The time has entered December, and the auspicious people have begun to prepare for the New Year, and only the military is still in full swing training.

The 5,000 Xishan Army sent to the Southern Continent was the result of Sun's compromise.

The interior and exterior decoration of Xihe Town still has to rely on auspiciousness to do, after several bargaining confrontations finally reached a cooperation, the previous borrowed 10,000 soldiers and their families are the basis of cooperation, they all moved into auspicious, Wang Xuan is not worried about the existence of instability.

The Xishan Sun clan doesn't have the courage to do this, and the auspicious various intelligence agencies are not decorations.

Subsequently, the decoration team was stationed in Xihe Town.

At the same time, Sun began to build momentum for Xihe Town in an all-round way.

Then, the Xihe Town Government was established to prepare for the next population to settle in.

It is not easy to settle in Xihe Town, Sun has adopted the same policy model as Jixiang to settle down, but the conditions are relaxed a lot, as long as you are from Xishan and have no bad past, you can settle down after paying a large deposit.

Those who have the strength can buy a house or a car, and those who do not have the strength can only live in a rented house, and after the enterprise recruits workers, they can enter the factory to earn money, or work for small enterprises such as restaurants, hotels, and newspapers.

In general, in the decoration of Xihe Town, Wang Xuan earned nearly 10 million yuan, although Sun knew that he was at a loss, he still had to say 'thank you'.

Towards the end of the month, Wang Xuan received a message that would come sooner or later, and Great Xia had developed the first artillery.

This is not good news for auspiciousness.

Once the military balance between the two sides is broken, auspiciousness will fall into turmoil again.

Wang Yu could see it, and enlightened Wang Xuandao: "Even if the artillery is developed in the north, it will take some time to use it in actual combat, not to mention that the performance is unstable, it is only the first generation, and it will not be able to benefit from our artillery at all." ”

Wang Xuan thought about it, thinking that the other party was just copying the auspicious model, whether it was the range or the life of the barrel, it was more than one level worse, and if he wanted to become an army and fight, it would be a year later, to say the least.

"Although it is only the first generation of imitation, it is not careless, Zhao Shengrui's ambition is known to the world, I think the military department still has to strengthen intelligence collection, continue to increase investment in the development of the river fleet, at least have the ability to block the entrance to the North Star Yao River for a long time. ”

Wang Yu pondered that this was His Majesty's minimum requirement for the inland river fleet, so he nodded and agreed, and said, "Your Majesty intends to make Zhong Bo the commander of the river fleet, you see?"

Wang Xuanzheng had this intention, so he said: "I think it's okay, isn't the development of ironclad ships difficult, then let's just start with inland river warships, it doesn't matter if the displacement is smaller, let's accumulate some experience first, after all, you can't eat a fat man in one bite, so let's do technology accumulation first." ”

Wang Yu knew that His Majesty was very obsessed with the so-called ironclad ship, he originally thought that it was just a ship's shell with a layer of ironclad, there was no difficulty, but it was actually difficult to manufacture, not only the manufacture of iron plates was difficult, but even the installation was frequent.

Seeing that His Majesty retreated and started from the boat, he echoed: "It's okay, at least I can accumulate some confidence for the R&D team." ”

Wang Xuan nodded, and said: "The matter of Da Xia's development of artillery, we must notify Hu Yue as soon as possible, we can't only be nervous, they also have to be prepared, it is a matter of time before the artillery is on the ship, if they are caught off guard by Da Xia, we will really be passive." ”

Wang Yu replied: "My subordinates will pass the information through the caravan, for fear that they will open their mouths and ask us for artillery technology." ”

Wang Xuan said: "It's okay to sell some cheaply for their defense, even if the technology is enough, giving him drawings doesn't have the process to produce qualified cannon steel." ”

Wang Yu smiled: "Yes, but Hu Yue has a large iron mine, high purity, and low mining difficulty, should we mix a share?"

Wang Xuan saw that the chief of staff didn't seem to be laughing, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Yes, just take this opportunity to strengthen the control of Beixing Yaohe, and also see if Zhao Shengrui has expanded after having artillery." ”

But he said that Zhao Shengrui, who fell all the ground a while ago, is now in good shape, and Gao Jin feels that he is back to the end of the summer seven years ago.

The research institute set up by Daxia imitation auspiciousness did not cost much money, and now it has finally achieved results, and it is still the artillery technology that Jixiang relies on to survive, and Zhao Shengrui of Zhile has not closed his mouth for a few days.

At the beginning, the introduction of second-hand artillery from Jixiang was strongly advocated by Gao Jin, so Zhao Shengrui loved the house and Wu, and rewarded him severely.

Therefore, Gao Jin has been full of joy recently, and there is no white ding, and he has lived extremely comfortably, and his mentality has returned to seven years ago.

Artillery technology has achieved results, and Zhao Shengrui wants to learn the auspicious method and let the artillery form a separate army.

It is truly an individual 'army'.

Great Xia is not auspicious, there is no auspicious congenital defect restriction of few people, so it is not difficult to set up regimental or division-level artillery, as long as the steel output can keep up and the factory is complete, what is missing is just time.

When it comes to steel production and factory supporting equipment, Daxia still has to seek auspiciousness.

Zhao Shengrui and Gao Jin both know how their first artillery was made, and how the current auspicious artillery was made, and there is still a long way to go to catch up with auspiciousness.

Therefore, Gao Jin then suggested that he should buy complete sets of equipment from Jixiang, even if he suffered a big loss.

"Your Majesty, as long as we are well-equipped, we can build our own industrial machine tools and make all kinds of machinery by ourselves, just like Jixiang. In this way, our production and processing capacity will accelerate like a snowball, we have a large volume, once the scale is formed, not to mention the north-south attack of Jixiang and Hu Yue, even if it is the enemy of the entire Xingyao Continent?"

Zhao Shengrui saw Gao Jin's ambition, why didn't he have such a mentality, so he handed over the matter to him along with the formation of an artillery division.

At the end of the third year of Zhongzhou, Wang Xuan saw the long-lost eunuch Zhuang Bi again.

This time, Zhuang Bi behaved very decently, neither groveling and blindly flattering, nor showing his temperament in a pinched manner, but a little pampered and not shocked, and the taste of light and cloudy.

Wang Xuanxin said in his heart This is the so-called mutual birth, weak countries have no diplomacy, this Great Xia just had confidence, and it was reflected in the expression of the envoy in time.

As usual, after some politeness, Zhuang Bi made his intentions clear.

He is very thorough about the character of King Jixiang, and the think tank has also studied it before coming, and the root cause of the success or failure of the cooperation is not in other things, but in the price code.

Therefore, Zhuang Bi went straight to the point: "Your Majesty, entrusted by the King of Great Xia, the foreign minister wants to buy your country's steelmaking equipment and machining equipment, and the price is negotiable. ”

A good 'price is negotiable', which is a foreshadowing of the road for fear that auspiciousness will directly block the road.

This village wall has a long ability.

Wang Xuan stared at him up and down for a while, and only stopped when he looked panicked.

Then he said: "As long as the equipment is not on the export restriction list, it can be negotiated with the Ministry of Commerce, and the price is also negotiated with the Ministry of Commerce." ”

When Zhuang Bi heard this ambiguous answer, he secretly said in his heart that there were really twists and turns in this matter, otherwise it would not be his turn to earn this credit, so he politely returned the salute and went to the Ministry of Commerce.

Cao Yu has also been a minister in the Ministry of Commerce for several years, and when he saw the envoys of Daxia coming here to discuss business, he received them according to the process.

Seeing that the other party was asking for industrial equipment and equipment related to military production, he began to think about it.

Zhuang Bilaiji said that he was clear, His Majesty asked him to come to the reception, it seemed that he had a plan, so he asked: "I don't know if there is a detailed requisition list?"

Zhuang Bi saw that the other party did not make it difficult, and the means prepared were not used, so he went straight to the topic, but he was stunned, and it took a while to react.

"Ah, oh, that's the list, and of course, if you have any other suggestions, we can take them as well. ”

The Ministry of Commerce's willows and flowers made Zhuang Bi's heart feel a little calm, and after a sigh of relief, he hurriedly showed a friendly gesture, although he could not pay bribes openly, so he came secretly, and donated two luxury carriages to the Ministry of Commerce under the pretext of 'good-neighborliness, friendship, and enhanced exchanges between the two countries', and prepared 50 luxury gift packages as a meeting gift, which were given together.

Cao Yu thought about it again and again, and then smiled.

The requisition list of Daxia is very detailed, from the mining transport vehicles and their tracks, to the smelting blast furnace, forming equipment, forging equipment, large cranes, to the production of artillery stamping equipment, molds, lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, planers, etc.

This is simply an insult to the IQ of the mascot!

I bought the artillery and got it cheap, and this time I want to do it again?

It's really true that His Majesty the King and the Government Council have collectively suffered from amnesia, and they are at your mercy, Daxia is simply too deceitful.

He believed that the cabinet and His Majesty would definitely have some countermeasures, so he said to Zhuang Bi, who was expecting on his face: "These equipment are a little sensitive, and all kinds of lathes, smelting blast furnaces, forging and forming equipment under the control are prohibited from being exported, and the others are easy to say." ”

The facial expression of Zhuang Bi on the opposite side was directly frozen on the boundary between the two heavens of ice and fire, and he couldn't tell whether there was more crying or laughing, which was very funny, and Cao Yu was very relieved.

"If you want to buy controlled goods, you must first agree with the research institute, and then with the approval of the cabinet. ”

Cao Yu's words pulled up the wall of the village like an ice cave, and in the half day from Xiangyuan to the Government Council, he had experienced several great joys and sorrows, and this would gradually come back to his senses and return to his original intention.

If you want to complete this purchase task, you can only use money to smash it.

Cao Yu saw that the other party's expression gradually calmed down, but he also secretly praised himself and waited for the other party to open conditions.

Zhuang Bi was silent for a while, drank a few sips of tea during the period, took the opportunity to think about it secretly, and asked a little tentatively: "Then let's talk about the price of non-managed equipment first, presumably Daxia can still afford it." ”

This is for fear that the auspicious asking price is too dark, suggesting that Cao Yu should not go too far.

Cao Yu said with a smile: "The Great Xia Land is a big thing, the Bo family has a big business, not to mention a few pieces of equipment, even if you buy the whole auspiciousness, it is not a problem." ”

On the contrary, Zhuang Bi will not be able to accept this.

No matter how big Xia is, no matter how big the family is, isn't it still deflated again and again in the hands of a little auspicious.

In the end, he was forced to publicly admit Jixiang's independence and become the fourth kingdom of the entire continent, which made Great Xia lose face.

Buy auspicious?

Either the King of Great Xia is crazy, or the King of Auspiciousness has water in his brain.

After touching a nail that was neither hard nor soft, Zhuang Bi no longer mixed personal feelings into the exchange, and began to do business, anyway, it was all Daxia's money.

Once both sides have the right attitudes, progress will be faster.

In the end, the unit price of the mining vehicle finalized in the first round is 100 gold coins, the track is 1000 gold coins per 100 meters, the large crane is 10,000 gold coins, and the installation fee is 5,000 gold coins per set.

In this way, Great Xia ordered 1,000 mining vehicles, 20,000 meters of synchronous tracks, and 20 large cranes, with a total value of 600,000 gold coins.

The price is not much, but the profit accounts for a lot, which is as much as 50%.

This is different from other commodities of sea trade, in addition to auspicious local procurement, the first type of industrial equipment exported, which is of great significance.

Of course, these are all contracts of intent, and have no legal effect, and it is impossible to say that after the relaxation of other equipment, these established prices will change.

After coming out of the second floor, Zhuang Bi went to the third floor.

After some process, I met Sun Xing, the youngest cabinet minister in Jixiang.

Sun Xing's attitude was also quite intriguing, and he only said that he could give an answer only after internal research.

In desperation, Zhuang Bi could only try to quote the price, and the equipment under his management started with 100,000 gold coins.

Sun Xing didn't have any tendentious statement, just asked him to go back and wait patiently, and let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs inform him when there was a result.

Subsequently, Sun Xing went to Zhang Yun's office and asked how to deal with this matter.

Zhang Yun said with a smile: "Our Majesty's meaning is very clear, we want to make money in Daxia, but we can't transfer the core equipment. ”

Sun Xing said: "The other party is not a fool, can they agree?"

Zhang Yundao: "As long as there is demand, the rest is nothing more than a price problem, the big deal is to modify a few edge devices as a gimmick and raise the overall purchase price. ”

Sun Xing thought to himself, this is a national defense, and it is another hammer deal, and Daxia really didn't suffer any losses.

As His Majesty said, problems that can be solved with money are not called problems.

Of course, all that can be sold are equipment that has been manipulated.

"Well, there must be a charter. ”

Zhang Yun said comfortably: "I was afraid that you would be miscellaneous, so I didn't talk to you in advance, the research institute is already doing an assessment, and there will be a detailed list of equipment transformation and accompanying performance reports, how can Your Majesty leave such a big thing alone." Daxia obviously wants to 'steal' our technology this time like last time, but now it's different from the past, and they're afraid that they will steal chickens and rice. ”

Zhang Yun also felt it.

Although it took three years for Great Xia to imitate the auspicious generation of artillery, it also showed the advantage of talent.

In recent years, Jixiang has tried all kinds of means, desperately competing for talents with the entire continent, but due to congenital deficiencies and limited, the real talents will rarely choose Jixiang as the object of allegiance, although you are the 'Fourth Kingdom', but after all, the time is still short, the foundation is money, and there is no background.

This year is slightly better, and the successful rooting of the southern continent has gradually made the auspicious momentum gradually rise.

Coupled with high social welfare benefits and good living conditions, it has also attracted many middle and high-end talents.

Local education has also gradually yielded results, and nearly 1,000 talents of all kinds are sent to various demand units every year, which really saves him a lot of heart.

Tens of millions of colleges and universities have been invested in the construction of several colleges and universities, and there will only be more and more talents in the future.

At that time, it was its own 'hematopoietic' ability, which changed from traditional handicraft workshops to assembly line operations.