Seeing that Liu Erxing finally made up his mind to join the Fourteenth Master under his own series of persuasion and inducement, Fan Xiaowu, who had completed the task, was naturally very happy. It's just that he was happy in his heart, but he didn't show any unusual expression on his face, but patted his chest and said: "Since Brother Liu intends to serve under the Fourteenth Master, the younger brother should do his best to talk and introduce Brother Liu, and Brother Liu just waits for the good news of the younger brother." ”

Liu Erxing heard Fan Xiaowu say so confidently, and felt a lot more at ease in his heart, and hurriedly thanked: "In this way, everything depends on you, Little Fifth Brother." If this happens, my brother and I will be grateful in the future. ”

Fan Xiaowu waved his hand again and again when he heard this, and said: "Junior brother and Brother Liu are good friends who have lived their lives, and it is natural that they must contribute to Brother Liu's future." Brother Liu is so polite, isn't it too much to be outspoken. If Brother Liu treats Xiao Wu and me as brothers, don't mention the word 'thanks' again, otherwise it will seem that there is a division between our brothers. ”

Seeing that Fan Xiaowu said sincerely, and no matter how many words of "thanks" he said verbally now, it would not be as good as giving Fan Xiaowu a generous gift in the future. In addition, at this time, the girl he and the two of them had already pushed the door in, so it was inconvenient to talk about the effect. Therefore, Liu Erxing no longer verbally and politely with Fan Xiaowu, but while flirting with the girls who came in, he began to talk about Fengyue and women with Fan Xiaowu very appropriately.

Fan Xiaowu and Liu Erxing's meal of flower wine was drunk until the beginning of the year, and then it ended after agreeing on the time, place, and method of the next meeting -- in fact, if it weren't for the fact that Liu Erxing and two other entourages had been waiting for Liu Daguan to go out to "watch the market" in the guest room specially prepared for the servants from outside in the "Qing Garden" to go out to "see the market", Fan Xiaowu would have been very interested in the "Yanjue Building" until the next morning.

Out of the "Yan Jue Lou", Fan Xiaowu went back to his residence in the city to rest, while Liu Erxing took Fan Xiaowu before leaving to let him buy a decent outfit, and the travel expenses needed to go to Beiping City to meet the Fourteenth Master in the future, and forced into his hand to redeem the twenty "Datong Commercial Bank", full of anticipation and joy to the "Qing Garden", and the next day with Fan Xiaowu to buy the required goods, rushed back to the "Jing Garden", to wait for Fan Xiaowu's good news.

On the second day, after going to the "Yanjue Building" for a day of leisurely life, on the morning of the eighteenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Fan Xiaowu left Liangxiang City and returned to Fan Mansion in Beiping City in the evening of the same day.

Entering the mansion, Fan Xiaowu didn't care about running all the way, so he went to see Fan Wucheng. Although Liu Erxing was the lowest level and the most limited ability among the five development targets selected at the beginning, the good momentum of the first victory still made Fan Wucheng very happy. On the one hand, he praised and rewarded Fan Xiaowu in front of other cronies, and on the other hand, he also encouraged Fan Xiaowu to make persistent efforts, not only to firmly control this Liu Erxing in his hands, but also to find out more news and develop more downlines through him.

For Fan Wucheng's praise and reward for Fan Xiaowu, other cronies were naturally both envious and jealous, especially Fan Xiaoer and Fan Xiaoliu, who had the same responsibility of persuading the candidate target as Fan Xiaowu, and even took the initiative to ask for the battle, asking to leave immediately to contact their target.

Fan Wucheng was naturally very pleased with the enthusiasm of his cronies, but on the one hand, he was very clear about the truth of "being greedy and chewing too much" and "not becoming fat in one bite", and he didn't want to rush it. Instead, he planned to spend a certain amount of time conducting the necessary examination of Liu Erxing to determine whether the other party's surrender to him was just a rash act on impulse, or a final decision after careful consideration. On the other hand, this year's work summary and jihua meeting will be held in two days, as the head of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, Fan Wucheng will make a report on the work of the department in the previous year and put forward the work of the next year. In addition, he agreed with Zhang Yan for a period of three months, which can be extended according to the actual situation. Therefore, in the face of Fan Xiaoer and Fan Xiaoliu's eagerness, Fan Wucheng gave full affirmation on the one hand, but on the other hand, he also asked the two of them to be calm and restless, and wait for their side to finish the annual meeting before making plans.

In this regard, although Fan Xiaoer and Fan Xiaoliu were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey their master's orders. The two had to reluctantly nod yes, and in a depressed mood, they went to eat with Fan Xiaowu to have a reception and celebration banquet for each other.

Through the team's work summary of the current year and the work of the next year, the Jihua meeting lasted five days from the opening of the "Liangyuan" conference hall on March 20 of the lunar calendar of the eighth year of Xiande to the closing of the meeting room on March 25. During the five-day meeting, the team committee and the heads of various functional departments summarized the work of the department in the previous year (the seventh year of Xiande) and made a summary of the work of the next year (the eighth year of Xiande).

In this series of summaries and jihuas, in addition to the data released by the Ministry of Finance on the rapid growth of the economic indicators of the crossing team and the Beiping Army in the previous year, and the financial balance reached a new high, the most eye-catching are the two reports from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Among them, the Ministry of Science and Technology not only achieved major results in the successful development of steam engines in the previous year, but also successfully completed the construction of "Taiyuan Production Base" with the joint efforts of relevant traversers and many craftsmen and servants. Nowadays, as more and more machinery and equipment, production raw materials have been transported one after another, the production of "Taiyuan Production Base" has gradually entered the right track. It is believed that it will not take long for the base to become another important equipment and equipment manufacturing center for the crossing team in addition to the "Xianglong production base", and become another strong support for the future development of the crossing team.

And the performance of the military department in the previous year was also quite conspicuous. Among them, there are such as the almost bloodless pacification of the Northern Han regime and the successful annexation of its eight prefectures, which expanded the scope of the Beiping Army's jurisdiction by almost half, which can be called a brilliant result of expanding the territory. There are also frequent small units of troops to attack and destroy the Khitan Zhongjing Road and even the Shangjing Road, while striking the opponent, annihilating the opponent's tens of thousands of lives, and slowing down the recovery of the opponent's national strength and military strength, for the crossing team, for the Beiping Army to bring back the battlefield captures that far exceed the consumption, as well as a large number of attached population, this kind of piecemeal fighting, it will take time to show its effect of the huge gains. In order to cooperate with the team's strategy and confuse potential opponents, when it should be actively preparing for war, it is necessary to disband part of the "security army" and reduce the number of troops, which is not enough for outsiders.

In addition, at this meeting, the Ministry of Administration, the Ministry of Logistics, and the Overseas Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, which were established only last year but have done a very good job, the Intelligence Department, which has arrested dozens of secret agents from the "Feiyantang", the Security Department, which has successfully integrated the original garrisons and government servants in various prefectures and counties, completed the construction of the police and urban management teams, and the Ministry of Agriculture, which has successfully completed the annual reclamation of land and achieved a bumper grain harvest, as well as the strict implementation of fund management, revenue and expenditure, and the completion of various statistics and auditing work. And the efficient bookkeeping method of the previous life was extended to all official departments and departments of the Beiping Army, and the departments of finance and other departments were also commended by the committee for their excellent work. It can be said that throughout the meeting, among the heads of various functional departments of the team, except for the reserve Liliang training department, which only does behind-the-scenes talent training work and usually does not need to make work reports at the annual summary and Jihua meeting, only Fan Wucheng, the director of the business and trade department, was not included in the list of commendations.

Such a situation made Fan Wucheng very angry and unfair. He admits that he has done no less work than the heads of other departments, and that the profits of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade in the previous year have increased by 30 percent compared with the six years of Xiande due to the development of overseas trade. Even if the data of Xiande in the six years has declined significantly compared with the previous years due to the battle of the clouds, the profit growth rate of Xiande in the seven years is slightly insufficient. However, under the circumstance that the total trade volume of Xiande had fallen seriously in seven years due to the impact of the war in the previous year, such a result was not impressive, but it was quite good. Why is it that the committee does not even give itself a word of praise and encouragement, and makes itself very shameless in front of his brothers, even if the committee does not criticize the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, express any dissatisfaction, even if his overseas trade department is also among the praises.

Therefore, after returning to his mansion, Fan Wucheng, who left the "Liangyuan" with a sense of indignation, on the one hand, had the intention of competing with other departments, and immediately gathered his cronies, the heads of various departments under the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and the big shopkeeper and shopkeeper of the "Datong Commercial Bank" in Beiping, and others to come up with ideas, find solutions, set jihua, and set targets, and actively prepare for a beautiful "turnaround" in the next year. On the other hand, the encounter at this meeting also made Fan Wucheng more determined to develop his own shili, expand his influence in the crossing team, and in the Beiping Army. Fan Xiaoer and Fan Xiaoliu didn't dare to slack off after receiving the order, so they immediately packed up and left Fan's Mansion and went their separate ways.