In Xichang, the water had begun to freeze in November, and the cold weather brought the mine to a halt. Gao Junshan is also leaving the summer palace in Xichang, he plans to go to Mumbai to have a look, Liu Fangliang also finished his work in Xichang, Gao Junshan invited him to go to Mumbai with him.

It snowed heavily overnight, and the courtyard of the summer palace was already snow-white. As soon as the sky was bright, Gao Junshan, who was tightly wrapped in coats and fur hats, walked out of the palace under the escort of Li Derong, and his Luan drove on the snow in the courtyard, Li Derong carefully supported Gao Jun Mountain to get on the Luan car, and led a team of thirty Imperial Forest Army cavalry, protecting Luan out of the gate of the summer palace from front to back.

Immediately behind Luan was Gao Junshan's entourage, which numbered nearly 100 people, including imperial doctors, imperial chefs, newspaper affairs, military secretaries, administrative secretaries, life secretaries and many other professionals.

Liu Fangliang, who was sitting in the carriage, was already waiting at the gate, and his entourage was full of fifty or sixty people, some on horseback, some in carriages, and they lined up in a column to follow Liu Fangliang. After Luan drove out, Liu Fangliang ordered his team to follow Luan Jia.

Because of the cold weather, Gao Junshan did not notify the local military and political dignitaries, so there were many fewer officials at the station.

In such a cold weather, there are very few people traveling, the railway station is very deserted, Gao Junshan did not take a special passage to enter the platform, but entered the station from the entrance in a regular manner, although they did not have a ticket in their hands.

Coupled with the people brought by Liu Fangliang, a total of one or two hundred people passed through the ticket gate.

Stopping at one platform was a freight train bound for the Bosbo-Bushehr station, and three special trains from Gao Junshan hung in the middle of this freight train, and after the group got on the train, the car started.

Gao Junshan invited Liu Fangliang to sit across from him.

The train runs on the white field, and from the window outward, the red birch forest is enchanting.

In the carriage, Gao Junshan and Liu Fang appeared and sat down, with a pot of hot tea on the countertop.

"How is Eighth Sister studying now?"

Gao Junshan rarely talks about his family affairs with others, and only in front of Liu Fangliang will he mention his arrangements for the children, after all, he is his brother-in-law.

"Eighth sister, she has made great progress now!"

"Don't fool me." Gao Junshan shook his head and said, "You can tell me more about how Eighth Sister has progressed." ”

Liu Fangliang said: "Now the eighth sister and his classmate named Wei Xiaobao have both been admitted to Chongwen Foreign Language College, and the current eighth sister is different from usual, full of foreign words, and she can speak it slippery!" ”

Gao Junshan asked with great interest: "Did Wei Xiaobao really go to the foreign language college?" ”

Liu Fangliang's eyes widened: "The emperor won't regret it, right?" I remember that the emperor said that as long as Wei Xiaobao can go to the foreign language college, he will marry the eighth sister to him, and he will be promoted heavily. ”

Gao Junshan said: "I said that I would promote Wei Xiaobao heavily, I know that Wei Xiaobao is a clever and fickle person, and he is a wizard in diplomacy. Now that he has been admitted to the Foreign Language Academy through his own efforts, of course I will promote him. As for marrying the eighth sister to him, I don't think I've ever said it, right? ”

"You've said it, you've said it." Liu Fangliang emphasized.

Gao Junshan said: "It's not that I want to regret it, the marriage is still up to the children to make their own decisions, I can't force the eighth sister to marry, the eighth sister's marriage is up to her." However, Wei Xiaobao's efforts will not be forgotten. ”

Liu Fangliang quietly said to Gao Junshan: "Actually, the eighth sister found a crush on Wei Xiaobao, the two of them, now they are as good as one person, if you don't agree, the eighth sister can't marry Wei Xiaobao." ”

Gao Junshan smiled: "Do you think I really can't see it? I have long seen that the relationship between the two is not ordinary, I don't like Wei Xiaobao's gambling points, I asked you to urge Wei Xiaobao to quit gambling, how are you doing? ”

Liu Fangliang said: "Wei Xiaobao is good at gambling because he grew up in that environment, since the emperor issued a ban on gambling in the country, Wei Xiaobao has never gambled again." Even if he wanted to gamble, there was no soil for gambling. ”

Gao Junshan said: "I have seven sons, China has such a big land for them to manage, but there are still many places they can't take care of, now the big treasure is in Singapore, the second treasure is in the Ryukyus, the third treasure is in Mumbai, the fourth treasure is in Mongolia, the fifth treasure is in Persia, the sixth treasure and the seventh treasure are still studying in college, I need people to manage the Americas, Australia needs people to manage, and there may be people in Africa in the future, so I really need the princesses to manage some places for me." ”

Liu Fangliang seemed to understand Gao Junshan's intentions, and said: "So the emperor asked Wei Xiaobao and Eighth Sister to go to the Foreign Affairs Academy to learn foreign languages, the purpose is to make them ......."

"That's right, if Wei Xiaobao doesn't disappoint me, I can give him the highest reputation and status, and let him sit in the UK."

Liu Fangliang said: "If Wei Xiaobao really becomes a concubine, I also support sending him and his eighth sister to the UK." ”

Gao Junshan said: "We will have an alliance with the British for a long time, Wei Xiaobao is in the United Kingdom, I can give him a knighthood, let him go to the United Kingdom to play his expertise, and fool the British." ”

Liu Fangliang is Gao Hongbing's uncle, he very much hopes that the emperor can establish the crown prince as soon as possible, and now Gao Junshan proposes to be knighted, he said while the iron is hot: "Your Majesty, there is a word of advice, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”

"If there's anything you can say, you can say it directly."

Gao Junshan still treats Liu Fangliang as a relative, if it weren't for Liu Fanglan's death due to Gao Hongbing's dystocia, the current queen must belong to Liu Fanglan.

Liu Fangliang cautiously asked, "Has the emperor considered setting up a crown prince?" ”

Gao Junshan knows that there are too many disadvantages of openly setting up the prince, and if the prince is not established, it is also not conducive to the stability of the political situation of the imperial court.

"It's not appropriate to discuss this matter now." Gao Junshan lightly rejected Liu Fangliang's question.

Liu Fangliang was very interested, and since the emperor said that it was not appropriate to discuss, he would no longer mention this matter.

Gao Junshan remembered the purpose of his visit to Xichang this time, so he asked: "You are responsible for supervising the development of gold mines, what measures and means can you take to Xichang this time?" ”

Liu Fangliang expected that the emperor would ask about the supervision of the gold mine, so he took out a document and put it on the table with preparation, and said: "This is the monitoring plan that I have formulated with my colleagues after I came to Xichang, and I invite the emperor to take a look at it." ”

Gao Junshan picked up the plan and said, "The plan is ready, but I want to take a serious look at it." ”

Liu Fangliang picked up the teapot and poured tea for Gao Junshan and said, "Please let the emperor enjoy the tea while taking a look." ”