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The carriages have been prepared long ago, not four-wheeled carriages, four-wheeled carriages are being produced in Lanzhou but the quantity is not large, so everyone is riding a simple open-top cart, which has a great vision.

Along the way, Yuan Shan fell asleep wrapped in leather with no energy, and Changsun Wuji and Cheng Zhijie, who were walking beside him, would also be speechless, so they would fall asleep occasionally. They knew that the construction of Lanzhou was too busy for Yuan Shan.

It took an hour to arrive at the place. Everyone was surprised that the dirt road along the way was basically not bumpy. After a closer look, they found that although it was a dirt road, it had been repaired. The fine sand laid on the road It can effectively prevent rainwater.

The geographical location for boiler production is very good, there are no people around, but the road is smooth, it is not remote and there are no mountains, it is just an open land.

Yuan Shan came over and introduced: "This is an industrial zone divided by Lanzhou's planning. Your boiler factory is the first factory to settle in the industrial zone. In the future, there will be many factories here to engage in production."

Everyone walked over to have a look, and the people who followed the Building Materials Chamber of Commerce began to mark the ground, which needed to be measured and registered for filing. The person in charge of the engineering team was also conducting site surveys, and discussed with Changsun Wuji and others about the required construction. Plant details, required costs and labor rates.

These things were completed in less than half an hour. Only the design of the factory building required detailed discussions with the engineering team leader after returning home.

Everyone stopped by the cattle and horse market.

Cheng Zhijie's eyes lit up when he saw a large number of cattle, horses and sheep.

"This is the breeding farm in Lanzhou. In addition, there are such pastures in Hezhou and other places, which are specially used to raise livestock. The cattle and horse market is nearby. Let's go and have a look." Yuan Shan took everyone to the horse-drawn carriage The cattle and horse market.

Compared with the urban area, it is obviously more lively here, because in addition to people, there are also a large number of livestock, most of which are merchants, and there are tents not far from the surrounding area, which can be seen at a glance. They are all prepared for merchants who sell cattle and horses.

After all, livestock trading is not a matter of a day or two. At the same time, there is a small market next to the cattle and horse market that provides all kinds of food and objects. Fan merchants can meet their daily needs without going to the city.

"It's really lively." Yuchi Jingde said.

"It's really good to see that the batch of horses just now is missing, and they even offered a price of one hundred guan." Cheng Zhijie said.

The princes are no strangers to horses, and they know what a good horse is. The horses here are not those sold by the cattle and horses in Chang'an City. There are many types of horses here, and there are all kinds of grades.

Cheng Zhijie was going to be picky.

Chapter 705 The Dukes Invest Again

"There's nothing to be envious of pulling like a hundred horses. It's more practical to use ordinary horses." Yuchi Jingde said aside.

"What do you mean?" Cheng Zhijie asked.

"Thanks to your cleverness, why don't you plan to form a fleet here now that Lanzhou City has such a huge demand for carriages?" Yuchi Jingde said.

Yuchi Jingde continued to laugh and said: "It's also true that you are a person who has already given away his wealth, so it is really not suitable for the carriage business."

Changsun Wuji who was at the side rarely saw Cheng Damo being deflated, and immediately chimed in and said, "I'll buy a hundred horses for two thousand, is there any one?"

Yuchi Jingde said: "I also pay two thousand to buy a hundred horses."

Qin Qiong joined in the fun and also said that he would buy a hundred horses.

Cheng Zhijie's face turned red from depression, but everyone forgot who was thicker-skinned and who was the opponent of the Great Demon King.

"Are you running on me? You took out your fortune, but who said I can't afford a hundred horses? If you want to set up a horse team, you must take me with you." Cheng Zhijie said.

Yuan Shan watched the group of dukes chat casually. The cavalry team of the dukes with two horses and one cart could provide Lanzhou with the transport capacity of 250 carriages, which is a good thing.

But more than that, the production of the carriage frame is in great demand. Gao Shilian took over the work of making the carriage.

The bearings had to be purchased from the bearing factory again, and he found that his business was profitable no matter what.

On the way back, Changsun Wuji said to Yuan Shan: "There is a huge demand for iron ore now, and the current amount of cooking is not enough to meet it. Therefore, the scale of iron ore mining authorization needs to be expanded."

Yuan Shan nodded. The previous restriction was because it was easy to manage. Businessmen hired a lot of labor to increase production, but even so, the supply was in short supply.

"If Your Majesty agrees, you can open up some more mines." Yuan Shan said.

"I will tell His Majesty about this matter," Changsun Wuji said.

Changsun Wuji and Yuan Shan rode in a scooter, and the people on the front and back of the vehicle didn't care what they were talking about. Yuan Shan sent everyone back to the Lanzhou Hotel, and didn't join them for dinner, but returned to Jingfa first. department.

As the sun set, the people from the Ministry of Economics and Development prepared the kerosene lamps and were ready to light them. Yu Jingming greeted Yuan Shan when he came back.

"Jingming, in a few days we will meet Chang'an." Yuan Shan said.

Yu Jingming said, "Did something happen?"

There was a lot of commotion about the construction of Lanzhou, and he was also worried that someone from the court would say something that would affect the work of the Ministry of Economics and Development, so he asked this question.

"It's nothing, but the current iron ore production is insufficient. If the mining authorization needs to go back to the Ministry of Economic Development to preside over it, this delay may take a month." Yuan Shan said.

Yu Jingming nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll prepare my stuff and take the next train back to Chang'an."

"Well, leave the matter here to Hao Dayi and Liu Tong first, and tell Qin Yu by the way that Fusang needs our cargo ships for trade, just let Qin Yu go to Cangzhou to take charge of this matter. It seems that there is not enough manpower to go back. The talent school will send more people," Yuan Shan said.

"Insufficient staff has always restricted the development of the Ministry of Economic Development." Yu Jingming sighed.

The next day, Yuan Shan, Yu Jingming and others sat together for a day's meeting, and rediscussed the Lanzhou construction project. It is already a benign development, so he and Yuan Shan are also relieved to hand over the matter here to Hao Dayi and Liu Tong.

On the third day, when there was a train going back and forth, Yuan Shan, Yu Jingming, Qin Yu, and a group of princes returned to Chang'an. A freight car was converted into a sleeping car, which made the princes very happy.

When approaching Chang'an, Cheng Zhijie said: "So there are such bed compartments on the train, why didn't you tell me earlier, you know how to enjoy lying on the bench is uncomfortable."

Yuan Shan had no choice but to explain: "Uncle Cheng said that the sleeper car has just been remodeled not too long ago, and there is only one car at the moment, so it's just a coincidence that it was applied just now."

"Really or not." Cheng Zhijie looked suspicious, it was really hard for him to believe what Yuan Shan said.

"Of course it's true. Besides, there is a charge for the remodeled sleeper car. If it is used earlier, wouldn't it make money earlier?" Yuan Shan said.

Cheng Zhijie also knew Yuan Shan's money-hungry character very well.

When they arrived at the Economic and Development Department of Chang'an, the people prepared vehicles to send the goods from Lanzhou to the princes. The princes were very satisfied. The wine from the Western Regions, the barley wine from Tubo, and a lot of dried beef All delicious.

They seem to have forgotten that a few days later there will be [-] guan money shipped to Lanzhou. After Changsun Wuji arrived in Chang'an, he went directly to the palace. of wine.

Qin Qiong went out for a few days in a good mood, and went home to continue to pamper her children. Qin Huaiyu is the baby bump of the Qin family, and it's a good time to polish it when she is young.

Yuan Shan went straight back to the Lantian Hou Mansion.

"Master Hou is back." Caiyi answered Yuanshan and waited on him since he entered the door.

"Is everything alright at home?" Yuan Shanren asked, supporting him intentionally.

"Everything is fine." Said Caiyi.

Soon Dugu Ruolan and Du Qianyu trotted out. Yuan Shan's mood was agitated when he saw the two girls. As the saying goes, a little farewell is better than a newlywed, and he, a pure man, couldn't bear to see him for two months.

The sincere look in Caiyi's eyes made Caiyi look extremely longing, Xinyue on the side smiled and said nothing, when Yuan Shan and the two wives were going to the inner house, Xinyue whispered softly in Caiyi's ear.

Caiyi's face turned red all of a sudden, and she turned into a big red face in an instant, and said: "You girl, if you don't learn well, how could you do that."

With an innocent expression on Xinyue's face, she said softly: "What are you afraid of, if you don't want to forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."