Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 36 The Defeat of Chibi
"This time, we invite everyone to come, and we plan to cooperate with you in all aspects."

Li Bai said: "In terms of agriculture, we have advanced planting methods and advanced farm tools, which can not only increase food production, but also save planting costs. As long as you cooperate with us, nothing else is guaranteed. There is absolutely no problem in increasing food by [-]%."

"In addition, we in Yuyang purchase a large amount of soybeans, cotton, various food supplies, etc., and the price is [-]% higher than the market price. If there is any sale, please contact me later."

Li Bai said: "In terms of business, we plan to increase the production of soap, glass, porcelain, pendulum clocks and other products. Anyone who is willing to do these businesses can come to Yuyang to buy them. I guarantee that as long as everyone can transport these products to other places, they will earn several times the profit. question."

"Also, I don't know if everyone here has a mining business. We can also cooperate in this regard. We in Yuyang need all kinds of mines, copper, iron, coal, tin, lead, sulfur, saltpeter, etc. We all need For bulk purchases, as long as anyone can transport the items to Yuyang, the price is easy to negotiate."

Finally, Li Bai said to everyone: "By the way, let me tell you some good news. In Yuyang, we have a machine that can pump water from the depths of the mine. The price is not too expensive, and people who need it can also buy it..."

"In addition to mining, we can also work together to build roads. After the cement road from Youzhou to Yuyang is opened, a card will be set up to charge the horse-drawn carriages. Given the heavy traffic from Yuyang to Youzhou, it is estimated that the cost will be recovered within five years. , the rest is earned..."

On this day, Li Bai proposed many cooperation projects. The most attractive one was selling soap, porcelain, glazed pendulum clocks and other commodities, but this business was very competitive.

The other is the cooperative cement factory. In the end, four companies agreed to cooperate with Yuyang to set up a cement factory in various counties of Youzhou.

The big landlords with land are very interested in agricultural cooperation. In a short period of time, Li Bai signed cooperation agreements with many big landlords. Yuyang will help these landlords increase the production of food crops, and the big landlords will use the excess grain The crops are sold to Yuyang.

Li Bai also vigorously promoted cotton planting, promising how much money he could make at least for an acre of land, etc., fooling many landlords into planting cotton.

Several of these gentry tycoons in Youzhou were mining companies. They were very interested in the machines Li Bai mentioned that could pump water out of the mines, and signed many contracts to purchase the machines.

As for the joint road construction, everyone has not yet seen the ability to make money from road construction, and is still hesitating.

Li Bai, Zhang Qingfeng and his party stayed in Youzhou for two days and signed many cooperation agreements before returning to Yuyang full of rewards.

This cooperation is actually just the beginning. The rich people in Youzhou are not just the gentry and aristocrats in Youzhou City, but there are many wealthy people in other places.

It is foreseeable that as Li Bai's words spread to Yang, more people will come to Yuyang to do business in the future.

On the other side, Zhang Qingfeng did not return to Yuyang after leaving Youzhou City, but went directly to Luping.

At the Luping Iron and Steel Works, Zhang Qingfeng began to ask workers to cast pig iron into the shape of rails, rather than pieces of iron ingots.

It is cast into the shape of railroad tracks, mainly for the purpose of building railways.

Of course, since the train steam locomotive has not yet been manufactured, Zhang Qingfeng plans to build a railway on the iron mine to transport ore.

Although there is no train steam locomotive yet, even using a human-powered cart on the rails is much more efficient than carrying it by hand.

Although there is no high-power steam engine, a low-power steam engine can still be used on a coal truck, but the loading capacity is not as large as a real train.

The construction of railway tracks in the mining area is also to pave the way for the real construction of railways.

As for how much money is needed to build the railway, there is no need to be careful. In this world, the price of manpower is so low, and Zhang Qingfeng has so many profitable industries, a railway is nothing.

So far, the population problem has restricted the development of Yuyang County.

As Yuyang's economy became more and more developed, both Yuyang and Luping began to experience a serious labor shortage, and many workshops were often unable to recruit people.

In order to rob people, many businesses and workshops choose to raise wages to recruit people, which makes it easy for the people in Yuyang County to find a good job.

When the common people have money, once they spend it, it drives the development of other industries in Yuyang.

The business-minded people from Yuyang even expanded their business beyond Youzhou, and they became the first batch of people who became rich by eating crabs.

Of course, most of these people are Zhang Qingfeng's students or their families run industries.

For example, a four-wheeled carriage is operated by a student of Zhang Qingfeng. His family buys bearings, springs and other accessories from the machinery factory, and then makes and assembles the carriage by himself, earning a lot of money a month.

If Yuyang didn't need a lot of capital investment, Zhang Qingfeng would not let outsiders get involved in the carriage business.

Time passed quickly, and the New Year passed in the blink of an eye.

The time came to 209 AD.

Not long after the Chinese New Year, a piece of news came that shook most of the north.

Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, a disastrous defeat.

In July last year, Cao Cao marched south, destroying Liu Biao and Sun Quan all the way, and finally encountered the combined army of Sun and Liu in the Chibi area of ​​the Yangtze River.

In December last year, the two sides fought in Chibi, and Cao Cao was defeated.

Historically, there are four reasons why Cao Cao failed.

First, the source of troops.

Cao Cao claims to have an army of 80, but in fact there are not that many. In addition, only a small part of them are his direct descendants, and they don't know how to fight in water.

And most of them are the troops he surrendered along the way. These troops have no sense of belonging to Cao Cao and no fighting spirit.

Second, Cao Cao's unification of the north has been smooth and smooth all these years, which made him dazzled by the victory, and also made his heart soar to the point of arrogance.

He could hardly listen to anyone's opinions, and he believed Huang Gai without saying anything, and stubbornly tied the boat together with iron chains, which gave Zhou Yu a chance to attack with fire, and this battle also made Zhou Yu's eternal reputation.

This is also the reason why Zhang Qingfeng was unwilling to be recruited by Cao Cao before this.

Only after this defeat in Chibi, Cao Cao changed his arrogant and arrogant character, and began to humbly ask for advice and recruit talented people.

The third is that there are huge contradictions within Cao Cao's own regime.

Following Cao Cao's actions after unifying the north, many people could see that he had the idea of ​​replacing the Han Dynasty, which made many people reluctant to give him any more advice, and even wished that he would fail.

In the past two years, the reason why Xun Yu didn't meet Zhang Qingfeng again, and didn't recommend him to Cao Cao, was because he didn't want Zhang Qingfeng to be used by Cao Cao.

Doesn't he know Zhang Qingfeng's talent?He knew it, but after he saw Cao Cao's ambition, he became disheartened.

Even Li Bai and Yang Shen have made such good achievements in Yuyang, if they had been promoted by him in normal times.

For example, Chang Lin, in just a few years, was promoted from the magistrate of Nanhe to the prefect of Boling and then the governor of Youzhou.

As for Li Bai and Yang Shen, although they have made great achievements in political affairs, they are still prefects and commanders, and they have no intention of being promoted. This is also the result of Xun Yu's secret suppression.

After Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi, he cried bitterly for losing Guo Jia, and raised Guo Jia's reputation so high, mainly because Guo Jia was loyal to him personally, not to the Han Dynasty.

After the defeat of Chibi, Cao Cao dreamed of having a group of loyal people like Guo Jia.

The reason why he has never been a traitor in his life, in the final analysis, is that there are too many people who oppose him within his regime.

(End of this chapter)