Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 164
It can be seen from the spontaneous welcome of the people how successful Zhang Qingfeng was in shaping Cao Cao's image as a great man during this period of time.

The people in Youzhou regard Cao Cao as a savior.

Many people said that without Prime Minister Cao, they would not have the good life they are now.

Without Prime Minister Cao, we would be what we are.

When Cao Cao's ship docked at Quanzhou Wharf, cheers rang out from the wharf.

"Prime Minister!"

"Prime Minister!"

"Long live the Prime Minister!"

Countless people cheered.

"Prime Minister, the people of Youzhou heard that you were back and went out of the city to welcome you. They all thanked you, Prime Minister, for unifying the country and bringing a stable life to the people. They sincerely support and love you, Prime Minister." Around Cao Cao, Du Fu said happily to Cao Cao.

"Hahaha." Hearing Du Fu's words.Cao Cao was very happy.

"Long live the Prime Minister!"

"Long live the Prime Minister!"

When Cao Cao got off the boat and stepped onto the pier, the crowd cheered even louder.

Countless people shouted long live the prime minister, their expressions were very excited.

Cao Cao was naturally able to tell whether these people were pretending or sincerely. He could tell that these people were excited from the bottom of their hearts.

At this moment, the corners of Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help getting wet.

What is he fighting all these years for?Isn't it for the unification of the country so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment?

Now that he has done it, the people welcome him from the bottom of their hearts. His heart is not made of iron, how can he not be moved?
"Prime Minister, this is Quanzhou County Magistrate Tian Fang, this is Quanzhou Shipbuilding Factory Director Zheng He, and this is Youzhou Navy General Ding Ruchang..."

On the dock, Du Fu introduced to Cao Cao one by one the officials from Quanzhou who came to greet Cao Cao. Some of these officials, such as Ding Ruchang, were known to Cao Cao, but some were not.

Whether they knew each other or not, Cao Cao warmly received them.

"I haven't seen you for more than a year, Quanzhou has changed a lot!"

When Cao Cao was walking on the road in Quanzhou City in a carriage, he couldn't help expressing emotion.

He remembered that when he left Youzhou more than a year ago, there were not so many buildings in Quanzhou City. Now Quanzhou City has several high-rise buildings with more than five floors.

"Prime Minister, Quanzhou Railway Station has arrived."

Soon, Cao Cao and his party delayed Quanzhou Railway Station.

Cao Cao arrived with great fanfare, and the train station naturally turned away the others.

At present, there are thousands of Cao Cao's guards alone in the railway station, and there are also a group of civil and military ministers. It takes several trains to load them. Youzhou has arranged three trains with more than ten knots for this purpose.

"This is the train. I finally saw its true colors." Seeing the huge body of the train, Cao Cao couldn't help being amazed.

A few years ago, he knew about the existence of such a thing as a train, but he had never seen a real train.In the past two years, he has traveled south and east and west, and he also missed the time for the train to open.

Today was the first time he saw the true face of the train.

He used to think that the steam locomotives running on the rails were too big, but now seeing the trains, he knows what big is.

After staying in Quanzhou for about three hours, Cao Cao finally boarded the train to Jicheng.

The train went north along the railway, and it took only a few hours to arrive at Jicheng.

Along the way, Cao Cao personally experienced the speed and power of the train, which made him feel very excited.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Cao Cao and his heart fluctuated violently.

If there was such a thing as a train many years ago, he might have pacified the world long ago.

If it was a few years ago, he led troops from Quanzhou to Jicheng, more than 100 and 50 kilometers of official roads, and he could walk there without even thinking about it in a few days.

But now, in just four hours or so, his thousands of troops have arrived in Jicheng.

Jicheng Railway Station, the civil and military officials of the Youzhou Manchu Dynasty, and the local officials of Youzhou have all been waiting here to welcome them.

"Welcome the Prime Minister to return to the court."

When Cao Cao got off the train, the civil and military officials immediately bowed down to salute.

"Excuse me, everyone." Cao Cao raised his hand in a false pretence, signaling that everyone should excuse himself.

Then, Cao Cao exchanged greetings with the main court ministers.

After that, Cao Cao turned his attention to Zhang Qingfeng.

"Mr. Ruixiang, please be polite." Cao Cao smiled and bowed his hands to Zhang Qingfeng, with a trace of respect in his tone.

"The prime minister is too polite." Zhang Qingfeng also bowed his hands in return.

Zhang Qingfeng has moved to Jicheng since he solved the locomotive manufacturing technology, so he is now among the people who welcome Cao Cao.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Cao Cao led the people away from the train station and headed for the newly built new city - the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City was the name proposed by Zhang Qingfeng and approved by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao established his capital in Youzhou, so naturally he wanted to build a large-scale construction project in Youzhou.

Fortunately, cement bricks and tiles are used to build houses now, and there is no need to go to deep mountains to harvest old wood, and the construction cost is several times lower.

In just over a year, the main buildings of the new city have been fully completed.

In ancient times, the construction of palaces could not be completed in a few years or decades.

The main reason is that the requirements for the load-bearing beams of the palace are very high.

Often, a palace needs thousands of girders, and these girders need to be selected from various places, and then transported from tens, hundreds, or even hundreds of miles away.

The cost of transporting these girders alone accounts for more than half of the construction cost.

After the emergence of cement, these girders are no longer needed. The girders of reinforced concrete structure are much heavier than the wooden girders, and they are extremely cheap.

The Forbidden City was designed and built by Zhang Qingfeng himself, which is different from the imperial city of the Forbidden City in later generations.

The current Forbidden City is built with cement brick and tile structure.

Among them, there is the manor where Cao Cao lived, and the great hall where the court ministers held meetings.

As well as office buildings where officials of various departments work, etc.

These buildings are all post-modern, and these buildings are decorated with tiles and glass in appearance.

In the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, it is very beautiful, beautiful, strong and fashionable.

Don't think that the ancients didn't like this kind of building, but because of the limitation of ancient building materials, the ancients couldn't build it even if they wanted to.

Didn't the ancients wish they had beautiful floor tiles in their homes?Did the ancients not want their windows to be glass windows?For sure!

When Cao Cao returned to Youzhou, there were cheers from the people all the way. When he arrived in Jicheng, he was welcomed by the people of the city along the street, which forced Li Bai to mobilize the army to maintain law and order.

On the second day after Cao Cao returned to Youzhou, he began to hold a large banquet for his ministers.

After that, Cao Cao began to deal with government affairs and learned about what happened when he was not in Youzhou.

Half a month later, Cao Cao began to award meritorious ministers wantonly.

In this award, Zhang Lu, Liu Bei, and Liu Zhang who surrendered were all conferred higher titles, but they were destined to stay in Youzhou for the rest of their lives and could not go anywhere.

"Teacher, the prime minister is going to let you be the tutor. What do you think? This time the prime minister's attitude is very firm."

On this day, Cao Pi found Zhang Qingfeng and said this.

PS: Today is New Year's Day, there are not many time code words, only two chapters.

Here, I wish you all a happy New Year's Day.

(End of this chapter)