At this time, the celebration had just ended. The elders of the family were still at Jade Spring Peak.
With the Patriarch's summons, all the elders quickly arrived at the Discussion Hall.
Wang Daoyuan explained the whole story to the elders.
After that, Wang Shouye said, "The whole story of this matter, Daoyuan has already explained it very clearly. What should we do next, elders, please discuss it.
Daochang, you are the elder of the mines. You speak. "
Wang Shouye wanted to nurture Wang Daochang and then become the grand elder himself. He wanted to train him when he had the chance.
Wang Daochang was called. He could only stand and answer, "This depends on how much profit there is. If the profit can be multiplied several times, there is no harm in doing this.
After all, all of our Wang family's mines and forests are currently in a state of suppressing production.
There are too many mines and forests in Qingli County. The market is only so big. No matter how much ore is mined, it cannot be sold.
It takes too much time to transport it to the lower reaches of Qingli River. Tier 1 ore and spirit wood are not worth it.
If we can open up a water transportation route to Heyang County, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell things. There is also no need to suppress production. The family's income can also rise to another level.
As for offending the Yang family, we did not directly go against the Yang family.
Now that there was a new market for ores and spiritual wood, it was only natural that their prices would rise.
It is not like our Wang family did it on purpose. Even if they want to find trouble, they cannot find us.
Besides, our Wang family will be selling Spirit Restricting Silk in the future. That is a huge profit.
Selling to anyone is the same. We will just sell more to the Yang family.
Since the Yang Family had obtained great benefits, they wouldn't bother about these trivial matters.
But I don't understand why Meng Changfeng is so proactive.
Can't he see that this is a matter of offending the Yang family?
Offending the Yang family will not affect us much.
The Wang family is already the strongest subordinate family in the Yang family camp. Whatever the Yang family does, they will definitely rely on our Wang family.
They will not become enemies with our Wang family over such a small matter.
The Meng family can only survive because of the Yang family.
Even surviving is difficult. Where did they get the guts to offend their backer? "
Ninth Great Uncle smiled, "I admire fifth brother's eye more and more. He has long said that Daochang is also the material to be the patriarch. He did not see it before.
He was indeed a good seedling if he were to be sent out to gain experience.
Dao Chang's analysis is correct. There's no harm in our Wang Clan doing this business.
If he indirectly damaged the Yang Family's interests, the Yang Family wouldn't do anything. In the future, he could use the Spirit Restricting Silk to make up for it.
As for what the Meng Clan thinks, Dao Yuan, you tell us. "
Wang Daoyuan stood up and replied, "Now I finally know why Senior Meng Qingshan said he was worried before he died.
On the day Taigong and I went to pay our respects, Meng Changfeng used the excuse of thanking Yun Yi for carrying Senior Meng's coffin back and asked me to release Yun Yi to help him.
After receiving the compensation from the Liang Family, they did not return the gifts to thank the Yang Family and our Wang Family.
It could be seen that Meng Changfeng was indeed a person with means.
He could see the benefits in front of him, and he had the ability to take them.
However, he didn't understand the principle of reciprocity and didn't know how to deal with other forces. He wasn't a qualified leader.
Moreover, he was too short-sighted and could not see the future.
He thought that the Yang Clan needed the Meng Clan to besiege the Liang Clan.
If the Meng Clan did something out of line, the Yang Clan could forgive them and didn't think about the future.
Several decades later, the Liang Clan's ancestor would pass away, and the Liang Clan would definitely decline.
The Yang Clan would no longer need to guard against the Liang Clan. Would they still tolerate a weak subordinate who always wanted to poach their people?
He didn't have the ability to stand firm, so he wanted to kick his backer away.
Perhaps the Meng Clan's foundation would be destroyed in Meng Changfeng's hands. "
Tenth Granduncle said regretfully, "The Meng Clan is really unlucky. The only one suitable for Foundation Building isn't the right person to be a patriarch."
Wang Shouye asked, "Elders, do you have any objections? If you don't, then agree for now.
Afterwards, we'll send people to try and see how much profit we can get.
If the profit is low, then we'll ship less.
If the profit is high, we'll buy a shop there and do this business well.
Tenth Granduncle, you'll be in charge of this matter. Dao Chang and Dao Yuan will assist you. "
The three stood up and said yes.
Wang Daoyuan directly rode his sword to Qingyun Peak and explained the Wang Clan's intentions to Meng Changfeng.
After Meng Changfeng received the news, he eagerly sent a message to Li Xinghe.
Wang Daoyuan took his leave and thought to himself, "What a pity. This kind of person can be used to assume personal responsibility, but not to take charge of the overall situation.
He's a talented general, but he's sitting in the position of Marshal. "
Two months later, Meng Changfeng came to Yuquan Peak and passed on the news to Li Xinghe.
The canal between Muddy Water Stream and Yue Ma River had been dug through. Li Xinghe invited the Wang Clan to send people to Heyun Lake Market to discuss matters of cooperation.
The Wang Clan had long since made preparations. They sent out Tenth Granduncle, Wang Dao Chang, and Wang Daoyuan with two spirit ships to Heyun Lake.
Of the two spirit ships, one was loaded with all the Wang Clan's ores and the other was loaded with all the types of spirit wood. Only a little of each type was loaded.
The goods on these two ships were used to test the waters and see what kind of price they could be sold for in Heyun Lake Market. They could also display the types of products the Wang Clan had.
The two ships set off from Sleeping Bow Lake and headed south.
After reaching Clear Glass Market, they continued south for a hundred li.
When they reached the place where Muddy Water Stream flowed into Clear Glass River, the river water here was half muddy and half clear.
The eastern half of the river was so clear that the bottom could be seen, while the western half was filled with roiling turbid waves.
The spirit ship turned here and entered Muddy Water Stream.
Muddy Water Stream's volume was no less than Clear Water Stream. It was just that the water surface was narrower and the flow was faster.
Three thousand li to the west, the tall mountain range in the west could already be seen in the distance.
This was the legendary Iron Screen Mountain. It really was like a huge screen that separated things.
After another thousand li, Iron Screen Mountain was already in sight.
Muddy Water Stream originally flowed from south to north, but it turned back here and flowed east.
The place where Iron Screen Mountain had been dug and collapsed just happened to be where Muddy Water Stream turned.
This place that had been dug and collapsed was named "Heaven's Gate Pass". This name was quite appropriate. Looking from the east, it really did look like a gate had opened in the sky.
The stream was artificially divided into two here. About half of the water passed through Heaven's Gate Pass and flowed west.
Wang Daoyuan did not dare to let the spirit ship pass rashly. If the west side of Heaven's Gate Pass was a steep slope, the spirit ship would definitely be smashed to pieces.
He flew over Heaven's Gate Pass on his sword in advance and found that the west side was a huge gentle slope. The slope was much smaller than the east side.
There was no difficulty for the spirit ship to sail here.
The location of Heaven's Gate Pass could be said to be just right. It was very convenient to lead the stream through Heaven's Gate.
He really did not believe that it had been dug and collapsed accidentally.
The spirit ship passed through Heaven's Gate Pass and entered the canal.
This canal was more than two hundred feet wide and more than three feet deep. The water flow was not particularly fast.
The spirit ship was driven by spiritual power and could barely go against the flow.
This river was not very wide or deep, but it was dug out of Iron Screen Mountain, which had extremely hard rocks.
With the hardness of Iron Screen Mountain's rock, Wang Daoyuan's Golden Knife Technique could only leave a mark less than an inch deep on the rock.
A canal that was more than a hundred miles long could not have been dug out in a short time.
In order to break through Iron Screen Mountain and open up the waterway between the two counties, several families in Heyang County really spent hundreds of years of effort.
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