In Xingyao Lake, a huge fleet of transport ships cleaved the waves, sailing from north to south, and the fluttering black flags were full of the meaning of showing off their might.

Feng Qiangzhi and his party of ten people finally returned, and this time they brought back goods of the same value as last time.

Cooperate with Cao Gang again, both parties are very satisfied, and the relationship has begun to warm up in this cooperation.

"I said madman, the last time you sent someone to contact you and say that you would return to Jixiang last month, why did you drag it out for a month?"

It was the person in charge of the Cao Gang who spoke on this trip, Lu Fei.

"It's a long story, I wonder if Brother Lu heard the news of Ji Xiangling's acquisition of baking soda?"

"Is this really the case? I should be spreading false news!"

Lu Fei didn't take this seriously at all, otherwise he would have to try it with the channel of the Cao Gang.

"It's true, of course, and it's because I came back a month late. ”

"So you found it?"

Lu Fei was surprised and envious, a thousand gold coins, this kid's luck is really good.

"I was also lucky, when I was going to the north to do business, I passed through a saline land, and I noticed it out of curiosity, and I thought it would come in handy at this time. ”

Feng Qiangzhi told Lu Fei about the discovery of baking soda, and on the way back, he heard the news that Wang Xuan was looking for the baking soda, so he turned back to collect it.

Lu Fei was envious, and he didn't leave the reward of the thousand gold coins in three sentences.

Feng Qiangzhi saw his intentions, nothing more than wanting to share the soup and drink, the so-called 'ill-gotten gains, those who see it have a share' is the reason.

So he happily promised that if he received the money, he would share it with Lu Fei.

These words made Lu Fei's eyebrows dance, and he hugged Feng Qiangzhi's shoulders and said, he is still mad and righteous.

The boat has been traveling for more than three days, and it is already possible to vaguely see the auspicious outline in the distance, and this departure is half a year, and the family must have changed a lot!

This line of ten people, five months to cross thousands of miles back and forth, is really hard.

But when I think of the sand table in front of the lord's mansion and my shop, all these hard work will be worth it, and my parents at home will be proud of themselves because of it!

After receiving the news that the young master was looking for baking soda, Feng Qiangzhi insisted on returning, not only for money, but also for auspicious development.

According to his analysis of Wang Xuan's performance in the past year, it is certain that baking soda is crucial to the development of the territory.

Therefore, he would rather postpone the return date than bring back the sample, just in case.

Time slowly passed, and the outline of the territory became more and more distinct, and even the busy figures of the lakeside workers could be seen. Sure enough, the wise young master will not let the auspicious carriage stop halfway.

The boats gradually docked at the entrance of the South Star Yao River, underwent the temporary inspection at the checkpoint, and then traveled all the way to the riverside pier in the east of the city.

After Wang Xuan learned that the second batch of people who went to Huyue returned with supplies, he immediately went to visit, he wanted to see these heroes who slept in the open and did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for auspiciousness, and said to them in person that they had worked hard!

Feng Qiangzhi and the others were also flattered to see the young master come to greet him in person, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and report the harvest of the trip.

Wang Xuan praised himself!

Subsequently, Feng Qiangzhi handed over the baking soda sample to Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan was overjoyed, he thought of many ways to get it, but he didn't expect it to be the current situation. With it, the last piece of the glass puzzle is complete. In this way, the development of perfumery, food, tanning and other fields can be started, which will be a catalyst for historical progress and a guiding beacon for the leap forward of civilization.

Wang Xuan dared to be lazy, and immediately prepared a set of tools and utensils and began to inspect them.

The inspection method is very simple, the product after direct heating should be soda ash, which is in powder form. The gas produced during the heating process can make lime water turbid, which is a simple chemical experiment that I have learned in junior high school.

The first verification result met the standard, and it was really a thousand times for her, and Mu Ran looked back, she was unintentional!

At this moment, Wang Xuan was in a surprisingly good mood, and then ordered to reward Feng Qiangzhi and his party with 100 gold coins each, and Feng Qiangzhi's 1,000 gold coins bounty was also distributed.

The impact of this scene on everyone is unprecedented, including Feng Qiangzhi. He had also thought about the various scenarios that might happen now, but when it really happened in front of his eyes, the shock he felt was far more than he had imagined.

When I first held the 5,000 gold coins, I also had a lot of unrealistic ideas, but fortunately, fortunately! Now, my parents should be proud of themselves!

Wang Xuan was so happy that he couldn't look at the white powder that turned into soda, and waved his hand to let Feng Qiangzhi hurry home to reunite, and set off with the military ten days later to buy baking soda in large quantities.

This is a smooth road to the broad road, we must maintain the flow of people and logistics at the north and south ends, and we must buy and transport back!

That night, the affectionate Wang Xuan showed his skills and made a basket of bread, and Hua'er, the little girl who saw the wind and steered the rudder, praised Wang Xuan to the sky.

Early the next morning, Wang Xuan came to the steel mill to verify whether the glass could be produced under the existing conditions.

The reason why I came to the steel mill was to use blast furnace gas to heat the sand and melt it.

The main raw materials of glass are sand, soda ash, limestone, etc., and miscanthus nitrate is used as a clarifier, but it is not needed at this time.

Everything is ready, the raw materials are weighed and proportioned, and then put into the high-temperature kiln for melting, at this time, the soda ash plays a role in reducing the melting point.

The molten liquid flows into the tin bath, where the molten glass floats on the tin and naturally flattens under tension.

After that, it goes to the annealing kiln to remove the internal stress of the glass, and after cooling, the flat plate is obtained.

Watching the liquid glass naturally flatten in the tin tank, Wang Xuan's hanging heart finally let go!

The finished glass of this experiment was taken away by Wang Xuan, and he wanted to try to make a mirror.

If it is successful, the subsequent glass factory and mirror factory can be built at the same time, which is a large amount of money.

The Government Council was very concerned about the collection channels of baking soda, and a day later came up with a plan to deal with it, buying this crystal from Hu Yue in the name of a private person, on the grounds that it was used as an additive for pasta......

As for the price, there is a lot of room for operation, and business dealings are a trick to cheat, especially in unpopular industries, and conscientious manufacturers are also auspicious, and there is no semicolon!

Moreover, baking soda is not worth a penny to Hu Yue, and it should not be difficult to reach an agreement if someone spends money to clean up the garbage.

In order to smooth the business road, the Government Council allocated additional funds to set up bases along the road, one is to smooth logistics, and the other is to lay the groundwork for hidden strength.

Wang Xuan readily agreed to the plan of the Government Council, it doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, it only cares about attitude.

His current focus is on how to produce mirrors. According to common sense, the mirror is made of silver plated glass, and the original method is tinned glass, and then mercury is reacted with tin to produce amalgam, which is highly reflective and has excellent imaging effect.

Wang Xuan processed the tin obtained from the last verification into a thin tin, then attached it to the side of the glass used for the experiment, and then poured mercury.

As time passes, the reaction is gradually completed, and the reaction surface gradually turns pale green.

After a two-quarter reaction, Wang Xuan dried the water with fire, and then he got a simple mirror, and the effect was perfect.

In order to verify the actual effect, Wang Xuan found Hua'er, and under the abduction and temptation of various pits, the ignorant Hua'er was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she shouted that Brother Eliminate evil and promote good, and destroy the monster on the opposite side!

Wang Xuan then used two cousins to test, and the effect was as good as that of Hua'er, and he was very satisfied, and it was time for a new wave of wealth collection plans to start.

In the next few days, Wang Xuan immersed himself in design drawings, including glass factories, mirror factories, perfume factories, and soap factories, all of which were profiteering industries.

At this time, Wang Xuan did not feel tired, he couldn't wait to see the results, the more detailed the planning at this time, the more perfect the results would be.

As the saying goes, blessings are incomparable, and disasters do not go alone, but recently it has been really good.

Last month, the team that set out to explore the cassiterite mine has yielded results, at the foot of the mountain, 20 kilometers south of Jianye Town, Hedong, associated with marble mines, the current reserves are unknown, but easy to mine.

The Government Council then asked Wang Yu to send a security team to clear the road and clear the potential danger and pave the way for the mining of marble and cassiterite.

When the military department handed the report to Wang Xuan angrily, Wang Xuan approved the word 'quasi' for the first time, which caused an uproar from top to bottom, and the authority of the Government Council was unmatched for a while.

In mid-December, the news that Wang Xuan was going to open six new factories was already flying all over the sky!

Among them, the brewery is the fastest, and the plant is close to completion, followed by Wang Bi's Wang's kitchenware, which is under construction, and the other four factories are still in the stage of drawing improvement.

As representatives of the top five auspicious merchants, the Du family, the Gu family, the Yao family, the Guo family, and the Li family have visited Wang Xuan successively, with only one purpose, to become a shareholder.

According to Wang Xuan's idea, except for the eldest sister's Wang's kitchenware and her own winery, the remaining four factories are government-led enterprises for the purpose of generating income. However, the demands of private capital also had to be taken into account, so each factory gave up 20% of its shares to each company.

This 20% of the shares is not cheap, it is enough to 2,000 gold coins, so calculated, each family invests nearly 10,000 gold coins, which scares individuals to death!

Subsequently, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Construction successively consulted the authenticity of the factory, which also made Wang Xuan ugly for a while, because the leakage of the news was due to the flowers.

The little girl is five years old, and Wang Xuan's emphasis on education has led to Zhu'er teaching Hua'er to read and write at the beginning of the year, and Wang Xuan will also teach one or two on weekdays, so the girl has made a lot of progress.

The booklets recorded by Wang Xuan are all kept by Hua'er, out of curiosity, Hua'er occasionally looks through her brother's notes, and this time she happened to see the plan to build a factory, coupled with the child's vanity, which was passed on.

What can Wang Xuan do? The little girl knows that she is wrong, and she avoids Wang Xuan all day of guilt, how can she bear to blame her brother? On the contrary, Wang Xuan racked her brains, wanting to let the little person get out of the shadow of being blamed and face everything generously.

"Brother, this incident has no effect on you, right?" Hua'er was so ashamed that she was about to poke her head into her chest.

"No, sooner or later, it has to be made public, it's just that you have advanced it. Wang Xuan comforted.

"Is that not to blame?" Hua'er was still struggling with this question, and kept asking about it, but Wang Xuan couldn't answer it.

"Yes, I don't blame you, it will be announced sooner or later!"

"Then I'll go to my eldest sister and say that I'm going to make me a new school bag, I have to go and see it, and I'll use it for school next year." ”

Wang Xuan had to smile bitterly, he was eaten to death by this girl.

Four of the six factories in the plan are classified as luxury goods, all of which are government-led enterprises with the aim of making money.

Finance is the bargaining chip for the rise of capital, in order to attract more talents to gather here, thousands of favors are not as good as key projects in hand!

The news has spread, and Wang Xuan also generously announced it, and found Zhao Sheng to explain the plan and let the Government Council prepare for the construction, recruitment, training and other matters of the four factories.

As for Wang's kitchenware and brewery, it is the Wang family's own industry, who dares to put their beaks in it? Could it be that Wang's treatment of everyone is too generous, so that everyone forgets that Wang's feat of investing nearly 500,000 gold coins is not successful?

After Zhao Sheng heard the specific information, he was also excited, these four factories are at least equivalent to today's three Yongsheng, what do you want?

Wang Xuan was silently thinking about family affairs, and the second sister's dowry should also be prepared, the so-called preparedness is like this! It can neither be better than the eldest sister, nor worse than the eldest sister.

How, exactly?