Wu Song accompanied Zhao Chongyang to visit below for an hour, and returned to the ground with the hanging basket that went up to the alkali mine. A few little sisters asked if it was fun to do it below? Next time, bring them down to open your eyes. Zhao Chongyang nodded in agreement.

Zhao Chongyang took a look at the color of the alkali ore pulled up, it was as white as a snowball, with a sodium carbonate content of more than 95 percent, and also contained a small amount of potassium carbonate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and table salt and other impurities. In the glass, soap, soap and paper industry, trona can be used directly, and only edible soda ash needs to be separated and purified for refining.

Zhao Chongyang and the others didn't stay here for long, and then took the four little goddesses to the No. 2 mine. Several people waited here for a while, and after the hanging basket came up, they went down to the No. 2 mine in the hanging basket. A few little fairies walked around the crystal palace-like mines, satisfied their curiosity, and happily returned to the surface.

After arriving on the ground, Zhao Chongyang took out the inventory materials and began to deal with them. Put ten bicycles in the Anpeng base, teach everyone to ride, and ask all the main persons in charge to learn. In case of emergency, bicycles are used by messengers. Let people send five to Tongbai County, two for the staff, three for sale, fifteen to Xinyang, one for Shijipo and Wakou Town, thirteen for Xinyang, three for their own use, ten for sales, twenty-five to Nanyang, seven to stay in Tangzhou, eighteen to Nanyang, 50,000 bicycles for one, wholesale 45,000, sold to Hu Shang 120,000 taels of silver. Toy binoculars, one for cadres at or above the platoon level of the Self-Defense Forces, one for backbone cadres above the squad leader level of the special training camp, and only for Hu businessmen, one for 100,000 taels of silver. Imitation glass plastic mirror: 50,000 large dressing mirrors, 10,000 large round mirrors, 3,000 small round mirrors, Hu Shang to directly double. After formulating the price, let the convoy of soda ash bring the goods to Xinyang, and the imitation glass mirrors are appropriately distributed according to the size of the market, and Zhao Chongyang named these imitation glass mirrors as lightweight water jade mirrors. In addition, the exquisite glass bottle was filled with immortal drunken liquor, which was directly sold to Hu Shang for 100,000 taels per bottle. All of the above products are sold in limited quantities in various places. Wang Qing asked them for a lot, and gave them a 20% discount and wholesale.

After the principles for handling the various rare commodities exchanged from the system were settled, the work here was gradually on the right track. Zhao Chongyang is preparing to take Tang Long back to Jiangnan and let Tang Long go to Dongshan Island in Taihu Lake to realize his dream. By the way, bring ammonia and nitric acid to Ling Zhen and them, and let them make ammonium nitrate explosives. Then, seventy or eighty people were selected to learn the method of using flat glass to cross the silver mirror, and after producing the flat glass, the glass mirror was slowly made.

At this time, Tang Long's uncle, Tang Yongwang, the head of the Tang family, sent a fast horse to Anpeng, and asked Zhao Chongyang to go to Tangzhou to discuss important matters. Several people with fifty guards and dozens of carriages, pulling trona, and some of the goods to Tangzhou. Now there are no bandits along the way, and horse-drawn carts carrying coal and iron ore pass by this road every day. Zhao Chongyang instructed that all convoys should put a hoe in the trunk for a long time, dig the hoe and shovel hoe half, and when there are potholes or landslides on the road, immediately repair and fill in them, and the steep slope should be slowed down, and the narrow road should be widened, and the road should be kept smooth and smooth for a long time. In the future, there will be more slag. As each empty vehicle departs, the slag is pulled along the pavement. After two years, if all the roads are paved with slag, you can travel on a light rainy day.

Zhao Chongyang took four little fairies, sat in a shock-absorbing carriage, played poker and mahjong all the way, and arrived in Tangzhou without feeling tired of the journey. Several people got out of the carriage, Wu Song, Shi Xiu and Tang Long handed over the goods that the two families wanted to the relevant personnel, and everyone was picked up by the people sent by the Hu family and the Tang family.

Everyone came to the welcome restaurant of Tang and Hu, and the two old men, Tang Yongwang and Hu Tianxiong, had already taken the core figures of the two families to greet them outside the restaurant. Zhao Chongyang took two steps forward and arched his hand at the two seniors: "Zhao Chongyang is late, and the two old men have been waiting for a long time, so I am really uneasy. ”

"Zhao Gongzi has something to delay the time, please don't feel guilty, please come to the table, everyone is invited quickly."

So, the men took Zhao Chongyang, Wu Song, and Shi Xiu to the table, and the ladies took the four little beauties to sit in the private room.

The banquet began, and the two heads of the family first expressed their heartfelt thanks to Zhao Gongzi and the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, but did not say that there was anything urgent to discuss with Zhao Gongzi. Everyone eats slowly, drinks slowly, what is the matter? You always have to say. ”

After three rounds, Tang Yongwang, on behalf of the Tang and Hu families, spoke first: "Today we called Zhao Gongzi from his busy schedule, mainly to say two things: First, our two families decided to learn from the Fangla Fang heroes in Jiangnan after filling in the heavy consideration, and joined the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, and the mines, restaurants, and shops of the two families were all handed over to the Chamber of Commerce for unified management and arrangement. The second is that Hu Yuanwai's eldest brother has a daughter, who is 16 years old and looks beautiful. But because he didn't learn female workers since he was a child, he only liked to dance with guns and sticks, and learned martial arts. Since he was a child, he wanted to learn from Mulan to join the army, learn from men to fight on the battlefield, and vowed to marry a hero if he wanted to marry, and never marry an ordinary man, so Yun Ying has not married so far, and he will be in the boudoir. Some time ago, when you first arrived in Tangzhou, when Miss Hu went out hunting, she shot a wild boar with an arrow, missed the vital point, was chased by a wild boar, and broke her foot. When it was extremely critical, Zhao Gongzi's subordinate Pang Wanchun happened to pass by and saw it, and shot two big wild boars with a magic arrow, saving Miss Hu Jinfeng's life.

Miss Hu saw that Pang Wanchun was a huge hero with good appearance, strong martial arts, and a hundred steps to pierce Yang, which was the hero in her own mind, and when she came back, she was full of praise and appreciation for the huge hero in front of her parents and brother. Their parents know that this daughter, who has always been above the top, is attracted to the huge hero. I asked someone to inquire and knew that the huge man had never been married. Brother Hu and his wife wanted to marry Miss Jinfeng to Da Da Xia as his wife, but they were afraid that he would refuse, and there would be no room for maneuver, which would be unbeautiful. Zhigongzi is his brother-in-law and his young master, if it is up to you to say yes, and he has also seen the appearance of Miss Hu, he will naturally not refuse. I wonder what Zhao Gongzi thinks of the two questions I just asked? ”

Zhao Chongyang thought for a moment and replied, "Since Senior Tang asked two questions, let me answer them one by one." First of all, let's talk about the first question, in fact, if you two don't join the Chamber of Commerce, you will have more income a year. Of course, since you are sincerely joining, we will naturally applaud and welcome you, which shows that you have confidence in me. I will never let my friends who follow me suffer, your mines, restaurants and shops will be discounted, as the cost of joining, and the profit will be shared at the end of each year. The shopkeepers, bookkeepers, men, and workers of the two families are willing to stay and continue to work, and the monthly income is only higher than the original. If there are any capable people in the family, we don't look at the age, but only the ability to start the work. In a few days, Second Brother Tang will follow me to Jiangnan to develop, if you have expertise and interest in machinery, gunpowder, and iron casting, you can follow me to learn from the master, and come back here to be a master after learning, as long as everyone has mastered a skill, I guarantee that each of you will be paid no less than five times.

As for the second thing, it's a good thing. It's just that he is his brother-in-law, the only brother of Sister Qiuxia, and I can only make suggestions to him, but I can't order him. I'll fix a book now, and tomorrow I'll let Second Brother Wu ride a bicycle to Nanyang, and transfer the letter to him and Brother Shi Bao, and tell them these two things. About the matter of joining, you go to Nanyang to negotiate the specific details, and in the future, the things here will be mainly responsible for my uncle and Brother Shi Bao, and my uncle will arrive in Nanyang in ten days, and you will negotiate together. After the beginning of the year, the commerce and trade of Xiangyang City were started, and some people were arranged to go there to open up the market. At that time, Senior Hu and Senior Tang will leave one person here to sit in town, and take one person to Xiangyang City.

The matter of Brother Pangda and Sister Jin Feng, as long as Brother Pangda has no opinion, he will trouble Uncle Tang as a matchmaker, and I will solve all the dowry gifts, and set this matter as soon as possible, and the wedding date can be selected at the end of the year or next spring. The two heads of the family received a clear answer, and they had no objections, and everyone started a new round of persuasion work......

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Wu Song set off with Zhao Chongyang's letter. A hundred miles can be reached in four hours, and if you are on horseback, it will take at least five hours.

Shi Bao and Pang Wanchun happened to be talking about things together, and Wu Song handed over the letter to Shi Bao and Pang Wanchun respectively. Shi Bao read the letter and asked Pang Wanchun what he thought about this matter? Pang Wanchun said: "This thing is a bit sudden, I want to take advantage of my youth now, make contributions first, and then start a family." ”

Shi Bao said: "You brother is confused, the so-called starting a family, starting a family first, and making contributions later." The two themselves are connected, not to mention that Miss Hu was born in a big family, with a beautiful appearance and moon appearance, and she is a heroine among women, and it is difficult to find a lantern. Therefore, you must agree to this matter in public and private. ”

"Oh, why did Brother Shi say this? It's just a private matter, why is it still related to business? ”

Shi Bao patiently explained: "Do you think that if the Tanghu family hadn't heard any rumors, how could they give up the opportunity to do business independently and make a lot of money, and instead choose to join the Wantong Chamber of Commerce unconditionally and be controlled by others?" It's not because of this Wantong Chamber of Commerce, it is not an ordinary Chamber of Commerce, it is the foundation of the small master's great cause. Although the annual profit is not less than five or six million, the total number will even soar to 10 million this year. However, a large part of it was used to support the Self-Defense Forces, make friends with the government, make weapons and armor, and make guns and ammunition, so only 60 percent of the profits were actually shared. This time I went to Nanyang, and sent a water jade Guanyin worth 100,000 yuan to the Nanyang prefect, and two or three water jade jade pei to other fellow intellectuals, soldiers and horses, and capital supervisors, so the officials and officials ignored our thousands of self-defense forces outside Nanyang City, allowing us to develop smoothly.

These additional huge consumptions, the Tanghu family will not be unable to see it, but they still chose us, and the little master of such a thing is naturally applauded. Now he proposed to marry us on his own initiative, and chose you, instead of Wu Song and Shi Xiu, two young talents who are as famous and handsome as you, why not? It's nothing more than that you have a special identity, you are the future uncle of the country, and after the little master established the country, they also indirectly became relatives of the emperor. In Huaixi, with the addition of the head snake, our strength has grown, and we can let go of development. Therefore, the little master attaches great importance to this matter, as long as you can happily agree to this matter, not only can you get a beautiful wife, but also can add a big boost to the lord, and the Hu family, known as the richest man in Tangzhou, will also be firmly tied to the chariot of our Wantong Chamber of Commerce. ”

"Huh... Ha, listening to Brother Hu's words, this is still a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. Good! In that case, I agreed to it. Pang Wanchun said with a smile.

Wu Song said: "That's without further ado, my junior brother is still waiting for a reply, let's go to the kitchen to have some food immediately, pedal over, the gift junior brother has been prepared for you." ”

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Song and Pang Wanchun each pedaled a bicycle on the road. Hurry up and pedal, and arrive in Tangzhou at five o'clock in the afternoon. Zhao Chongyang immediately made an appointment with Mr. Tang, saying that Pang Wanchun agreed with this matter very much, and had arrived in Tangzhou with Wu Song. The Hu family naturally had no objections, and sent a fast horse overnight to inform relatives and friends who were a little farther away that they would come to drink their daughter's engagement wine tomorrow.