Princess's House.

When she got the news that Xiao Yi had entered the East Palace, she exhaled heavily, and she was also relieved by the Xiao royal family.

"Over the years, the emperor has never set up a prince, and the palace has always been worried that the emperor intends to learn from the Western countries, and now Yi'er is in charge of the East Palace, which is finally a relief."

Picking up the teacup and blowing softly, Princess Pingyang showed a hint of a smile.

Sitting opposite Princess Pingyang were King Yong, Song Guogong, Tang Guogong and other royal nobles.

Hearing this, King Yong said: "Pingyang is too worried, no matter how stupid the emperor is, he will not give up his country to others, during this period of time I often have contact with Westerners in business, and the way they play is actually very inferior, in the final analysis, it is just that the nobles are dissatisfied with the authority of the emperor and rebelled to restrict the emperor's rights to let them formulate national policies, as for the so-called popular election, as long as you are willing to throw money, you can have as many votes as you want." ”

As soon as his words fell, everyone burst into laughter.

Tang Guogong said: "But no, if this is the case, those rich businessmen are really chickens and phoenixes, they have money, and when the time comes, they can be elected as Lizheng by throwing some money at a village, and then throwing some money is the county order, so wouldn't the richer ones be able to be assassins?" ”

"That's right, it's ridiculous, we can't let the emperor make such a mistake." Tang Guogong said: "This world is our Xiao family, and if others want to get involved, we won't agree." ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Princess Pingyang's eyes wandered, and now the court is full of Pang Yukun and Fiji fighting, and the power of private capital is growing, but everyone seems to ignore the staunch royalist force of the Xiao royal family.

And for them, nothing is more important than keeping the Xiao family.

After taking a sip of tea, Princess Pingyang said: "No matter what, what the emperor does, we will support anything, whoever makes us all a family, and the emperor treats us well, although the royal family no longer lives on monthly money, but the convenience provided by the emperor makes us all richer and richer, and some clansmen are also famous in the army, which is also a light on the face of our royal family." “

Song Guogong couldn't help but nodded, he had a lot of complaints when the royal family was deducted from the monthly money and sent to work in the factory, but now that he has made a fortune through the trade of the Chamber of Commerce, his life is more nourishing than before, and his dissatisfaction with Xiao Ming naturally disappears.

Tang Guogong said with emotion: "Not only that, the emperor seems to be paying more and more attention to our royal family now, the dog Xiao Yue was just transferred to the Electric Power Department by the cabinet yesterday, and he is about to go to Jinling City to supervise the construction of the thermal power plant, hehehe......"

The others showed a look of envy, even a fool can see the prospect of this power department, the railway department is still so profitable, not to mention the electricity that the whole country needs in the future. “

"My son is a regimental commander in the army."

"What's the big deal, my son is in the Chamber of Commerce, and there is a lot of oil and water."

“……”

Tang Guogong's words seemed to make everyone open the chatterbox, and they began to compare their own heirs one by one.

The smile on Princess Pingyang's face is getting stronger and stronger, today because of the prince's matter, everyone gathered here, which shows that the royal family is a firm royal force.

It is estimated that it is precisely because of this that Xiao Ming will appropriately enhance the influence of the royal family.

While the royal family was celebrating, the matter of the prince was also announced to the world through the newspaper, and for a while, the streets and alleys, after the rest of the meal, were all about the topic of the prince of the East Palace.

However, the enthusiasm about the crown prince was replaced by another bombshell news only three days later - Commander Lei Ming of the Southeast Military Region was ordered to attack the British army in Nanyang, and the first battle plan was to capture Australia.

Attached to this news item is a brief introduction about Australia, as well as Australia's mineral resources and natural advantages.

For a time, all the attention of the people was focused on this area, which was called the Upper Continent of Mines.

Qian Mining, a building located in the heart of Qingzhou's business district, was buzzing with activity after the newspaper published the news of Australia.

Qingzhou is large and small, and mine managers with heads and faces have come one after another.

"Money shopkeeper, what is the anthracite and bauxite mentioned in this newspaper?"

In the innermost room of Qian's Mining, the businessmen asked with flattering smiles, this Qian's Mining is private, and it has only been established for five years.

But within five years, Qian's Mining has become one of the top five mining companies in Qingzhou, and the first four mining companies all have royal backgrounds.

Because of this, the growth of Qian's mining attracted the attention of other businessmen, and after some exploration, they realized that the treasurer of Qian's mining was a distant relative of Qian Dafu.

And who is Qian Dafu? It was a celebrity in front of the emperor, and suddenly the reputation of Qian's Mining spread, and then the facts quickly proved that Qian's Mining was very well-informed.

Where there is a mine, whether the quality of the mine is good or not, Qian's Mining always has first-hand information.

So every time there is major news, many people will come to probe the news.

"This anthracite is a hard, dense and high-gloss coal mine, among all coal varieties, anthracite has a lower calorific value, but the highest carbon content, the least impurity content, mainly used for nitrogen fertilizer production, forging, anthracite pulverized coal is mainly used in the metallurgical industry for smelting, can improve the quality of steel, in addition to tap water treatment can also use anthracite."

Qian Liang did not reserve the businessman's inquiry, as the businessmen guessed, this Qian's mining is indeed related to Qian Dafu, but this matter was agreed by the emperor, as a little bonus to Qian Dafu.

However, although Qian Mining is not a government-run company, at the request of Qian Dafu, Qian Mining basically fulfills the same obligations as the official company, and it is precisely because of this willingness that Qian Mining can grow so rapidly.

"With so many effects, it seems to be of high value." A businessman was pleasantly surprised.

Another businessman asked, "What is bauxite?" ”

Qian Liang replied again: "This thing is amazing, it is said that the School of Chemistry has mastered the technology of electrolytic aluminum, this thing is used to refine aluminum, it is said that aluminum is a very important material to the industry, and it can also replace copper in wires, greatly reducing the cost of laying wires. ”

The merchants' eyes suddenly straightened, because of the transportation conditions and mining efficiency restrictions, the government-run mines could not meet the needs of the empire's ore, so private mines appeared, and the requirements for machinery were made up through manpower.

If the South-Eastern Military Region can successfully occupy Australia, the mining of the mines here can be said to be inevitable, and this is why the businessmen are excited.