Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 38 Xun You

A few months later, in Yuyang City, people wearing different clothes from most people can be seen everywhere.

No matter who it is, when they see these people, they will show a look of envy.

Because people who can wear this suit represent the workers of the prefect.

The wages of the prefect's workers are much higher than those of any other workers.

And this kind of clothes really looks good. Men look handsome when wearing them, and women look beautiful when wearing them.

People wearing this suit, regardless of men or women, walk with their heads held high and their chests held high, which is especially dignified.

But soon, some people saw the profit, so various imitation clothes appeared on the market.

The profit of the textile factory is very large. In just a few months, it has earned Zhang Qingfeng tens of millions of dollars in profit, which made many people envious.

And this is just the beginning. With the export of cotton cloth, I believe that it will not be long before the profit will increase several times. By then, the textile factory will be able to earn tens of millions of dollars every month.

In the several large warehouses in Yuyang City, the five baht money Zhang Qingfeng earned was piled up like a mountain, and he sent many people to protect it every day, which made Zhang Qingfeng feel a little worried.

And as he saves more and more money, there will be less and less money flowing in the market, which will affect the local economic development.

Money can only be a currency when it flows. In order to spend the money, Zhang Qingfeng started a larger investment.

So he let the factories start to expand, recruit more workers, build more schools, train more talents, and so on.

At the same time, he also started the railway project from Luping to Yuyang Quanzhou Port.

The entire railway, more than 200 kilometers, will cost about 30 billion yuan (equivalent to 300 million strings), and it is expected to take three years to complete.

In history, the railway built by the Chinese themselves was the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, which was 700 kilometers long and cost [-] million taels of silver.

However, the railway from Luping to Quanzhou Port is different. Most of the road is flat, and there are only a few places where bridges need to be built. It is very simple to repair.

The railway is not something outrageous with high technological content. The most difficult thing is not the railway itself, but the steam locomotive.

However, in a few years, after the railway is repaired, it will be enough for Zhang Qingfeng to manufacture the steam locomotive.

As for the rails, Zhang Qingfeng's current technology can only use pig iron with the worst performance. Although pig iron is hard, it is very brittle, and it is easy to break under sudden heavy pressure.

But fortunately, the speed of this railway designed by Zhang Qingfeng will not exceed [-] kilometers per hour, and the load of the train will not be too large every time it runs, so the rails cast with pig iron are enough.

When the industrial development matures in the future, it will not be too late to use steel rails.

As for whether Zhang Qingfeng has that much money to spend on building the railway, there is no need to worry about that. The Gangping Steelworks can provide iron for railway tracks at the lowest price.

In addition, Zhang Qingfeng's major workshops in Yuyang can earn him hundreds of millions of money almost every month, almost billions of dollars a year, and a railway can be built in a few years.

Moreover, Zhang Qingfeng's business is still expanding. As time goes by, he will earn more and more money. It is not a problem to build a railway.

For more than half a year after Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi, Yuyang County was developing almost every day.

With the influx of various capitals from the surrounding area, various workshops were built around Yuyang City, making the entire Yuyang City look like a large construction site.

After one or two years of development, Yuyang No. [-] Machinery Manufacturing Factory now has thousands of operators, hundreds of machine tools of various types, and an entire steam engine production line.

Today, machinery manufacturing plants can produce dozens of various machine tools and dozens of steam engines every month.

There is a great demand for these machines in the market, such as agricultural machinery factories, textile machinery factories, carriage factories, etc. These workshops have a very large demand for machine tools and steam engines.

Of all the workshops in Yuyang County, Zhang Qingfeng is most interested in the machinery manufacturing factory, which will become an incubator for the industrial revolution.

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Just when Yuyang County was developing rapidly, the situation here finally attracted the attention of Yecheng.

At this time, Cao Cao was still leading his army to confront Sun Quan. According to history, the first Battle of Hefei was about to take place.

As Xun You, who is in charge of the rear, after hearing about Yuyang, he decided to go to Yuyang to have a look.

As Xun Yu's nephew, Xun You had naturally heard the name of Li Bai, the prefect of Yuyang, but he didn't pay much attention to his uncle's intention to suppress Li Bai and others.

This time, the commotion in Yuyang was really too big. With countless goods from Yuyang entering Yecheng, and what the merchants who came back from Yuyang heard, it was impossible not to attract people's attention.

Exquisite cloth, beautiful glass and porcelain, easy-to-use soap, and a tall pendulum clock have made many people curious about Yuyang.

In the mouths of ordinary people at the bottom, Yuyang is a place full of opportunities to make money. This has caused countless people to flock to Yuyang. In just one year, the population of Yuyang City has increased from 20 to 40. , fully doubled.

This is not counting the influx of 10,000+ population in Luping County.

I heard that this time Yuyang County needs to recruit tens of thousands of young and strong migrant workers for the construction of the railway. The monthly salary is [-] yuan.

As a result, countless people from the northern states and counties went to Youzhou and Yuyang County every day. In just two years, the population of Yuyang County exceeded one million.

(During the Three Kingdoms period, the recorded population in history was only a few million, but the number of people who were not recorded in the household registration was nearly 3000 million.

Some people say that the total population of the country after the Chibi War is only a few million, which is simply an insult to people's IQ.

What about the population of 6000 to [-] million in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and only a few million left in just a dozen years?Are you kidding me?Whoever believes this data is a fool. )
Xun You took a water boat along the canal to Yuyang, Youzhou. When the water boat entered Youzhou, there were more and more boats on the entire channel.

After entering Yuyang County, the canal is extremely busy. Dozens of boats can pass by in an hour, which is busier than the canal in Yecheng.

On both sides of the canal, Xun You found countless buildings that he had never seen before. Along the river, there were also countless tall waterwheels.

What surprised him was that none of these good water trucks seemed to lift water, and he didn't know what they were for.

The fleet that Xun You was in was very grand, and he also brought hundreds of guards, which made his ship look a bit unique on the canal and attracted a lot of attention.

Many people have guessed which powerful ship this should be.

Not long after, the fleet arrived at Yuyang City.

Looking at the busy and lively scene on Yuyang City Wharf, Xun You was very surprised, the wharf here was even bigger and busier than Ye City.

He also saw that on the pier, there was something like an iron frame, which could lift heavy cargo from the docked ship, which made him feel very surprised.

The dock is not far from Yuyang City. When Xun You got off the boat surrounded by a group of people, and then saw the tall Yuyang City wall not far away, he was even more surprised.

"This Yuyang City looks bigger than Ye City." Xun You said in surprise.

Hearing Xun You's words, a young man next to him explained: "My lord, the Yuyang City wall is more than two miles long, and it is very large. It is divided into an inner city and an outer city, and the outer city is larger than the inner city."

"It's so big! How many people are there in Yuyang City?" Xun You asked in surprise.

"Yuyang City has at least 40 people." The young man replied.

"Why are there so many?" Xun You asked.

"Because there are hundreds of large and small workshops in Yuyang City. The large workshops have thousands of workers, and the small ones have dozens of workers. There are also shops, peddlers, etc., and there are so many in total."

After a pause, the young man continued: "And I heard that many places here are still short of manpower, and they are recruiting a large number of people from other places."

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As the prefect of Yuyang, Li Bai didn't know that the great god Xun You had arrived in Yuyang City, so he didn't go to greet him.

Xun You also wanted to see the situation in Yuyang City by himself, so he didn't inform Li Bai.

Not long after, Xun You put most of the guards on standby on board, while he led dozens of people into the city.

Entering the city, the lively scene in the city opened Xun You's eyes.

He was very surprised by the clean and tidy concrete pavement, the row upon row of shops, the dazzling array of goods, and the endless stream of people.

In the center of Yuyang City, Xun You saw a very tall building, which was still under construction, and the surface of the building was covered by a frame made of bamboo.

Xun You counted and found that the building actually had seven floors, which surprised him very much.

"My lord, this is the No. [-] restaurant in Yuyang City. It is a building made of cement and steel rods. It started construction years ago and has been under construction for more than half a year. The main body has been completed now, and the walls and interior and exterior decoration are now being built."

The young man introduced to Xun You: "It is said that the doors and windows of this restaurant are made of colored glaze. I don't know what it will look like after it is finished. Anyway, it is very extravagant..."

PS: After signing the contract, this book moved from the new book list to the signing list. The signing list was full of great gods. This book fell directly from the new book list to the top 100 signing list. It is appalling!
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