Wang Jundao was not worried about the news of sending troops to Shanxi, because even if the news got out, he would be determined to win Shanxi, and it didn't matter whether the governor of Shanxi was prepared or not.

To put it bluntly, such a big war is already at the level of conspiracy, and it doesn't matter if there is a conspiracy.

The reason why Wang Jundao said such a thing is to test whether the people below can keep secrets, if the news is not leaked, it certainly shows that he knows people and uses people with a good eye, and if the news leaks out, he does not mind taking this opportunity to carry out a purge of the cabinet.

After the meeting, Prime Minister Cui Jingluo, Deputy Prime Ministers Bai Yuncheng and Tang Shaoyi, as well as Xu Shichang, Xu Yongyi, Wei Zhongcheng, and Meng Xingliang all followed Wang Jundao into the Forbidden City.

The seven of them had their own thoughts, sat in a carriage, and followed Wang Jundao into the imperial city, and then entered the Forbidden City.

Wang Jundao and the women of Tangtai Mingyue have decided not to live in the Forbidden City in the future, and now they have divided the imperial city into two, separating the east and west.

To the east, centered on the Forbidden City, it will become the Forbidden City Royal Museum, and most of its contents will be preserved for the world to see.

The new palace will be built into a new palace with the three seas as the background, using the garden art structure, and at the same time incorporating the heroic elements of the Han and Tang dynasties, integrating exquisiteness, elegance, ancient charm, art, and heroism, and will not be like the Forbidden City, with high walls and deep palaces, deep and depressing.

The area of the imperial city will also be slightly expanded to the west, and it will occupy part of the eastern part of the original Manchu and Zheng red flags.

Nowadays, the original Manchu Eight Banners in the inner city of Yanjing City have long ceased to exist, and most of the courtyards and mansions owned by the original Manchu princes and nobles have also been seized.

These buildings are all symbols of status, of course, Wang Jundao will not be like the history of the previous life, in order to develop the economy and industry, most of them will be demolished, he wants to turn the inner city of Yanjing City into a supreme symbol!

To develop the economy, industry, and education, we can only develop outside the inner city of Yanjing City, and we must develop according to the plan.

Today, the new palace has been built according to the designs of Wang Jundao, Tangtai Mingyue, Xu Luoyan and Xu Qingyun, presided over by the top group of architectural engineers and designers.

The palace is a symbol of the highest power of an empire, as important as the human brain, and it is also a part of the state and should be built at the expense of the state treasury.

However, considering that too much money will be spent on various constructions in the future, and although the treasury reserves are huge, it may not be enough, so Wang Jundao decided to allocate only a little money from the treasury symbolically, and the rest will be paid by the royal family.

Nowadays, Wang Jundao's money is not less than the national treasury, and the amount of money that is recorded is not lower than the income of the Ministry of Finance, not to mention the many commercial companies under the Yanhuang Group, just the five major commercial banks, the first Yanhuang Bank is his, even the three state-owned commercial banks are not comparable to it, and the central bank he has achieved absolute control, although due to the expansion of land, Wang Jundao gradually put the central bank's equity interest back to the central government, but now it still accounts for 70 percent of the share, that is, the central bank issues currencyFor every 100 dragon dollars of seigniorage, 70 yuan belonged to him, and although he decided to gradually return most of the coinage power of the central bank to the central government in the future, that is, he did not exercise absolute control, but now he was indeed richer than the central government axe of the Chinese Empire.

With so much money, of course, Wang Jundao does not need the treasury to allocate funds to build the palace, so most of the expenses are paid by himself, the new palace, Wang Jundao obtained the consent of the women of Mingyue in Tai, named Huaning Palace, the meaning is very simple, symbolizing the peace of China.

Although the construction of Huaning Palace has now been completed by one-fifth, and it will be completed in another year at most, Wang Jundao decided to wait until the reunification of China before moving in.

Therefore, Wang Jun Daoping said that he still lives in the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace.

Wang Jundao took the seven important ministers under the escort of the Dragon and Tiger Guard, and soon came to the main hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace, just in time for dinner.

Today, unlike in the past, there are no dishes prepared in the dining hall with large plates and small plates, large altars and small altars, but several large round tables that are arranged in a staggered manner, and the round tables are made of precious sandalwood.

There is a fixed glass on the round table, it looks smooth and bright, the round table is not big, it can sit around eight people, there is a big hole in the middle of the round table, the diameter is about one foot five, there are eight small jade bowls on the round table, the bowl is put into the garlic paste, leeks, chili peppers, fennel, fine salt and other things.

A few pretty waitresses, who were not yet twenty years old, greeted Wang Jun and walked forward with baskets of various vegetables, including neatly sliced thin beef, white radish slices, watery cabbage, yam slices cut into flower shapes, yellow and tender potato slices, bright shiitake mushrooms, smooth black fungus, and so on.

Looking at these things, Cui Jingluo, Bai Yuncheng and the other seven people looked forward to it more and more.

Of course, they didn't believe that food would be eaten raw in the palace.

Next, several female attendants, under the leadership of Lin Hei'er, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, respectively brought several pillar-like iron furnaces, each one of which was about a foot thick, and these iron stoves were naturally placed into the round hole in the middle of the round table.

Cui Jingluo, Bai Yuncheng, Tang Shaoyi and the other seven people all saw clearly at this time, there was a fire in this furnace, the fire was light blue, and there was a red flame at the tip.

Subsequently, several more female attendants, under the leadership of Jade Xue, the commander of the Phoenix Guard, walked in with a cauldron, and the pot was naturally steaming hot water.

Ginger, green onions, garlic and other substances are placed in the water, which looks greasy, but it exudes a rich fragrance, just like the boiling hot pot of a hot pot.

Smelling the fragrance emanating from the hot pot into the air, Cui Jingluo, Bai Yuncheng and several others couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Just as Biyuxue was about to instruct a few maids to place the pot on the iron stove, Wang Jundao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, let's put the pot aside first." ”

Although Biyuxue was strange, she still did so, and after the waitresses put the pot aside, Wang Jundao pointed to the honeycomb coal in the iron stove and said to Cui Jingluo and the others: "This is the new fuel made from coal that I want to introduce to you, I call it honeycomb coal, and I am preparing to apply for a patent with the Intellectual Property Office." ”

Honeycomb coal?

Cui Jingluo, Bai Yuncheng, Tang Shaoyi and his entourage all gathered around the round table curiously, looked at the honeycomb coal in the furnace, and found that this metaphor was really vivid.

Bai Yuncheng couldn't help but ask: "This kind of coal is really strange, unlike the coal burned by ordinary stoves, which will emit a lot of soot. ”

Last winter, Wang Jundao had already invented a new stove that needed a smoke window, and Cui Jingluo and his party all used this kind of stove for the winter, but the coal used was the best anthracite.

Of course, there is no absolute anthracite in these years, but the soot is relatively small, but anthracite is much worse than this honeycomb coal, and this iron stove is easy to carry, and there is no weight, it can be moved at any time, and the two are compared, and everyone immediately realized the convenience of this honeycomb coal and mobile stove.

Wang Jundao glanced at a few people, and then said: "This kind of coal fire power is highly condensed, and most of the fire power can be used on the stove, but as long as the stove is made properly, it can also ensure that the stove can be heated next to it, because the honeycomb coal is specially made, the fire lasts for a long time, don't look at the only few pieces of honeycomb coal in this furnace, it can be burned for half an hour to an hour, and there is another advantage, that is, after the honeycomb coal is burned, it will not turn into scattered coal ash, but will maintain its original shape, You can use tongs to clip it directly out of the stove, and you'll know the benefits in a moment. ”

Tang Shaoyi hurriedly asked: "Can this honeycomb coal be produced in large quantities?" Is the production cost expensive? ”

Wang Jundao said with a smile: "I said that this is a fuel that can be promoted on a large scale, of course, it can be produced in large quantities, and the cost is cheap, we want to implement environmental protection, we want to limit the deforestation, destroy vegetation, we can use honeycomb coal instead of charcoal." ”

Xu Shichang said: "If there is this kind of stove, this kind of honeycomb coal, then it will be much more convenient for the army to march and fight, as long as the baggage team carries this kind of stove and honeycomb coal, and when the time comes, a squad will share one, even in the coldest winter, the soldiers can eat hot meals, and they can also use this to warm themselves in the camp tent, and they will not accidentally burn the camp tent, and the most important thing is that it is smokeless and will not be discovered by the enemy." ”

Wang Jundao nodded and said, "Yes, with this kind of good thing, marching and fighting will save too much trouble." ”

Cui Jingluo said: "If this kind of stove and honeycomb coal is promoted to the whole country, this profit, tsk......"

Speaking of which, not only Cui Jingluo began to be dumbfounded, but Tang Shaoyi, Xu Shichang, Xu Yongyi, Wei Zhongcheng, and Meng Xingliang were also dumbfounded, how many people are there in the country? 450 million, there are hundreds of millions of households, if each household has one to several honeycomb stoves, how much profit is that? What about the honeycomb coal consumed every day? How many billions is that? What about a month's consumption? What about what is consumed in a year?

Everyone didn't dare to imagine it, Wang Jundao was very satisfied with everyone's performance, and said with a smile: "So, this is a fuel energy that can completely replace firewood and charcoal, as long as we lay Shanxi, no, even if we only lay Datong, it is enough for the people of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan provinces to burn dozens of dollars, think about how big the profit is!" ”

Cui Jingluo said directly: "Commander, I suggest that the political axe promote the use of this kind of stove and honeycomb coal on a large scale. (To be continued.) )