"My lord, there is news from the direction of Yuanzhou." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi are about to go out, the two of them plan to take a good rest when they come back from the industrial group, Qiaoxi wants to go to the East Market today, after the promulgation of the industrial policy of Tiance Mansion, the commercial development of the northwest region is very rapid, all kinds of goods and goods continue to appear in the market of Chang'an and other places, not only the local people are dizzying, but also the merchants from all over the surrounding areas also frequently enter Chang'an to purchase, around the east and west of the Tang Dynasty money exchange business developed rapidly, a large number of gold, silver and copper coins were exchanged for Tang coins to join the market circulation. And these copper coins have also become the principal of the five wealthy merchants and the secret trading houses recorded by Xuan Yingwei under the operation of the Ministry of Finance, and enter other regions to purchase various materials on a large scale, and then enter the Guanzhong Land through various channels, and some of them are hoarded on the spot. In this way, relying on the huge cargo throughput in the northwest, a large amount of copper money poured into the Central Plains, Hedong, Shannan and Sichuan, and even Hu Xiaosi had already begun to lay out in the south of the Yangtze River, forming a wide and hidden trade transportation chain, which had already connected all parts of the country before the military operation of Tiance Mansion began. And with the passage of time, the economic warfare designed by Li Xuanqing began to play an increasingly obvious role, this method of passing through without a trace made the materials in the surrounding districts begin to slowly shortage, prices also began to rise slowly, and social contradictions were slowly intensified, and accompanied by the omnipresent actions of Xuan Yingwei, these people, together with those commercial houses and the five wealthy merchants, began to use the hoarded materials to buy people's hearts, and began the most primitive underground propaganda.

However, at this time, this kind of economic war has just begun, although the Central Plains outside the northwest has experienced war, but it is a large land, Zhu Quanzhong has also recovered in the past few years, so there is no problem in the short term, as for Sichuan, because it has not been affected by the previous war, it is even more prosperous than before, so Li Xuanqing did not expect any effect in just three months, and Tiance Mansion was not ready.

But now Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi's hard-won shopping time was interrupted by Xu Tianxiang and Hu Xiaosi, and the information in Hu Xiaosi's hands also made Li Xuanqing shocked, how could he forget the one-year gambling contract with Sang Xiong before he was so busy, took the information handed over by Hu Xiaosi and hurriedly looked at it, but laughed and said: "It seems that the northwest strategy can start in advance." What is your general staff's response plan? ”

"The General Staff is ready to let the Hanzhong Army be in charge of the Tubo war, and the camera will send other troops into the direction of Yuanzhou, and Xuan Yingwei will seize the time to find out the number and time of Tubo's troops, so that Hou Chun can act cheaply." Xu Tianxiang said the plan of the General Staff Officer: "This time the Tubo people will inevitably go out, should we take advantage of the situation to send troops to recover Dafeichuan and other places, and prepare for the future army to enter Longyou?" ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head with a slight groan, and said: "No, the people in our Central Plains region will have all kinds of discomfort on the plateau, which will lead to a great reduction in the combat effectiveness of the army, and the early occupation of Yuanzhou and Zhou is not conducive to our current geopolitical environment. In fact, it is possible to leave some hemp yarn for the Tubo people in Longyou, but if they want to fight, they will make a detour when they see the Tiance army, and then provoke the surrounding Wen Mo people and the forces in the center of the plateau to attack, so as to win time for us to pass through the Central Plains. After a pause, he continued: "In this way, the General Staff immediately issued an order to transfer the Modao Battalion and the directly subordinate battalion into Hanzhong to form the Southwest Group Army, under the unified command of Wang Houchun, to meet the Tubo people; Let the heavy cavalry battalion of about 20,000 people enter Lingzhou, let Wan Yi secretly form the Northwest Group Army, and if necessary, let Hou Yong go south from Dingyuan City, and choose the opportunity to recover Liangzhou when the Southwest Campaign starts, and defeat the alien elements behind us on the eve of our eastward journey, so as to create a stable rear. ”

When Xu Tianxiang heard this, he immediately understood what Li Xuanqing meant, nodded and said: "Xiao Si's grades in the past few months have been good, how does the lord plan to reward him, lest this guy come to torture me every day." ”

Li Xuanqing didn't know his thoughts, and scolded with a smile: "Come less, do you need to inquire every day?" Let's find a time to talk about the strategy of the Eastern Front. You don't have to guess, two days ago, Mr. Cen seemed to have found a girl who was going to introduce her to Xiaosi. ”

Before Li Xuanqing finished speaking, Hu Xiaosi's face changed and he pulled Xu Tianxiang and went out without even saying hello, like if he had something to eat him.

Qiaoxi was amused by the appearance of these two people, and pulled Li Xuanqing and said, "Big brother, why are the two of them so afraid of getting married?" ”

"Fear of being managed." Li Xuanqing didn't pay attention to the reactions of these two guys, and went out with Qiaoxi towards Dongshi.

Chang'an East City is located in Pingkangfang, originally the official eunuchs had many homes, but the previous Chang'an War has become a ruin, the new East City is a new commercial gathering area established by Zhu Laichen. Originally, the Ministry of Civil Affairs planned to demolish the eastern and western cities, but at the suggestion of Zhu Laichen, they were finally retained, and the other places implemented Li Xuanqing's reform policies, and the two cities became large-scale commercial centers similar to those of later generations, gathering more than sixty percent of the merchants and transaction records of Chang'an City and even the entire Guanzhong.

Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi came to Dongshi to observe the development of the market? By the way, let's find out how well the new economic policy is being implemented in the private sector, so it's better to see the situation than to go shopping. However, Qiaoxi is a good place to shop, and from time to time there are one or two small burdens in his hands, bouncing around the crowd.

The bustling flow of people is basically mostly foreigners, and bargaining from time to time makes Li Xuanqing feel that he has come to the small commodity market in later generations, and all kinds of handicrafts are also countless.

"Big brother, what do you want? Did you see this scene and have confidence in the future? Commerce is the blood of circulation, as long as commerce can prosper, it will naturally promote the development of handicrafts and industry at the industrial end, which is also the driving force within the market. Qiaoxi saw Li Xuanqing's face began to be solemn, and he walked over and said with a smile: "So we can only make money by taking a step forward in industrial development, and only when there are interests in front of us will we drive others to follow suit and invest, and when the time comes, we can naturally establish a complete set of industrial systems after more than ten years." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "We are now laying the cornerstone of a hundred years of development, so we must not only drive the momentum of industrial development, but also formulate various rules and layout in advance so as to avoid detours." Let's go, go ahead, things are almost over, let's have a good walk, and go to the steel mill tomorrow. ”

The two of them must have something on their minds, so they naturally started the rhythm of shopping, Qiaoxi is still the same as the girl in the previous life, as soon as they go shopping, they start to mess around, and they still can't get enough of shopping in an East Market for a whole day, and they can continue to shop if they have time.

Early the next morning, Li Xuanqing rushed to the Northwest Ironmaking Group in Gyeongju with Qiaoxi, and Yu Wenli had already rushed to the location of the group in advance to wait for Li Xuanqing's arrival.

When Li Xuanqing arrived in Gyeongju, it was already the second day, and after a short rest, he came to Yu Wenli's workshop, but Li Xuanqing did not look at the steelmaking process, but asked Yu Wenli to call the general person in charge of steelmaking here and began to ask about the quality and variety of steel, and this question only knew what the problem was.

People in this era already know the role of alloy steel, but there is no way to figure out the proportion of these steels mixed with other metals, so they can only explore again and again, which takes too much time and has problems with the testing system, in short, there are too few methods.

In this regard, Li Xuan cleared the test methods that he could remember in later generations, and worked with the technicians to find ways to increase the test methods. Fortunately, in later generations, many alloy steels can roughly understand what metal needs to be added from the name. Moreover, Li Xuanqing also asked the personnel of the logistics department stationed in the factory to turn around and start compiling various standards for the steel industry, and wrote down the names of more than a dozen alloy steels on the spot. It's just that what makes the two of them very helpless is that many metals have either not been discovered in this era, or their names do not match those of later generations.

"I didn't expect the lord to have so much knowledge about ironmaking." Yu Wenli saw Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi talking about the head and the Tao on the spot, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Li Xuanqing didn't feel anything to be proud of, and there was no good way to do it for the time being, so he could only explain in detail the origin of the basic colors and shapes similar to tungsten and manganese, which could be memorized.

"Big brother, it's better to let Brother Qin's equipment department handle these things, let's find a way to start with the purity of steel." Qiaoxi saw Li Xuanqing's helpless expression and began to think of other ways.

"That's a good idea." Li Xuanqing nodded and left Yu Wenli behind him directly, and began to explain the different characteristics of steel due to the different carbon content. This is much easier to understand, although everyone still doesn't understand the carbon content a little, but ancient ironmaking has actually explored this knowledge, but no one has systematically summarized it, most of them are the consciousness of various craftsmen themselves.

Li Xuanqing explained in detail the changes in hardness and toughness shown by the different carbon content of steel under different conditions, and explained in detail the characteristics of steel smelting in this era, which can be regarded as a theoretical explanation of the characteristics of steel.

"Lord, I have prepared a banquet in Gyeongju City, and my lord will go over to rest." Yu Wenli saw that Li Xuanqing finally ended the explanation, and walked over and said apologetically: "Zhengji is not doing things well, so the lord is bothered." ”

Li Xuanqing waved his hand and smiled: "I don't blame you for this, the main thing is that it takes time for new technologies to be popularized, and you have done a good job." Let's go, let's talk while eating, and we are looking for you about something. ”

Several people moved from the industrial zone outside the city to the Gyeongju branch of Murong's Heyun Restaurant in Gyeongju City. Yu Wenli had already prepared and went directly to a secluded place on the third floor, and said with a smile: "Lord please, Zhengji didn't invite anyone else today, but the girl of the Murong family happened to be there." ”

"Sister Feixue is here?" Qiaoxi was overjoyed and said with a smile: "I was still talking about it yesterday, she seems to be checking the accounts everywhere recently, but I didn't expect it to be in Gyeongju." Before the words were finished, Murong Feixue happened to open the door and came in, and when she saw Qiaoxi and Li Xuanqing, she immediately smiled and said, "Does Sister Qiaoxi know that my sister is coming to Gyeongju?" So you came along? ”

"I accompanied my eldest brother to see Brother Yuwen's steel factory." Qiaoxi saw Murong Feixue's smiling expression on her face, and pulled her to her side with a pout.

When the two of them finished laughing and quieting down, Yu Wenli waited for Li Xuanqing to serve tea and asked, "How long is the lord going to stay in Gyeongju this time, and Zhengji will arrange accommodation." ”

Before Li Xuanqing finished speaking, Murong Feixue smiled and said: "Brother Yuwen, isn't it too face-saving to say this in my restaurant, the little sister is responsible for the accommodation and dinner." Let's talk about things, I still have something to say with Sister Qiaoxi. After speaking, he pulled Qiaoxi and walked out. They went out, and Li Xuanqing smiled: "I plan to ask you to do something." ”

"My lord, please say, Masanita will naturally do his best." Yu Wenli, like Cen Tianshi, suddenly bowed his hand when he saw Li Xuanqing finish speaking.

"It's not a big deal, the main thing is to ask you to take your Northwest Ironmaking Group to undertake a reform pilot task, establish a complete set of industrial system on product research and development and manufacturing to sales, and regularly report the research and development results to the equipment department, and the experience summarized to the Department of Industry and Commerce, as the next step for us to implement a pilot of innovative industry. Of course, Qiaoxi and I will provide guidance throughout the process, and if you have any problems, you can come to me directly. Li Xuanqing sighed slightly and said: "In the reform, the idea is to improve the treatment and status of skilled workers, and formulate a set of systems and processes. In the future industrial and commercial development, high-tech talents are the key to your competition, and the new products they develop are also the key to your survival. ”

"I understand what the lord means, please rest assured, Masaki will definitely complete the task." Yu Wenli carefully recalled Li Xuanqing's words, then stood up and took the matter, and said: "The lord's words are really in words, Zhengji took over the steel factory and understood that there are many things designed here that have never been encountered before, don't hide it from the lord, Zhengji is already doing this thing." ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a master praised by Mr. Cen, and it is just right for this matter to be handed over to you." Okay, let's eat quickly, go back to the factory and take a look, and find a way to help you get together a small R&D team, so that you can also reduce the burden, it is estimated that Qin Yao will ask you for special steel after a while. ”

Yu Wenli's heart moved when he heard Li Xuanqing's words, but he didn't say anything before he heard Li Xuanqing shouting: "Qiaoxi, hurry up and come over to eat, today's food looks good, and it is very Northwest characteristics." ”