"The head of the family, there is news from the imperial capital Chang'an, the senior minister of the Ministry of Industry asked you and the head of the Ma family to rush to the capital as soon as possible, saying that there is something to discuss." Jinling Zhang's family, Zhang Qishan received the news from Chang'an, immediately frowned, pondered for a long time and said: "Did the Ministry of Industry say what happened?" Although the Zhang family has developed rapidly over the years, it ranks among the six major families, but the Zhang family led by Zhang Qishan can be regarded as the most low-key one among the six major families, because it is different from the other five wealthy businessmen, not from the beginning to follow the high-level of the empire led by Li Xuanqing to lay down the country, so the more the family grows, the more careful it is, and even in recent years, Zhang Qishan has emphasized the most every year is that all the people of the Zhang family are low-key people in laymen and do things in a low-key manner, this low-key attitude of not fighting and not grabbing has made the Zhang family have a good relationship with most of the merchants over the years. Although the power of the Zhang family in his hands cannot be compared with before, the prosperity is not inferior at all.

"The news we received in Chang'an should be related to the Persian Province side, but the Ministry of Industry did not inform the specific news, and this time, in addition to the Ma family, the Murong family seems to be involved." The people who came didn't know too much about it, so they could only try their best to tell what happened in Chang'an.

"Go get ready, we'll go right away." Zhang Qishan seemed to think of something, nodded, and then ordered a little to prepare his luggage, and then immediately took a boat from Jinling to the north, arrived in Bianzhou from the canal, and then took a train towards Chang'an. The railway from Bianzhou to the south has not yet been built to Huainan, so the key to the northward movement of the southeast is still to rely on the canal or directly by sea.

Such a scene also happened in the Ma family in Guangzhou, the contemporary head of the Ma family is Ma Mengdie, although it is a female streamer, but the Ma family itself is a Lingnan family, and has an almost intuitive sensitivity to shipping, thanks to the opening of the South Sea Route and the Western Ocean Route over the years, the Lingnan people led by the Ma family have benefited a lot from this wave of going to sea, and the Ma family led by the Ma family is not much worse than the Xu family and the Murong family in shipping.

However, at this time in Chang'an, Gao Chongmin and Murong Hanhai have been discussing together for most of the hour, around the development of Persian Province, although the two have many means, but Persian Province is different from other places, the number of Tang people there is too small, and the time for being included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty is too short, and the rash development of industry and commerce will only cause unimaginable consequences, and this move can't help but make the two of them imprudent. So after thinking about it, Gao Chongmin had to come up with his killer weapon on the Anxi side and said: "My opinion is that precision manufacturing and heavy industry cannot pass through Anxi and Khotan, even if the canal is dug for the current support of Dashi, the heavy industry related to the mysteries of the empire cannot be placed on the side of Persian Province." So I thought about it for a while, or two points, all the industries involved in precision manufacturing and heavy industry are located in Hexi Province and Gaochang Province, these two places themselves have established a relatively complete industry, at most it is just to expand the scale, and even if the demand for industrial products is not large, do not deliberately expand the scale of the Northwest Industrial Zone. Gao Chongmin put down the notepad in his hand and stretched his waist and said: "As for the light industry or basic mining industry mentioned by the prime minister before, I think it is not a big problem to develop in Persian Province, after all, according to the survey of the Ministry of Land and Resources, the mineral resources of Persian Province can be no worse than those of the Central Plains provinces. Even with the shipyard as a starting point, an industrial base was established there in advance, so as to migrate the people in the hinterland, first focusing on the construction of the Persian Governorate and Xiliuzhou and other places, transforming them into cities dominated by Tang people, and then gradually increasing the degree of sinicization of other ethnic groups. ”

Murong Hanhai nodded and said: "Yes, the Ministry of Industry can let the leaders of the domestic merchants and factory and mine owners go first, and the Ministry of Industry will report to the Prime Minister to formulate some policy support, so as to drive the local people to join industry and commerce with the development of industry and commerce in the mainland, and only in this way can the naturalization of the people be accelerated." ”

"What the deputy prime minister said is that I will immediately write what you and I just said into an article to Prime Minister Chen, if there is no problem, you should quickly report to the northwest affairs department Qu Chengmei, and start preparations in advance, after all, it is close to the end of the year, and the northwest is about to enter winter." Gao Chongmin nodded.

Murong Hanhai had no opinion on Gao Chongmin's concerns, and the two began to write the article while discussing, and began to discuss which people from the industrial and commercial circles would go to the northwest in advance to pave the way, so by the time the article was written, it was already the next morning, that is, the first day of October in the eleventh year of the Apocalypse, that is, the National Day of the Tang Empire.

"Okay, Brother Chongmin, let's go to my house to eat something and then go to see Minister Wang off, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will go to Dashi this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back before the end of the year." Murong Hanhai pulled Gao Chongmin and said with a smile as he walked: "It seems that the northwest side of the Northwest Expedition is going to ask the Prime Minister to apply for the purchase of a few official ships to be in the port of the Persian Governor's Mansion for backup, otherwise the contact between the Empire and the Great Food Empire will not be convenient enough in the future." When the two of them rushed to Chang'an Railway Station after eating something, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already arrived with Wang Shoutian, and to their surprise, Li Xuanqing and his wife were actually there, and the two hurriedly came over to greet them.

"Today is to see off Minister Wang and his entourage, can it be that you two have red eyes that didn't sleep all night last night?" Li Xuanqing smiled, "Has the Prime Minister given you any problems recently?" Li Xuanqing and everyone present laughed a few words, and then looked at Wang Shoutian and said: "Brother Shoutian, I'm afraid that this year will not be able to spend this year in China, but it's okay, it's actually good to feel the taste of being a stranger in a foreign country and being a stranger in a foreign country." ”

"Please rest assured, as long as you can complete the tasks assigned by the emperor, not to mention a New Year's Festival, even if it is ten New Year's Festivals, it is also sweet to spend time outside the field." Wang Shoutian led everyone to salute Li Xuanqing and Zhang Jianzhong and said solemnly: "Today is the National Day of the Empire, and it is an honor for all my colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to bother the emperor and the prime minister to see me off. Please slow down, Weichen is gone. After Wang Shoutian took everyone to board the special train, Li Xuanqing separated from everyone. On the National Day of the Empire, Li Xuanqing had already promulgated the regulations on the national holiday of the Imperial Statutory Holidays, so most of the people left one after another, except for a small number on duty.

"Big brother, do you really plan to build the Persian Governorate into a Western trade port this time? But if that's the case, a backward wooden sailing shipyard will be unable to support the growing trade between the two countries, right? Even if the Great Eclipse is gone or the depression is declining in the future, we still have more important trade to develop, after all, there is still a huge population base and territory there, and no matter what the empire is, this foreign trade will always become more and more prosperous. Qiaoxi smiled: "So is the big brother thinking about opening up the ship trade?" ”

"Our power boats can't be opened until the situation on Tessie's side changes greatly, so the shipyard in the first phase must be wooden sailboats." Li Xuanqing took the two girls and said with a smile: "And Qiaoxi, don't look down on our Datang's wooden boat manufacturing, although our wooden boat has been slow to be eliminated over the years, but because of the development reference of iron-hulled ships, it has actually gone up a big step, compared to the ships on Taixi's side, it can be said to be an era ahead, so even if it is sold to them, it is not a loss to them." If the Great Cannibal is equipped with our sailing ships, it will at least be much more advanced than the Great Qin Ke in terms of equipment. Because it was National Day, Li Xuanqing took his family from Chang'an to Wuliang Suhai in Fengzhou by train and took a vacation at the Nash Palace.

And Gao Chongmin also waited for Zhang Qishan and Ma Mengdie, Gao Chongmin has always been straightforward, so he directly told the two to ask the Ma family and the Zhang family to form a joint venture as soon as possible in the shipyard of the Persian Governor's Mansion to manufacture sailing ships to assist in Western trade.

"Minister, is that it?" Ma Mengdie and Zhang Qishan's arrangement for Gao Chongmin is a little inexplicable, if it is just this little thing, they only need to give an order to the two of them. Compared with the iron-hulled ship manufacturing that is in full swing in China, a wooden boat factory is only a small project for the two companies, even if the Ministry of Industry wants to directly requisition, the two have no opinion.

"I have something I need to tell you in advance, Minister Wang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already led a team to visit the Great Food Empire, you two should know what it means, right?" Gao Chongmin said with a smile: "I heard that the Xu family has begun to form a merchant fleet in Persian Province, shouldn't you also go and join in?" Maybe even the queen over there let Zhang Qiang go over. ”

"Okay, you can think about this matter, but there is a point that the Ministry of Industry will send personnel to Persian Province to supervise on the spot after the year, and when your shipyard is built, you must not only consider the present but also consider the future, and during the construction period, in addition to the storage dock, you must also consider the future expansion of the factory." After Gao Chongmin finished saying this, he directly sent the guests and let the two walk out of the office building of the Ministry of Industry.

"Brother Zhang, what do you think? What does Minister Gao mean by this? Ma Mengdie asked as she walked with Zhang Qishan, the Ma family didn't have much foundation in Chang'an, so they had to follow Zhang Qishan here.

"I plan to plan according to the specifications of domestic shipyards, and I plan to go to Persia Province in person, I wonder if the lady of the Ma family is interested in going with me to see the scenery of the northwest desert?" Zhang Qishan thought for a while and said: "Minister Gao was just giving you and me a little bit of each other, I am afraid that in the future, in addition to Xihai County and the Persian Governor's Mansion, the vast northwest Silk Road will finally converge with the sea." ”

"Since the eldest brother plans to go to Persia, the younger sister is naturally willing to go along." Ma Mengdie smiled, and took the train from Chang'an with Zhang Qishan to the northwest. For the two of them, if they just thought it was a simple business matter before they came, then now Gao Chongmin's words are just a reminder for them. So the two rushed all the way to the northwest, and immediately gathered the local two families to start merging the shipyard after arriving by train in mid-October of the 11th year of the Apocalypse, and then contacted the Persian Governor's Mansion to re-plan the shipyard, and really built it according to the specifications of the inland shipyard according to Zhang Qishan's words, and assisted the Assassin's Mansion to redesign and plan the port, moved all the original commercial wharves to the west, established a trestle bridge deep into the sea, and moved the shipyard to the west of the harbor, planning of onshore warehouses and factories and a section of feeder railway. These things involved a thousand things, but the two did not dare to slack off, not only arranged for people to go to the industrial and commercial registration, but also urgently sent people back to the Nakahara family to transfer capable people to the Persian Governor's Mansion to preside over the plan.

"Big brother, we have made a plan, and we will leave it to him to be responsible for the next step." Ma Mengdie has also seen the ability of the young head of the Zhang family to plan and layout meticulously these days, so standing beside him has a trace of nostalgia, and there is also a trace of affection in his beautiful eyes.

"That's right, it's too late for us to rush back for the New Year." Zhang Qishan smiled slightly: "Big lady, now I think about it, the more I feel that Minister Gao's words that day were reminding us two families, you see that the two-level yamen here in Persian Province seem to have a good idea about our coming here, and they should have been notified by the cabinet." So you and I might as well form a joint fleet to be stationed here after we go back, I'm afraid that a large amount of trade will be brought back by Minister Wang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the next step. ”

"What the eldest brother said is very true, and the younger sister is the only one who looks forward to the eldest brother. The little sister is young, and the eldest brother will ask for more guidance in the future. Ma Mengdie smiled slightly. On the same day, the two took the train and began to return to the Central Plains, but the Persian province entered the construction climax again with the departure of the two. With the arrangement of Gao Chongmin's side, a large number of industrial and mining enterprises began to enter and leave Persian Province, and began to carry out preliminary exploration and construction in accordance with the plan of the Ministry of Industry. At this time, Qu Chengmei also received from the Ministry of Industry from the cabinet on the arrangements and plans for the industrial development of Persian Province, and asked the Northwest Military Administrative Region to provide necessary policy support for this.

Therefore, because of a proposal by Li Xuanqing, Datang Industry and Commerce has already taken action one step ahead of the military, preparing to arrange everything before the situation on Taixi's side has not changed. At this time, the General Staff of Chang'an and the Headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army were waiting for news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which had arrived in Baghdad. And whether it is Wan Yi or several Tiance Army giants of the Chang'an General Staff, they are full of expectations for the canal that Li Xuanqing said. This canal is not so much to give the Great Food Empire more room for maneuver, but rather to give the Tang Dynasty the most direct means to intervene in Taixi. Once the canal was completed, the military power of the Tang Dynasty would be able to avoid the long distance on land and directly insert it into the center of Taixi. Therefore, this time, when the two ministries of industry and commerce jointly tilted the industrial and commercial layout to Persian Province, the General Staff almost immediately asked Yang Yi to transfer part of the Northwest National Guard to Persian Province to prepare a vigilance force in advance for the next plan. And Qu Chengmei, the deputy prime minister in charge of northwest affairs, even asked Sima Daoxin, the political envoy of Persian Province, to put all the remaining prisoners of war in Persia on standby, and was ready to directly pull the prisoners of war over when there were no more people on the Dashi side, and take over the project first. However, this event did not take shape in the end, but in the subsequent construction of many factories and mines in Persian Province, this large number of prisoners of war played a greater role, and in a short period of time established a series of large mining enterprises in Persian Province and the northern province of Kangju, and when these huge quantities of mineral resources were transported back to China, they greatly promoted the development of imperial industry and provided sufficient funds for the development of these two provinces. (https:)

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