Under the watchful eyes of the public, the second Industrial Expo officially kicked off. There were no passionate speeches, no thank-you meetings, and Li Xian didn't even show up - well, according to the outside world, Li Xian was still seriously injured and died. Only Yan Ze'an and Fang Shijing came out to read out the exhibition rules and then it started.
In the crowd, a pair of inconspicuous immortal couples slowly walked over. Such Taoist couples were not uncommon; so although they were elegant, they did not attract attention.
The two men followed the crowd and observed the entire expo bit by bit, not missing a single corner.
The man spoke first: "I heard that the expo held in the imperial capital last year was only one hundred square miles in radius, but it was packed with people. This year's expo is really big, three miles in radius, comparable to a small city."
The woman smiled and said, "This year's expo is free, but I heard that starting next year, admission will be charged. Both exhibitors and visitors will be charged. Li Xian is really greedy."
"That guy has become obsessed with money and can't get out of it." The man's tone seemed a little annoyed. "By the way, didn't we send Chunxiang and Qiuyue to Li Xian? Why haven't we received any news yet?"
The woman sighed again, "It's all your granddaughter's fault. The two girls were left in the Li Mansion in the imperial capital to do laundry. Li Xian had already run back to Anyang. I heard that he was seriously injured and couldn't see outsiders."
"Seriously injured? Humph, after the exhibition, I will go see him in person! Let me see what kind of serious injury he has! I just didn't expect that Qingqing, this little girl, has such means to deal with Li Xian so badly that he dares not look for a concubine. Haha..."
It turned out that these two people were none other than the Great Xia Kingdom's 'Northwest Governor Xiao Liming' and his wife 'Ji Yunya' who came in person; of course, it was inevitable that these two people would put on makeup when they came out.
The two men staggered through the gate of the expo; at this time Xiao Liming took the opportunity to grab the doorpost of the exhibition gate, and a piece of cement was grabbed off.
After passing through the gate, Xiao Liming spread out his palms and looked at the cement powder. "This is cement, good stuff. If we really have this stuff, the border defense wall will be at least twice as strong and the construction time can be reduced tenfold!"
After walking a few steps forward, they came to the open-air expo. In such a hurry, no venue was built at all, and everything was open-air. However, this was the fairyland after all, and after a few spells, a temporary residence appeared. Although it was not very luxurious, it was enough to shelter from the wind and rain.
Xiao Liming and the other walked side by side, observing constantly. Xiao Liming muttered to himself, "I wonder if there will be a substitute for Sea Soul Silk at this Expo? If there is no substitute for Sea Soul Silk, all industrial development will be controlled by Li Xian, and it will be difficult for us to do anything. By the way, how is the negotiation with the Sea Clan going?"
Ji Yunya frowned slightly. "I have secretly sent people to contact the sea tribe and the people in the sea, and the situation is not ideal. If it is just a small amount of sea soul silk, that is, less than one kilogram, it is okay. If it is more, the sea tribe will not accept it. After all, sea soul silk is a spiritual material, and it can only be exchanged for spiritual materials, spiritual medicines, etc."