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

For the Liangzhou nobles and Yongzhou nobles, they would side with whoever could help them earn more money.

It was obvious that the qualified Yongzhou nobles in Liangzhou who had learned about Cao Jie's linkage in Yizhou already believed that they could earn more money by cooperating with Bai Feng.

As for the Youzhou nobles, just stay where it's cool.

The money invested in Youzhou Soap Factory was paid back in the first dividend.

Neither the Youzhou nobles nor Liu Yan, who were busy going to Liangzhou and Yongzhou to clear out the soaps in the warehouses to regenerate blood, thought that the nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou had already drawn a clear line with them.

Yecheng Imperial Palace.

Cao Cao also quickly learned the news that Cao Jie was building a soap workshop and a steam engine workshop in Yizhou.

"I didn't expect Bai Feng to move so quickly. It seems that he doesn't want to give the Youzhou nobles another chance to breathe!"

Originally, the nobles from Youzhou pulled the nobles from Liangzhou and Yongzhou onto the chariot. Cao Cao thought they could turn defeat into victory and embarrass Bai Feng.

Now it seems that three cobblers can hardly compete with one Zhuge Liang!

And Cao Cao also admired Bai Feng's efficiency and courage.

You must know that in the long run, steam engines have been produced in Hanzhong and are in a state of short supply, so more money can be earned.

The reason why Cao Cao decisively expanded the production scale of steam engines was that Bai Feng was not just trying to deal with the Youzhou nobles.

"Bai Feng should have a more long-term plan."

Cao Cao paced and began to think.

I don’t know whether this change will be good or bad for the future court.

Bai Feng, who was providing manpower and material support to Cao Jie in Hanzhong, naturally had time to care about what Cao Cao and the nobles in Youzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou were thinking.

The moment the steam engine workshop began to be built in Yizhou, it was destined that the nobles in Youzhou had no possibility of resistance.

Bai Feng is now in an invincible position.

Technology is not only productivity, in Bai Feng's hands, it is also a bargaining chip in negotiations and games.

The expanded soap factory in Yizhou has started construction smoothly, but the steam engine factory is still in the stage of training craftsmen.

This group of craftsmen was mobilized by Xiahou Dun from the generals and prisons.

As the steam engine workshop's largest shareholder in Yizhou, Xiahou Dun naturally spared no effort in supporting the Yizhou steam engine workshop.

When the Youzhou nobles transported the soap from the warehouse to Liangzhou and Yongzhou.

Only then did Li Tiedan and Wang Gang complete the initial training of the craftsmen in Yizhou Steam Engine Workshop.

Now we can finally officially start construction.

On this day, Cao Jie invited Xiahou Dun and the nobles from Yizhou to go to the steam engine workshop to see the construction progress.

Xiahou Dun, who had been invited by Cao Jie, and the Yizhou nobles were already gathered in front of the steam engine production line.

Li Tiedan and Wang Gang supervised the craftsmen's operation sequence and operation methods, and promptly corrected them when they found errors.

After a period of running-in, the first batch of steam engine parts were finally processed.

Then the craftsmen began to assemble the first steam engine in Yizhou Steam Engine Workshop.

"Finally finished!"

Watching the craftsmen adding water and coal to the assembled steam engine to prepare for experiments, Li Tiedan and Wang Gang both breathed a sigh of relief.

This training was much more tiring than the two of them trying to assemble a dozen steam engines.

Under the watchful eyes of Cao Jie, Xiahou Dun, and a group of Yizhou nobles, the steam engine finally started running.

Then the Yizhou nobles cheered in the workshop!

Cao Jie and Xiahou Dun also smiled.

After nearly a month, the steam engine workshop in Yizhou finally started successfully.

For the Yizhou gentry, this meant that white money was waving to them.

The Youzhou nobles who transported the soap to Liangzhou and Yongzhou were discussing prices with the local nobles.

Youzhou soap, which has been reduced by 30% from the original price, is still too expensive in the eyes of the nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou.

This made the mood of the Youzhou nobles drop to the bottom.

The dullest nobles in Youzhou now understand one thing, that is, the nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou have now abandoned them.

The Liangzhou gentry and Yongzhou gentry no longer care about what it means to invest in shares or receive dividends.

The reason for the fierce price reduction now is to squeeze out a little more profit from the Youzhou nobles before investing in the steam engine workshop.

Faced with such a situation, the Youzhou nobles now have no other choice.

The soap from Xianbei has not yet been digested, and Bingzhou and Yanzhou have ignored their requests to invest in Youzhou Soap Factory.

In the end, the Youzhou nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou had no choice but to sell the soap on the spot at a price lower than 10% of the cost price.

After returning to Youzhou, all soap workshops also stopped working.

After the craftsmen received their last wages, they continued to go home and farm.

Xiao Cai and other undercover craftsmen in Hanzhong also embarked on the journey back to Hanzhong with Shopkeeper Zhou.

They already knew very clearly that the Youzhou nobles had completely failed in this contest with their own Hanzhong Marquis.

The governor's residence.

Liu Yan has now learned that more and more Youzhou nobles are entrusting people to deliver news to Bai Feng.

This news is nothing more than that they were greedy for profit before, but now they have woken up and hope that Bai Feng can give them another chance.

For the sake of the next steam engine workshop, these Youzhou nobles "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" one after another.

The prefect's mansion, which was originally bustling with people, has gradually become deserted.

After returning from Liangzhou and Yongzhou, these Youzhou nobles no longer asked Liu Yan for help.

Everyone knows that in the face of steam engines, any means and strategies have become futile.

Bai Feng's move was a powerful blow to the Youzhou nobles.

"well"

Liu Yan, who was sitting alone in the garden, couldn't help but sigh.

The withered branches and leaves around him were just like Liu Yan's mood at this time.

But flowers will bloom again, and people will never be young again.

Yecheng, Imperial Palace.

When Cao Cao learned that the steam engine workshop in Yizhou had officially begun production, he couldn't help but smile.

Then a memorial from Youzhou was placed on Cao Cao's desk.

After Cao Cao opened it, he found that it was sent by Liu Yan.

The content of the memorial is also very simple.

Liu Yan stated in the memorial that he was old and could not continue to serve as the governor of Youzhou, so he requested to retire and return to his hometown.

"This Liu Yan is quite a man of character."

After reading the letter, Cao Cao understood that Liu Yan had taken all the consequences on himself.