Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

Then Cao Jie took two craftsmen from the R\u0026D center, Li Tiedan and Wang Gang, and set off for Yizhou.

As a major purchaser of steam engines from Hanzhong, many nobles in Yizhou also invested in soap workshops. There were nearly 20 soap workshops built in Yizhou alone.

Therefore, Cao Jie chose Yizhou as the first place to build a steam engine workshop and expand the soap workshop.

After arriving in Yizhou, Xiahou Dun personally greeted Cao Jie.

"your Highness!"

"General Xiahou, there is no need to be polite."

After the two met and exchanged pleasantries, Cao Jie mentioned the matter of building a steam engine workshop in Yizhou, and made it clear that the nobles in Yizhou who had invested in the soap factory could also invest in the steam engine workshop.

This news surprised Xiahou Dun.

He had never thought that Bai Feng would build a steam engine workshop in a prefecture outside Hanzhong.

As Bai Feng's neighbor, no one knows the importance of steam engines to Hanzhong better than Xiahou Dun.

The steam engine train is also the core of the steam loom. You can tell it is a steam engine at a glance.

Moreover, if there was any problem with the steam engines that Bai Feng had sold before, they were basically replaced without repair.

In Xiahou Dun's view, this approach was also to prevent the leakage of steam engine manufacturing technology.

Bai Feng promoted the method of only replacing without repairing, and he indeed considered preventing the leakage of steam engine manufacturing technology.

But more importantly, I hope that the nobles can use steam engines more for production activities.

And an unqualified steam engine is far more dangerous than soap made in a small workshop.

Another point is that it is too troublesome to repair it at home. It is better to just replace it with a new one. Anyway, the profit of the steam engine is enough, and it is not so easy to break under normal use.

"That's great. I think the nobles in Yizhou will be so excited that they can't sleep after hearing the news, hahaha!"

Xiahou Dun smiled at Cao Jie.

Then he asked Cao Jie about the manufacturing progress of the Hanzhong steam train.

Because after using explosives for mining, the efficiency improvement is very obvious.

The biggest shortage in Yizhou's mines is labor for transporting ore.

So Xiahou Dun now wants to buy the steam train from Bai Feng even more.

"General Xiahou, don't be impatient. My husband has said that steam trains will definitely be sold to the outside world in the future."

"Right now, Yizhou has not started to build the railway. General Xiahou can start the matter first."

Cao Jie responded to Xiahou Dun according to what Bai Feng had told her in advance.

After Xiahou Dun learned that Bai Feng planned to sell steam trains in the future, he stopped asking about the matter.

As long as the steam trains can be sold, it will be fine. Going earlier or later will not have a great impact on Yizhou.

Then Cao Jie arranged for manpower to spread the news of the construction of a steam engine workshop in Yizhou.

One day later, all the Yizhou nobles who had invested in the soap workshop gathered outside the restaurant where Cao Jie was temporarily staying, waiting to see Cao Jie.

Upon seeing this, Cao Jie asked his maid to book the entire restaurant.

Later, in the lobby of the restaurant, Cao Jie explained his requirements for investing in the steam engine workshop to the Yizhou nobles who came.

The Yizhou nobles kept nodding their heads, and whatever Cao Jie said was whatever he said.

As long as it allows me to invest in it!

It only took one day to complete the investment in Yizhou's steam engine workshop.

This speed even surprised Cao Jie.

When he went back to his room to rest at night, Cao Jie was still thinking that the power of this steam engine was much greater than that of soap.

After the stake purchase of the steam engine is settled, all that remains is the expansion of the soap factory and the construction of a steam engine factory in Yizhou.

Cao Jie does not need to do these two parts of the work personally.

Diao Chan and Cai Wenji, as well as Li Tiedan and Wang Gang are responsible for implementation.

The soap workshop already has very rich construction experience. Diao Chan and Cai Wenji handled it very well, and the nobles in Yizhou were also very cooperative.

The construction of the steam engine workshop was relatively not so smooth.

Because of the use of various tools and the construction of production lines, the requirements are very strict.

This is also a requirement to ensure that steam engine production lines built in other states and counties can be put into production as soon as possible.

Compared with Diao Chan and Cai Wenji, Li Tiedan and Wang Gang have to work harder.

However, everything about steam engines does not feel hard for Li Tiedan and Wang Gang. They enjoy more happiness from building the steam engine workshop.

After half a month has passed.

Yizhou already has five steam engine workshops and ten soap workshops.

At the same time, news of the construction of a steam engine workshop in Yizhou also spread to other states and counties.

Originally, the Liangzhou nobles and Yongzhou nobles had invested in the Youzhou Soap Factory, but now they have begun to make money. The Bingzhou and Jizhou nobles who have had contact with the Youzhou nobles have already made preparations to invest in the Youzhou Soap Factory. preparation.

However, after learning the news about Yizhou, these nobles from Bingzhou and Jizhou decisively gave up their plan to invest in Youzhou Soap Factory.

Because as the Yizhou nobles took shares in the steam engine workshop, and the news that Yizhou was building a steam engine workshop spread.

The news that only nobles who had invested in the Hanzhong Soap Factory were eligible to invest in the Steam Engine Factory had also spread.

This means that Bai Feng's counterattack against the Youzhou nobles has begun again!

The people who reacted the most to this news are now the nobles in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Because apart from Yizhou, only Qingzhou and Xuzhou gentry owned shares in the soap factory.

The next steam engine workshops will definitely be built in these two states.

Now, the nobles in both Qingzhou and Xuzhou are beginning to pay attention to the construction progress of the steam engine workshop in Yizhou.

As for the situation of Youzhou's soap workshop and how many other noble families have invested in it, they are no longer concerned about it.

When the Youzhou nobles learned the news, they felt bad from head to toe.

At this time, in Liu Yan's mansion, the Youzhou nobles found him again and wanted a way to deal with it.

The faces of the nobles who came this time no longer had the same excitement and pride as before.

It was replaced by a heavy face.

After hearing the news, Liu Yan was not in any better mood than these nobles.

After all, they can build their own soap workshop, but they cannot build a steam engine workshop.

It is really difficult to imitate a steam engine

But now, in this situation, we must come up with new solutions.

Otherwise, the soap produced in Youzhou will still be difficult to sell.