Wang Xuan did not break his promise, and went to the Government Council early the next morning to "work".

The Government Council did not have Wang Xuan's office space, so Zhao Sheng wanted to give his room to Wang Xuan but he refused, in Wang Xuan's words, he came and took a look, what should you do, don't affect the normal operation of the ministries because of him.

Now the whole auspicious is busy with two things, one is food, and the other is road construction.

Food is easy to understand, it is an auspicious lack of food and clothing in half a year, more than a dozen factories have been opened, and nearly 10,000 people have left agricultural production or work, or do business, which has seriously affected the output of grain, and these gaps must be filled no matter what.

Road construction is a prerequisite for auspicious development, since the first pot of gold has been earned, Hedong Road is currently under repair Hedong Road, Hunan East Road, Mosquito Street.

There is Nongxing Road under construction on this side of the river, which means that it connects the farm and the Xingyao River, and there are also some trails between the raw land to be developed.

These four roads are only leveled and compacted in the early stage, and there are no stones and sand on them, so that the progress will be much faster.

After coming to the office of the Ministry of Construction, Wang Xuan was startled by the scene in front of him, the room was full of errand staff, and the people who came in and out were also in a hurry.

Wang Xuan found a gap and asked the guards to call Zheng San out and ask about the construction of these four roads.

After thinking about it for a while, Zheng San fluently reported that Mosquito Street had been leveled, half of the section from Hedong Road to Mosquito Street had been completed, and half of Hunan East Road had been completed. The 'half' here refers to half of the road that has been paved, not half of the entire section.

Because several roads in the east of the river are cars coming and going every day, and the transportation of goods is non-stop, in order not to affect the transportation, one side can only be repaired first, and then the other side can be repaired after it is passable, so the construction does not affect the normal vehicle traffic.

Nongxing Road is simple, after all, the west side of Nongnan Road has already been repaired, only a few kilometers of road on the east side of the Liuyin River can be continued, the only difficulty is the construction of the bridge on the Liuyin River, the construction team is currently studying whether to use wood or stone or cement concrete to build.

"When will the remaining two roads east of the river be leveled?"

"Coming back to the Lord, it should be completed by the end of June, and the progress of adding some new iron tools has been accelerated a lot recently. ”

"Pay attention to construction safety, it will be completed in mid-July, especially the drainage canal should be checked again, there has been more rain recently, and there are puddles on the road surface that it is not beautiful. Wang Xuan still didn't feel at ease and admonished.

"Yes, please rest assured, I will arrange for the technicians of the Production and Construction Corps to check again to ensure that rainy days will not affect travel. ”

Wang Xuan likes Zheng San's style of doing things, clean and neat, less talk and more action. In this way, the main road of the new city can be built, and the land leveling of the expanded area needs to be carried out as soon as possible. At the end of the year, the outline of the city wall was built, several main roads were repaired, and the bridges were completed, and at that time, it was the dry rain season, and the avenues that had been deposited for half a year could be paved with cement.

Thinking of this, Wang Xuan said to Zheng San: "The first phase of the new city construction plan is about to start, mainly land clearing and leveling, building roads and bridges, and building sewers. ”

After saying this, Wang Xuan transferred to the Ministry of Education to learn about the construction progress of Hedong Academy.

Zheng Xingxing made a detailed report: "At the end of April, the construction of Hedong Academy has begun, the structure of stone and wooden houses, which is expected to be completed in half a month. Minister Zheng and I thought that it would be a waste to build a school in each village, not to mention that there would be no teachers, so we applied to Premier Zhao for approval and decided to double the size of Hedong Academy, so that all five villages could be enrolled. ”

"Has the number of school-age children been confirmed?" Wang Xuan asked casually.

According to last year's census records, there are about 2,000 children between the ages of 3 and 14 in Hedong, and there are 50 classrooms and more than 220 dormitories according to the plan. At present, classrooms, canteens, and playgrounds have been completed, and the remaining dormitories are under construction and are expected to be completed by the end of July. ”

"You are doing the right thing, it is important to let the children read and write as soon as possible, and the rest will wait for us to free up our hands for a while and plan carefully, but we must also prepare the school house and dormitory for the children in the coming year, what is the name of the school?"

"It has not yet been named, and the Prime Minister means that it will be named by the Lord when it is completed. Zheng Xingxing said.

"Since it is the first academy and it is located in Hedong, it is called 'Hedong Academy'. Wang Xuan really didn't want to bother with this.

"There are so many schools to be built in the second half of the year, and I can only give you sixteen math teachers here, how do you plan to solve the gap?" Wang Xuan asked about the teacher, and there was also the element of Zheng Xingxing who was tested, and Ji Xiang could not find a teacher who could be competent in other subjects.

"Back to the Lord, there have been several internal discussions, planning to introduce some unsatisfactory young scholars, limited to 20 years old. A moment later, Zheng Xingxing replied.

"What's the secret?" asked Wang Xuan.

"The Lord means auspicious development, try not to attract external attention, then it cannot be publicized on a large scale. Now that auspicious is 'famous', ordinary readers will not consider us. Only those young people who have been suppressed, bullied, and whose lives are not satisfactory will take a risk. ”

Although the words were ugly but reasonable, Wang Xuan motioned for him to continue.

In addition, the auspicious atmosphere is not the same as the outside, there are no slaves and nobles in auspiciousness, we only have our own ideas and styles, and it is difficult for old foreign scholars to identify and adapt. Young people, on the other hand, are more receptive, less fettered and adventurous. As long as we dare to pay, there will be talents to stay. ”

He said a lot, both what Wang Xuan said and what he thought and felt.

"Is there a detailed plan, has it been submitted to the Government Council?"

"The prime minister thinks that the plan is not detailed enough, and asks that the issue of treatment be clearly explained and convincing in black and white, so we plan to make a fuss about the six areas of housing, salary, family work arrangements, children's education, security, and development planning, which are also the issues they are most concerned about. ”

"It was nice and detailed. Wang Xuan smiled with satisfaction, and then asked about the plan for the new school in the second half of the year, and Zheng Xingxing said that he would carry out a full bidding and unified construction.

This is a good thing, so that it can drive the development and growth of private enterprises, which is a good example for those who are interested.

However, the Phoenix School in Xincheng was built by the Construction Corps under the Ministry of Construction, and it was not allowed to be modified without authorization in accordance with Wang Xuan's design requirements.

After lunch in the Government Council, Wang Xuan gave two math lessons to the group of children in the afternoon, learning addition and subtraction within ten. This sounds a bit incredible, but the fact is that there are no Arabic numerals here, so there is no corresponding calculation of the number symbols, and it is difficult for children to learn these 'weird' number symbols first and understand the meaning they represent before they can learn various algorithms.

In the evening, Wang Xuan approached Sun Xing of the Ministry of Commerce, and asked him about the current daily output and inventory of cement and steel, both of which were directly under the Ministry of Commerce.

According to the data mastered by Sun Xing, the current daily output of the cement plant is about 40 boxes per ton, and the steel is limited by ore reserves of about 2,000 catties per day.

"Can the transportation cycle be shortened?" Wang Xuan asked, shortening the transportation cycle means increasing the transportation volume.

"Due to the shortening of the transportation time of the construction of the Hunan East Road by one day, the iron ore was loaded into ships and headed south after reaching the Xingyao River, and then went north along the Liuyin River to the steel mill. Coal transportation is reversed, which is one more day than iron ore return. Sun Xing said.

"Is it the Guo family who runs the river transport?" asked Wang Xuan.

"Yes, they have made a lot of moves in Hedong recently, but they are all inns, restaurants, teahouses, transportation, groceries, etc., and the original industries in Hexi are also gradually being sold, and they look like they want to take root in Hedong. ”

"Is it reliable?" Wang Xuan asked again.

Sun Xing understood what Wang Xuan meant, and after a little contemplation, he replied: "It's quite reliable, this month they added four slightly larger inland river transport ships through unknown channels, there are currently eight on the list, and there are more than twenty small ones, and the sailors are recruited and cultivated by themselves in the territory." Although the goods transported by our water have increased, the freight rate is not rising but falling, and the minister estimates that the Guo family is showing goodwill to the government to share more development dividends of auspiciousness. ”

"There is nothing wrong with businessmen pursuing profits, as long as they do their duty, even if they look ugly, it is harmless, you must increase the guidance and supervision of business behavior, protect the legitimate rights and interests of sailors, and draft relevant laws and regulations as soon as possible to standardize the market and rationalize law enforcement. ”

Sun Xingdu is a little envious of this old boy's luck, monopoly is the most profitable, look at Yongsheng and then look at the Hedong mosquito incense factory, large and small businessmen queue up day and night to pick up the goods, the night market at the door of the mosquito incense factory is simply picked up by these businessmen, even the Guo family inn a little farther away is full every day, so it is not prosperous.

And that's not even counting the growing number of foreign merchants, who were forbidden to enter the auspicious realm, and had to live in simple wooden houses at the entrance to the Xingyao River. That's how many auspicious small merchants and vendors are fed here.

According to the grapevine, the main government wants to build a pedestrian street along the first line of Hunan East Road to provide catering, accommodation, play, and shopping services, and the main target is these businessmen who come to do business with auspiciousness.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, by the first half of next year, there will be 10 factories supplying to the outside world, and the monthly transaction volume will reach no less than 100,000 gold coins. Jixiang has entered a virtuous circle of development, just like a snowball, the volume will become larger and larger.

The lord is not greedy for money, the retainers do not take power, and the officials do not exploit, it is really hard to imagine what such an auspicious leader will look like in two years!