On April 5th, the breeze and drizzle kissed every inch of the auspicious collar's skin, and the splashing mist covered the newly awakened earth with a hazy veil, like a shy girl next door, dodging her gaze from time to time.

The seedlings in the rice fields sway with the spring breeze, and they look like undulating waves as far as the eye can see.

The industrious mascot faced the breeze and drizzled and started the day's work early.

Wang Xuan took the little hand of the flower and strolled through the streets and alleys of the old city. Maybe it's the freshness brought by the spring rain, or the joy that comes from everything going well, the brother and sister made a temporary decision, and they had today's trip to the rain.

At this time, the pedestrians on the road are thinning, and the curling smoke drifts to the breeze, and only the elderly are still busy picking up the scraps.

When the pedestrians from time to time saw the brother and sister, they all stopped, smiled and saluted, and some elderly people stepped forward from time to time to chat a few words, and the picture was very harmonious.

"Brother, I'm hungry. Hua'er took Wang Xuan's hand, raised her head and protested with some grievances.

"Then find a stall outside this morning and eat some casually?" Wang Xuan made a suggestion.

The flowers are very moving, the little head is up and down, the two braids behind the ears are also dancing, and the eyebrow bangs on the forehead are tightly glued together by the rain and mist, exuding innocence.

"Then we'll have to go to the other side of the avenue, where there are more stalls. ”

"Well, but I'm tired of walking, what should I do?" the villain played unscrupulously, his hands accompanied by the voice, and he beat the sides of his thighs from time to time.

At this time, Wang Xuan picked it up and raised it high above his head, and the hearty laughter of flowers suddenly sounded in the air, and the attendants also smiled at the corners of their mouths, and followed behind tacitly.

There are fewer shops on the street in the old city, and some customers have come to work in the factory, and some of the shops have closed their shops and bought coal stoves to set up mobile stalls, making more money than before.

Hua'er looked at the shops on both sides wantonly in Wang Xuan's arms, "There, brother, shall we go there to eat dumplings?"

Wang Xuan followed the direction of Hua'er's finger, and really found a store called 'Sanya Dumpling Shop', so he walked straight over.

Sanya and her husband Xiaohui are busy inside, eating dumplings and chatting from time to time.

Wang Xuan's arrival broke the tranquility and comfort of the small restaurant, and everyone hurriedly got up and saluted, hurriedly ended the breakfast, and fled as if leaving the dumpling shop.

Sanya is quite calm, after all, she is the daughter of the prime minister, she has seen some of the world, and her performance is much better than her helpless husband.

"You go get busy, I'll talk to the young master. Sanya didn't want her husband to continue to be embarrassed here, so she found a reason to support him, and then turned to Wang Xuan and smiled apologetically.

"The shop is a little small, and the decoration is not reasonable, so I'll redesign it for you when I have time." Wang Xuan saw that it was Zhao Sheng's third daughter who opened the shop, and after entering the house, he put down the flowers and let her play, and he took a rough look at Sanya's shop, and said casually.

"It's all the young master's kindness, and he dares to bother the young master again. Although this shop is a little smaller, it also has a considerable amount of income every day, and I don't know how much better than usual. Wang Xuan could see that Sanya was very satisfied with the current situation, and always smiled. At this time, Xiaohui also made tea and brought it up, smiled at Wang Xuan, and asked Wang Xuan to use tea.

Wang Xuan nodded in thanks, Xiaohui hurriedly waved his hand and said that he didn't dare, and then retreated. Wang Xuan watched him leave and said to Sanya: "The third brother-in-law is a sincere person." ”

Seeing that Wang Xuan still called her when she was a child, Sanya immediately smiled, pointed to the inner room and said, "He is a fool, clumsy, and has no strength." ”

Wang Xuan also smiled cooperatively, and chatted with Sanya about the past when he was a child, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

A group of seven people finally ate seven dumplings, a total of seven copper plates, and Wang Xuan spent a while to spend the money.

Qing'er took Wang Hua back to the lord's mansion, and today is a school holiday, she can go to the eldest sister and the second sister to play crazy all day. And Wang Xuan himself walked towards the Government Affairs Yuan, and the matter of Xishan Ling needed to be solved urgently.

In the small conference room on the third floor, Zhao Sheng, Wang Zhi, Liu Quan and other five people were there, and Wang Xuan reported the news brought by yesterday's time to everyone.

"I have agreed to the conditions of Xishan Ling, but the specific details of the cooperation still need to be discussed. Wang Xuan made a suggestion.

The cooperation with Xishanling involves construction and foreign affairs, so Zhao Xiaoshan and Zhang Yun have the most right to speak, and Wang Zhi and Liu Quan are also waiting for the two to speak.

After Zhao Xiaoshan and Zhang Yun glanced at each other, Zhang Yun opened his mouth first.

"In this case, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will arrange personnel to send personnel to Xishan Ling as soon as possible to communicate and coordinate with the Sun family in advance, and at the same time negotiate the exchange of envoys, which I think is conducive to cooperation and exchanges between the two sides and can save a lot of time and money. ”

"The Ministry of Construction will organize the technical personnel of the bridge construction to go to Xishanling as soon as possible to conduct on-site surveying and mapping, estimate the cost, and at the same time conduct a feasibility assessment of the bridge. Once an agreement is reached, I propose that the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately set up a working group to take full responsibility for this cooperation. ”

Wang Xuan listened to Zhao Xiaoshan's words and did not say anything, at this time Liu Quan asked about transportation, whether it is coal or building materials, ships are needed to transport, but Jixiang only has small boats, which are not suitable for long-distance transportation.

Auspicious to Daxia, the waterway takes nearly four days, this is a straight line, but to Xishan Ling, you have to take the diagonal line, some estimates, how to take five days. Regardless of the size of the boat, whether it is suitable for long-distance transportation or not, how should we deal with it if we encounter water bandits? Who can guarantee that there are no water bandits entrenched at the foot of the mountains west of the lake, otherwise how can we explain that the ships that occasionally disappear in that area of water will all capsize?

This is also a problem that Wang Xuan is worried about, Jixiang finally has a chance to go out, and it is extremely difficult for him to give up. Although there are all kinds of murderous opportunities hidden in the opportunity, he will not give up food because of choking, and timidity can only make auspiciousness hold back. People have to grow up after all, auspiciousness is also, the real warrior should not be afraid of difficulties and obstacles, facing difficulties, only in the wind and rain to grow up auspicious, is the auspiciousness of the mascot.

Everyone was also thinking about the problems raised by Liu Quan, looking for solutions, and the conference room was unusually quiet for a while.

After a long while, Wang Xuan spoke: "When I asked Lord Shi to help us purchase iron ore auspiciously, I said that the coal ship of Daxia would transport it on my behalf, and Jixiang would pay the freight. In today's situation, can the iron ore from Xishan be transported by land to the Xingyao River Estuary Wharf in Hubei, and then transported to Jixiang by coal carriers?"

This is a method that Wang Xuan has come up with for a long time, and the difficulty is not in the water transportation, but in the land transportation from Xishan to the Xingyao River Wharf. First of all, it is necessary to cross many territories, each of which has to be dealt with, and even then there is no guarantee that someone will be in the dark, and secondly, transportation and security.

It takes six days for heavy wagons to travel from Xishan to Hekou Wharf, and there must be numerous bases along the way to provide transportation teams for repair, and after arriving at Hekou Wharf, there must be sufficient manpower to carry the ore to the warehouse for storage, and then load it in time when the coal ship passes. Everywhere in this process needs to be guarded, and a transport team cannot support such a huge amount of transportation, people and horses are not machines, they always have to rest.

Everyone began to deduce in their minds according to Wang Xuan's train of thought, and gradually discovered the problem, Jixiang had to solve the problem of ships and bandits by transporting himself, and it was not easy to solve diplomatic and security problems with the transportation of coal fleets.

In this comparison, everyone only needs to judge which is easier, ship or diplomacy, after all, the lesser of two powers.

"In this way, in addition to the proposal of Committee Member Zhang, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has added one more item, that is, communication and exchange with the territory through which land transport passes, and I am very confident in our auspicious goods, and at the same time very confident in their love for gold coins. Business cooperation is easier than fighting and killing, you can make money openly, who will be stupid behind the back, how to say that a fig leaf on the face is better than nothing. ”

Zhao Sheng's words resonated with everyone, business cooperation is promising, the products of the territory can be exported continuously, and at the same time in exchange for auspicious minerals, cloth, silk, medicinal materials, etc., this is a matter of benefit to both parties, once the scale is formed, the small profit of iron ore is not worth mentioning, and the safety problem will be solved.

"I agree with the Prime Minister's opinion, what do you think?" Wang Xuan thought he could give it a try.

"I agree. Liu Quan and Zhang Yun replied at the same time.

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

Since Zhao Sheng's current work focuses on the construction of Lianhua Town, Wang Xuan appointed Zhang Yun as the team leader, Zhao Xiaoshan as the deputy team leader, and the ministers of relevant ministries and commissions as team members. At the same time, everyone is required to work together without prevarication.

After lunch, the technicians of the glass factory approached the security department and applied for the installation of glass in the government affairs institute, and Wang Xuan readily agreed.

An hour later, more than a dozen carriages stopped one after another in front of the north gate of Zhengxi Road and the south gate of the Government Affairs Yuan. At this time, the offices of various ministries and commissions were notified, and everyone looked at the group of workers with great interest, and from time to time exchanged ideas about related topics.

The products shipped from the glass factory are all small-sized glass, and the floor-to-ceiling windows and conference room windows cannot be installed, so they can only be installed on the doors and windows of ordinary offices.

Wang Xuan also saw the scene of installing glass on the scene for the first time, and the technician installed the whole piece of glass on the assembled window shelf, fixed it with bamboo nails, and then installed the window shelf into the window. The glass on the door is directly installed, and the upper part of each door has two pieces of glass on the left and right, and the middle is a wooden joint, which is also fixed with bamboo nails.

Where have other people seen glass, this is a new thing, known as a magical object comparable to Yongsheng ceramics, the director of the glass factory at this time is still vacant, because the competition is too fierce, and the above can not be chosen for a while, so it has to be temporarily empty.

A group of staff had no intention of working, gathered in groups of three or five, pointing at the glass from time to time, bursts of admiration, Wang Xuan and the people of the Government Council were also watching the construction on the balcony on the third floor.

"This is a big deal, the glass required by the entire government council is thousands, compared with the price of ceramics, glass alone is worth the construction cost of the three government councils." Wang Xuan was a little complacent.

After Zhao Sheng heard Wang Xuan's words, he almost didn't lose his breath, when he spent 30,000 gold coins to build such a luxurious government affairs yuan, he was reluctant; The other four people also smacked their tongues, and secretly decided that the glass on the door and window must not be stolen.