When Chang Xi heard this, he hurriedly shouted injustice, "I don't have it, my cousin doesn't talk nonsense, I still want to rely on you a lot of cousin." ”

This expression instantly amused Wei Guangnan, but he still cared about face, and soon clenched his hand into a fist against his lips and coughed lightly a few times, and said seriously, "You put a high hat on me, do you want to dig a pit for your cousin and me to step on?" ”

After this period of intensive contact, he thinks that he still knows this cousin very well, she never does useless things, and she must have asked for something to be so patient to take her to visit the institute.

Chang Xi smiled embarrassedly, was it so obvious?

coughed lightly to hide the embarrassment, the first time to understand the wisdom of this cousin, but this thing is harmless, from beginning to end, she did not deliberately hide it, everything is clear, "Iron ore, don't hide it from my cousin, I really lack this thing, you have visited the tea brick workshop, and the machine used now to press the tea bricks is made of iron, not to mention that the spinning machine needs to be further transformed, if steam power is used, the production capacity can be doubled several times, so the amount of the imperial court alone is not enough......"

"So you hit the Wei family with the idea?" Wei Guangnan was straightforward.

Chang Xi nodded seriously, "I know that the Wei family is the founding father of the country, and it is the generation of princes of the country who was sealed by the Tai Zu relatives, because of this, the Wei family not only holds the ownership of several iron ore fields, but also owns several coal mines, I wonder if we have this opportunity to cooperate?" ”

Wei Guangnan looked at Chang Xi deeply, this person's mind was too meticulous, and even the Wei family's hole cards that were not shown to people were clearly felt, but then when he thought of the recent hot eldest grandson in the capital, it instantly became clear that Zhao Jin must be supporting her behind her.

In fact, he came here for the steam exhaust engine, his own mine, seeing the imperial court's large-scale purchase, he knew that this thing was useful, and his own mine could also be used, and when the time came, reducing casualties would be regarded as accumulating virtue for the Wei family, and secondly, he would not have to spend his brains every time to fill the gap of the digging personnel.

"Cousin, we are all our own family, so we can naturally cooperate, but the Wei family's business is not my cousin's alone, it belongs to the entire Wei family, and it has always belonged to the public middle school......"

Seeing Wei Guangnan playing Tai Chi with herself, Chang Xi smiled, of course she wouldn't be annoyed by Wei Guangnan's words about her own family, these are two different things, she is also from a big family, and she knows that it is very complicated.

"In this way, I can sell the steam exhaust engine to the Wei family at cost price, but I need the Wei family to sell me resources secretly."

This kind of transaction was not new to Wei Guangnan, although the mines were rewarded by the Taizu, but they were still subject to the supervision of the imperial court, and every account had to be clearly listed, and the imperial court had to control the flow of these resources.

Of course, this is a statement on the surface, such as them, which old nobles, who doesn't have a few unsavory secret accounts? Especially iron ore, which is a tightly controlled resource.

"Cousin, is this a risk?" After thinking about it, he said, "Are you really so confident in your eldest grandson?" ”

What if the ship sinks?

In his opinion, Chang Xi is so scheming to prepare for the worst possibility of Zhao Jin's succession, of course, there is not only one Zhao Jin who has this preparation, those adult princes have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and they will leave a hand behind them, which is also the source of the turbulence of the current situation in the capital.

Chang Xi understood the subtext in Wei Guangnan's words, in the eyes of this cousin, she was paving the way for men, which was risky and dangerous, and might even be stupid, in short, he was staring at her from a man's point of view.

It is not denied that this cousin is one of the most sincere people to her after recognizing his marriage, but he still stands on a high place and despises her as a woman, even if he breaks a lot of conventional eyes to look at her, but the gaze rooted in the deepest part has not disappeared.

At this time, the two of them strolled through the research institute in the twilight, which was not boiling at dinner time like the workshop, the people who were busy doing the experiments were still standing next to the experiments, and the people who were not busy were also hurrying to eat, in short, it was quiet and lively.

"Cousin, I brought you here today to tell you that my future is here and not in those two workshops, this will be the forefront of the times, and I have to protect the fruits of my victory, so I can only support Zhao Jin, this is one of them."

After a pause, she said, "Even if he fails one day, I will not be discouraged, after all, I have been here and planted the seeds of hope, one day this seed will definitely take root and sprout, and what I want to do is to let this seedling thrive, even if there is no time to grow into a towering tree, but even if it is burned, it can still glow with new branches, this is the second." ”

Wei Guangnan looked at Chang Xi standing in the sunset, the breeze brushed a few strands of hair on her sideburns, making her look more ethereal, and at the same time deeply touching his heart.

His cousin is a person who is very good at using words, as long as she wants to, she can speak beautifully, but the fact is also true, for example, the emergence of steam power, it will definitely bring about changes, even if Zhao Jin fails to win the heir, Chang Xi is implicated, but this kind of thing will still have latecomers to continue to work hard, and the fire will not be extinguished.

"Okay, cousin, you always surprise me repeatedly, you have succeeded in convincing me, but whether you can convince the old stubborn in the Wei family, I don't dare to pack the ticket."

Chang Xi smiled, "I believe that the Wei family will not give up cooperating with me." ”

For such a veteran noble, it is normal to step on multiple boats, Zhao Jin, the eldest grandson who suddenly came out, there will definitely be people who want to burn his hot stove, after all, it is not a rare thing in history to pass over the son to the grandson, in terms of orthodoxy, no prince is orthodox than the eldest grandson.

In the capital, Zhao Jin has recently pushed all the invitations, and he doesn't want to spend his time on such a boring and useless entertainment, and he often goes in and out of his left ear and out of his right ear with those flattering words, and he has never entered his heart.

Opening Chang Xi's new letter, he couldn't help but smile on his face, there was still a fragrance that belonged to her on the letter, which must have been written by her.

Sure enough, the handwriting on the letter was the same as before, and after telling a farewell lovesickness, he also began to get down to business, appointing the golden steward who redeemed his free body as the steward of the research institute, he had no opinion, the financial steward still has the ability, and I believe he can't turn over his own five finger mountain.

Then there is the cooperation with the Wei family, which made him squint slightly, but he didn't expect that she still negotiated the cooperation with the Wei family, which is good news.

Zhou Nan on the side re-brewed a bowl of tea for his master, and when he saw his master's expression, he knew that he was in a good mood now, he took advantage of the situation, and it turned out that he was reading the letter written by Chang Xi, no wonder, and then accidentally aimed at the word Wei family, and he understood in an instant.

"Master, this Wei family has a lot of relationship with the three princes, and even has an eyebrow with the seventh prince......" In other words, it is not very credible.