After the old man found someone to start drafting the terms and conditions, he held an impromptu meeting to report this long-standing matter.

Everyone is happy, there are a lot of small projects, what is missing is a big project that can calm the field and get on the table, and now they are all alive.

"If you have no opinions, it's decided, the specific planning, construction and cost control will be handed over to the project department, and the black manager will have to take the time to check it, a big project of 500,000 yuan, let's strive for a good start." ”

The old man is still in the excitement, every time he mentions the words '500,000', he can't help but tremble, his second spring is coming.

"Cheng, the young master has already instructed, we still have to do a good job of the plan in the early stage. ”

"That's right. ”

After Xiao Hei finished the meeting of the business alliance, he went directly to the small commodity wholesale market, and the agency ownership of liquor should also have a result.

This agency auction only involves the territory of Bactria and is divided into 100 agency areas except for the autonomous governments of Jixiang, New Song, Hudong and the north, and the price is relatively fair according to the differences in population, area and geographical location.

There is no doubt that the most expensive agency fee is the royal capital.

Secondly, it is the border four collars of Great Xia and Hu Yue, which is beyond the imagination of many people, including Xiao Hei himself, a businessman who always has an adventurous heart.

In third place is the area to the north, bordering the four collars.

The area close to the auspicious and eastern and western mountains is the cheapest, and the reason is simple: it is impossible to lack wine in the place close to the auspicious place;

In some areas where competition is fierce, a round of bidding has been held at the end of August, and the bids are still in Xiao Hei's briefcase.

"Black Boss, you're here!"

"Well, help me ask the editor Hu of Jixiang Weekly to come over, there are some news that they need to publish. ”

"Okay, that's for people to please. ”

The clerk answered and went downstairs to make arrangements.

On September 7, "Jixiang Weekly" exposed a big news, and the liquor agency that affected thousands of businessmen finally came to light.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Guo family in Hedong and the Shi family in Wangdu obtained the right to act as a liquor agent within the scope of Wangdu, and the agency fee was 100,000 gold coins per year. ”

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, auspicious businessmen have taken over nearly half of the agency rights of Daxia liquor, and the general agency fee is 6.5 million. ”

"Selling Newspaper ......"

The agency fee is 6.5 million, not counting the profit of the liquor itself, crazy, auspicious crazy, and the businessmen are also crazy!

"Jixiang Weekly" introduced the agency territory and agent price in detail, and analyzed the reason for such a high price, that is, monopoly!

Liquor is not like porcelain, not like mirror glass, it is a drug, it is also a medicine, but also a consumable and daily necessities, it should be so dazzling by birth.

The people who were shocked by this huge number analyzed it for a while, and then calmly accepted this reality, young master, young master.

At lunchtime, Zhang Yun deliberately fell behind, and after seeing that Wang Xuan was coming, he came up cheekily.

"The Lord himself has come to eat. Zhang Yun said with a smile.

Wang Xuanleng paused, then nodded and said, "Yes, if you don't come in person, your stomach doesn't agree." ”

The waiter who was distributing the hot on the side suddenly blushed, hurriedly put down the soup bowl, covered his mouth and went out, and then there was a suppressed laughter outside the door.

"Uh, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!"

"Okay, if you have something to say, it's not your forte. ”

Zhang Yun put down his chopsticks, struggled in his heart for a few breaths, and said, "I heard that the lord only charged more than six million yuan for liquor agency fees?"

Wang Xuan thought to himself, he thought he could survive three days, but he didn't expect it to be so unproductive.

"Well, the agency fee is so much, plus the profit of the liquor itself, there are still thousands of dollars of money every year. ”

Zhang Yun was excited, the young master was frank, he was really human.

"Lord, you see, the recent surge in foreign population, if it is placed in a few places in the north, it is easy to cause chaos, so after deliberation, the cabinet plans to continue to open up to the south and move people south. Of course, first come to the west of the river, and in the early stage, the area between the Liuyin River and the Xingyao River will be mainly developed. When this becomes more alive along the way, it is also easier to attract outsiders, which in turn will promote local development. When the popularity is enough, it will be convenient to come and go with supplies, and it will be a good thing to kill one stone. ”

This is an indisputable fact, Wang Xuan has no reason to object, no one wants to pass through a large area of no man's land on the journey, not to mention desolate, it is not safe.

"I'm okay with that. Wang Xuan replied dryly.

"In the first half of the month, more than 10,000 people poured in, and we have solved the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but the second half of the month is the peak period.

"Tell me, how much you want. Wang Xuanmei took a sip of egg drop soup, without blinking her eyelids, and did not panic when she had money in her hand.

"This, this, two million is enough, enough!"

Wang Xuan didn't reply immediately, and after taking a while to finish lunch, he said to Zhang Yun: "Yes, but I want to see a detailed plan, and I want to use special funds." ”

After a pause, he seemed to feel that there was something wrong with his tone, so he added before Zhang Yun spoke, "It's not that I don't trust you, but Jixiang can't stand waste, good steel must be used on the blade, and money must be used in key places." To be responsible for the whereabouts of each copper plate is to be responsible for auspiciousness, to be responsible for me, and to be responsible for yourself.

On September 10, the inner treasury of the lord's mansion was filled again, and Zhu'er was in a happy trouble, holding the account book in one hand and the pen in the other, she was worried.

Early in the morning, Wang Yao from the Finance and Taxation Department rushed over smelling the smell of money, following her like a tail, never leaving.

"Miss Zhu'er, these two million?" This is the fourth time that Wang Yao has mentioned the 'two million'.

"People's territories are all for the lord's mansion to earn money and share worries, you are good, but you rely on the lord's mansion to raise, but you really have the ability......"

Zhu'er was angry in her heart, the two million last time were not warm, and they all had a place to go, and Bai was happy for a while. Now that there is just a big intake, these people are running with smell, and I am not the young master's inner treasury manager, but your money bag manager......

Wang Yao wisely bowed his head and pretended to be a grandson, the lord said that if a good man does not fight with a woman, gender is doomed to be a loser.

endure the calm for a while, two million, not to mention being scolded, even kowtowing, whip and wax, as long as you don't die or be disabled, don't treat me as a human being.

Zhu'er saw that Wang Yao was dragging a dead fish eye and was bent on making a stuffy gourd, and suddenly felt that the one-man show was boring, and he had no mood to complain, so he directly ordered the internal guard to move two hundred boxes out.

Wang Yao suddenly came to his senses, checked it in a slippery manner, loaded the car and left.

Zhu'er made a few strokes on the account book, "Hmph, the Ministry of Finance and Taxation and the Ministry of Commerce are all thicker than the city wall." ”

On this day, several of the lords who attended the succession ceremony of the eldest prince and the celebration of the concubine came to auspiciousness.

Wang Xuan arranged for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce to come to contact, and he waited for him with good food and drink, and Hedong and Hexi visited with him, and it is estimated that he will not be able to be idle for three or five days.

Since the fall of the Red Flame, the iron ore there has only been shipped to Jixiang at a price higher than the cost price, allowing them to make a profit.

Last month, the government council built an iron ore smelter near Dongshan, which is adjacent to the iron ore mine and easy to transport.

The smelter conducts the initial processing of the ore, and the pig iron produced will be transported to Jixiang for further further processing, with a total investment of 20,000 gold coins.

The refined iron ore smelter in Xishan is also under construction, and the pig iron produced will be transported back to Jixiang for the production of various machines, special tools, and military products.

In this regard, Sun agreed with both hands, which not only increased the employment rate, but also allowed taxes to be collected, ore to sell, and a secondary road by the way, why not.

The money made from liquor, Wang Xuan is planning to use it for military spending and overseas expansion, the early stage of naval preparation is the majority, after the transition period, it is the expansion period, but also the harvest period of capital return.

On 12 September, Wang Xuan arrived at the wharf of the Hubei Military Port, where the river fleet moved out a reinforced concrete ship to be used as a mothership, equipped with five artillery pieces on each side, and today was to conduct a live-fire design test.

Wang Xuan boarded the gunboat, and the heads of the Admiralty also crowded up, at this moment, he would rather be shameless and leave his name in the auspicious history of the Navy.

Five ships, accompanied by two warships, began to leave the Hunan military port and headed northwest.

Half a day later, two battleships began to stand guard in the northeast, four battleships lined up, and gunboats in the east, in a pair of fours.

"Personnel evacuated. ”

The gunboat chess player waved the flag and gave the command to the operators of the four target ships to retreat.

A quarter of an hour later, the personnel were evacuated, boarded the transport ship, and returned the 'evacuated' flag.

Zhao Qiang held a simple binoculars in his hand, stared at the west and never put it down, and after seeing the personnel evacuate, he turned his gaze to Wang Xuan.

"What do you think I'm doing, are you the commander of the Navy or am I?"

Zhao Qiang didn't dare to be poor, and said to the herald cylinder: "Pull the distance to 1,200 meters." ”

"Report, the distance has arrived. "The operational group returns that this is the maximum range after calculation.

"Target 1, launch, full load. Zhao Qiang ordered.

"Target 1, launch, full load. ”

The order was passed to the gun crew layer by layer, and the five black holes on the starboard side opened outward, revealing five barrels with thick bowl mouths.

Da Gaoqiang, Song Feng, Zhong Bo and the captains of the ships gathered in the command tower, waiting for the roar of the cannons and waiting to witness history.

"Open the bolt and reload the No. 1 live ammunition. "The gun commander commanded from the side.

"Load the No. 1 launcher. ”

"Load the fuse, close the bolt. ”

"Aim. ”

"Ignition. ”

"Boom", "boom"......

At the same time as the five cannon fires were heard at very small intervals, the hull of the ship slammed to the left, and the command tower was flipped on its back.

Wang Xuan didn't care about the pain, and immediately raised the telescope to observe after getting up.

"It's close to missing the bullet, it's close to missing the bullet again, it's off, this one is even more outrageous, hey, where did the fifth one go?"

As a result, the impact point of the five shells became more and more off, and only the first shell hit the best, and the admirals were also chanting on the side, and there was a buzz of discussion everywhere, which made Wang Xuan dizzy.

The reason for this result is very simple, there were no artillery stabilizers in this era, and the accuracy of the first shot was higher, and at this time, the hull began to move sideways due to the recoil of the artillery, and the shells fired immediately after it had deviated from the original trajectory, and naturally could not hit the target.

The more the generals in the tower command room talked, the happier they became, completely ignoring Wang Xuantieqing's face, or no one noticed his face at all.

The reason for their excitement was also very simple, the momentum just now was loud enough, and the shells hit far enough, even if they missed the target, they were enough to deter the enemy. Taking advantage of the maneuverability of the battleship, close to the last few rounds of shelling, how many ships are not enough to fight, as for the hit rate, is it necessary?

Subsequently, the gunboat fired five more volleys, and at a distance of 1,200 meters, only one shot of the first gun of the fourth round hit the port side of the No. 1 target ship, causing the commanders to howl wolf.

Wang Xuan patted his head, with a headache.

A three-inch solid cannonball, costing five silver coins, a pack full of propellants, costing one gold coin, just a quarter of an hour, forty-five gold coins were punched out, and I was distressed.

"Four more rounds, and the final results. ”

Wang Xuan gave an order, he was reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, and if he was not ruthless to himself, how could he be ruthless to the enemy.

Subsequently, the distance was reduced to a thousand meters, and ten more rounds were fired to evaluate the damage of artillery shells to wooden and concrete ships.

Then there are 800 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters, and 200 meters.

After this round, the distance was re-opened to test the charge limit of the artillery fire. In other words, it's to see how much of the cartridge will blow up.

The five guns on the right side bombarded five more rounds, and finally blew up two guns, and the charge at this time was twice as much as the calculated amount, and everyone underestimated the cannon steel.

Since it was a test of the amount of charge during the explosion, the fuse was extended, and the gunners shrank behind the baffle without hindrance.

Ge Wenbin, Cao Xiaowang and others from the artillery group participated in the whole process and constantly recorded all kinds of data.

On the evening of the 12th, the fleet did not return and dropped anchor in the test area.

"In this trial, we found several problems. "This is the summary meeting of the shelling test, and Ge Wenbin is the first to speak.

"We found that the first shot had the highest hit rate, and the last shot had the lowest hit rate, and after analysis, we learned that it was the first shot to produce the ground recoil, which changed the original set trajectory. ”

This is in line with Wang Xuan's thoughts, he lowered his head, and his fingers tapped the solid wood tabletop, not in a hurry.

This simple and common action gave Ge Wenbin a lot of pressure.

"There is no complete solution for the time being, but there are two ways to compress the time difference of this shelling and indirectly increase the hit rate. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone also became interested, and the percussion suddenly stopped.

"If the density of the shelling is pursued, the firing fuse can be shortened, so that the firing time of each cannon will be very close. ”

Everyone nodded, and everyone understood this truth.

"If accuracy is the pursuit, it is recommended to fire from a single battery, although the shell covers a much smaller area, but the hit rate is much higher. ”

Ge Wenbin gave two options: a large-scale war can pursue a saturation attack, and a small-scale war can choose a fixed-point attack.

However, this is not the result that Wang Xuan wants.