecting gas, which poses a great danger and is the most worrying thing in the mining area.

Zhang Lingyang thought for a while and said, "Then focus on mining those open-pit coal mines first." As far as I know, there are many open-pit coal mines in Jinzhong, and the mining cost is low. If Jinzhong concentrates on mining open-pit coal mines, it should not take five years to complete the plan! ”

"Your Majesty is extremely so!" The governor of Jinzhong replied, "Weichen also knows this, but compared with open-pit coal mines, the coal quality of low-level coal mines is better.

In the words of the experts of the Royal Academy, the sulphur content of many open-pit coal mines is too high, and the kerosene extracted is not suitable for use in high-precision equipment, otherwise it will cause great damage to those equipment. ”

Speaking of kerosene, this again involves a secret experiment being conducted by the Royal Academy of the Great Zhou: the internal combustion engine test.

Although Zhang Lingyang knows that oil is the well-deserved king of fuel for the internal combustion engine, although there are oil deposits in Dazhou, they can be buried very deeply, which is far from being able to be exploited by current technology.

Besides, even if it can be extracted, Da Zhou does not have the refining technology of oil, so Zhang Lingyang thought of temporarily replacing oil with kerosene to develop internal combustion engines and internal combustion engine equipment.

Now that the initial results of internal combustion engine technology have been achieved, and preparations are beginning to be made to develop related internal combustion engine equipment, the requirements for kerosene have increased.

Besides, kerosene has also been used in night lighting, and once the sulfur content of kerosene is too large, it will inevitably cause harm to the human body, so the governor of Jinzhong is a little undecided.

"Then mine a small amount of underground coal first, mainly for the experiments of the Royal Academy, as for the kerosene used in the night lighting of the people, it doesn't hurt to have a higher sulfur content, anyway, no one can die."

Others may not know, but Zhang Lingyang knows very well in his heart that although a lot of kerosene has a large sulfur content, it is only relatively speaking, and the damage to the human body is extremely limited, so he is not worried about this.

After talking about the coal mine, Zhang Lingyang told the governor of Jinzhong about Warat, "Jinzhong merchants have always been the main force in trade with Warat, but in recent years, there have been many profiteers, who have taken inferior goods that cannot be sold in the interior and transported them to Warat to sell them to the herdsmen there, which has caused great harm to the herdsmen there."

I don't care what happened before, but from now on, you Jinzhong must strictly crack down on those profiteers who sell counterfeit and shoddy goods, and once it is verified, they will be punished by me as a bankrupt.

In addition, you must control the sales price of those commodities well, so that they are fair, just and reasonable, and do not let the herdsmen of Warat suffer.

Of course, I'm not saying that the merchant will lose money and make money, but the price must be controlled within a reasonable range, understand? ”

"Wechen understands!" As a feudal official, the governor of Jinzhong naturally knew some of the major policies of the imperial court, and also understood the importance that the imperial court attached to Wara.

According to Zhang Lingyang's plan, if there are no accidents, I am afraid that in the next ten to twenty years, Warat will completely become an inseparable part of the Great Zhou.

Therefore, neither Zhang Lingyang himself nor the Great Zhou court will allow anything to undermine bilateral relations.

Because the imperial court has spent more than ten years and countless manpower, material and financial resources, it has finally allowed the younger generation of Warat to accept the Great Zhou, and then have a sense of belonging to the Great Zhou.

In another decade or two, these young people will grow into the backbone of Warat. Once that time comes, Warat will be completely inseparable from the Great Zhou.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang will never allow anyone to destroy this situation.

The governor of Jinzhong may not be a qualified politician, but he still has the political sense he should have, otherwise he would not be able to do his current high position.

After leaving the Li manor, the governor of Jinzhong pondered what Zhang Lingyang said before and thought about the deep meaning in those words.

In fact, Zhang Lingyang's visit to Jinzhong this time is nothing more than two points, one is about coal mining, and the other is about the trade between Jin merchants and Warat.

It doesn't seem like a big deal, but when it comes to the policies of the imperial court, it's extremely important.

Needless to say, the development of coal is related to the successful completion of the first five-year plan of the Great Zhou.

The trade with Warat is more related to whether Warat can be completely integrated into the Great Zhou for a period of time in the future and become an inseparable part of the Great Zhou.

If this plan succeeds, the northern Xinjiang issue, which has affected China for thousands of years, will become a speck of dust in history.

Born in the imperial examination, the governor of Jinzhong was also a standard literati in the past, and he was familiar with history books, so he naturally understood the various contradictions and wars between the nomads on the northern steppes and the Central Plains Dynasty in the past thousands of years.

From the beginning of the Xiongnu to the later Turks, and then to the current Warat, basically every nomadic people have had a war with the Central Plains Dynasty, in which there are victories and defeats, and the border people have suffered greatly.

If Warat can be completely integrated into the Great Zhou, it is obvious that it will be of great benefit to both sides and to Jinzhong under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jinzhong......