Zhuang Bi, who went back to wait for the letter, was not idle, and met with the ambassador of Daxia to Ji in the middle of the month.

Wang Xuan didn't care about what they talked about, because if necessary, the intelligence officers would even sort out the expressions of the two when they chatted and send them to his desk.

This has always been his pride and his biggest killer feature.

Jixiang's intelligence system is divided into four levels, and the highest level is in his own hands, counting the six people who went to the Great Xia Capital with him at the beginning, there are now fifteen people.

These people are destined to never see the light of day, maybe only once in a lifetime, maybe not in a lifetime.

But their value cannot be denied because of this, because as long as they move, it is a major event to change the balance, and it is the nuclear weapon in Wang Xuan's hands.

The second level is controlled by the Military Intelligence Bureau, which is currently in charge of Wang Yu, mainly monitoring external information, dividing and dividing, spying on intelligence, and bribing assassinations.

The third level is controlled by the National Security Bureau, which mainly monitors the internal and anti-espionage, chaos and anti-counter-attack.

The fourth level is a non-governmental organization, working under the guidance of the government, and this level has no fixed tasks, just collecting, probing, and integrating information from all parties, and passing on useful information to the National Security Bureau.

The NSA will report it to the next level after evaluation.

In order to maintain the normal operation of these intelligence lines, Xiangyuan invests no less than 8 million yuan a year, and it is still increasing at an annual rate of 1 million.

The intelligence personnel of the first and second levels have a high IQ, and they are good at mixing in society, and they all have their own careers on the surface, so the eight million yuan is mainly invested in the intelligence work of the third and fourth levels.

For example, equipment supply, personnel training, public relations expenses, pensions, project costs, etc., although they do not look like many individually, they can't bear to have many projects, and they can't play with any lack of money.

It's going to be the Chinese New Year, and the families of the first-level and second-level intelligence officers have added a huge amount of money, which is directly issued by Xiangyuan in the name of the 'national contribution bonus'.

In the past few years, I have not seen my children, and only one or two letters have been sent every year, and I am only doing business outside, but I don't know what kind of business it is.

Since last year, at the end of each year, the family will receive nearly 10,000 gold coins of the 'national contribution bonus', and the family members are combined, and only the children who have not returned from abroad are likely to contribute to the country, and they will have a bottom in their hearts.

Level 3 and Level 4 bonuses are issued by the government.

Seeing that the smell of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, Zhuang Bi also wants to go home for the New Year after finishing the matter earlier, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified him not to handle external business before the year.

knew the word "drag" used by auspiciousness, but he had to bear it.

This year's New Year is more colorful than ever, fireworks, firecrackers, Chinese New Year's Eve party, crosstalk special session, sketch special session, dance special session, various performances and activities are colorful, and Wang Xuan also took his family to watch a few shows.

What is different from the past is that many entertainers from Daxia, Hu Yue and even the Western Zhou Dynasty have also joined in, making the auspicious variety show more 'international'.

In this regard, Wang Xuan is very happy to hear about it.

The major newspapers and periodicals of Auspicious also reported on the grand occasion of the four-year Spring Festival Gala in Zhongzhou, focusing on the positive social impact brought by the participation of foreigners.

At the same time, it explains the great achievements of Jixiang's work in Zhongzhou for three years, from army building to government governance, from expanding domestic demand to land expansion, and comprehensively interpreting Jixiang's military and political achievements under the wise leadership of His Majesty the King.

Due to the popularity of sea trade, auspicious financial revenue has skyrocketed this year, and the 70 million that Wang Xuan brought back has only spent 50 million, and there are still 20 million in his hands, in Zhang Yun's words, this year's money is not spent, rather than deliberately wasted, it is better to leave it to be spent next year in more needed places.

The prime minister spoke, and Wang Xuan couldn't drop 20 million in a few days, so it was natural.

There is money, so whether it is a private enterprise or a state-owned enterprise, or the government or Xiangyuan enterprises, they have increased bonuses.

The front-line employees of the steelmaking plant started with 100 gold coins each, the cement factory also reached 80 gold coins, the daily chemical factory soared directly to 12, and the hardware factory and farm tool factory broke the 155 mark.

This is just a bonus issued within the factory, and the government has never been so rich as this year, so an additional support fund ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 yuan has been issued to the enterprise as a research and development fund for product upgrading and upgrading.

For the first time, the civil servant's bonus exceeded the 180 gold coins of the Yongsheng Porcelain Factory, reaching the threshold of 200 gold coins.

In addition, the holiday benefits are even more abundant.

In the past, it was just a big gift package per person, and at most there were different gifts according to the level.

This year, it was directly replaced by a horse-drawn carriage, and a whole cart of gifts for each person was contracted by Guo's Express and delivered to their respective homes.

This is not the end, King Ji Xiang allocated another 200,000 from the inner treasury to reward the public servants.

Jixiang is now only a public official in his early 1,000s, and counting the personnel of the Ministry of Public Security, there are only 6,000 people, and each person can get more than 30 gold coins on average, which is quite a lot.

In addition, Xiangyuan released information that His Majesty plans to raise the salary of all civil servants by 10%.

This equates to at least one extra month's salary per person per year......

As for the benefits of the army, there are also different versions that flow out.

Some people said that the military department has made a lot of money through sea trade this year, and for the first time there has been a surplus in the treasury of the logistics department, and the three armed forces have issued a total of 200,000 yuan in bonuses.

It is also said that His Majesty saw that the military department did not issue much and the gap between it and the public servants was too large, so he allocated another 2 million from the inner treasury and sent it over, and asked the black manager to buy 20,000 sets of gift packages and send them directly to the homes of military families.

I don't know if it's true or not, but it's true that Guo's Express is recruiting a large number of couriers.

Due to the compulsory military system, the labor force in the market began to be tight, so the intermediaries had to hit the idea of the three no-personnel under the waves and the embankment.

They deserved to be lucky enough to catch this special moment.

The government consulted the Cabinet, and the Cabinet consulted Xiangyuan.

In the end, under the expectant eyes of Concubine Shu, His Majesty shook his hand and signed the word 'agree'.

Nearly 1,000 families who were allowed to be naturalized and auspicious have bowed down in the direction of Xiangyuan in accordance with the old etiquette, saying that they will thank His Majesty and Niangniang for their great kindness, and that they will never forget it, which has aroused the interest of a large number of foreign reporters.

These people are divided into 11 groups, which are settled in the three districts of eight towns (the scope of Jixiang City is counted as a direct jurisdiction), and they are trained by special personnel and are familiar with the business.

On the third day of the fourth year of the Lunar New Year in Zhongzhou, Qian Duoduo entered Xiangyuan with a convoy, and then entered the research institute with a car full of gold coins.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the musket team and steam unit of the research institute were already at work.

Dean Qian brought the news that His Majesty will come to the institute on the 15th day of the middle month to listen to the research results of the two projects, which made everyone wind up.

Since the sixth day of the new year, Wang Xuan has taken his family to play in the auspicious land like an ordinary person.

"The government has been working since the eighth day of the new year, is it not good for us to come out at this time?" Qing'er took Wang Jing by the hand, worried.

Wang Xuan waved his hand, "My merits and demerits are not measured by sitting on duty, it is just a patent for mediocrity, not my style." ”

Qing'er stared at Wang Xuan in a daze, listening to his 'unashamed' words, she laughed out loud, "No face and no skin again!"

Xiao Wang Jing also echoed on the side: "Dad has no face and no skin, ashamed." ”

"Haha, but Dad likes it. ”

Wang Xuan held the giggling, ball-like little Wang Jing in his arms and strode towards the newly built botanical garden in Chiba Town.

Time is a little tight, tomorrow I have to go to Baicao Town to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of Agricultural University, and in the afternoon I have to go to Lianhua Town to teach Xiao Wang Jinghua boat.

Knowing that His Majesty's family was on vacation, the cabinet only gave the foundation laying ceremony of the Agricultural University an event arrangement, and Wang Xuan could do whatever he wanted the rest of the time.

So until the fifteenth day of the middle of the month, Wang Xuan had visited the five towns and two districts in the local area.

From the smiling faces of the three girls, he felt a little satisfied.

Arrived at the research institute on time, Liu Zhan, the leader of the musket group, and Han Yue, the new leader of the steam unit, had been waiting for a long time.

Everyone went to the musket trial production workshop first, and Wang Xuan set a target for them to produce 300 pieces per month, this time to see the maturity of the process, and then evaluate the feasibility of changing the whole army.

The trial production workshop is located in the north of the Musket Research Institute, near the Xingyao Lake embankment, and is guarded by guards directly affiliated with the Institute.

Before entering the courtyard, Wang Xuan heard the roaring sound of machines inside.

What catches the eye is a boiler about one and a half people high, surrounded by three people, sitting on an all-metal base, and the coal below is burning.

"The steam pipe at the top is connected to the cylinder next to it, and a small turbine is connected to the back of the cylinder, which uses the waste heat of the steam to push the turbine to improve the efficiency of the entire drive. ”

Han Yue took the initiative to explain, "We have added a speed regulating mechanism to control the rotation speed of the output. In addition, after testing, a set of three cylinders was the most suitable, which was an improved version of the Type 3 steam engine. ”

Wang Xuan was a little excited, pointed to the speed regulating mechanism and said, "How many gears are adjustable?"

Han Yue said: "At present, there are three, and these are the three radii of the transmission gear that change the speed. ”

Wang Xuan looked at it, it looked very similar to the transmission gear of a transmission car, so he understood most of it, and asked Liu Zhan instead: "How many barrels can be produced per day after using the three-type steam engine?"

Liu Zhandao: "This type three steam engine has just worked for less than three days, and the maximum daily output is about 20 from the average production capacity of these three days, mainly because the strength of the drill bit is insufficient, and the drill bit must be changed every time after drilling, and the time is wasted on this." ”

Wang Xuan felt that this was normal, and after having a more powerful steam engine, at least the processing capacity of the tool would rise by a step, and the strength of the drill bit would also rise.

In these years, the breakthrough of new materials depends on luck, so he asked: "How to deal with the waste drill bits?"

"Back to Your Majesty, after checking the quantity, send it to the steel mill for further processing, the quality is often lower, but it can be used in other aspects. Liu Zhan said.

Wang Xuan asked again: "How many times can a drill bit be returned to the furnace?"

Liu Zhan said: "You can only return to the furnace once, otherwise there will be more and more impurities, and the quality will decline seriously, making it difficult to use." ”

Wang Xuan understood that the same is true for the navy's scrapped naval guns, which will be transferred to the army to continue to serve, and will not be melted as key components for mechanical equipment until the error range exceeds the specifications.

Fortunately, after the opening of the sea trade, the wealth of the two continents slowly converged to Jixiang, otherwise Wang Xuan really couldn't afford the high research and development costs, and he would have to go bankrupt.

After another visit, Wang Xuan instructed: "Communicate more with non-ferrous metal smelters and steel mills, communicate regularly, isn't there a material research institute, and ask them." ”

Liu Zhan immediately became excited, "Yes, the minister will ask Team Leader He when he goes back, hehe." ”

In the past, he had not asked He Fei to talk about new materials, but every time he didn't get a positive reply from the other party, this time he had a 'holy decree', and he was relieved.

He Fei, who was analyzing the different properties of several materials under different ratios, suddenly sneezed, and secretly said that he was afraid that he would be remembered by someone again.

This is also normal, he sneezes almost every few days.

The people of the entire materials research institute went to work in the eighth year of junior high school, and there was no way, all parties were staring at them.

It's just like this, the key is to use His Majesty to talk about things and pressure him at every turn, which makes him very aggrieved, after all, His Majesty also said that studying this thing is very weird, and it always comes inadvertently.

Therefore, despite the hard work of the researchers in the institute, they can only bottle new water in old bottles and do some experiments on the ratio of different materials before discovering new materials.

After coming out of the Musket Research Institute, Wang Xuan went to the Steam Engine Research Institute again.

According to Han Yue's explanation, the three-type steam engine used for the manufacture and drive of large-scale equipment such as warships adopts a separate condenser, a thermal insulation layer outside the cylinder, an oil-lubricated piston, a planetary gear, a parallel motion connecting rod mechanism, a centrifugal governor, a throttle valve, a pressure gauge, etc., so that the efficiency of the steam engine has been increased to more than three times that of the original, and it has the prerequisites for industrial application.

The design of the new Type 4 steam engine is in full swing.

The first huge improvement was the separation of the cylinder from the condensing cylinder by a single valve.

This improvement increased the efficiency of the steam engine.

The next improvement is to automate the operation of the valve, the current model is still driven by a balance lever and tie rod mechanism, and the fourth type adds a sandwich layer to the outer wall of the cylinder, and heats the cylinder wall with steam to reduce condensation losses.

"There is also a new feature of the four-type book, that is, 'small', not only small in size, but also a lot smaller in weight, but it is stuck in the material, and it cannot produce high-pressure boilers. ”

It's the material again, Wang Xuantou is a little big, so he replied: "Design first, how much can be completed, and wait for the material to break through and directly set up the project, I want to see the real thing in the shortest possible time." ”

"Yes, we have been implementing the guiding ideology of His Majesty's 'production generation, research and development generation, and pre-research generation', and we dare not have any slackness. ”

Wang Xuan nodded, the investment of a large number of gold coins is still effective, and at this rate, there is hope to travel by steamship this year.

After returning to Xiangyuan, the guard said that it was Feng Qiangzhi who asked to see him.

Feng Qiangzhi? He was afraid that he had come for the inland river transportation business, so he asked the guards to invite him in.