For a whole month after the imperial meeting in the third year of the Apocalypse, the high-level leaders of the Tang Empire were immersed in a sea of documents, and the annual plans and annual summaries of the provinces needed to be reviewed by the cabinet, and then the financial allocations were allocated according to the approved plans, and the plans also needed to be communicated to the provinces in a timely manner. And Li Xuanqing basically sat in the Changqing Hall all day during this time, in addition to the documents that needed to be approved by the cabinet, he also had to take time to pay attention to the economic development plans of various places. The Cabinet's theory of economic center has been implemented for nearly a year, and this year is the year for major projects to be implemented. In addition to the two key areas of Bohai Bay and Guanzhong, the development of the three economic centers in the south and southwest is imperative. The Cabinet has allocated special development funds around these three major economic centers, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has also specially set up more than 20 large-scale projects for this purpose, which requires the political envoys of the three places and the cabinet ministries to complete the deployment with each other.

According to the cabinet's plan to go out of Guangzhou and Hangzhou after the implementation of this year's large-scale projects, the road connection between Chengdu and Guanzhong in Sichuan also needs to be put on the agenda, since ancient times, the road out of Sichuan is a major obstacle to the development of Sichuan, but the connection straight road through Hanzhong has been unremittingly excavated and widened in the past two years, the former plank road has been transformed into a straight road, and the traffic capacity has been greatly increased, but Hanzhong and Sichuan provinces are ready to work together to open up the Qinba Mountains in this year's transportation plan, and the original straight road will be widened again. It will be transformed into a large passage that can pass four carriages at the same time, so as to support the timely exit of Kawanaka goods.

"I said Murong, the large-scale textile and weaving project you are preparing to open in Hangzhou must find a way to eliminate the traditional silk weaving industry and make a separate industry, and then these silks can be sold to Anxi in large quantities through the Silk Road." Li Xuanqing looked at the textile industry in the industries planned by Murong Hanhai for Hangzhou, thought for a while and continued: "In addition, the porcelain industry in the south, your Murong family can also start to lay out, isn't the dense color porcelain already manufactured?" Improve the technology to expand production, and wait until the sea route in Guangzhou can be transported overseas. ”

"The emperor can rest assured that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has already discussed with the political envoys of the southeastern provinces, and when the time comes, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will unify the layout, and the provinces and autonomous regions can set up their own affairs, and the current provincial political envoys are becoming more and more proficient in economic development, and basically the economic development plan formulated this year can also catch up with the pace of the cabinet. In particular, several provinces and regions in the south of the Yangtze River have a very good foundation in themselves, and their business ideas are much more active than those in the north, so their speed is much faster in comparison. Murong Hanhai was very confident in these political envoys and said with a smile.

"In that case, then approve their plan." Li Xuanqing looked at the development plan for several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River and felt that there was no big problem, so he directly approved it, and then handed it to Murong Hanhai, stood up and stretched his waist and said with a smile: "It will be March in a few days, and then let's go to Hexi together to have a look, in addition to inspecting the preparations for Wan Yi's westward expedition, we also want to see how the Hexi trade line is developing." Our Silk Road has been broken for hundreds of years. ”

Regarding Li Xuanqing's proposal, Murong Hanhai naturally nodded, and at the same time, he also felt that Li Xuanqing was not paying too much attention to Anxi's side. During the Chinese New Year, he met with Yeluqi, according to the development of the Yelu family in Hexi, although it did not go deep into the territory of Anxi, but at present, the Yelu family has done business in the sandbar of the Guiyi Army, but the trade volume has not made much breakthrough.

Li Xuanqing didn't pay attention to Murong Hanhai's question, but turned his head and walked out of the Changqing Palace, going to Hexi to prepare for it, and Qiaoxi to settle the little apocalypse. It is said that recently, Qiaoxi and several high-level family members of the Tang Empire have been preparing to set up an enlightenment education school with Fu Yao and several high-level family members of the Tang Empire, and hire professional teachers to be responsible for the enlightenment education of those preschool children, which can be regarded as making up for the missing link of education. It's just that if this concept is promoted, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do it for a while, but fortunately, there are many dignitaries and wealthy families in Chang'an City today, and their heirs have a lot of needs in this regard.

"Big brother, in the past two days, I have entrusted the little apocalypse to Sister Fu Yao, and she said that she has to adapt to taking care of the child in advance." After Li Xuanqing and Murong Hanhai separated, they went to the Diancui Pavilion on the Qujiang side, and Qiaoxi happened to come over, and suddenly smiled: "It seems that the second brother is not far away from becoming a father over there." ”

"Alas, we are running around, this little apocalypse is either following us around or throwing it to others all year round, I feel that I, as a father, am a little sorry for him." Li Xuanqing gently hugged Qiaoxi from behind and said with a wry smile.

"Then why don't we find him a buddy?" Qiaoxi thought for a while and turned her head and said, "When the children of Brother Hu's family grow up, there will be a lot of children in my enlightenment education class." ”

"Then why don't we have another one?" Looking at his delicate face, Li Xuanqing whispered softly.

"Okay, we'll have another one when we get back from Anthy." Qiaoxi attached himself to Li Xuanqing's arms and replied, and then suddenly blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Why don't you marry another brother?" Married Sister Feixue, right? She has been waiting for you for so many years, and the third brother Murong introduced her to many blind dates, but she rejected them. ”

Originally, the couple was still talking about their own affairs, but they were so frightened by Qiaoxi's words that Li Xuanqing trembled, and said with a wry smile: "Qiaoxi, we are all people with the memories of future generations, these three wives and four concubines have long been eliminated, why did you suddenly come up with this kind of thought?" Feixue, this girl hasn't looked for a partner in the past few years, won't it be counted on my head, right? ”

"No way, who made my husband too good. People guess that you won't get married. Qiaoxi was also secretly amused when he saw Li Xuanqing's appearance, but he didn't say anything, but instead nodded and said, "You don't care about this matter, I'll handle it when we come back from Anxi." Anyway, our royal family can't always be just these three or two, right? In the future, if Xiao Tianqi wants to face the world alone and have no one to help him, how lonely will he be? ”

Li Xuanqing was also stunned when he heard this, but then shook his head, no longer thinking about it, although the system he created was very different from that of previous dynasties, but he was afraid that the struggle between the royal families in later generations for the throne would not be too small. However, it is still too early to talk about this matter at this time, at least I will have a way to solve this problem in a day.

Three days later, Li Xuanqing and his entourage took the train to Lingzhou, and inspected the construction of the Changjin Line through the Helan Mountain, which was already March, but the northwest region was still cold, and the Helan Mountain was also immersed in the snow cover of winter, and the construction of the Changjin Line was also temporarily suspended, waiting for the weather to warm up at the end of April before construction.

"Big brother, is this mountain blasting stone going to cut off Helan Mountain? It's too much, so why not try a herringbone driveway? Qiaoxi saw that several high mountains along the way were directly blasted with gunpowder, and couldn't help but say: "If this continues, it is estimated that it will take several months just to open Helan Mountain, right?" ”

"The herringbone lane also needs a slope, and the steep terrain here is not suitable for the herringbone lane. You see that there is a tunnel in front of you, and it seems that the construction team has achieved good results in the past few months, at least it has changed the previous method of extensive field operations. Li Xuanqing shook his head at Qiaoxi's proposal, but he felt very novel about the tunnel used by the construction company, even in his previous life, he and Qiaoxi had never seen the situation of tunnel construction.

"Yang Hu: According to the construction schedule, how long do you plan to open the tunnel?" Li Xuanqing went to Hexi, and naturally recruited Yang Hu, the head of the construction company.

"Emperor Qi, it is estimated that it will take another month or two to open the tunnel, not counting the construction of two canyon bridges in the back." When Yang Hu saw Li Xuanqing asking, he naturally knew that he was worried about whether the progress of the railway would delay the major events in Hexi, so he hurriedly explained: "But the emperor, please rest assured, we have organized manpower to build the bridge while opening the tunnel, although the construction is difficult, but I will definitely ensure the progress of the construction." ”

"I heard that Sanfeng is already working on building a straight road to Wuwei and other places. When the time comes, you organize a part of the people to carry raw materials from the straight road over there to Hexi, and the construction of the railway can be carried out on both sides at the same time, and the project over there cannot be delayed because this section of Helan Mountain has not been opened. Li Xuanqing has no good way to use this tunnel, and the use of gunpowder blasting should also take into account safety issues, but fortunately, the mountain of Helan Mountain is hard, and there are no other problems for the time being, and the construction company has also considered hidden dangers such as landslides in advance, otherwise this tunnel is really not something that can be done in this era.

Li Xuanqing instructed Yang Hu and then took Qiaoxi and Murong Hanhai and others to make a detour into Hexi, and rushed to Liangzhou City after the convergence of Wuwei and Wan Yi, this base camp in Hexi is now very lively, although the ice and snow are everywhere but there is still a constant flow of people, the Hexi clan is basically the descendants of the Han people in the Central Plains who were exiled from the Central Plains to this place to avoid disasters, and after hundreds of years of integration, it relies on the advantages of the Hexi Corridor to connect the east and west, and the economic development is very active.

Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi walked around the city of Liangzhou for a few days, gathering local officials to discuss the further development of Hexi. Since Zhang Quanfu himself is also the minister of the Ministry of Water Resources and Environmental Protection, many things in Hexi are basically in charge of Li Wanquan, the assassin of Liangzhou. When Li Xuanqing learned that Hexi Province had reclaimed nearly one million mu of new land, he asked for a long time: "Do you political envoys know about the reclamation of land in Hexi?" What instructions did he have for opening up the wasteland on this side of Hexi? ”

Li Wanquan obviously knew what Li Xuanqing was asking, and bowed down and replied: "The political envoy is clear about the amount of wasteland reclaimed on this side of Hexi. Your Majesty, please rest assured, the Hexi side basically implements the reclamation of wasteland and increases the area of afforestation, and we have mandatory requirements to plant trees and turf between all wastelands, so as to prevent the phenomenon of soil erosion caused by desertification of cultivated land and loss of fertility. ”

Li Xuanqing saw that he answered very thoughtfully, so he didn't ask anything, the more grain produced in Hexi is naturally more beneficial to the current great cause of the westward expedition, and taking grain on the spot can save costs, but Li Xuanqing still has reservations about the reclaimable area on this side of Hexi, but he didn't say anything more, and only stopped after going to check it with Qiaoxi in the next few days.

And in the past few days, Murong Hanhai has also found Yeluqi, the person in charge of the Yelu family here, he hurried over from Yangguan, the road in the northwest is not easy to walk after the heavy snow covers the mountains throughout the winter, and the range of several forces has been very twisted and turned, if it is not for the winter, most of the hostile forces have already stopped fighting and truce, I am afraid it will be more difficult.

"Tell me about your family's trade in Hexi, and how much was your turnover last year?" Yeluqi Li Xuanqing has seen it, and he is still very satisfied with Li Xuanqing, the heir of the Yelu family, at least he is very meticulous and responsible. Since Yelu Aceh was in poor health, the affairs of the Yelu family were basically handed over to him.

"Your Majesty, there is a great demand for trade in Hexi, just from the Guiyi Army to the middle of the road in Hexi, the cities in the middle of the road have a massive demand for silk, tea and porcelain in the Central Plains and other places every year, but they are limited by the blockade of roads and checkpoints along the way, and the amount that can be transported to the local area is very small and has to be exploited, the profits are relatively low, and the price has risen several times." Yeluqi naturally knew that Li Xuanqing was not here to care about the real turnover of his Yelu family, so he replied directly: "As for the Guiyi Army entering Anxi, my Yelu family has also tried to open up trade routes, but they have been obstructed by local forces such as the local Cao family, and there has been little progress. ”

"The Cao family?" After hearing the word Cao family next to him, Qiaoxi asked for a long time: "Who is in charge of the Cao family now?" ”

"Cao Peijin, this person is treacherous and cunning, and he is also entangled with the upper echelons of the Guiyi Army, I heard that he has a lot of power in the Guiyi Army. The people of my Yelu family have seen this person mobilize troops to assist his Cao family in suppressing opponents. "Yeluqi is disdainful of the Cao family, but the power of the Tiance Army at this time cannot extend to the sandbar area, otherwise, just fighting for business and resources, how can the Yelu family be afraid of these indigenous forces.

"Your Yelu family can try to hoard goods and commodities during this time, and when the time comes, your family will be responsible for integrating the local business class in the areas where the Tiance army has attacked." Li Xuanqing nodded, he was no stranger to the Cao family at all, wasn't the Cao family stealing the dominance in the later stage of the Guiyi Army? It's just that what I didn't expect was that the Cao family actually started from business in this life.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, I have arranged for mainland merchants to jointly supply the Yelu family, and there are more than three transportation companies, and at that time, in addition to transporting military supplies, they will basically be the goods of the Yelu family, and I guarantee that those reactionary forces will swallow them at that time." Murong Hanhai said with a smile on the side: "When the time comes, Brother Yelu can personally command in front." ”

Li Xuanqing did not have much interest in the northwest business circles led by the two of them to enter Anxi, there was no monopoly in this era, and when they entered Anxi, they also needed to join forces to defeat the commercial forces from the West. According to the historical records of later generations, several large cities in Anxi are basically dominated by commerce, so how to use commerce to defeat local forces and complete rapid integration while entering by force is the key.

In fact, there is still a lot of room for development of commerce in the Northwest, mainly because the Northwest has no economic foundation and the restrictions of natural conditions, many daily necessities must rely on inland transportation, and the local output also needs to be digested by the industry of the Central Plains before it can be converted into means of production. Li Xuanqing knew this well, if he wanted the trade in Hexi to develop rapidly, he had to open up many checkpoints along the way, and the trade routes would be unimpeded, so that merchants like Yelujia could transport the rich industrial goods of the Central Plains to various places along the way, and then transport the specialties of these places to the Central Plains. Only by communicating with each other can we develop together.

"Big brother, Anxi's side of us should have almost arranged everything. Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and I hope that everything will go well when the army marches by then. ”

Li Xuanqing knew what she was talking about, nodded and didn't say much, turned to look at the barracks outside the city, where the strongest expeditionary force of the Tiance Army was accumulating, after a year of tempering and waiting, it would make the strongest sound, open the dusty shackles that had been sealed for a long time, and rush into the land of Anxi.