At this time, the celebration had just ended, and all the family elders were still staying at Yuquan Peak.
The clan leader convened, and the elders quickly arrived at the meeting hall.
Wang Daoyuan stated the whole story to the elders.
Afterwards, Wang Shouye said: "Dao Yuan has already explained the whole story of this matter very clearly. I would like to ask all the elders to discuss what to do next.
Daochang, you are the elder of the mine, please tell me."
Wang Shouye wanted to train Wang Daochang and then become the Supreme Elder himself, so he would train him whenever he had the chance.
When Wang Daochang was called, he had to stand up and replied: "It depends on how big the profit can be. If the profit can be doubled several times, it doesn't matter if we do it.
After all, all the mines and forest farms of our Wang family are currently in a state of suppressing production.
There are too many mines and forest farms in Qingli County, and the market is only so big. No matter how much ore is mined, it cannot be sold.
It takes too long to transport the first-level ore and spiritual wood to the lower reaches of the Qingli River. It is simply not worth it.
If the water transportation line with Heyang County can be opened, there will be no need to worry about things that cannot be sold, and there will be no need to suppress production, and the family's income will be able to reach a higher level.
As for offending the Yang family, we don't have any trouble with the Yang family head on.
It is natural for ores and spiritual wood to have new sales and increase in price.
It's not like our Wang family did it on purpose, and if they look for trouble, they won't be able to blame us.
Besides, our Wang family will sell Forbidden God silk in the future, which will be a great profit.
I sell it to anyone, just sell more to the Yang family, that's all.
The Yang family has benefited greatly, so they won't care about these trivial matters.
It's just that I don't understand why Meng Changfeng is so active?
Couldn't he see that this was something to offend the Yang family?
If we offend the Yang family, we won't be affected much.
The Wang family is already the strongest subordinate family in the Yang family camp. Whatever the Yang family wants to do, they must rely on our Wang family.
It is impossible to turn against our Wang family over such a trivial matter.
The Meng family now relies entirely on the support of the Yang family to survive.
It's hard to even live, so where do you get the courage to offend your patrons?"
Uncle Jiu said with a smile: "I am more and more admiring Fifth Brother's vision of people. He has long since said that Daochang is also the material to be the leader of the clan. I didn't see that much before.
After putting it outside for some practice, it turned out to be a good seedling.
Daochang's analysis is good. It doesn't matter if our Wang family does this business.
If the interests of the Yang family are indirectly harmed, the Yang family will not suffer any consequences. They can use Forbidden God silk to make up for it in the future.
As for what the Meng family thinks, Daoyuan, you can tell me."
Wang Daoyuan stood up and replied: "Now I finally know why Senior Meng Qingshan said he was worried before he died.
On the day when my grandfather and I went to pay our respects, Meng Changfeng asked me to release Yun Yi and help calm the scene as a thank you to Yun Yi for carrying Senior Meng's coffin.
After receiving compensation from the Liang family, there was no return gift to thank the Yang family or our Wang family.
It can be seen that Meng Changfeng is indeed a man of means.
He can see the benefits before him and has the ability to take advantage of them.
But he doesn't understand the principle of what comes and goes, and he doesn't know how to deal with other forces. This is not a qualified helmsman.
Moreover, his vision is too short-sighted and he cannot see the future situation.
He thought that the Yang family needed to rely on the Meng family to contain the Liang family.
The Meng family did some outrageous things, and the Yang family could forgive them and didn't think about it again.
A few decades later, the ancestor of the Liang family passed away, and the Liang family was bound to decline.
The Yang family no longer needs to guard against the Liang family. Will they still tolerate a subordinate who is not strong and always wants to poach themselves?
I don't have the ability to stand firm, so I want to kick my backer away.
Perhaps, the Meng family's foundation will be destroyed in Meng Changfeng's hands."
The tenth uncle lamented: "The Meng family is really unlucky. The only one suitable for foundation building is not the material to be the clan leader."
Wang Shouye asked: "Elders, do you still have any opinions? If you don't have any opinions, then agree to it first.
Later, we will send people to try it to see how much profit we can make.
If the profit is small, then ship less.
If there is a lot of profit, just buy a shop there and do this business well.
This matter will be left to Uncle Ten to be in charge, with Daochang and Daoyuan assisting."
The three of them stood up and called each other.
Wang Daoyuan went directly to Qingyun Peak with his sword and explained to Meng Changfeng what the Wang family meant.
After Meng Changfeng got the news, he sent a message to Li Xinghe.
Wang Daoyuan said goodbye and left, thinking to himself: "It's a pity that such a person can be used to act alone, but he is not suitable to be in charge of the overall situation.
He is a general, but he sits in the position of marshal."
Two months later, Meng Changfeng came to Yuquan Peak and told Li Xinghe the news.
The canal between Zhuoshui River and Yuemachuan River has been dug, and Li Xinghe invited the Wang family to send people to Heyun Hufang City to discuss cooperation matters.
The Wang family had already made preparations and sent their tenth uncle, Wang Daochang and Wang Daoyuan to Heyun Lake with two spiritual boats.
There are two spiritual ships, one containing all kinds of ores from the Wang family, and one containing all kinds of spiritual trees, with only a little of each type.
The goods on these two ships were used to test the waters, to see what price they could fetch in Heyun Hufang City, and to also showcase the Wang family's products.
The two ships set off from Mian Gongtan and headed south.
After arriving at Qinglifang City, we continued traveling south for more than a hundred miles.
Arriving at the place where Zhuoshui River merges into Qingli River, the river water here is half clear and half turbid.
The water in the eastern half of the river is crystal clear, while the western half is filled with turbid waves.
The spiritual boat turned here and entered the Zhuoshui River.
The volume of water in the Zhuoshui Creek is no less than that of the Clear Creek, but the water surface is narrower and the flow is faster.
After traveling west for more than three thousand miles, we can already see the tall mountains to the west in the distance.
This is the legendary Tieping Mountain, which is really like a huge screen, isolating the east and west.
After traveling more than a thousand miles, Tieping Mountain was already in sight.
The Zhuoshui River originally flows from south to north, but it turns back here and turns to flow east.
The place where Tieping Mountain was excavated happened to be at the bend of Zhuoshui River.
This excavated place was named "Tianmen Pass". This name is quite appropriate. When viewed from the east, it really looks like a door has opened in the sky.
The stream is artificially divided into two parts here, and about half of the water crosses Tianmen Pass and flows westward.
Wang Daoyuan did not dare to let the spirit boat pass by rashly. If there was a steep slope on the west side of Tianmen Pass, the spirit boat would definitely be shattered into pieces.
He flew over Tianmen Pass with his sword in advance and found that there was a huge gentle slope on the west side, and the slope was much smaller than that on the east side.
The spirit ship sails here without difficulty.
The location of Tianmen Pass can be said to be just right. It is very convenient to divert the stream water through Tianmen.
He really didn't believe that it was dug up accidentally.
The spirit boat crossed Tianmen Pass and entered the canal.
The canal is more than twenty feet wide and more than three feet deep, and the water flow is not particularly fast.
The spirit ship uses spiritual power to drive it and can barely swim upstream.
This river is not very wide or deep, but it was dug out of Tieping Mountain, where the rock is extremely hard.
The rock hardness of Tieping Mountain was such that Wang Daoyuan's golden sword technique would only leave a mark less than an inch deep on the stone.
A canal that is more than a hundred miles long cannot be dug in a short time.
In order to penetrate the Tieping Mountain and open the waterway between the two counties, several families in Heyang County spent hundreds of years of effort.