Seeing Xu Yingnan walk in with a big belly, the atmosphere in the conference room relaxed.

Song Ziyu quickly stopped what she was doing and stood up. She took the fruit plate from Xu Yingnan's hand with one hand and held Xu Yingnan's waist with the other.

"You can just let the people below do this kind of thing. Don't let the fetus move." Song Ziyu said thoughtfully.

"Tch, how can someone else do this kind of thing? That would be meaningless." Xu Yingnan said with a smile: "Come and taste the afternoon tea I prepared for you."

So Song Ziyu immediately announced the adjournment of the meeting and everyone had something to eat together.

In the conference room, official matters were put aside, and everyone was talking about family affairs.

"Lord City Lord, my wife is probably seven or eight months pregnant." Bai Shaoqing asked with a smile.

"That's right." Song Ziyu hugged Xu Yingnan, still feeling like first love.

"It's time to make some preparations for the baby. I don't know if it will be a boy or a girl."

Bai Xun muttered.

"It must be a boy." Xu Yingnan said with a smile: "It would be good to have a son. He will be his father's help and manage Longshan together to benefit everyone."

Song Ziyu said: "Actually, it's not bad to have a girl. I like girls."

In Song Ziyu's eyes, boys and girls are the same, the most important thing is that Xu Yingnan is safe.

…

After afternoon tea, Xu Yingnan left the conference room.

Everyone continued to discuss.

The strategies to be decided at this small meeting are all decisive, and things that need to be known have certain confidentiality rights.

"Xiaolong, how is the condition of the road to the east? How much construction time will it take to open the road from here to the She'er settlement?" Song Ziyu asked.

Ma Xiaolong was personally responsible for the paving project of the eastern route. It stands to reason that Ma Xiaolong would not be the only one of his generation to take charge of the investment in Longshan. However, Soong Ziyu had the intention to promote Ma Xiaolong in return for the support given to him by Ma Senming and the Ma family.

Therefore, in Song Ziyu's view, as long as Ma Xiaolong is not a piece of mud that cannot be lifted up, he can definitely be lifted up.

Upon hearing Song Ziyu's inquiry, Ma Xiaolong replied: "Now the road construction team has arrived near the Yasen River bed, but the recent construction period has been affected."

"Why?"

Song Ziyu asked curiously.

"Because the local settlements objected to our construction of the road along the original route, which would offend their interests... As a last resort, I had to ask the construction team to bypass the Yasen River bed."

Ma Xiaolong replied.

"Arthur Riverbed?"

Song Ziyu walked to the huge hand-drawn map in the conference room, looked at it, and then said: "That is a dry riverbed. There has been no water for decades. What are they still doing?"

Song Ziyu then gave instructions: "There is no detour. If we go around along the river bed, the amount of work will increase significantly, which is unbearable for us."

"What do you mean?"

Ma Xiaolong asked.

"Ask Zhang Dahu to bring people over to talk to them, and be tougher. If we can't reach an agreement, we will help them demolish their settlement."

Song Ziyu said.

"I see!"

Ma Xiaolong nodded.

Immediately, Song Ziyu looked at Gongsun Wan'er again: "What information is worth noting recently? Let me tell you about it."

As early as a year ago, Song Ziyu instructed Gongsun Wan'er to establish a specialized intelligence department.

Under Song Ziyu's instruction, Gongsun Wan'er received a large amount of resource support and quickly established the framework of an intelligence agency.

A year later, the intelligence organization named "Hyacinth" has been officially launched

Sun Wan'er's development has shown high efficiency.

After hearing Song Ziyu's question, Gongsun Wan'er opened her folder.

"Next, the intelligence will be reported from low to high levels."

Gongsun Wan'er cleared her throat and said: "The first news comes from the Federation."

"Little girl, don't show off."

Everyone laughed.

Gongsun Wan'er smiled. In one year, Gongsun Wan'er became more mature and became a goddess in the eyes of many people.

"According to reports from our informants in the Federation, a mysterious giant airship appeared in the sky above Kyoto in the Federation today. The Federation dispatched high-precision missiles to knock down the airship..."

"This news doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, does it?" someone asked.

Gongsun Wan'er said: "Although it doesn't seem to matter, it actually matters a lot."

"Analyze it."

Song Ziyu said.

Gongsun Wan'er said slowly: "According to intelligence feedback, this airship is obviously not owned by the Northern Steel Alliance. This means that there may be power groups that can compete with the Federation hidden in places we don't know about..."

Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned.

This is information that subverts everyone’s inherent concepts!

"What power group? Is there any reliable news?" Song Ziyu asked.

Gongsun Wan'er shook her head and said: "After the airship was shot down, it was taken away by the federal agency. Our tentacles cannot reach that level yet! But I believe that we will still be able to detect this information in the future."

"Monitor closely." Song Ziyu gave the order.

"Then let me talk about the next thing." Gongsun Wan'er continued: "The news about the Northern Steel Alliance."

"Within the Northern Iron and Steel Alliance, a fight broke out between the directly-controlled state and Lishui state. Both sides mobilized large-scale troops and bloody killings occurred."

Gongsun Wan'er said.

"What?" Song Ziyu looked at the map again: "There is a fight within the Northern Steel Alliance? What is going on?"

Gongsun Wan'er opened a small sheepskin scroll and said: "This is the news from Lishui Prefecture. The news said that in recent years, the direct-affiliated state has been opening water canals and dispatching a large amount of water resources from Lishui to meet the direct-affiliated state's demand.

supply, which caused dissatisfaction among the people of Lishui Prefecture."

Hearing this, Gao Zhongping couldn't help but ask: "The 'South-to-North Water Diversion' project to divert water from Lishui Prefecture has been going on for many years. Why did these people start making trouble this year?"

Gongsun Wan'er replied: "This year's situation is a little different from previous years..."

"What's different?"

Gao Zhongping asked.

Gongsun Wan'er replied: "This year, there has been a large-scale and long-term drought in the Northern Iron and Steel Alliance. Some places have not even received a drop of rain for half a year, even in Lishui Prefecture! This year, there has been a strange phenomenon of the upstream rivers drying up in Lishui Prefecture.

, and before it happens again, every time this phenomenon occurs, it will be accompanied by a terrifying drought."

"Drought will cause water shortages and reduce crop yields, which will indirectly lead to population survival problems."

"Under such a severe situation, the Northern Steel Alliance also insisted on transferring the water source of Lishui Prefecture to the directly-controlled state to stabilize the public sentiment in the directly-controlled state, which caused the people of Lishui Prefecture to rebel."

"It seems good to fight. Anyway, the Northern Steel Alliance is idle." The generals under their command couldn't help laughing.

But Song Ziyu keenly discovered business opportunities.

"What are your instructions?"

Gongsun Wan'er saw Song Ziyu's expression.

"War is a good thing. Once a war starts, a lot of supplies are needed. We can also make a little fortune along the way."

Song Ziyu then said to Tang Jian and Chen Tianxing: "Let's contact the direction of Zhangzhou. We will purchase a batch of various materials from the wasteland, store them in Zhangzhou first, and then be ready to provide them to both sides of the war... Although we do not have the conditions to provide supplies to both sides.

Selling arms, but we have our advantages, and we also need to eat when we fight."

Tang Jian thought for a while and said: "Building a transportation line of thousands of kilometers is a big project!"

"Of course!"

Song Ziyu nodded.

"But we are very short of manpower. Where can I find people?" Tang Jian spread his hands.

Song Ziyu said: "Think about it with your head, does this kind of thing require you to do it yourself?"

"How to do it?"

Tang Jian was stunned.

Song Ziyu said: "Isn't the Bounty Hunter Association's life in Suzhou now just like the Chinese New Year? So many people are sitting on their hands, and not letting them take advantage of it is a waste of talent."

"How to use it?"

Chen Tianxing also asked.

"Contact Mrs. Wu and contract the transportation and storage to them so that they can have something to do." Song Ziyu decided: "As for the labor costs that need to be paid in the early stage, let us pay them in advance."
To be continued...